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1. [PORTRAIT] Sir William Jones FRS FRAS FRSE (1746-1794) was a British philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indo-Aryan languages, which later came to be known as the Indo-European languages. Jones is also credited for establishing the Asiatic Society of Bengal in the year 1784. Offered here is an original portrait of Jones engraved by J.Cochran. This engraving dates back to 1863. The engraved area is about 8 x 6 in. very light foxing which is expected and adds a little charm..................50-75
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2. Mary F. Henderson (1842-1931) American author, real estate developer, and social activist from New York who was known as "The Empress of Sixteenth Street". Henderson was a notable supporter of women's suffrage, temperance and vegetarianism. She was born in Seneca Falls, New York, the daughter of Eunice Newton, a scientist and women's rights campaigner who described the Greenhouse Gas effect in 1856 and also held several patents. Eunice was also a signatory of the "Declaration of Sentiments" at the first Women's Rights Convention and a member of the Editorial Committee in 1848. Elisha moved his family to Washington, D.C. during the Civil War while he served as Commissioner of the US Patent Office. In June 1868, she married John B. Henderson, Senator from Missouri (1862–1869) who introduced the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution that abolished slavery and one of seven Republicans who voted against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in May 1868. That unpopular decision ended his career as senator. In 1889, after accumulating a fortune, the Hendersons moved back to Washington D.C., where they built a castle-like mansion on Sixteenth Street called "Boundary Castle" or "Henderson's Castle." The Hendersons bought up dozens of lots outside the northern boundary of the city in the area known as Meridian Hill. Mary Henderson's interest in the immediate neighborhood, which coincided with the City Beautiful Movement of the early 20th century, ultimately led to the construction of the Meridian Hill Malcolm X Park and eviction of the community of working-class African Americans who resided in the area. Mary Henderson bought blocks of real estate and had elaborate residences constructed that she sold as embassies. The architect, George Oakley Totten, Jr., designed nearly a dozen buildings on 15th and 16th Streets in the Meridian Hill area to enhance the area for diplomatic uses. She frequently lobbied Congress for various projects to improve and beautify the Meridian Hill area. She supported two successive plans, by architect Paul J. Pelz in 1898 by Franklin W. Smith in 1900, to construct a colossal presidential mansion on Meridian Hill to replace the White House. In addition to these plans, she also had a home constructed on 16th Street and offered it to the government as use as the Vice President's mansion. She also lobbied for the Lincoln Memorial to be built on the site of Meridian Hill Park. In 1925, Henderson also donated land to the District of Columbia for the construction of the Mount Pleasant Library at 3160 Sixteenth Street. Henderson's most well known crusade was to change the name of 16th Street to "Avenue of the Presidents," and to line the street with busts of all the Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States. While she actually succeeded in having legislation passed to change the name of the street in 1913, the Commission of Fine Arts denied her request to construct the busts. One year later, because the name "Avenue of the Presidents" proved to be unpopular, the original 16th Street name was restored. Following her death at Bar Harbor, Maine in 1931, the Commission of Fine Arts praised her efforts and her vision of Meridian Hill. A report by the Commission stated:
Persistently she labored during four decades, persuading and convincing Senators and Representatives; single-handed and alone she appeared before committees of Congress to urge approval for the work of development. She won.
Offered here is a great 3 pages autograph letter signed [plus 4 lines on page 4], not dated but circa 1905. Written to Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. n 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. She says that one of the lots on 16th Street in consideration for the Carnegie Institute in in the plans for the Lincoln Memorial but not out yet. She continues on about the possibilities for land uses in the area. Approx. 5-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Fine condition. Quite rare........500-750
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CALVIN COOLIDGE [?] - Interesting Item
3. [COOLIDGE] Hattie E. Heast - signed document dated Bradford Oct. 10, 1877. Recieved of C. Coolidge my guardiun. Ten dollars on account of his guardiunship. $10.00 Signed Hattie E. Heast. Written in pencil on 4-1/4 x 7 in. paper. So......does this mean Calvin Coolidge's care when he was 5 years old??? Coolidge was born in Vermont in 1872. He was born John Calvin Coolidge. Although named for his father, John, from early childhood Coolidge was addressed by his middle name, Calvin. An interesting item for sure. VG................No estimate given
4 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1895 Annual meeting, Springfield, Mass. Document signed by at least 25 members. Includes:
- Bernhard E. Fernow (1851-1923) was the third chief of the USDA's Division of Forestry of the United States from 1886 to 1898, preceding Gifford Pinchot in that position, and laying much of the groundwork for the establishment of the United States Forest Service in 1905. Fernow has been called the "father of professional forestry in the United States.
- Louis Prang (1824-1909) American printer, lithographer, publisher, and Georgist.[1] He is sometimes known as the "father of the American Christmas card".
- Bushrod Washington James, A.M., M.D. (1836–1903) American surgeon, homeopathist, writer, and philanthropist.
- Albert S. Bickmore (1839-1914) American naturalist and originator of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, becoming one of its founders.
- Worcester Reed Warner (1846-1929) American mechanical engineer, entrepreneur, manager, astronomer, and philanthropist. With Ambrose Swasey he cofounded the Warner & Swasey Company.
- Walter LeConte Stevens (1847-1927) well-known physics professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and, later, Professor of Physics at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
- Henry Farquhar (1851-1925) Career "G man", working for the US Coast Survey, census bureau, and other departments.
- Dr. Jefferson E. Kershner (b. 1854) Professor of Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, Franklin and Marshall College.
Plus others. Approx. 8-1/2 x 24 in. long. Needs alot more research. VG........200-300
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5. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 28 June 1791, 3-pages, signed inprint Duport for the King, 7-1/2 x 9-1/2". Very fresh condition..........50-75
9. Louis
Dwight (1793-1854) Congregational minister, was
born at
Stockbridge,
Massachussetts,
March 25,
1793, and
graduated at
Yale College
in 1813. He
studied
theology at
Andover, but,
fearing that
his feeble
health would
unfit him for
the pastorate,
he accepted in
1819 an agency
of the
American Tract
Society. In
1823 he became
agent of the
American
Education
Society. In
1824, his
health failing
seriously, he
undertook a
long journey
on horseback,
and combined
with this
pursuit of
health a
mission of
mercy in
supplying
Bibles to
prisoners in
the various
jails. He
visited for
this purpose
the prisons of
New York,
Philadelphia,
Baltimore,
Washington,
and as far
south as South
Carolina. On
his return to
Boston in
1825, his
reports of his
mission gave
rise to the
American
Prison
Discipline
Society, of
which he was
the first
secretary, in
which service
he remained
for thirty
years. For
years he
preached the
Gospel to the
insane poor at
South Boston.
He died July
12, 1854; and
the epitaph on
his tomb sums
up his labors
in the phrases
"a benefactor
of man; a
friend to the
prisoner; a
reformer of
prisons; a
preacher of
the
Gospel."
Lengthy ALS,
Andover, 1822,
6 full pages
plus adress
leaf.
Excellent
content. Last
4 pahes
starting to
separate at outer edge
fold lines.
Actually very
good condition
for its age.................200-300
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[MAINE] John
W. Hubbard (1837 - 1863) Union Captain
in the American Civil War.
Assistant Adjutant on Gen.
Weitzel's staff. Killed on
May 27, 1863, at the battle
of Port Hudson. His father
John Hubbard (1794-1869) was
the 22nd Governor of Maine.
