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1. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Arnold
Schwarzenegger (b.1947)
Austrian-American actor, film producer, businessman, former
bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of
California between 2003 and 2011. Signed color 8x10 photo.
Could be secretarial signature [?]. (2) Gerald Ford - US
President. Nice signed 8x10 photo but think its autopen. (3) John Roosma
(1900-1983)Basketball Hall of Fame -1961. West
Point's basketball Most Valuable Player award is named after
him. Roosma became a colonel in the US Army. He was stationed
in Hawaii when the Japanese attacked at Pearl Harbor and then
went on to lead the 334th Combat Infantry Regiment into
Germany. Signed, inscribed bio page. (4) Hazel R. O'Leary - served as
the 7th United States secretary of energy from 1993 to 1997. A
member of the Democratic Party, O'Leary was the first woman
and first African American to hold that post. TLS,
1995. (5) Elsie Janis
(1889-1956) American actress of stage and screen,
singer, songwriter, screenwriter and radio announcer.
Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as
"the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force).
Large mailed 1925 front portion of envelope signed in return
address. Faults. (6) Grace Coppin
(1910-1993) actress. ALS, 1939. (7) Ernest Arthur
George Pomeroy, 7th Viscount Harberton
(1867-1944), Soldier. ALS, 1913. (8) Ross
R. Mowry (1882-1957) State senator from
Iowa. At the time of his death, Mr. Mowry was considered to be
probably the greatest historian living in Jasper County. He
was a political consultant to Herbert Hoover. U.S. district
attorney, appointed by President Coolidge [1924-32].
Prosecuted Keith Collins & Fred Poffenbarger for 2 million
dollar train robbery at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and secured
their conviction in 1925. Signed 1921 Farm Lease document. (9
) Andre Stojka (b. 1944) Voice actor best known for his
role as the voice of Owl in the Winnie-the-Pooh franchises
starting with Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for
Christopher Robin inheriting the role from Hal Smith after his
death in 1994.Warner Bros. 1985 paycheck, not signed...............Min. Bid $50
2.
[MILITARY] Henry Cornelius Hasbrouck (1839-1910)
American General. He graduated from West Point in
1860. He served in the 4th Artillery throughout the Civil
War and in the post-war period. From 1882 to 1888, he was
commandant of cadets at West Point. Slowly climbing
through the grades, he became a brigadier general in
December 1902, retiring in January 1903. He received the
brevet grade of major for his action in the battle of
Sorass Lake during the Modoc War. Postmarked 1899 envelope
addressed to his wife with his signature in the return
address. About 6 x 3-1/4 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
3.
[ART] James Fagan
[b. 1864) American etcher. Original etching, titled "MAECENAS", plate signed, c. 1901. Image approx. 4-1/2 x
3-1/2 plus margins. Tissue guard still attached. Gaius Maecenas, (born c. 70—died 8
bc), Roman diplomat and literary patron. He claimed
descent from Etruscan kings. VG...................50-75
4. [ART] William
Grainger - 18th century British engraver, active
1784-1793. Original copperplate engraving c. 1790s, image size
approx. 3-3/4 x 3-3/4" plus margins. Clean image area and
surrounding; spots and stain in outer margins. VG......50-75
See
engraving
5. [MARITIME
HISTORY] offered here is a rare 8 page typed [retained]
letter from Commander R(obert) A.J.
English sent to Capt. Geo. S. Bryan, Hydrographic
Office, Wash. DC. This is not signed in ink because it was
the retained copy kept by English. English was at the Naval War
College, Newport, Rhode Island; dated 10 Feb. 1942. An
extraordinary letter all about Richard
E. Byrd. Robert
English didn't hold Byrd in high regard. Marked PERSONAL AND
CONFIDENTIAL, English says a lot of negative things about Byrd.
Lieutenant Robert A. J. English was in command of the S.S.
Bear of Oakland, which was getting on in years in 1933 but there
was still some great moments ahead for the stout old ship.
In the early 1930s, the famed Arctic explorer, Admiral Richard
E. Byrd, USN, was looking for a vessel suitable for operating in
ice in his Second Antarctic Expedition. Hearing that the
Bear was available, he opened negotiations with officials of the
City of Oakland, California, where the vessel had been serving
as a marine museum. The bargain was concluded for the
incredibly low price of $1,050 -- one of the best buys in
history. An entry in her log for 19 June 1932, reveals
that she was en-route to Boston for overhaul and refitting with
a volunteer crew aboard.Refitting completed, the Bear, on 25
September 1933 left Boston under the command of Lieutenant
(j.g.) Robert A. J. English, USN. After a rugged trip, she
reached the Bay of Whales and Little America in the latter part
of January 1934. Once again in the United States Antarctic
Expedition of 1939-41, Admiral Byrd called upon the Bear's
services. This time, however, her boiler and engine were
taken out and a modern diesel drive installed. Her
auxiliary equipment was electrified. By 16 May 1941, she had
completed her work in the Antarctic and was back at Boston. By
this time, the shadow of World War II was already stretching
over the United States. In 1941, shortly after her return
from the Antarctic, the Bear was assigned to the Greenland
Patrol. She took part in the capture of the Norwegian
trawler Buskoe which had, been fitted out by the Germans to
transmit weather reports and information on Allied ship
movements. The Bear's days of active service were now
drawing rapidly to a close. In June, 1944 she was stricken
from the Navy list of active vessels and turned over to the
Maritime Commission for sale. This lengthy letter was
written to Capt. (Rear
Admiral) George S. Bryan
(1885-1964) U.S.N. retired, of nearby Clark's Green, died
yesterday in Moses Taylor Hospital here. He was 79 years old.
Admiral Bryan was Navy hydrographer in Washington from 1938
until his retirement in 1946. During World War II his office was
responsible for directing preparations of maps of the Normandy
landings and for all Pacific islands on which American forces
established beachheads. He was a 1906 graduate of the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis. In World War I he commanded
the Yangtze River gunboat Monacacy and later became fleet
engineer for the Asiatic Fleet. After the war he was commander
of the destroyer Yarborough, the destroyer tender Melville and
the battleship Maryland. One of the things English
says........"The leading men of his expeditions have a saying
which was universally followed. It is When Byd says anything or
asks for anything, look for the motive." WOW!!!!!
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6. Richard E. Byrd (1888 – 1957) American naval officer and explorer. This is a COPY of page 2 of a Byrd letter about Robert English, saying English should be given the Distinguished Service Medal. From the Robert English papers. VG........50-75
7. [ART] Werner Drewes (1899-1985) was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, he was one of the first artists to introduce concepts of the Bauhaus school within the United States. He studied under Lyonel Feininger; Paul Klee, who taught bookbinding, stained glass, and murals; László Moholy-Nagy (metal work); and Wassily Kandinsky. With the rise of Nazism abstract artists found it increasingly difficult to sell their work and, in 1930, Drewes, finding the political pressure unbearable, emigrated to the United States. There, despite the world economic crisis, Drewes was able to earn a living as a professional artist. Drewes retired from teaching in 1965 and moved to Reston, Virginia, where he remained active as an artist until his death in 1985. He enjoyed great recognition for his work in these later years. In 1984 a large retrospective at the Smithsonian American Art Museum was devoted entirely to his printmaking. Offered here is a 1982 ALS, written on both sides. He is willing to sell his prints outright for resale. Mentions prices. Addressed envelope is included. Fine..............100-150
8. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Nick Faldo - golfer. Signed 5-3/4 x 8-1/3 color picture. (2) Archibald Campbell Tait (1811-1882) Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England and theologian. He was the first Scottish Archbishop of Canterbury. (3) Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902) Irish poet and critic. A 1861 postmarked-stamped envelope addressed by him but not signed. (4) Pandro S. Berman (1905-1996), also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer. Berman was the winner of the 1976 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Six of his films were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture: The Gay Divorcee (1934), Alice Adams and Top Hat (both 1935), Stage Door (1937), Father of the Bride (1950), and Ivanhoe (1952). Signed & inscribed 3x5 card. Fine. (5) Pierre Werner (1913-2002) Luxembourgian politician in the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) who was the 18th Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984. Signed 3-3/4 x 5-3/4 photo. Fine. (6) Elizabeth Rundle Charles (1828-1896) English writer. An 1867 stamped envelope addressed by her but not signed. (7) Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1896 bank check. (8) Wayne Gard (1899-1986) was a longtime editorial writer for the Dallas Morning News and President of the Texas State Historical Association. He was the author of seven volumes of Texana and southwestern history, including Frontier Justice and The Chisholm Trail, both published by the University of Oklahoma Press. TLS, 1951, 1p. Nice lot................Min. Bid $75
9. [CIVIL WAR] Original 1863 commission document from Bedford County, Penn., in which Andrew Gregg Curtin commissions George Smouse Jr., of Snake nSpring Township, a Justice of the Peace. 8 x 6-1/4 in. Signed by George Smouse Jr. Fine.............75-100
10. Leon Uris (1924-2003) American author of historical fiction who wrote many bestselling books including Exodus (published in 1958) and Trinity (published in 1976). Signed photo, 8x10 in. VG..........80-120
See above
See Hancock writing on back
12. [WORLD WAR 2 - POLISH GHETTO] The Litzmannstadt Ghetto, Lodz, Poland, (after the Nazi German name for Łódź) was a Nazi ghetto established by the German authorities for Polish Jews and Roma following the Invasion of Poland. It was the second-largest ghetto in all of German-occupied Europe after the Warsaw Ghetto. Situated in the city of Łódź, and originally intended as a preliminary step upon a more extensive plan of creating the Judenfrei province of Warthegau, the ghetto was transformed into a major industrial centre, manufacturing war supplies for Nazi Germany and especially for the Wehrmacht. The number of people incarcerated in it was increased further by the Jews deported from Nazi-controlled territories. Offered here is an ORIGINAL 50 marks currency noteissued at Litzmannstadt Ghetto, 15 May 1940. This is the highest denomination and most valuable of the currency notes issued there. In other ghettos throughout Poland, thriving underground economies based on smuggling of food and manufactured goods developed between the ghettos and the outside world. In Łódź, however, this was practically impossible due to heavy security. The Jews were entirely dependent on the German authorities for food, medicine and other vital supplies. To exacerbate the situation, the only legal currency in the ghetto was a specially created ghetto currency. Faced with starvation, Jews traded their remaining possessions and savings for this scrip, thereby abetting the process by which they were dispossessed of their remaining belongings. 5 x3.5 in. VG...........200-250
13. [CHESS] Russian 1961 chess mgazine once owned by Bobby Fischer. The picture on the cover is of Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin[a] (1934-1968) the Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. 8pp., about 8 x 11.5 in. VG...............Min. Bid $25
14. [ART MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Ben Stahl (1910-1987) signed correspondence card. The large STAHL signature and 1960 are in his hand. (2) Jean Zaleski (born Jean Busuttil, also known as Jean Busuttil Zaleski; Birkirkara, 1920- 2010) was a Maltese artist who spent most of her adult life in the United States. Her work has appeared in several exhibitions in the United States and Malta.In 1986 she received a Susan B Anthony Award in the field of painting from the National Organization for Women and was invited by President Jimmy Carter to the White House as part of a delegation of five women artists in 1975. TLS, 1976, 1p. Doesn't trade work but invitation to visit and perhaps purchase work. VG. (3) Lionel J. Cowen (1847-1895) English artist. ALS about making engraving from a photograph. 1p. (4) Gordon C. Aymar (1893-1989) clip signature. (5) Mario Cooper (1905-1995) signature inscribed. (6) Carol Summers (1925-2016) American printmaker, known for creating works by woodcut process. ALS, 1980, with envelope also signed..............Min. Bid $50
15. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Joukim J. Outrim - British artist who fl. 1834-1854. ALS, 1850, 3pp. (2) Small newspaper clipping of Frank Sinatra meeting Mrd. & Mrs. Richard Nixon signed Frank Sinatra. We assume its a secretarial signature. (3) Samuel Merriman (1731-1818) Obstetrician. Signature dated 1749, while a student at Iniv. of Edinburgh. Under signature not in his hand. Foxed. (4) [US NAVAL] Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. OFFERED HERE: A signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN". VG (5) Douglas Volk signed 1922 check. (6) Joseph Peace Hazard (1807-1892) was born into a wealthy Rhode Island family. When he failed in the family's textile manufacturing business, Hazard's family supported him in pursuing his personal interests, which included travel, architecture, and Spiritualism. Signed 1836 document. (7) 1852 printed gov. doc. from Treasury. (8) 1885 letter from a railroad person signed ? Baker. (8) 1840 printed gov. doc. Commerce..................Min. Bid $50
16. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] incldes: (1) James Q. Collins Jr. (b. 1931-?) Captain USAF, Aide to the Commander. He was a POW 1965-1973. Clip Signature. (2) Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934-2013) United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War. Signed military cover, postmarked 1992. (3)Benjamin Swan (1762-1839) American merchant, banker and politician. He was an important political figure in Vermont and served as State Treasurer. Signed 1811 Vermont document, 7 x 12 in. (4) Edward Waterman Townsend (1855-1942) represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913, and the 10th district from 1913 to 1915, after redistricting following the United States Census, 1910. He was an author of novels, plays, short stories, as well as a textbook on the United States Constitution. His most popular fictional writings were his "Chimmie Fadden" Bowery boy stories. Signed card. (5) Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, KG, PC, PC (Ire) (1800-1857), known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts. Ellesmere Island, a major island (10th in size among global islands) in Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, was named after him. ALS, no date, written in the 3rd person. (6) Virginia Frances Townsend (1836 –1920) American author. A group of librarians in Boston put Townsend's name on a list of authors whose books should be banned from libraries because of "false and dangerous ideas of life" purportedly in the books. Signed card..........Min. Bid $50
17. [INDIANS] THE ACCOUNT OF JOHN STOCKWELL OF DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. Being a Faighful Narrative of His Experiences in the Hands of the Wachusett Indians.1677-1678. By John Stockwell. Octavo. 15pp. This account was reprinted for the first time from R. Blome, 1687, "The Present State of His Majesties Isles and Territories in America.". Pages are uncut. A scarce Indian captivities detailing John Stockwell's captivity by the Wachuset Indians. A harrowing account as other members of the tribe desired to kill him, meanwhile they kept him alive while forcing him to march with bare feet over frozen lakes, often starving along with the Indians, finally after they captured a raccoon, they ate the meat and forced him to eat the grease which made him sick. He nearly died but as the French and Indians negotiated, he was released back to his friends in Deerfield. A fascinating first hand account. Not in Howes. Bound in printed paper wraps, stapled. Very good+ condition and quite RARE.................Min. Bid $75
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18. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1757-1847) was a Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807 and then the Archbishop of York until his death. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) American industrialist, politician, and social reformer from Rhode Island. He was educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington, New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest in mathematics. In 1819 he returned to Rhode Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling the company's prodent winters in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. The activity that Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841. After he learned that a free African-American man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. He worked with Jacob Barker, then a New Orleans lawyer, to obtain freedom for nearly 100 people being held as slaves. The action later led to charges being filed against several public officials who were responsible for the illegal detentions. His involvement with abolitionist causes and in the Republican Party eventually caused his company to lose favor with its markets in the southern United States. This helped to prompt the Peace Dale mills' transition from making cheap cotton products to selling higher quality woolens. Hazard retired fromucts to planters in the southern United States, particularly Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. He sp the textile business in 1866 and invested in the Union Pacific Railroad. After Union Pacific fell into financial disarray and became a party to the Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872, Hazard spent much time dealing with the company's financial affairs. Offered here is a bank check [New Orleans] signed, 1844. (3) Henry Bowen Anthony (1815-1884) Gov. R.I. Brief 1883 letter written/signed in 3rd person. (4) [ENTERTAINMENT] Lew Dockstader (1856-1924) was an American singer, comedian, and vaudeville star, best known as a blackface minstrel show performer. Dockstader performed as a solo act and in his own a popular minstrel troupe.Large bold signature dated Xmas 1898. Signature on verso looks like Henry E. Dixon [?]. About 5-3/4 x 2-3/4 in . Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum, Boothbay, Maine. (5) [EPHEMERA] 1894 one page letter written from Portland, Maine on illustrated letterhead. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. VG. (6) Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1868 made out to Bunn but not signed by him..............Min. Bid $50
19. [MUSIC] William Hayman Cummings (1831-1915) English musician, tenor and organist at Waltham Abbey. He is credited in 1855 with linking music adapted from Mendelssohn's Festgesang to Charles Wesley's words "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", which are now universally inextricably linked. Brief ALS, 1886, 1p. VG..............50-75
20. Hans Baur (1897- 1993) Adolf Hitler's pilot during Hitler's political campaigns of the early 1930s. He later became Hitler's personal pilot and leader of the Reichsregierung squadron. Apprehended by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II in Europe, he was imprisoned in the USSR for ten years before being extradited to France on 10 October 1955, where he was imprisoned until 1957. He died in Herrsching, Bavaria, in 1993. Lengthy ALS written on postcard, 1976, to Dr. B.C. West. Those of you who have been in autographs for years will remember B.C. West. VG............150-200
21. [GERMANY] Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) German film director and actress. Hitler was in close collaboration with Riefenstahl during the production of at least three important Nazi films, and they formed a friendly relationship. Offered here is a receipt document from the Munich Agfa Co., issued to Leni Riefenstahl Product. She bought photo papers. She has signed with initials "L.R." and wrote "paid with Post check on 29.11.74". Approx. 8x12 in. VG..............80-120
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22. [FILM] Dorothy McGuire (1916 –2001) American actress. Oscar nominee SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph. VG............40-60
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23. [AMERICAN MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Hugh Carey (1919-2011) Gov. NY. TLS signed Hugh, 1975. (2) George Mitchell (b. 1933) Senator from Maine.Signed 8x10 photo. (3) Jody Powell (b. 1943) White House Press Secretary. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. (4) Robert Ludlum (1927-2001) author. ANS on 3x5 card, 1980. (5) Louis Auchincloss (1917-2010) novelist. 3x5 photo signed on verso. (6) Abe Burrows (1910-1985) humorist, author. Brief 1980 TLS signed Abe...............Min. Bid $50
24. [FILM] Edmund Lowe (1890-1971) American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film. Signature with sentiment, approx. 4 x 2-1/4 in. VG................25-35
