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1. [KENTUCKY] 1807 DOCUMENT signed by Horatio Gates WINTERSMITH (b. Martinsburg, Va. in 1786). His father had been a surgeon in the British Army, but was captured and joined the American forces. When his son was born, he added the name of Gates to his name, because of his great admiration of Gen. Gates, his captor in the war. Wintersmith has signed for James Crutcher. Major James Crutcher met young Wintersmith while returning from one of his trips to Baltimore and prevailed upon him to come to Kentucky. He arrived in 1806 & entered Crutcher’s store as a clerk. After two years he became a partner, and later went into busiiness for himself. He opened a large hotel and brought many of his relatives into business. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Hodgen, daughter of Robert Hodgen, the founder of Hodgenville, Ky., the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. Horatio was very successful in business, accumulating a fortune. He was only 49 when his death occurred Jan. 21, 1835. Approx. 8 x 12-3/4 in. VG..........200-300
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2. [KENTUCKY] JOSEPH BARNETT - Kentucky, Baptist preacher, and one of the first in Severn's Valley (1781). He lived near Hartford (one of the founders) and traveled upwards of 75 miles to sit in court. He possessed an immense estate of land, and when he died, his children being minors, the legislature of Kentucky, by a strange enactment, appointed Gen. Stephen Cleaver, Henry Rhodes and Harrison Taylor commissioners to manage and settle the estate. This became a landmark case in Kentucky history. Manuscript Document Signed, 1797, 1p, approx. 7 x 6.5 in. Condition: see scan...............Min. Bid $90
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3. George Francis Train (1829-1904) American entrepreneur who organized the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; he also organized the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier in the United States in 1864 to construct the eastern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad, and a horse tramway company in England while there during the American Civil War. In 1870 Train made the first of three widely publicized trips around the globe. He believed that a report of his first journey in a French periodical inspired Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days; protagonist Phileas Fogg may have been modeled on him. In 1872, he ran for president of the United States as an independent candidate. That year, he was jailed on obscenity charges while defending suffragist Victoria Woodhull against charges regarding an article her newspaper had published on an alleged adulterous affair. Despite business successes in early life, he was known as an increasingly eccentric figure in American and Australian history. Offered here is a strange looking sheet dated 1903 on which he has written and signed. It is 7 x 4 in. Plus, hand-addressed envelope postmarked/stamp. Both pices are mounted to an album page...............200-300
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4. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician. 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 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Offered here is a 19 page manuscript in the handwriting of Dr. Woodward, titled Diffusion[? of Heat in Recton[?] Solids. Not signed of course. 8 x 10.5 in. Excellent condition...........400-600...............Min. Bid $200
5. [KENTUCKY] BEN HELM (b. Va. 1767-1858 ) Kentucky Frontiersman. Known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." Son of Capt. Thomas Helm, pioneer settler who came to Kentucky in 1779. Thomas and 2 others built forts in 1780, which grew to become Elizaethtown; the area where Abraham Lincoln would be born. Benjamin Helm became a surveyor; state senator; clerk of Hardin Co. courts. He was a major in the War of 1812. He purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sarah (Bush) Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. Ben Helm was living in Kentucky when Daniel Boone was living there. These were times of great hardship and many pioneers lost their lives to Indian attacks. Kentucky material from the pioneer era has always been rare. Whereas 1775 does not seem especially early in New England it should be noted that Daniel Boone's son was born in that year, thus becoming the first white male born in Kentucky. Autograph Document Signed by Ben Helm [twice], 7-1/2 x 6-1/4", Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, 15 June 1811. A summons to the sheriff for the arrest of Joseph Chalfan [sp. Chalfin] on charhe of trespass brought by John Haycraft - $10,000 damages. The back side is signed by Robert Bleakley, B. Strother and Ben Helm. Very good condition...............Min. Bid $90
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7. Joseph Rubinfine - The American Revolution, shows 130 documents/letters with prices. List 150................Min. Bid $10
8. Joseph Rubinfine - List 132, offering 47 priced autographs, including John Adams $17,000; George Custer $18,000; Jefferson, Jackson, Lincon, Madison, Monroe etc....Min. Bid $10
9 Joseph Rubinfine - List 134, offering 70 priced autographs, includingGeo. Washington $24,000; Benjamin Franklin $65,000; Winston Churchill, Cornwallis, La Fayette, etc....Min. Bid $10
10. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, PC, PRS (1651-1716) English Whig jurist and statesman. Somers first came to national attention in the trial of the Seven Bishops where he was on their defence counsel. Engraved by W.T. Mote, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Pretty clean................25-35
11. The Secretary of War - printed 1847 government document, 114 pages. Issued by Sec. of War W.L. Marcy, 30th Congress - 1st Session, House of Representatives: CONTRACTS UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. VG............40-60
12. [FRANCE] French manuscript document signed, 4pp, 5-1/4 x 9 in. Pencil notation first page says 1614; when LOUIS XIII was King of France. VG.............150-200
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13. [FILM] Peter Lawford (1923-1984) English-born American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, and more noted in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he had a strong presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films. Offered here is a signed & inscribed early vintage photograph, inscribed "For Ivory - Two years is an awful long time, Love & kisses from "The Teeth!" Peter Lawford". Great photo but the ink has lightened considerably. Last name of his signature is almost gone.......Min. Bid $50
14. [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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15. [THE GAME OF BRIDGE] George Lansbury (1859-1940) British politician and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Apart from a brief period of ministerial office during the Labour government of 1929–31, he spent his political life campaigning against established authority and vested interests, his main causes being the promotion of social justice, women's rights and world disarmament. Elected to Parliament in 1910, he resigned his seat in 1912 to campaign for women's suffrage, and was briefly imprisoned after publicly supporting militant action. Lansbury devoted himself entirely to the cause of world peace, a quest that took him, in 1936, to the United States. He addressed large crowds in 27 cities before meeting President Roosevelt in Washington to present his proposals for a world peace conference. Offered here is an interesting letter to Lansbury about the game of Bridge, mentioning Winston Churchill. Lansbury pens 9 lines below [signed]. VG................75-100
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See his biography16. Theresa Howard Carter (1929-2015) was an archaeologist, educator, and scholar. Carter was one of the most important female archaeologists of the early 20th century, working at some of the greatest excavations in the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and North Africa. Carter served as Chief Advisor to the Kuwait National Museum and Director of the Kuwait Archaeological Survey. In 1980, she bequeathed over 100 objects from her excavations of Carthaginian and Roman materials at Leptis Magna, in Libya, to the Penn Museum. Carter is known for taking the first photographs of a tomb believed to be that of King Midas at Gordion in Turkey in the summer of 1957. Carter was at Failaka, an island off Kuwait, during the Iraq-Iran war, less than 80 miles away from the fighting, when she refused to stop digging in the ruins of a Greek settlement more than 2,000 years old, until it became impossible to continue. Offered here is a signed page + an addressed envelope bearing her signature in the return address. These are mounted to scrapbook page. VG................50-75
17. [NAVY] JOSEPH HAROLD WELLINGS (1903-1988) Rear Admiral. By 1940, the war in Europe was already a year old, and Britain stood alone and besieged by Hitler’s war machine. During that summer, Wellings was sent to England as an observer of the British Home Fleet, with additional duty as assistant naval attaché in London. Interested in the operational aspects of the Royal Navy’s forces, he served as operations officer in HMS Rodney during the search for and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. Later he wrote an unpublished manuscript describing those events. Returning to the United States in June 1941, he served briefly on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations before a three-month assignment with the Fleet Training Division. Appointed commanding officer of USS Strong (DD 467), he prepared the ship for commissioning at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, in August 1942. The Strong was involved in convoy operations in the Caribbean and Atlantic before participating in the Casablanca invasion. Assigned to the Pacific, the ship saw action in the Solomon Islands, where she was hit by a Japanese torpedo and sank on the night of July 4–5, 1943, off New Georgia. Wellings courageously stayed with his ship as she went down and was seriously injured when her depth charges exploded. As a result, he spent the next six months in the hospital. Wellings returned to destroyer commands in March 1944, when he assumed command of Destroyer Division One Hundred and Twenty. Transferred to Destroyer Squadron Two, he again saw action in the Pacific at Lingayen Gulf, the Philippine Islands, in January 1945. Five months before the war’s end, he returned to the United States to an assignment with the Bureau of Personnel. For the next year and one half he was involved in establishing policy for the postwar Naval Reserve and in transferring naval reservists to the regular navy. Signed slip, mounted to scrapbook paper................25-35
18. [INDIANS] John H. Artichoker, Jr. (1930-2013) he was the youngest man ever appointed head of an Indian reservation in the U.S., and the first Indian to be superintendent of the Northern Cheyenne Agency in Lame Deer, Montana. Signedn3x5 card removed from scapbook. VG................25-35
19. [INDIANS] Frederick (Fredrak) W. Fraske (March 8, 1872 – June 18, 1973) is believed to have been the last surviving veteran of the Indian Wars. At the age of 21, in Chicago, which was his home town, he enlisted in the U.S. Army to help his widowed mother support her family of seven. He was assigned to Fort D.A. Russell, which was near Cheyenne, Wyoming, serving as a private with company F of the 17th infantry as a first aid man and letter carrier. He spoke about Cheyenne of that time as a quiet but wild town, where cattle were unloaded, and the residents were a tough breed. Fraske commented on the fact that he was glad that he never fired a shot in battle with American Indians, and didn't feel any ill will towards them either. He also felt that he understood the difficult position they were in. Fraske never personally had anything other than peaceful encounters with them. Signed 3x5 card removed from scrapbook.................25-35
20. (INDIANS) Hugh McGinnis (1870-1965 in Iron Mountain, Michigan) emigrated from Ireland to America in 1887, he lived in New York and St Louis, Missouri with his sister prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1890. He was a twenty-year-old private in Co. K, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry during the Wounded Knee Massacre, where he was wounded twice. When he died he was the last survivor of the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee. McGinnis wrote an extensive account of his experiences at Wounded Knee. Two signature written in 1964 mounted to scrapbook page......50-75
21. [INDIANS[ Harry E. Brockman (b. 1874) of St. James, Mo., was recruited at a frontier dance in the early 1890s and sent to Fort Grant, Ariz. He was one of the last of the old time Indian fighters. Signed 3x5 card. Removed from scrapbook. Mounting traces on verso...............20-30
22. [INDIANS] 1886 PRINTED HOUSE OF REP. DOCUMENT, Message from the Presudent, Grover Cleveland re: Funds of the Miami Indians, 2-1/2pp. Irregular left edge..............Min. Bid $10
23. [INDIANS] 1898 Printed US Senate document from the Sec. of the Interior re: Agreement With The Five Civilized Tribes, 4pp. VG...........Min. Bid $10
24. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste Billot (1828-1907, Paris) French general and politician. He pursued a brilliant military career under the Second French Empire. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War, at first as Chief of staff under general Laveaucoupet, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division integrated into 2nd Army Corps of general Frossard. Billot participated in the battles of Sarrebruck, Forbach where he was mentioned in dispatches, Borny and Noiseville. He managed to escape after the capture of Metz and put himself in the service of the Government of National Defence. He was promoted to colonel, then général de brigade and provisional général de division. Chief of staff then commander of the 18th Army Corps, Billot was beaten at Beaune-la-Rolande on 28 November 1870. Confirmed as permanent général de brigade, he fought in the battle of Villersexel in January 1871. Offered here is a signed letter, 1882, 1p., to Ernest Amédée Barthélemy Mouchez (1821-1892) was a French naval officer who became director of the Paris Observatory and launched the ill-fated Carte du Ciel project in 1887. VG....................100-150
25. [FRANCE] Jean Antoine Aimé Giron (1836-1907) French writer and lawyer. Aimé Giron began his literary career by publishing poems that appeared in La Revue de Paris , while continuing his career as a lawyer in his hometown, where he is secretary of the Société Acadomique du Puy-en-Velay et de la Haute -Loire . In 1863, he published Le Sabot de Noël (with illustrations by Léopold Flameng ) which met with great success and was translated into several languages. During the War of 1870 he abandoned his profession as a lawyer to defend the invaded territory. He settled in Bois-Colombes and became a contributor to Le Figaro , Le Gaulois and La France Illustrée. He was one of the most prolific writers of his time, finding his inspiration in the history and legends of Velay and Haute-Loire. Offered here are 10 handwritten pages of poetry and a 7 page letter. These dated 1869-1879. All about 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Not translated.................100-150
26. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) American poet and writer. Five handwritten lines signed. Comes with unsigned postcard. VG............300-400
27. Margaret Widdemer (1884-1978) was an American poet and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize (known then as the Columbia University Prize) in 1919 for her collection The Old Road to Paradise, shared with Carl Sandburg for Cornhuskers. Offered here is a 2 page ALS written to Miss Marshall who interviewed her. No date but comes with postcard photo dated 1926 on verso..............50-75
The following few Lots are removed from a scrapbook once owned by an autograph collector so they are laid to black paper and there are remains on the backsides.