Offered here is a very fine
letter written from
Portland, Maine by John
[Hubbard] to his father John
Hubbard at Hallowell, Maine
[stamp removed]. Dated Feb.
27, 1860, 4 full pages
signed John. The Tom
mentioned in the letter is
his brother Thomas Hamlin
Hubbard (1838-1915) who was
a Union Army colonel from
Maine during the Civil War
who was awarded the honorary
grade of brevet brigadier
general, United States
Volunteers, for meritorious
service. Letter mentions the
loss of the SS Hungarian,
steamship of the Canadian
Allan Line that was launched
in 1858, completed in 1859
and sank in 1860; and the
stealing or obtaining of
Peck's safe by Neal Dow.
Dow, who was of course
famous for other things,
became entangled in scandal
when the State Treasurer,
Benjamin D. Peck, lent out
state funds to private
citizens (including Dow)
contravening state law. Peck
lent large sums to himself,
which were lost when his
business ventures failed.
Dow had guaranteed some of
Peck's borrowing, and faced
ruin as it became clear that
Peck could not repay the
state treasury. Dow was able
to settle the debts and
conceal much of his role in
the affair, but enough of
the scandal became known
that some of his many
enemies attacked him in
local newspapers. Even some
of his prohibitionist allies
became less openly
supportive of him. Hubbard
writes that some say that
Neal Dow was the bigger
rascal of the two, Peck
& Dow. He goes on the
talk about the Hungarian
sinking; Capt Jones had
dined at their boarding
house the day before he left
Portland to England, his
last trip. Fine
condition.................Min.
Bid $200
13. [FRANCE] Yves Guyot (1843-1928)
French politician and economist. He was born at Dinan.
Educated al Rennes, he took up the profession of
journalism, coming to Paris in 1867. He was for a
short period editor-in-chief of L'Independent du midi
of Nîmes, but joined the staff of Le Rappel on its
foundation, and worked subsequently on other
journals. He took an active part in municipal
life, and waged a keen campaign against the prefecture
of police, for which he suffered six months'
imprisonment. He entered the chamber of deputies in
1885 as representative of the Ier arrondissement of
Paris and was rapporleur general of the budget of
1888. He became minister of public works under the
premiership of PE Tirard in 1889, retaining his
portfolio in the cabinet of Charles de Freycinet until
1892. Although of strong liberal views, he lost
his seat in the election of 1893 owing to his militant
attitude against socialism. ALS,
Paris, 1907, 1p, approx.
5.5 x 8.5". VG........50-75
14. [MILITARY MEDICAL] The
Association of MILITARY SURGEONS of the United States.
1919 document signed. Major Paul Stanley Hill elected to
this association, Henry
Patrick Birmingham (1854-1932)
who was a surgeon and an American brigadier general
active during World War I. Birmingham's
first tours of duty were with the Fourth Cavalry in
actions against the Apaches in the southwest. He was
promoted to assistant surgeon on February 18, 1886.
During the Spanish–American War, he served in Puerto
Rico and then in the Philippines. On June 4, 1898, he
was promoted to major, brigade surgeon of volunteers,
and on April 23, 1908 he was promoted to lieutenant
colonel, Medical Corps. In 1914, he was the chief
surgeon of the Vera Cruz Expedition under General
Frederick Funston. On October 2, 1917, Birmingham was
promoted to brigadier general and the same year he
received an honorary master's degree from the University
of Michigan. During World War I, Birmingham was in
charge of the ambulance service of the army and the gas
defense service of the medical department. In 1918, he
retired as a colonel, then went right back to active
duty. In 1930, he retired by operation of law as a
brigadier general. Also signed by Secretary James
Robb Church (1866-1923) United States Army Assistant Surgeon who received
the Medal of Honor for his actions as part of the Rough
Riders regiment during the Spanish–American War. He also
served in World War I, and wrote about the effects of
poison gas and his experiences as a wartime doctor.
Church was awarded a Medal of Honor for actions during
the Battle of Las Guasimas in the Spanish–American War
on June 24, 1898. He received his medal on January 10,
1906, from Theodore Roosevelt, who was also part of the
Rough Rider regiment. It was the first time that
the Medal of Honor had ever been presented in person by
the president of the United States. In addition to
performing gallantly the duties pertaining to his
position, voluntarily and unaided carried several
seriously wounded men from the firing line to a secure
position in the rear, in each instance being subjected
to a very heavy fire and great exposure and danger.
After the Spanish–American War, he remained in the
Army, obtaining the rank of colonel. Before the United
States entered World War I, Church went to France as
an observer and an attaché with the French Army. Once
the United States entered the war, Church joined the
staff of the American expeditionary force. While an
observer in France, he reported on the newly
introduced poison gas warfare. He himself suffered the
effects of gas. The reports of Church and Charles
Flandin became a basis for the Chemical Warfare
Service. He wrote a book based on his experience as a
wartime doctor, The doctor's part, what happens to the
wounded in war. Approx. 9 x 11-3/4 in. Expected age
wear but VG............200-300
15. [MILITARY
MEDICAL] Newton D. Baker Jr. (1871-1937)
served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1912 to
1915. As U.S. Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921, Baker
presided over the United States Army during World War I.