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25. Floyd Dell [1887-1969] Am. journalist, novelist. In 1908 Dell moved on to Chicago where he became editor of the Friday Literary Review and a leader of the Chicago Renaissance. In his position at FLR, Dell promoted the work of Theodore Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson, Carl Sandburg and other Chicago writers. Relocating to New York in 1913, Dell became managing editor of Max Eastman's radical magazine The Masses, and a leader of the pre-war bohemian community in Greenwich Village. Nice CLIP SIGNATURE.............40-60
26. (AMERICAN THEATER LOT) Georgia Caine (1876 –1964) who performed both on Broadway and in over 80 films in her 51 year career. SIGNED large Card. Arthur Hiller Penn (1922 –2010) American director and producer of film, television and theater. Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1960s such as The Chase and Bonnie and Clyde. SIGNED, inscribed 4x5 photograph. Wilson Barrett (1846 –1904) English manager, actor, and playwright. He presented and acted many works in America. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever. A Quote SIGNED, with unsigned postcard portrait photograph. Selma TAMBER (1907-1991) Producer - produced several Broadway and Off Broadway shows, including "Boccaccio 70" and "Viva Madison Avenue." She also managed artists like Hanya Holm, the choreographer of "Kiss Me, Kate," "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot," and helped further the careers of the composers and lyricists Richard Adler and Stephen Sondheim. Tamber was born in New York City. In the 1930's, she supervised various Broadway musicals as the head of the department of composers and arrangers for the music publisher Chappell-T. B. Harms, where she worked with composers like George Gershwin and Cole Porter. . ALS, 1982. William Jermyn Conlin (1831 –1891) better known by his stage name William J. Florence, actor, songwriter, and playwright. A QUOTE SIGNED February 1879. Jean Dalrymple (1902 –1998) theater producer, manager, publicist, author and playwright who was instrumental in the founding of New York City Center and is best known for her productions there. SIGNATURE 1960.............Min. Bid $50
27. [ACTORS] mixed lot. [1] Ruth Gordon [1896-1985] actress. Signed [in haste] 3x5 card. [2] Jonathan Silverman - Am. actor. Sig. 3x5 card. [3] Constance Booth [b.1944] Am. writer, actress; wife of John Cleese. Signature. [4] Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor. Signature on lined paper. [5] Dorothy Malone [b.1925] OSCAR winning actress. Sig. 3x5 card. [6] Eileen Heckart [1919-2001] OSCAR winning actress. Sig. card [lined side]. [7] Josh Hartnett - actor. Signed 3x5 card..........60-80
28. (BRITISH THEATER NOTABLES LOT) DAME MADGE KENDALL (1848-1935) Actress. SIGNED CARD (1889). WILLIAM H. KENDALL (1848-1917) Actor. SIGNED CARD (1894) KATE RORKE (1866-1945) Actress, debut 1878 Geroge Bernard Shaw’s 1st “Candida” and 1st actress ever to smoke on stage. ALS (1892) 2pp. LAWRENCE GROSSMITH (1877-1944) Actor. The last of of the prominent acting family appeared in early Sherlock Holmes films and was brother in law of Vernon Castle. SIGNATURE. ELEANOR ROBSON (1879-1979) Actress. SIGNED CARD (1903). EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON (1875-1955) Actress. ALS (1903) 2pp. GRACE ARNOLD (1899-1979) Actress. AQS from “Brewster’s Millions” (1908). WILLIAM FAVERSHAM (1868-1940) Actor. SIGNATURE (1930)...............Min. Bid $50
29. [BRITISH RELIGION LOT] includes: (1) Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1757-1847) Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807 and then the Archbishop of York until his death. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) William Howley (1766-1848) Archbishop of Canterbury from 1828 to 1848. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857) British divine and classicist, and a Church of England bishop for 32 years. CLIP SIGNATURE. (4) Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886) Anglican archbishop and poet. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) Christopher Bethell (1773-1859) was Bishop of Bangor..............Min. Bid $45
30. [EISENHOWER] offered here is a youthful color photo of Julie [Nixon] and David Eisenhower. Mounted to about 8 x 10, signed & inscribed on the mount. Julie signs the inscription and David add's his first name. Youthful pose. VG...............100-150
31. [THEATRE] Dorothy Stickney (1896-1998) American film, stage and television actress, best known for appearing in the long running Broadway hit Life with Father. TLS, 1979, 1p, 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 in. To Franklyn Lenthall, actor, and director of the Boothbay {Maine] Theatre Museum. She mentions her broken hip caused by a mugger. VG.....................50-75
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32. [FILM] Esther Ralston (1902-1994) American movie actress whose greatest popularity came during the silent era. ALS, 1981, 1p...........35-45
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33. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Charles Wepner (b.1939) American former professional boxer.[2][3] He fell just seconds short of a full fifteen rounds against world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 championship fight. Wepner also scored notable wins over Randy Neumann and former world heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell. He was also the last man to fight former undisputed world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. Wepner's boxing career, and fight with Ali, inspired the 1976 film Rocky, and other life events were chronicled in the 2016 film, Chuck. He was also the subject of the 2019 film The Brawler. Signed 3x5 card. (2) Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1910. (3) Hiram Ypsilanti Smith (1843-1894) was a nineteenth-century Republican politician, lawyer and clerk from Iowa. For three months, he represented Iowa's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, after winning election to serve out the term of John A. Kasson following Kasson's appointment as U.S. Envoy to Germany. SIGNATURE. (4) Christiane Schmidtmer (1939-2003) was a German actress, fashion model, nude model, and memoirist. Signed, inscribed 1985 photo, 8x10. (5) Willis L. Moore (1856-1927) the weather guy. Signed card mounted beside picture. (6) Edwin W. Fiske - Mayor, Mount Vernon, NY. Signed card. (7) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1958 bank check. (8) Gerald R. Ford - US President. Ink signed color 8x10 photo. We assume the signaturenis autopen......................Min. Bid $50
34. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Jesse Jackson (b. 1941) is an American political activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. The signature is somewhat smeared. (2) John McKendree Springer (1873-1963) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Church, elected in 1936. He was also a pioneering missionary instrumental in developing Methodism on the continent of Africa. ANS, 1948 to WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. (3) Arthur Pue Gorman (1839-1906) American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906.[3] Gorman served as United States Senator from Maryland from 1881 to 1899 and again from 1903 until his death. An 1887 letter written to Gorman signed by Gorman at bottom. (4) Lucia Trent (1897-1977) American port. ALS, 1929. (5) Augustus Jessopp (1823-1914) English cleric and writer. He spent periods of time as a schoolmaster and then later as a clergyman in Norfolk, England. He wrote regular articles for The Nineteenth Century, variously on humorous, polemical and historical topics. He published scholarly work on local Norfolk history and on aspects of English literature. A good friend of the academic and ghost-story writer M. R. James, he is described by James' biographer R. W. Pfaff as "a fine specimen of the learned but somewhat eccentric country parson." CLIP SIGNATURE. (6) David Eugene Smith (1860-1944) American mathematician, educator, and editor. SIGNED BOOKLET, 16pp.............Min. Bid $50
35. [GOLF LOT] includes: (1) David Duval - Signed magazine cover. (2) Jose Maria Olazabal - Signed 4 x 5-3.4 in. color picture. VG . (3) Craig Stadler (b. 1953) American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG. (4) Ben Crenshaw (b. 1952) American professional golfer. In 1973, Crenshaw became the second player in Tour history to win the first event of his career. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 8x10 color photo. Fine..............Min. Bid $50
36. (BRITISH RELIGIOUS NOTABLES LOT) WILSON CARLILE (1847-1942) Evangelist who found the Church Army and was Prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral. SIGNED card. CHARLES THOMAS LONGLEY (1794-1868) Archbishop of Canterbury (1862-1868). ALS (1863). ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHSON BOYD (1825-1899) Minister at St.Andrews, Author, Writer. ALS (1879). DR. HUGH SINGLETON (1851-1934) Roman Catholic Lord Bishop of Shrewsbury. SIGNED postcard photograph (1905). FREDERIC WILLIAM FARRAR (1831-1903) Church of England cleric, author. SIGNATURE. VG..............Min. Bid $50
37. [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL (1926-2010) Actress, Academy Award. TNS on card, 2001. Fine.........30-40
38. [FILM] Aileen Marie Quinn (b.1971) American actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Annie Bennett Warbucks in Annie. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photo as ANNIE. She also make draws an Annie face, dated 1982. VG..................25-35
39. John Dame (1784-about 1838) Patriot from New Hampshire. One of the Corps of Discovery members on the Lewis and Clark expedition. He was recruited at Fort Kaskaskia from an artillery company from the Regiment of Artillery led by Captain Amos Stoddard. Dame is mentioned only once in Clark's journal. He was a member of the party that returned to St Louis in 1805. He was a artillerist serving under Capt. Amos Stoddard at Fort Kaskaskia in “the Illinois” when he joined the expedition in 1803 at the age of nineteen. From the start, he was assigned to the detail that would take the barge back to St. Louis in the spring of 1805. During his short time with the Corps has a reputation as a quiet and well-disciplined soldier. Records for Captain Stoddard’s company list John Dame’s date of enlistment as 20 August 1801 for a term of five years. He is described as blue-eyed, fair complexioned, and of average height. His army occupation, that of laborer, hint at his likely contribution to the expedition: poling, rowing, and towing the keeled boat up the Missouri River to the Knife River Villages. Dame’s sole claim to notice in the captains’ journals was the fact that he shot an American white pelican on 8 August 1804, at what the captains named Pelican Island, near today’s Little Sioux, Iowa. Signed 1820 PROMISE TO PAY document attached to a large court document seeking the unpaid amount....................Min. Bid $25
40. [COLONIAL] Enoch Freeman (1706-1788) a native of Eastham, Massachusetts was born May 19, 1706, graduated from Harvard College (1729), taught school and engaged in the Boston Commission business (Barbados slave trade) before seeking his fortune as a Falmouth [Maine] merchant in 1741. His family would join the gentry because of his social standing and old school connections. A voracious office seeker, Freeman was appointed Naval Officer in 1749 but was replaced the next year with yet another Harvard graduate, Jabez Fox. Freeman complained bitterly to fellow classmates over the demotion. According to Sibley’s Harvard Graduates, Volume VIII, many locals considered Freeman a mere stranger; and William Willis’ Journals of Smith and Deane (1849) describes Freeman as “somewhat arbitrary and overbearing” though a man of “great moral worth and strict integrity.” Freeman and Fox waged a major legal battle over the estate of Col. Thomas Westbrook during the same era. Freeman became Deputy Collector, Judge of Common Pleas, one of the town’s leading revolutionaries, colonel of a local militia company and holder of so many offices that Willis in his History of Portland (1865) stated “Freeman and eldest son, Samuel, for near a hundred years exercised a controlling influence in the affairs of the town and country.” The colonel died September 2,1788. Offered here is a clip signature approx. 5-1/4 x 1-1/8 in. Fine.............50-75
41. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Philip van Ness Myers (1846-1937) American historian who was Professor of Economics and History at the University of Cincinnati and an author of several notable works on history. ALS, 1887, 1p. (2) William Rainey Harper (J1856-1906) American academic leader, an accomplished semiticist, and Baptist clergyman. Harper helped to establish both the University of Chicago and Bradley University and served as the first president of both institutions. TLS, 1880, 1p. mounted. (3) Humbert Wolfe CB CBE (1885-1940) Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant. He was one of the most popular British authors of the 1920s. TLS, 1937, 1p. (4) Bill Gates - 5 x 6-3/4 color photo signed by autopen. (5) Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine. Signed 1921 bank check. (6) Paul Hervieu (1857-1915) French novelist and playwright. (7) Jack J. Furman (1924-2010) Lawyer. Jack enlisted in the Army and was a WWII veteran. He served with the 4th Armored Division under the command of General George Patton and was wounded and awarded a Sharpshooter Medal, the Purple Heart and Bronze Star resulting from action in the invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He received a Letter of Commendation from the Government of France for actions in the liberation of France. TLS, 1957, 1-1/2 pages, to Rabbi Frederick Solomon. (8) Louis I. Egelson, American Rabbi, member Executive Board Central Conference American Rabbis, 1946-1949. Secretary Commision on Information about Judaism, Commision on Military Services.; Served as chaplain, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Force, World War I; Member American Legion. TLS, 1957 to Rabbi Fred Solomon. (9) Allison Smith (b. 1969) actress known for The West Wing and Kate & Allie. Signed, inscribed 3-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. picture [creases]...................Min. Bid $75
42. [MILITARY] COMPANY ORDERS, 1st Company, 17th Regiment Infantry orders to appear on parade, Simsbury, Ct. 1845. About 7.5 x 5 in. VG................Min. Bid $10
43. [AMERICANA] ROSS CUNNINGHAM - ALS, 1869, 1p. Headquarters Army of the United States, Washington DC, TO US GRANT, President of the United States. Application for Consul at Tripoli. About 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. VG..................50-75
44. [MILITARY] James H. Stratton (1898-1984) United States Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II. Between the wars he was involved in the construction of the Conchas Dam and the John Martin Reservoir. During World War II he was the Chief of Engineering in the Office of Chief of Engineers and the Assistant Chief of Staff (G-4) of Communications Zone in the European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA), the staff officer responsible for logistics planning. After the war he became a partner in Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton, a consulting engineering firm in New York, and directed the construction of the Tarbela Dam in Pakistan, the world's largest embankment dam, and the design of the Eisenhower Tunnel, the highest tunnel in the United States. TLS, 1949, 1p., to Congressman from Mass. Philip J. Philbin concerning Charles J. Hartford, Building Trades Council in Fitchburg, Mass. This lot includes 3 TLSs from Charles Hartfor plus a few carbon copies of letters.
45. [FILM] Katherine Helmond (1929-2019) American actress. Over her five decades of television acting, she was known for her starring role as ditzy matriarch Jessica Tate on the sitcom Soap (1977–1981) and her co-starring role as feisty mother Mona Robinson on Who's the Boss? (1984–1992). Helmond also appeared in a 1993 episode of The Upper Hand, the British version of Who's the Boss?. She also played Doris Sherman on Coach and Lois Whelan (the mother of Debra Barone) on Everybody Loves Raymond. She also appeared as a guest on several talk and variety shows. Helmond had supporting roles in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976), Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985) and Garry Marshall's Overboard (1987). She also voiced Lizzie in the Cars film franchise by Disney/Pixar between 2006 and 2017. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. Fine................50-75
46. [WORLD WAR 2] H.P. LeCaire - Commander US Navy. In 1918 he was in the Radio Div. Bureau of Steam Engineers. Offered here is a 27 Feb. 1941 MEMORANDUM FOR CAPTAIN GREENLEE, signed on page 5. From the personal papers of Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. VG.................75-100
47. [HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS] 2005 Christie's auction catalog, Important Hebrew Manuscripts From The Salman Schocken Collection. 15 lots in this aiction, illus., 57 pages, about 8 x 10.5 in. Fine. Most estimates above $100,000 to $400,000 but there is one at $1000 - $1500. Good reference...................25-35
48. [AMERICANA] group of 6 documents from Hillsboro, New Hampshire, 1877-1896. Receipts. Each about 8x3 in. VG...........Min. Bid $10
49. [AMERICANA] 1836 Bill of Lading shipping hood from Providence, RI to Phila. 8.5 x 5 in. Age signs...............Min. Bid $10
50. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of Lady Rachel Wriothesley (c. 1636 – 1723) English noblewoman, heiress, and author. Her second husband was William, Lord Russell, who was implicated in the Rye House Plot and later executed. A collection of the many letters she wrote to her husband and other distinguished men was published in 1773. Engraved by J. Cochran, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Alittle light toning which shows its old.................25-35
51. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer(1661-1724) English and later British statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. Engraved by W.T. Mote, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Toning which shows its old.................25-35
52. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, PC, PRS (1651-1716) English Whig jurist and statesman. Somers first came to national attention in the trial of the Seven Bishops where he was on their defence counsel. Engraved by W.T. Mote, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Pretty clean................25-35
53. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Frank H. Simmons (1878-1936) American author. Nice 1917 TLS answering an autograph request. 1p. [2] William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as US Secretary of War and US Secretary of the Treasury before he ran for US president in the 1824 election. Offered here is a antique engraved portait, approx. 7x 4.5 in. Below is his engraved signature. (3) [ART] Leonard Wells Volk (November 7, 1828 – August 19, 1895) was an American sculptor. He is notable for making one of only two life masks of United States President Abraham Lincoln. In 1867 he helped establish the Chicago Academy of Design and served as its president until 1878. He made several large monumental sculptures, including the tomb of the politician Stephen A. Douglas, and statues of American Civil War figures. Signed 1895 bank check. VG. (4) Samuel S. Lowery (1831-1912) American manufacturer and politician from New York. ALS, 1873, 1p. to Nelson K. Hopkins, NY State Comtroller. (5) Sec. of the Treasury, J.C. Spencer, signed in type 1844 printed gov. document, 17pp, re: public lands in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Miss., Mich., La., Ark. Document No. 210 for 28th Congress 1st Session. (6) William Platt Pepper (1837-1907) was the first vice-president of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (PMSIA) from 1876-1882, and president from 1882-1897. Lengthy ALS [1897] written on both sides. Numerous condition faults. Mentions Mrs. Cassatt [the famous artist ??]. (7) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Excellent art content about upcoming Walt Kuhn exhibitions including.........Phil Adams spent all day looking at Kuhn works and getting ideas. Signed Brenda as usual. Brenda had the habit of keeping ink signed copies of typed letters she sent. Philip R. Adams wrote about Walt Kuhn for the 1968 Kennedy galleries exhibition. Very good lot......Min. Bid $75
Archive From Kuhn Estate
54. BRENDA KUHN (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. Offered here: about 110 pieces from Brenda's estate. Comprised mostly of letters to Brenda, and ephemera. Probably not much relating to her famous father - we haven't taken the time to research any of the letters. Dates appear to be 1960s...........100-150
55. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] about 15 pieces, dating from 1811 to 1914. Includes some autograph signatures [?], an early broadside printing; small tin photograph; 1811 Somersworth, NH tax receipt; 2 nice antique engravings, plus other document. See scans..................Min. Bid $20
56. [CLEVELAND, OHIO] antique engraving, image approx. 4.5 x 7 in. plus margins. Publ. by Charles Magnus. Very lite top edge stain.......Min. Bid $10
57. Jared Sparks (1789 - 1866) American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister. He served as President of Harvard University from 1849 to 1853. Manuscript document signed by him and his wife Mary E. Sparks, receiving property as executor of will, dated Cambridge, Dec. 15, 1850. Text of document is brief. VG............50-75
Bio of Sparks
58. Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861) founded what would become known as Remington Arms. Originally the company was known as E. Remington followed by E. Remington & Son and then E. Remington and Sons.