28. William Harold Cox (1901-1988) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He was known for presiding over United States v. Price (1965) and for his resistance to racial integration. Constance Baker Motley, a longtime civil rights attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge, called Cox "the most openly racist judge ever to sit on a federal court bench" in the United States. SIGNED 3X5 CARD, soiled...............Min. Bid $10
29. Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975) was an American politician who represented New Mexico in the United States Senate from 1949 until 1973. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1945 until 1948 and represented New Mexico's at-large congressional district from 1941 until 1945. CLIP SIGNATURE.............Min. Bid $10
30. John Arthur Love (1916-2002) Republican politician who served as the 36th Governor of the State of Colorado from 1963 to 1973. In 1973, John Love resigned the governorship to become the nation's first Director of the Office of Energy Policy (nicknamed the "Energy Czar") in the administration of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. Lieutenant Governor John D. Vanderhoof assumed the office of Governor upon Governor Love's resignation. Love resigned as Director after five months due to the political turmoil in the final days of the Nixon Administration. Historian Daniel Yergin asserts Love was fired by Richard Nixon in favor of William Simon due to the energy crisis created in October 1973 by the Arab oil embargo. SIGNED CARD.............Min. Bid $10
31. John David Merwin (1921-2013) was a former politician of the United States Virgin Islands who served in that territory's Legislature, as government secretary (equivalent to lieutenant governor), and as the first native-born governor. He was perhaps the first "politician" to be made governor as previous appointees were primarily men of the military, industry, or non-elected government servants. Signed bio. page, 7 x 10 in. Clean.......Min. Bid $10
32. Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams Jr. (1919-2001) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Senate (1959–1982). Williams was convicted on May 1, 1981, for taking bribes in the Abscam sting operation, and resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1982 before a planned expulsion vote. SIGNED 3x5 card. On the other side is Richard Joseph Hughes (1909-1992) American lawyer, politician, and judge. A Democrat, he served as the 45th governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973 to 1979. Hughes is the only person to have served New Jersey as both governor and chief justice. Hughes was also the first Roman Catholic governor in New Jersey's history. SIGNED CARD............Min. Bid $10
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33. [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
34. [JUDAICA] Nelson Glueck (1900-1971) American rabbi, academic and archaeologist. He served as president of Hebrew Union College from 1947 until his death, and his pioneering work in biblical archaeology resulted in the discovery of 1,500 ancient sites. During World War II, Glueck used his intimate knowledge of Palestine's geography to help the Office of Strategic Services develop a contingency plan for a retreat from German field marshal Rommel's advance through Northern Africa. Rommel was stopped, however, and the plan was not needed. Glueck's scholarship led to personal relationships with many world leaders: he delivered the benediction at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961; and he was personal friends with many of the State of Israel's early leaders, including David Ben-Gurion, Abba Eban, Golda Meir, Henrietta Szold and Judah Magnes. His autograph signature written on slip with other handwriting on it..............25-35
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35. [ART] Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Doris Reynolds did many illustrations for books published by Doubleday and Company. She was also an exhibiting artist, having work shown at the Krausharr Gallery in New York in 1949. Other exhibitions include: Wilmington Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo 1936-39; Barbizon Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY 1940, etc. She studied at the Art Students League with Jules Gotlieb, Bridgman and Brackman. During World War II, she was one of Jackie Cochran's Girls, ferrying airplanes throughout the United States. Offered here are 2 small drawings, not signed. Provenance: Artist's Estate. VG...............Min. Bid $20
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36. Léon Lommel (1893-1978) was a Luxembourgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Luxembourg from 1956 to 1971. During World War II, he was sent to France after being interrogated by the Gestapo; he worked in reconstructing his country's churches and chapels after returning there following the end of the war. ALS, 1956, 1p, approx.8-1/4 x 11-1/2 in. Not translated. Fine..............50-75
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38. Georges-François-Xavier-Marie 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. During World War II, Grente worked in the French resistance movement. TLS, 1958, 1-1/2 pp. to Robert Kent. ..............75-100
37. Antonio Felice Zondadari, also known as Anton Felice Chigi Zondadari (1740-1823) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was expelled on the orders of Emperor Joseph II the following year, as he was suspected of supporting the Brabant Revolution. Zondadari was made a cardinal by Pope Pius VII during the consistory of 23 February 1801 and given the title of Cardinal Priest of Santa Balbina. Zondadari was among the few of his peers (14 in all) admitted by Napoleon to his wedding ceremony with Marie Louise of Austria in the Louvre on 2 April 1810. ALS, 1812, 1 full page, addressed on verso. Not translated. Approx. 6.5 x 9 in. VG..............75-100
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39. [ENGLAND] Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC (1792-1848) was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1834 and 1835 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1841 and 1846. Signed front portion of address panel postmarked 1839. About 4.5 x 3 in. VG..............Min. Bid $8
40. [BOOK] MAUD MULLER by John Greenleaf Whittier, 1st edition. Published by Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1867. Illustrations on 12 pages. 6 x 8.5 in. Scuffed cover, minor stains inside. Hardbound. Good..........50-75
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41. [ART] Clarkson Frederick Stanfield RA RBA (1793-1867) was a prominent English marine painter, often inaccurately credited as William Clarkson Stanfield. He was briefly apprenticed to a coach decorator in 1806, but left owing to the drunkenness of his master's wife and joined a South Shields collier to become a sailor. In 1808 he was pressed into the Royal Navy, serving in the guardship HMS Namur at Sheerness. Discharged on health grounds in 1814, he then made a voyage to China in 1815 on the East Indiaman Warley and returned with many sketches. An accident forced Stanfield to leave active service, but during his voyages he had acquired considerable skill as a draughtsman. In August 1816 Stanfield was engaged as a decorator and scene-painter at the Royalty Theatre in Wellclose Square, London. Along with David Roberts he was afterwards employed at the Coburg theatre, Lambeth, and in 1823 he became a resident scene-painter at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where he rose rapidly to fame through the huge quantity of spectacular scenery and (moving) dioramas which he produced for that house until 1834. Meanwhile, Stanfield developed his skills as an easel painter, especially of marine subjects; he first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1820 and continued, with only a few early interruptions, to his death. Offered here is an envelope hand-addressed, and signed, by Stanfield. Approx. 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG.......75-100.........Min. Bid $25
42. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Orren Cheney Moore (1839-1893) U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. ALS, 1890, 1p. as a congressman. (2) 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 brief letter dated 1868 made out to Bunn but not signed by him. (3) Dallas Lore Sharp (1870-1929) American author and university professor at Boston Univ. ALS, 1898, 1p. (4) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1966 bank check. (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) Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Western Union telegraph sent c. 1946 type signed. (7) John Calhoun Cook (1846-1920) was a 19th-century American politician, lawyer and judge from Iowa. He was twice elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 6th congressional district, each time under unusual circumstances. SIGNATURE. (8) William Wirt Hastings (1866-1938)U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. His printed Free Frank signature in 1929 envelope. (9) Edmund F. Cooke (1885-1967) congressman from NY. His printed Free Frank signature in 1929 envelope. (10) Leslie Waggener - 1st President U. of Texas at Austin 1895-1896, President ad interim - before 1st President Winston who served 1896-1899. TLS, 1886 on U. of TYexas letterhead. (11) Ralph A. Dungan (1923-2013) diplomat and ambassador from the United States to Chile 1964 to 1967. Dungan served as White House Special Assistant to the President in the Kennedy Administration, effective 1961–1964. Signed 3x5 card. (12) Kenneth R. Lesco (1950-2018) was a stuntman and stunt actor who performed stunts in several episodes of Star Trek. Warner Bros. 1984 paycheck, not signed by him................Min. Bid $100
43. [JUDAICA) Frederick Solomon (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 is a handwritten sermon titled IN THE BEGINNING, 10 pages, delivered AT FAR ROCKAWAY, NY. 1963. About 8.5 x 10 in. Not signed VG..........100-150
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44. [ART) Frederick Solomon (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 is a SIGNED 7 page, catalogue for EXHIBITION OF ENGLISH & CONTINENTAL PAINTINGS with Sculptures by Jacob Epstein, 1947. About 7-3/4 x 5-1/4 in.VG..........Min. bid $50
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RARE EARLY NEW YORK CITY DOCUMENT
45. [AMERICANA] CITY OF NEW YORK CORPORATION - 1800 [or 1810 ?] manuscript document signed by Jacob P. Roome (? - 1850); Approved signature of Chas. Dickinson, approx. 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. The Roome family was well-known in New York City. On December 1, 1798 John Roome was appointed by Mayor David Mathews "to examine the Stoves put up in this City, and the Places allotted by the Inhabitants to keep their Ashes in." There were no fewer than three John P. Roomes at one point in the early 19th century. Chas. Dickinson was an Alderman. VG condition for its age. RARE!.........100-200
46. [JUDAICA] Rabbi Daniel L. Davis (1903-1974) served as director of the New York Federation of Reformed Synagogues for 25 years. A native of Baltimore, he graduated from City College at the age of 14 and later from the Johns Hopkins University. He then attended Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, graduating in 1926. His first assignment as a rabbi was at Temple Beth El in Hammond, Ind., where he remained for a year. He then served for 20 years at Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, in Lancaster, Pa. In Lancaster, Rabbi Davis served as a labor arbitrator and as a member of the Mayor's Postwar Planning Commission. He took the post with the New York federation, which is the regional arm of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, in 1947 and remained until his retirement in 1972. The author of a number of pamphlets on Judaism, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of divinity by Hebrew Union College in 1958. During his service with the federation, he presided over the establishment of many new congregations in the New York area and elsewhere.
A member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, he also served on the National Commission for Rabbinical Placement.
Offered here are 5 TLSs, all 1p. to Rabbi Frederick Solomon. Plus 2 unsigned copies of Solomon letters. These date 1963. VG..........100-150
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47. [ART] Isao Mizutani (1922-2005) Japanese artist. He was born in Nagoya. He was the recipient of the Shell art prize in 1958; exhibited Museum of Art, Tokyo, "History of Surrealism" 1960; Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1961; Won the Maruzen Second Pan Pacific....etc. Original tempera paint on stretched canvas, approx. 13 x 9.5". Contained in simple wood lattice frame. Signed. This was done c. 1967. VG............2500-3500...............Min. Bid $800
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48. Maine Paper - approx. 47 old documents, letters etc. the earliest being 1822 - to about 1906. Receipts, business & legal paper. Needs research. Varied conditions.........Min. Bid $50
49. [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
50. [SACO, MAINE] Lauriston Ward writes a one page letter with postmarked address leaf to William Trafton County Clerk. Concerns a date mistake on Ward. 1843 letter from Saco, Maine, 1p. + postmarked address leaf. VG+......Min. Bid $10
51. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] offered here is a vintage 1908 New Hampshire election ballot, or whatever its called. Approx. 21 x 15 in. Many condition flaws................40-60
52. [FRANCE] French manuscript document signed, 5pp, 6.5 x 10 in. Pencil notation top of first page says 1640; when LOUIS XIII was King of France. 4-1/2 pp. VG................200-300
53. [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
54. [ART] Merv Slotnick [b. 1941] American artist living in Maine. His work is in many collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, Belgium, etc. His work has been included in exhibitions at New York University; Maine Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan; Central Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts Center, Mich.; All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73] which traveled to various colleges & universities in Michigan; Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus others. Abstract expressionist and printmaker Slotnick was born in Lansing, Michigan, and received degrees from Adrian College, Central Michigan University, with additional work at Michigan State University. Slotnick was one of only 50 artists invited to exhibit in 2003's 'SANCTUARY' Exhibition at the Nobel Peace Prize forum held in the U.S. to honor the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize. Two examples of Slotnick's work were exhibited in AMERICAN WORKS ON PAPER. The painter has also been honored to have had Virginia Mecklenburg (Head Curator, Painting & Sculpture, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian) selected one of his works on paper for inclusion in the 16th Visual Arts Association National. Offered here is an original serigraph, signed with initials, AP means artist's proof, image 3-1/2 x 5 in. plus margins. This print is printed on paper is from the former paper collection of William Ivins Jr. (1881 – 1961) who was curator of the department of prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from its founding in 1916 until 1946, when he was succeeded by A. Hyatt Mayor. After nine years' legal practice, he was asked to take on the conservation and interpretation of the Met's print collection. He built up the remarkable collections that can be seen there today, and he wrote many prefaces to exhibition catalogues, as well as other, occasional pieces which were later collected and published. His best-known book is Prints and Visual Communication (MIT Press, 1969, ISBN 0-262-59002-6 (first published 1953 by Harvard University Press)), and his How Prints Look (1943, revised edition 1987) remains in print. Unframed. VG......................Min. Bid $25
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55. [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
56. [RI] Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer from Rhode Island. He was educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington, New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest in mathematics. In 1819 he returned to Rhode Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling the company's products to planters in the southern United States, particularly Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. He spent winters in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. The activity that Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841. After he learned that a free African-American man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. He worked with Jacob Barker, then a New Orleans lawyer, to obtain freedom for nearly 100 people being held as slaves. The action later led to charges being filed against several public officials who were responsible for the illegal detentions. His involvement with abolitionist causes and in the Republican Party eventually caused his company to lose favor with its markets in the southern United States. This helped to prompt the Peace Dale mills' transition from making cheap cotton products to selling higher quality woolens. Hazard retired from the textile business in 1866 and invested in the Union Pacific Railroad. After Union Pacific fell into financial disarray and became a party to the Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872, Hazard spent much time dealing with the company's financial affairs.