Offered here is a 1917 document, appointment for Paul
Stanley Hill. Not signed by President Woodrow Wilson but
it is signed by Newton Baker. Approx. 16 x 19 in. on
vellum. Lightly aged o/w VG..............100-200
17. [THEATRE] Julia Marlowe (1865-1950)
English-born American actress, known for her
interpretations of William Shakespeare's plays. CLIP
SIGNATURE. Mounting traces on verso............25-35
See above
18. (20th CENTURY THEATER DIRECTOR/PRODUCERS
LOT) ALEXANDER COHEN (1920-2000) Producer. SIGNED
10x8 photograph. HAL PRINCE (1928)
Director/Producer. TLS (1989) signed with his initials. THEODORE MANN (1924-2012) Director
Producer. TLS (1976). VINCENT JULIAN DONEHUE (1915-1966) director of
Stage, Film, TV died young. SIGNATURE (2) on one
sheet, with cover letter of Secretary...............50-75
19. [MUSIC] Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (1923-2017)
Polish-American classical conductor and composer. AMQS, from
his composition SYMPHONY FOR STRINGS, about
7-1/2 x 7 in. Fine................100-150
See
above
See
bio
23. [SCIENCE] Louis Agricola Bauer (1865-1932) American geophysicist, astronomer and magnetician. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1888, and he immediately started work for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. During 1895-1896, he was instructor in mathematical physics at the University of Chicago, after which he worked in various positions at different locations. The most important of these was as the first director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, which was established in 1904. In this position, he set up and carried out a large-scale program of two and a half decades to map the Earth's magnetic field on land and at sea in an attempt to provide accurate, up-to-date information about this important feature. Offered here is a 1896 bank check made out to Bauer and endorsed on the serso by him. The check is signed by R.S. Woodward. 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. VG................100-150
24. J.S. DILLER (Joseph Silas) [b. 1850] American geologist, born in Plainfield, Pennsylvania. He was graduated at Lawrence scientific school of Harvard in 1879, and spent two years in postgraduate studies at Harvard and at the University in GSttingen. From 1873 till 1877 he taught in the State normal school in Westfield, Massachusetts, and from 1881 till 1883 was geologist of the Assos expedition. In 1883 he became assistant geologist on the U. S. geological survey, and in that capacity has traveled extensively throughout the United States. He is a member of several scientific societies, and author of numerous papers that have been published in scientific journals in the United States and in Europe, the principal of which are "Notes on the Geology of the Troad" (1883); "Diamonds in the United States" (1886) ¥ and "Notes on the Geology of Northern California" (1886). TLS, US Geological Survey, Nov. 5, 1907, 1p, 4to. To Dr. R.S. Woodward. Sends copy of Miss Bascom's letter. "If there are steep slopes near the 'Race Course' to furnish the angular blocks her view seems possible but the evenness of the upper surface would still be difficult to understand...."etc.................100-150
25. [SCIENCE] L.J. Johnson - Harvard Prof. writes letter to Prof. R.S. Woodward who was made President of the Carnegie Institution. Dated Dec. 28, 1904, 1p. approx. 8 x 10-1/4 in. Very good condition. 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. VG..................100-150
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26. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Edward Howard Griggs (1868-1951) lecturer and educator. He taught at Indiana University and later Leland Stanford University. It is estimated that Griggs gave about 13,000 lectures to over 8 million people. Griggs wrote on a variety of topics including education, philosophy, culture, biology, and "statesmanship". 1918 envelope with his signature in the return address. (2) Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911. (3) Lucien Bonaparte Chase (1817-1864) US congressman from Tenn. 1847 postmarked address sheet bearing his ink signed Free Frank signature. addressed to Cave Johnson his fellow congressman from Tenn. (4) Two TLSs 1908 from Moor Brothers, Toledo, Ohio. To Edward W. Heath, son of civil war general Francis E. Heath. (5) Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. Signed 1934 check. (6) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (7) Rev. Justus Clement French (1831-1899) author. CLIP SIGNATURE. (8) Douglas Volk (1856-1935)American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine.Signed 1922 bank check................Min. Bid $50
27. [ART] Leonard
Wells Volk (1828-1895)
American
sculptor. He
is notable for
making one of
only two life
masks of
United States
President
Abraham
Lincoln. In
1867 he helped
establish the
Chicago
Academy of
Design and
served as its
president
until 1878. He
made several
large
monumental
sculptures,
including the
tomb of the
politician
Stephen A.
Douglas, and
statues of
American Civil
War figures.
Offered here
is a
collection of
7 signed bank
checks, all
1893.
VG................700-900..............Min.
Bid $300
33.
[FRANKLIN
PIERCE] 2
PRINTED
GOVERNMENT
DOCUMENTS
SIGNED IN TYPE
BY THE
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN
PIERCE. (1)
Railroad
contracts in
Maryland,
13pp,
1856.
(2) Suit
Against the
Minnesota and
Northwestern
Railroad Co.,
1855,
42pp.........25-35
34. [FISHERY] group of 5
printed gov. docs having to do with FISHERY
plus one about Alaska Fur Seals, 1882-1902.
Six in all................40-60
35. [FRANCE] Old French manuscript page, ca. late 18th century [could be earlier], about Henry IV, French King at Folembray Castle in Laon. Identification with this says "About Jeanne de Flandres and Rites of funerals in Laon in 1320 and 1658 [whatever this means???]. Approx. 6-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Very fine...........75-100
39. [TV] Linda Lavin (b.1937)
American actress and singer. She
is known for playing the title
character in the sitcom Alice
and for her stage performances,
both on and off-Broadway.
Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.
VG..................25-35
40. Robert Loggia (1930-2015) is an American film and television actor and director, who specializes in character parts. In 1985, Loggia was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of crusty private detective Sam Ransom in the thriller Jagged Edge. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35
42. [FILM] Billy Bob
Thornton (b.
1955- ) American actor. Signed, inscribed color
8x10 photo. VG...........25-35
43. [BASEBALL] Adolph Camilli -
This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo.
Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine
began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950.
Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia
tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You
had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the
players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right
reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M.
Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered
collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions
of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon
was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball,
beginning a little after the turn of the century, through
his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial
percentage of the posters issued during that span featured
his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed
down in size, this one is full size......40-60.......Min. Bid only $1.00
44. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage litho. photo of astronaut Alan Shepard. Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Shepard." Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. From 1962 to 1965, Whisenhant, who was a native of Texas, was the staff photographer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. During her tenure there she shot photos of astronauts, worked with CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite on a story about astronaut John Glenn, and photographed President John F. Kennedy. Growing up in Livingston, Texas, Willene Whisenhant probably couldn't have imagined sipping lemonade on Air Force One with the president. She most likely didn't think she'd be the first woman ordained into an all-male club. And the idea of being the first and only female photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), couldn't have possibly drifted into even her wildest daydreams. Later on, Whisenhant learned that President John F. Kennedy wanted her up front because, as he explained, when he first met his wife, then Jacqueline Bouvier, she was a struggling photographer and no one would give her a break. He therefore wanted Whisenhant to be front and center. That same day, the president asked his men to take the photographer up to Air Force One and give her some lemonade.Fine.............100-150
45. [WORLD WAR ONE] French postcard
of The Rue Beaurepaire after the bombardment of Verdun.
Written on reverse: 1/25/19 We are having a little snow
storm the first one. I hope the ocean doesn't freeze
over and perhaps we will be coming home shortly. Signed
Will. Censored. U.S. Army P.O. M.P.E.S. One fold crease.
To Mrs. Anna R. Rowen, Philadelphia, Penns., U.S.A.
