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1. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) slip signed by US congressmen William Murray (1803-1875) NY and Andrew Stuart (1832-1872) Ohio. (2) Frederick MacCabe (1894-1941) Am. author. (3) Debbie Evans (b.1958)  American former motorcycle observed trials competitor and current stunt actor. In the 1970s, Evans was considered the best female observed trials rider in the United States, earning factory-backed sponsorship from Yamaha. Evans' exceptional riding ability eventually led her to work in the American film industry as a stunt rider. She became so successful as a stunt performer that it became her full-time job. Evans has appeared in over 200 movies and television shows, including motorcycle stunt work in The Matrix Reloaded as well as in The Fast and the Furious film franchise. Signed on verso Warner Bros. paycheck 1984. (4) Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862) was a consulting manufacturing engineer, early proponent of steam mills (especially cotton mills), and United States Democratic Senator from the state of Rhode Island from 1851 to 1857. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) Charles Wepner (b.1939) American former professional boxer. 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. Signed 3x5 card. (6) Henry Strater (1896–1987) American painter, and illustrator. He was a friend of Ernest Hemingway and other figures of the Lost Generation.  He was known for his portraiture, figurative, and landscape drawings and paintings.  Strater founded the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit, Maine in either 1952 or 1953. Bold inscription/signed on back of card showing a Strater painting. Insribed to Benda, who was the daughter of artist Walt Kuhn. (7) Ibrahim Nasir  (1926-2008)  Maldivian politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Maldives 1957 to 1968 and later President from 1968 to 1978.  Ibrahim Nasir a brutal dictator, was sworn in as the second President of the Republic of Maldives on 11 November 1968. He was the mastermind behind committing state sponsored terrorism in the island of Thinadhoo. Violently forced the inhabitants of the island to leave the island in a few hours. He was credited with many other improvements such as introducing an English-based modern curriculum to government-run schools.  Signed photo as president [1970], approx. 3-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. VG..................Min. Bid $50

2. [Nazi Persecution] Collection of about 19 letters from the collection of Dr. Frederick K. “Fritz” Solomon (née Solomonski) (1899-1980), painter, 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 left Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. Solomonski was interned in the Isle of Man in Hutchinson Square camp in the early 1940’s as a prisoner of war along with many other artists. 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). He was the curator of this latter gallery from 1943 to 1946. In 1954 he left England to take a position as Rabbi for Temple Beth Ha Shalom in Williamsport, PA. After three years in Pennsylvania, he sought another position and, as a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, was appointed rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in the Vedado suburb of Havana, where he wrote sermons and hosted religious services for his congregation, a part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Solomon was also active in the Jewish Progressive movement, frequently communicating with representatives of The World Union for Progressive Judaism throughout the 1950s in an attempt to officially associate his congregation with the organization. Offered here are 9 copies of Solomon letters written in the 1950s while he was a Rabbi in Havana, Cuba during the Revolution. Also included are 10 TLSs, 1953-1959 from Dr. Franz Seligsohn (1880-1964). For many years he was the legal Advisor at the London UNITED RESTITUTION OFFICE in London, England.  The letter by Seligsohn are all written in German. Generally in very good condition........Min. Bid $75

3. [CUBAN REVOLUTION] Dr. Frederick K. Solomon (1899-1980) signed typed manuscript REVOLUTION IN CUBA, 9pp. All of the pencil corrections are in the hand of Solomon. The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro and his fellow revolutionaries of the 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and continued sporadically until the rebels finally ousted Batista on 31 December 1958, replacing his government. Dr. Frederick Solomon was a progressive rabbi active in Havana’s Cuban-Jewish community during the 1950s and 60s. Dr. Solomon had escaped Nazi - occupied Europe for London and eventually established a congregation in Havana, Cuba. As a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Dr. Solomon served as the rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in the Vedado suburb of Havana, where he wrote sermons and hosted religious services for his congregation, a part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. The rabbi was also active in the Jewish Progressive movement, frequently communicating with representatives of The World Union for Progressive Judaism throughout the 1950s in an attempt to officially associate his congregation with the organization. Rare................300-400

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4. [RABBI SOLOMON] FREDERICK SOLOMON (1899-1980) Rabbi and artist, born in Germany. In 1938, when the synagogue he was serving at was torched by Nazis and he was subsequently summoned by the Gestapo, he left Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. Solomonski was interned in the Isle of Man in Hutchinson Square camp in the early 1940’s as a prisoner of war along with many other artists. He was a German Expressionist artist. He won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artists as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. Offered here is a signed 1953 typed manuscript PASSOVER, 6pp. A handwritten note included says he gave his sermon at Far Rockaway, NY on April 5, 1963. VG............200-300

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5. [ENGLAND] a handwritten note, signed with initials. Do not know who wrote this. It reads..............Please telegraph how Mr. Gladstone is and kindly express to Mrs. Gladstone my hopes for Mr. Gladstones speedy recovery. In a different hand below is written Sent Aug. 8/80. Gladstone's illness, Downing Street, August 1880. The scene at 10 Downing Street, Central London, was anxious as people waited for news of the condition of Prime Minister William Gladstone, recovering from a lung infection. - Year: August 1880. The page is 4-3/4 x 7-1/2 in. Mounted to another sheet.............40-60

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6. [NORTH CAROLINA] [CIVIL WAR] Samuel McDowell Tate (1830-1897) Confederate officer. In 1861, after the outbreak of war, Tate volunteered for service in the Confederate army and was appointed captain of Company D, Sixth North Carolina Regiment. Commissioned and promoted to the rank of major on 20 May 1862, he was advanced to lieutenant colonel on 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg. There he assumed command of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment after the death of Colonel Isaac E. Avery and led his troops up Cemetery Hill and in the battle on Seminary Ridge. Isaac Avery had formed a partnership with Charles F. Fisher and Samuel McDowell Tate to act as contractors in the building of the Western North Carolina Railroad in the mid-1850s. With Hoke's wounding at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, Avery temporarily assumed command of the brigade in time for the Gettysburg Campaign. The now 34-year-old Avery led his troops forward on July 1 on a wide sweep north and east of the borough of Gettysburg. Union artillery fire from a knoll near Culp's Hill finally halted his advance. On July 2, Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early ordered Avery along with the brigade of Brig. Gen. Harry T. Hays to assault eastern Cemetery Hill. Attacking in the early evening, Avery was struck in the neck by a musket ball and fell from his white horse, bleeding badly. Apparently he was alone at the time, and the brigade's attack was delivered without coordination. After the ill-fated charge, the partially paralyzed officer was discovered by several of his soldiers. His aide and former business partner, Maj. Samuel Tate of the 6th North Carolina, knelt by his side. Unable to speak from his mortal wound and with his right hand useless from the paralysis, Avery with his left hand scribbled a simple note and gave it to Tate. It said: "Major, tell my father I died with my face to the enemy. I. E. Avery." Samuel Tate continued to command the Sixth regiment until the close of the war. When the Civil War ended, Tate made his way back to Morganton, North Carolina, where the stockholders of the Western North Carolina Railroad elected him to the presidency of the disorganized and bankrupt organization. As president, Tate repaired and rebuilt the railroad, revamped the old rolling stock, and straightened out its financial affairs. Governor William W. Holden removed him from the presidency in 1865, but Governor Jonathan Worth restored him to that position in 1866. He was again ousted by the Holden-appointed board of directors in 1868 but continued to act as the financial agent of the stockholders and as the trustee for payment of debts.  Offered here is a 1887Bill Head document, NOT signed by Tate, signed by Arthur Evans.  Tate pays for a clock repair.  Approx. 8.5 x 4.5 in. Fine.............50-75

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7. [THEATRE] Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797- 1882)  English actor-manager and dramatist. First appearing as Harlequin, and then in small parts at Drury Lane, he went to the Haymarket Theatre in 1829, and was given leading comedy character parts. Webster was the lessee of the Haymarket from 1837 to 1853; he built the new Adelphi Theatre (1859); later the Olympic Theatre, Princess's Theatre, London and St James's Theatres came under his control; and he was the patron of all the contemporary playwrights and many of the best actors, who owed their opportunity of success to him. He wrote, translated or adapted nearly a hundred plays. As a character actor he was unequalled in his day, especially in such parts as Triplet in Masks and Faces, Joey Ladle in No Thoroughfare, and John Peerybingle in his own dramatization of The Cricket on the Hearth. Webster took his formal farewell of the stage in 1874. ALS, no date, 1p,  about 4-1/4 x 7 in. Fine..............80-120

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8. [FRENCH MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Germaine Beaumont real name Germaine Battendier  (1890-1983) French  journalist and novelist. Virginia Woolf's translator.  ALS, 1962, 1p, to Mrs. Robert Kemp, about the death of her husband.  Kemp was a noted critic. With envelope.  Fine. (2) "Zino" Francescatti (1902-1991)  French virtuoso violinist.  Signed postcard of Tel-Aviv - Frederic R. Mann Auditorium. Music postage stamp affixed.  Signed in a dark area therefopre a poor contrast.  Dated 1962. (3) Gabriel Hanotaux (1853-1944) French statesman and historian. ALS, 1905, 3 pages. VG. (4) Philippe Erlanger [1903-1987] Fr. historian. At the end of the 1930s, shocked by the interference of the fascist governments of Italy and Germany in the selection of films for the Mostra del cinema di Venezia, Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, decided to create an international cinematographic festival in France, on the proposal of Philippe Erlanger and the support of the British and Americans. ALS, 1956, written on both sides to Robert Kemp, the French journalist and literary critic. Fine. (5) Jacques de Lacretelle (1888-1985)  French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on November 12, 1936.  ALS, nd, 1p. plus unsigned 5x7 photo. VG. (6) Henri-Robert (1863-1936 French lawyer, historian, and member of the Académie française in 1923. In 1903 a Paris correspondent for the New York Times described him as "an exceptionally successful lawyer... the favorite advocate of the criminal classes (who) has already saved innumerable heads from the guillotine". Brief ALS, 1898, 1p. VG. (7) Paul Bastid [1892-1974] Minister of Commerce and important personality in the French liberature. Brief ALS, [1929?], 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG. (8) [FRANCE] Simon GANTILLON - FR. author. ALS, 1947, 1p. PLUS unsigned telegram re: his play MAYA [1927]. Not translated..................Min. Bid $90

9. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Allen Williams (1944-2019) actor and director, known for Lou Grant (1977), Being There (1979) and Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter (1978). He was married to Amy Chaffee and Katherine Manney. 1984 Warner Bros. paycheck signed on verso by Williams. (2) Marriott Henry Brosius (1843-1901)  Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. During the American Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Ninety-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, in October 1861, for three years, and reenlisted May 1864. He was honorably discharged in December 1864. On February 28, 1865, was commissioned a second lieutenant for bravery on the field of battle. ALS, 1885, 1p. to William Henry Rawle - who was a Philadelphia lawyer, legal author. (3) Edward Wallace Scudder (1822-1893) was a justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1869 until his death.  ALS, 1885, to William Henry Rawle. (4) G. H. Stone - American Minister at Berne, Switzerland. TLS 1914.  (4) George Dawson (1821-1876) w English nonconformist preacher, lecturer and activist. He was an influential voice in the calls for radical political and social reform in Birmingham, a philosophy that became known as the Civic Gospel. ALS, 1876, 1p. mounted. (5) Paul Trible Jr. (b. 1946)  American attorney, politician and academic administrator. Trible is currently president of Christopher Newport University. He was a Republican politician from Virginia, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms and the U.S. Senate for one term. Signed color 8x10 photo. Fine. (6) Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (b. 1939)  American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party.  He was Governor of  Missouri 1973-1977. Signed 8x10 color photo. Fine. (7) c. 1880-90 ALS from unidentified Victorian author to William Isbister of Good Words, 2pp. VG  (8) Printed 1885 gov. doc. from the Sec. of the Treasury about Nez Perce Indians, 2pp. (9) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check.......Min. Bid $50

10. [FRENCH MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Gaston Arman de Caillavet (1869 – 1915) French playwright. He was the son of Albert Arman de Caillavet and Léontine Lippmann, the muse of Anatole France. In April 1893 he married Jeanne Pouquet. From 1901 to 1915, he collaborated with Robert de Flers on many works, including light and witty operettas or comédies de boulevard, many of which were great successes.  He was a very close friend of Marcel Proust who found in him and his fiancée, Jeanne Pouquet, a model of the relationship between Robert de Saint-Loup and Gilberte in his famous novel In Search of Lost Time.  ALS  to Caillavet, no year, 1p, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in. Re: Max Dearly and royalties.  Caillavet pens note signed accepting the condition.  Written in blue pencil at top of page. VG. (2) ARIANE MNOUCHKINE [b.1939] world-renowned French stage director. She founded the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble Theatre du Soleil in 1964. Her movie "1789", which dealt with the French Revolution, brought her international fame in 1974. In 1978 she wrote and directed "Molière", a biography of the famous French playwright for which she received an [Oscar] nomination. Signed/inscribed postcard. (3) Auguste Masson [1800-1883] author who co-wrote plays with Scribe. Nice ALS, 1850, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in. Speaks about rehearsals and writing end of play. VG. (4) Albert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux, known as Gabriel Hanotaux (1853-1944) French statesman and historian. ALS, 1940, 1p. PLUS 1-1/2 unsigned but in his hand [manuscript ??]. VG. (5) Paul Ferrier (1843-1928) French dramatist. He had already produced several comedies when in 1873 he secured real success with two short pieces, Chez l'avocat and Les Incendies de Massoulard. Others of his numerous plays are Les Compensations (1876); L'Art de tramper les femmes (1890), with M. Najac. One of Ferrier's biggest successes was the production with Fabrice Carré of Josephine vendue par ses sÏurs (1886), an opera bouffée with music by Victor Roger. His opera libretti include La Marocaine (1879), music of Jacques Offenbach; Le Chevalier d'Harmental (1896) after the play of Alexandre Dumas, père, for the music of A Messager; La Fille de Tabarin (1901), with Victorien Sardou, music of Gabriel Pierné. ALS, no date, 1p., 3-3/4 x 4-3/4 in. Small smudge. (6) Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (1859-1940) French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Orléans, the son of Hubert Léon Lavedan, a well-known Catholic and liberal journalist. Lavedan contributed to various Parisian papers a series of witty tales and dialogues of Parisian life, many of which were collected in volume form. In 1891 he produced at the Théâtre Français Une Famille, followed at the Vaudeville in 1894 by Le Prince d'Aurec, a satire on the nobility, afterward re-named Les Descendants. ALS, 1890, 2pp, to the poet Giron. Not translated. Fine.................Min. Bid $50

11. [LOT] about 73 letters, notes & telegrams from the files of Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) who was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. These are signed & his carbon copies of letters to and from him, plus a few telegrams................Min. Bid $40

12. [RHODE ISLAND] Collection of 16 documents signed by Isaac Peace Hazard (1794-1879). Isaac was the oldest son of Roland Hazard and Mary Peace Hazard was born in Peace Dale, Rhode Island in 1794. Roland Senior retired in 1819 and Isaac and his brother, Roland G. Hazard took over the operations of the Peace Dale Mill in 1821. The two brothers ran a highly successful business for 45 years before retiring in 1864 and 1866. The two brothers, working together, were largely instrumental in securing the establishment of the Butler Hospital for the Insane, which Cyrus Butler liberally endowed. Some of the documents have holes through of signatures which means cancelled. These documents date 1820-1839. Some have other signatures that we have not researched.............Min. Bid $150

13. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Robert P. Casey Sr. (1932-2000)  American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served as the 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 22nd district from 1963 to 1968 and as Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1977. Signed color 5x7 in. photo. Fine. (2) [PUBLISHING] ALS, 1882, to Professor R.E. Thompson (1844-1924) - Am. educator, economist, from Henry B. Leo [?]. (3) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1951 bank check. (4) Henry Hubbard (1784-1857) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835, a Senator from New Hampshire during 1835 to 1841, and the 18th governor of New Hampshire from 1842 to 1844. SIGNATURE [endorsement]. (5) James L. Ford (1854-1928) Editor. Signed 1915 print of a portrait drawing of him. (6) William W. Porter (1856-1928) American attorney and legal author. He served as associate justice of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1903. ALS, 1885, 1p. to William Henry Rawle. (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. A 1904 bank check from his estate not signed by him].  (8)  Henry Phillips (1801–1876) was an English singer, who took on operatic roles in the 1820s and 1830s. ALS 1874, 1p. mounted................Min. Bid $50

14. [GAME OF BRIDGE]  Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (1891-1947)  British Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Earlier in her career, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow, she became a national figure when she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March of the town's unemployed to London to petition for the right to work. Although unsuccessful at that time, the March provided an iconic image for the 1930s and helped to form post-Second World War attitudes to unemployment and social justice. Six handwritten lines, signed E.W. at the bottom of a 1930 letter sent tpo her asking about a statement Winston Churchill made about the game of Bridge. VG...............50-75