Offered here is a group of 10 documents 1835-1842 from the personal papers of R.G. Hazard. Rowland G. hazard has signed 2 of these.................Min. Bid $60
57. [SOLOMON ARCHIVE] Collection of 12 typed letters sent to Frederick Solomon, 1957-1961. These appear to be about Rabbinical Pension Board. Some of the signatures: Natalie Martell, Douglas A. Rosen, Henrietta A. Gordon, David Wilkus, Samuel G. Klayf, Lee R. Myer, Natalie R. Solomon. Frederick Solomon (1899-1980). Dr. Frederick K. “Fritz” Solomon (originally Solomonski) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899. In 1938, when the synagogue he was serving at was torched by Nazis and he was subsequently summoned by the Gestapo, he fled Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. While still in Europe, Solomon had studied art under the German-Jewish artists Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg and Eugene Spiro, and German expressionist Willy Jaeckel. In England, he continued his artistic career, exhibiting his religious and expressionistic work at various galleries throughout the country, including the Royal Academy and the Kensington Art Gallery in London, where he had a one-man show. His work is in the permanent collections of the Courtauld Institute, the Bazalel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Ben Uri Art Gallery St. John’s Wood, London (now incorporating the London Jewish Museum of Art)......Min. Bid $40
58. [AMERICANA] Ornate Victorian Marriage Certificate, dated 1880, 11-1/2 x 15-1/2, Thos. Hunter Lithographer, Phila. , Pa, Copyright 1880 by H.M. Crider, York, Pa. Never used, has space for pictures of the bride & groom, spaces to be filled in including witness signatures. Printed partly in gold ink. Many possibilities. This is old and not a recent printing. VG condition. Would look great framed with old photos. VG. We have several of these...........Min. Bid $40 each
59. [ART] Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35). Collotype offered here is from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925. Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. This is a proof printing. Fine, black impression, on cream wove paper, in excellent condition. Scarce............100-150
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Rare Letter of Russian Interest
60. [RUSSIA] Shapurji (Shapur) Saklatvala (1874-1936) Lawyer and Labour and Communist politician; MP for Battersea. Born into a wealthy Bombay family, Saklatvala was reluctant to join the family business, choosing instead to be a welfare worker in the slums of Bombay. After concerns were raised by the Raj about his outspoken nationalism, his family sent him to oversee the Tata offices in Manchester. Before departing he contracted malaria. He recovered at a health spa in Britain where he met Sally Marsh, a hotel waitress who he married in 1907. The couple moved to London where he joined the Labour party in 1909. In his first speech he agitated ministers by fearlessly waging a one-man campaign on parliament with his opening statement: "No Britisher would for a moment tolerate a constitution for Great Britain if it were written outside of Great Britain by people who were not British", making it clear that he saw his position as an opportunity to speak on matters of the empire. He was also among the few members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to serve as an MP. In 1934 he visited the Soviet Union to tour the Union's Far Eastern republics, whose governance he compared favourably to that in British India. During that tour he suffered a heart attack but recovered.Offered here is a 1934 TLS written from Moscow to his brother Phirose, Honourary Consul for Persia, The Persian Consulate NYC. This is 15 full pages describing, in detail, many things there. mentions ......:the new Roosevelt regime in America....." Also included are 3 pages typed by his brother Phirozshaw about his own life [not signed]. He was head of an oil company in NH..........200-300
61. Rev. Newton Heston (1823-1865) Methodist Episcopal minister. Noted abolitionist, he preached in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. His obituary was on the front page of Harper's Magazine, August 5, 1865. ALS, Cold Spring, Putnam Co., NY, 1864, 4 full pages to Rev. Barker. Excellent letter while on vacation; talks about fishing etc., last page about the civil war. VG.........75-100
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Original Etching By German Expressionist 62. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original etching, unsigned, image approx. 5 x 3.5 in. plus margins. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below in 2nd scan DO NOT accompany this etching and are not for sale........100-150
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Rare 1821 Choctaw Indian
63. [INDIANS] Rare 1821 printed US Senate document related to Silas Dinsmoor and the Choctaw nation of Indians. Silas Dinsmoor (1766-1847) was an appointed U. S. Agent to the Cherokee (1794–1798) and to the Choctaw (1801–1813). He later served as a surveyor in Alabama before eventually retiring to Boone County, Kentucky. Born in Windham, New Hampshire, Silas Dinsmore was part of a large group of inter-related families who settled in southern New Hampshire in the early 1700s. Through his mother, Martha McKeen, he was related to Joseph McKeen, the first president of Bowdoin College in Maine. He was also a first cousin of Pennsylvania Governor Thomas McKean, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Silas worked his way through Dartmouth College by teaching, a profession he continued to practice after his graduation. At nearby Atkinson Academy he taught a newly formed co-educational class of students, opening up the chance for young ladies to learn Logic, Greek, and Rhetoric - topics normally reserved for male students. In 1793, Silas traveled to Philadelphia to look for a position with the government. He was offered the appointment of United States Agent to the Cherokee by President George Washington, a job that would last the next four years. In that capacity, Dinsmoor was expected to keep peace between the Native Americans and white settlers, serve as treaty commissioner, and introduce "civilization" to the Indians. This last task meant that he was to attempt to coax the males of the tribe to take up farming which was traditionally the occupation of females, and to teach the women to plant cotton, spin, and weave textiles. He spent much of his time at Tellico Blockhouse (in present-day Tennessee). As the agent, Dinsmoor was a witness to the First Treaty of Tellico, signed in 1798 between the U. S. Government and tribal leaders, which signed away land in eastern Tennessee. At the time, Silas wrote to his brother, "the Cherokees know the worth of their land too well to sell it for a song or anything under the value." In 1799 he accepted the job of purser on the naval frigate, USS George Washington. In that capacity he sailed with the ship on a historic mission, it being the first U. S. warship to enter the Mediterranean Sea. Under the command of William Bainbridge, the frigate was sent to Algiers with trade items and tribute for the Barbary pirates. When they arrived in Algiers, the Dey ordered the Americans to carry (under the flag of Algiers) an ambassador, several slaves, and exotic animals to Constantinople for the Sultan of Turkey. Returning to the states, Dinsmoor was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as Agent to the Choctaw and he proceeded to the small outpost of Washington, Mississippi Territory, located at the southern end of the Natchez Trace. It was presumed he would carry out a similar set of tasks as before, with the added expectation of encouraging the Choctaw to cede large sections of their land to the government. Again, the Native Americans were less than willing to give up their most valuable lands. The Treaty of Mount Dexter, signed in 1805, which sold away more than four million acres of Choctaw land in southeastern Mississippi and parts of Alabama, angered President Jefferson because he had wanted the more valuable lands along the Mississippi River. Dinsmoor also witnessed the Treaty of Fort St. Stephens of 1816 and the Treaty of Doak's Stand of 1820. By this time, though, he was no longer serving as agent. In 1811 Dinsmoor found himself embroiled in a controversy with Andrew Jackson and by 1813 he was looking for a new government post. The controversy began with reports from the Natchez region that slaves were being encouraged to run away by traders from Tennessee. Dinsmoor was asked to protect the property of the local planters and he began instituting an often ignored requirement that anyone traveling the Natchez Trace carry papers with them proving their ownership of any enslaved people they claimed. Jackson refused to do so and became quite furious when he heard the rule was being vigorously enforced, at one point threatening to arm his slaves on his next time through, kill Dinsmoor, and burn the agency house to the ground. Though he never found the right moment to carry out his threat, his missives to the War Department may have had something to do with Dinsmoor being replaced in 1813. Fine condition...............200-300
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64. [INDIANS] Chickasaw Indians - 2 printed gov. documents, 1906 & 1907, total 7 pp. VG........20-30
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65. [BANKING] Limerick National Bank, Limerick, Maine. Group of 15 bank checks, 1924-1926. VG..............Min. Bid $5
66. [INDIANS] 2 printed government documents about Indians Affairs, 1844 and 1848. Both printed for the US Congress. VG..............Min. Bid $10
67. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) John Walter Drake (1875-1941) served in the Navy during the Spanish American War and practiced law in Detroit, Michigan, from 1896-1908. He was president and later chairman of the Hupp Motor Car Company which he co-founded with his brother Joseph R. Drake in 1908. Drake was assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 1923-1927 and in 1929 headed the U.S. delegation to the Second Pan American Highway Congress in Rio de Janeiro. SIGNATURE. (2) Porter James McCumber (1858-1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations. SIGNATURE. (3) Grover Cleveland - 1893 printed gov. doc. re: China, signed in type as President. (4) 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 1923bank check. (5) Dorothea Mary Stanislaus Gerard (Mme Longard de Longgarde, 1855-1915) was a Scottish-born novelist and romance-writer. SIGNATURE. (6) Philip J. Philbin - US congressman from Mass. Western Union telegram c. 1948. (7) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) was the daughter of Walt Kuhn (1877-1949), a painter and organizer of the 1913 Armory Show. Signed bank check 1966. (8) Henry Bernard Carpenter (1840-1890), was an Irish Unitarian clergyman, orator, author, and poet. ALS, no date, 2pp. (9) Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) was the 25th Justice and a Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, between 1864 and 1885. Cooley was appointed Dean of the University of Michigan Law School, a position he held until 1883. Thomas M. Cooley Law School of Lansing, Michigan, founded 1972 and now affiliated with the Western Michigan University since 2014, was named after Justice Cooley. TLS, Ann Arbor [Michigan], 1886, 1p. (10) Ross R. Mowry (1882-1957) State senator from Iowa. At the time of his death, Mr. Mowry was considered to be probably the greatest historian living in Jasper County. He was a political consultant to Herbert Hoover. U.S. district attorney, appointed by President Coolidge [1924-32]. Prosecuted Keith Collins & Fred Poffenbarger for 2 million dollar train robbery at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and secured their conviction in 1925. Signed 1919 document..............Min. Bid $90
68. [BANK CHECKS] group of 10 checks: (1) 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 1897 bank check. (2) Harry Truman - 1934 Jackson County, Mo. Treasuer check which was signed by stamped signature altho you can bearing see it now. (3) Douglas Volk - artist. Signed 1923 check. (4) Two Brenda Kuhn signed checks, 1966. (5) Limerick National Bank[Maine] 5 checks, 1921.........Min. Bid $20
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69. [CONGRESSMAN PHILBIN LOT] Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) 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. In 1942, as the Democratic nominee, Philbin was elected to the 78th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1971). Offered is a unreseared lot of papers from the files of Philbin. Contains many carbon copies ofletters from Philbin; letters from people seeking advice or assistance, sometimes telegrams etc. About 77 pieces. Mixed conditions...............Min. Bid $25
70. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician, born at Rochester, Michigan. He graduated C.E. at the University of Michigan in 1872 and 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 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. He died in 1924 in Washington, D.C. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics . In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. OFFERED HERE is a 25 page manuscript written by Woodward [not signed], plus a pamphet by Woodward: OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT, 1901, 21 pages uncut. Both in very good+ condition.............400-600
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71. Group of 6 vintage snapshot photos [unsigned] of: Jack Carson, Mickey Rooney, Van Heflin, Roddy McDowall, Errol Flynn, and Burt Lancaster. Sizes are 2.5 x 3.5 to 3.5 x 5 in...............Min. Bid $25
72. [WORLD WAR I] William Jason Mixter, M.D. (1880-1958) prominent American surgeon. By the early 1930s, Mixter was considered to be one of the nation's leading experts in spinal surgery, and he went on to become the first chief of the neurosurgery department at Massachusetts General Hospital. He served in the U. S. Army in both world wars. In 1934, at the age of 54, Mixter and Joseph S. Barr published an article on the intervertebral disc lesion in the New England Journal of Medicine. That article fundamentally changed the popular understanding of sciatica at that time, and for this work Mixter is generally credited by his contemporaries as being the man who best clarified the relation between the intervertebral disc and sciatica. Mixter and Barr's landmark report helped to establish surgery's prominent role in the management of sciatica at the time. Over the next few decades, discectomy surgery increased in popularity tremendously, and some refer to that period as the "dynasty of the disc." Offered here are 5 items circa 1915 while Dr. Mixter was serving overseas. Two are documents plus a photo of him plus 2 other small photos. VG................100-150
74. [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
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75. [NEW ORLEANS] attractive 1835 Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers. About 10.5 x 5.5 in. VG................25-45
76. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL color drawing, signed, dated 1981 on verso. Approx. 10 x 7-7/8 in. VG..............80-120
77. [BOOK] DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE, Vol. LVI, 1922, pages 637-693 [complete], paperbound, about 7 x 10.5 in., illustrated. Faulty covers are present but detached. International content are very good...................Min. Bid $10
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78. León Cortés (Castro) (1882-946) President of Costa Rica from 1936 to 1940. He was the last of a series of relatively conservative Presidents. A copy of a telegram [?], 9 Nov. 1937, signed in type. Sent to Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza García (1896-1956) President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 to 29 September 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination. Anastasio Somoza started a dynasty that maintained absolute control over Nicaragua for 44 years. Not translated. 8-1/4 x 7 in. VG.............75-100.................Min. Bid $20