VG............Min. Bid $10
46. President George W. Bush - unsigned Jan. 20, 2001 Inauguration cover plus Bush For President bumper sticker. Both are VG.................Min. Bid $10
48. [FILM] Horst Buchholz (1933-2003) German actor, remembered for The Magnificent Seven, in which he played the role of Chico,[1] and One, Two, Three and Nine Hours to Rama. He appeared in over sixty films during his acting career from 1952 to 2002. Signed 4x6 postcard picture. VG............35-45
49. [MUSIC] Theo Loevendier (1930 - ) Dutch composer and clarinet player. Loevendie studied composition and clarinet at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. Initially he concentrated on jazz music. As off 1968 he also wrote concert music, among which operas, concertos and chamber music. Several of his compositions won prizes. Starting 1970 Loevendie taught composition at several Dutch conservatoires. Among his many students were Svitlana Azarova, Matthias Kadar, Vanessa Lann, Peter van Onna, Robin de Raaff, Victor Varela, Sinta Wullur and Evrim Demirel. As a performer, he participated in the ensembles Consort, Brevisand the Theo Loevendie Quintet. In 2004, he founded a new group: The "Ziggurat Ensemble" - as he puts it himself: his dream-ensemble. It consists of a mix of western and non-western instruments: Er-hu, Viola da Gamba, Qanun, Voice, Duduk, Bass, Pan Pipes and Percussion. Loevendie is writing practically all the music for this young and enthusiastic team and in the relatively short time of its existence has celebrated many successes with it. AMQS from his work "Gassir, the Hero", approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/2". Two folds o/w VG. Written on both sides............50-75
Front side
Back side
Pallbearer For Nathaniel Hawthorne
50. Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886] American essayist and critic. He was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1819. For a time, he was the main literary critic for Philadelphia-based Graham's Magazine. Later, in 1848, he became the Boston correspondent to the Literary World under Evert Augustus Duyckinck and George Long Duyckinck. Historian Perry Miller called Whipple "Boston's most popular critic". Whipple was a close friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne. After Hawthorne's death in 1864, Whipple served as a pallbearer for his funeral alongside Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Thomas Fields, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Whipple's close relationship with other Boston-area authors occasionally tinted his reviews. Edward Emerson later noted, "No other member of the Saturday Club has ever been more loyally felicitous in characterizing the literary work of his associates." Clip Signature...........25-35
52. Dick Van Patten (1928-2015) American actor, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television sitcom Eight is Enough. He began work as a child actor and was successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........25-35
53. William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. He was the son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Though nearly 50 years old at the outbreak of the First World War, he was accepted as a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers and served in France until 1917. He wrote The Last Man In, a drama, produced 14 March 1910, at the Royalty Theatre, Glasgow, by the Scottish Repertory Company; and, with George Paston (i. e., Emily Morse Symonds), a farce, The Naked Truth, which was first played at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in April, 1910, and in which Charles Hawtrey played Bernard Darrell. ALS, 1934, 1p, addressed to Mr. Ellis D. Robb concerning the first edition of Maxwell's book ELAINE AT THE GATES. Maxwell recommends two London booksellers who may be able to supply Robb a copy. Approx. 7 x 8-3/4 in. A few spots near bottom................50-75
54. Edmund Blunden, MC [1896-1974] English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Signed in ink limited edition page [proof page] from the "hand-set edition of Near & Far," 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". Fine...........30-40
56. [FRANCE] Leopold Durangel (1828-1898) French painter. ALS, Paris, 1876, 3pp, 5-1/8 x 8-1/8 in. To Claudius Popelin, the author and secretary of Princess Bonaparte. VG.........75-100
57. Adolphe
Desbarrolles (1801-1886)
was a French
artist. He is
considered the
father of
modern
chiromancy,
aka palmistry
or palm
reading, a
form of
divination. A
friend of
Alexandre
Dumas he
accompanied
Dumas in many
of his travels
abroad.
Offered here
is a ALS
written from
Hatie in
1874, 2-1/2
pp. Not
translated.
6 x 8-1/4 in.
Not
translated.
Content not
identified.
VG...........80-120
64 (BRITISH LITERATURE LOT) (8) SIGNATURES of noted British Literary Figures in various forms. NAOMI M. MITCHISON (1897-1999) Scottish Novelist. ROBERT MONTGOMERY (1807-1855) Poet. BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY (1804-1880) Scholar, Writer . MARK LEMON (1809-1870) Editor of PUNCH, lyricist, song writer. ROSAMOND LEHMANN (1901-1990) Novelist. SIR SIDNEY LEE (1859-1926) Biographer, Critic. CHRISTOPHER FRY (1907-2005) Playwright. ERIC R. R. LINKLATER (1899-1974) Novelists, writer......75-100
65.
[FILM] Robert
"Bobby" Banas (b. 1933) is an American
dancer and
actor. He is
known for his
work on movies
such as West
Side Story
(1961), Always
(1989) and
Down and Out
in Beverly
Hills (1986),
as well as a
viral video of
a televised
performance of
the Nitty
Gritty dance,
which
accumulated
3.6 million
views in four
years.
Natalie Wood
was his
dancing
partner in the
Michael
Panaieff
Children’s’
Ballet
Company, to
which he
received a
scholarship
and in which
Jill St. John
and Stefanie
Powers were
members. Banas
also attended
the Hollywood
Professional
School.
He auditioned
for the
production of
Carousel at
the LA Civic
Light Opera
and was cast
as Enoch Snow
Jr. After
that, he
appeared in
stage
productions of
Kiss Me Kate,
Annie Get Your
Gun,
Brigadoon,
Plain and
Fancy, and
Peter
Pan.
Offered here
is his signed
contract
appearing as a
dancer in the
1965 film
BILLIE
starring Patty
Duke. Also
signed by H.
Bud Otto
(1934-2001)
Producer.
Approx. 8.5 x
13 in, 1p.
Includes a 2
page RIDER ink
signed by Bob
Banas.
VG.................80-120
66. [SPACE]
Original pamphlet ASTRONAUT JOHN H. GLENN ORBITS THE
EARTH FOR AMERICA, Feb. 20, 1962. The pamphlet was
published after Glenn completed the Mercury-Atlas 6
mission, and recounts details of the mission, along
with some of Glenn's reflections on the experience and
photographs of his training and recovery. Originally
sold for 15 cents. Another example of this
pamphlet was offered online at $1000 to $1500 but
passed. Heavily illustrated. 12pp., approx. 10 x 7.5
in. VG. Years ago this pamphlet was priced at
$95............Min. Bid $50
67. [KUHN ESTATE] Archive of about 35-40+ letters and
documents concerning the Estate of
the noted American artist Walt Kuhn (1877-1949).
Includes: Kuhn ALS [1]; 15 TLSs by Brenda
Kuhn; 13 letters from estate accountants [or
attorneys ??]; 5 Brenda Kuhn signed bank checks;
several Tax documents. These date 1961-1963.
Some of Brenda's letters have good art content about
her father, esp. his painting ATHELETE IN WHITE
FACE. Needs further research for sure.
VG..........400-600...........Min. Bid $150
68. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering at the University of Michigan in 1872. He was appointed assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics. In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. Offered here are 6 letters written in the 3rd person from persons invited to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences circa 1908................Min. Bid $80
69. [ENGLAND] Charles Lloyd (1784-1829), Regius Professor of Divinity and Bishop of Oxford from 1827 to 1829. Eventually he had to leave and took a job as a tutor to Lord Elgin's children at Dunfermline. This didn't last long as he was asked to return to Oxford to teach mathematics. One of his first jobs was to prepare Robert Peel for his exams. Peel later became prime minister. Charles Lloyd soon gained a reputation as an effective teacher. Address panel signed Charles Oxford, postmarked 1829, a few months before he passed away. Rex wax seal on backside. Fine................40-60
70. [FRANCE] Sibylle Aimée Marie-Antoinette Gabrielle de
Riquetti de Mirabeau, Comtesse
de Martel de Janville (1849-1932) was a French writer who
wrote under the pseudonym GYP. GYP wrote humorous sketches
and novels which brazenly denounced her own
fashionable society as well as the French republic's
political class. Her best-known work is probably Le
Mariage de Chiffon, filmed in 1942 by Claude
Autant-Lara. Because of her unpopular
opinions, the comtesse was the victim of several
attempts on her life as well as of a sensational
kidnapping. ALS,
n.d., 1p, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2". VG...........100-150
See
above
71. [FILM] Joan Fontaine (1917-2013)
British-American
actress who is
best known for
her starring
roles in
Hollywood
films during
the "Golden
Age". Signed
portrait
print, 8 x
10.5 in.
VG..............50-75
See
above
72. [PORTRAIT] original engraved
portrait of
Henry W.
Halleck
(1815-1872)
Halleck served
as the General
in Chief of
the Armies of
the United
States from
1862 to 1864.
Overall page
size is 10 x 7
in.