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15. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he was hired by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall as 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 1902, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.  In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. Offered here are 2 handwritten pages written by Woodward about motion-rotation. About 8 x 10-1/4 in. PLUS a printed 11 page listing of published papers by Woodward [1903]. Both are fine condition. RARE!............200-300

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16. [CHESS] British 1959 chess mgazine once owned by Bobby 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. 68+pp., about 5.5 x 8.5 in. VG...............Min. Bid $25

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17. [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!!!!! VG................600-800

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18. 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 

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19. [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

20. [COLONIAL] John Hancock (1737-1793) American patriot, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Offered here is a 1783 manuscript document. Ebenz. Winter Caless pays John Hancock. The docket handwriting on the backside was written by Hancock. Some loss of paper well away from Hancock's endorsement on the verso. Approx. 7-3/4 x 3-1/2 in.......Min. Bid $250

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21. [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

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22. [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

23. [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

24. [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 (1856-1906) 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. ALS, 1897 on card. (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

25. [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

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26. [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

27. 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. Signed document. Date looks like 1860. About 8 x 3 in. Fine...............200-300

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28. [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

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29.  [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

30.  [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

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31.  [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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32.  [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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33. [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 

34. [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

35. [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

36. [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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37 [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

38. [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

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39. [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

40. [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

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41. [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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42. [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

43. [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

44 . 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

45. [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

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46. [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

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47. Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947)  English author and poet. Signed poem, TO RALPH WALDO EMERSON, approx. 6 x 7 in. The poem is not in the hand of Gallienne but the signature is. VG.............80-120

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48. [ENGLAND] Lady Deborah Bowring born Deborah Castle (1816-1902) British suffragist and philanthropist. When she was 42 she married Sir John Bowring on 8 November 1860. She was his second wife. as his first had died four years before. She had died of arsenic poisoning when dozens were killed when poison was added to flour in Hong Kong. John Bowring her new husband was the Governor at the time. n 1879 she was one of the people whose views were quoted in a book regarding women's opinions about women's suffrage. Bowring made the important point that although she paid taxes, she was denied political representation. She also confirmed her strong opinion regarding giving the vote to women. Offered here is a ALS, 1877, 7pp,  4.5 x 7 in. VG.............75-100

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49. [NAVY] Charles Henry Bromedge Caldwell (1823–1877) was a United States Navy officer during the American Civil War. He commanded the USS Vandalia in the US Navy's second Fiji expedition, an 1859 punitive expedition against Waya Island warriors who had cannibalized two American traders. In 1862, he commanded the gun-boat Itasca, of the western gulf blockading squadron, and took part in the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. On the night of April 20, his gun-boat, with the Pinola, was sent on an expedition under the command of Fleet-Capt. Bell, to make a passage for the fleet through the chain obstructions near the forts. Lieut. Caldwell and his party boarded one of the hulks that held the chains, and succeeded in detaching the latter, in spite of the heavy fire to which they were subjected. The Itasca was then swept on shore by the current, in full sight of the forts, and it was half an hour before she was afloat again. She was unable to pass the forts with the rest of the fleet, owing to a shot that penetrated her boiler. Lieut. Caldwell was in the action at Grand Gulf, June 9, 1862, and was promoted to commander on July 16. He commanded the iron-clad Essex, of the Mississippi squadron in 1862–63, and took part in the operations at Port Hudson, from March to July 1863, in command of the Essex and the mortar flotilla. He commanded the Glaucus of the North Atlantic blockading squadron from 1863 till 1864, and the R. R. Cuyler, of the same squadron, from 1864 till 1865. He became captain, December 12, 1867, chief of staff of the North Atlantic fleet in 1870, and commodore on June 14, 1874. A postmarked envelope addressed in the hand of Charles H.B. Caldwell to his wife Mrs. C.H.B. Caldwell. Written from the US Steamer Keystone State. USS Keystone State was a wooden sidewheel steamer that served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was a fast ship for her day and was used effectively to blockade Confederate ports on the Atlantic coast. She participated in the capture or destruction of 17 blockade runners. About 5x3 in. The stamp has been removed [cut away]. Also included is his calling card................50-75

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50.  [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 are 6 letter written in the 3rd person from persons invited to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences circa 1908................Min. Bid $80

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51. [BOOK] A GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR of the Family of RICHARD OTIS, prepared by Horatio N. Otis of New York, publ. Boston, 1851, softcover, 46pp, about 5-1/4 x 9 in. Age wear................50-75

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52. [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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53  [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 $50

54.  [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

55. [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

56. [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

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57 [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

58. (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

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59. [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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60. [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

61. [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

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62. [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


63. [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


64. [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

65.  [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

66. Mark Guy Pearse (1842-1930) was a Cornish Methodist preacher, lecturer and author who, during the last quarter of the 19th century and the first of the 20th, was a household name throughout Britain and beyond. Born at Camborne, Cornwall, from childhood he "drank in the traditions of Methodism", as his daughter put it. Signed 1911 piece of stationery + small picture. VG..............Min. Bid $20

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67. John T. Apthorp (1769-1849) was a banker, Lieutenant Colonel of the First Corps of Cadets (Massachusetts). He became President of the Suffolk Insurance Company  and Bank Boston,  before becoming the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts 1812-1817. He graduated from Harvard University in 1792 and Harvard Law School in 1796. He was born at Boston, Massachusetts, to one of its wealthiest families. After his parents were lost at sea when he was four years old, he was raised by his maternal grandfather, Stephen Greenleaf, the last Colonial High Sheriff of Suffolk County. Offered here is a 1815 document signed as Treasurer. On the backside is written...........The Soldiers and Patriots, who on the glorious morn of the Revolution at Lexington first handled the torch of Liberty - God grant that their lives may be ?longed to the utmost verge of Subluminary [?] enjoyment. The was likely written by Charles Wheeler of Lincoln, Mass. About 4x5 in. This appears to be the last remaining document that came from our Lexington, Mass. documents, many signed by patriots there who faced the British soldiers. Wheeler was born in 1773 - d. 1848. Age wear...............75-100

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68. [AMERICANA] Linus Parmele (d. 1843) ALS, 1804, Haddam, Ct. to Rev. David Seldon (1761-1825) Congregational Minister of the Middle Haddam Church. One long page, 7.5 x 12.5 in. A lengthy letter about their Literary Society in Haddam, Ct. VG..................50-75

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69.  Deborah Raffin (1953-2012) American model, film and television actress. Offered here is a signed & inscribed  sketch, 8-1/4 x 5 in.  The signature in yellow is hard to see. VG.............50-75

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70. 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.................25-35

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71. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Lucy Cotton (1895-1948) was an American actress who appeared in 12 films between 1910 and 1921. Brief ALS, 1919, 1p. with envelope.  About 5-1/4 x 4-1/4 in. VG (2) Mrs. G. H. Gilbert (1821-1904) British actress. Signed 3x2 in. card, dated 1904. (3) Leueen MacGrath (1914-1992)  English actress and playwright and the second wife of George S. Kaufman. ALS, not dated, written to Franklyn Lenthall, 1p.  Lenthall (1919-2001) was an actor, known for Kiss of Death (1947) and Carnegie Hall (1947). He was the Founder of the Boothbay [Maine] Theatre.  Provenance: The Boothbay Theatre Museum Collection. VG (4) [FILM] Karl Alexander (1938-2015) American fiction writer.  He was the son and nephew of screenwriters—his father, William Tunberg, wrote the screenplay for Old Yeller, and his uncle, Karl Tunberg, wrote the screenplay for Ben-Hur—and worked on a number of films himself. Alexander's first novel Time After Time was published by in 1979. It was adapted as a successful 1979 film of the same title, as a musical in 2010, and as a television series to premiere in the fall of 2016. He became internationally known for his role in the film le Fou 4 in 2004. Jaclyn the Ripper, Alexander's sequel to Time After Time, was published in 2009. Signed [verso] Warner Bros. paycheck, 1984. Fine. (5) Oscar Handlin (1915-2011) American historian. As a professor of history at Harvard University for over 50 years, he directed 80 PhD dissertations and helped promote social and ethnic history, virtually inventing the field of immigration history in the 1950s. Handlin won the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Uprooted (1951).  Handlin's 1965 testimony before Congress was said to "have played an important role" in passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that abolished the discriminatory immigration quota system in the U.S. Signed 1p. typescript from THE UPROOTED. 8.5 X 11. VG (6) Lynn Bari (1913-1989) was a film actress who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in roughly 150 movies for 20th Century Fox from the early 1930s through the 1940s. UNSIGNED vintage 8x10 photo. VG. (7) Claire Trevor (1910-2000)  American actress. She appeared in 68 feature films from 1933 to 1982,[2] winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo (1948), and received nominations for her roles in The High and the Mighty (1954) and Dead End (1937). Trevor was billed first for Stagecoach (1939); her profile was higher than John Wayne's at the time. UNSIGNED vintage 8x10 photo. VG.................Min. Bid $50

72. [IRISH] Sir James Charles Mathew (1830-1908) was an Irish-born judge. Mathew was a driving force behind the creation of Commercial List in 1895, the forerunner of the modern Commercial Court, and was the first judge in charge of the List. CLIP SIGNATURE on 4-1/2 x 4-1/4 in slip. VG...............25-35

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73. [FRANCE] Pierre Louis Parisis - Roman Catholic bishop of the Bishopric of Langres from 1835 to 1851. He was one of the strongest right wing figures in the French Catholic Church of his era. In 1847 he formed the Archconfraternity of Reparation for blasphemy and the neglect of Sunday to promote Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ. He is also noted for his efforts within the Assembly of 1848 for establishing the ecclesiastical college of St. Dizier and for his discussions concerning the educational reforms. He was a member of the commission which prepared the draft project for the Falloux Laws increasing the Catholic clergy's influence in French education. ALS, 1856, 1p, 7x9 in. Addressed to De Loisne. Not translated. VG............75-100

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74. [ART] Lambertus Antonius Claessens  (1763-1834)  Flemish engraver, print artist, copyist and publisher. He trained initially in Antwerp as a landscape painter and then in London as an engraver with Francesco Bartolozzi. He was active in Amsterdam and Paris. He is known for his reproductive prints mainly of portraits and old master paintings. ALS, 1821, 1p, 7-1/4 x 9-1/4 in. Not translated. VG.................80-120

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75. [FRANCE] Jean-Antoine Tinseau (1697-1782) French prelate. Tinseau earned a doctorate in theology from the University of Besançon and canon and vicar general of the Archdiocese of Besançon.  In 1743 he became commendatory abbot of Bitaine and in 1745 Bishop of Belley. He was transferred to the diocese of Nevers in 1751. In 1760 Tinseau built a new episcopal palace and in 1762 he replaced by secular priests Jesuits at college and seminary.  ALS, Nevers, 1782, 2pp, approx. 6-1/4 x 7-3/4".  VG.........60-80

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76. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Emmanuel des Essarts (1839-1909); Henri Bernstein (1876-1953); Bertrand-Theobald-Joseph Lacrosse (1796-1865); plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

77. [FRANCE] Jean-François de Hercé  (1776-1849) was a dignitary of the Catholic Church and French politician, mayor of Laval then bishop of the diocese of Nantes. ALS, 2pp, approx. 8-1/2 x 13". VG.  He played a role in the 1848 Revolution...........100-150

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

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79. [SCIENCE] Jules Tannery (1848-1910)  French mathematician. Tannery discovered a surface of the fourth order of which all the geodesic lines are algebraic. ALS, Paris, 190?, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Fine................75-100

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80. [GERMANY] a pair of antique wood-engraved portraits. (1) Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (1770-1846) In 1805, he started to collect objects of art. In 1811–1821, he travelled in different countries. It was during these years that the main part of his collection was formed. Nagler collected paintings, drawings, prints, coins, medals, ethnographic objects and Egyptian antiquities. In 1835, he sold the main part of his collection (but not paintings) to the state. Old master prints from his collection became a very important part of the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin. After Nagler’s death in 1847 the rest of his collection, including paintings, drawings and old master prints, was sold in Berlin. (2) Also a portrait of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter (1763-1825)  German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. Paper size for each is about 8 x 5 in.  These date to c. 1836. Scarce.............75-100

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81. [FRANCE] 1810 BULLETIN DES LOIS No. 335, signed in type Napoleon. Regarding Censorship - 1st article - There will be only one newspaper in each department. Also includes decree  #6240 on FIRE ARMS. 16pp. About 5.5 x 8.5 in. Fine..............100-150

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83. [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

84. [PHOTOGRAPHY] offered are 6 small photos from France. These are unsigned. Includes Camille Doucet (1812-1895 in Paris)  French poet and playwright. Henry Bordeaux (1870-1963)  French writer and lawyer. Bordeaux was elected to the Académie française on 22 May 1919. This elite group of writers, popularly known as the "immortals," are responsible for establishing and maintaining the grammar, usage and acceptance of vocabulary into standard French. Postcard photo. Robert de Flers (1872--1927)  French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist. Postcard photo. Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877)  French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France and first President of the French Third Republic. 3 cdv photo. Total of 6 unsigned................Min. Bid $100

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85. [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

86. [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

87. [SCIENCE] James McKeen Cattell (1860-1944)  American psychologist, was the first professor of psychology in the United States, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, and long-time editor and publisher of scientific journals and publications, most notably the journal Science. He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public (or SSP), from 1921–1944. The New York Times hailed him as "the dean of American science." Yet Cattell may be best remembered for his uncompromising opposition to American involvement in World War I. His public opposition to the draft led to his dismissal from his position at Columbia University, a move that later led many American universities to establish tenure as a means of protecting unpopular beliefs.  Offered here is a ALS, written in the 3rd person to Robert S. Woodward  (1849-1924)  American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. Diller and his wife accept invitation from Woodward to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences.  All of the handwriting is by Cattell. Approx. 3-3/4 x 6 in. Very good. Provenance: Estate of Robert S. Woodward' s summer home in New Hampshire...............Min. Bid $50

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88. REPRESENTATIVES REPORT OF THE NINTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE ROYAL CLAN O.S.C. Held in Chicago, Illinois, June 28, 29, 30th and July 1st 1887.  T.G. Fleming writes a 25 page handwritten report "To the worthy Chief, Officers and Clansmen of Clan Gordon No. 19, Hartford, Conn. Scottish Clans. VG..................100-200

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89. [THEATRE & FILM] Matty (A.E. Matthews OBE) (1869-1960) English actor who played numerous character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades. Nicknamed "Matty", he was christened Alfred Edward Matthews. He was affectionately regarded by the British public over his extraordinarily long career. From World War II until his death he enjoyed renown as one of British cinema's most famous crotchety, and sometimes rascally, old men. Matthews' other most well-known films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Million Pound Note (with Gregory Peck), Inn for Trouble, The Magic Box, The Ghosts of Berkeley Square and Just William's Luck. Offered here is a 3-1/4 page ALS, signed "Matty" to his friend, and fellow actor, Roland Young [1887-1953] best membered for his role as Topper [1937] film starring Cary Grant. Dated 10th , no year. Very good content to his friend.  VG...........75-100

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90. [ENGLAND] George Pryme (1781-1868) British economist, academic and politician. In 1799, Pryme entered Trinity College, Cambridge, winning a scholarship there in 1800 and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1803. In 1804, he began studying law at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the Bar in 1806, practising in London until health problems forced him to return to Cambridge in 1808. In 1816, Pryme began conducting lectures on political economy at Cambridge, the first teaching of such a topic at any English university, and in that same year his lectures were published as a book entitled A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on the Principles of Political Economy. In 1828, he was made Professor of Political Economy by the university senate, although a chair was not established for the topic at Cambridge until just before his retirement. He was politically active, and successfully opposed parliamentary candidates sponsored by the Duke of Rutland, and eventually winning a seat in the House of Commons representing Cambridge as a Whig. Pryme worked hard in the parliament, pushing for university reform at Oxford and Cambridge until his poor health prompted his family to urge his retirement from parliament. He returned to Cambridge and bought an estate in Wistow while continuing to lecture and practice as a barrister on occasion. He died in 1868. In 1870, his memoirs were published, Autobiographic Recollections of George Pryme, edited by his daughter Alicia Bayne. ALS, 1837, written on both sides. To Joshua Walmsby accepting invitation to dinner of the Reform Association of Liverpool.............50-75

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91. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL ink drawing, signed, titled Bridgewater, dated 1976. Approx. 8-3/4 x 11.5 in. VG...........50-75

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92. [FILM] John L. Russell Jr. (1905-1967), sometimes credited as Jack Russell, was an American cinematographer who was known for his work on films like Psycho (for which he earned an Academy Award nomination) as well as his extensive work on TV. Offered here are 3 items: [1] His signed 1965 contract for the movie BILLIE starring Patty Duke, 12 legal size pages, signed by Russell and Milt Ebbins on the last page.  [2] Unsigned carbon copy of Ebbins letter to Russell. [3] Memo from Ebbins, ink signed with his initials, to John Bowman about Russell's contract. All VG...........100-200.......Min. Bid $40