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79. [NAVY] Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. Led Marine squad in 1914 when U.S. troops stormed and occupied Vera Cruz during the Mexican Revolution. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. Offered here are 4 1915 postcards he wrote on while in Barcelona, Spain. to family members back home in Connecicut. Also, 1915 Request for Leave document signed by Davis & Commander [can't read signature]; a 1913 letter to Davis from Navy Dept. saying the President of the United States, with consent of the Senate has appointed him an Ensign in the navy; plus about 23 additional document dated 1916-1925. Good-Vg conditions for their age.............300-400
80. [KENTUCKY] John Rowan (1773-1843) was a 19th-century politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Kentucky. Rowan's family moved from Pennsylvania to the Kentucky frontier when he was young. From there, they moved to Bardstown, Kentucky, where Rowan studied law with former Kentucky Attorney General George Nicholas. He was a representative to the state constitutional convention of 1799, but his promising political career was almost derailed when he killed a man in a duel stemming from a drunken dispute during a game of cards. Although public sentiment was against him, a judge found insufficient evidence against him to convict him of murder. In 1804, Governor Christopher Greenup appointed Rowan Secretary of State, and he went on to serve in the Kentucky House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. Offered here is a clip signature, about 2-1/2 x 1-1/8 in. Condition: repaired. It was in 2 pieces, the John separated from last name. Acid-free name on verso. Not a great repair job...............Min. Bid $20
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81. [VERMONT] An 1811 partly-printed document signed by Pascal P. Enos Sr. (1770-1832) American pioneer. He is known chiefly as one of the four original proprietors of Springfield, Illinois. He was born at Windsor, Connecticut, in the year 1770, and in 1815 was married to Salome Paddock, of Woodstock, Vermont. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794, studied law, and after spending some years in Vermont, where he served as High Sheriff of Windsor County, Vermont. Soon after his marriage he went west to Cincinnati, Ohio, but did not remain there long. In the spring of 1817 he came to St. Louis, Missouri, then, in 1821, he moved to Madison county, Illinois. While residing there, upon the recommendation of the Vermont delegation in congress, Mr. Enos was appointed by President Monroe to be receiver of the land office at Springfield, Illinois. He reached this place with his family, in September, 1823, and opened office in a double log cabin at the corner of what is now Third and Jefferson streets. In November of that year he united with Major Hes, Thomas Cox, and John Taylor, in laying out a town site, since known as Springfield. Mr. Enos retained the office of receiver until General Jackson became president in 1829, when he resigned, and devoted his time to land transaction and mercantile pursuits. He died in 1832, leaving a large landed estate, and was survived by his wife and four children. 13-1/4 x 7-3/4 in............125-175
82. [WORLD WAR 2] 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). Offered here is an unsigned autograph manuscript page dated 1 Nov. 1944, written on both sides, 8 x 10-1/2". These are notes he kept for himself. Rare! VG...............100-150
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83. [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
84. [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
85. [PORTRAIT] 1845 antique engraved portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. Image is approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. VG...............25-35
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86. [CHESS] 1961 and 1965 printed pages 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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87. [EARLY FILM] Harry Reeves-Smith (1862-1938) English born stage actor who achieved success in Broadway productions at the turn of the twentieth century. He went to the U.S. in 1887 and toured with John Sleeper Clarke. In the U.S. he toured with actresses Henrietta Crosman and Grace George. He is mainly remembered for appearing in several hit plays. Ethel Barrymore became a stage star in Clyde Fitch's Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (1901) but Reeves-Smith's character Robert Jinks is the title of the play. In 1910 he appeared in another play with Barrymore, Mid-Channel, about a feuding couple. In 1912 he was opposite Laurette Taylor in her huge success Peg o' My Heart. In The Unchastened Woman (1915) the star was Emily Stevens. His last Broadway part was as Johan Strauss in The Great Waltz in 1935, at the age of 73. Reeves-Smith appeared in only three motion pictures, two silents and one sound. His last was The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) with Clive Brook, which holds the distinction of being the first Sherlock Holmes film to be shot in sound and Reeves-Smith the first Dr. Watson in a sound film. He pens 4 lines on verso of his personal calling card, signed with initials. 3 x 1-1/2 in. Fine.........50-75
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88. [PORTRAIT] original antique engraved portrait of Lady Rachel Wriothesley (c. 1636 – 1723) English noblewoman, heiress, and author. Her second husband was William, Lord Russell, who was implicated in the Rye House Plot and later executed. A collection of the many letters she wrote to her husband and other distinguished men was published in 1773. Engraved by J. Cochran, image about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Alittle light toning which shows its old.................25-35
89. [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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90. [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
91. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician. 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 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. Offered here is a 21 page typed response to an article by Prof. Arthur Gordon Webster on "Research and Organization published in the Educational Section of The Weekly Review. This was written by Woodward. Dr. A.G. Webster and Robert Woodward were appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. When Webster died in 1923 it was aid that "Few Americans have done more than Webster to promote the higher study of physics in this country." New York Times obituary in 1923. WORCESTER, Mass., May 15. -- Dr. Arthur Gordon Webster, an internationally known physicist and a member of the Clark University Faculty for more than thirty years, committed suicide in the university laboratory today. His associates are of the opinion tonight that his act was prompted by a belief that his research work and accomplishments in physics were not appreciated by his contemporaries. All of the page handwritten corrections made on the pages were in the hand of Robert Woodward. Top of page 1 is a little tattered but the rest is very good. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. Provenance: from the personal papers of Robert Simpson Woodward. VG....................300-600................Min. Bid $150
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92. [PORTRAIT] William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. Engraved c. 1835 by E. Scriven. Image approx. 4 x 5 in. plus margins. VG...........25-35
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93. US TREASURY - group of 10 printed documents, 1823-1898. Multiple pages. VG............Min. Bid $25
94. [NEW JERSEY] Group of 10 Chancery of New Jersey legal documents, 1911-1914. Most are 2 pages or longer..............Min. Bid $15
95. [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.......Min. Bid $10
96. [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
97. [ART] Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Renowned Post-Impressionist painter, lithographer, and illustrator. Offered here is his portrait of Oscar Wilde [1895). Oscar Wilde is a superb lithograph and pochoir realized after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1927, published by Lautrec's friend and dealer Maurice Joyant for Floury, Paris. Size is about 7-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. plus margins. Signed in the plate. This is an original lithograph-pochoir. Stencil technique in visual art is also referred to as pochoir. While in London, Lautrec met and befriended Oscar Wilde. When Wilde faced imprisonment in Britain, Toulouse-Lautrec became a very vocal supporter of him, and his portrait of Oscar Wilde was painted the same year as Wilde's trial. After Toulouse-Lautrec's death, his mother, Adèle Comtesse de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, and his art dealer, Maurice Joyant, continued promoting his artwork. Fine condition............300-400
98. [ART] Isao Mizutani (1922-2005) Japanese artist. He was born in Nagoya. He was the recipient of the Shell art prize in 1958; exhibited Museum of Art, Tokyo, "History of Surrealism" 1960; Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1961; Won the Maruzen Second Pan Pacific....etc. Original tempera paint on stretched canvas, approx. 13 x 9.5". Contained in simple wood lattice frame. Signed. This was done c. 1967. VG............2500-3500...............Min. Bid $800
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99. Reverend Fred Stadtmuller, a German-born Roman Catholic priest in rural Harding County, New Mexico. Reverend Stadtmuller served an 11-church parish that stretched 4,000 square miles – most of it lacking paved roads. In order to get around his parish quickly, the good priest relied on a piper cub airplane called the Spirit of St. Joseph (an obvious parody of Charles Lindbergh’s celebrated Spirit of St. Louis). And in case you’re wondering, there were no airports in the parish – Reverend Stadtmuller’s airplane took off and landed on rough dirt fields. In 1951, a new filmmaker named Stanley Kubrick created the short documentary “Day of the Fight” about Stadtmuller, known as The Flying Padre. Offered here is a signed 3x5 card [mounted]...............25-35
100. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) American physicist, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, was born at Philadelphia. After graduating at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1825, he acted as assistant professor there for some time, and as a lieutenant in the corps of engineers he was engaged for a short time in the erection of coastal fortifications. He occupied the post of professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1828 to 1841 and again from 1842 to 1843. He spent the years 1836 to 1838 in Europe on behalf of the trustees of what, in 1848, was to become Girard College. Abroad, he examined European systems of education and, on his return, published a very valuable report. In 1843, on the death of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, he was appointed superintendent of the United States coast survey. He succeeded in impressing the United States Congress with a sense of the great value of this work and by means of the liberal aid it granted, he carried out a singularly comprehensive plan with great ability and most satisfactory results. By a skillful division of labour, and by the erection of numerous observing stations, the mapping out of the whole coast was completed. In addition, a vast mass of magnetic and meteorological data was collected. His autograph in the form of a FREE FRANK SIGNATURE [used in place of stamp on envelope]. Actual size 2-5/8 x 1-1/4 in. Mounted to another sheet; hardly any margins; condition - stained............Min. Bid $20
101. [Gen. Richard Delafield] 1880 document, New York, Receipt from Trustees of the Estate of Richard Delafield deceased, from Harriet [wife], Susan and Albert. Richard Delafield (September 1, 1798 – November 5, 1873) was a United States Army officer for 52 years. He served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy for 12 years. At the start of the American Civil War, then Colonel Delafield helped equip and send volunteers from New York to the Union Army. He also was in command of defenses around New York harbor from 1861 to April 1864. On April 22, 1864, he was promoted to Brigadier General in the Regular Army of the United States and Chief of Engineers. On March 8, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Delafield for appointment to the grade of brevet major general in the Regular Army, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on May 4, 1866, reconfirmed due to a technicality on July 14, 1866. He retired from the US Army on August 8, 1866. He later served on two commissions relating to improvements to Boston Harbor and to lighthouses. He also served as a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Approx. 7-1/4 x 3 in. Very fine..............25-35
102. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & television Producers Association. Document signed "Gene", to ALL MEMBERS, of Society of Independent Producers. Ink Signed memorandum, 1965, sent to about 33 named members of the Society of Independent Producers. Some of the names: Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Milton Ebbins, Peter Lawford, etc. Regarding SCREEN ACTORS GUILD THEATRICAL NEGOTIATIONS--NO. 6. 2 pages. 8.5 x 11. Fine.............50-75
103. [FRANCE] Louis Gaston Adrien de Ségur (1820-1881) was a French bishop and charitable pioneer. In 1881 he organized the first formal Eucharistic Congress in Lille France which was approved by Pope Leo XIII and was attended by 40,000 people. ALS, 1877, 3pp. VG..............50-75
See bio.104. [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..................Min. Bid $25
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105. [MAINE] Ivory Hovey III (1748-1818) Dr. Ivory Hovey was the great grandson of The Reverend Robert Jordan (killed by Indians in Spurwink, Cape Elizabeth, Maine 10 Aug 1703) and Sarah Winter. Dr. Hovey was a surgeon of Colonel Scamman's Battalion during the Revolutionary War and was stationed at Fort Miller, Ticonderoga. Hovey became one of the town's wealthiest citizens and a founder of Berwick Academy in Berwick, Maine. In addition to merchant ships, wharves and warehouses, the Hovey family owned gristmills at Quamphegan and Chadbourne's Falls, a fishing boat, and two gundalows for bringing their wares up-river. At the death of his second wife, Frances. in 1816, the doctor was married again, to a woman from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Folklore claims that the ghosts of Ivory's first two wives, Mary and Frances, ruthlessly haunted his third wife. Maine author Sarah Orne Jewett wrote about Ivory in the fictional short story "River Driftwood" from Country Byways. She wrote of the handsome, generous physician who lived in grand style and hinted at rumors that his first wife, Mary, was murdered and his last wife haunted by both poverty and ghosts. (New England Ancestors, Summer, 2004). Offered here is a signed document, Berwick, Jan. 30, 1802, about 7 x 3.5 in. Account settlement with Capt. Ebenezer Ricker. VG. RARE!...........400-600.................Min. Bid $50
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106. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] 1875 document concerning land and buildings in Ashland, NH, signed by Charles and Eva Wright to Charles Wright. Approx. 8-1/2 x 14 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