VG................25-35
73. [JEWISH] 1956 letter to Rabbi Frederick Solomon (1899-1980) the German Expressionist artist. Signed by Rabbi Louis I. Egelson (1885 -1957) administrative secretary of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Sidney L. Regner (1903-1993) Reform rabbi and organizational executive. A lifelong peace activist, he was elected vice president of the Jewish Peace Fellowship in 1980. Richard N. Bluestein - of Hebrew Union College. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in. VG..............25-35............Min. Bid $10
74. [FRANCE] Eugene Marcel Prevost (1862-1941) French author and dramatist. In 1909 he was elected to the Academie française. ALS, 1896, 2-1/2 pp. 4-1/4 x 7 in. VG............75-100
Bill of Sale For $75,000 Walt Kuhn Painting
75. [ART] Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. Typed Document signed by Brenda Kuhn, an AGREEMENT AND BILL OF SALE, for a painting by Walt Kuhn titled "Brenda in Ogunquit." The painting was 50 x 30 in., sold by the Midtown Galleries in New York for the Kuhn Estate. The document has the signature of a Notary Public, dated 1989. VG......100-150......Min. Bid $25
76. [FILM] Susan Seaforth Hayes (born 1943) American dramatic actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Julie Williams on the NBC drama Days of Our Lives, and her intermittent portrayal of Joanna Manning on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. She began playing the role of Julie Olsen Williams on Days of Our Lives in 1968, and is the only actor to appear on the show for all six decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s) in which it has been on the air. Mrs. Seaforth Hayes still regularly appears on Days as Julie Olsen Williams. Offered here is her signed 1965 contract for the film BILLIE starring Patty Duke. She was paid $750 for 2 week's employment in the role of Jean Carol [changed to Jean Matthews]. Counter signed by Milt Ebbins (1912-2008) the well-connected show business manager who was a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy White House. Mr. Ebbins was a well-liked Hollywood insider who directed the careers of actors, musicians and comedians. For more than 30 years, he was the personal manager of actor Peter Lawford. Through Lawford, who was married to Patricia Kennedy, a sister of John F. Kennedy's, Mr. Ebbins became a favorite of JFK's and a frequent guest at the White House and on Air Force One. At Kennedy's 45th birthday party in 1962, Mr. Ebbins gave Marilyn Monroe a push onstage at Madison Square Garden as she went out to sing her sultry version of "Happy Birthday." Seaforth & Ebbins have also initialed 2 other pages. Approx. 8-1/4 x 14 in. VG.............75-100
77.
[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
78.
[INDIANS]
J. George Wright (1860-1941) was
superintendent
of the Osage
Indian Agency
with
headquarters at
Pawhuska, had
administered
Indian affairs
for nearly half
a century. Mr.
Wright was born
in DuPage
County,
Illinois,
the son of James
G. Wright, who
came to America
from Liverpool,
England, and
Elmira (Van
Osdel) Wright, a
native of
Baltimore,
Maryland, both
of them people
of exceptional
character and
stability.
Under President
Arthur, the
father was
appointed as
agent for the
Rosebud Sioux
Indian Agency in
1882, and served
in that capacity
until
1886. The
year 1883 marked
J. George
Wright's entry
into the Indian
service.
He acted as
farmer and later
as chief clerk
of the Rosebud
Agency under his
father's
direction and,
in spite of his
youth, made such
a good record
for himself that
he was retained
in the Indian
service through
President
Cleveland's
first
administration,
regardless of
the fact that he
was a Republican
in his political
affiliations.
The Wrights,
father and son,
are given credit
for being
responsible for
the first real
steps toward
interesting the
Sioux Indians in
education,
farming, and the
production of
livestock, and
J. George Wright
probably did
more than any
other one man to
induce the Sioux
to conform to
governmental
regulations.
Indeed, Mr.
Wright was the
only Indian
agent in the
service who did
not fall victim
to the
replacement
rule.
Again without
solicitation, he
was appointed in
1896 by
President
Cleveland to the
office of Indian
inspector, a
position which
made him a
direct
representative
of the Secretary
of the Interior,
making
investigations
of the various
Indian Agencies
wherever he
might be
detailed.
The appointment
and promotion
under the
Democratic
administration
are, because
they could have
come so
obviously only
as the result of
his great
ability and
integrity, and
wide knowledge
of Indian
affairs,
outstandingly
conspicuous
among the many
recognitions of
worth Mr. Wright
has received
during his
career. Offered
here is signed
document dated
1905, agreeing
to sell Indian
Land to Geroge
Sulpher,
Indian
Territory.
Some
right edge
stains but
very good
otherwise.
Scarce!..................200-300
79.
Thomas Parker
FRSE
MICE (1843-1915)
English
electrical
engineer,
inventor and
industrialist.
He patented
improvements
in lead-acid
batteries and
dynamos, and
was a pioneer
of
manufacturing
equipment that
powered
electric
tramways and
electric
lighting. He
invented the
smokeless fuel
Coalite. He
formed the
first company
to distribute
electricity
over a wide
area. CLIP
SIGNATURE
mounted to
larger paper.................50-75
80.
[ART] Isaac Henry Caliga
(1857-1934)
American
painter. Born
in Auburn,
Indiana, in
1857. As a
young man, he
moved to
Boston and
worked at a
dry goods
store,
painting only
in his spare
time. A chance
encounter with
artist Marcus
Waterman in a
Boston
restaurant
inspired him
to pursue his
art as a
profession,
and he
traveled
abroad to
Munich in 1879
to study under
William
Lindenschmidt,
remaining
there for
several years
and earning
numerous
medals. Caliga
returned to
Boston by 1883
and joined the
art circles of
the time,
exhibiting his
work at the
Boston Art
Club from 1885
to 1909, the
National
Academy of
Design from
1884 to 1889
and at the
Pennsylvania
Academy of the
Fine Arts from
1884 to
1925. ALS,
1931, 1p.,
mentions a
portrait that
he did of the
great poet
John Greenleaf
Whittier that
he did from a
photograph,
and thatbit
hangs at the
Whittier
Homestead. Fine...............100-200
81.
Benjamin
Spock (1903-1998)
American
pediatrician[1]
and left-wing
political
activist[2]
whose book
Baby and Child
Care (1946) is
one of the
best-selling
books of the
twentieth
century,
selling
500,000 copies
in the six
months after
its initial
publication in
1946 and 50
million by the
time of
Spock's death
in 1998. Brief
TLS, 1972,
saying he
doesn't have
any friends or
contacts in
the Soviet
Union or their
embassy in the
US.
VG...................50-75
82. George C. Wallace
Jr. (1919-1998)
American
politician who
served as the
45th governor
of Alabama for
four terms. A
member of the
Democratic
Party, he is
best
remembered for
his staunch
segregationist
and populist
views. TLS,
1967, 1p. as
governor.
VG...............50-75
83. John Hall Wheelock
(1886-1978) was an American poet. ALS, 1976, 1p.
A warm letter. About 4 x 5.5 in.
VG................50-75
84. [VERMONT] Orsamus Cook Merrill (1775-1865)
was a U.S. Representative from Vermont. Merrill
was born in Farmington in the Connecticut Colony.