59. [TV] Linda Lavin (b.1937) American actress and singer. She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom Alice and for her stage performances, both on and off-Broadway. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..................25-35
60. Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) American newspaper editor and publisher from the 1880s until his death; he controlled the Raleigh News and Observer, at the time North Carolina's largest newspaper, for decades. A Democrat,[1] he was appointed by United States President Woodrow Wilson to serve as Secretary of the Navy during World War I. He became a close friend and supporter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who served as his Assistant Secretary of the Navy and later was elected as United States President. Roosevelt appointed Daniels as his Ambassador to Mexico, serving from 1933 to 1941. TLS, 1942, 1p...............40-60
61. [HARRY TRUMAN] 1949 document nominating Karl L. Rankin of Maine [diplomat] signed by fasc. signature. Signed in ink by Dean Acheson, Secretary of State. Karl Rankin (1898-1991) was an American diplomat from Wisconsin. In 1949 Rankin was promoted to U.S. Consul General in Canton, China; and also became Consul General in Hong Kong from 1949 to 1950. Rankin was appointed U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of China, based in Taipei, from 1950 to 1953, before being named Ambassador from 1953 to 1957. Finally, Rankin returned to Yugoslavia, serving as U.S. Ambassador from 1957 to 1961. FRAMED. Full size 16-1/4 x 12-1/4 in. VG.........Min. Bid $200
62. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Anthony Wilson Thorold (1825-1895) Anglican Bishop of Winchester in the Victorian era. The son of a Church of England priest, he also served as Bishop of Rochester. It was in that role that he travelled throughout North America and met with leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While he wrote a number of devotional books, he is best remembered for having recruited Isabella Gilmore to revive the female diaconate in the Anglican Communion. CLIP SIGNATURE, about 3-1/2 x 1-3/4 in. VG. (2) [EPHEMERA] 1896 one page letter written from Bangor, Maine on illustrated letterhead. 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. VG (3) Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946. Signed Check dated 1924. (4) POSTAL HISTORY] Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings. Offered here is an envelope addressed in the hand of Smith. Approx. 4.5 x 3.5 in. VG. (5) [PORTRAIT] Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) was an American physician, naturalist, and politician who lived in Plandome, New York. Mitchill taught chemistry, botany, and natural history at Columbia College from 1792 until 1801 and was a founding editor of The Medical Repository, the first medical journal in the United States. In addition to his Columbia lectures on botany, zoology, and mineralogy, Mitchill collected, identified, and classified many plants and animals, particularly aquatic organisms. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1797. From 1807 to 1826, he taught at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and then helped organize the short-lived Rutgers Medical College of New Jersey, which he served as vice president until 1830. While at Columbia, Mitchill developed a fallacious theory of disease, which however resulted in his promotion of personal hygiene and improved sanitation. Offered here is an original engraved portrait done circa 1832. Image size approx. 4-1/2 x 3-3/8 in. plus pretty clean margins except for one small light spot well away from image. (6) [THEATRE] Charles Kelly (1839–1885) English actor/journalist and husband of actress Ellen Terry. Charles and Ellen met while appearing in Reade's plays, but they separated in 1881. Signature with inscription, Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, 1870, approx. 4 x 4 in. VG. (7) [ENTERTAINMENT] Nedra Volz (1908-2003) American actress. Born in Montrose, Iowa, she began her career in the family tent show, and appeared in vaudeville as a toddler (called "Baby Nedra"). In the early 1930s, Volz was featured vocalist with Cato's Vagabonds, a Des Moines, Iowa, big band that briefly enjoyed national popularity. Cato never made records, but Nedra managed to appear on exactly one 78 side, with Will Osborne's orchestra in 1933. Beginning with an episode of Good Times in 1975, she became a well-recognized supporting character actress, primarily on television and also in feature films. Offered here is a 3x5 card on which she has written about 13 lines and signed. VG (8) John Rice McConnell (1831-1895) US congressman from Kentucky. SIGNATURE.........MIN. BID $50
63. [ACTORS MIXED LOT] includes: (1) [SILENT SCREEN] FRED SCOTT (1902-1992) American Actor/Silent Screen Star -started out entertaining on vaudeville, acting on Broadway, and singing operetta. He later appeared in many silent comedies, including those of Mack Sennett, and appeared in one feature-length silent film. Later he worked in a few musicals during the early '30s, but soon left movies to spend a few years singing opera. Between the late '30s and early '40s, Scott played a cowboy crooner known as "the Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo" in a few Westerns. - SIGNED 8x10 photograph as cowboy star. (2) Richard Todd [1919-2009] Irish-born British stage and film actor and soldier. Clip signature, approx. 4 x 1.5". (3) Susan Strasberg (1938 –1999) American stage, film and television actress. TLS, 1977, 1p. (4) Maureen Stapleton (1925-2006) American actress in film, theater and television. Signed 3x5 card. (5) Earl Holliman (b. 1928) is an American actor. Signed 8x10 color photo. VG................Min. Bid $50
64. [THEATRE AND FILM LOT]. Includes: (1) Mabelle Gilman Corey (1874-1960) American actress. She had an affair with William Ellis Corey which led to the dissolution of his marriage, and they later married. Signed 3 x 1-3/4 in. card. VG. (2) Nancy Coleman (1912-2000) American film, stage, television and radio actress. After working on radio and appearing on the Broadway stage, Nancy Coleman moved to Hollywood to work for Warner Bros. studios. Memorable roles include playing the mistress to a Nazi (played by Helmut Dantine) in Edge of Darkness and co-starring with Paul Henreid in In Our Time. In the 1950s, Coleman began making guest appearances on television. She also played Anne Bront_ in the film Devotion (1946) opposite Olivia de Havilland and Ida Lupino. Signature, inscribed 5-1/4 x 3-3/4 in. VG (3) [THEATRE] 1949 program starring Melvyn Douglas in TWO BLIND MICE. NOT signed. VG (4) [THEATRE] Hollis St. Theatre broadside feathering Julia Marlow Taber, approx. 5-1/2 x 11 in. Edge faults mailing in top & bottom edges. (5) Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) regarded as one of the greatest American stage actresses of the 20th century. She was nicknamed "First Lady of the Theatre," a title also bestowed upon her friend Helen Hayes, though each deferred to the other. Offered are 3 items once owned by Cornell, formerly in the Collection of The Boothbay Theatre Museum [Maine]. Included are: her 1973 Membership card for The Friends of the Theatre and Music Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Also a 1953 color snapshot photo of her holding her dog. And a piece of her stationery. (6) [THEATRE] Charles Hayden Coffin (1862-1935) was an English actor and singer known for his performances in many famous Edwardian musical comedies, particularly those produced by George Edwardes. Hayden achieved fame as Harry Sherwood in Dorothy (1886), which became the longest-running piece of musical theatre in history up to that time; other similar roles followed. SIGNATURE dated 1892, about 2-7/8 x 1-7/8 in. VG. (7) Ezra Kendall (1861-1910) American actor-comedian, humorist, playwright and author who was known for his depiction of typical New England Yankees. During his time in vaudeville Kendall was said to have been among the highest paid monologist in America. Kendall left school at fourteen to work as a printer's assistant. At seventeen he traveled to New York City where he became a cub reporter on several newspapers and the youngest member of the New York Press Club. Signed 3-1/8 x 1-5/8 in, dated 1903. VG............Min. Bid $70
65. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Fern Barry (1901-1981) actress best known for The Rifleman (1958), 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and Perry Mason (1957). Warner Bros. paycheck 1984 made out to Fern Barry Deceased. Endorsed verso by Lester R. Berry [?] (2) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1967 bank check. (3) Ralph Bernal (1783-1854) was a British Whig politician and art collector. Signed address panel postmarked 1829. (4) Henry White Warren (1831–1912) was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop and author. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) Lyman J. Abbott (December 18, 1835 – October 22, 1922)[1][2] was an American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author. SIGNED CARD mounted. (6) John Townsend Trowbridge (1827-1916) American author. (7) Philip J. Philbin (May 29, 1898 – June 14, 1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Western Union telegraph sent 1946 type signed. (8) Lester M. Jacobs - President Temple B'Nai Israel, TLS 1956. (9) David Paul Brown - author, lawyer. Clip signature dated 1842...............Min. Bid $50
66. Roland Douglas Sawyer (1874-1969) was a Congregationalist minister and Massachusetts state legislator. He is best remembered as one of the leading Christian socialists of the first decade of the 20th century and as the author of an array of self-published books and pamphlets on genealogy and the local history of New England. In 1898, Sawyer took a position as a pastor at Hope Chapel in Brockton, Massachusetts, the first of four Congregational churches he would head. In about 1907, the previously conservative Sawyer began to gain an interest in Christian socialism, a growing movement in that day. Sawyer joined the Socialist Party of America and ran for Governor of Massachusetts on the Socialist ticket in 1912. Running as a Democrat in the fall of 1913, Sawyer ran for the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature. Unlike his previous electoral experiences, this time Sawyer won his race for office. He ran for re-election and won every two years thereafter for more than a quarter century, sitting in the Massachusetts General Court until 1941. Sawyer took an interest in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two anarchists accused of murder in conjunction with a 1920 armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts, and was active in the unsuccessful campaign to win the pair a stay of execution and a new trial. In the Massachusetts General Court, Sawyer was regarded as a crusader against political corruption. Group of 4 postcards sent to family in Kingston, NH, 1898-1926. One has minor corner fault..............Min. Bid $40
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67. [ENTERAINMENT] a 1961 contract signed by Peter Lawford [the actor] of Chrislaw Productions Inc. and Billy Asher [employee]. 11 pages, signed at conclusion by Lawford and Asher. You already know who Peter Lawford is - 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..................300-400
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Very Special Mickey Spillane Item
68. [MICKEY SPILLANE] Mickey Spillane (1918- 2006) American crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself. Signed Biographical document, dated May 26, 1950, 5 pages. Mickey answers many questions honestly for Dutton Publishing company. Approx. 8.5 x 11 in. VG.................2000-3000
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69. [BALLET-Texas] Mikhail Baryshnikov (b. 1948) born in Russia he is considered among the greatest ballet dancers of our time. Offered here is a PROCLAMATION signed by the Mayor of Beaumont, Texas. For "MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV DAY" AUGUST 2, 1983. Approx. 11 x 14 in. Middle fold & stains bottom right corner. Some handwriting on the verso?????. Provenance: Mikhail Baryshnikov personal collection, Swann's Auction, East Coast Books...............300-400
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70. [FILM-THEATRE] Agreement 1965 Between Producer and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada International Sound Technicians of the Motion Picture, Broadcast and Amusement Industries, Local #695. This i nvolves CHRISLAW PRODUCTIONS, INC. , which was owned by actor Peter Lawford and the film BILLIE starring Patty Duke, Jim backus, Jane Greer, Warren Berlinger, Billy De Wolfe and Dick Sargent. Signed on page 43 Milton Ebbins [Vice President of Chrislaw] and 2 Union officials. Milt Ebbins (1912-2008) the well-connected show business manager who was a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy White House. Mr. Ebbins was a well-liked Hollywood insider who directed the careers of actors, musicians and comedians. For more than 30 years, he was the personal manager of actor Peter Lawford. Through Lawford, who was married to Patricia Kennedy, a sister of John F. Kennedy's, Mr. Ebbins became a favorite of JFK's and a frequent guest at the White House and on Air Force One. At Kennedy's 45th birthday party in 1962, Mr. Ebbins gave Marilyn Monroe a push onstage at Madison Square Garden as she went out to sing her sultry version of "Happy Birthday." About 48 pages, 8.5 x 14 in. Fine.................100-150
71. [PORTRAIT] Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796-1817) was the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV), and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick. Had she outlived both her grandfather George III and her father, she would have become Queen of the United Kingdom, but she died at the age of 21, predeceasing them both. Offered here is an original portrait of Charlotte engraved by Henry T. RYALL (1811-1867). Ryall was appointed the royal engraver by Queen Victoria. Forty of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery in London. This engraving dates back to 1863. The engraved area is about 7.5 x 6 in. very light foxing which is expected and adds a little charm..................50-75
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72. [WAR of 1812] Large 1815 document signed by many people. Concerns Jacob Cutter (1771-1857) the Portsmouth [NH] merchant and ship owner. There are 2 small document attached to it signed by [unknowns]. This document remains UNRESEARCHED. Numerous condition faults. Have fun with this one!. Jacob Cutter was the Paymaster.............300-400
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73. [ART & MEDICINE] Theodatus Garlick (1805-1884) very interesting person. One of first plastic surgeons in U.S. Also first in U.S. to build a chicken hatchery and breed fish artificially. He was also a sculptor and photographer. In 1818 he joined his brother Abel, producing Cleveland's first shipped goods, burr millstones. He worked as a blacksmith and tombstone carver in Cleveland, NEWBURGH, and Brookfield (Trumbull Co.) while studying medicine with local physicians. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1834 and practiced surgery in Youngstown until 1852. Garlick developed new procedures in plastic and facial surgery and operative midwifery, and invented splints and instruments for amputation, trepanning, and obstetrics. His skill in surgery and sculpture made him an adept portraitist: Pres. Jackson, Henry Clay, and JARED KIRTLAND posed for him. Garlick and his brother excavated a Cleveland Indian mound in 1820. Following Daguerre's methods, Garlick built a camera and, in Dec. 1839, made the first photograph in the WESTERN RESERVE using a silvered brass plate, producing Cleveland's first daguerreotype on 9 Sept. 1841. Garlick fished, coauthored essays on angling, and in 1853 successfully artificially fertilized trout eggs in vitro and built the country's first fish hatchery. At 75, Garlick took up Greek, translating the Bible within 2 years. He died in Bedford. ALS, Cleveland [Ohio], 1864, 3 full pages. About 8 x 10 in. Stamped envelope is included. VG...........350-500...............Min. Bid $100
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74. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering at the University of Michigan in 1872. He was appointed assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics. In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. Offered here is HIS SIGNED Physical Laboratory notes, 29 pages handwritten, c. 1902. Approx. 5x8 in. Provenance: The Robert Simpson Woodward House is a former residence located at 1513 16th Street, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. From 1904 until 1914, it was a home of geologist Robert Simpson Woodward, the first president of the Carnegie Institution. The building currently serves as the Capital Research Center headquarters. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Fine condition. RARE!.....................300-400
75. [NAVAL] Group of 9 letters written to Lt. Comdr. Ellsworth Davis, 1919-32. These were sent by Ellsworth's mother to him while he was serving on the USS Burns & USS McDermut. Each with envelope. We have not read these letters. Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. VG.................60-80
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76. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. Lithograph, signed in the print, not titled, dated 1978. Approx. 8.5 x 11 in. VG................40-60
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77. [ART] Hermann Richter lived and painted in California in the early part of the 20th century. He was born in Hamburg Germany, on July 29, 1875, came to the U.S. in 1927, and lived in California for 14 years. He died in San Diego, California on May 03, 1941. Original pastel, signed, approx. 8-1/4 x 10-1/4 in. VG...............200-300
78. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) George H. Stone (1841-1917) geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey and author of "The Glacial Gravels of Maine". Photo from Kents Hill School, Readfield, Maine. ALS, 1880, as teacher at Maine Wesleyan Seminary Female College, 1880, 1p. (2) Leland B. Jacobs (1907–1992) was an American professor emeritus of education who was known particularly for his work in the teaching of literature. Signed handwritten poem titled LUCKY. (3) Joseph Paul Lash (1909-1987) American radical political activist, journalist, and writer. A close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, Lash won both the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the National Book Award in Biography[ for Eleanor and Franklin (1971), the first of two volumes he wrote about the former First Lady. Signed typescript from ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN, 1p. (4) Ruta Lee (b.1935) Canadian actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She had roles in films including Billy Wilder's crime drama Witness for the Prosecution and Stanley Donen's musical comedy Funny Face. Signed, inscribed 4 x 4-3/4 in. vintage photo. (5) Allen H. Miner (1917-2004) film director known for Mission Impossible, Wagon Train and many others. 1984 Warner Bros. paycheck endorsed on verso. (6) Margret Deland - addressed stamped 1900 envelope - not signed by her. (7) Henry Bascom Ridgaway (1830-1895) taught at Garrett Biblical Inst. in RI. ALS, 1887. Tipped to album pape. Laid to other side are (8) Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926) American academic who was selected as Harvard's president in 1869. CLIP SIGNATURE. (9) William Everett (1839-1910) author who taught at Harvard. CLIP SIGNATURE. (10) Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) American economist. Farnam was professor of political economy at Yale University from 1880 to 1918. In 1911, he served as president of the American Economic Association. Brief TLS, 1902...............Min. Bid $75
79. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) "Guy" Lombardo (1902-1977) Canadian-American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racer. Signed, inscribed color magazine picture. (2) Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet PC (1804-1882) Irish Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament. He was also a barrister and judge, who served briefly as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. CLIP SIGNATURE. There is a different signature laid to reverse of page which we have not identified. (3) John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, PC, QC, FRS, FSA (1751-1838) British barrister and politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806 and again between 1807 and 1827. CLIP SIGNATURE. (4) Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald MacKenzie Scobie, KBE, CB, MC (1893-1969) British Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars, where he commanded the 70th Infantry Division and later III Corps. He was also a Scotland international rugby union player. SIGNATURE. (5) WARNER BROS. 1984 paycheck made out to SOLT/LEO Inc. (6) F. Lee Bailey (1933-2021) signed [in gold ink] 8.5 x 11 in color picture...............Min. Bid $50
80. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL unsigned drawing, sheet size approx.10-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. Ink, with some watercolor. Very good condition . In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED.............300-400
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81. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL unsigned watercolor drawing, dated 1919, 11-3/4 x 8-3/4 in. sheet size. Tipped to black paper. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED.................300-400
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82. MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL SIGNED drawing, dated 1919, 11-3/4 x 8-1/2 in. sheet size. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED............600-800
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83. [MILITARY] 2 printed government documents, 1846 [mineral regions of Lake Superior] and 1856 - a memorial.........Min. Bid $10
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84. [MILITARY] 1880 printed government document, 3pp. plus foldout of Yaquina Bay Bar...............Min. Bid $10
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85. [KANSAS] group of printed gov. docs, 1858-1870.......Min. Bid $10
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86. [MARYLAND] Francis Thomas (1799-1876) Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland. Collection of Document signed, 1843. Appointing Notary Public Approx. 16-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. Expected folds o/w VG.................50-75