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107. GEORGE DAVIDSON [1825-1911] pioneer west coast scientist. Probably no name is better known in the scientific world of the Pacific Coast than that of Professor George Davidson, of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. His active and untiring efforts, extending over a long period of time in advancing the interests of science on this coast, are well known; and the work he has accomplished in the service in which he holds high rank has earned for him a name and reputation which might be envied by any man. He determined the Eastern boundary, 120th meridian, of California in 1873. Lengthy ALS, 1908, WRITTEN IN THE 3RD PERSON. "Mr George Davidson expresses his thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Woodward for their kind invitation to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences on the evening of Wednesday the twenty-second of April, and regrets his inability to be present. San Francisco Cal. March 22/08." VG...........Min. bid $25
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108. [ART] Clara Klinghoffer (1900-1970) A woman who became a famous painter overnight at the age of 19. Now universally recognized as one of the greatest English woman painters, she was a poor and utterly unknown young girl from the East End when her first exhibition took the artistic world by storm in 1919. Hailed everywhere as the girl who could draw like Raphael, her superb technique has always been compared with the Old Masters, but at the time of her first show she had never seen any of the great Old Masters pictures. While living in Holland in 1939, discovering German spies had been planted in the household staff and aware that the invasion of Holland was imminent, the family returned to London briefly before departing for the United States. Before leaving Holland, their household furniture and some of her artwork were placed in storage in a Haarlem warehouse and subsequently stolen by the Nxxxs. In 1945, following the war, Clara divided her time between her studios in London and New York. Although she had exhibited in the United States during the forties, fifties and sixties, she refused to join the abstract expressionism which had become so popular in America. Offered here is an 1957 [plate signed] original lithograph from IMPROVISATIONS. Noted artists drew 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. VG...............150-200.......Min. Bid $50
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109. [ART] Philip Francis Stephanoff, sometimes Francis Philip Stephanoff (1787/88–1860) was an English painter. Stephanoff became a popular painter of historical and domestic subjects, working both in oils and watercolours. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and British Institution from 1807 to 1845, and with the Old Watercolour Society from 1815 to 1820. ALS, 1829, 1p, 4-3/4 x 7-1/2 in................50-75
110. [MILITARY] Edward F. Witsell (1891-1969) was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General from 1946 to 1951. General Witsell was a 1911 graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina and a World War I veteran. From the personal papers of Philip J. Philbin, US congressman from Mass. TLS, 1947, 1p. to Philbin concerning "General Prisoner Alfred J. Rota. Clemency was disapproved but his application for release on parole was approved. Also included are about 22 other letters, handwritten, typed copies, a telegram, letters fro Mrs. Rota asking for help. VG lot..................50-75
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111. [FILM] Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974) American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. He was a good friend of Doris Day from the time of their meeting during the filming of Tea for Two (1950) until his death. His signed 1965 contract to play the part of Mayor Davis in the film "BILLIE" starring Patty Duke. There are 2 signed documents here. VG...........125-175
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112. [FRANCE] Medieval Document from 1366 on vellum, 1 page, approx. 8 x 6.5". Quite fresh condition. See small slip [scan 2] identifies as being from Montils...........200-300
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113. [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
Hutchinson Internment Camp was a World War II internment camp in Douglas, Isle of Man, particularly noted as "the artists' camp" due to the thriving artistic and intellectual life of its internees. Hutchinson Camp opened in the second week of July 1940. It initially had only 415 internees but by the end of July this figure had risen to 1,205 internees, almost all of whom were German and Austrian. Hutchinson Camp was renowned for its thriving artistic life, not least because of its wealth of highly significant and renowned artists. The art created within the camp ranged across a wide variety of media and genres: figurative sculptures, new objectivity painting, Graphic art, Expressionism, Dadaism, Naïve art and engraving. Klaus Hinrichsen, who occupied the position of head of the cultural department within the camp, was later to comment that the camp represented nearly all of the styles that were being suppressed within the Third Reich at the time. An art exhibition was held in a building within the camp within a month of its opening. The success of this led to a second exhibition taking place in November 1940, in which artists such as Kurt Schwitters displayed their work, often in the hope of them being sold for a relatively modest fee to other internees. After Hutchinson Camp closed as an internment camp in March 1944, it was then prepared to house prisoners of war.
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Note: here's why we included the above.........recently while looking thru the personal papers of the artist Frederick Solomon we discovered the Camp Douglas 1941 Almanac. Just out of curiosity we googled this Almanac and found that another copy like ours sold in 2018 at Christie's for close to $20,000. Our copy is in very good condition. Therefore we are not offering ours at this time BUT below are a few lots from Solomon's time at the Hutchinson Camp Douglas.
114. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. This is his self-portrait print dated 1941Douglas. Everything is printed not ink signed, about 13-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. sheet size. Printed while he was at Camp Douglas Internment. VG..........the min. acceptable bid is $200
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115. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. This is his his page from the 1940/41 Almanac that fetched nearing 20 grand at Christie's. This page was always separate [never put into the Almanac because it has no stample holes]. It is handcolored just like the one in the Almanac. Everything is printed not ink signed, about 13-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. sheet size. Printed while he was at Camp Douglas Internment. The printed signed area is dated 1940 F.S.
VG..........the min. acceptable bid is $300
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116. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. This is his self-portrait print dated 1941Douglas. Everything is printed not ink signed, about 13-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. sheet size. Printed while he was at Camp Douglas Internment. VG..........the min. acceptable bid is $200
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117. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. Group of papers related to his Cuba Property Claims, dating 1959-1967. The large pink document in Spanish is signed on the back by Solomon. Also a 1961 TLS from the British Embassy in Havana, Cuba signed by I.J.M. Sutherland; 1967 TLS from Foreign Office; 5 handwritten pages by Solomon plus 3 small note pages written by him. Also Temple B'Nai Israel page dated 1961 - Cuba re: loss and damage..............Min. Bid $25
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118. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. Typed sermon "ANGLES" delivered WRAK Williamsport, Pa.] July 27, 1956, 4pp, with many handwritten notes on it. includes a handwritten page saying ANGLES was deivered in . 1967 at Rockaway, NY. Also includes 3 typed from from ANGLES with no handwriting on it..............Min. Bid $50
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119. [JUDAICA] Seminar Papers Presented at the convention of the CENTRAL CONCERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. June 1962. Handwriting on cover is by Solomon. VG...............Min. Bid $10
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120. [CUBA JUDAICA] Solomon's typed pages about the Cuban Revolution - fall of Batista - Jews in Cuba, 4 pages. Not signed. VERY interesting. ......"My wife and I heard the planes roaring over our house and like many others we thought: there goes Batista...." Talks about the different types of Jews in Cuba then and whynthey had difficulties coming together...............Min. Bid $100
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121. [CUBA JUDAICA] Solomon's Address "REVOLUTION IN CUBA" delvered in Jacksonville, Florida 1959. Not signed. VG........Min. Bid $100
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122. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. A hand-written sermon, THE BRIDGE, delivered in 1961 & 1962, 12 pp...............Min. Bid $60
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123. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. A hand-written sermon, delivered in 1962, Far Rockaway, NY, 12pp...............Min. Bid $60
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124. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. A hand-written sermon, delivered in Havana, Cuba 1957, 1 page..............Min. Bid $25
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125. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. Signed 12pp talk he gave re: what is the purpose to study the history of art. Signed & dated 1966..........Min. Bid $50
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126. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. A 10 page hand-written sermon, MOSES" delivered in Havana, Cuba 1958. PLUS a typed copy of MOSES delivered in Far Rockaway, NY in 1962.........Min. Bid $60
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127. [JUDAICA] FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. Offered here is a large group of letters related to the purchase in 1956 of a piano in Williamport, Pa. Apparetnly Solomon wasn't making the monthly payments because he had gone to Cuba shortly after the purchase There are many signed letters sent to Solomon from the Central Conference of American Rabbis trying to get him to pay for the piano. Solomon does pay the full bill but didn't like the tone of the letters sent to him. This collection includes: TLSs signed by Rabbis Emil W. Leipzinger [6]; Sidney A. Simon [2]; Sidney L. Regner [3]; Jacob P. Rudin. This is about 15 signed letters. Also about 22 unsigned letters to & from Solomon; the original invoice for the piano; 3 handwritten pages by Solomon and 1 signed Solomon TLS.................Min. Bid 100
128. [JUDAICA] FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. Offered here is Solomon's Havana, Cuba scrapbook, 1957-1958, containing about 95 newspaper chippings plus 5 photographs. Laid in is 1858 printing, 11 pages of articles about Solomon. Some in Spanish. VG.............400-600
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129. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Patrick Jackson (1933-2001) he was a Public Relations visionary who founded behaviorally-based Exeter (now Rye), New Hampshire PR firm Jackson Jackson & Wagner in 1956, whose approach to advising clients was based on how people behave as individuals as well as within groups. Patrick Jackson was one of the 20th Century's most widely known and respected public relations practitioners. Offered here are 4 letters from Patrick Jackson to Frederick Solomon, about publishing Solomon's book 'Critique of Modern Art' to be used as a text book for art students. These letters dated Nov. 2, 1966 to April 3, 1967. Basically, Pat is giving Solomon advice about the book which is a problem. In one letter Patrick says.........."the language itself could be clarified. Though you are writing in English, it seems that you are thinking in German, which makes rapid comprehension difficult.............I was disappointed not to find in the book what you said to me on the telephone about Picasso." There is another letter from Isobel Parke of Jackson & Jackson plus 2 letter copies of letters from Frederick Soloman (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..................100-150
From Walt Kuhn Estate130. [ART] Maynard Walker (1896-1985). Walker, was the New York art dealer representating the Estate of Walt Kuhn's art work during this time. In 1933, while working at the Ferargil Gallery in New York, Mr. Walker organized an exhibition for the Kansas City Art Institute that for the first time brought together the work of the regionalist painters Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry. After Mr. Walker opened his own gallery, at 108 East 57th Street, in 1935, these artists joined him and showed regularly there. The gallery was also among the first to show the work of George Grosz, the German painter and caricaturist, who moved to the United States in 1932. Offered here are (1) Maynard Walker ALS, 1958, 2pp. To Brenda telling her to relax regarding Philadelphia. They were in talking stage with possible Walk Kuhn exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (2)List of 24 Walt Kuhn painting [1957] owed by Brenda Kuhn. The artist Walt Kuhn [her father] died in 1949. (3) Maynard Walker - 1962 ANS to Brenda saying that Fleishman has taken the Prendergast and will pay next week. Fleishman owned the Kennedy Galleries in NYC that would later represent the Walt Kuhn Estate. (4) Brenda Kuhn signed 1966 bank check. VG.........Min. Bid $50
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131.
[FLORIDA] William
Pope Duval (1784-1854) was
the first
civilian
governor of
the Florida
Territory,
succeeding
Andrew
Jackson, who
had been a
military
governor. In
his
twelve-year
governorship,
from 1822 to
1834, he
divided
Florida into
four
territories,
established
the local
court system,
and chose
Tallahassee as
the
territory's
capital
because of its
central
location.
Duval County,
where
Jacksonville
is located,
Duval Street
in Key West,
and Duval
Street in
Tallahassee
are named for
him. Duval was
born to Major
William Duval
and Ann Pope
in
"Mansfield,"
Henrico
County,
Virginia (near
present-day
Richmond). At
the age of 14,
he left home
and struck out
on his own,
settling in
Bardstown,
Kentucky. He
began to study
law and was
admitted to
the bar at age
19, in 1804.
On October 3,
1804 (then
20), he
married Nancy
Hynes,
daughter of
Colonel Andrew
Hynes, in
Bardstown.
During an
outbreak of
Indian
hostilities in
1812, Duval
was given
command of a
company of
mounted
volunteers.
This service
and his law
experience
helped to win
him election
to the 13th
Congress of
the United
States in
1812. He
served as a
representative
from the
Democratic-Republican
Party in the
new 10th
Congressional
District of
Kentucky until
1815, when he
did not seek
re-election.
He returned to
Kentucky and
continued to
practice law.
In 1821,
Florida became
a U.S.
territory.
Duval was
named U.S.
Judge for the
East Florida
district on
May 18, 1821.
On April 17,
1822,
President
James Monroe
appointed him
as the first
non-military
governor of
the territory,
succeeding
Gen. Andrew
Jackson. In
addition, Most
Worshipful
William Pope
Duval was
elected the
first Grand
Master of the
Grand Lodge of
Florida, Free
and Accepted
Masons in
1830. Offered
here is a
document
signed while
Duval was
still living
in Kentucky.
7.5 x 6.5 in.
VG................200-300
132.
[OMAR BRADLEY]
original 1949
International
News Photo.
The caption
included says
it is the
first
photograph of
the Joint
Chiefs of
Staff under
the New
National
Security
Organization.
The
photographer
was A.E.
SCOTT. 9 x 7
in.
VG.................Min.