He completed his preparatory studies in
Farmington, and moved to Bennington, Vermont in
1791 where he was an apprentice to a printer. He
was an editor or publisher of several newspapers,
including the "Vermont Gazette" and the "Tablet of
the Times" in Bennington, and the "Berkshire
Gazette" in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He later
studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1805, and
practiced in Bennington. From
1809 to 1812 he was Postmaster of Bennington. In the early
1800s he also served as Engrossing Clerk of the
Vermont House of Representatives. He served in
upstate New York and Vermont during the War of
1812 as a Major of the 11th Infantry Regiment, and
a Lieutenant Colonel in the 26th Infantry and 11th
Infantry.
When Merrill received promotion to lieutenant
colonel in the 26th Infantry, his replacement as
major in the 11th was Zachary Taylor, who was
promoted from captain in the 7th Infantry. Offered
here is a 1842 court document signed as Judge. Rough condition. There is some acid-free tape repair on verso..................Min.
Bid $10
85. [NOBEL PRIZE] George
Andrew Olah (1927
– 2017) was a
Hungarian-American chemist. His research
involved the generation and reactivity of
carbocations via superacids. For this
research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in
Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to
carbocation chemistry." He was also awarded
the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted
by the American Chemical Society and F.A.
Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical
Research of the American Chemical Society in
1996. Offered here is a signed 4x6 in. photo.
VG................50-75
86. William Winston Seaton (1785-1866)
American journalist and the thirteenth
Mayor of Washington, D.C. ALS,
Washingto, Aug. 19, 1866,
1p. about 4-3/4 x 7-1/2 in.
VG........50-75
87. [NEW
HAMPSHIRE] 1830 manuscript
document signed by Calvin
White, one of the 1st settlers
of Whitefield, New Hampshire.
He receives money from Ebenzer
Carleton [1773-1849) . 7.5 x 3.5
in. VG..............Min. Bid
$10
88. [ART] Tony Palazzo (1905-1970) artist; best known as an illustrator and author of children's books. Mr. Palazzo was a former art director of Esquire, Coronet, Collier's and Look magazines and had taught art at Pratt Institute and the New School for Social Research. Offered here is a collection of 15 Christmas / Season's Greetings card designed by Tony. Three por 4 are likely original prints; at least one is pencil signed by Tony. Scans upon request..........100-150
89.
[ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY] Irving
Salkow (1909-1989)
Legendary Hollywood
agent. This is one of
the first and most
historic agencies in
town, for it was founded
by Salkow in 1940,
during the golden age of
Hollywood. One of the
agents during this time
was Ray Stark, who later
turned into one of the
industry's premier movie
directors. Some of
Salkow's clients at that
time were movie stars
Ava Gardner, Marilyn
Monroe and William
Holden. TLS, 1964,
1-page, regarding
William Asher. Stapled
to letter are 2 carbon
copies of letters Milt
Ebbins. William
Asher (1921-2012) was
one of the most prolific
early television
directors, producing or
directing over two dozen
series. With television
in its infancy, Asher
introduced the sitcom
Our Miss Brooks, which
was adapted from a radio
show. He began directing
I Love Lucy by 1952. In
1964, he produced and
directed Bewitched,
which starred his
then-wife Elizabeth
Montgomery. As a result
of his early success,
Asher was considered an
"early wunderkind of
TV-land," and is
credited in one magazine
article for 'inventing'
the sitcom.
Fine...........100-150.........Min.
Bid $25
90.
[ART]
The Hancock
House, Boston,
engraved
in 1831, image
area approx. 5
x
6.5 in. plus margins.
This was the
residence of
John Hancock,
a prominent
and patriotic
Merchant of
Boston, the
first Signer
of the
Declaration of
American
Independence,
and First
Governor of
Massachusetts,
under the
State
Constitution".
Some stains in
outer margins
which will not
show when
matted and
framed................Min.
Bid $10
91.
[ART] The
Residence of
the Adams'
Family,
Quincy, Mass.,
1852
wood-engraving,
image area
about4-3/4 x
7-3/4 in. plus
margins.
VG...............Min.
Bid $10
92.
[ART] Boston - The
West End
1892
wood-engraving,
image area
about 5-1/2 x
7-3/4 in. plus
margins.
VG...............Min.
Bid $10
93. [VERMONT] Benj. Swan (1762-1839) was an American merchant, banker and politician. He was an important political figure in Vermont and served as State Treasurer.A Federalist, Swan served in local offices including Postmaster. He served as Justice of the Peace when holders of that office still heard court cases. He was also active in the militia, and achieved the rank of Major.In 1796 Swan was appointed County Clerk, an office in which he served until his death. Swan was elected Vermont State Treasurer in 1800. He served until 1833, and is the state's longest-tenured Treasurer. This is an original document, dated Woodstock, 1811, a double sided writ for non-payment of debts....signed twice on the front by Benjamin Swan and once on the back side. Document is 9-3/4 x 15 in. Also signed by Job Lyman (1781-1870) was a Vermont politician, attorney and banker who served as Vermont's State Auditor. Overall very good condition................100-200.............Min. Bid $25
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2
96.
[ART] Laslett
John
Pott (1837–1898)
British
artist. ALS,
1877, 1p,
4-3/8 x 7
in. This
letter was
once owned
by
Samuel Carter
Hall
(1800-1889)
Irish-born
Victorian
journalist who
is best known
for his
editorship of
The Art
Journal and
for his
much-satirised
personality.
Fine.............Min.
Bid $22
See
above
97. [EPHEMERA]
first page of a 1899 letter written from Portland,
Maine. Very nice illustrated letterhead. 8-1/4 x
10-3/4 in. First page only. VG.................Min.
Bid $9
See
above
98.
[MAINE] Capt. Elisha
Goodwin (1776-1842)
farmer, shipbuilder, selectman of the
town Eliot, Maine. Document
signed, 1814, as tax collector. Maine
was part of Massachusetts then.
Approx. 7-1/4 x 2 in.
VG.....................25-35
See above
99.
[ART] Judith
Zilczer -
American art historian and
former museum curator. She is
known for her work with artists
such as Horace Pippin, Raymond
Duchamp-Villon, Willem de
Kooning, and Richard Lindner.
Zilczer was interested in the
connections between music and
art, which she described as "the
mystical strain of artistic
synesthesia." She curated
an exhibit titled "Visual Music:
Synaesthesia in Art and Music
Since 1900".[4][5] Zilczer
served at the Hirshhorn Museum
and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in
various capacities from
1974-2003. From 1992 to 2003,
she was Curator of Paintings.
Her papers are held by the
Smithsonian Institution
Archives. TLS, Sept. 20,
1983, 4pp. To Kuhn,
daughter of the artist Walt
Kuhn. She thanks Brenda for
granting her permission to study
the restricted Walt Kuhn Papers
in the Archives of American Art.
Excellent art content letter.
Also includes a signed 1962
Brenda Kuhn bank check.