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93. [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

94. [WOMEN] Norma G. Zarky (1917-1977) was a prominent lawyer in Los Angeles, active in the fight for abortion rights and other civil rights. She co-authored a number of briefs with Rauh on civil rights cases during the 1950s. In 1954, during the McCarthy Era, the Department of Justice sought to fire her husband, Hilbert Zarky from his position with the Department, based primarily on Norma's very brief involvement with Communism when she was an undergraduate in the mid-1930s, along with such "crimes" as their belonging to a liberal book club and being at meetings attended by "suspect" individuals. After she and her husband filed numerous declarations from friends and prominent individuals regarding their loyalty to the United States, he was reinstated to his position. In 1961 she joined the law firm of Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, where her husband worked, becoming the firm's first woman partner in 1968. At Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, she practiced primarily in the field of entertainment law.  Zarky was the first woman to serve as President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and was a founding member of Women in Film. She was also a recipient of Women in Film's first Crystal Award, "given to honor outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work in film, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. In 1979, Women in Film established The Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award, which "is presented to individuals who, like Ms. Zarky herself, have demonstrated enlightened support for the advancement of equal opportunity for all and devotion to the improvement of the human condition."  Offered here are 5 letters concerning Bill Asher (1921-2012) the American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series. He was married to Elizabeth Montgomery. 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 was hyperbolically credited in one magazine article with "inventing" the sitcom. INCLUDES: 1963 TLS signed by Norma G. Zarky, to Milt Ebbins, Chrislow Productions; Milton Ebbins carbon copy replying; another ink signed 1962 TLS from Zarky to Ebbins re" Billy Asher Employment Agreement; a 1963 letter from Ann Swartz, Secretary to Zarky concering Asher; plus a 1963 copy of letter Asher.  So there are 2 ink signed tped letters from Norma Zarky. VG.....................100-150


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95. HANS MARGOLIUS [1902-1984] German philosopher, writer and librarian. TLS, 1975, 1p. to Frederick Solomon [1899-1980] Rabbi German Expressionist artist. The letter is in German. Also included in a 4 page foldout in German. Envelope indided. VG..............50-75

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96 [ART] Stephen James Ferris (1835-1915)  An influential Philadelphia painter and etcher of portraits and figure studies, Stephen James Ferris studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris, under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a considerable reputation for his art in both America and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny Prize for the best portrait, Rome, 1876. Stephen James Ferris also served for twenty six years as the Instructor of Art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Original etching,   c. 1883, image approx. 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 in. plus margins. VG.................200-300

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97. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914-2001) Portuguese military officer and politician, the 15th President of the Portuguese Republic (the second after the Carnation Revolution). Signed 3-1/4 x 4-3/4 plus his calling card. (2) Adelaide Helen Calvert (1836-1921)  British playwright and actress who achieved a 68-year career. ALS, no date, 2pp. (3) Will Ahern (1896-1983) was a vaudeville entertainer at the beginning of the 20th century. He is best known for being part of a comedy duo with his wife, Gladys Reese Ahern. As part of their act, Ahern told jokes and performed rope tricks while his wife, using a Mexican accent, sang and danced. Blue slip on which he writes "Hello Good Bye Deloris From Will Ahern." (4) John B. Gest (1823-1907) banker and lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He ran a private practice, becoming widely known because of his large practice in real estate, patent, and insurance law. ALS, 1885, 2pp. to Wm. Henry Rawle. (5) John T. Trowbridge (1827-1916) American author. Postmarkd 1907 envelope addressed by trowbridge but not signed by him. (6) John Davis (1787-1854) American lawyer, businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He spent 25 years in public service, serving in both houses of the United States Congress and for three non-consecutive years as Governor of Massachusetts. Because of his reputation for personal integrity he was known as "Honest John" Davis. ALS, 1849, 1p. VG. (7) Appleton Morgan (1845-1928) President of the Shakespeare Society of NY. ALS, 1910, 2pp, with envelope. (8) Frank Hodgman (1839-1907) Author, poet. Long TLS, 1906, Climax, Michigan. Biographical....................Min. Bid $75

98. [WALT KUHN] an interesting piece of KUHNIANA.  A 1942 TLS from the McMillen Inc., Interior Devotation company in NYC, sent to Walt Kuhn saying that the war makes it impossible to secure adequate insurance for his paintings while in their establishment. He has to insure them or let them stay without protection except for fire or theft. At first we were somewhat puzzled - why would a famous American artist be exibiting his paintings with a interior decoration store. So we researched Walt Kuhn McMillen  and now see why his work was there. There was an important exhibition at McMillen in 1942 where Jackson Pollock shows Birth in "American and French Paintings" exhibition at McMillen Inc. Curated by John Graham it paired American artists with French artists and included works by Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Andre Derain, Stuart Davis, Walt Kuhn, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock. Krasner exhibited Abstraction. Pollock exhibited Birth (c. 1941). Graham was very important, and he discovered Pollock. Envelope is present. Also included are 2 photos taken by Brenda Kuhn. The clown painting was exhibited ar Colby College [Maine] in 1954; and a 1957 snapshot photo taken by Brenda in 1957 of the last Maine home of Walt Kuhn, which is in Cape Neddick. All VG...............100-150

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99. Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1965) American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters, and became a philanthropist. Interesting signed vintage photograph even with its condition faults. Baruch has signed and inscribed this photo to Leon Henerson (1895-1986) who was the administrator of the Office of Price Administration from 1941 to 1942. Henderson worked as an economic adviser in President Franklin Roosevelt's administration before he was appointed to the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1939.[4] In 1941 he became head of the Office of Price Administration.  Baruch signed & dated this photo 1941.  Condition: still contained in an old mat; one burn mark top edge [very visible]; also a surface flaw when held an an angle.  Baruch signs "B.M."  Doesn't add Baruch. Photo itself is 8x10 in..................80-120

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100. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) American comedienne, actress. SIGNED STAR TREK BOOKPLATE. VG...........20-30

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102. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - a general catalog of autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine, List 114. Contains 49 priced listings, some illustrated. Lengthy descriptions for important items. VG......Min. Bid $20

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103. 1776 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - a general catalog of autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine, List 129. Contains 56 listings, some illustrated. Everything is priced in this catalog. Interesting for research. VG......Min. Bid $20

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

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105. THE 18th Century - a general catalog of autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine, List 118. Contains 56 priced listings, some illustrated. Lengthy descriptions for important items. VG......Min. Bid $20

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106. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL ink drawing, signed, titled Avallon, France. Approx. 12 x 9 in. Corner crease by title plus a couple of other minor flaws................100-150
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107. [PORTRAIT] Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. Offered here is an original portrait of Walpole 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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108. [ART] Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894) British artist, art critic and author. He was a keen advocate of contemporary printmaking and most of his writings concern the graphic arts. He was an important theorist of the English Etching Revival. Offered here is an Original etching done in 1871, the title is "On The Ternin", image approx. 2-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. plus margins.  Signed in the plate [as usual]. Some foxing in upper margin area o/w VG............Min. Bid $25

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109. Gabriel Monod (1844-1912)  French historian, the nephew of Adolphe Monod. In 1876 he founded the Revue Historique,[2] which rapidly became a great authority on scientific education.  ALS, 1908, 1p. 4-1/4 x 5-1/2......25-35

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110. [RARE PHOTOGRAPH]  vintage 1962 color photograph of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson delivering speech at Rice University on Sept. 12, 1962. He was introducing President Kennedy who was to given his famous Moon speech. This rare photo is signed "W" by the photographer who was - WILLENEWHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. From 1962 to 1965, Whisenhant, who was a native of Texas, was the staff photographer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. During her tenure there she shot photos of astronauts, worked with CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite on a story about astronaut John Glenn, and photographed President John F. Kennedy. Growing up in Livingston, Texas, Willene Whisenhant probably couldn't have imagined sipping lemonade on Air Force One with the president. She most likely didn't think she'd be the first woman ordained into an all-male club. And the idea of being the first and only female photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), couldn't have possibly drifted into even her wildest daydreams. Later on, Whisenhant learned that President John F. Kennedy wanted her up front because, as he explained, when he first met his wife, then Jacqueline Bouvier, she was a struggling photographer and no one would give her a break. He therefore wanted Whisenhant to be front and center. That same day, the president asked his men to take the photographer up to Air Force One and give her some lemonade. Except for some chemical surface faults in very good condition. The surface fauts only show when held at certain angle. Provenance: directly from the photographer who was living in Wells, Maine when she passed away.  Offered here at a low estimate........................300-400

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111. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste-Léon Say (1826-1896) French statesman and diplomat. One of the 19th-century's noted economists, he served as French Finance Minister from 1872 until 1883. Letter Signed 1878, 1p. 8-1/4 x 10-1/4.  Written below [signed] are 4-5 lines by Henri de Gavardie (1823-1910) French politician. VG...............50-75

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

113.  [FRANCE] Two French Mystery Documents, identified as being from the Burgundy region - one possibly a Birth Certificate.  Small documented is dated 1753, the larger one has several dates but appears to be from 1726. As you can see there a piece missing at edge on 1753 document..............100-150

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114. [RUSSIA] Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (1798-1883) Russian statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the nineteenth century.  Signed manuscript page, 1878 date, 1p,  4.5 x 7 in. Not sure how to describe this [see scan].  VG........80-120

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115. [PORTRAIT] Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte, KB (1758-1805), also known simply as Admiral Nelson, was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history. Offered here is an original portrait of Nelson engraved by  William Finden (1787 – 1852)  English engraver. His neat style and smooth finish made his pictures very attractive and popular, and although he executed several large plates, his chief work throughout his life was book illustration. The largest plate executed by William Finden was the portrait of King George IV seated on a sofa, after the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. For this work he received two thousand guineas, a sum larger than had ever before been paid for an engraved portrait. 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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116. [PORTRAIT] of Sir Ralph Abercromby KB (1734-1801) was a Scottish soldier and politician. He twice served as MP for Clackmannanshire, rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the British Army, was appointed Governor of Trinidad, served as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, and was noted for his services during the French Revolutionary Wars. Offered here is an original portrait of Nelson engraved by  William Finden (1787 – 1852)  English engraver. His neat style and smooth finish made his pictures very attractive and popular, and although he executed several large plates, his chief work throughout his life was book illustration. The largest plate executed by William Finden was the portrait of King George IV seated on a sofa, after the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. For this work he received two thousand guineas, a sum larger than had ever before been paid for an engraved portrait. 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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117. (ART) August Mosca (1909-2002) Italian-American artist. This is a [plate signed] original lithograph from IMPROVISATIONS done in 1957.  Noted artists draw directly on the lithographic plates. Each was used as an ad for various businesses. The proceeds went to Artists Equity. Sheet size is approx. 12 x 8.5 in...........50-75

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118. [PORTRAIT] Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909) French actor, "one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age." Antique original wood-engraved portrait by R.G. Tietze. Approx. 7 x 5" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..............Min. Bid $10
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119. [ART] Original wood-engraving, VIEW OF PITTSBURGH , 1848. Image approx. 4 x 6 in. From the collection of Katherine Ebert, author of OLD AMERICAN PRINTS FOR COLLECTORS. VG...............Min. Bid $10
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120. [WORLD WAR 2] Dr. Ralph D. Bennett (1900-1994) His career was varied and most distinguished. He served as a professor of physics at M. I.T; as a naval officer, responsible for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in Washington; and director of the Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory near Livermore, Calif., for the General Electric Co. He subsequently became V.P. and director of research for Martin Marietta. Dr. Bennett was a man uniquely placed to bring about significant changes in the way the Navy handled its research and development in those early years. Having both a Captain's rank and a respected technical background, he played a major role in the development of the Military-civilian partnership at NOL, and saw its use accepted universally in the rest of the Navy's R&D management. The Navywide system of Commander/Technical Director management owes its origins to Dr. Bennett. Offered here is an ink signed memorandum from Bennett to Capt. L.W. Mckeehan, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Navy Yard, Washington DC, 8 December 1943, 2pp. Discusses, by names, using certain people.  Louis Mckeehan has written and signed a response on page 2. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. 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. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. VG.................150-250

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121. [ART] George Forest Brush  N.A. (1855-1941) American painter and Georgist. In collaboration with his friend, the artist Abbott H. Thayer, he made contributions to military camouflage, as did his wife, aviator and artist Mary (called Mittie) Taylor (Whelpley) Brush, and their son, the sculptor Gerome Brush. He attended the National Academy of Design in New York, and also studied in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, where Thayer was also a student. Among his many awards were gold medals at the Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), Exposition Internationale (Paris, 1900), Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, 1901), and Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis, 1904). He was elected to the Society of American Artists, the National Academy of Design (1908), and the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1910). Offered here is an original lithograph, stone signed, image approx. 10 x 8 in. Some faults in outer margins..................75-100

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122.  [JUDAICA] Lilian Helen "Lily" Montagu, CBE (1873-1963) was the first woman to play a major role in Progressive or Reform Judaism.  Her father,  founder of Samuel Montagu & Co., was a self-made millionaire by 1871. He was a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900 as the MP for Whitechapel, a poor district of the East End of London. In 1907, Montagu was raised to the peerage as Baron Swaythling.  She grew up in a pious Orthodox Jewish home, in an ethos of privilege and philanthropy, devoted to helping the poor and advancing Jewish institutions. Her eldest brother, Louis, was also a financier and political activist, founding the League of British Jews to lobby against the creation of the state of Israel.  In 1893 she founded the West Central Jewish Girls Club (which subsequently merged into the Jewish Girls' Brigade). She was active in social improvement, particularly in respect to unemployment, sweat shops and bad housing. In 1901 and 1902, Montagu was to lay the groundwork for the establishment of the Jewish Religious Union in London. The Union set up the first synagogue in Liberal Judaism in the UK and helped found the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Following the retirement of Leo Baeck, Montagu served for a brief stint (1955–1959) in her 80s as president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, before handing the reins over to Solomon Freehof.  TLS signed “Lily H. Montagu,” 1-page, 8 x 10, Feb. 8, 1939. A letter  Dr. Frederick  Solomonski, the noted Rabbi and German Expressionist artist. She is unable to help him for there are no openings there. Solomon was attempting to leave German during this period. VG..................100-200

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123. Lot of 9 Iowa Abstract of Title documents, 1891-1922. Signatures have not been researched....Min. Bid $18

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124. [WORLD WAR II] Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) American physicist. 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. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Offered here are 13 handwritten pages by McKeehan during his daily activities July 9 - August 1943,  while on active duty during the war. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. Written while stationed at Espiritu Santo, which was a US naval base. During World War II, particularly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the island was used by American naval and air forces as a large military supply and support base, naval harbor, and airfield...............300-400

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125.  [BASEBALL] Bob Johnson - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60...............Min. Bid only $1.00

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126. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) American romantic poet, journalist 1852 letter from Bryant but not signed by him. (2) Kaaren Lee - actress, known for The Right Stuff (1983), St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and T.J. Hooker (1982). Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck 1984. (3) Edward Grossman - Executive Director, Composers and Lyricists Guild of America.  TLS, 964, 1p. Also signed by 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."  (4) Wilson Thomas Hogue (1852–1920) American bishop of the Free Methodist Church, elected in 1903. He was born 6 March 1852 in Lyndon, New York. His parents were Scottish-English Methodists. He was the founder of Greenville College. His career also included service as a Pastor and a District Elder. TLS, 1900, 1p. Toned. (5) Mary Hannah Krout (1851-1927) American journalist, author, and advocate for women's suffrage. ALS [no yr], 2pp. to Harry McClure. (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 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him.................Min. Bid $50

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127. [AMERICANA] 1829 Bill of Lading for 9 bales of yarn being shipped on board the Sloop Venus, Master George Child. Shipped from Providence RI to New York by Roland G. hazard. Signed by George Child. Approx. 8-3/4 x 6-1/2 in..........40-60............Min. Bid only $1.00

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128. [EPHEMERA] group of 4 Limerick National Bank [Maine] checks, 1924-26..............Min. Bid $1.00

129. [BASEBALL] Morris Arnovich - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60................Min. Bid only $1.00

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130. [SCIENCE] William Berryman Scott (1858-1947)  American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals, and principal author of the White River Oligocene monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology at Princeton University. ALS written in the 3rd person, c. 1908, 1-1/2 pages. Fine...............40-60

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131. [ART] JOSEPH LAUBER (1855-1948) American artist. Original etching , "Head of an Old Man" printed on fine nineteenth century laid paper and with full margins as published in 1881 by George Wistar Hodge Ritchie. It is signed and dated by the artist in the plate to the lower right. An American mural painter, etcher, sculptor, stained glass and mosaic artist, Joseph Lauber came to the United States at the age of nine. He studied art techniques in New York under Karl Muller, Walter Shirlaw and W. M. Chase. Joseph Lauber was a full member of the Mural Painters, New York Architectural League (1889), Artists' Fellowship Inc. (president), Salmagundi Club (1902) and the New York Etching Club. During his career Joseph Lauber was the recipient of many awards and medals, including awards at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893) and Atlanta (1895). Joseph Lauber also served as the long time Instructor of Art at Columbia University, New York City. In 1883 the Art Department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Boston, held a major exhibition of contemporary American art.  Plate mark is approx. 5 x 3-1/2 in. Fine..................100-150