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133. [FILM] Arnie Kronenberger (c. 1923-1997) signed 1972 Day contract for his work as "Caller" in the film THE THIEF WHO CAME TO DINNER. The daily pay was $138. Approx. 8-3/8 x 5-7/8 in. No scan showing.Fine............Min. Bid $10
134. [POSTAL HISTORY] Paul Du Chaillu (1831-1903) French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of Scandinavia. A 1895 envelope addressed in the hand of Du Chaillu but not signed by him. Approx. 5 x 4 in..........40-60
135. [POSTAL HISTORY] Henry Wilson (1812-1875) was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) and a senator from Massachusetts (1855–73). Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. Hand addressed envelope, 5-1/4 x 3 in. Torn along top edge....................50-75
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136. [THEATRE] Early National Theatre broadside, 1850, Lady of Munster - LOST TREASURE - Betsey Baker, approx. 5 x 7.5 in. Some loss of paper - see scan.......Min. Bid $10
137 . Philipp von Brunnow (1797-1875) was a Baltic German diplomat who served in the Russian Empire. Brunnow represented Russia in several conferences, and held ambassadorial positions in London (1840–1854), Frankfurt (1855), Berlin (1856), and then returned to London (1858–1874). In 1871 the tsar elevated him to the title of count and in July 1874 von Brunnow decided to retire from private life, resigning as ambassador to die Darmstadt in 1875. Offered here is a ALS, Chesham House, 1874, 2-1/2 pages, not translated. VG............100-150
138. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] BEN HELM (b. Va. 1767-1858 ) Kentucky Frontiersman. Known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." Son of Capt. Thomas Helm, pioneer settler who came to Kentucky in 1779. Thomas and 2 others built forts in 1780, which grew to become Elizaethtown; the area where Abraham Lincoln would be born. Benjamin Helm became a surveyor; state senator; clerk of Hardin Co. courts. He was a major in the War of 1812. He purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sarah (Bush) Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. Ben Helm was living in Kentucky when Daniel Boone was living there. These were times of great hardship and many pioneers lost their lives to Indian attacks. Kentucky material from the pioneer era has always been rare. Whereas 1775 does not seem especially early in New England it should be noted that Daniel Boone's son was born in that year, thus becoming the first white male born in Kentucky. Autograph Document Signed by Ben Helm, 6-1/2 x 5-1/2", Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY, 1811. A summons to the sheriff for the arrest several persons. The back side is signed by others. Very good condition..........100-150
138. [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 written to Bunn in 1872. not signed by him................Min. Bid $10
139. [POSTAL HISTORY] G.L. Newman - Archivist, De La Rue Company, London, England. TLS, 1963, 1p. To Jerry Crawford, Chief, Gropund Safety 17th Air Force, APO 12, U.S. Forces. He writes about a block of nine 10 cent blue postage stamps of Jefferson Davis. Apparently they made the printing plate for the stamps and shipped it to the United States but never heard anything back. They were never paid. Probably none were ever issued. Includes original envelope and a small reproduction of the 9 stamps. Interesting piece of postal history. VG...........Min. Bid $50
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141. [PORTRAIT] of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848) Photogravure portrait [1902] from painting in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC by G.P.A. HEALEY. Image area, is about 9.5 x 7 in. including engraved signature below plus margins. VG.........Min. Bid $25
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142. [PORTRAIT] of BENJAMIN HARRISON (1833-1901) Photogravure portrait [1902] after a photograph from life by Sarony. Image area, is about 9 x 6 in. including engraved signature below plus margins. VG.........Min. Bid $25
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143. [PORTRAIT] of JAMES BUCHANAN (1791-1868) Photogravure portrait [1902] from painting in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC by G.P.A. HEALEY. Image area, is about 9 x 6 in. including engraved signature below plus margins. VG.........Min. Bid $25
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144. [PORTRAIT] of CHESTER ARTHUR (1830-1886) Photogravure portrait [1902] after a photograph from life by Sarony. Image area, is about 9.5 x 7 in. including engraved signature below plus margins. VG.........Min. Bid $25
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145. [PORTRAIT] of MARTIN VAN BUREN (1782-1862) Photogravure portrait [1902] from a painting by H. Inman. Image area, is about 10 x 6-3/4 in. including engraved signature below plus margins. VG.........Min. Bid $25
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146. [PORTRAIT] of WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841) Photogravure portrait [1902] from a painting by E.D. Marchan. Image area, is about 9-1/2 x 6-3/4 in. including engraved signature below plus margins. VG.........Min. Bid $25
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147. [PORTRAIT] of ZACHARY TAYLOR (1784-1850) Photogravure portrait [1902] from a painting by L. Burn Forest. Image area, is about 9 x 6-3/4 in. including engraved signature below plus margins. VG.........Min. Bid $25
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148. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (1693-1768) Prime Minister twice. Engraved by William Holl the Younger (1807-1871) was a British portrait and figure engraver, noted for his book illustrations. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. VG........Min. Bid $25
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149. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset (1662-1748). Engraved by William Holl the Younger (1807-1871) was a British portrait and figure engraver, noted for his book illustrations. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. VG........Min. Bid $25
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150. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Robert, First Lord Clive (1725-1774). Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India Company (EIC) rule in Bengal. Engraved by William Henry Mote (1803–1871) was a 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. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. The engraving says W.T. MOTE, which is misspelled - should say W.H. Mote. VG........Min. Bid $25
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151. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Richard Boyle (1694-1753). was a British architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". Engraved by William Henry Mote (1803–1871) was a 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. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. The engraving says W.T. MOTE, which is misspelled - should say W.H. Mote. VG........Min. Bid $25
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152. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Charles Watson Wentworth (1730-1782) most notable for his two terms as prime minister of Great Britain. Engraved by William Henry Mote (1803–1871) was a 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. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. The engraving says W.T. MOTE, which is misspelled - should say W.H. Mote. VG........Min. Bid $25
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153. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, PC (1705-1774) was an English peer and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War from 1746 to 1755. Engraved by Henry Robinson. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. Foxing top right corner o/w VG........Min. Bid $25
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154. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, KG (1665–1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier. Engraved by Henry Robinson. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. Light foxing o/w VG.
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155. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, KG, GMB, PC, FRS (1690 – 1749), styled Viscount Monthermer until 1705 and Marquess of Monthermer between 1705 and 1709, was a British peer. Engraved by William Finden (1787 –1852) English engraver. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. VG.
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156. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678 – 1751) English politician, government official and political philosopher. Engraved by William Thomas Fry (1789–1843) was a British engraver. He occasionally exhibited his engravings at the Suffolk Street exhibition. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. VG.
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157. [AMERICAN NAVAL] Commander John Mitchell Hawley - a native of Northampton, Mass., a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the town. He made his home here until he was appointed to the Naval Academy, from which he was graduated in 1868. In 1869 he was made an ensign, in 1870 a master, and in 1874 a lieutenant, and from the time of his graduation until 1887 he rendered valuable service in several coast survey expeditions and in the hydrographic office. From 1887 to 1890 he was executive officer of the Nipsic, one of the United States fleet sent to Apia, Samoan islands, during the uprisings in 1889. The American, British and German fleets in the bay were overwhelmed by a fearful hurricane which swept the islands in March, 1889, and the Nipsic was one of the two or three vessels that escaped total destruction. Commander Hawley received a vote of thanks from the Legislature of Massachusetts for rare courage and ability displayed during the hurricane, and was commended to the Navy Department by Rear Admiral Kimberley, '"for zeal and energy in getting the Nipsic afloat after -she was beached. He had entire charge of this work, and to his efforts, in a large measure, is due the fact that the Nipsic is now afloat without more serious injury." In 1894 he was promoted to be lieutenant-commander and in 1896 was ordered to duty as assistant to the chief of the Bureau of Navigation, having charge of enlisted men. During the Spanish-American war, he was engaged in recruiting men from the west for the navy, having charge of three parties who secured nearly two thousand men for the service. He was promoted to commander March 3, 1899, and in May was ordered to the command of the Hartford, Admiral Farragut's old flagship, which is to be used as a practice-ship. Offered is is a 1p. typed letter, undated but c. 1889, from John M. Hawley [signed only in type], sent to Lieut. Henry W. Lyons offering his testimony if desired. The dockets in pencil are in Lyon's hand. VG............100-150
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158. [NAVAL] N.H. Farquhar (Rear Admiral Norman Von H. Farquhar, USN, (1840-1907). Letter Signed, marked "Copy", USS Trenton, Apia, Samoa, April 22, 1889, 2 pages, 7-3/4 x 10". The original was sent to the Secretary of the Navy, Washington DC [Benjamin F. Tracy]. This "copy" letter was sent to Henry Lyon, who became commander of the Nipsic. Dated about a month after this famous naval incident (The Samoan Crisis ). This letter is of high praise for Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, saving the Nipsic "...to his excellent service during the Hurricane of March 16th and 17th, 1889, and since then in saving valuable property from the wreck. During the gale, he intelligently carried out my orders; personally supervising the many plans to keep out water, getting lines to the Vaudalia to prevent the total destruction of the Trenton and many other duties besides..." Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar (1840-1907) was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, attended the U.S. Naval Academy during 1854-59. After graduation, he served with the Africa Squadron until September 1861. Lieutenant Farquhar spent most of the Civil War off the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the West Indies, serving in the gunboats Mystic, Sonoma and Mahaska and the cruisers Rhode Island and Santiago de Cuba. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in mid-1865, a few months after the fighting ended, and was on duty at the U.S. Naval Academy from then until September 1868. For the rest of the 1860s and into the next decade, Farquhar served in the warship Swatara, was Executive Officer of USS Severn and USS Powhatan and Commanding Officer of USS Kansas. He also had two tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty and as Executive Officer. Advanced in rank to Commander in December 1872, Farquhar spent nearly five years at the Naval Academy. He commanded the training ship Portsmouth in 1877-78, and the steam sloops Quinnebaug and Wyoming in European waters in 1878-1881. Five more years of Naval Academy duty were followed by torpedo instruction at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1886. From May 1887 until her loss in the March 1889 Samoan hurricane, Captain Farquhar commanded the steam frigate Trenton. He then served on several of the Navy's boards and, in March 1890 became the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. During 1894-97, he was Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Commanding Officer of the cruiser Newark, and President of the Naval Examining Board. While holding the ranks of Commodore and Rear Admiral, Farquhar was Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1897-99, commanded the North Atlantic Station during 1899-1901 and was Chairman of the Lighthouse Board in 1901-02. He retired from active duty in April 1902, upon reaching the statutory service age limit of 62. Rear Admiral Farquhar died at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 3 July 1907. The letter is in very fine condition. Provenance: Estate of Admiral Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife, Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907. Picture of Farquhar is not included here..........250-350
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159. [MILITARY] 2 printed government documents, 1846 [mineral regions of Lake Superior] and 1856 - a memorial.........Min. Bid $10
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160. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] David MAY [d. 1798] Court Clerk in Elizabethtown. He held this position from 1795 until his death. E-town was laid out in 1793 but not organized with trustees until 1797. AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, Hardin Co., The Commonwealth of Kentucky, 23 June 1795, 1p, 7 x 8 in. Certainly an early piece of Elizabethtown history. VG...........Min. Bid $50
161. [ART) Frederick Soloman (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 about 80 pieces from his personal papers basically related to art [not religion]. One is dated 1928 and the rest c. 1954-1977............Min. Bid $75
162. [JUDAICA) Frederick Soloman (1899-1980), Rabbi and artist, 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 about 70 pieces from his personal papers basically related to Judaica. Dated c. 1953-1976............Min. Bid $75
163. 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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164. (RELIGIOUS FREEDOM) McLaurin F. Cooke - signed 3 page letter + address leaf, dated Dartmouth College, July 9, 1867, wriiten to his sister, MIss Mary C. Cooke at Great falls, Somersworth, NH. He is asking his sister to attend the commencement at Dartmouth; tells her of his activities. Interesting content. The main significance of this relates to about 12 years later [1859]. The Eliot School, Boston, in March, 1859, exhibited cruelty and intolerance such as had been rebuked by the State Superintendent in New York. Thomas J. Whall, a Catholic pupil, was ordered to repeat the Ten Commandments in the Protestant form; he declined, as his father had forbidden him to do so. The teacher sent for McLaurin F. Cooke, the second master, who flogged the boy on both hands for thirty minutes, declaring that he would whip him till he consented, for he had nothing else to do the whole forenoon. The inhuman teacher was tried for assault and battery, and the case was argued at considerable length, but Judge Maine held that the teacher had a right to inflict the punishment, and that it was not excessive or malicious.' One hundred Catholic children were expelled for refusing to submit to the intolerant system, and the monstrous decision of the judge sustaining the cruelty showed Catholics that no recognition of their religious rights could be expected from the State schools, which made open war on their religion, and that they must establish schools of their own. On the 21st of March, Bishop Fitzpatrick addressed a letter to the President and members of the School Committee, in which he stated in clear and convincing language the reasons why Catholics resisted the enforced use of the Protestant version of the Bible, the enforced learning and reciting of the Ten Commandments in their Protestant form, and the enforced union in chanting the Lord's Prayer and other religious chants. This masterly document, while it embarrassed the Board, turned the tide of public opinion, and, a few months later, there were elected as members of the School Committee, a Catholic priest and several Catholic laymen. One small hole on page 3 affects a couple of words [caused by the seal]. The letter is in excellent condition. Very uncommon.....400-600......Min. Bid $100