Fine......80-120......Min Bid
$25
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Douglas Volk artist 50 signed checks
100. [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
101. [THEATRE AND FILM LOT]. Includes: (1) Mabelle Gilman Corey (1874-1960) American actress. She had an affair with William Ellis Corey which led to the dissolution of his marriage, and they later married. Signed 3 x 1-3/4 in. card. VG. (2) Nancy Coleman (1912-2000) American film, stage, television and radio actress. After working on radio and appearing on the Broadway stage, Nancy Coleman moved to Hollywood to work for Warner Bros. studios. Memorable roles include playing the mistress to a Nazi (played by Helmut Dantine) in Edge of Darkness and co-starring with Paul Henreid in In Our Time. In the 1950s, Coleman began making guest appearances on television. She also played Anne Bront_ in the film Devotion (1946) opposite Olivia de Havilland and Ida Lupino. Signature, inscribed 5-1/4 x 3-3/4 in. VG (3) [THEATRE] 1949 program starring Melvyn Douglas in TWO BLIND MICE. NOT signed. VG (4) [THEATRE] Hollis St. Theatre broadside feathering Julia Marlow Taber, approx. 5-1/2 x 11 in. Edge faults mailing in top & bottom edges. (5) Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) regarded as one of the greatest American stage actresses of the 20th century. She was nicknamed "First Lady of the Theatre," a title also bestowed upon her friend Helen Hayes, though each deferred to the other. Offered are 3 items once owned by Cornell, formerly in the Collection of The Boothbay Theatre Museum [Maine]. Included are: her 1973 Membership card for The Friends of the Theatre and Music Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Also a 1953 color snapshot photo of her holding her dog. And a piece of her stationery. (6) [THEATRE] Charles Hayden Coffin (1862-1935) was an English actor and singer known for his performances in many famous Edwardian musical comedies, particularly those produced by George Edwardes. Hayden achieved fame as Harry Sherwood in Dorothy (1886), which became the longest-running piece of musical theatre in history up to that time; other similar roles followed. SIGNATURE dated 1892, about 2-7/8 x 1-7/8 in. VG. (7) Ezra Kendall (1861-1910) American actor-comedian, humorist, playwright and author who was known for his depiction of typical New England Yankees. During his time in vaudeville Kendall was said to have been among the highest paid monologist in America. Kendall left school at fourteen to work as a printer's assistant. At seventeen he traveled to New York City where he became a cub reporter on several newspapers and the youngest member of the New York Press Club. Signed 3-1/8 x 1-5/8 in, dated 1903. VG............Min. Bid $70
102. [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
103. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Oliver North (b.1943) American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. Signed, inscribed photo, 8x10. Fine. (2) Thomas Alfred Coward (1867-1933) English ornithologist and an amateur astronomer. He wrote extensively on natural history, local history and Cheshire. ALS, 1931, 3-1/4 pp., approx. 3-7/8 x 6-1/4 in. VG. (3) Elizabeth Caroline Hamilton Gray (1800-1887) Scottish historian and travel author. After marrying John Hamilton Gray, a priest and genealogist, in June 1829, Gray moved to Bolsover Castle in England, where she lived until shortly before her death. Interesting lady. ALS, no date, written on both sides, 3.5 x 4.5 in. VG. (4) Mary Baird Bryan (1861-1930) wife of William Jennings Bryan. She was an American writer and suffragette. Mary Elizabeth would emerge as an important part of Bryan's career, managing his correspondence and helping him prepare speeches and articles. Mary passed the bar exam and learned German in order to help his career. ALS, not dated to Mr. Berger, 2pp. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. On page 2 she says "I was never so proud of Mr. Bryan as now. He possesses powers of strategy & management of which I was not aware." (5) [FILM] Milt Ebbins (1912-2008) the well-connected show business manager who was a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy White House. Mr. Ebbins was a well-liked Hollywood insider who directed the careers of actors, musicians and comedians. For more than 30 years, he was the personal manager of actor Peter Lawford. Through Lawford, who was married to Patricia Kennedy, a sister of John F. Kennedy's, Mr. Ebbins became a favorite of JFK's and a frequent guest at the White House and on Air Force One. At Kennedy's 45th birthday party in 1962, Mr. Ebbins gave Marilyn Monroe a push onstage at Madison Square Garden as she went out to sing her sultry version of "Happy Birthday." Offered here is a 1967 signed document, 2pp. A union agreement also signed by 2 union officials. Fine.................Min. Bid $50
104.
[ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American
animator/draftsman.
In the late
1950s &
early 1960s he
worked at
CBS-Terrytoons
on such series
as "Heckle and
Jeckle" and
"Mighty
Mouse." From
there he went
to Famous
Studios-Paramount,
where he
directed
countless
"Casper the
Friendly
Ghost" and
"Little
Audrey"
cartoons,
among others.
During the
1960s he also
animated Peter
Max's
commercials.
When Famous
Studios closed
in 1967,
Bakshi went
into
partnership
with Steve
Krantz. Their
first venture
was "Fritz the
Cat", released
in 1972. The
success of
"Fritz"
prompted
"Heavy
Traffic"
[1973], a
funny-sad
chronicle of
life in New
York's slums.
Striking out
on his own,
Bakshi
produced the
sometimes
brilliant,
often
disappointing
"Coonskin"
[1974]; also
"Wizards"
[1977]; "Lord
of the Rings"
[1978]. Ralph
Bakshi
occupies a
somewhat
ambiguous
position in
the animation
world. He is
one of the
more original
artists at
work in the
animated
cartoon
medium. He has
become a cult
figure.
ORIGINAL Ink
drawing,
unsigned on
6-1/4 x 7-1/2
in. sheet. As
this was a
"working
study" there
was no reason
for him to
have signed
it........50-75
See Bakshi drawing
106. [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
107. 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
108. [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
109. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) ALFRED JOS. STOTHARD [1793-1864]
British artist, medallist; he executed medallions of
George IV, Byron, Canning, and Sir Walter Scott,
exhibiting twenty works at the academy between 1821 and
1845. He designed the grand staircase in Buckingham
Palace. ALS, [1823], 1p, approx. 7 x 5". To Mr. Pickering
asking that the bearer be permitted to see the Satin Wood
Frame....Canterbury....."in order that he may make one for
me...." Rather than attempt to describe faults we will
picture both sides below. Very uncommon British art
autograph. (2) (Theodore
Roosevelt) Daniel
Tyler Moore. Moore was a Lt. Colonel in
the Army and an aide to President
Theodore Roosevelt. He boxed with TR
in the White House and on one occasion
inadvertently landed a punch to the
President's eye that blinded him in
that eye for the remainder of his
life. TR kept this a closely guarded
secret and Moore did not find out
about it until twelve years after the
fact. Offered here is a 1918 bank
check signed by Moore. Moore was
a Lt. Colonel in the Army and an aide
to President Theodore Roosevelt. He
boxed with TR in the White House and
on one occasion inadvertently landed a
punch to the President's eye that
blinded him in that eye for the
remainder of his life. TR kept this a
closely guarded secret and Moore did
not find out about it until twelve
years after the fact. Fine condition..
(3) [OLYMPICS] Bonnie Blair (b.1964)
American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of
her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic
history. Blair competed for the United States in four
Olympics, winning five gold medals and one bronze
medal. Signed color picture, 4 x 5.5 in. Fine. (4) Robert Ward (b.1917) American composer. Signed brochure
about him. VG. (5) [THEATRE] Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797- 1882) English
actor-manager and dramatist. First appearing as Harlequin,
and then in small parts at Drury Lane, he went to the
Haymarket Theatre in 1829, and was given leading comedy
character parts. Webster was the lessee of the Haymarket
from 1837 to 1853; he built the new Adelphi Theatre
(1859); later the Olympic Theatre, Princess's Theatre,
London and St James's Theatres came under his control; and
he was the patron of all the contemporary playwrights and
many of the best actors, who owed their opportunity of
success to him. He wrote, translated or adapted nearly a
hundred plays. As a character actor he was unequalled in
his day, especially in such parts as Triplet in Masks and
Faces, Joey Ladle in No Thoroughfare, and John Peerybingle
in his own dramatization of The Cricket on the Hearth.