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132. Robert Steed (1903-1995) was active/lived in New York, New Jersey.  He is known as a painter, teacher, designer. He is best known for abstract oil paintings. His papers are held in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian. Offered here is an original lithograph from the rare 1953 Improvisations portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses and institutions supporting the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors allowed the artists complete creative freedom of expression. This lithograph was issued in an edition of 2000; the sheet measures 12 x 8-1/2 inches. Signed by Steed in the plate (not hand-signed). VG.................100-150

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133. [ART] Sir John M. Rothenstein CBE (1901-1992)  British arts administrator and art historian. From 1938–64 Rothenstein was Director of the Tate Gallery in London. Rothenstein's directorship — the longest to date — was one of the most successful. Offered here is a caricature drawing of Rothenstein, signed by him. The drawing was done by JACK ROSEN (1913-1989) was Director of Security at New York's Waldorf Astoria for thirty years (1932-1962), drawing caricatures of the many US Presidents, film stars and other celebrities who stayed there. He continued these drawings when he moved to the Battery City Park Authority. He also drew more than 25,000 images of US military personnel from three wars: World War II, Korea and Vietnam, many executed near the front. Collections of his caricatures are held by Boston University, while many others are displayed at his son's hotel and restaurant in Orlando, Florida. Approx. 10 x 7-1/4 in. Drawn on transparent paper so with white paper behind it will show up well. VG..............150-250

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134. [SPACE] John Glenn (1921-2016)  was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at age 77. Before joining NASA, Glenn was a distinguished fighter pilot in World War II, China and Korea. Original vintage 1960s color 8x10 photo taken by WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA.  She has written Glenn at bottom of photo. VG.................100-150

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135. MAINE] Alexander Dennett (1811-1889) He conducted a general store at York, Maine, and owned coasting vessels. He removed to Kittery and lived on the ancestral homestead until his death.  During the civil war he was appointed inspector of timer at the navy yard. He was a Whig in politics in early life, a Republican afterward. He was trial justice for many years; represented his district in the legislature in 1849-50-51; was delegate to the convention when the Free Soilers and Whigs fused at the time the Republican party was organized; was frequently moderator of town meetings and selectman of the town. He was active in good works and interested in the great questions of the day, supporting the anti-slavery and temperance movements heartily. He was a member of the Sons of Temperance, and was active in the Methodist Episcopal church, being charter member of the Second Methodist Episcopal church, of Kittery. Offered here is a 1864 legal writ document signed twice as Trial Justice.  Approx. 8.5 x 14 in. A noticeable repair on left side..............50-75 

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136.  [KUHN ESTATE]  The following from the Estate of Walt, Vera and Brenda Kuhn. [1] a 4-1/2 x 3-1/4" photo of the Walt Kuhn home in Cape Neddick, maine, taken by his daughter Brenda. [2] a 1989 Midtown Galleries exhibition brochure for Walt Kuhn.  [3] receipt for Walt Kuhn's property tax bill, Wells, Maine, 1941.  This would have been for the house shown in the photo offered here.  [4] Walter Hatch TLS, 1941, to Walt Kuhn, saying there was an error in in tax bill. All items are directly from the Kuhn Estate...........100-150

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137. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] 1940 Stock Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company, 1950. Vignette at top center. About 11 x 7 in. VG..........Min. Bid $10
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ORIGINAL PORTRAIT ENGRAVINGS OF PRESTIGIOUS AMERICANS FROM THE FIELD OF LITERATURE. THESE ARE CLEAN & READY TO FRAME WITH AUTOGRAPHS. NO ESTIMATES. Literary portraits are much more scarce than military or presidents. Min. Bids $10 each

138. SAMUEL P. BATES  (1827–1902) was an American educator, author, and historian. He is known for his reference works on the American Civil War.

139. GEO. W. CHILDS  (1829–1894) was an American publisher who co-owned the Philadelphia Public Ledger newspaper with financier Anthony Joseph Drexel.

140. FREDERICK S. COZZENS (1818–1869) was an American humorist, who sometimes wrote under the name Richard Haywarde.

141. DONALD GRANT MITCHELL {1822-1908) American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name Ik Marvel.

142. GEORGE P. MORRIS (1802-1864) American editor, poet, and songwriter.

143. FLETCHER HARPER (1806-1877) American publisher in the early-to-mid 19th century.

144. GEO. D. PRENTICE  (1802-1870) newspaper editor, writer and poet who built the Louisville Journal into a major newspaper

145. JOHN R. BARTLETT (1805-1886) American historian and linguist.

146. N.P. WILLIS (18061867) American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest-paid magazine writer of his day.

147. FITZ-GREEN HALLECK  (1790-1867) American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group.

148  [BASEBALL] George Washington Case - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60............Min. Bid only $1.00

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149. ERIKA BUENTELLO (American) signed pencil drawing dated 1978, 8 x 10.5 in..............50-75

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150. [MUSIC] Emanuele Bucalo (1864-1941) Italian opera star - considered one of the greatest baritones of his time. ALS, Milan, 1904, 1p. Not translated. VG........50-75

151. [MUSIC] Franz Kullak (1844-1913) German composer and pianist. ALS, Berlin, 1875, 1p, 4.5 x 7". VG..........50-75

152. J.C. Wise [b.1881] Am. historian. TLS, no date.........20-30

153. [ART] Paul Le Rat [1849-1892] French etcher, born in Paris, and studied under Lecoq de Boisbaudran and L. Gaucherel. He exhibited at the Solon from 1869 - on. Original etching, "JEUNE PECHEUR DE SCHEVENINGUE", done after a work by Frans Hals. Image size 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 in. plus slim margins. VG........50-75

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154.  [FILM] Marge Champion (1919-2020) American dancer and actress. At a young age she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later, she performed as an actress and dancer in film musicals, and in 1957 had a TV show based on song and dance. In 1947, she married dancer Gower Champion (1919–1980). Together as a dance team, the Champions performed in MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s, including their first MGM musical Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), Show Boat (1951) and Everything I Have Is Yours (1952).  Offered here is a signed sketch [a comical self-portrait], 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG.............50-75

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

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156. [ART] original engraving by Lovegrove - 18th century British engraver. Original copperplate engraving c. 1793, image size approx. 3 x 3-3/4 in. plus margins. Clean image area, slight toning in outer margins. VG...........Min. Bid $20

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157. [JUDAISM] Maurice N. Eisendrath (1902-1973) was a leader of American Reform Judaism, the head of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations from 1943 until his death, an author, and an activist, particularly active in the U.S. Anti-war Movement of the 1960s. The Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Reform Movement, is named in his honor. On April 24, 1967, Eisendrath, Martin Luther King Jr., and other cultural and religious leaders formed the peace action group, Negotiation Now. Awarded the Gandhi Peace Award in 1961. Offered here is a TLS signed Maurice, 1958, to Rabbi Frederick Solomon in Havana, Cuba. 1p. 7 x 10-1/2 in. Fine. Interesting content.....................100-150

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158. [THE AMERICAN WEST] Henry Heath (1828-1908) was a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) pioneer, explorer, settler and lawman in the frontier Utah Territory, United States. He was celebrated later in his life as one of the original Utah pioneers of 1847. Henry Heath worked as a law enforcement officer from as early as 1862 until at least 1868. During that time he participated in several cases that typified the rough-hewn legal system in the American West. The most famous, the apprehension of a grave robber, has been widely embellished. In 1862, Henry discovered evidence of grave robbery in the city cemetery when following up on the burial of an indigent criminal (Moroni Clawson) killed in a shoot-out with other officers. His investigation soon led him to the house of the grave digger, Jean-Baptiste, where he found piles of clothing pilfered from graves in the cemetery. Henry feared that the grave-digger may have disturbed the grave of his daughter, Sarah Malissa, who had died within the last year. He apprehended Baptiste and took him to Sarah's grave site. Interviewed years later, Henry said he had determined to kill Baptiste on the spot if he had robbed his child's grave.  Baptiste was able to satisfy Henry that Sarah's grave was untouched and so his life was spared. With Baptiste apprehended, Henry's problem quickly turned from revenge to protection. He reported that, "The news of our discovery and Baptiste's confession spread like wildfire and it was with difficulty that we got him to the county jail in safety."  Baptiste had been at his macabre misdemeanors for some time and so his crimes touched hundreds in the community. But grave robbing, however repugnant, was not a capital offense, even in the frontier west and Baptiste's capture posed the problem of how to both protect and punish him. It meant death to him to turn him loose in the community. So, to give him a chance for his life, to save him in reality from an exasperated public, it was decided to banish him and a well-stocked island in the Great Salt Lake was chosen for his future home. He was conveyed there but there was not ball and chain or shackles or gyves of any kind on his limbs. He was absolutely untrammeled." Baptiste's forehead was tattooed, "Branded for robbing the dead," with ink, not with hot irons.  Some recent dramatizations of Baptiste's case have his ears being clipped or "docked." Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE on 5-1/4 x 2 in. slip.

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159. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Alice Carrick Skinner (1875-1961) she was an expert on and writer about antiques in the early 20th century and a contributing editor of "Antiques" magazine in the 1930s. In particular she was an expert on American silhouettes. Her collection was donated to the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.  As Alice Van Leer Carrick, she was the author of several books on the subject including "The Next-To-Nothing House" (1922). This book recounted her finding inexpensive antiques to furnish the historic Webster house on the campus of Dartmouth College where she lived for decades. Other books included the "Collector's Luck" series describing journeys abroad with family and friends on antiquing expeditions, "Christmas in Our Town," and "A History of American Silhouettes." Her books convey her personality, charm, and enthusiasm. ALS, Webster Cottage, Hanover, New Hampshire, no date, 4pp. to Mrs. Marshall who was a journalist. A long letter suggesting a visit from Mrs. Marshall for an interview. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4. VG..............50-75

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160. [PHOTOGRAPHY] 2 original color photographs of Frank Sinatra at the Columbus Day Parade in New York City. The photographs were taken Frank Mastro, the famed celebrity photographer probably best remembered for his photos of Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra. Approx. 5 x 3-1/4 in. Unsigned. Fine..........Min. Bid $50

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161. 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. Offered here is a photocopy of his The Night I Died - Mike Hammer short story published in the anthology Private Eyes - although story was written in 1953, was not published until 1998.  Identified as a 1951 Unproduced Radio Drama.  This photocopy is from the Spillane estate and it is not known if there are other copies. VG. From the Estate of Mickey Spillane..........100-150  Min. Bid $25

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162. [SPILLANE] typed 1951 page sent to Mickey Spillane about an incident in Lansing, Michigan where a 28 year old man was arrested on a charge of larceny. Apparently he bought a book but concealed two others under his coat and left without paying for them. According to detectives he admitted stealing the books. They were entitled MY GUN IS QUICK and VENGEANCE IS MINE, both by Spillane.  8.5 x 11 in. VG..............50-75

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163. Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey - 1858 printed government document, 38 pages: CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT, printed for the House of Rep., 35th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 82. Approx. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. VG..............25-35

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164. [BOOKS] Eben Francis Thompson (1859-1939) American lawyer and one of the most interesting literary figures that Worcester [Mass.] ever produced. Although Mr. Thompson was for over half a century a lawyer, it was for his literary pursuits that he was most widely recognized. For years he collected the varying editions of the Persian poet, Omar Khayyam, including the immortal translation by Fitzgerald. With the full realization of the magnificence of Fitzgerald's English verse, he wondered whether he could essay a poetical translation of the Persian text, but one which would more closely follow the original. Stimulated by the advice of his friend, Nathan Haskell Dole, he began to learn Persian. By 1906 he had finished his monumental task, bringing out in a volume of 290 pages his own translation of 878 quatrains of Omar, an achievement remarkable both for his poetic ability and his diligence. This volume he followed in 1907 with a work reproducing Fitzgerald's text, the Persian original with a transliteration, and his own versified translation. Finally, in 1910, he published a little volume of verse. The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam, Founded on the Persian. This trilogy of Omar books brought him into close touch with many admirers of Persian literature. In 1900 he founded the Omar Khayyam Club of America, of which he was secretary for twenty years, and later, president.  Another hobby of Mr. Thompson's was his interest in Shakespeare. As early as 1887 he had published the text of "A Mid- summer Night's Dream" for public reading. Long an actor in amateur dramatics, and especially conversant with all of Shakespeare's plays, he travelled several times to England to study Shakespeare traditions and scenes, to search for manuscripts, and to acquire what early printed works his purse would allow. He owned the second and fourth folios and possessed a respectable Shakespearian library. He wrote a brochure in 1923 entitled "Bacon Not Shakespeare, being an Argument to Show that Francis Bacon, not William Shakespeare, Wrote the Plays and Poems Commonly Attributed to the Latter, by Adam Nutt, with an Introduction by Way of Dissent by Eben Francis Thompson," which really was an ingenious and amusing refutation of the Baconian theory. In his later life, Mr. Thompson compiled for his own use what he called a "reading translation" of Shakespeare, in which he marked on all of the hundred thousand lines of Shakespeare's plays with accents to show the correct pro- nunciation of Elizabethan words. In 1938, the year before his death, he wrote a pamphlet entitled Some Hints on Public Speak- ing, and in the introduction referred to his early attempts to perfect himself in Shakespearian speech, modelling his pronunciation upon that of Edwin Booth. In the meetings of the Worcester Shakespeare Club, organized in 1887, he participated for over fifty years.  His third interest was miniature books. He owned a large collection, with over two hundred examples. His crowning achievement in this field was the production of the smallest printed book in the world, which in conjunction with Hamilton B. Wood of the Commonwealth Press, he issued in 1933. This tiniest of volumes, six-sixteenths by three-sixteenths inches in size, contained the printing of forty-six quatrains of The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam, and can be read only with the aid of a magnifying glass. After seven years of trial and error, the book was produced, a triumph of printing, but chiefly the result of Mr. Thompson's imagination and persistence.  Offered here is a signed album page, approx. 7 x 4.5 in. Fine.............Min. Bid $20

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165. Nancy Huston Banks (1849-1934)  American journalist, literary critic, and novelist from Kentucky. During the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Banks was on the Board of Lady Managers, and worked for the fair as a writer and editor. Banks moved to New York to pursue a writing career in the early 1890s. She was on staff at The Bookman magazine in its first year as a book reviewer. She also lived in London for a time, and reported from South Africa during the Boer War for a London newspaper. For a time in November 1899, she was reported caught in the Siege of Kimberley, blockaded by the Boer army, in the company of Cecil Rhodes and fellow New Yorker Amalia Küssner, a miniaturist.  Nancy Huston Banks also wrote novels, including Stairs of Sand (1890), Oldfield: A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century (1902), Round Anvil Rock: A Romance (1903), and The Little Hills (1905). In reviewing the last title, Frederic Taber Cooper commented that "Few are so fortunate as Mrs. Banks in knowing the range and boundaries of their intellectual gardens, the thoughts and fancies that will best flower therein."  ALS, NY, [1895], 2pp., to Mr. Bok.  sends photographs. 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. VG..................50-75

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166. William Buell Sprague (1795-1876) American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of Annals of the American Pulpit (nine volumes, 1857–1869), a comprehensive biographical dictionary of the leading American Protestant Christian ministers who died before 1850. Sprague was also a collector of historical documents and pamphlets and became the first person ever to gather a complete set of the autographs of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 3-1/4 x 3/4 in. VG.............Min. Bid $10

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167. [EARLY PORTRAIT] offered here is a 1776 engraving of John Towers (c. 1747–1804)  English Independent minister. John went to sea as a lad, and was afterwards apprenticed to a London packer. He taught himself Greek and Hebrew, and began to preach as an independent. A secession from Jewin Street independent congregation chose him as pastor, and leased the Presbyterian meeting-house in Bartholomew Close, where he was ordained in 1769. For some years he conducted a day school. A new meeting-house was built for him in the Barbican in 1784, and his ministry was successful. Among those who frequented it was the Baptist polemicist, poet and hymnist Maria De Fleury.  He published Polygamy Unscriptural (1780) (in response to Martin Madan), and sermons. Condition is expected with this age. This originally was not printed on white paper. Rare!.................75-100

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168. Part of the MANHUNT Detective Story Monthly magazine, 1952, containing Mickey Spillane's EVERYBODY'S WATCHING ME.  Contains only Spillane's story, pages 81-93 plus covers. From Mickey Spillane's personal collection. VG..........50-75

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169. [NASA] group of 6 covers postmarked 1965-1982. VG............30-40