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165. Payson Williston (1764-1856) First Minister at Easthampton, Mass. Payson was born in West Haven CT. and was the son of Rev. Noah Williston and Hannah Payson. He entered the ministery under the teachings of Dr. Trumball of New Haven CT. and attend Yale College from 1779 through 1783. Before he entered college he spent a short spell in a Militia fighting in the Revolutionary war. Payson was licensed to preach at twenty one years of age, but did not settle into his final role of Pastor of Easthampton until he was twenty six. He became the first Pastor of Easthampton on Aug 13 , 1789, when he was ordained with his father present. He spent forty years as Pastor of Easthampton. In 1790 he married Sarah Birdseye, daughter of Rev. Nathan Birdseye of Stratford CT. Together they had five children; Maria, John Payson, Samuel, Nathan Birdseye and Sarah. In 1805 he traveled to the settlements in New York to teach his ministries and in 1833 at the age of seventy requested to be relieved of his duties as Pastor of Easthampton, which he was granted. Payson past on at the age of ninety two, on January 30th, 1856. Payson Williston, was the minister in Easthampton’s only church. Payson was a stern, old-fashioned New England preacher, with strong Calvinist leanings. Offered here is a 1846, 3pp, folded stampless letter from Payson Williston to his son Nathan B. Williston at Brattleboro, Vermont. Newsy letter about family - internesting to note about how Pneumonia was treated in one instance. Three pages plus postmarked address leaf. Postmarked Easthampton, Mass. VG...........300-500......Min. Bid $90
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166. [JUDAICA] 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
167. [FILM] Charles Lane (1905-2007) was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 76 years. A prolific actor, with literally hundreds of roles in both film and TV, Lane often played sour, scowling and disagreeable clerks, doctors, judges, and middle-management authority figures. Offered here is his contract for his role in the film BILLIE as Coach Jones, 1965. Lane didn't sign this but it is signed by Milton 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."............50-75
168. William McKinley- Leslie's Weekly, approx. 16.5 x 22.5 in. Middle foldline. VG..........Min. Bid $25
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169. Major Reginald Owens (1884-1928) British Army officer who married Ruth Baird Bryan in 1910. She was elected to two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the first woman appointed as a United States ambassador. She was a Democrat, who in 1929 was elected from Florida's 4th district as Florida's first female U.S. Representative. In 1933, she became the first woman to be appointed as a U.S. ambassador, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt selected her as Ambassador to Denmark and Iceland. Offered here is a 1929 bank check signed by Douglas Volk to Maj. Reginald Owen who has endorsed on the verso. Volk, of course, was a well-known American artist. VG...............50-75
170. [NEW ORLEANS] Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer from Rhode Island. He was educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington, New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest in mathematics. In 1819 he returned to Rhode Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling the company's prodent winters in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. The activity that Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841. After he learned that a free African-American man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. Document signed, New Orleans, 1841, signed on both sides, approx. 8.5 x 3 in. Also signed by John Tadlock (1792-1845). VG............35-45
171. [World War 2] 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. Offered here are 2 signed items. [1] Dec. 7, 1944 typed page titled TIME ZONES. [2] His signed April 1, 1941 NATIONAL REGISTRATION card. Both VG.............100-150
172. [EPHEMERA] group of 4 Limerick National Bank [Maine] checks, 1924-26..............Min. Bid $1.00
173. [MIXED LOT] includes: [1] Jack Williams (1909-1998) Gov. Arizona. TLS, 1967. [2] Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876) Ct. congressman. Signature. [3] Charles A. Eidredge (1820-1896) congressman from Wisc. [4] Charles Force Deems (1820-1893) American Methodist minister. He was the pastor of the non-denominational Church of the Strangers in New York City from 1868 to 1893. ALS, 1876, 1p. [5] Capt. H.P. Luna - American Airlines signed card. [6] Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the noted American artist Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. [7] Roger Mudd (1928-2021) American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News. Signed 1967 FDC honoring VOICE OF AMERICA. Slight foxing. [8] Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine. Signed 1922 bank check. [9] 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. [10] Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Offered here is a 1949 Western Union telegram sent by Philbin re: Employees Compensation Federal Agency. [11] Robert A. Lovett (1895-1986) was the fourth United States Secretary of Defense, having been promoted to this position from Deputy Secretary of Defense. He served in the cabinet of President Harry S. Truman from 1951 to 1953 and in this capacity, directed the Korean War. As Under Secretary of State, he handled most of the tasks of the State Department while George C. Marshall was Secretary. Signed Sec. Defense card, signed in 1952. [12] H. B. Marriott Watson [1863-1921] Australian-born British novelist, journalist, playwright, and short-story writer. CLIP SIGNATURE. [13] Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, PC (1829-1912), British Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895, when he was raised to the peerage. [14] Harold Everett Hughes (1922-1996) was the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and a United States senator from Iowa from 1969 until 1975. He began his political career as a Republican but changed his affiliation to the Democratic Party in 1962. Signed 3x5 card [sig. on lined side]. [15] George Peter Wilbur (1941-2023) American actor and professional stuntman. He worked as a wrangler on a ranch in Tucson, Arizona, where he worked as an extra in the 1966 film El Dorado and was recruited as a stand-in performer for John Wayne. His career as a stuntman lasted for 40 years and involved over 100 television and film projects. He was a member of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.Warner Bros. 1984 pay check not signed by him. [16] Ken Wild [bass player] - unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck. [17] Bill McEuen (1941-2020) was a film producer and record producer famous for working with Steve Martin and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Warner Bros. paycheck, not signed, paid $9,999.98. [18] 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 1896 bank check signed by him.................Min. Bid $90
174. [MILITARY] William Badger (1826-1897) was born in Gilmanton, NH, son of William Badger who was the governor of New Hampshirte. He mustered in Company D, of the Fourth Infantry Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers on Sept. 18, 1861 as a captain. He was dismissed from service, but later exonerated and commissioned as a colonel of the regiment. However, there not being enough men he could not be mustered in. He later served in the regular army as a captain in the 10th Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia, and then with the 6th United States Infantry.Often stationed in Indian territory, he was later brevetted a captain for "gallant and meritorious services during the war."His enlistment with state the state militia ended on April 20, 1866. That same year he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 6th U.S. Infantry. He became a quartermaster with the 6th, and eventually was located at Ft. Buford and Ft. Lincoln, Dakota Territory,during the height of the Indian Wars. He was Quartermaster at Ft. Lincoln when Custer's 7th Cavalry was stationed there, and personally associated with Gen. Custer. 1877 document where Badger sends $924. Not signed by Badger. About 81/2 x 5 in. VG...........75-100
175. [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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176. [ART] FREDERICK SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist. 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. An early charcoal drawing unsigned circa 1930, approx. 14-1/2 x 11-3/4 in...............600-800
177. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist. 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. An early charcoal drawing signed FS and dated 1927, approx. 12 x 16 in.................600-800
178. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original charcoal drawing, unsigned, approx. 17 x 12 in. paper size. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. VG.............600-800
179. [ART] Richard Cotton Carline (1896-1980) British artist, arts administrator and writer. During the First World War, Carline served on the Western Front and in the Middle East, where he travelled extensively through Palestine, Syria, India and modern day Iran and Iraq. Although known for his depictions of aerial combat painted during World War One, from the mid-1930s, his output as an artist was overshadowed by his numerous roles in local, national and international artists' organisations. Carline held strong anti-fascist beliefs and also worked to gain appreciation for African art, naive art, child artists and even promote the artistic merits of postcard images. An ALS, 1975, written on an art greeting card. Sent to the artist Frederick Solomon (1899-1980). Dr. Frederick K. “Fritz” Solomon (originally Solomonski) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899. In 1938, when the synagogue he was serving at was torched by Nazis and he was subsequently summoned by the Gestapo, he fled Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. While still in Europe, Solomon had studied art under the German-Jewish artists Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg and Eugene Spiro, and German expressionist Willy Jaeckel. In England, he continued his artistic career, exhibiting his religious and expressionistic work at various galleries throughout the country, including the Royal Academy and the Kensington Art Gallery in London, where he had a one-man show. His work is in the permanent collections of the Courtauld Institute, the Bazalel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Ben Uri Art Gallery St. John’s Wood, London (now incorporating the London Jewish Museum of Art). Fine..................100-150
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180. [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 $300
181. [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
182 . [ART] André Berne-Joffroy (1915-2007) Former Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Iimportant art critic in France. He was responsible for many of the important Paris exhibitions of modern art during the 1950-1980 era. He is also credited with the rediscovery of the Italian artist Michelangelo Caravaggio [1571-1610], who had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting. Infamous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism, was profound. It can be seen directly or indirectly in the work of Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and Rembrandt , and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as Tenebrists or "Tenebrosi" ("shadowists"). Andre Berne-Joffroy, said of him: "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting." Offered here is a 7 page typed manuscript, with numerous manuscripts notations, written by Berne-Joffroy, signed Andre. This is about the artist Paul Klee. Written in French. Very rare! There are also a couple of pages of notes in his hand. Excellent condition...........200-300
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183. [FILM] Peter Lawford Buys Garage Doors - 1966. Lawford Buys Garage Door in 1966 from Electronic Door Service. Gives Lawford’s address. Not signed by Lawford. For The Rat Pack collector. One-of-a-kind item..............50-75
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184. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1] FERNAND VANDEREM [b. 1864] Fr. literary man. He was a novelist & reporter. ALS, 1906, 1p. [2] Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David (1755-1839) French archaeologist and writer on art. ALS, Paris, 1819, written on both sides. Edge-tipped to another sheet. [3 ] BEATRICE BRETTY - famous French actress. ALS, [1932], 1p., to the actress TaniaFedor. [4] Pierre] ARTHUR PONROY [b. 1816] Fr. dramatist, poet, historian. Lengthy 4pp. ALS. Interesting content about literature. [5] HENRI TISOT - Fr. actor. ALS, Paris, 1959, on both sides. To Director of La Comédie-Française asking to forgive him for missing a show. In the comedy movie The Fuhrer runs amok by Philippe Clair, Henri Tisot stars stars socceras Hitler who challenges other European countries in matches. VG. [6] GEORGES DOUAY - Parisian man-about-town, theatre fan, and composer of songs and operettas. ALS, 1893, 1p. [7] César Campinchi (1882-1941) French statesman in the beginning of the 20th century. Campinchi was president of the Association générale des étudiants de Paris student organisation, a member of the Radical Socialist Party and deputy for Corsica from 1932 to 1940. He carried out the functions of the Keeper of the seals and presented the Campinchi proposal concerning the protection of minors in 1937. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7 in. Speaks about politics and Bernstein. Fine. [8] Nicolas Levasseur (1791-1871) French bass, particularly associated with Rossini roles. Levasseur was considered without rivals in his time, possessing a voice of remarkable beauty and grandeur. ALS, 1854, 1p., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG.........Min. Bid $90
185. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & television Producers Association. Document signed "Gene", to ALL MEMBERS, of Society of Independent Producers. Ink Signed memorandum, 1965, sent to about 33 named members of the Society of Independent Producers. Some of the names: Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Milton Ebbins, Peter Lawford, etc. Regarding FILM EDITORS, IATSE Local #776. 1p. 8.5 x 11. Fine............25-35
186. [JUDAICA] Hebraica and Judaica - Swann Galleries auction catalog 1453, Dec. 9, 1987, 403 lots, many illus. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2 in. VG................Min. Bid $10
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187. [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
188. [ART] Alfred L. Seligman (1864-1912) American sculptor. Group of 7 bank checks from [signed] Douglas Volk to Seligman, endorsed on the verso by Seligman. 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. Douglas painted at least nine posthumous portraits of Lincoln, basing them on the plaster life-mask that his father had made in 1860. One of them hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom at The White House. Another appeared on a U.S. postage stamp issued in the 1950s, and is now at the National Gallery of Art. VG.............Min. Bid $70
189. 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
190. [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
191. [FILM] Jack Nicholson - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 8 x 10 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
192. [FILM] Jack Nicholson - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 8 x 10 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