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87. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 10th Earl of Argyll (1658-1703) Scottish peer. Engraved by H. Robinson, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Light foxing.................25-35
88. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (1757-1833) British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. Engraved by H. Robinson, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Light foxing.................25-35
89. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, KG (1726-1799) British naval officer. After serving throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War. He also took part, as a naval captain, in the decisive British naval victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759. In North America, Howe is best known for his service during the American Revolutionary War, when he acted as a naval commander and a peace commissioner with the American rebels; he also conducted a successful relief during the Great Siege of Gibraltar in the later stages of the War. Engraved by H. Robinson, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Light foxing.................25-35
90. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (1738-1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as the Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army general and official. In the United States and the United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. He later served as a civil and military governor in Ireland, where he helped bring about the Act of Union; and in India, where he helped enact the Cornwallis Code and the Permanent Settlement. Engraved by W. Holl, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Light foxing.................25-35
91. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of Frances Theresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond. Engraved by H. Robinson, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Light foxing.................25-35
92. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, KG, PC (1641-1702) English nobleman and politician of the Spencer family. An able and gifted statesman, his caustic temper and belief in absolute monarchy nevertheless made him numerous enemies. He was forced to flee England in 1688, but later established himself with the new regime after the Revolution of that year. Engraved by W.H. Mote, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Light foxing.................25-35
93. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC (1616-1700) English nobleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage as 5th Earl of Bedford and removed to the House of Lords. He fought in the Parliamentarian army and later defected to the Royalists during the English Civil War. Engraved by J. Cochran, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Light foxing.................25-35
94. [KENTUCKY] Walter Darlington "Dee" Huddleston (1926-2018) American politician. He was a Democrat from Kentucky who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1973 until 1985. Huddleston lost his 1984 Senate re-election campaign to Mitch McConnell in an upset by about 5100 votes. A 1959 FDC signed [on address sticker]...........Min. Bid $5
95. [KENTUCKY] Thruston Ballard Morton (1907-1982) American politician. A Republican, Morton represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. A 1938 cover honoring AIR MAIL, SIGNED. VG...............MIN. BID $8
96. Jose Torres (1911-1977) Spanish dancer and choreographer who was dance director at the Paris Opéra. Parents with his dancer wife of Jean-Marc Torres, star of the Roland Petit company. Signed vintage 8x10 photo. VG...............Min. Bid $18
97. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers Association. Group of 2 typed letters signed "Gene", 1965, one to the actor Peter Lawford and the other to Milton Ebbins, Lawford's agent/partner regarding Lawford. Plus 3 ink signed memo documents sent to All members of the Society of INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS, which included Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Ebbins and Lawford. 1965 typed memo signed Gene. (2) Teresa Żylis-Gara (1930-2021) Polish operatic soprano who enjoyed a major international career from the 1950s through the 1990s. Signed 2-question page. (3) Alfred Griffin (or Griffith) Hatfield (1848 or 1850 – 1921) was a performer and minstrel show producer as Al G. Field . Signature 1906. (4) Dick Cheney - Vice President. TLS, 2002. Signature is likely autopen. (5) Dr. Michael DeBakey (1908-2008) DeBakey performed the first successful carotid endarterectomy in 1953. A year later, he pioneered techniques in grafts for the various parts of the aorta. DeBakey was among the earliest surgeons to perform coronary artery bypass surgery. A pioneer in the development of an artificial heart, he was among the first to use an external heart pump successfully in a patient – a left ventricular bypass pump. Signed 3x5 card. (6) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American artist. Signed 1906 check. (7) Hon. Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1757-1847) was a Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807 and then the Archbishop of York until his death. Signed address panel. (8) Philip Philbin - US congressman from Mass. 1939 telegram from him & one to him. (9) Edwin M. Stanton - printed gov. document re: 100 Days Men. From Stanton in 1866, 5pp., signed in type as Sec. of War. (10) Jack Dempsey - unsigned vintage 1964 photo. (11) Danny Rogers (died 2021) Danny was in the motion picture industry for more than 42 years as a stuntman and stunt coordinator. He doubled Eric Estrada on CHIPS for 6 years. Danny was voted into "Stunts Unlimited" in 1974 (which he thinks is the top stunt origination in the business). He has done many motorcycle stunts, horse work and fight scenes. Danny has been an all around stunt performer over his many years in the business preforming stunts on some of the "top" movies such as; XXX, Titanic, Fast & the Furious, Pearl Harbor, Hildago, just to name a few. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck. (12) Group of 13 Limerick National Bank checks 1915-26. Limerick, Maine..............Min. Bid $70
98. [SOLOMON ARCHIVE] Collection of 12 typed letters sent to Frederick Solomon, 1957-1961. These appear to be about Rabbinical Pension Board. Some of the signatures: Natalie Martell, Douglas A. Rosen, Henrietta A. Gordon, David Wilkus, Samuel G. Klayf, Lee R. Myer, Natalie R. Solomon. Frederick Solomon (1899-1980). Dr. Frederick K. “Fritz” Solomon (originally Solomonski) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899. In 1938, when the synagogue he was serving at was torched by Nazis and he was subsequently summoned by the Gestapo, he fled Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. While still in Europe, Solomon had studied art under the German-Jewish artists Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg and Eugene Spiro, and German expressionist Willy Jaeckel. In England, he continued his artistic career, exhibiting his religious and expressionistic work at various galleries throughout the country, including the Royal Academy and the Kensington Art Gallery in London, where he had a one-man show. His work is in the permanent collections of the Courtauld Institute, the Bazalel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Ben Uri Art Gallery St. John’s Wood, London (now incorporating the London Jewish Museum of Art)................Min. Bid $10
99. James A. Farley (1888-1976) American politician and Knight of Malta who simultaneously served as chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Postmaster General under President Franklin Roosevelt, whose gubernatorial and presidential campaigns were run by Farley. Farley was commonly referred to as a political kingmaker, as he was responsible for Roosevelt's rise to the presidency. TLS, 1940, to Mr. Siver. VG...............50-75
100. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Edward Grey, D.D. (25 March 1782 – 1837) was an Anglican bishop who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Hereford from 1832 to 1837. On the other side is autograph of (2) John Banks Jenkinson (2 September 1781 – 7 July 1840) was an English bishop who was the Bishop of St David's from 1825. (3) Josiah Bailey (1873-1946) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1931 and 1946. Before turning to a career in law, Bailey was editor of the Biblical Recorder, a newspaper for North Carolina Baptists. Signed 1920 bank check. VG. (4) John M. Carroll (1823-1901) US Congressman from New York. Auto signature on 5-1/4 x 4-1/4 in. slip of paper. VG (5) Joe Brennan (b. 1934) the 70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987. He is a former commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission. TLS, 1989, signed Joe. To a publisher, thanking him for sending a book about Maine vacations. Three file holes along right edge. Signed as a member of the US congress. (6) [MILITARY] John T. Griffin (1902-1999) President of East Coast Aviation Corp. Lengthy TLS, 1950, 1p, to Conmgressman Philip J. Philbin [Mass]. Re: a bill which seems to be dormat in the Armed Services Committee. VG. (7) Henry Bowen Anthony (1815-1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the Providence Journal. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving between 1849 and 1851 as a member of the Whig Party. Near the end of the 1850s, he was elected to the Senate by the Rhode Island Legislature and was re-elected 4 times. He would be twice elected to the Senate's highest post as President pro tempore during the Grant Administration, and served until his death in 1884. CLIP SIGNATURE. (8) A 1956 letter to Frederick Solomon signed by 3 persons from Rabbinical Placement Committee................Min. Bid $50
101. Benjamin Everett Jordan (1896-1974) American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1958 to 1973. Signed 1950 FDC, type addressed. VG.................Min. Bid $5
102. [ART] W.H.W. Bicknell (1860-1947) American artist; exhibited at the St. Louis Exp. 1904. His work is in many collections including: Rochester Memorial Art Gallery; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; New York Public Library; Art Institute of Chicago. Original etching, titled "HORACE." Pencil signed by the artist, approx. 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 plus margins. c. 1902. VG.........50-75
103. [THEATRE] Landford Wilson (1937-2011) American playwright. His work, as described by The New York Times, was "earthy, realist, greatly admired [and] widely performed." Wilson helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement with his earliest plays, which were first produced at the Caffe Cino beginning in 1964. He was one of the first playwrights to move from Off-Off-Broadway to Off-Broadway, then Broadway and beyond. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1980 and was elected in 2001 to the Theater Hall of Fame. Offered here is a signed copy of his book 5th of July - A Play, 129pp, soft cover. Signed inside on the flyleaf. Pictured on the cover are William Hurt, Jeff Daniels etc. VG................50-75
104. [MILITARY] George Miller Sternberg (1838-1915) U.S. Army physician who is considered the first U.S. bacteriologist, having written Manual of Bacteriology (1892). After he survived typhoid and yellow fever, Sternberg documented the cause of malaria (1881), discovered the cause of lobar pneumonia (1881), and confirmed the roles of the bacilli of tuberculosis and typhoid fever (1886). Offered here is a 1896 bank check endorsed on the verso by Sternberg. The check was sent and signed by Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. Woodward sends $100 to Sternberg who was Treasurer of the Pasteur Monument Committee. Fine. VERY RARE! ..........300-600
105. [CONFEDERATE] Samuel M. Wilson [1817 - 1876] Lieutenant Colonel, 7th Virginia Battalion expanded into the 61st Virginia Infantry Regiment. Grew up in the Tidewater region.Attended the University of Virginia. President of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad. Married Mary Barraud and lived in Norfolk,Va before the Civil War.Father of Daniel Cary Barraud Wilson,he married Courtney B.Cocke,daughter of General Philip St.George Cocke and St.Julien Ravenel Wilson,killed in the war. His second wife was Sallie Browne Cocke married in 1866,daughter of General Philip St.George Cocke.They had a daughter in 1869,Sally M. Offered here is a handwritten letter signed, dated Richmond, March 6, 1862, 1 page, approx. 7 1/4 x 71/2 in. To R. N. W. Keeling. Content: Your note of the third inst. reached me on yesterday. As the best answer I can give on the subject you call to my attention I send the annexed circular of the Attorney Genl. No action has been taken by the Legislature of Virginia on the paying the Census Marshalls and their assistants. Condtion: 1 partial fold separation, soiled, numerous old tape repairs. Less than very good.............Min. Bid $50
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106. [DESERT STORM WAR] Original Kuwait Quarter Dinar note captured from Iraqi soldiers who had previously stolen this note from the Kuwaitis. When the Iraqi soldiers surrendered during Desert Storm this note was found on one of them. This csarce note bears the official MINISTRY OF DEFENCE handstamp. Few of these exist. About 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG.............100-150
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107. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Frank Sinatra - unsigned attractive 2008 First Day Cover. (2) [THEATRE] Florence Williams (1910-1995) American actress. She played many parts in summer stock, where she met future husband scenic designer Leon Whitten, and eventually landed on Broadway performing opposite legendary actress Lillian Gish. Florence left New York and her entertainment career behind in 1973, retiring with her husband to a quiet life in Rockport, Maine. Although she received many invitations to participate in community theater, Florence felt that she was too old to resume acting and politely declined. However, to keep herself active, she joined a local acting workshop at age 81. Encouraged by her peers, an initially reluctant Florence ultimately participated in The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman show based on the life of poet Emily Dickinson. Using the professional name Florence Marshall, she performed her show nationally for the public in a series of benefits for nursing homes and abused children. Florence continued to involve herself in local Maine theater productions until 1992, two years before her death at age 84. Offered here are 2 ALSs, 1980 and 1986, plus a Camden, Maine theatre program. Written to Franklyn Lenthall (1919-2001) director of the Boothbay Playhouse, Boothbay, Maine, and from 1975 to 1990 he managed the Boothbay Theater Museum which contained the nation's largest private theater collection. VG (3) [US NAVAL] Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. OFFERED HERE: A signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN". VG (4) Wlliam Duren (1810-1888) he came from Waterville, Me., about 1827; engaged in lumbering and trade; has served as representative and senator in the Legislature of Maine, and as mayor of Calais, Maine 1872-75. DOCUMENT SIGNED, Calais, Maine, 1865. Land sale. Also signed by Levi Lincoln Lowell (1805-1880) [signed twice]. Approx. 8-3/4 x 13-1/2 in. Very fine condition. (5) Coleman Barks (born1937) is an American poet, and former literature faculty at the University of Georgia. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, he is a popular interpreter of Rumi, rewriting the poems based on other English translations. Signed typescript poem titled THE PENGUIN, 1p., 8.5 x 11 in. VG.........Min. Bid $50
108. SINGER SEWING CO. - ALS, 1864, 1p. by Theo. L. Haynes (1830-1906) , to the Singer Sewing Machine Co. On illustrated letterhead. Mounting trace along one edge on verso.....Min. Bid $10
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109. [MAINE] Thos. Vose (1765-1848) an interesting historic Maine figure. He moved to Robbinston, Maine, in 1790, with his wife and infant daughter, to take charge of the interests of Lieut. Gov. Edward Robbins, the first proprietor and from whom the town was named. Governor Robbins was one of the commissioners for building the state house in Boston, and the large timbers for the building were obtained by Mr. Vose from land that Gov. Robbins owned in the southwestern part of Calais, Maine. The twelve pillars on the front of the building were made of great pine trees which must have been over three feet in diameter, and were cut between Mount See All and Vose Lake. Mr. E. H. Vose says: "I well remember, when a boy of eight years, of my grandfather charging me to 'go and look at those pillars' when I went to Boston, and to 'remember that my old grandfather got them.'" He built the first vessel in Robbinston in 1792, a schooner called the "First Attempt," and afterward built a number of ships at Robbinston and some at St. Andrews, New Brunswick. For some years he was engaged in the fishing trade largely with the Indians of the Passamoquoddy tribe who were always the firm friends of him and his descendants. He was a member of the convention which formed the constitution for the state of Maine, when it was set apart from Massachusetts, and was a member of the legislature. He was one of the selectmen of the town and active in town affairs. He kept his interest in politics and town affairs until his death. Offered here is a document signed, Robbinstown [Maine] 1798, approx. 7.5 x 3.5 in. He receives from James Dyer 11 pounds 5 shillings. VG................80-120
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110. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Adolphus William Ward (1837-1924) English historian and man of letters. In 1898, Ward delivered the Ford Lectures at Oxford University. He took an active part in the foundation of Victoria University, of which he was vice-chancellor from 1886 to 1890 and from 1894 to 1896. His most important work is his standard History of English Dramatic Literature to the Age of Queen Anne (1875). SIGNED CARD, 1922. Edge toning. (2) ALEXANDER WILEY - US Sen. from Wis. TLS, 1950 re: Bureau of Am. Ethnology. (3) Lyn St. James (b.1947) is an American former race car driver. She competed in the IndyCar series, with eleven CART and five Indy Racing League starts to her name. St. James is one of nine women who have qualified for the Indianapolis 500, and became the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award. (4) [FILM] MARTHA SCOTT [1912-2003] actress. In both The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, she played Charlton Heston's mother. ISP, 8 x 10. (5) Albert George Schmedeman (1864-1946) American politician who served as the 28th governor of Wisconsin. Schmedeman was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Heinrich Schmedeman, a "Forty-Eighter" from Germany. Albert Schmedeman was elected to the city council in 1904 and served for four years. A Democrat, he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1910 but lost to John M. Nelson. In 1913 he was appointed the U.S. Minister to Norway and held this position until 1921. He then planned to retire from politics, but instead Schmedeman was elected Madison's mayor, serving from 1926 to 1932. In 1932 he was elected governor of Wisconsin and served only one term from 1933 to 1935. His term was both preceded and succeeded by Philip La Follette, son of former governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr. SIGNED PHOTO, 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 in. Fine . (6) [OPERA] John M. Wieting M.D. (1817-1888) physician and medical lecturer. He 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.............Min. Bid $50
111. Albert Forbes Sieveking (1857-1951) English author, known for his books on gardens. ALS, 1930, 2pp, 5 x 6-3/4". VG..........Min. Bid $10
112. George Rodney [Eden] Wakefield (1853 - 1940) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Dover and Wakefield. He was educated at Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. After an incumbency at Bishop Auckland - in latter years he was also Rural Dean - he began what his Times obituary described as "nearly forty years of quiet but efficient service to the episcopate". ALS, no yr, written on both sides. VG.................25-35
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113. [MARYLAND] Thomas Swann (1809-1883) American politician. Initially a Know-Nothing, and later a Democrat, he served as the 19th Mayor of Baltimore (1856–1860), later as the 33rd Governor of Maryland (1866–1869), and subsequently as U.S. Representative ("Congressman") from Maryland's 3rd congressional district and then 4th congressional district (1869–1879), representing the Baltimore area. Offered here is a State of Maryland document signed, 1868, approx. 15-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. Also signed by J.M. Carter, Sec. of State. Folds otherwise Fine.............75-100
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114. AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL, Henry V. Poor, Editor, July 7, 1855 issue. 8pp. 9 x 11.5 in. Right top corner missing..............Min. Bid $10
115. [CONNECTICUT] softcover booklet, SKETCH OF GOV. GEORGE WYLLYS, by Lemuel A. Welles, 24pp. George Wyllys or Wyllis (1590 –1645) served for a year (1642–1643) as one of the early governors of the Connecticut Colony. VG.................Min. Bid $10
116. [THEATRE] Grace George (1879-1961) was a prominent American stage actress, who had a long career on Broadway stage and also appeared in two films. George starred as Esther in the hugely successful 1899 Broadway adaptation of Ben Hur from Lew Wallace's novel. George appeared in a silent film called Tainted Money in 1915. In 1935, she gave an acclaimed performance as Mary Herries in Edward Chodorov's thriller, Kind Lady, at the Booth Theatre. She appeared in the film, Johnny Come Lately in 1943 with James Cagney. In 1950, she was awarded the Delia Austrian medal. ALS, nd but c. 1905, this comes with a fantastic unsigned vintage photograph of Grace. About 7.5 x 9.5 in. The photograph was Victor Georg of Chicago. Both are in ex ellent condition................75-100
117. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) PORTRAIT] Lydia H. Sigourney (1791-1865) popular American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford". Most of her works were published with just her married name Mrs. Sigourney. Original antique engraved portrait of Sigourney, image approx. 3.5 x 4.5 plus wide margins. VG. (2) [THEATRE] Sam Bernard (1863-1927) was an English-born American vaudeville comedian who also performed in musical theatre, comic opera and burlesque and appeared in a few silent films. Signature dated 1900. Not attractive. Approx. 5 x 2-3/4 in. Laid down. Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum, Boothbay, Maine. (3) [FILM] Catherine Deneuve (b. 1943) French actress. Signed color photo, 4-1/8 x 5-7/8 in. Fine. (4) Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Am. artist [listed]. Small unsigned ink sketch of NYC scene. (5) Lawrence F. Abbott (1859-1933) American editor and writer, son of Lyman Abbott. In 1891 he became president of the Outlook Company. As well as being a close friend to Theodore Roosevelt, throughout almost his whole life, he also served as secretary to Theodore Roosevelt during the latter's tour of Europe and Africa (1909–10), and edited Roosevelt's African and European Addresses (1910). He was the author of an article on Theodore Roosevelt in the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), and of Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt (1919) and The Story of NYLIC (1930). Signed & inscribed 4-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. card, dated 1921. Attractive and fine. (6) [NASA] Vance Brand - American astronaut. Signed 3x5 card. (7) Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - 1933) British novelist. Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N. Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues. Under the pseydonym Alice Stuyvesant she wrote "The Hidden House" serialised in The Cavalier 1913-1914. Alice apparently said of her husband "Charlie Williamson could do anything in the world except write stories": she said of herself "I can't do anything else." She continued to write after her husband's death in 1920. ALS, no year, 3 full pages. To Miss Marshall [journalist]. Nice content.........Min. Bid $50
118. [FILM] Peter Lawford - the American actor's RCA VICTOR Factory Service Contract, 1957, 2pp. not actually signed by Lawford. 8.5 x 11 in. VG...............25-35
119. [Winston Churchill] Charles John Bruce Hay (1877-1940) British Maj. & Lt.-Col. (later Maj-Gen). This is an Authentic, Official and Original Document issued on April 15, 1918 by the British War Office. Following World War I it was common to acknowledge heroic and extraordinary actions by individual soldiers during the war. This is anRoyal Note of Recognition on behalf of King George V on buff stock measuring 8¾ wide x 7¼ tall. This has been mounted on a thicker cardboard backing. It is in Very Fine Condition and bears the facsimile signature of Winston S. Churchill as Secretary of State for War and is from the War Office, Whitehall, S.W. and dated 1918. A DESIRABLE ARTIFACT AND DOCUMENT COMMEMORATING WORLD WAR I AND WHICH IS AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL. Laid to the other side is another document for John Hay dated Nov. 11, 1918............150-200
120. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Daniel Waldron (1775-1821) was the fifth and last generation of his family to hold the substantial Waldron estate in Dover, New Hampshire. With his bankruptcy Dover realized a new life and economy as a center of textile manufacturing. Court document dated 1820 signed as Clerk. 8 x 12 in. Fine................75-100
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121. [KUHN ESTATE] Archive of about 35-40+ letters and documents concerning the Estate of the noted American artist Walt Kuhn (1877-1949). Includes: Kuhn ALS [1]; 15 TLSs by Brenda Kuhn; 13 letters from estate accountants [or attorneys ??]; 5 Brenda Kuhn signed bank checks; several Tax documents. These date 1961-1963. Some of Brenda's letters have good art content about her father, esp. his painting ATHELETE IN WHITE FACE. Needs further research for sure. VG..........400-600...........Min. Bid $150
122. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) George W. Bush For President bumper sticker. Fine. (2) [WWI] Davenport - ALS, London, 12 Jan. 1917, 2pp, 4to. Re: contributions to the Seaman's Hospital at Greenwich "in recognition of the splendid & signal services of our Merchant Navy during the war. Whether on transports, on mine-sweepers, on patrol duty, or on trade routes carrying the cargoes which are the life-blood of the Empire they have faced not only the perils & hardships of the Sea, but the deadly risk of submarines, mines, & other enemy devices..." VG (3) Albert Shaw (1857-1947) was a prominent American journalist and academic of the early 20th century. In the autumn of 1890 Shaw was elected professor of international law and political institutions at Cornell University but resigned the post in 1891 to accept Stead's invitation to establish an American edition of the Review of Reviews . Shaw served as editor-in-chief of this publication until it ceased publication in 1937, ten years before his death at the age of ninety. He was the author of "Abraham Lincoln" [1929]. ALS, Hastings On Hudson, NY, Feb. 4, 1947, 2-1/2 pages. This letter was sent to Who's Who In America. 'I have been listed in every volume of Who's Who since Mr. Marquis began its publication..." Excellent condition. (4) Loretta Lynn (b. 1932) American singer-songwriter. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck for $143. (5) Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929-2017) American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Photo signed by autopen. (6) Pat Carroll (b. 1927) actress. Clip signature obtained 1980 from Provincetown Play House while she was playing Gertrude Stein. (7) William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) American romantic poet. Antique engraved portrait. (8) Andre Kostelanetz (1901-1980) Russian-born American popular orchestral music conductor and arranger who was one of the major exponents of popular orchestra music. Signed 1973 FDC. End of signature is smeared................Min. Bid $50
123. [ART] Dik Browne (1917-1989) American cartoonist, best known for writing and drawing Hägar the Horrible and Hi and Lois. Signed, inscribed HAGAR newpaper clipping, 14 x 7-3/4 in. VG................50-75
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124. Original steel-engraving, "Lake Superior (Entrance to Baptism Bay)"after a painting by William Hart (1823-1894), an artist of the Hudson River School. Engraved by Robert Hinshelwood. Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1873. Beautifully detailed print. Very good condition. Image approx. 8 x 5-3/4 in. Plus margins. From the collection of Katherine Ebert, author of OLD AMERICAN PRINTS FOR COLLECTORS. VG................25-35
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Balzac's "La Rabouilleuse"
125. [THEATRE] Archive of 11 letters about Balzac's "La Rabouilleuse" made into a play by Emile Fabre. These are about this play, and theatres that want it, also film adaptation [2 signed by Englishman Campbell]. None signed by Fabre. Besides the 2 by Campbel there are letters from Janvier Audier, Ferdinand Jean, H. Chretien, Georges Pellerin, Emmanuel Audisio, and Maeve Sage. None of the letters are in English. Emile Fabre (1869-1955) French dramatic author and general administrator of the Comédie-Française from December 2, 1915 to October 15, 1936............80-120
126. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1] FERNAND VANDEREM [b. 1864] Fr. literary man. He was a novelist & reporter. ALS, 1906, 1p. [2] Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David (1755-1839) French archaeologist and writer on art. ALS, Paris, 1819, written on both sides. Edge-tipped to another sheet. [3 ] BEATRICE BRETTY - famous French actress. ALS, [1932], 1p., to the actress TaniaFedor. [4] Pierre] ARTHUR PONROY [b. 1816] Fr. dramatist, poet, historian. Lengthy 4pp. ALS. Interesting content about literature. [5] HENRI TISOT - Fr. actor. ALS, Paris, 1959, on both sides. To Director of La Comédie-Française asking to forgive him for missing a show. In the comedy movie The Fuhrer runs amok by Philippe Clair, Henri Tisot stars stars socceras Hitler who challenges other European countries in matches. VG. [6] GEORGES DOUAY - Parisian man-about-town, theatre fan, and composer of songs and operettas. ALS, 1893, 1p. [7] César Campinchi (1882-1941) French statesman in the beginning of the 20th century. Campinchi was president of the Association générale des étudiants de Paris student organisation, a member of the Radical Socialist Party and deputy for Corsica from 1932 to 1940. He carried out the functions of the Keeper of the seals and presented the Campinchi proposal concerning the protection of minors in 1937. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7 in. Speaks about politics and Bernstein. Fine. [8] Nicolas Levasseur (1791-1871) French bass, particularly associated with Rossini roles. Levasseur was considered without rivals in his time, possessing a voice of remarkable beauty and grandeur. ALS, 1854, 1p., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG.........Min. Bid $90
127. [SPACE] JOHN GLENN - Guest Speaker flyer 1972, 1p. About 8.5 x 11 in. Postmarked space stamps affixed..........Min. bid $20
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129. [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
130. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) George Lincoln Goodale (1839-1923) American botanist and the first director of Harvard’s Botanical Museum (now part of the Harvard Museum of Natural History). It was he who commissioned the making of the University's legendary Glass Flowers collection. ALS written in the 3rd person, sent to Professor Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. n 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He cannot accept invitation. 5x8 in. VG (2) Joseph Bartlett Eastman (1882 – March 15, 1944) was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission from 1919 until his death in 1944. He made his reputation as counsel in various wage arbitrations from 1913 to 1914. In 1933, he was nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and confirmed by the Senate, to the position of Federal coordinator of transportation. Offered here is a TLS, 1944, 1p, written to John T. Blackwell. Appears that Blackwell contacted Eastman about because he was a conscientious objector hoping to find a position with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. 7 x 10-1/4 in. With envelope. VG (3) JEFF DAVIS printed gov. document signed in type by Jeff Davis, Sec. of War, March 3, 1856, 9pp. fortifications for proper defence of New York and Brooklyn. VG (4) [ART] Dudley Hardy, RI, ROI, RBA, RMS, PS, (1867-1922) English painter and illustrator. In 1885 Hardy began exhibiting at the Royal Academy, an association that lasted to his death. Hardy's illustrative work is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED, 1903, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. (5) George Mitchell (b. 1933) served as a United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. TLS, 1992, 1p, 8.5 x 11 in. VG. (6) Mark Hatfield (1922-2011) a Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States Senator from Oregon. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo dated 1984. VG...................Min. Bid $50
131. [ART] Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Doris Reynolds did many illustrations for books published by Doubleday & Co. She was also an exhibiting artist, having work shown at the Krausharr Gallery in New York in 1949. Other exhibitions include: Wilmington Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo 1936-39; Barbizon Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY 1940, etc. She studied at the Art Students League with Jules Gotlieb, Bridgman & Brackman. During World War II, she was one of Jackie Cochran's Girls, ferrying airplanes throughout the United States. Offered here are 4 original drawings, unsigned. These were done while she was studying at the Art Students League. Provenance: Artist's Estate......Min. Bid $40
132. [EARLY FILM] Harry Reeves-Smith (1862-1938) English born stage actor who achieved success in Broadway productions at the turn of the twentieth century. He went to the U.S. in 1887 and toured with John Sleeper Clarke. In the U.S. he toured with actresses Henrietta Crosman and Grace George. He is mainly remembered for appearing in several hit plays. Ethel Barrymore became a stage star in Clyde Fitch's Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (1901) but Reeves-Smith's character Robert Jinks is the title of the play. In 1910 he appeared in another play with Barrymore, Mid-Channel, about a feuding couple. In 1912 he was opposite Laurette Taylor in her huge success Peg o' My Heart. In The Unchastened Woman (1915) the star was Emily Stevens. His last Broadway part was as Johan Strauss in The Great Waltz in 1935, at the age of 73. Reeves-Smith appeared in only three motion pictures, two silents and one sound. His last was The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) with Clive Brook, which holds the distinction of being the first Sherlock Holmes film to be shot in sound and Reeves-Smith the first Dr. Watson in a sound film. He pens 4 lines on verso of his personal calling card, signed with initials. 3 x 1-1/2 in. Fine.........50-75
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133. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Edward Howard Griggs (1868-1951) lecturer and educator. He taught at Indiana University and later Leland Stanford University. It is estimated that Griggs gave about 13,000 lectures to over 8 million people. Griggs wrote on a variety of topics including education, philosophy, culture, biology, and "statesmanship". 1918 envelope with his signature in the return address. (2) Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911. (3) Lucien Bonaparte Chase (1817-1864) US congressman from Tenn. 1847 postmarked address sheet bearing his ink signed Free Frank signature. addressed to Cave Johnson his fellow congressman from Tenn. (4) Two TLSs 1908 from Moor Brothers, Toledo, Ohio. To Edward W. Heath, son of civil war general Francis E. Heath. (5) Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. Signed 1934 check. (6) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (7) Rev. Justus Clement French (1831-1899) author. CLIP SIGNATURE. (8) Douglas Volk (1856-1935)American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine.Signed 1922 bank check................Min. Bid $50
134. Eric McCormack (b.1963) Canadian-American actor and singer known for his role as Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace, Grant MacLaren in Netflix's Travelers and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the American crime drama Perception. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35
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135. (FILM DIRECTORS LOT) JOHN BADHAM (1939) SIGNED inscribed 8x10. KEVIN CONWAY (1942) Director, Actor SIGNED inscribed 8x10. ROBERT TOWNSEND (1957) Director, actor. SIGNED 8x10 photo. MICHAEL PATE (1920) Director, Actor. TLS (2002) 2pp. VINCENT JULIAN DONEHUE (1915-1966) director of Stage, Film, TV, died young. SIGNATURE. MICHAEL CIMINO (1939) SIGNED inscribed 10x8 photo...............60-80
136. [FILM] Ben Lyon (1901-1979) American film actor and a studio executive at 20th Century Fox, who later acted in British radio, films and TV. TLS, 1972, 1p, 6 x 7-3/4 in. Accompanied by an unsigned 8x10 photo of Ben Lyon and his wife. VG........50-75
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137. Robert Loggia (1930-2015) is an American film and television actor and director, who specializes in character parts. In 1985, Loggia was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of crusty private detective Sam Ransom in the thriller Jagged Edge. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35
138.[FILM] Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010) Canadian born, naturalized American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG............30-40
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139. [FILM] Nanette Fabray (1920-2018) American actress, singer, and dancer. Signed & inscribed 5 x 7 in. photo plus unsigned music sheet from "Mr. President". Two items. VG...............35-45
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140. [FILM] Julie Christie - British actress. A pop icon of the "swinging London" era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Signed 4x6 photo. VG............40-60
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141. [FRANCE] Old French manuscript page, ca. late 18th century [could be earlier], about Henry IV, French King at Folembray Castle in Laon. Identification with this says "About Jeanne de Flandres and Rites of funerals in Laon in 1320 and 1658 [whatever this means???]. Approx. 6-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Very fine...........75-100
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142. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Hickenlooper [IA], Hickey [WY], Holland [FL], Hruska [NE], Johnston [SC], Jackson [WA], Jordon [NC], Kuchel [CA], Lausche [OH], Cotton [NH]. All have mounting residue at top & bottom edge. Mostly on verso but with some show-thru.............50-75
143. [FRANCE] LOI De La REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, No, 1546, Year VI (1798), 24 pages, 7-1/2 x 10". Concerns the creation of Income Tax during the French Revolution. Edges toned on last page..........100-150
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144. [BRITISH WRITERS LOT] includes: (1) Robert Bridges(1844-1930) English poet. AQS, from his poem BRAMBLE BRAE, 6 LINES. (2) Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) English, writer, poet. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) Sir. Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) English poet. CLIP SIGNATURE. (4) Henry De Vere Stacpoole (1863-1951) Irish author. Clip signature 1922. (5) Alan Dent (1905-1978) British critic and writer. ANS. (6) Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010) British writer................Min. Bid $50
145. [FILM] Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. ALS, 1981, written on back of card picturing him. 3.5 x 5.5 in.................50-75
146. (AMERICAN LITERARY NOTABLES LOT) LAURA KEAN ZEMTKIN HOBSON (1900-1986) novelist noted for “Gentleman’s Agreement”. SIGNED, inscribed card . DON CARLOS SEITZ (1862-1935) Author, correspondent, newspaper manager. SIGNATURE, inscribed to Cartoonist Rollin Kirby (1875-1952). GEORGE FYLER TOWNSEND (1814-1900) author, translator of “Aesop’s Fables”. ALS (1850). ELIZABETH WILLIAMS CHAMPNEY (1850-1922) Author. SIGNATURE on card. MARTHA ALBRAND (1914-1981) Novelist of over 40 books. SIGNED card (1962). JANOS BEKESSY, known as HANS HABE (1911-1977) Hungarian born American writer, publisher. ALS on postcard (1977). IRVIN S. COBB (1876-1944) Author, humorist, columnist. SIGNATURE. ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON (1845-1928) Novelist, writer. SIGNATURE mounted to card.................80-120
147. SIR WALTER BESANT (1836-1901) English Novelist and Historian Prolific writer of novels main Novels Children of Gibeon, Dorothy Forster, Conditions of Men, he also wrote largely on the history and topography of London in the 18th century. ALS (1887), 2pp, 4.5 x 6.5 in. VG............75-100
148. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton FRS (1809-1885) English poet, patron of literature and politician. ALS, May 14, no yr., 2pp, signed Baron Houghtyon. About invitation and meeting. VG............50-75
149. [FILM] Billy Bob Thornton (b. 1955- ) American actor. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35
150. [SPILLANE] Offered here is a TLS dated Feb. 6 [1956] to Elliott Graham from Mickey Spillane, signed Mickey. Mickey says at the end of this letter......."Send me some WWII flying books. Would you like to read the big final chapter of the new Mike Hammer book? If this doesn't tear the steeple off the church it ain't because I didn't try. Love, Mickey." Accompanied by a carbon copy of a Dec. 3, 1956 typed letter from Elliott Graham to Mickey. We believe that the pencil notation at the top was written by Mickey. Elliot Graham - was a publicist at E.P.Dutton who had worked on almost two dozen Spillane books. One of them, "The Girl Hunters," is dedicated to Mr. Graham. Mr. Graham recalled the time an editor had to restore each of 163 deleted commas in a Spillane manuscript before the author would let the book be published. And at Mr. Spillane's first appearance at a Dutton sales conference, the author steered the conversation away from matters literary. "He said if you ever get into a fight, punch the person hard, right in the nose,and all the blood and pain will take the starch out of him," Mr. Graham recalled. "After Mickey left, everybody said, 'What are we doing publishing that guy?'" The answer, of course, is that "publishing that guy" was like minting money. "I, the Jury," Mr. Spillane's first book, was the first mystery to sell more than six million copies in America. ...............200-300
151. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] BEN HELM (1767-1858) known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth.Handwritten, signed document, Hardin County [Elizabethtown] Kentucky, 1800, approx. 6 x 5 in. A court document ordering the Sheriif to summon 6 named persons to appear in court in Elizabethtown to testify in a case Archibald White vs John Ashcroft. Also signed on the back by Samuel Percefull (1749-c. 1823) born in England in 1749. He immigrated to America around 1769. Samuel Perciful was a member of Captain James Thompson's militia in Botecourt County, Virginia in 1772. In 1773 he was on Captain Joseph Crockett's militia in Fincastle County [today Mongomery County]. On 27 Jan 1776 he was mustered into the 8th company of 1st Maryland Battalion...............100-150
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152. [NOBEL] Robert John Aumann (b. 1930-) Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University, and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory. Aumann received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005 for his work on conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis. He shared the prize with Thomas Schelling. Signed 4x6 picture, 2021. Fine.............50-75
153 Captain Edward Pittway (? -1676) lived at Bengeworth. He was a magistrate for the borough of Evesham, England until removed, owing to his Quakerism, in 1655. He was Mayor in 1648. There were other friends of the same surname in this district. Edward Pittway, Junior, emigrated to Pennsylvania, about 1700. Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE of Edward Pittway but we are NOT sure which one.........Min. Bid $25
154. [MUSIC] Zelia Trebelli-Bettini (1836-1892) also known as Zelia Gilbert or by her stage name Trebelli, was a French opera singer. Mme Trebelli's artistry was greatly admired by George Bernard Shaw, who wrote about her a number of times in his various reviews. In particular, he admired her interpretations and her exemplary English diction, rare for a non-native English speaker. SIGNATURE 4-1/4 x 3-3/4 laid to larger album page. Fine................25-35
155. [FRANCE] Beautiful French document 1715 with large ornate revenue stamp at top. Lengthy 4 pages, 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 in. Three ornate signatures on last page. 1715 was the fist year of the reign of King Louis XV. VG.................100-200