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170. [From Walt Kuhn Estate]  Offered here is a letter from Teresa Jabelmann to the noted artist Walt Kuhn, March 30, 1943, 2 pages. She was the wife of Otto Jabelmann (1892-1943). He was considered a mechanical genius, and the "hard-nosed ruler of the Union Pacific Railroad mechanical department. He led the team that developed The Big Boys locomotives. He died in Jan. 1943 while in England visiting England to investigate railway problems at the behest of W. Averell Harriman and concluded that British railways needed 1200 more locomotives. Apparently Otto was in poor health then and Teresa says in this letter ".....I did worry constantly as I knew Otto would never try and save himself in any way..."  Envelope is included..............50-75

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171. City Hall, Holyoke, Mass. - late 19th century engraved view. VG...............Min. Bid $10

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172. [WW 2 NAVAL] WILLIAM H.P. BLANDY (1890-1954), known to friends as "Spike", was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He participated in the occupation of Veracruz, Mexico in 1914 and served on board the battleship USS Florida (BB-30) (BB-30) with the British Grand Fleet during World War I. During World War II he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance from 1941 to 1943. Here he had a controversial role in the infamous torpedo scandal  involving the initially practically useless Mark 14 torpedo, and the long delays incurred on the work testing and launching the electric Mark 18 torpedo. In December 1943 he became Commander, Group 1, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, and commanded the pre-invasion bombardment group during the campaign for Iwo Jima. Offered here are 2 document from the personal files 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. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Captain Louis W. McKeehan, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while attached to the Research and Development Section, Bureau of Ordnance, from the outbreak of hostilities in 1941 to March 1944. These are: (1) Nov. 10, 1942. McKeehan has written at bottom "Mines Development".  (2) Oct. 22, 1943 Bureau of Ordnance Circular Letter, 4pp. - printed, signed Blandy in type. Both VG...............50-75

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173. Maine Paper - approx. 85 old documents, the earliest being 1834 - to about 1935. Receipts & business & legal paper. Needs research. Varied conditions.........Min. Bid $60

174. [MILITARY] James L. Edwards (1786-1867) was born in Petersburg, Virginia. He served with the U. S. Marines during the War of 1812 and was awarded a medal for bravery. In 1816, he began working as a clerk in the War Department. He eventually became the principal pensions clerk, where he was responsible for many of the pensions granted to veterans of the Revolutionary War. When the Pension Office was created in 1833, Edwards became the first Commissioner of Pensions. He held this post until retiring on November 27, 1850.  Offered here is a ALS, Pension Office, 1847, 1p., written to Hon. Howell Cobb, House of Representatives. Cobb also served as the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851–1853) and as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860).  Cobb is, however, probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. This letter concerns the case of Mrs. Alice B. Alden, widow of the late Rev. Charles H. Alden, Chaplain in the Navy. Apparently Alden died in the line of duty. Obviously this letter has some condition problems BUT all of the text is there..................80-120

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175. George Mitchell (b. 1933) United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He has taken a leading role in negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East, being appointed United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (1995–2001) by President Clinton and as United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2009–2011) by President Obama.  TLS, 1987, 1p. Sends editor thanks for sending a book.  Signed George.  VG...............25-35

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176. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage litho. photo of astronaut Alan Shepard.  Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Shepard."  Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. From 1962 to 1965, Whisenhant, who was a native of Texas, was the staff photographer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. During her tenure there she shot photos of astronauts, worked with CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite on a story about astronaut John Glenn, and photographed President John F. Kennedy. Growing up in Livingston, Texas, Willene Whisenhant probably couldn't have imagined sipping lemonade on Air Force One with the president. She most likely didn't think she'd be the first woman ordained into an all-male club. And the idea of being the first and only female photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), couldn't have possibly drifted into even her wildest daydreams. Later on, Whisenhant learned that President John F. Kennedy wanted her up front because, as he explained, when he first met his wife, then Jacqueline Bouvier, she was a struggling photographer and no one would give her a break. He therefore wanted Whisenhant to be front and center. That same day, the president asked his men to take the photographer up to Air Force One and give her some lemonade.Fine.............100-150

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177. [WORLD WAR 2 NAVAL] George Frederick Hussey Jr. (1894-1983) was United States Navy Vice admiral during World War II, who served as the Chief of Naval Ordnance from December 1943 to September 1947. During the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hussey served with the USS Hopkins within directing the off-shore patrol off Hawaii. Hussey was ordered to Washington, D.C., where he was appointed the director of production within the Bureau of Ordnance. In December 1943, Hussey succeeded Rear admiral William H. P. Blandy and became the Chief of the Bureau. In this capacity, he was responsible for the directing of development and production of Naval arms during World War II. Hussey was decorated with the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his service during the War and finally retired from the Navy in September 1947. Offered here is a April 21, 1944 one page memo from Hussey [not ink signed] to The Chief of the Bureau of Ships.  Captain L.W. McKeehan is  nominated for Special Board, Bureau of Ordnance. McKeehan has signed in ink at bottom left and he has written 21 Apr 1944 in right corner.   Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. VG................100-150.......Min. Bid $20

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178.  [WORLD WAR 2 NAVAL] John H. Newton (1881-1948)  Commander, Cruisers, Scouting Force at the outbreak of war. At the moment of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was in tactical command of the Lexington task force, which was on the way to deliver aircraft to Midway. After war broke out, the Lexington force was given to the more senior Brown, and Newton commanded its screen. Relieved before the end of the year, he was given command of the South Pacific Area in June 1944, when it had lost almost all strategic relevance. Offered here is a 1p. memo from Newton dated Nov. 7, 1942. Not ink signed. The ink date below is in the hand of Louis McKeehan. VG.................50-75

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179. [ART] Douglas Volk [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Douglas was born to be an artist. His father was the famous sculptor Leonard Wells Volk and his mother Emily Barlow Volk was counsin to Senator Steven Douglas. At a young age Douglas showed an ability to draw and was taken seriously later studying with George Inness, and at age 14 took classes at the Accademia San Luca in Italy. In 1873 Volk went to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux Arts with the Master Jean-Leon Gerome. When he returned to the U.S. he began teaching at The Cooper Institute in New York and in 1886 was founder of the Minneapolis School Of Fine Art. In 1893 Volk was chosen for the selection committee at the Columbian Expo where he exhibited three paintings and the the gold medal, his first major award. In 1899 the National Academy granted him membership. His paintings hang in many important collections including the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Douglas Volk first ventured into Lincoln portraiture in 1908, and that canvas, reworked in 1917, eventually found its way into the National Gallery of Art. It also achieved a kind of anonymous familiarity between 1954 and 1968, when it was featured on the regular four-cent U.S. postage stamp. When in 1860, Lincoln sat in Leonard Volk's studio, a liittle child was running in and out. The great man took him on his knee and asked his name. It was Douglas. It was this boy, long grown to manhood who was the paint one of the most famous portraits of Lincoln. One of his Lincoln portraits hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Offered here are 5 signed bank checks, 1921-1923.................Min. Bid $45

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180. [JEWISH] 1956 letter to Rabbi Frederick Solomon (1899-1980) the German Expressionist artist. Signed by Rabbi Louis I. Egelson (1885 -1957) administrative secretary of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Sidney L. Regner (1903-1993) Reform rabbi and organizational executive. A lifelong peace activist, he was elected vice president of the Jewish Peace Fellowship in 1980. Richard N. Bluestein - of Hebrew Union College. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in. VG..............25-35

181. [FRANCE] Eugene Marcel Prevost (1862-1941)  French author and dramatist. In 1909 he was elected to the Academie française. ALS, 1896, 2-1/2 pp. 4-1/4 x 7 in. VG............75-100

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Bill of Sale For $75,000 Walt Kuhn Painting

182. [ART] 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.  Typed Document signed by Brenda Kuhn, an AGREEMENT AND BILL OF SALE, for a painting by Walt Kuhn titled "Brenda in Ogunquit."  The painting was 50 x 30 in., sold by the Midtown Galleries in New York for the Kuhn Estate.  The document has the signature of a Notary Public, dated 1989.  VG......100-150......Min. Bid $25

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183. [WORLD WAR ONE] French postcard of The Rue Beaurepaire after the bombardment of Verdun. Written on reverse: 1/25/19 We are having a little snow storm the first one. I hope the ocean doesn't freeze over and perhaps we will be coming home shortly. Signed Will. Censored. U.S. Army P.O. M.P.E.S. One fold crease. To Mrs. Anna R. Rowen, Philadelphia, Penns., U.S.A. VG............Min. Bid $10

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184. President George W. Bush - unsigned Jan. 20, 2001 Inauguration cover plus Bush For President bumper sticker. Both are VG.................Min. Bid $10

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185 Group of about 22 letters & documents, mostly receipts, from the Chas. B. Rounds papers. Date c. 1888-1905. he died around 1903 or 4. Don't think anything is signed by Rounds. 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..................Min. Bid $10

186. [HEATH PAPERS] about 17 letters & documents from the Edward W. Heath (1865-1925) papers. One document is from the Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville, Maine for care of his father lot $11.00. Edward's father was Gen. Francis E. Heath (1838-1897) Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He began his service in the Union Army on June 4, 1861 when he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in Company H, 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to Captain and commander of the company on September 12, 1861, he led his men through the Spring 1862 Peninsular Campaign in Virginia. He was then tabbed to be the Lieutenant Colonel of the newly raised 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry, being commissioned on August 26, 1862. He was raised to Colonel and regimental commander on February 12, 1863, and led the unit at the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where it fought on Cemetery Ridge during the Second Day (July 2) of the battle. There, placed by Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, Colonel Heath directed his men as they fired eight volleys that stopped the Confederate charge on the position. He would continue to lead the regiment through the summer and fall of 1863, then resigned on November 4, 1863. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "meritorious services". Today a monument stands for the 19th Maine Infantry on Hancock Avenue near the Copse of Trees in the Gettysburg National Military Park.............Min. Bid $10

187. [FRANCE] 1668 manuscript document on vellum, with Order of Malta mark. Speaks of d"Abema, Cussac and De Lassus. Approx. 12 x 7 in. Oornate signatures. Less than very good...................75-100

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188.[SPACE] WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. From 1962 to 1965, Whisenhant, who was a native of Texas, was the staff photographer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. During her tenure there she shot photos of astronauts, worked with CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite on a story about astronaut John Glenn, and photographed President John F. Kennedy. Growing up in Livingston, Texas, Willene Whisenhant probably couldn't have imagined sipping lemonade on Air Force One with the president. She most likely didn't think she'd be the first woman ordained into an all-male club. And the idea of being the first and only female photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), couldn't have possibly drifted into even her wildest daydreams. Later on, Whisenhant learned that President John F. Kennedy wanted her up front because, as he explained, when he first met his wife, then Jacqueline Bouvier, she was a struggling photographer and no one would give her a break. He therefore wanted Whisenhant to be front and center. That same day, the president asked his men to take the photographer up to Air Force One and give her some lemonade. Offered here is an original color photo of James McDivitt (b. 1929)  NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight during which Ed White performed the first U.S. spacewalk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first crewed flight test of the Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware. He later became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations and was the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager from 1969 to 1972.  Whisenhant has written at the bottom "McDivitt." Provenance: from the files of Willene Whisenhant. VG...............100-150

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189. [ART] William Henry Mote (1803–1871)  British stipple and line engraver, primarily known for his portraits. He produced etchings for reference books, as well as original etchings. Mote became a member of the Royal Academy in his twenties and his portraits hang in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Offered here is a 19th original engraved portrait of Charles Carroll Of Carrollton  (1737 1832) American Delegate To The Continental Congress And Senator Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence. The image area is approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins.  VG...............25-35

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190. From the Paper of Charles B. Rounds, Calais, Maine. Group of 11 documents plus one letter written to Rounds from Kansas City,  Mo. 1873, 3pp, signed Geo. M. Chase. These date from 1869 to 1905.  Six of them are signed by Rounds [some in the text].  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..................Min. Bid $50

191. [ART] Tony Palazzo (1905-1970) artist; best known  as an illustrator and author of children's books. Mr. Palazzo was a former art director of Esquire, Coronet, Collier's and Look magazines and had taught art at Pratt Institute and the New School for Social Research. Offered here is a collection of 15 Christmas / Season's Greetings card designed by Tony. Three por 4 are likely original prints; at least one is pencil signed by Tony. Scans upon request..........100-150

192. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) National Tea Co. 1940 stock certificate. (2) Martin Armstrong (1882-1974) English writer and poet/ ALS, 1925, 2.5 pp.  (3) Ted Noose (1930-2010) actor. Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck.  (4) Colleen Walker (1956-2012) American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.  (5) A 1950 telegram from Congressman Philip J. Philbin of Mass.  (6) Vintage 1906 stereopti can card of the San Francisco Earthquake. (7) Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale (1883 – 1967) English actress, lecturer, writer, and suffragist. Card signed in pencil 1921. (8) Small antique engraving of William 4th. (9) Emerson Hough (1857-1923) American author best known for writing western stories and historical novels. Signed card 1916. (10) Rabbi Louis I. Engelson - TLS 1956 to Rabbi Fred Solomon. (11) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (12) The White House envelope postmarked 1925. Ink signature on verso reads G. Coolidge [probably a secretarial signature].......Min. Bid $50

193.  Diana Canova (b.1953)  American actress, director, and professor. Offered here is a signed sketch, 8-1/4 x 5 in. VG.............50-75

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194. [PORTRAIT] original engraved portrait of John Trout Greble (1834-1861 in Virginia) was a soldier in the United States Army and the Union army in the American Civil War. He was killed at the battle of Big Bethel, and was the first graduate of the United States Military Academy to be killed in the war. Overall page size is 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 in. VG................25-35

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195. Eleanor Elise Robson Belmont (1879-1979)  English actress and prominent public figure in the United States.[1] George Bernard Shaw wrote Major Barbara for her, but contractual problems prevented her from playing the role. Mrs. Belmont was involved in the Metropolitan Opera Association as the first woman on the board of directors, and she founded the Metropolitan Opera Guild. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted, approx. 4 x 1/2 in. VG...............25-35

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196. [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.He was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Emily Clarissa King (Barlow) Volk and the sculptor Leonard Wells Volk. He was named for his mother's maternal cousin, Stephen A. Douglas, the Democratic Party presidential nominee in 1860, who lost to Republican presidential nominee Abraham Lincoln. Congressman Lincoln posed for a bust by Leonard Volk in early 1860, and the sculptor made plaster casts of his face and hands. Four-year-old Douglas entertained the future president. Offered here are 10 signed Douglas Volk bank checks made out to Marion V. Bridge [his daughter] dated 1919-1927. VG................200-300

197. [GERMANY] Helmut Schmidt (1918-2015) German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Signed postcard photo, 4 x 5.5 in. VG...............50-75

198. [ENTERTAINMENINDUSTRY] Irving Salkow (1909-1989) Legendary Hollywood agent. This is one of the first and most historic agencies in town, for it was founded by Salkow in 1940, during the golden age of Hollywood. One of the agents during this time was Ray Stark, who later turned into one of the industry's premier movie directors. Some of Salkow's clients at that time were movie stars Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe and William Holden. TLS, 1964, 1-page, regarding William Asher. Stapled to letter are 2 carbon copies of letters Milt Ebbins.  William 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. Fine...........100-150

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199 .  [FILM] Susan Seaforth Hayes (born 1943) American dramatic actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Julie Williams on the NBC drama Days of Our Lives, and her intermittent portrayal of Joanna Manning on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. She began playing the role of Julie Olsen Williams on Days of Our Lives in 1968, and is the only actor to appear on the show for all six decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s) in which it has been on the air. Mrs. Seaforth Hayes still regularly appears on Days as Julie Olsen Williams. Offered here is her signed 1965 contract for the film BILLIE starring Patty Duke.  She was paid $750 for 2 week's employment in the role of Jean Carol  [changed to Jean Matthews].  Counter signed by 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." Seaforth & Ebbins have also initialed 2 other pages. Approx. 8-1/4 x 14 in. VG.............75-100

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200. [FILM] Peter Graves (1926-2010)  American film and television actor. He was best known for his role as Jim Phelps in the CBS television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 (original) and from 1988 to 1990 (revival).  Signed 7x9 in. photo. VG................30-40 

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201.  (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)     MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT (1854-1948) Writer, Pulitzer Prize (1917) on biography of her mother Julia Ward Howe.  ALS (1954) 3pp.  EDGAR GUEST (1881-1959) Poet. SIGNATURE on sheet typed books of various authors he has signed on his book title.   LLOYD GOODRICH (1897-1987) Art Historian, director of Whitney Museum. ANS on greeting card.  MARION FAIRFAX (1875-1970) Playwright, Screenwriter. TLS.(1958).  JOSEPH KRAMM (1907-1991) Playwright, director, actor. ANS (1977).  ELIZABETH HOLLISTER FROST (1887-1958) SIGNED 1st edition presentation page from her book (1928) The Lost Lyrist”.   NAT HENTOFF (1925) Historian, novelist, jazz critic, columnist.  ALS on postcard (2001). William McFEE (1881-1966) English born/American novelist, writer of the Sea. TLS (1923).................Min. Bid $50