193. [FILM] original c. 1949 movie still photo from the film THE HASTY HEART starring Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal. 10 x 8 in. Unsigned. VG................Min. Bid $8
194. [FILM] vintage 1960 movie still photograph from the film ON THE WATERFRONT, showing Lee J. Cobb. Marlon Brando is not pictured in this scene. 10x8 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10
195. [FILM] Marlon Brando - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 10 x 8 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
196. [U.S. SENATORS] typed letters signed by: Thomas Dodd [19600; Jos. S. Clark [1960]; J. Allen Frear Jr. [1960]; Frank Church [1960]; Henry Dworshak [1961]; Lister Hill [1960]; Alan Bible [1960]; Peter H. Dominick [1969]; Ernest F. Hollings [1972]; Zell Miller [1985]; John Sparkman [1961]; Albert Gore Sr.[1961]; Carl Hayden [1960]. Some of these have some mounting traces on verso; some are clean; one has some stains..............Min. Bid 70
197. [OPERA] Emma Howson (1844-1928) Australian opera singer and actress primarily known as the creator of the principal soprano role of Josephine in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore. Signed 4-1/4 x 3-1/4 card. VG.........25-35
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198. 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
199. [CHAS. M. CONRAD] Conrad was Secretary of War under Fillmore. This lot includes two ALS's written by Anne H. Lloyd. As one of the letters is addressed to Hon. Charles M. Conrad in Washington and is written to "My precious Jean', and signed "Your loving mother", it appears that the writer was Conrad's mother-in-law. One letter,1p dated Sep. 5th 1852 to "My precious children" begins "I have news for you that will gladden our hearts and I trust fill you with thankfulness. Our beloved Nelson is with us. We are all happy and I trust thankful that after peril by land and by water he is brought to us safely in health. He was shipwrecked twice on his journey home and lost everything but the clothes on his back." The second letter is 3 full pages plus an integral address leaf. It is dated Nov. 24th 1857. It is written to "My precious Jean". It primarily consists of interesting family news. In part, "I knew you would feel a great deal as to the intelligence my last letter conveyed. I must reply to parts of yours. When our Heavenly Father afflicts us, we should ever remember that there is mercy in his judgments. Altho we see it not it is far more comfortable to feel that he does not willingly afflict his children and to say at all times "Tho he slay me yet will I trust him." More religious content follows.............40-60
200 [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original photograph taken in 1910 of Laura Jean Libbey (1862-1924) the American writer. Over fifteen million copies of her books were published. This vintage photograph was taken by Luther S. White [NYC] in 1910. Paper size 9.5 x 6.5 in. VG.................75-100
201. [FILM] John Rhys-Davies (b. 1944) English-born Welsh actor and vocal actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arabian excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Clipped Signature. Mounted......20-30
202. From the private collection of HENRI CORBIERE, the noted French art critic. The following are original drawing was sent to Corbiere. STEFAN WALLMARK (born 1912) signed pencil drawing dated 1972, 12 x 8.5 in..........50-75
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203. [ART] JACQUES-JOSEPH TISSOT [1836-1902] IMPORTANT French painter, engraver, and enameler. OFFERED HERE: an extraordinary book in very fine leather binding containing 20 original etchings by Tissot. Those familiar with Tissot's etchings know that they are quite valuable and also that most were not pencil signed. DESCRIPTION: Book title - "RENEE MAUPERIN", 1884, Edition Ornee, #21/50. Contains 10 images [duplicate set included] = 20 etchings. Of these etchings, 8 are signed in pencil, 10 signed with his red monogram, and 2 unsigned...............15,000 - 20,000
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204. [BOOK] Sarah Orne Jewett [1849-1909]. American writer, b. South Berwick, Me. Author of sketches and tales of New England important in the "local color"school, including Deephaven (1877), A Country Doctor (1884), A Marsh Island (1885), A White Heron (1886), Tales of New England (1890), The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), etc. Her book A Native of Winby and Other Tales. Sarah Orne Jewett. Boston and New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 1893. First Edition. Sarah Wyman Whitman binding. Nice tight copy. No dust jacket. Minor color loss on spine. 7.25 x 5 in.................150-200
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205. [BOOK] Rud, Anthony [Melville]. His book THE STUFFED MEN, Published by The Macaulay Company, New York, (1935). Octavo, pp. [3-10] 11-250 [251-258: blank] [note: last four leaves are blanks; text complete despite gap in pagination], red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Weird mystery thriller of the 'Yellow Peril' ilk; the Tao Tong kills inconvenient parties with zoospores of the banner fungus, which breed in the bloodstream and leave them 'solid with this yellow growth! Rud is also noted for his early WEIRD TALES story 'Ooze' (1923), and another mystery, HOUSE OF THE DAMNED (1934), inducted by Bill Pronzini into 'The Alternate Hall of Fame' in SON OF GUN IN CHEEK. His thrillers are entertainingly awful, filled with character grotesques and absurd situations. A very good copy in very good plus pictorial dust jacket with some wear at edges, mainly spine ends, and mild dust soiling to rear panel. There are only 3 copies of this title offerednfor 3 on ABE books now. Signed inside in pencil by the former owner Isabel Thorndike Phelps (1905-2000). She signs the date 1938. One for $160 no dust jacket; another for $250 and one for $500. Our Min. Bid $125.
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206. [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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207. [THEATRE-MUSIC] Sofia Scalchi (1850-1922) was an 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. Scalchi helped to make history when she sang in the newly constructed New York City Metropolitan Opera's first ever staged work, Charles Gounod's Faust, which inaugurated the theatre on October 22, 1883. She returned to Mapleson's troupe a year later but went back to the Metropolitan in 1891, where she would spend five further seasons. Offered here is a signed card dated 1882, about 3.5 x 2 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $15
208. 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
209. [ART] Olivier Debré (1920–1999) French abstract painter. It was following a visit to Pablo Picasso’s studio in 1941 that Olivier Debré, an honoured artist and member of the French Academy, moved from figurative painting to abstraction, and the influence of André Lanskoy that awakened his marked fondness for colour. The painter's work has also been the subject of a fantastic contemporary ballet: Signes directed by the choreographer Carolyn Carlson. A unique performance that associates painting, music and dance, presented at the Bastille Opera in Paris in 1997 and performed again in July 2013. Olivier Debré's works are collected all over the world, in the major international museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée d'Histoire et d'Art de Luxembourg, The Phillips Collection in Washington, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, as well as in private collections and famous foundations such as the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art in Geneva. Offered here is a 1963 exhibition catalog, SIGNED & inscribed. Approx. 8-1/4 x 10-1/2 in, softcover. There was 34 works in the show; 8 full page illustrations. VG................75-100
The following lot is from the papers of Robert Simpson Woodward (1849- 924) was an American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. 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.
210. [WOODWARD ESTATE] William Eleroy Curtis (1850-1911) Famous newspaper journalist and author. "His adventures as a correspondent included being held as prisoner by the James and Younger brothers,..." / "In 1874 he accompanied Custer in his campaign against the Sioux Indians,..." (His entry in Volume III of "The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans" - Editor-in-Chief, Rossiter Johnson - c 1904). Offered here is a 4.5 x 3.5 in. correspondence card likely written by Mrs. Curtis to the Woodwards accepting the invitation to the National Academy of Science. Fine...........50-75
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211. [BRITISH] Pascoe Grenfell (1761-1838) was a British businessman and politician. Signed 1824 address panel, mounted................25-35
212. Leon Uris (1924-2003) American author of historical fiction who wrote many bestselling books including Exodus (published in 1958) and Trinity (published in 1976). Signed photo, 8x10 in. VG..........80-120
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213. [FRANCE] Letter identified as written by J.M. Perisse, Ampere's brother-in-law. Not dated and doesn't appear to be signed. André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836) French physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one of the main founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics". The SI unit of measurement of electric current, the ampere, is named after him. Written in Frencn, not translated. Approx. 8 x 11". VG.............75-100
214. [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
215. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) American comedienne, actress. SIGNED STAR TREK BOOKPLATE. VG...........20-30
216. [INDIANS] William E. Connelley (1855-1930) Kansas pioneer; friend of Indians; author of the 1st Wyandot vocabulary langage. About 28 lines in his handwriting from a manuscript. 2pp. VG..............75-100
217. Hawaii -- Politics and government. Relations with Hawaii. Speech of Hon. Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, in the Senate of the United States, Wednesday and Thursday, January 10 and 11, 1894. Davis, Cushman Kellogg, 1838-1900. Washington: , 1894. Softcover, 48pp. Good condition............Min. Bid $20
218. [PORTRAIT] antique engraved portrait of Hon. W.E. GLADSTONE, paper size about 12 x 9 in. VG............Min. Bid $25
219. [PORTRAIT] antique engraved portrait of Michelangelo (1475-1564) Italian sculptor, painter, paper size about 12 x 9 in. VG............Min. Bid $25
The Battle of Resaca
220. (CIVIL WAR) handwritten telegraph written [signed] by Capt. C.B. Carling to Lt. Col. A.J. MacKay, dated Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 1865, 1p. Received May 16, 1865. Talks about sending train to get supplies & clothing. Andrew Jackson Mackay was born on August 7th, 1827 in Caledonia, New York. Mackay settled in Texas before the Civil War but returned east after enlisting as a captain in the Union Army. He quickly moved up the ranks and was appointed the Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Cumberland. As the Chief Quartermaster, Mackay's primary duty was to provide supplies to the cavalry soldiers in the region. Mackay returned to his birthplace, New York, after his service in the Civil War. Mackay died on January 18th, 1901. Interesting because this was written in Resaca, Georgia where the Battle of Resaca took place. The Battle of Resaca, from May 13 to 15, 1864, formed part of the Atlanta Campaign during the American Civil War, when a Union force under William Tecumseh Sherman engaged the Confederate Army of Tennessee led by Joseph E. Johnston. The battle was fought in Gordon and Whitfield Counties, Georgia, and is generally viewed as inconclusive.............50-75
221. [ART - FRANCE] Pierre Filloeul (1696; died Paris after 1754) French printmaker. He was the son of the engraver Gilbert Filloeul (1644-1714). He was his father's pupil (and not, as is sometimes claimed, that of Jacques-Philippe Lebas). His oeuvre extends from 1731 to 1754 and numbers c. 150 prints. Original etching, Portrait of Louis Duc D'Orleans, image approx. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus margin. This is an 18th century impression. VG. Mounting trace top edge on verso............100-150
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222. [PORTRAIT] original antique portrait of Dr. Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823) English inventor. He became a clergyman of the Church of England. Cartwright began his career as a clergyman, becoming, in 1779, rector of Goadby Marwood, Leicestershire. In 1783, he was elected a prebendary at Lincoln Cathedral. During his time as a clergyman he published the poem Armine and Elvira in 1770, which was followed by The Prince of Peace in 1779. Although he became better-known as an inventor he was awarded the degree of DD in 1806. He was the inventor of the first wool-combing machine and of the predecessor of the modern power loom. His other inventions included a cordelier (machine for making rope; 1792) and a steam engine that used alcohol instead of water. This print (stipple engraving) Dr Cartwright, engraved by J. Thomson, published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street, London, c. 1833. Dr. Cartwright, From a Picture in the posession of Miss Cartwright, Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The image area is approx. 4-1/4 x 3-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG...............Min. Bid $20
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223. [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 Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Count Carnot (1753-1823) French mathematician, physicist and politician. He was known as the "Organizer of Victory" in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. The image area is approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. VG...............25-35
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224. [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........Min. Bid $10
225. [SEC. TREASURY] Thos. Corwin, Sec. of the Treasury and Daniel Webster - printed government document, 1852, 137 pp. Approx. 5.5 x 8.5. VG.............40-60
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Very Special Mickey Spillane Item
226. [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
227. [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
229. Jack (John Ludlow) Gould (1914-1993) American journalist and critic, who wrote commentary about television. He started as a copy boy at the New York Herald Tribune in 1932. In 1937 he moved to The New York Times, writing for the drama department and in the 1940s writing also about radio. In 1944 he became the newspaper's radio critic, and in 1948 the chief television reporter and critic. At one point he had eight people working under him. In the early 1960s he was a CBS executive for a short time but returned to the Times. Gould's columns and reviews (along with those of rival John Crosby of the Herald Tribune) were widely read by decision makers in the fledgling medium of television, and Gould had many professional and personal relationships with prominent industry figures such as Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly. He did not hold back harsh criticism, even when The New York Times itself produced its own public affairs program in 1963; he was aware of the potential power of television as a force for social good. His colleagues dubbed him "the conscience of the industry", to his own embarrassment. Offered here is a TLS, NY Times, Dec. 19, 1967, 1p, approx. 8.5 x 7 in. To Orville S. Poland of Blue Hill, Maine. Interesting content people's opinions. VG............50-75
228. [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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230. Francis Elias Spinner (1802-1890) American politician from New York. He served as Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875, and was the first administrator in the federal government to employ women for clerical jobs. He served under Presidents Lincoln, Johnson and US Grant. He served from March 16, 1861 – July 30, 1875. Offered here is a lengthy 8 page ALS written to Spinner from John C. Hopper, Secretary, Office of the National Revenue Reform Association. Dated Sept. 20, 1875. Spinner has docketed and dated on the verso of last page. VG...................100-200
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231. Portrait of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB (1726-1814), of Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Offered here is an antique engraved portrait, page size about 11 x 7 in. Engraved by H. Roninson, circa 1863. Some light foxing spots but VG...............25-35
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