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156. [FRANCE - MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Georges Léonnec (1881 – 1940), the brother of the novelist Félix Léonnec, began his career as a cartoonist selling drawings to newspapers in 1899. After participating in World War I he worked as an illustrator for the magazine La Vie Parisienne. He worked for several other publications including Fantasio and Le Sourire. He was also well known for his advertising illustrations for Byrrh apéritif wine, Dufayel department stores, and the Casino of Paris. Lengthy ALS, no yr., 2-1/2 pp. (2) Achille Octave Marie Jacques Bardoux (1874-1959) French politician. TLS, 1950. (3) Georges Chamarat (1901-1982) French actor. He appeared in 109 films and television shows between 1929 and 1981. He starred in the film The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Full page ALS c. 1955-60. (4) Pierre Descaves (1924-2014) was a French politician. ALS 1952. (5) Paul Reboux, born André Amillet (1877-1963), French writer, humorist, literary critic and painter. He was the son of the journalist Charles Ernest Amillet (1829–1884) and the milliner Caroline Reboux. He later took his mother's maiden name with "Paul" as a pen name, and is usually known as Paul Reboux. Lengthy ALS, no date, 2pp. (6) Henri-Camille Marcel called Henry Marcel (1854-1926) was a 19th–20th-century French senior official, general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale de France from 1905 to 1913. ALS, 191?. (7) Théodore Anne (1797-1869) French playwright, librettist, and novelist. Engaged in the army in 1814, until the July Revolution of 1830 he was a member of the compagnie de Noailles then, still faithful to the Bourbons, he resigned. ALS 183?, 1p. All with some bio. info.................Min. Bid $75
157. [FILM] BILL WILLIAMS (1915-1992) Actor. SIGNED inscribed 3x5 photograph. VG............40-60
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158. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35). Collotype offered here is from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925. Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. This is a proof printing. Fine, black impression, on cream wove paper, in excellent condition. Scarce............100-150
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159. [FILM] George Segal Jr. (1934-2021) American actor, comedian and musician. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. After first rising to prominence with roles in acclaimed films such as Ship of Fools (1965) and King Rat (1965), he co-starred in the classic drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Signed, inscribed 5x7 picture. Fine..................50-75
160. [POLITICAL EPHEMERA] Can America Be Saved? Offered here is a 4x6 in. card feathering Kenneth Goff & Don Lohbeck. Kenneth Goff (1914-1972) was an anti-Fluoride, Christian Identity, anti-Communist minister. He was the 1944 national chairman of Gerald L. K. Smith's Christian Youth for America. Donald Lohbeck (1917-1999) Self-employed as a musician in St. Louis then briefly worked as an organizer for the America First Committee. He was "subversive activity and tendency" which was based upon information received from G2-Army Intelligence that portrayed him as "pro-Nazi" [per FBI]. Arrested with Kenneth Goff for placing placards around front lawn of Russian Embassy in Washington DC. Lohbeck was Editor of Christian Nationalist Crusade magazine The Cross and the Flag (1947-1948). In 1951 Lohbeck ran for U.S. House of Representatives from the 11th Congressional District in Missouri on Christian Nationalist Crusade ticket. In 1952 Lohbeck ran for Governor of Missouri on Christian Nationalist Party ticket. VG..................Min. Bid $10
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161. [ART] Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS (born 1952) is a British sculptor who has produced many acclaimed works, among which are several designs for British coinage and the memorial statue of Princess Diana at Kensington Palace in London unveiled in July 2021. Signed 4x6 picture. Fine.................50-75
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162. [ART] Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine. Signed 1907 check made out to Ida Knapp. She signed on the verso as Treasurer of the Art Workers, Club for Women. VG.........Min. Bid $10
163. [ART] Françoise Gilot (b. 1921) French painter, best known for her stormy relationship with Pablo Picasso, with whom she had two children. Gilot was already launched as an accomplished artist, notably in watercolours and ceramics, but her professional career was eclipsed by her social celebrity, and when she split from Picasso, he discouraged galleries from buying her work, as well as unsuccessfully trying to block her memoir, Life with Picasso. In 1969, Gilot was introduced to American polio vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk at the home of mutual friends in La Jolla, California. Their shared appreciation of architecture led to a brief courtship and a 1970 wedding in Paris. During their marriage, which lasted until Salk's death in 1995, the couple lived apart for half of every year as Gilot continued to paint in New York City, La Jolla, and Paris. SIGNED PICTURE, 6x4 in. Fine........75-100
164. [NOBEL PRIZE] Barry James Marshall AC FRACP FRS FAA (b.1951) Australian physician, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Co-Director of the Marshall Centre at the University of Western Australia. Marshall and Robin Warren showed that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) plays a major role in causing many peptic ulcers, challenging decades of medical doctrine holding that ulcers were caused primarily by stress, spicy foods, and too much acid. This discovery has allowed for a breakthrough in understanding a causative link between Helicobacter pylori infection and stomach cancer. Signed color picture, about 3-3/4 x 6 in. Fine.................50-75
165 [FILM] Wesley Studi (b. 1947) is a Native American (Cherokee Nation) actor and film producer. He has garnered critical acclaim and awards throughout his career, particularly for his portrayal of Native Americans in film. He has appeared in Academy Award-winning films, such as Dances with Wolves (1990) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992), and in the Academy Award-nominated films Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and The New World (2005). He is also known for portraying Sagat in Street Fighter (1994). Other films he has appeared in are Hostiles, Heat, Mystery Men, Avatar, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and the television series Penny Dreadful. In 2019, he received an Academy Honorary Award, becoming the first Native American and the second Indigenous person from North America to be honored by the Academy (the first was Buffy Sainte-Marie). Signed 5x7 picture. Fine..............50-75
166. [THEATRE] William Horace Lingard (1837–1927) English comic singer. In 1868, Lingard immigrated to America (along with his wife, Alice Dunning Lingard). He made his comic debut in New York City that year. After this debut—held at the Theatre Comique, on 6 April 1868—Lingard became known as one of the funniest men of the time. He continued his career in New York, and later became manager of Wood's Theatre there. Signed 4 x 2.5 in. The brown area on left edge could be removed................25-35
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167. [ART] Mervin Jules (1912-1994) American painter & printmaker. Jules' woodcuts are represented in numerous collections. He was a teacher of art at the Fieldston School, the Museum of Modern Art (1943-46), the Baltimore Educational Alliance, the Veterans' Art Center and at Smith College. After teaching at Smith College from 1946-1969, in 1969 he became Chair of the Art Department at the City College of New York. He kept a studio in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he died. Brief 1981 ALS, 1p., about selling his prints. VG...............Min. Bid $20
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168. [MARYLAND] Paul Sarbanes (b. 1933) a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. Group of 3 TLSs, 1977-80, 1p. each. To the President of a financial company, regarding various bills......40-60
169. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Boyd Winchester (1836-1923) United States representative from Kentucky. SIGNATURE. (2) Orrin Holt (1792-1855) United States representative from Connecticut. SIGNATURE. (3) Frank Fort Everest (1904-1983) United States Air Force 4-star general, and served as Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and Commander, Tactical Air Command. Signed 8x10 photo. Some creases & mounting traces on back. (4) Emil Lengyel (1895-1985) a widely published authority on the European theater of World War II and the rise of Nazism. TLS, 1942. (5) Connie Mack (b. 1940) US senator from Florida. Signed cover honoring Connie Mack the Baseball Hall of Framer. (6) Gina Pinnera (1898-1951) Concert Soprano, a popular figure in the US and Europe. Signed & inscribed concert program PLUS a long 2 page ALS + signed envelope. Very Nice..............Min. Bid $70
170. [TV] John Larroquette (b. 1947)American film, television and stage actor. His roles include Dan Fielding on the 1984-1992 sitcom Night Court (winning a then-unprecedented four consecutive Emmy Awards for his role); Mike McBride in the Hallmark Channel series McBride, John Hemingway on The John Larroquette Show, and Carl Sack in Boston Legal. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35
See photo171. [NOBEL] Barry James Marshall (b. 1951) Australian physician, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine. Signed 4x6 picture. Fine.................40-60
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172. [NOBEL] Jean Tirole (b. 1953) French professor of economics at Toulouse 1 Capitole University. He focuses on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and psychology. In 2014 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of market power and regulation. Signed 6x4 picture. Fine.............40-60
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173. [ART] Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895) American sculptor. He is notable for making one of only two life masks of United States President Abraham Lincoln. In 1867 he helped establish the Chicago Academy of Design and served as its president until 1878. He made several large monumental sculptures, including the tomb of the politician Stephen A. Douglas, and statues of American Civil War figures. Offered here is a collection of 7 signed bank checks, all 1893. VG................700-900..............Min. Bid $300
174 [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) John G. Schumaker (1826-1905) US Representative from New York. Signed [free frank] postmarked cover. (2) Clyde Martin Reed (1871-1949) 24th Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from that state. Signed 1948 cover honoring William Allen White. (3) Western Union telegram sent from congressman Philip J. Philbin [Mass]. (4) Theodore Roosevelt - 1906 printed gov. doc. re: PUBLIC-LAND LAWS, signed in type, 4pp. (5) Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1896 bank check. (6) Kenneth A. Roberts (1912-1989) U.S. Representative from Alabama. CLIP SIGNATURE. (7) CHIEF OF REVENUE AGENTS DURING WORLD WAR I] JOHN D. MURPHY (1885-1949). Lawman, Chief of revenue agents, U.S. Treasury, Washington, D. C., 1918. Murphy went on to serve as partner, Lewis, Murphy & Co.. accountants and tax consultants (1919-26); among his other duties. SCARCE SIGNED BANK CHECK, 1918, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, DC. (8) Thomas Lee "Bum" McClung (1870-1914) American college football player and coach who later served as the 22nd Treasurer of the United States. Brief TLS, 1909. (9) Antique engraved portrait of Sir Robert Strange................Min. Bid $50
175. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Richard F. Deimel (1881-1955) was head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.) from 1907 to 1952. An expert on precision instruments, he was a consultant to the Sperry Gyroscope Company (N.Y.) and author of "Mechanics of the Gyroscope" (1952). ALS, 1907, 1p. to Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician, accepting invitation. (2) Hooper Cummings Van Vorst (1818-1889) Judge of the Superior Court of the City of New York. A chancellor of the State of New York, president of the Century Club and founder of the Holland Society. ALS, 1875, 1-1/2 pp. (3) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American artist. Signed 1922 check. (4) Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1902 bank check. (5) Joseph Peace Hazard (1807-1892) was born into a wealthy Rhode Island family. When he failed in the family's textile manufacturing business, Hazard's family supported him in pursuing his personal interests, which included travel, architecture, and Spiritualism. Signed 1833 document. (6) [ILLINOIS-LINCOLN] Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him...................Min. Bid $50
176. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Alfred Hulse Brooks (1871-1924) American geologist who served as chief geologist for Alaska for the United States Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924. He is credited with discovering that the biggest mountain range in Arctic Alaska, now called the Brooks Range, was separate from the Rocky Mountains. ALS, written in 3rd person on card. (2) Lydia Thompson (1838-1908) English dancer, comedian, actor and theatrical producer. Signature dated 1872 with old small photo. (3) Herman Vezin (1829-1910) American actor, teacher of elocution and writer. ALS, 1884, 2pp. (4) William Pierce Frye (1830-1911) US Senator from Maine. Ink signed envelope [Free Frank signature]. Envelope conains a printed speech given by congressman John H. Baker in 1880. (5) Jean Navarre (1914-2000) Fr. artist. His signature in return address on 1958 envelope. (6) Mary Carr (1874-1973) American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1915 and 1956. (7) Maclyn Arbuckle (1866-1931) was an American screen and stage actor. He was the brother of actor Andrew Arbuckle and cousin of comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. CLIP SIGNATURE 1900. (8) Edith Atwater (1911-1986) American stage, film, and television actress. CLIP SIGNATURE. (9) Sofia Scalchi (1850-1922) Italian operatic contralto who could also sing in the mezzo-soprano range. Her career was international, and she appeared at leading theatres in both Europe and America. Her personal calling card on which she writes a few words [not signed].................Min. Bid $50
177. [BASEBALL] Max Patkin (1920-1999) was an American baseball player and clown, best known as the Clown Prince of Baseball (a play on "Crown Prince"). Patkin was the third "officially" crowned Clown Prince of Baseball, after Al Schacht and Jackie Price, though that nickname has also been applied to St. Louis Browns third baseman Arlie Latham among others. Patkin performed for 51 years as a baseball clown. His signature inscribed to Eddie, who was his driver when he visited Boston. Ob the other side is the signature of Willis O. Underwood [not ID'd]. About 4x6 in. VG...............25-35
178. [ART] LEONARDO F.G. CATTERMOLE (FL. 1869-1886) British artist who was the son of the artist George Cattermole. ALS, 1879, 2 full pages, approx. 4-1/4 x 7 in. From the paper of
Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889) Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. VG..................25-35
179. Adolphe Desbarrolles (1801-1886) was a French artist. He is considered the father of modern chiromancy, aka palmistry or palm reading, a form of divination. A friend of Alexandre Dumas he accompanied Dumas in many of his travels abroad. Offered here is a ALS written from Hatie in 1874, 2-1/2 pp. Not translated. 6 x 8-1/4 in. Not translated. Content not identified. VG...........80-120
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180. [VERMONT] Benj. Swan (1762-1839) was an American merchant, banker and politician. He was an important political figure in Vermont and served as State Treasurer.A Federalist, Swan served in local offices including Postmaster. He served as Justice of the Peace when holders of that office still heard court cases. He was also active in the militia, and achieved the rank of Major.In 1796 Swan was appointed County Clerk, an office in which he served until his death. Swan was elected Vermont State Treasurer in 1800. He served until 1833, and is the state's longest-tenured Treasurer. This is an original document, dated Woodstock, 1811, a double sided writ for non-payment of debts....signed twice on the front by Benjamin Swan and once on the back side. Document is 9-3/4 x 15 in. Also signed by Job Lyman (1781-1870) was a Vermont politician, attorney and banker who served as Vermont's State Auditor. Overall very good condition................100-200.............Min. Bid $25
182. [MUSIC] The McGuire Sisters were a singing trio in American popular music. The group was composed of three sisters: Chistine, Dorothy and Phyllis. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo, probably only signed by Phyllis. Comes with TLS signed by Phyllis. Both Fine...............25-35
183. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Anna Kaskas - Metropolitan opera singer. Sig., inscribed 8x10 photo, 1943. Two punch holes left side. (2) Dennise E. Stires - Warner Bros. 1984 paycheck endorsed on verso. (3) Gladys Hanson (1884-1973) was a stage and silent film actress. Signed card. (4) [ILLINOIS-LINCOLN] Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him. (5) National Tea Co. 1943 stock certificate. (6) Rudy Vallée (1901-1986) American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed bank check, 1935. VG (7) Louise Andrews Kent(1886-1969) American author. Her handwriting on bank check register. Three check stubs written but not signed by her, 1947. (8) George Huddleston (1869-1960) U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1929 envelope bearing his PRINTED Free Frank...........Min. Bid $50
184. [MILITARY MEDICAL] The Association of MILITARY SURGEONS of the United States. 1919 document signed. Major Paul Stanley Hill elected to this association, Henry Patrick Birmingham (1854-1932) who was a surgeon and an American brigadier general active during World War I. Birmingham's first tours of duty were with the Fourth Cavalry in actions against the Apaches in the southwest. He was promoted to assistant surgeon on February 18, 1886. During the Spanish–American War, he served in Puerto Rico and then in the Philippines. On June 4, 1898, he was promoted to major, brigade surgeon of volunteers, and on April 23, 1908 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, Medical Corps. In 1914, he was the chief surgeon of the Vera Cruz Expedition under General Frederick Funston. On October 2, 1917, Birmingham was promoted to brigadier general and the same year he received an honorary master's degree from the University of Michigan. During World War I, Birmingham was in charge of the ambulance service of the army and the gas defense service of the medical department. In 1918, he retired as a colonel, then went right back to active duty. In 1930, he retired by operation of law as a brigadier general. Also signed by Secretary James Robb Church (1866-1923) United States Army Assistant Surgeon who received the Medal of Honor for his actions as part of the Rough Riders regiment during the Spanish–American War. He also served in World War I, and wrote about the effects of poison gas and his experiences as a wartime doctor. Church was awarded a Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Las Guasimas in the Spanish–American War on June 24, 1898. He received his medal on January 10, 1906, from Theodore Roosevelt, who was also part of the Rough Rider regiment. It was the first time that the Medal of Honor had ever been presented in person by the president of the United States. In addition to performing gallantly the duties pertaining to his position, voluntarily and unaided carried several seriously wounded men from the firing line to a secure position in the rear, in each instance being subjected to a very heavy fire and great exposure and danger. After the Spanish–American War, he remained in the Army, obtaining the rank of colonel. Before the United States entered World War I, Church went to France as an observer and an attaché with the French Army. Once the United States entered the war, Church joined the staff of the American expeditionary force. While an observer in France, he reported on the newly introduced poison gas warfare. He himself suffered the effects of gas. The reports of Church and Charles Flandin became a basis for the Chemical Warfare Service. He wrote a book based on his experience as a wartime doctor, The doctor's part, what happens to the wounded in war. Approx. 9 x 11-3/4 in. Expected age wear but VG............200-300
185. [MILITARY MEDICAL] Newton D. Baker Jr. (1871-1937) served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1912 to 1915. As U.S. Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921, Baker presided over the United States Army during World War I. Offered here is a 1917 document, appointment for Paul Stanley Hill. Not signed by President Woodrow Wilson but it is signed by Newton Baker. Approx. 16 x 19 in. on vellum. Lightly aged o/w VG..............100-200
186. (RARE KENTUCKY PIONEER DOCUMENT) Indenture 1798 between John Vertees Sr., Stphen Rawlings, Armistead Churchill, Robert Hodgens, William Kelso, James Crutucher, Isaac Morrison, Benjamin Helm, Trustees of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. land granted to Edward Rawlings. This document is actually signed by: Charles Helm, James Moredock, Samuel Bush, John Vertees, Stephen Rawlings, Armistead Churchill, William Kelso, James Crutcher, Ben Helm and Morris Miles. Approx. 8-1/4 x 13 in. Separated at middle fold line [easy to repair]; expected edges faults. All of the sifnatures are on the verso. RARE.................Min. Bid $200
Brief bio. on some of these signers:
Charles Helm (1777-1831) served in the Kentucky House in 1806, 1809-1811 and the Kentucky Senate from 1812-1816. He was also a veteran of the War of 1812.
Samuel Bush (1772-1812) became the Uncle of Abe Lincoln.
John Vertrees (1741-1803) he was a Captain solider in the Revolutionary War, one of 175 Virginia voluntees called by the Indians “Long Knives”, with George Rogers Clark in the conquest of the Northwest Territory (1778-9), fighting at Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Vincennes, Chilloocpthe and Pickaway; and was a captain of a company of soldiers with Col. John Floyd against Indians in 1782, following their incursions into Hardin and other counties in 1781.