202. (20th AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)   MAXINE HONG KINGSTON (1940) Poet.   ALS (2000).  JOHN JAKES (1932) Historical Novelist, Author.  SIGNED CARD (1991).   HAYDEN CARRUTH (1921-2008) Poet and Literary Critic.  TLS (2002).    LAURA BENET (1884-1979) Poet and sister of William Rose and Stephen Vincent Benet.  TLS (1961).   IRA LEVIN (1929-2007) Author, Dramatist, Songwriter noted works “Deathtrap”, “Rosemary’s Baby”, “A Kiss Before Dying”, “Boys from Brazil”.  TLS (2000).  PHILIP LEVINE (1928) Poet – ANS (ny,nd).    ANTHONY LEWIS (1927-2013) Pulitzer Prize Writer, Journalist.  SIGNED 5x7, inscribed photograph at his desk.   RICHARD WATSON GILDER (1844-1909) Poet and Editor  SIGNATURE(1889)..........Min. Bid $50

203. (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)   HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE (1882-1958) Editor & Journalist, Pulitzer Prize. TLS (1955.  EDWARD A. WEEKS (1898-1989) Author, Essayist and Editor of the Atlantic Monthly – ANS on large broadside (9x13) booklet.  TOM WICKER (1926-2011)  &  LUCY IRVINE (1956) & DENISE GESS (1942-2009) & JOHN KATZENBACH (1950) Novelists and Writers. SIGNED by all 4.   BOOK & AUTHOR Luncheon program Philadelphia (1984).    RICHARD WATSON GILDER (1844-1909)  Poet and Editor.  CLIP SIGNATURE.    RITA WEIMAN (1885-1954) Playwright, Novelist and Screenwriter – author of “The Acquittal”,” The Gentle Wife” “Possessed”, which was made into a film with Joan Crawford – TLS from the Literary Digest (1934)  asking her to pronounce her name, she responds at bottom of letter (letter is trimmed at bottom).  CORNELIU;S WEYGANDT (1878-1957) Historian and Biographer, journalist, authored 18 books.   TLS (1928).    ANTHONY LEWIS (1927-2013) Pulitzer Prize Writer, Journalist. TLS (2002).   WILL CARLETON (1845-1912) Poet.  SIGNATURE (1898).   LAURA BENET (1884-1979) Poet and sister of William Rose and Stephen Vincent Benet.   TLS (1964)............Min. Bid $50


204. (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)   FRANK SULLIVAN  (1892 -1976) Humorist ,author, writer best remembered for creating the character Mr. Arbuthnot the Cliche Expert. ALS (1973). Raymond Gram Swing (1887 - 1968) print and broadcast journalist. He was one of the most influential news commentators of his era, heard by people worldwide as a leading American voice from Britain during World War II.  SIGNATURE (1939).   RAYMOND UNDERWOOD JOHNSON (1853-1937) Writer, Diplomat, editor of Century Magazine on the death of Richard Gilder. He with Naturalist John Muir, was one of the driving forces behind the creation of “Yosemite National Park” also with his ongoing persuasion to President U.S. Grant the president wrote his “Memoirs” backed by Mark Twain. He became Ambassador to Italy.  ALS (1914) on “Century Club” card to Playwright Augustus Thomas(1859-1934).   MARY COLES CARRINGTON (1882-?) Poet, Writer She wrote many articles for Harpers Magazine. SIGNATURE (1929) inscribed to American Poet William Rose Benet.  STARK YOUNG (1881-1963) Playwright, Novelist, Painter, Critic and Essayist.  ALS, 2pp.  GAIL GODWIN (1937) Novelist and Short Story Writer. SIGNED Book & Author booklet Philadelphia (1985).  LAURA BENET (1884-1979) Poet and sister of William Rose and Stephen Vincent Benet.  ALS (1962) 2pp.   JEANE L. DIXON (1904-1997) Astrologer, writer, syndicated columnist.  SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph.............Min. Bid $50

205. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) HENRY MORGAN (1915-1994) Comedian, Radio and Television personality.  DS, agreement (1965). (2) Tristan Keuris (1946-1996) Dutch composer. Rare AMQS from his "String Quartet No. 2", dated 1994, inscribed. (3) Jarmila Novotna [1907-1994] Czech soprano. Signature in return address clipped from envelope. (4) WALTER HINTON (1888-1981) American Early Aviator, balloonist. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) HUNTINGTON HARTFORD (1911-2008) Producer. TLS (1958), BRIEF 1p. With envelope. (6) Alexander Anderson (1845-1909) Scottish poet. AQS on 4.5 x 3.5 in. card. Light mounting trace in blank area o/w VG. (7) SCHUYLER CHAPIN (1923- ) American Opera Manager - He studied music with the great Nadia Boulanger.. From 1963 until 1968 he was vice president in charge of programming of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Upon the death (1972) of Goeran Gentele (whose assistant he had been), Chapin succeeded him as general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, a position he held until 1976. He is the author of Leonard Bernstein: Notes from a Friend (1992) and Sopranos, Mezzos, Tenors, Bassos and Other Friends (1995). TLS dtd 3/20/75.................Min. Bid $50

206. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [OPERA] Maria Nemeth (1897-1967) Hungarian soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, one of the leading dramatic sopranos of the inter-war period. ALS ON POSTCARD DATED 1925. In English. VG. (2) JEAN-CLAUDE CASADESUS - French Conductor/Composer/Orchestra Director. He has written a number of pieces for the cinema and theatre, and trained as an orchestral director with Pierre Dervaux in Paris and Pierre Boulez in Basle. In 1969 he was appointed principal conductor of Opera de Paris and Opera Comique In 1971, he joined with Pierre Dervaux in setting up the Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de Loire and was its Assistant director until 1976.. He then formed the Orchestre National de Lille of which he was appointed Music Director and to which he has since devoted the major part of the time. ANS on personal stationery card, 1993 (3) Miriam Gideon (1906-1996) American composer. She was the second woman inducted into American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1975, Louise Talma being the first in 1974. ANS - HAS NO PHOTOS AVAILABLE. 6x4. (4) Johnstone Bennett [1870-1906] American stage actress. Signature on 6.5 x 4.5" slip. (5) Myrna Loy (1905-1993) American actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. She was originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, but her career prospects improved greatly following her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934). Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. Fine. (6) Ben Davies (1858-1943) Welsh tenor, who appeared in opera with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, in operetta and light opera, and on the concert and oratorio platform. He was spoken of as a successor of Edward Lloyd, as a leading British tenor, and retained something of his style and repertoire in concert performance. Clip Signature. (7)  Charlotte Mellot Joubert - French Opera singer, noted on the world stage at the turn of the century. Made early recordings. ALS on 4-1/4 x 2-3/4" card, dated 1934. Written on both sides. Includes envelope. VG..................Min. Bid $50

207. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Lloyd Morris (1893-1954) American teacher, critic, and man of letters, best known for his biography of Hawthorne "The Rebellious Puritan. He was one of the foremost social historians of his generation. Lengthy TLS, NY, 1944, 2pp., regarding life at the famous Mac Dowell Colony in the 1920's; and being with the poet Edward Arlington Robinson. A remarkable letter about the generosity of Robinson and another writer there, who was not wanted there, and the relationship of Robinson and this writer. Lightly toned in parts. (2) Sir James Knowles (1831 - 1908) was an English architect and editor. ALS, 1905, brief 1p. (3) Frank Ramsey Adams (1883-1963) American author, screenwriter, composer. Adams wrote plays, musical comedies, and lyrics for popular songs, such as "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now". He composed the stage scores for the musicals "The Time, the Place, and the Girl", "The Girl Question", "A Stubborn Cinderella", "The Goddess of Liberty", and "The Price of Tonight". His chief musical collaborators included Joe Howard, Harold Orlob and Will Hough. TLS, 1934, 1p. Written on Paramount Pictures letterhead he says he is no longer running the theatre in Whitehall, Mich., "I still keep a finger in the motion picture pie. Maybe you will be in the business yourself one of these days." VG (4) Jack Mulhall [1887-1979] actor; in 430 films. Sig/inscribed. (5) Andrew Imbrie [b. 1921] American composer. Signature & unsigned photo. (6) Dame Myra Hess [1890-1965] British pianist. Signature with sentiment. (7) Carl Ehrenberg  (1878-1962) German composer.  TLS, 1937, 1p. In German. VG. (8) [THEATRE] Florence St. John (1855-1912) English singer and actress of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras famous for her roles in operetta, musical burlesque, music hall, opera and, later, comic plays. ANS. (9) MARTHA OSTENSO (1900-1963) Canadian Novelist and screenwriter.   Many of her novels are of Minnesota farm life.  ALS, 1930, 1p. VG.................Min. Bid $80

208. [MUSIC MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) celebrated Czech soprano, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. She appeared in several films, including Max Ophüls's 1932 version of The Bartered Bride. In 1948, she won acclaim for playing the non-singing role of a young mother looking for her son after being a prisoner at Auschwitz, in The Search, starring Montgomery Clift. SIGNED, inscribed 4x6 photo, she dates 1993. Superb shot of her holding a rose to her chin as a young woman. VG. (2) Ray Stevens (b. 1939) American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty song as well as his recent involvement in the Tea Party movement. Signed, inscribed music composition sheet on which he has written "Everything is Beautiful", his biggest hit [1970]. VG. (3)  Debroy Somers [1890-1952] British band leader, composer. Signature with sentiment on card.. (4) Jack Palmer (1900-1976) American composer, pianist, Jazz musician. Signed, inscribed vintage 8x10 photo. VG. (5) Bruna Castagna [1905-1983] Italian Mezzo Soprano at the Met. Signature on 5-1/4 x 4-1/2 slip. (6) Maurice Abravanel [1903-1993] conductor. Signature. (7) Andrew Imbrie [b. 1921] American composer. TLS, 2003. (8) RONNIE GILBERT  (b. 1926) Folk Singer with ”The Weavers”.  Brief ALS, no date, on verso of collector's letter. (9) Sherman Edwards (1919-1981) American songwriter. Brief ALS, nd. (10) Goffredo Petrassi [1904-2003] influential Italian compser. SIGNATURE W/SENTIMENT, DATED ROME 1983..............Min. Bid $80

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

210. [FILM] Richard Crenna [1926-2003] actor. Signed typed agreement dated 1965. "Kay Gardella, TV Editor of the New York Daily News, has my permission to attribute food recipes to me in a new cookbook featuring recipes of TV personalities she is authoring." VG..........30-40

211. [FILM] Tom Tully (1908-1982) American film actor. He received an Academy Award nomination for the role of the first commander of the "Caine" in 1954's The Caine Mutiny, with Humphrey Bogart. Signature..........20-30

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

213 . GENE SAKS (1921-2015 ) American Actor/Director - He began directing in 1963, helming such Neil Simon Broadway plays as Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs and such Simon-scripted films as Barefoot in the Park (1967), The Odd Couple (1968), and Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1986). Saks made his film acting bow in 1965, recreating his stage role as paranoid kiddie-show host Chuckles the Chipmunk in A Thousand Clowns. Saks is married to actress Beatrice Arthur, who co-starred in his 1974 film version of Mame.. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 PHOTO........................25-35

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

215. BAILEY WILLIS (1857-1949), noted geologist; subject of an Argentine biography as a result of his surveys for a railroad across the Andes; a glacier wall in Mt. Rainier Park is named for him; son of Nathaniel Parker Willis, editor and writer. His papers are in the Huntington Library in Pasadena, CA. A collection of 3 letters - two ALS plus an LS - all to E. H. Frost re books and maps..............75-100



216. SAM JONES - Hall of Fame basketball player with Boston Celtics. 2 signatures - one on a 3 x 5 card ("Kindest Regards"); the other on the faded program of a 1972 high school basketball luncheon. The program is badly faded; the signature is not..........25-35


217.  [SPACE] CLYDE TOMBAUGH (1906-1997) American Astronomer. He was the final discoverer of planet PLUTO after many years of research. When he was 22 he had a home-made 9 inch reflector that he used to makde drawings of Saturn and Jupiter from. After sending his pictures to Lowell Observatory for critique, he was immediately offered a position as astronomical photographer. Later, his research gained him another position as researcher, and his goal was to find the infamous Planet X, which would later be Pluto. Finally, on March 12, 1930, Pluto was discovered. Afterwards, he continued to discover a comet, five open clusters, globular cluster, and a supercluster of galaxes stretching from Andromeda to Perseus - ANS dtd 3/23/1994 regretting he has no photographs...........50-75
 

The following lots is from the personal collection of Roseslind Russell, the American Actress.

218. Original color 7 x 5 in. photo picturing Roseslind Russell with husband Frederick Brisson. He was a producer and was awarded a Tony for the musical Damn Yankees in 1956. Comes with TLS from The White House.............40-60

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219. Rosalind Russell (1907-1976) American actress. Offered here are 2 color photographs [unsigned] from her personal collection. In the one showing her with 3 men it is her husband Freddie to her left side. 7x5 each. It is possible that no other copies of these photos exist elsewhere. Scarce............50-75

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

221. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. ANS, no date, accompanied by unsigned music sheet "PUFF"..........40-60

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

223  [FILM] Luis Trenker (1892-1990) German-language South Tyrolean (Austrian-Italian) film director, architect, and actor. The style he had developed in the thirties was not limited to nationalistic, folkloristic and heroic clichès, however; his impersonation of a hungry, downtrodden immigrant in depression era New York was regarded as one of the seminal scenes for future Italian neorealism by the likes of Roberto Rossellini.  Signed vintage postcard photo. VG...............40-60
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224.  [BASEBALL] Robin Roberts [1926-2010] Baseball Hall of Fame. Signed 1p. form, no date, 8.5 x 11. Sent by a Sports company in Wellesley, Mass. regarding the signing of baseballs. The players were given a number of choices to respond to - Roberts has checked "Send me a sample of the finished product, and he signs and writes in Florida address. Mail creases and 2 file holes at top..........35-45

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Side note about Robin Roberts: Robin Roberts, from around 1946-1950, used to hang out in my family home in East Lansing, Michigan when I was a young kid. Believe it or not he didn't play baseball while attending Michigan State U. but did play basketball. We rented out rooms to MSU students back then.

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

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

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227. [MUSIC]  Theo Loevendier (1930 - ) Dutch composer and clarinet player. Loevendie studied composition and clarinet at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. Initially he concentrated on jazz music. As off 1968 he also wrote concert music, among which operas, concertos and chamber music. Several of his compositions won prizes. Starting 1970 Loevendie taught composition at several Dutch conservatoires. Among his many students were Svitlana Azarova, Matthias Kadar, Vanessa Lann, Peter van Onna, Robin de Raaff, Victor Varela, Sinta Wullur and Evrim Demirel. As a performer, he participated in the ensembles Consort, Brevisand the Theo Loevendie Quintet. In 2004, he founded a new group: The "Ziggurat Ensemble" - as he puts it himself: his dream-ensemble. It consists of a mix of western and non-western instruments: Er-hu, Viola da Gamba, Qanun, Voice, Duduk, Bass, Pan Pipes and Percussion. Loevendie is writing practically all the music for this young and enthusiastic team and in the relatively short time of its existence has celebrated many successes with it. AMQS from his work "Gassir, the Hero", approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/2".  Two folds o/w VG. Written on both sides............50-75

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228. Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886] American essayist and critic. He was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1819. For a time, he was the main literary critic for Philadelphia-based Graham's Magazine. Later, in 1848, he became the Boston correspondent to the Literary World under Evert Augustus Duyckinck and George Long Duyckinck. Historian Perry Miller called Whipple "Boston's most popular critic". Whipple was a close friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne. After Hawthorne's death in 1864, Whipple served as a pallbearer for his funeral alongside Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Thomas Fields, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Whipple's close relationship with other Boston-area authors occasionally tinted his reviews. Edward Emerson later noted, "No other member of the Saturday Club has ever been more loyally felicitous in characterizing the literary work of his associates." Clip Signature...........25-35

229. [FILM] Hume Cronyn (1911-2003) Canadian-born actor who was married to Jessica Tandy. TLS, 1957, 1p. Mentions the play "The Man In The Dog Suit" not yet finished. To M. Abbott Van Nostrand, the publisher of plays. VG...........40-60

230. Dick Van Patten (1928-2015) American actor, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television sitcom Eight is Enough. He began work as a child actor and was successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager.  SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........25-35

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231. James Doohan (1920-2005) Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Signed 8x10 color photo as "Scotty" from Star Trek. VG...............40-60

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232. William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. He was the son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Though nearly 50 years old at the outbreak of the First World War, he was accepted as a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers and served in France until 1917.  He wrote The Last Man In, a drama, produced 14 March 1910, at the Royalty Theatre, Glasgow, by the Scottish Repertory Company; and, with George Paston (i. e., Emily Morse Symonds), a farce, The Naked Truth, which was first played at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in April, 1910, and in which Charles Hawtrey played Bernard Darrell.  ALS, 1934, 1p, addressed to Mr. Ellis D. Robb concerning the first edition of Maxwell's book ELAINE AT THE GATES. Maxwell recommends two London booksellers who may be able to supply Robb a copy. Approx. 7 x 8-3/4 in. A few spots near bottom................50-75