Stephen Rawlings (1749-1830) Private Stephen Rawlings, served in the American Revolution from 18 July until 21 August of 1780. He was in a Militia under the command of Col William Linn, in Captain John Swan's Company. At this time, George Rogers Clark was the Commanding General. Stephen was on the payroll of the Jefferson Militia under actual service in repelling an invasion of the enemy Indians, the expedition against the enemy, under General George Rogers Clark, from the 21st of October 1782 until the 6th of November 1782.
James Crutcher (1755-1823) served as a corporal in Company 8, 2nd Virginia Regiment from June 1, 1777, to January 1778. He fought in the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown and wintered at Valley Forge in 1777-78 in his 2nd Virgina Regiment service.
BEN HELM (1767-1858) known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth.
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187. George H.W. Bush (1824-2018) 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo [autopen signature]. Fine................50-75
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188. [AMERICANA] Richard E. Pairo, Attorney Ar Law writes an 1885 letter to attorney J.W. Pickering in Boston. It seems that Margaret Mockler made a claim as the widow of Thomas Mockler, deceased, formerly a Laudsman on the USS Fernandina and collected $36.13 Prize money. Years later a man claiming to be Thomas Mockler makes a claim. 3-1/3 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. Pairo is asking for additional information to begin the process of determing who the imposter is, Margaret or the other man. VG..........Min. Bid $25
189. [BOBBY FISCHER] Robert James Fischer (1943- 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Offered here are 2 items once owned by Fischer. We bought his chess magazines at the Fischer Auction held in NY at Swann's Auction. Back around 1968 Fischer arranged thru a book dealer to sell his personal library because he needed money. The Brooklyn Library purchased in library. Years later Swann's sold many items from the libraries collection. Offered here are 2 items: (1) A 1968 softcover brooklet titled FROM THEORY TO ACTION, 64pp. 8-1/2 x 10-3/4 in. (2) A 1961 page from a chess publication. Fischer subscribed to CHESS ARCHIVES EDITIONED BY DR. MAX EUWE. They would mail to Fischer on some regular schedule multiple page of chess games. These would then be assembled in a notebook. One page included here............50-75
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190. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Henry N. Ward (1826-1880) signed 1870 Rhode Island court document. (2) John W. Dean - 1894, 1p. ALS, Boston. (3) T.W. Hammond - of the Worcester and Nahua RR Co. ALS, 1862. (4) Joseph Peace Hazard(1807-1892) was born into a wealthy Rhode Island family. When he failed in the family's textile manufacturing business, Hazard's family supported him in pursuing his personal interests, which included travel, architecture, and Spiritualism. Signed 1840 document. (5) John H. Nunn - lawyer. ALS, NJ, 1890. (6) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. Her handwriting on bank check register. Three check stubs written but not signed by her, 1945 (7) A.W. Sulloway - Sulloway Mills in Franklin Falls, NH. ALS 1899. (8) Unidentified CLIP SIGNATURE [looks like it dates to 1844]. (9) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check............Min. Bid $50
191. [NOBEL] Jean-Pierre Sauvage (b.1944) French coordination chemist working at Strasbourg University. He graduated from the National School of Chemistry of Strasbourg (now known as ECPM Strasbourg), in 1967. He has specialized in supramolecular chemistry for which he has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa. Signed photo, 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. VG...............50-75
196. [ART MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Richard Artschwager (1923-2013) American painter, illustrator and sculptor. His work has associations with Pop Art, Conceptual art and Minimalism. TLS, re: trading art work. (2) Jack Levine (1915-2010) American Social Realist painter and printmaker best known for his satires on modern life, political corruption, and biblical narratives. ANS..."Please don't do thid to me anymore. J. Levine." (3) c. 1956 catalog for Andrew Wyeth exhibition. Not signed. (4) Bernice Abbott - exhibition flyer for her show of photos at Bates College in 1977. Not signed (5) Arthur B. Davies - 1987 exhibition of Drawings & watercolors at Baltimore Museum of Art and later atb the Walt Kuhn Gallery in Maine. (6) Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Doris Reynolds did many illustrations for books published by Doubleday and Company. She was also an exhibiting artist, having work shown at the Krausharr Gallery in New York in 1949. Other exhibitions include: Wilmington Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo 1936-39; Barbizon Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY 1940, etc. She studied at the Art Students League with Jules Gotlieb, Bridgman and Brackman. During World War II, she was one of Jackie Cochran's Girls, ferrying airplanes throughout the United States. Offered here is a drawing of female nude, not signed, 5x7 in. Provenance: Artist's Estate. VG. (7) Jack Levine - unsigned 1955 exhibition catalog formshow at the Whitney Museum. (8) Douglas Volk - signed 1913 bank check. (9) Jan Hinman (b. 1931- ) wife of artist Charles Hinman. ALS, sends prices of Charles Hinman art works. (10) Tom Armstrong(1932-2011) American museum curator who was director emeritus of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum (1968–1971), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1971–1974), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1974–1990) and the Andy Warhol Museum (1993–1995). He is best known for more than quadrupling the size of the Whitney Museum's art holdings. Brief ALS [1987] to Brenda Kuhn, daughter of Walt Kuhn. He says she made the party a special event. Mounted. (11) Christian Ol'Orgeix (1927-2019) French artist known for: Surrealist, abstract painting, ink drawings and mixed media images. This French artist is one of the foremost artists of the post-war French scene. He elaborates a kind of interior awareness that allows the past and the present to coexist in a complementary relationship. Offered here is a signed & inscribed 8x10 photo dated Paris 25 Sept. 57. He is standing next to one of his paintings thatn is taller than he is. Great art lot................Min. Bid $90192. [AUCTION CATALOG] Witherell's Sept. 21, 2021 auction catalog of items including: guns owned by Ernest Hemingway, Wyatt Earp, Cole Younger, Pat Garrett, Tom Mix, etc., Also includes dolls, watches, diamonds, handcuffs, 29pp, 108 lots..................25-35
193. [ART] Scott Leighton (1849-1898) American artist best known for horse racing, barnyard and landscape scene painting. Original pencil drawing done on album page, unsigned. We purchased the sketchbooks of Scott Leighton during the 1990s and sold most of the drawings to an art museum in Maine. Album page is approx. 4.5 x 7 in. Fine.........150-200
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194. UTICA, NY.Y - original 1852 woodengraving by Weekes, approx. 4-3/4 x 8 in. plus margins. Printing on verso. Excellent condition................25-35
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195. [MUSIC] Harrison Millard (1830-1895) American composer who wrote the music to the Christian hymn "Abide with Me, 'Tis Eventide"—the words of which are by Presbyterian evangelist Martin Lowrie Hofford (1825–1888). He served as a first lieutenant of the New York Nineteenth Regiment in the Union forces in the American Civil War. After serving for four years he was severely wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga and was forced to resign his commission and returned to New York. President Lincoln offered Millard a job in the Custom House as a recognition of the importance to the country the song "Viva L'America" took on during the Civil War. He wrote another patriotic song, "Flag of the Free," which was also popular. Millard wrote about 300 songs. Offered here is asigned cabinet photograph. The photographer was Gurney. 4 x6.5 in. Very good condition except for some tiny surface spots................150-200
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197. [FRANKLIN PIERCE] 2 PRINTED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS SIGNED IN TYPE BY THE PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE. (1) Railroad contracts in Maryland, 13pp, 1856. (2) Suit Against the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Co., 1855, 42pp.........25-35
198. [US TREASURY] group of 8 printed gov. docs from the Sec. of the Treasury, dating from 1820 to 1902. All except one are pre-1858..................40-60
199. [FISHERY] group of 5 printed gov. docs having to do with FISHERY plus one about Alaska Fur Seals, 1882-1902. Six in all................40-60
200. [LAKE GEORGE, NY] original engraving by William Chapin after Thomas Cole painting, c. 1856, image approx. 5 x 7.5 in. plus slim margins. Bottom left corner missing - does not touch the image.................25-35
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201. [CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE] a letter dated June 29, 1925, to Albert R. Baird of Waterville, Minnesota, about the earthquake there. Four pages, sent from Santa Monica, Cal......Papers are full about the earthquake at Santa Barbara this morning, two distinct rockings followed a little later by a slighter one. Envelope included.........Min. Bid $10
203. [THEATRE] Dame Irene Vanbrugh DBE (1872-1949) was an English actress. The daughter of a clergyman, Vanbrugh followed her elder sister Violet into the theatrical profession and sustained a career for more than 50 years. n her early days as a leading lady she was particularly associated with the plays of Arthur Wing Pinero and later had parts written for her by J. M. Barrie, Bernard Shaw, Somerset Maugham, A. A. Milne and Noël Coward. ALS, no year, 1p, to the journalist Mrs. Marshall. Approx. 4.5 x 7 in. VG..............50-75
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202. [GREAT BRITAIN] Henry Philpott (1801-1892) Anglican bishop and academic. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge on three occasions (1846, 1856, 1857). Philpott was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) by royal letters patent in 1847 and was Bishop of Worcester from 1860 to 1890. He was Clerk of the Closet from 1865 to 1891 and Chairman of the Cambridge University Commission in 1878. ALS, 1863, 1p. laid to another sheet. VG...........Min. Bid $10
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204. [FILM] Nancy Olson (b.1928) American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and later appeared in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), as well as the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974). Olson retired from acting in the early 1980s, although she has made a few rare returns, most recently in 2014. Signed 4 x 5-3/4 in. picture.................25-35
205. [ART] RUDY POZZATTI - noted American printmaker [listed everywhere], original wood engraving, signed in the block. A commissioned print to commemorate the Inauguration of John Stephen Bailey as the 4th President of Nasson College [Springvale, Me.], 1970. Image is 5 x 4, sheet 10-1/4 x 7. Fine condition.............25-35
206. [FILM] Eddie Quillan (1907-1990) American film actor and singer whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the age of television in the 1980s. Ink Signed page on which he answers two questions. His answers are typed. 8.5 x 11 in. VG.............Min. Bid $10
207. [POSTAL HISTORY] Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882) American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen. Offered here is an envelope in the handwriting of Dana. The pencil signature at top was not written by Dana. 5 x 2-3/4 in. VG...........Min. Bid $10
208. [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) distinguished Italian tragedienne, who was often referred to as the Marquise. Front portion of a postmarked envelope addressed in her handwriting but not signed by her. Approx. 4-3/4 x 2 in. Fine.............Min. Bid $10
209. [PORTRAIT] William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, PC, SL (1705-1793) British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland, before moving to London at the age of 13 to take up a place at Westminster School. He was accepted into Christ Church, Oxford, in May 1723, and graduated four years later. Returning to London from Oxford, he was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn on 23 November 1730, and quickly gained a reputation as an excellent barrister. As the most powerful British jurist of the century, Mansfield's decisions reflected the Age of Enlightenment and moved the country onto the path to abolishing slavery. Offered here is an original portrait of Murray engraved by Henry T. RYALL (1811-1867). Ryall was appointed the royal engraver by Queen Victoria. Forty of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery in London. This engraving dates back to 1863. The engraved area is about 7.5 x 6 in. very light foxing which is expected and adds a little charm..................50-75
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210. [FILM] Robert "Bobby" Banas (b. 1933) is an American dancer and actor. He is known for his work on movies such as West Side Story (1961), Always (1989) and Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), as well as a viral video of a televised performance of the Nitty Gritty dance, which accumulated 3.6 million views in four years. Natalie Wood was his dancing partner in the Michael Panaieff Children’s’ Ballet Company, to which he received a scholarship and in which Jill St. John and Stefanie Powers were members. Banas also attended the Hollywood Professional School. He auditioned for the production of Carousel at the LA Civic Light Opera and was cast as Enoch Snow Jr. After that, he appeared in stage productions of Kiss Me Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, Brigadoon, Plain and Fancy, and Peter Pan. Offered here is his signed contract appearing as a dancer in the 1965 film BILLIE starring Patty Duke. Also signed by H. Bud Otto (1934-2001) Producer. Approx. 8.5 x 13 in, 1p. Includes a 2 page RIDER ink signed by Bob Banas. VG.................80-120
211. [PORTRAIT] Sir William Jones FRS FRAS FRSE (1746-1794) was a British philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indo-Aryan languages, which later came to be known as the Indo-European languages. Jones is also credited for establishing the Asiatic Society of Bengal in the year 1784. Offered here is an original portrait of Jones engraved by J.Cochran. This engraving dates back to 1863. The engraved area is about 8 x 6 in. very light foxing which is expected and adds a little charm..................50-75
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212. [JOHN F. KENNEDY Postal Stamps] group of 6 foreign postage stamps.................Min. Bid $10
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213. [JOHN F. KENNEDY Postal Stamps] group of 6 foreign postage stamps.................Min. Bid $10
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215. [JOHN F. KENNEDY Postal Stamps] group of 12 foreign postage stamps.................Min. Bid $20
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216. [JOHN F. KENNEDY Postal Stamps] group of 15 foreign postage stamps.................Min. Bid $20
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217. [THEATRE] Anton Lang (1875-1938) German studio potter and an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Play. He played the role of Jesus Christ in 1900, 1910, and 1922. He was the Prologue Speaker in 1930 and again in the Jubilee Production of 1934. Signed in ink postcard photo, 1924. Approx. 3.5 x 5.5 in. VG.............Min. Bid $50
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218. [FRANCE] Mystery French Document 1565 on paper, from the Reign of Charles IX, doesn't appear signed, 1p., about 6 x 9.5". VG...........100-150
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219. [FILM] Bill Lundigan [1914-1975] American movie and TV actor. His films include "Dodge City" (1939),"The Fighting 69th" (1940), The Sea Hawk (1940), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Dishonored Lady (1947), Pinky (1949), Love Nest (1951) with Marilyn Monroe, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951), and Inferno (1953). From September 30, 1959, to September 7, 1960, Lundigan portrayed Col. Edward McCauley in the CBS television series, Men Into Space. Signed, inscribed vintage 5x7 photo. VG..............40-60
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220. [FRANCE] Count de Froissard - ALS, 1816, 1p, 6-1/2 x 8-1/4". Not translated. Identified as "was there around Napoleon in 1814. Speaks about the 1816 election." VG..........75-100
221. [FILM] Albert Glasser (1916-1998) was a composer, conductor and arranger of film music, primarily in the realm of B-movies during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He scored approximately 200 films during his career, many for American International Pictures and director Bert I. Gordon. For the US War Department, Glasser composed for Frank Capra's Special Services Unit and for Office of War Information radio shows for overseas broadcasts. For television, he composed the score for the early western, The Cisco Kid. For radio, he composed scores for Hopalong Cassidy, Clyde Beatty, and Tarzan. Glasser joined ASCAP in 1950, and his popular song compositions include "Urubu", "The Cisco Kid", "Someday" and "I Remember Your Love". Offered here are 3 signed items. (1) Lengthy 1992 TLS with very good content. (2) Signed typescript of "I Did It", 7pp., signed on 1st page, 1992. (3) Another Signed typescript of "I Did It", 7pp., signed on 1st page, 1992.............80-120
222. [FILM] Clint Eastwood - signed 5x7 photo. Obtained years ago. We ASSUME the signature is secretarial. Fine................Min. Bid $10
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223. Ken Bartholomew (1920-2012) was a speed skating champion from the United States. Signed 1951 sports cover. VG...............Min. Bid $10
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224. [AMERICANA] Alexander Ladd (1784-1855) Merchant ship owner from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was also a state legislator and Proprietor of the P{ortsmouth and Concord Railroad. Manuscript document signed twice on page 2. Also signed by Robert G. Neil and Lory Odell (1801-1883) Judge. This document concerns the Estate of Nathaniel A. Haven. Approx. 7-1/2 x 12-3/4 in. VG.........Min. Bid $10
225. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] ATKINSON ACADEMY SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1911-1912. Lists the courses of study, expenses etc. 12pp., 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 in. Atkinson Academy is a public elementary school at 17 Academy Avenue in Atkinson, New Hampshire. It is a part of the Timberlane Regional School District. Built in 1803, it is claimed to be the oldest standing co-educational school in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. VG.................25-35
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226. [MAP] 1939 North Carolina and South Carolina.............Min. Bid $10
227. [MAP] 1928 Road Map of New England...............Min. Bid $10
228. [MAP] 1930 Road Map of Washington DC and Vicinity.............Min. Bid $10
229. [MAP] 1939 Official Alabama Highway Map............Min. Bid $10
231. [ENGLAND] John Randolph (1749-1813) was a British scholar, teacher, and cleric who rose to become Bishop of London. CLIP SIGNATURE [mounted]. 4 x 1-1/2 in................Min. Bid $3
230. [THEATRE] Michael Redgrave in "Tiger at the Gates" 1955 program.............Min. Bid $10
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232. [PORTRAIT] Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (1717-1797) British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army. Amherst is credited as the architect of Britain's successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France during the Seven Years' War. Under his command, British forces captured the cities of Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal, as well as several major fortresses. He was also the first British Governor General in the territories that eventually became Canada. Numerous places and streets are named for him, in both Canada and the United States.Offered here is an original portrait of Wellesley engraved by Henry T. RYALL (1811-1867). Ryall was appointed the royal engraver by Queen Victoria. Forty of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery in London. This engraving dates back to 1863. The engraved area is about 8.5 x 6 in. very light foxing which is expected and adds a little charm.....Min. Bid $10
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233. [OPERA] Norman Kelley (1911-2006) American operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1940s through the 1970s. He was notably a regular performer at the Metropolitan Opera between 1957 and 1961, and he sang in several world premieres with the New York City Opera. He also notably translated Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel into English, a version first performed in 1967 and used by opera companies to this present day. Christmas [1980] greeting card signed inside to Franklyn Lenthall, The Theatre Museum, Boothbay, Maine. Includes the envelope addressed by Kelley including handwritten return address. VG.............min. bid $10
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234. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL color drawing, signed, dated 1981 on verso. Approx. 10 x 7-7/8 in. VG..............80-120
See above237. Jack (John Ludlow) Gould (1914-1993) American journalist and critic, who wrote commentary about television. He started as a copy boy at the New York Herald Tribune in 1932. In 1937 he moved to The New York Times, writing for the drama department and in the 1940s writing also about radio. In 1944 he became the newspaper's radio critic, and in 1948 the chief television reporter and critic. At one point he had eight people working under him. In the early 1960s he was a CBS executive for a short time but returned to the Times. Gould's columns and reviews (along with those of rival John Crosby of the Herald Tribune) were widely read by decision makers in the fledgling medium of television, and Gould had many professional and personal relationships with prominent industry figures such as Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly. He did not hold back harsh criticism, even when The New York Times itself produced its own public affairs program in 1963; he was aware of the potential power of television as a force for social good. His colleagues dubbed him "the conscience of the industry", to his own embarrassment. Offered here is a TLS, NY Times, Dec. 19, 1967, 1p, approx. 8.5 x 7 in. To Orville S. Poland of Blue Hill, Maine. Interesting content people's opinions. VG............50-75