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

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234. Sir William Robert Knox-Johnston CBE RD (b. 1939) is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake, he won the second Jules Verne Trophy, for which they were also named the ISAF Yachtsman of the Year award. In 2007, at the age of 67, he set a record as the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world solo voyage in the Velux 5 Oceans Race. Signed 1 line ALS, 1988. Approx. 8 x 11 sheet.................50-75

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235. [CARDINAL] Georges Grente (1872-1959) French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Le Mans from 1918 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII. TLS, 1957, 1p, 8-1/4 x 10-1/2". The Cardinal is not happy about the joke made by Robert Kemp, the critic. VG.............60-80

236. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs:  [1] Armand Carrel (1800-1836) French journalist and political writer. He had a deep admiration for the great generals of Napoleon , and his uncompromising spirit and independent views marked him as a leader. Entering the army as sub-lieutenant, he took a secret but active part in the unsuccessful Belfort Conspiracy. At the outbreak of war with Spain in 1823, Carrel, whose sympathies were with the liberal cause, resigned, and succeeded in escaping to Barcelona. He enrolled in the foreign legion and fought gallantly against his former comrades. The legion was compelled to surrender near Figueres , and Carrel was taken prisoner by his former general, Damas. There was considerable difficulty about the terms of his capitulation, and one council of war condemned Carrel to death. The sentence was not carried out, and he was soon acquitted and freed. ALS, no date, lengthy 1p., 6-3/4 x 9-1/4 in. VG.  [2] JACQUES NORMAND [b.1848] Fr. writer, poet & playwright. ALS, 1888, on both sides.  [3] REBE DE PONT-JEST [1830-1904] Fr. writer. ALS, 1878, 1p, 8vo. Fine  [4]  Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (1859-1940), French dramatist and man of letters. As a writer, Lavedan contributed to various Parisian papers a series of witty tales and dialogues of Parisian life, many of which were collected in volume form. In 1891 he produced at the Théâtre Français Une Famille, followed at the Vaudeville in 1894 by Le Prince d'Aurec, a satire on the nobility, afterward re-named Les Descendants. ANS, no date.  [5] Joseph-Marie JOUANNIN [1783-1847] Fr. writer. ALS, no date, not translated. 1-page.  [6] B. Noric - French painter. ALS, no date, written on card to M. Hubert, director of magazine Le Monde Illustre.  [7] Mlle Cécile Charlotte Furtado (1821-896) was chiefly known for her philanthropy in the areas of medicine, education, and religion. During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, she supported the Red Cross and the ambulance services; and in 1895 she bequeathed her villa in Nice as a hospital and sanatorium for wounded and convalescent soldiers. In 1884 she founded and endowed an orphanage in the 14th Arrondissement on the street which was renamed Rue Furtado-Heine in her honour after her death, as well as similar children’s establishments in Bayone and Montrouge. She was a generous donor to the Institut Pasteur, and her commemorative bust still adorns the halls of the Institute. Mme Furtado-Heine also generously contributed to numerous Jewish charities and benevolent organisations; and financially supported the building of new synagogues in France and Belgium. Her charitable and philanthropic endeavours were recognised by the Government of France, and in 1896 she became the Officer of the Legion d’Honneur, a distinction very rare for a woman in the nineteenth century. Letter Signed, nd, 2pp.  [8] Alfred Le Roux (1815-1880) Commerce Minister. ALS, 1867, 2pp.  [9] Arthur Levasseur   (1875-1955)  French politician. ALS, 1925, 1p.  [10] Henri-Leon Camusat de Riancey  [1816-1870]  politician and writer. ALS, nd, 1p.............200-300

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

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

239. [FRANCE] Pierre Brisson [1896-1964] long-time editor of Le Figaro. ALS, 1962, 1p., written on Le Figaro letterhead. To Mrs. Robert Kemp speaking about her husband, who was an important critic. Fine...........50-75

240. [FRANCE] Pauline Marie Armande Craven née de La Ferronnays (1808-1891) French author. Mrs. Craven's family life was depicted in the Le Récit d'une Soeur as especially tender and intimate. She suffered several severe bereavements in the years following her marriage. The Cravens lived abroad until 1851. In the same year Keppel Richard Craven died. His son's diplomatic career appeared unsuccessful. He stood unsuccessfully for election to Parliament for Dublin in 1852 after which he retired to private life. The family went to live in Naples in 1853. Mrs. Craven then began to write the history of the family life of the la Ferronays between 1830 and 1836. Its focus was the love story of her brother Albert and his wife Alexandrine. This book, the Le Récit d'une Soeur (1866, Eng. trans. 1868), was enthusiastically received and was awarded a prize by the French Academy. Strained circumstances made it vital that Mrs. Craven earn money by writing. Anne Sivrin appeared in 1868, Fleurange in 1871, Le Mot d'énigme in 1874, Le Valbriant (Eng. trans., Lucia) in 1886. Among her miscellaneous works are La Sceur Natalie Narischkin (1876), Deux Incidents de la question catholique en Angleterre (1875), Lady Georgiana Fullerton, sa vie et ses ceuvres (1888). Mrs Cravens charming personality won her many friends. She was a frequent guest of Lord Palmerston, Lord Ellesmere and Lord Granville. Before his death in 1884, her husband translated her correspondence with Lord Palmerston and her correspondence with the Prince Consort into French. She died in Paris on April 1, 1891. Two ALSs, no dates, brief 1p. written in 3rd person & a brief 4-page ALS. Two Letters..........50-75

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

242. [ITALY] Giuseppe Bianchini (1704-1764) Italian Oratorian, biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar. Clement XII and Benedict XIV , who highly appreciated his learning, entrusted him with several scientific labors. Bianchini had contemplated a large work on the texts of the Bible, Vindiciae Canonicarum Scripturarum Vulgatae latinae editionis, which was to comprise several volumes, but only the first, in which, among other things, are to be found fragments of the Hexapla (cod. Chisianus), was published (Rome, 1740). Much more important is his Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae , etc., 2 vols. (Rome, 1749). Among his historical works may be mentioned the fourth volume which Bianchini added to the publication of his uncle, Francesco Bianchini, Anastasii bibliothecarii Vitae Rom. Pontif. (Rome, 1735); he also published the Demonstratio historiae ecclesiasticae quadripartitae (Rome, 1752&endash;54). The chief liturgical work of Bianchini is Liturgia antiqua hispanica, gothica, isidoriana, mozarabica, toletana mixta (Rome, 1746). He also undertook the edition of the works of B. Thomasius (Tomasi), but only one volume was issued (Rome, 1741). Offered here are 3 separate pages containing his handwriting but not signed. Contents unknown. VG...........75-100

243. [FRANCE] Gustave François Xavier Delacroix de Ravignan (1795-1858) French Jesuit preacher and author. Educated in Paris, he resigned his army commission to study law. Auditor of the royal court. Deputy attorney-general by 1821.  Entering a Sulpician monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus, he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went to Notre Dame, where his logic, serenity, and zeal won souls by the hundreds. Superior of his brethren at Bordeaux from 1837 to 1842, and at Paris from 1848 to 1851. He preached throughout France and in Rome, Belgium, and London. His calm, eloquent De l'Existence et de l'Institut des Jesuites of 1844, vindicating the Society, sold 25,000 copies in one year. However, the Jesuits' strife continued until they were forced to disband for a time in France.  Despite painful controversy with his superiors and imputations from other quarters, he remained loyal to his order. In 1854 he brought out Clement XIII et Clement XIV, a dispassionate treatise, of no great literary merit, on the defender and the suppressor of the Jesuits. He steadfastly refused preferment, even the archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other works. He died a saintly death, and thousands followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to his grave.  ALS,  1854, 2-1/2 pp, 5-1/4 x 8 in.  VG.............75-100

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244. [ART] Adolphe Desbarrolles (1801-1886)  French artist. He is considered the father of modern chiromancy, aka palmistry or palm reading, a form of divination.  A friend of Dumasd he accompanied him on many trips abroad.  ALS, no date, 2-1/2pp................50-75

245. [ART] Jules Laurens 1825-1901] French artist. He began etching in 1862, probably at the urging of Cadart. Altogether he etched 216 plates, the best being, "Sous Les Murs de Teheran", Truands de Campagne" and "Canard Sauvage" (Wild Ducks), all published by the "Societe des Aqua-Fortistes". Jules Laurens was decorated by the French government for his achievement in the arts in 1868. ALS, 1891, 4 full pages, 4-1/8 x 5-1/4 in. Speaks about his brother; also his prints. Detailed letter in fine condition............60-80

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

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247. [BELGIUM] Camille LEMONNIER  (1844-1913), Belgian novelist and art critic, founder of the Belgian literary renaissance. Most of his fiction was influenced by the work of the French writer Émile Zola, and is frank and naturalistic in its descriptions of characters and analysis of their behavior. His first successful novel was Un mâle (1881), a vivid description of a rural setting; Le petit homme de Dieu (The Little Man of God, 1902) is considered one of his best works. Among his writings on Belgian art is Histoire des beaux-arts en Belgique (1887). ALS [APPEARS TO BE ONLY THE LAST PAGE SIGNED]............40-60
 
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248. [SCIENCE] Auguste Chevalier (1873-1956)  French botanist, taxonomist, and explorer of tropical Africa, especially of French colonial empire Africa that included Cote d'Ivoire. He also explored and collected plants in South America and tropical Asia. Chevalier was a prolific contributor to the knowledge of African plants, studying forest trees and their woods, grasses, and agricultural plants of the continent. Unlike other botanists who studied the plants of tropical Africa, Chevalier also ranged to the floral regions of the Sahara.  In 1899-1900, he took part in a scientific mission in French Sudan, and in 1905 established a botanical garden in Dalaba, French Guinea.   From 1913 to 1919, he collected plants throughout Indochina. Later, he attained a professorship in Paris (1929).  In 1937 he was elected as a member of the Academie des sciences, serving as its president in 1953. He was also a member of the Academie des sciences d'outre-mer (from 1922), president of the Societe botanique de France (1929), vice-president of the Comite national de geographie (1935-1952) and a member of the Academie d'agriculture de France (from 1937).  ALS, Paris, 1912, 2pp, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Except for blue pencil notation on front this is in excellent condition...................80-120 

249. [FRANCE] François-Xavier-Joseph Droz (1773-1850) was a French writer on ethics, political science and political economy.  Droz's own legal studies led him to Paris in 1792; he arrived the day after the dethronement of King Louis XVI of France, and was present during the massacres of September. On the declaration of war he joined the volunteer battalion of the Doubs, and for the next three years served in the Army of the Rhine. Discharged on health grounds, he obtained a much more congenial post in the newly founded école centrale of Besançon; and in 1799 he made his first appearance as an author by an Essai sur l'art oratoire (Paris, Fructidor, An VII.), in which he acknowledges his indebtedness more especially to Hugh Blair. As he advanced in life, Droz became more and more decidedly religious.  Handwritten page, 1806,  from his hand but not signed. Approx. 8 x 10 in. VG.  Rare!..............100-150

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250. [POSTAL HISTORY]  John A. Cobb - Cobb led the Legion Guards in the 16th Georgia Infantry, Confederate Army. Group of 3 postmarked envelopes all addressed by John A. Cobb to Mrs. Howell Cobb, wife of HOWELL COBB (1815-1868) American political figure. A southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851–1853) and as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860). Cobb is, however, probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. Delegates of the Southern slave states declared that they had seceded from the United States and created the Confederate States of America. These date 1866, 1867 & 1889..........75-100

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251. [SCIENCE] Claude-Louis Mathieu or Louis Mathieu (1783-1875 in Paris)  French mathematician and astronomer who began his career as an engineer. He worked with the Bureau des Longitudes and tried to determine the distance of the stars. Awarded the Lalande Prize twice, in 1808 and 1815.  ALS [1871], 3 full pages, approx. 5 x 8 in. VG.............60-80

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252.  Conrad K. Grieb (1905-1991) was the author of Uncovering the Forces for War. In the late 1930s he was office manager of Seward Collins's American Review Bookshop in New York. During the war he served with the United States Coast Guard. His book "Uncovering the Forces for War" was a unabashedly pro-German survey of the undercover forces for war: British World Empire, World Finance, and their constant companion, Organized World Jewry. The book was published by Grieb under his Examiner imprint and distributed widely among the remnants of the post-war American far right. Grieb later authored American Manifest Destiny and the Holocausts. Offered here is a full page 1949 TLS to  George Andrews Moriarty (1883-1968) American genealogist. Moriarty went to work for the U. S. State Department in the foreign service, and served in consular and secretarial roles in Fiume, Italy; Mexico City; and Guatemala. He returned to Harvard once again to study law, and received his LL.B. in 1916. He practiced law in Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts for over a decade, which time also included a year in the U.S. Army at the end of World War I when he was a captain in military intelligence. In 1927 he ended his career in law and devoted the remainder of his life to historical and genealogical pursuits. In 1986 the National Genealogical Society instituted a Hall of Fame for individuals that had made significant strides in the field of genealogy. In 1990 G. Andrews Moriarty was inducted into that prestigious group, having been nominated by the Genealogical Society of Utah and the American Society of Genealogists. Moriarty was known to be anti-semitic per Maine State Police and a Nazi sympathizer. MORIARTY was deeply interested in the threat of Communism in the United States. He added he believed the Jewish people were behind the Communist Party over the whole world and were using the Russians and the Communist Party to eventually gain mastery over all the world's people. He stated he was desirous of ascertaining who the sender of certain literature was and would cooperate with the FBI in every way. He stated further he would recontact writer in the event he receives any more literature, particularly if a return address accompanies the literature. RARE! VG...............Min. Bid $25

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253. [ART] Judith Zilczer - American art historian and former museum curator. She is known for her work with artists such as Horace Pippin, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Willem de Kooning, and Richard Lindner. Zilczer was interested in the connections between music and art, which she described as "the mystical strain of artistic synesthesia."  She curated an exhibit titled "Visual Music: Synaesthesia in Art and Music Since 1900".[4][5] Zilczer served at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in various capacities from 1974-2003. From 1992 to 2003, she was Curator of Paintings. Her papers are held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. TLS,  Sept. 20, 1983, 4pp. To  Kuhn, daughter of the artist Walt Kuhn. She thanks Brenda for granting her permission to study the restricted Walt Kuhn Papers in the Archives of American Art. Excellent art content letter. Also includes a signed 1962 Brenda Kuhn bank check. Fine......80-120......Min Bid $25

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254. Paul Newman - actor. Signed racing magazine picture, 7-1/4 x 4-3/4 in. As you know Newman disliked signing autographs therefore we always assume that his autograph is secretarial. If you research Newman autographs you will likely find the belief that he made exceptions when signing auto-race items. We do not guarantee the authenticity of Paul Newman autographs..............Min. Bid $10

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255. GREAT FALLS, NEW HAMPSHIRE - group of 9 documents, receipts for Cyrus Freeman, 1871-1878. VG...............25-35

256. [ART] 4 original etchings [book illus.] by Oreste Cortazzo (1836-1910) Italian-born French painter, graphic artist and illustrator. From 1870 to 1885, he was a regular participant in showings at the Salon. He also exhibited at the Exposition Universelle (1878) and the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry in Glasgow. After that, he derived inspiration from the English Romantics and produced numerous landscapes in that style. His works received honorable mention at the Exposition Universelle (1889). Image sizes are approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. These etchings date to 1898. VG...............50-75

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257. [MYSTERY LOT] group of 4 autograph signatures not identified................Min. Bid $10

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258. [ART] ALFRED JOS. STOTHARD [1793-1864] British artist, medallist; he executed medallions of George IV, Byron, Canning, and Sir Walter Scott, exhibiting twenty works at the academy between 1821 and 1845. He designed the grand staircase in Buckingham Palace. ALS, [1823], 1p, approx. 7 x 5". To Mr. Pickering asking that the bearer be permitted to see the Satin Wood Frame....Canterbury....."in order that he may make one for me...." Rather than attempt to describe faults we will picture both sides below. Very uncommon British art autograph................min. bid $8

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259. [ART] Charles Henry White  (1878-1918) was born at Hamilton, Ontario, and was educated partly in Europe and partly in the United States. He studied for a time at the Art Student League in New York City, working at illustrations and especially pen drawing. It was Joseph Pennell, the prominent American etcher, whom Mr. White met in Venice, Italy, in 1901, who induced him to take up etching. Original etching, plate signed,  [1903], tissue guard still attached, image approx. 3-1/4 x 4-7/8" plus margins. VG.........50-75

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260. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Manchester Beef Co., Manchester, NH, 1874 bill of sale with attractive letterhead illustration, approx. 8 x 5.5 in. Light stain top edge...................Min. Bid $10

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261. (Theodore Roosevelt) Daniel Tyler Moore. Moore was a Lt. Colonel in the Army and an aide to President Theodore Roosevelt. He boxed with TR in the White House and on one occasion inadvertently landed a punch to the President's eye that blinded him in that eye for the remainder of his life. TR kept this a closely guarded secret and Moore did not find out about it until twelve years after the fact. Offered here is a 1918 bank check signed by Moore.  Moore was a Lt. Colonel in the Army and an aide to President Theodore Roosevelt. He boxed with TR in the White House and on one occasion inadvertently landed a punch to the President's eye that blinded him in that eye for the remainder of his life. TR kept this a closely guarded secret and Moore did not find out about it until twelve years after the fact. Fine condition................Min. Bid $50

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262. [OLYMPICS] Bonnie Blair (b.1964) American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, winning five gold medals and one bronze medal.  Signed color picture, 4 x 5.5 in. Fine.................35-45

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263. [POSTAL HISTORY] Wilson Barrett (1846-1904)  English manager, actor, and playwright. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever because of his success with melodrama, an instance being his production of The Silver King (1882) at the Princess's Theatre of London. The historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895) was Barrett's most successful play, both in England and in the United States. Offered here is a postmarked envelope [1896] ink addressed by Barrett but not signed by him. VG...............25-35

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264. [THEATRE] [1956]  program starring Barry Sullivan in Too Late The Phalarope. VG..............Min. Bid $3

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265. [THEATRE] 1981 program starring Mickey Rooney & Ann Miller in SUGAR BABIES. VG..............Min. Bid $5

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266.  [THEATRE] Louis Mann (1865-1931) American theatre actor and sometime director, who in his later life made a few appearances in motion pictures. He was married to actress and playwright Clara Lipman (1864–1952) was an American musical comedy actress and playwright whose career began in 1885 and continued on until her retirement in 1927. She was the wife of comedian Louis Mann and the sister of popular Lieder singer, Mattie Lipman MaruNeither is actually signed. Each about 3 x 1-3/4 in. Fine..................25-25

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267. [THEATRE] Henry Clay Barnabee - American actor, well-known in his time, particularly for playing the role of the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1891 London production of Robin Hood.  He was a leading member of the Bostonians. The Boston Ideal Opera Company, later The Bostonians, was a comic opera acting company based in Boston from 1879 through 1905. Offered here is a NEW ORLEANS PRESS CLUB Visitor's card, dated 1899, given to H.C. Barnabee. Issued by J.M. L. Byrd.  On the back of the card is written "Press Club boat. Byrd."  3-3/4 x 2-1/4 in. VG................25-35

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268. [SPILLANE]  James B. O'Connell - Editor  of Cavalier Magazine 1952-1958.  In its original format, Cavalier was planned by Fawcett to feature novelettes and novel excerpts by Fawcett's Gold Medal authors, including Richard Prather and Mickey Spillane. TLS, 1956, 2pp, to Spillane  offering a couple of ideas for non-fiction pieces. Interesting content.  Front page shows some wear....................50-75

269  [AVIATION] Original booklet with 16 cinderella stamps each honoring a particular aviator. Circa 1938. CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT'S STAMP ALBUM AIR HEROES." Given as a free premium by Skelly. Shows Captain Midnight in aviation attire with airplane in background. Among the aviators honored are Wilbur and Orville Wright, Jimmy Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Richard E. Byrd, Louise Thaden (first woman to hold the Bendix trophy), Frank M. Hawks, Jack Knight, Wiley Post and Gladys O'Donnel (winner of the Amelia Earhart Memorial Trophy Race 1937. Expected age/handling wear................50-75

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270. [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. Offered here are 3 letters written to Mickey Spillane. (1) Stan Purdy (1926-2010) at age 16 he was admitted into the American Federation of Musicians. While in college  he founded the "Stan Purdy Orchestra" and toured the East Coast collaborating with musicians like Duke Ellington, Bucky Pizzarelli, Lou Mecca, and Maynard Ferguson. In Hollywood, he composed and conducted the music for "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer," an album based on Spillane's mystery book characters. The music consisted of an orchestral suite with narration done by Spillane. Released through John Wayne's Batjac Productions, the music was also scored for Ring of Fear, starring Spillane, Pat O'Brian, and the Clyde Beatty Circus. In New York, Stan conducted and arranged studio orchestras for many well-known jazz and dance-band musicians as well as string players from the New York Philharmonic. ALS, 1954, 1p. 8.5 x 11 in. Signed Stan.  Unable to reach Mickey by phone to discuss subjects of importance. Will keep trying.  (2) Stan Purdy (1926-2010) long 2 page typed memo dated same day as letter.  Subject: Liv Lowry. This really important content about the contract regarding Purdy & the Mike hammer album. Signed Stan. (3) Richard (Dick) Irving (1917-1990) was the primary producer of the MIKE HAMMER show on TV. His company was Revue Productions, which filmed many early television series on the lot (including early episodes of Leave It To Beaver).  TLS, 1955, signed Dick.1p. All are very good condition.............200-300

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271. [ART - WALT KUHN ESTATE] 1947 Whitney Museum of American Art document - Received from Walt Kuhn, 112 East 18th Street, The Green Pom Pom, for 1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1947-1948.  Mostly likely Walt himself wrote in pencil "After 12".  About 5 x 7-3/4 in. Condition : see scan. This painting is now in the collection of The Butler Institute of American Art. It was painted by Walt Kuhn in 1944................100-150

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Douglas Volk artist 50 signed checks

272. [ART] DOUGLAS VOLK [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Douglas was born to be an artist. His father was the famous sculptor Leonard Wells Volk and his mother Emily Barlow Volk was counsin to Senator Steven Douglas. At a young age Douglas showed an ability to draw and was taken seriously later studying with George Inness, and at age 14 took classes at the Accademia San Luca in Italy. In 1873 Volk went to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux Arts with the Master Jean-Leon Gerome. When he returned to the U.S. he began teaching at The Cooper Institute in New York and in 1886 was founder of the Minneapolis School Of Fine Art. In 1893 Volk was chosen for the selection committee at the Columbian Expo where he exhibited three paintings and the the gold medal, his first major award. In 1899 the National Academy granted him membership. His paintings hang in many important collections including the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Douglas Volk first ventured into Lincoln portraiture in 1908, and that canvas, reworked in 1917, eventually found its way into the National Gallery of Art. It also achieved a kind of anonymous familiarity between 1954 and 1968, when it was featured on the regular four-cent U.S. postage stamp. When in 1860, Lincoln sat in Leonard Volk's studio, a liittle child was running in and out. The great man took him on his knee and asked his name. It was Douglas. It was this boy, long grown to manhood who was the paint one of the most famous portraits of Lincoln. One of his Lincoln portraits hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Collection of 50 signed bank checks, dating 1896-1930.................Min. Bid $399

273.  [FILM] Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999) Italian-American actor. He portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948). He also played a Native American shedding a tear about litter in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements, "Keep America Beautiful".  Signed and inscribed newspaper clipping about Gen. george A. Custer. Approx. 6-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. VG.................25-35

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274.  [CHESS] 1965 printed page of chess once owned by Bobby Fischer. Approx. 5-3/4 x 9 in. Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) American chess Grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time. Provenance: Robert "Bobby" Fischer - Brooklyn Library - Swann's Auction - East Coast Books. In the late 1960s Fischer is said to have needed money so he sold his chess library to the Brooklyn Library, who then sold off some of their holding at auction in NYC, some 25 years later. Rare!. Fine................Min. Bid $10

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275. [FILM] Edra Jean "E. J." Peaker (b. 1944) is an American actress. Peaker is best known for her appearances in the movie Hello Dolly! and in the TV musical series That's Life. Signed page on which she makes 3 sketches. 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 in. Five.............Min. Bid $10 

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276.  Exhibition of Art Work by Walt Kuhn at the Walt Kuhn Gallery, at Cape Neddick Park, Maine, approx. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. Lists 11 oil paintings, 1 watercolor and 1 drawing, each with a price. 3 pages; no illustrations. Accompanied by a 1966 bank check signed by Brenda Kuhn. VG.............50-75

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277. [CHESS] 1965 printed page of chess once owned by Bobby Fischer. Approx. 5-3/4 x 9 in. Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) American chess Grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time. Provenance: Robert "Bobby" Fischer - Brooklyn Library - Swann's Auction - East Coast Books. In the late 1960s Fischer is said to have needed money so he sold his chess library to the Brooklyn Library, who then sold off some of their holding at auction in NYC, some 25 years later. Rare!. Fine................Min. Bid $10

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278. [ART] William Radclyffe (1783-1855) was an English engraver and painter.  Born in Birmingham and self-educated, he was apprenticed to a letter engraver and studied drawing under Joseph Barber with his cousin John Pye. Both planned to move to London when their apprenticeships were complete in 1801, but Radclyffe remained in Birmingham for financial reasons and set up as an engraver and copperplate printer.  Radclyffe became well known as an engraver of landscapes, making prints after David Cox, J. M. W. Turner and Peter De Wint and illustrating numerous works of travel literature.  Original 19th century engraving by Radclyffe after W.M. Craig, image approx. 7 x 4-3/4 plus image.  Text offset showing.............Min. bid $10

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279.  MYSTERY LOT of 12 items, most are 19th century............Min. Bid $20

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280. [MICKEY SPILLANE] Offered here are 2 letters sent to Spillane plus an unsigned 8x10 photo of Spillane.  All of these items come from Mickey's personal collection. [1] Jim Henaghan (1911-1984) journalist, screenwriter, novelist and columnist. Henaghan, who worked for every major paper in Los Angeles, served as The Hollywood Reporter's Rambling Reporter in the early '50's. Always candidly outspoken and never one to cater to the industry's sacred cows, he wrote an article concerning Preston Sturges' escapades with a nurse while confined in a local hospital. Sturges, far from angry at the humorous reportage, called Charles Feldman and convinced him Henaghan's talents could be better put to use as a screenwriter. He worked as rewrite man at Paramount working on property owned by the studio, and was responsible for rewrites of what were to become "Sunset Boulevard" and "North to Alaska." It was said of him..."he could take 'Stagecoach,' put it on shipboard, and make it a good screeplay." Henaghan served as executive vp of John Wayne's Batjac Prod. for seven years. From 1960-76, he lived and worked writing feature articles on film and film personalities in Europe. Henaghan wrote five novels in the Jeff Pride series, published by Bantam Books and St. Martin's Press. He was a close friend of the actor Robert Walker. In her biography of Walker and Jones, Star-Crossed, author Beverly Linet quotes Walker's friend Jim Henaghan, who was not mentioned in official accounts of Walker's death, as saying that he was present at the time of the events leading to Walker's death. Henaghan stated that he stopped by Walker's house, where they played cards, and Walker was behaving normally. Walker's psychiatrist arrived and insisted that he receive an injection. When Walker refused, Henaghan held him down in order for the physician to administer it. Walker soon lost consciousness, and frantic efforts to revive him failed.
Offered here is a lengthy 2 pages typed letter signed Jim, dated July 15, 1953. Written to Mickey Spillane regarding contract details with Waye - Fellows.  That's John Wayne's company.  Tattered edges.

       [2] Bob Fellows (1903-1969) American film producer who was once a production partner with John Wayne and later with Mickey Spillane. In 1952, Wayne and Fellows teamed up to start their own production company, Wayne-Fellows Productions, making (primarily) films starring Wayne, the first one being Big Jim McLain (1952). The following year they produced Island in the Sky (1953). Wayne had seen the venture as a way to produce and direct his own film version of the battle of the Alamo.  Eventually, Fellows became embroiled in a complicated divorce from his wife, necessitating the need to sell his half of the company. Wayne bought Fellows out and started his own Batjac Productions. One of the Wayne-Fellows films was Ring of Fear, featuring Mickey Spillane. Offered here is a July 15, 1953 typed letter signed Bob. Its basically about the same thing Henaghan's letter was about. [3] Unsigned vintage 8x10 photo of Mickey Spillane.  Provenance:  Estate of Mickey Spillane.........100-200

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281. Joseph Bowne Elwell (1873-1920), also known as J. B. Elwell, was an American bridge player, tutor, and writer during the 1900s and 1910s, prior to and during development of the auction bridge version of the card game. He is better known as the victim of an unsolved murder. Elwell learned the new card game "bridge"—now called bridge whist or straight bridge to distinguish it from later versions—in the course of establishing a young men's club in church, where its play was a popular activity. His fascination with the card game took over his life. In the early morning hours of June 11, 1920, Elwell was murdered with a gunshot to the head from a .45 automatic in his locked house in New York City. The murder has never been solved. A 1921 confession was determined to be the false utterance of a deranged man. The crime generated considerable publicity: The New York Times covered it almost daily until the end of July, the Chicago Tribune published eighteen articles, and the Los Angeles Times published twelve. This classic "locked room murder" was the inspiration for S.S. Van Dine's mystery novel The Benson Murder Case (1926), which introduced his famous fictional detective Philo Vance. Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE, dated 1907, The Whist Club. About 3-3/4 x 2-3/4 in. VG. EXTREMELY RARE!..............100-200

282. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Karl E. Mundt (1900-1974) US Senator from South Dakota. TLS, 1964.  (2) Red Adair (1915-2004) American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the highly specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping oil well blowouts, both land-based and offshore. Signed, inscribed  5 x 6-3/4 in. color photo. Signed twice [contrast isn't very good because photo is darker]. (3) Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the noted American artist Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (4) C. Delano - Sec. of the Interior. Signed in type 1875 printed gov. document, INDIAN SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA. (5) Douglas Volk - artist known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp. Signed 1906 bank check. (6) James Edward Murray (1876-joseph napier 1961) US Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961. (7) Tony Lavelli (1926-1998) NBA player. Sig. inscribed 3x5 card. (8) George Mitchell - US Senator from Maine. TLS, 1985, signed George.  Thanks publisher for sending him a book.  (9) Group of 26 Limerick, Maine bank checks c. 1917.  (10) [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.  Approx. 5.5 x 7.5 in. VG..................Min. Bid $50

283. [ART] Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895) 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 1893 bank check. VG..............100-150

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284. [SPACE] A vintage original black and white portrait of John Glenn, Gus Grissom, and Alan Shepard in spacesuits in front of a Mercury-Redstone spacecraft. A black number photograph, with explanatory text stamped on the verso in purple/blue ink. The 3 Mercury Redstone pilots participated in Mercury's first manned space flights from the cape. Left to right is John Glenn, Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard. UNSIGNED as usual. Very scarce. Another example of this photo was offered at auction in 2020 with an estimate of $800-$1200 but it failed to sell. We believe this photo was taken by WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. Provenance: Willene Whisenhant collection. Fine..............400-600

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285. [MAINE] Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S. Presidency at a major party's convention (1964 Republican Convention, won by Barry Goldwater). Smith was an early opponent of Senator Joseph McCarthy. On June 1, 1950, she gave her Declaration of Conscience speech on the floor of the Senate, earning McCarthy's permanent ire and the epithet "Moscow Maggie" from his staff. In 1954, when McCarthy attempted to challenge her seat by sponsoring a primary challenger, the Maine voters rejected the effort. POSTCARD picturing her, signed on the verso. VG...........25-35

286. [FILM] Sam Flint (1882-1980) American actor. Flint appeared in more than 230 films, often as a judge, lawyer, military officer, senator, sheriff, chief of police, or doctor. Vintage signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Pin holes in corners............50-75

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Bass family in Virginia

287. Two Manuscript Documents Signed relating to an 18th century Bass family in Virginia. First is a receipt dated 12/10/1795 and reading "Received in full of Archad Bass and Thomas Bass his father from the beginning of the world to this day. It is signed by Isaac Micaels (by his mark), approx. 8x3 in. The second document gives an accounting (in pounds, shillings and pence), "being the balance which I am due Alexander Bass for the rent of his plantation." It is signed by Wm. Goode and dated July 1, 1801. Approx. 6.5 x 4 in. G/VG..............35-45

288. [FRANCE] Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques. Baron de l' Aulne [1727-1781]. French administrator and economist. Intendant of Limoges (1761-74); minister of marine (1774); controller general of finance (1774-76); removed because of opposition to his Six Edicts. Member of the Physiocrats. As intendant, abolished the corvée, constructed roads and bridges, reformed interest rates, and distributed the burden of taxation more justly. As finance minister, introduced a rigid economy, abolished certain feudal privileges, and attempted to restore free trade in grain between the provinces. Best known works were Lettres sur la tolérance (1754) and Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses (1766). ORIGINAL ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of Turgot [1853], image approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. Engraved by W.T. Fry. UNSIGNED, of course. Very good condition..............Min. Bid $10

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289 FEDERAL UNION WORLD, 1941, 12pp..........Min. Bid $10      

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290 [BOXING] Gene Fullmer [1931-2015] former American middleweight boxer and world champion. Signed collector's card, 3.5 x 2.5".........20-30