235. [JOHN F. KENNEDY Postal Stamps] group of 6 foreign postage stamps.................Min. Bid $10
236. [JOHN F. KENNEDY Postal Stamps] group of 6 foreign postage stamps.................Min. Bid $10
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238. [THEATRE] Mary Anne Orger (1788-1849) she was a leading actress, playwright and the mother of the composer Caroline Reinagle in her role as Flippanta in THE CONFEDERACY. Original 1821 engraving, about 4.5 x 7 in. total size. VG...............Min. Bid $10
239 [PORTRAIT] Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) English labouring-class poet, whose work is appreciated in the context of other self-educated writers, such as Stephen Duck, Mary Collier and John Clare. Original engraved portrait c. 1801. Image 3-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. plus wide margins. Scarce image. VG................Min. Bid $10
240. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] Includes: (1) [BANKING] Timothy Wiggin - London banker. Timothy Wiggin's name turns up several times in Ralph Waldo Emerson's diary for 1833. Wiggin was Longfellow's London banker, and it has been conjectured that he served a like purpose for Emerson. Wiggin's bank was also active in the China Trade, etc. Offered here is a clip signature, approx. 5 x 1-3/4 in. VG. (2) Lilian Bowes Lyon (1895–1949) was a British poet. She was the first cousin of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. During the First World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon helped at Glamis Castle (owned by her uncle) which became a convalescence home for soldiers. Her brother Charles Bowes Lyon was killed in the war on 23 October 1914, inspiring her poem "Battlefield" which was later published in "Bright Feather Fading". After the First World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon studied for a time at the University of Oxford and then moved to London. She was independently wealthy. In 1929, she met the writer William Plomer CBE and through him, Laurens van der Post. bb She published two novels, "The Buried Stream" (1929) and "Under the Spreading Tree" (1931) but thereafter focused on poetry. She published six individual collections with Jonathan Cape and a "Collected Poems" in 1948. Her "Collected Poems" contains an introduction by C. Day-Lewis who noted the influences of Emily Dickinson, Hopkins and Christina Rossetti. Her verse appeared in many periodicals and anthologies including "The Adelphi", "Country Life", "Kingdom Come", "The Listener", "The London Mercury, "The Lyric" (USA), "The Observer", "Orion", "Punch", "The Spectator", "Time and Tide and "Poetry" (USA). During the Second World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon moved to the East End where she used the Tilbury Docks unofficial air raid shelter and assisted with nursing the injured. She also had several amputations due to thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's Disease), losing toes, a foot, her lower legs and eventually both her legs below her hips. She returned to her home in Kensington and continued to write poetry despite the thromboangitis obliterans beginning to affect her hands. These poems, found amongst William Plomer’s papers at University of Durham, were published in "Uncollected Poems" by Tragara Press. ALS, 1935, 2pp, approx. 7 x 9 in. VG. (3) [MICKEY SPILLANE] Arthur Florman (1917-2001) Cinematographer. He sends this letter to Mickey Spillane looking for a job after hearing of Mickey's upcomh TV film series. Says he was the camerman who shot the screen test for Mickey in Newburgh. He goes on to compliment Mickey. Dated 1955. 1p, 7 x 10-1/4 in. Fine. (4) Vassar Miller (1924-1998) was a writer and poet. She served as Poet Laureate of Texas (1988-1989). Three of her books won the annual poetry prize of the Texas Institute of Letters. In 1982 and 1988 Miller was named Poet Laureate of Texas, and in 1997 she was named to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by the Governor's Commission for Women. Signed typed poem titled "Precision", 1p. Approx. 7 x 10 in. VG (5) Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1910. (6) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (7) David L. McDonald (1906-1997) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the 17th Chief of Naval Operations from 1 August 1963 to 1 August 1967 during the Vietnam War era. Signed 3x5 card mounted to album page with small picture and news clippings................Min. Bid $50
241. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Oliver North (b.1943) American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. Signed, inscribed photo, 8x10. Fine. (2) Thomas Alfred Coward (1867-1933) English ornithologist and an amateur astronomer. He wrote extensively on natural history, local history and Cheshire. ALS, 1931, 3-1/4 pp., approx. 3-7/8 x 6-1/4 in. VG. (3) Elizabeth Caroline Hamilton Gray (1800-1887) Scottish historian and travel author. After marrying John Hamilton Gray, a priest and genealogist, in June 1829, Gray moved to Bolsover Castle in England, where she lived until shortly before her death. Interesting lady. ALS, no date, written on both sides, 3.5 x 4.5 in. VG. (4) Mary Baird Bryan (1861-1930) wife of William Jennings Bryan. She was an American writer and suffragette. Mary Elizabeth would emerge as an important part of Bryan's career, managing his correspondence and helping him prepare speeches and articles. Mary passed the bar exam and learned German in order to help his career. ALS, not dated to Mr. Berger, 2pp. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. On page 2 she says "I was never so proud of Mr. Bryan as now. He possesses powers of strategy & management of which I was not aware." (5) [FILM] Milt Ebbins (1912-2008) the well-connected show business manager who was a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy White House. Mr. Ebbins was a well-liked Hollywood insider who directed the careers of actors, musicians and comedians. For more than 30 years, he was the personal manager of actor Peter Lawford. Through Lawford, who was married to Patricia Kennedy, a sister of John F. Kennedy's, Mr. Ebbins became a favorite of JFK's and a frequent guest at the White House and on Air Force One. At Kennedy's 45th birthday party in 1962, Mr. Ebbins gave Marilyn Monroe a push onstage at Madison Square Garden as she went out to sing her sultry version of "Happy Birthday." Offered here is a 1967 signed document, 2pp. A union agreement also signed by 2 union officials. Fine.................Min. Bid $50
242. [WRITERS LOT] includes: (1) Edward Bond (b.1934) English playwright, theatre director, poet, theorist and screenwriter. He is the author of some fifty plays, among them Saved (1965), the production of which was instrumental in the abolition of theatre censorship in the UK. Other well-received works include Narrow Road to the Deep North (1968), Lear (1971), The Sea (1973), The Fool (1975), Restoration (1981), and the War trilogy (1985). Bond is broadly considered among the major living dramatists[1][2] but he has always been and remains highly controversial because of the violence shown in his plays, the radicalism of his statements about modern theatre and society, and his theories on drama. Signed card picturing a bronze sculpture of him, dated 2020. (2) Nelson Richard DeMille (b. 1943) author of adventure, and suspense novels. Signed card. (3) John William Jakes (b.1932) American writer, best known for American historical and speculative fiction. His Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He is also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. Signature, 1994. (4) John Winslow Irving (b. 1942) American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Signed 4 x 5-3/4 photo. (5) Dean Ray Koontz (b. 1945) American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, with fourteen hardcovers and sixteen paperbacks reaching the number-one position. Signed 4x6 photo......................Min. Bid $75
243. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Norman Robert Foster (b.1935) English architect and designer. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. Signed 4x6 photo. (2) John Eisenhower (1922-2013) United States Army officer, diplomat, and military historian. He was a son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card, 1992. (3) Bonnie Blair (b.1964) is a retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Signed 4 x 5-1/4 color picture. (4) Robert Ballard (b1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew. He leads ocean exploration on E/V Nautilus. Ballard considers his most important discovery to be that of hydrothermal vents. Signed color 6x4 photo. (5) Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (b.1937) is a Finnish politician, the tenth president of Finland (1994–2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work. Signed 6x4 picture. (6) Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of Rome (5 volumes, published after English translation 1907–1909). Ferrero devoted his writings to classical liberalism and he opposed any kind of dictatorship and unlimited government. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty times in six years. TLS with some handwriting, 1903, 1p. Fine.................Min. Bid $90
244. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Charles Edward Courtney (1849-1920) American rower and rowing coach from Union Springs, New York. A carpenter by trade, Courtney was a nationally known amateur rower. Courtney never lost a race as an amateur and finished a total of 88 victories. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) Douglas Volk [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Signed 1910 bank check. (3) Anne Campbell (1852-1935) signed 14 line handwritten poem. (4) Ida Mulle - singer/dancer. Signed card 1926. (5) Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911. (6) Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Signed 1946 Maintenance Service Agreement. (7) BRENDA KUHN (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. Signed 1965 bank check..........Min. Bid $50
245. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] a week after his death in 1949, ART DIGEST referred to Walt Kuhn as "one of the most forceful, independent and self-disciplined painters of our time." That glowing evaluation is certainly just as valid today. [Written by Bennard B. Perlman, the art historian-author, from Baltimore]. Offered here are items from the Kuhn Estate in Maine. [1] Kennedy Galleries 1974 letter sending $3000 for month of June. At this time the Kennedy Galleries in New York was handling the Kuhn Estate and Brenda Kuhn received a monthly check of $3000 plus more if something sold. [2] Letter dated 1962 from attorney for Kuhn estate about Maine inheritane tax and a $125 bill for repairs to the painting "Landscape and Brook. [3] Dorsha Hayes (1897-1990) stage actress and dancer during the early 20th century. She was born in Galesburg, Illinois. She made her debut appearance in Pierre Loti's Daughter of Heaven in 1912. TLS, 1983, 1p. [4] Althea Bransom, neice of the noted artist Paiul Bransom. ALS, 1983, 1p. [5] Ruth M. Blaine - ALS, 1983, 2pp. about an UNSIGNED painting from the 1930s WPA project. She wants to know if Brenda thinks it is by Walt Kuhn. [6] Two letters, 1983, fromMaine Historical Society. [7] Brenda Kuhn (1911-1912) Co-manager, Kuhn Estate, New York City, 1949-1956; manager, Kuhn Estate, New York City, 1956-1966; Collection of Brenda Kuhn, Kuhn Estate, Cape Neddick, 1956-1966; founder, Cape Neddick Park, since 1965. President Kuhn Memorial Corporation, Cape Neddick, 1968-1975. Founder Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, since 1980. Brenda Kuhn has been listed as a noteworthy art historian by Marquis Who's Who. SIGNED 1967 bank check. [8] Thank you for donation card 1960, from Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine. [9] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) From 1969 to 1978 she was in charge of the art museum at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Later she moved north to Camden and was curator at the Farnsworth Museum. She was a close friend of Brenda Kuhn. 1p. ALS saying she was in Portland and saw "your father's paintings in the Barridoff [gallery' and the Museum." [10] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1985, 2pp. Mentions seeing painting by Walt Kuhn and Marsden Hartley. [11] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1984 on postcard - mentions Tea Party painting by Walt Kuhn "still puzzles me." [12] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1984, 2pp. Talks about Port Clyde, maine and the church there says that "the Wyeths attend a different church - Ridge". The Wyeths, of course, were Andrew and Betsey Wyeth. [13] 2 page TLS from an attorney about the sale of a Kuhn painting titled "Brenda in Ogunquit." Price $75,000. [14] Brief autograph note dated 1983 re" birthday of a 3 year old child [Cape Neddick, Maine]. [15] Group of 3 Walt Kuhn gallery consignment sheets signed by 3 different artists 1986 & 1987. [16] 2 misc. items. In all approx. 20 pieces. VG..............Min. Bid $75
246. [FILM] Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974) American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. He was a good friend of Doris Day from the time of their meeting during the filming of Tea for Two (1950) until his death. His signed 1965 contract to play the part of Mayor Davis in the film "BILLIE" starring Patty Duke. There are 2 signed documents here. VG...........125-175
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247. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Bob Dole - a 1987 typed 4 page letter sending two Preferred Tickets to his for formal announcement to run for President of the United States. His signature is, of course, printed. One of the tickets is included here. All are in fine condition. (2) Lorenzo Marrett (1816-1887) was born in Standish, Maine and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1838. He practiced law with a specialty in the administration of estates. He joined the Board of Aldermen in 1849 and was active in local and state politics. ALS, East Cambridge, 1857, 3 pages, 4-3/4 x 7-3/4 in. Includes original envelope [stamp removed]. VG. (3) [POSTAL HISTORY] Levi P. Morton (1824-1920) the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as United States ambassador to France, as a US representative from New York, and as the 31st governor of New York. Offered here is a postmarked envelope. 1900, hand-addressed by Morton [not signed] to Lola Greene Baldwin (1860-1957) who was one of the first policewomen in the United States. In 1908, she was sworn in by the City of Portland, Oregon as Superintendent of the Women's Auxiliary to the Police Department for the Protection of Girls (later renamed the Women's Protective Division), with the rank of detective. Approx. 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. VG. (4) [THEATRE] 1964 program starring Ben Gazzara & Mildred Dunnock in TRAVELLER WITHOUT LUGGAGE. VG (5) [MUSIC] Helen Lemmens-Sherrington (1834-1906) English concert and operatic soprano prominent from the 1850s to the 1880s. Born in northern England, she spent much of her childhood and later life in Belgium, where she studied at the Brussels Conservatory. After engagements in mainland Europe she made her London debut in 1856. Her singing career was mostly in concert, but in the first half of the 1860s she appeared in opera at Covent Garden and other leading London theatres. ALS, no date, 2pp, no date, approx. 4 x 6-1/8 in. Declines invitation. VG. (6) James Clarke Hook RA (1819-1907) English painter and etcher of marine, genre and historical scenes, and landscapes. Artwork by Hook is held at the Tate Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts and Guildhall Art Gallery in London. CLIP SIGNATURE, about 4-1/4 x 1-1/2 in. (7) [RACING] Michael Andretti (b. 1962) American semi-retired auto racing driver and current team owner. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series and amassed 42 race victories, the most in the CART era and fourth-most all time. Signed color magazine picture, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in. Two fold lines. (8) Robert Adams (1917-1984) English sculptor and designer. While not widely known outside of artistic circles, he was nonetheless regarded as one of the foremost sculptors of his generation. In a critical review of a retrospective mounted by the Gimpel Fils gallery in London in 1993, Brian Glasser of Time Out magazine described Adams as "the neglected genius of post-war British sculpture", a sentiment echoed by Tim Hilton in the Sunday Independent, who ranked Adams' work above that of his contemporaries, Ken Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick and Bernard Meadows. Nice ALS, 1978, 1p., 8 x 9-3/4 in. plus envelope. Re: selling drawings. Fine example.........Min. Bid $70
248. [SPACE] Original pamphlet ASTRONAUT JOHN H. GLENN ORBITS THE EARTH FOR AMERICA, Feb. 20, 1962. The pamphlet was published after Glenn completed the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, and recounts details of the mission, along with some of Glenn's reflections on the experience and photographs of his training and recovery. Originally sold for 15 cents. Another example of this pamphlet was offered online at $1000 to $1500 but passed. Heavily illustrated. 12pp., approx. 10 x 7.5 in. VG. Years ago this pamphlet was priced at $95............Min. Bid $50
249. [VERMONT] Luke Potter Poland (1815-1887) United States Senator and Representative from Vermont. Signed 1841 State of Vermont Supreme Court document, signed as Chief Justice. Attached to 4 other pages, one signed by Frederic Williams Hopkins (1806-1974) was a Vermont lawyer and militia officer who served as Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia. In the 1830s and 1840s Hopkins was part of a group of individuals interested in reorganizing and revitalizing the state militias, which had become increasingly dormant in the years following the War of 1812. This group, including Franklin Pierce, Alden Partridge, Alonzo Jackman, and Truman B. Ransom, held seminars to discuss tactics, strategy and recruiting, and carry out maneuvers and drills in an effort to improve unit readiness. Excellent condition..................75-100
250. [ARTISTS MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Stephen James Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher. Original etching, "Mrs. Nicklin", from a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Stuart painted the portrait of Mrs. Nicklin about 1795, when she was in her thirtieth year. She was one of Philadelphia's celebrated beauties, the wife of Mr. Philip Nicklin, and the daughter of Chief-Justice Benjamin Chew. This plate shows notable characteristics in Mr. Ferris's method of etching, he believing in finish, and striving to obtain depth of tone and suggestion of color by close and careful working. Image 7-1/4 5-1/2" plus fairly clean marhins. Top left corner is soiled. (2) Wendell D. Volk (1884-1953) American artist. Signed 1943 bank check. Born El Paso, TX, buried Arlington Natinal Cemetery. He was a printmaker and woodcarver, married Jessie J. McCoig, also an artist (1904-2005). The Douglas Volk family built a rustic Tudor cottage, “Hewnoaks,” on the shores of Kezar Lake in Center Lovell, Maine. [Stephen A.] Douglas Volk was the son of Leonard [W.] Volk, who was famous for his many life casts of Abraham Lincoln. S.A. Douglas Volk studied in Paris and Italy. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design in New York and was a founder of the Minneapolis School of Fine Art. He participated in the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition and taught at the New York Society for Ethical Culture established by Felix Adler, where he met Karl von Rydingsvärd. He married Marion Larabee in 1881 and two of their children were dau. Marion and son Wendell. Daughter Marion helped Mother Marion run the Sabatos Studio, which produced woven and printed textiles. Wendell was also a weaver and learned woodcarving from Karl von Rydingsvärd. Wendell’s wife Jessie left Hewnoaks, lock, stock, and barrel, to the University of Maine. Hewnoaks was the heart of an Arts and Crafts community. Marion Volk decided to improve upon a generations-old native tradition of making “drawn” rugs and with the help of her son Wendell and daughter Marion she began Sabatos Handcrafts in 1901. The Volks gathered together residents of Center Lovell, who then carried out every part of the rug-making process. Twenty years later the Volks began producing block-printed textiles. The rugs and printed panels are extremely rare today. VG (3) RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL drawing, not signed, 1980. Approx. 9 x 11.5 in. paper size. VG (4) Madeline Marrable (1833-1916) was a prolific London based watercolourist and oil painter specialising in landscapes with a preference for mountains and snowscapes. She traveled widely to places including Austria, France, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland and Venice. In 1886, Marrable was elected as the first President of the Society of Lady Artists (SLA), formerly the Society of Female Artists (SFA) and since 1899 is now known as the Society of Women Artists (SWA), she retired from the presidency in 1912. CLIP SIGNATURE, 4-1/4 x 1 in. VG. (5) Mary Lucier (b. 1944) American video artist. Concentrating primarily on video and installation since 1973, she has produced numerous multiple- and single-channel pieces. Mary Lucier has presented solo exhibitions at different venues all around the world. Among those are The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the TV Gallery in Moscow , San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, and the Media Test Wall at MIT. Signed 1985 exhibition brochure. Fine. (6) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait painter and the son of noted sculptor Leonard Volk. Best known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one of which hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House. He was named after his mother's cousin (Abraham Lincoln's political rival) Stephen A. Douglas. Offered here is a bank check signed by Douglas Volk, 1907. VG.....Min. Bid $50
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