Webster took his formal farewell of the stage in 1874.
ALS, no date, 1p, about 4-1/4 x 7 in. Fine. (6) Orrin
Hatch (1934-2022) US Senator from Utah who
served from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate
tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S.
senator in history. Signed, inscrived color photo,
7-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. Fine. (7) James Buchanan -
US President. Orginal antique ebraved portrait [full body], Much foxing. (8)
Warren G. Harding - US Pres. Printed
portrait....................Min. Bid $50
110. [US
PRESIDENTS] misc. lot of portrait prints of presidents.
None are old and nothing is signed. Includes: Benjamin
Harrison, Lyndon B. Johnson, Millard Fillmore,
Thomas jefferson, Calvin Coolidge, John Adams, Warren G.
Harding, Dwight Eisenhower. Conditions most
good..............Min. Bid $10
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111. [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
112. [WORLD WAR 2 NAVAL] John H. Newton (1881-1948) Commander, Cruisers, Scouting Force at the outbreak of war. At the moment of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was in tactical command of the Lexington task force, which was on the way to deliver aircraft to Midway. After war broke out, the Lexington force was given to the more senior Brown, and Newton commanded its screen. Relieved before the end of the year, he was given command of the South Pacific Area in June 1944, when it had lost almost all strategic relevance. Offered here is a 1p. memo from Newton dated Nov. 7, 1942. Not ink signed. The ink date below is in the hand of Louis McKeehan. VG.................50-75
113. [MIXED
MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) George W. Bush For
President bumper sticker. Fine. (2) [WWI] Davenport - ALS,
London, 12 Jan. 1917, 2pp, 4to. Re: contributions to
the Seaman's Hospital at Greenwich "in recognition of
the splendid & signal services of our Merchant
Navy during the war. Whether on transports, on
mine-sweepers, on patrol duty, or on trade routes
carrying the cargoes which are the life-blood of the
Empire they have faced not only the perils &
hardships of the Sea, but the deadly risk of
submarines, mines, & other enemy devices..." VG
(3) Albert Shaw (1857-1947)
was a prominent American journalist and academic of
the early 20th century. In the autumn of 1890 Shaw was
elected professor of international law and political
institutions at Cornell University but resigned the
post in 1891 to accept Stead's invitation to establish
an American edition of the Review of Reviews . Shaw
served as editor-in-chief of this publication until it
ceased publication in 1937, ten years before his death
at the age of ninety. He was the author of "Abraham
Lincoln" [1929]. ALS, Hastings On Hudson, NY, Feb. 4,
1947, 2-1/2 pages. This letter was sent to Who's Who
In America. 'I have been listed in every volume of
Who's Who since Mr. Marquis began its publication..."
Excellent condition. (4) Loretta Lynn (b. 1932)
American singer-songwriter. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros.
paycheck for $143. (5) Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929-2017)
American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and
NASA astronaut. Photo signed by autopen. (6) Pat Carroll (b. 1927)
actress. Clip signature obtained 1980 from
Provincetown Play House while she was playing Gertrude
Stein. (7) William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
American romantic poet. Antique engraved portrait. (8) Andre Kostelanetz (1901-1980)
Russian-born American popular orchestral music
conductor and arranger who was one of the major
exponents of popular orchestra music. Signed 1973
FDC. End of signature is
smeared................Min. Bid $50
114. [FORGER] John
Payne Collier (1789-1883) English Shakespearean critic
and forger. ALS, 1875, 1p. about 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Two
corners mounted to another sheet.
VG+.................50-75
See above
See his bio
115. [ART] Salvatore Grippi (1921-2017)
Salvatore Grippi (1921-2017) important American artist.
One of the underrepresented figurative expressionist
members of the New York School featured in Herskovics
book is Salvatore Grippi, who was born in 1921 in
Buffalo. After participating in the major invasions in
Europe during World War II, Grippi came back to New York
and attended the Art Students League under the G.I. Bill
from 1945 to 1948. From 1951 to 1953, Grippi was at
Atelier 17, the famous printmaking studio run by British
artist Stanley William Hayter, who taught printmaking to
Pollock and Rothko, among many other abstract
expressionists. Grippi would later contribute an etching
to the well-known portfolio Twenty-One Etchings and
Poems [1958], including work by such artists and poets
as Frank OHara, Franz Kline, Grippis brother Peter
Grippe, and Dylan Thomas. From 1953 to 1955, Grippi
worked in Florence, Italy, with the support of a
Fulbright Scholarship. He taught for several years at
the Cooper Union Art School before moving to California
to teach at Pomona College. In 1968, Grippi was asked to
start the art department at Ithaca College and taught
there until 1991. Grippi, who worked and exhibited
alongside the likes of de Kooning, Nevelson, and Kline
during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism in the
1950s. In 2011, he was honored with a solo retrospective
at Cornell University's Johnson Museum of Art. He was a
significant figure in postwar abstraction and his work
from this period has graced the walls of MoMA, the
Whitney, and the Met but has seldom appeared at auction.
Offered here is a pencil signed etching, titled THE
CHILDREN OF NIOBE, dated 1953,
image 15.5 x 20 in. plus clean margins. Very fine...........Min. Bid $500
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William Withers (1747-1821) born in Virginia he was a Revolutionary War veteran, having served as a Second Lieutenant in the Fauquier County Militia in the Company of Capt. Bronaugh. He came to Kentucky in 1793.
BEN HELM (1767-1858) known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth.
MAJOR JAS. CRUTCHER - Pioneer. Came to Kentucky from Virginia with his father & family, arriving at the Falls of the Ohio in early 1780s, and later moved to Bardstown. In 1796, he moved to Elizabethtown and became one of the earliest merchants there. Served terms in the legislature and came close to being elected lieutenant governor. He was at the battle of New Orleans as aide to General Thomas, commander of the Kentucky troops. He was involved in the flatboat business and it was said that after delivering a cargo by flatboat to New Orleans, Crutcher would walk back to Kentucky. On these trips he carried his money in a close fitting deer skin vest which he wore under his shirt.
Christopher Bush Sr. (1730?-1813) he and his descendents played an important role in Hardin County history. He is said to have been born in Holland about 1730 Íand came to America circa 1750, and to Kentucky at the end of the Revolutionary War. His daughter, Sarah, was to marry Thomas Lincoln [Abraham Lincoln's father] after Nancy Hanks died. Abe was about 10 years old when Sarah became his step-mother, and she is credited with instilling in him the desire to make something of himself. Bush Sr. was illiterate therefore it appears that Crutcher signed for him.
Samuel Stevenson - came to Elizabethtown in 1806. He taught school at Hardin Academy for about 2 years. Considered a good teacher, he was afterwards a merchant and served a term in the Ky. State Legislature.
Adam Miller - he was captured by Indians, along with his brother Christopher in 1782. The raiding party which captured Adam and Christopher consisted of Delawares and Shawnees. Adam was taken by the Delawares, Christopher was taken by the Shawnees. Both were taken to Indian towns northwest of the Ohio River. After 7 years Adam was exchanged and returned to his family.
Christopher Miller - was about 15 years old when captured by Indians. He lived with the Shawnee Tribe for 14 years. Being an active young man, he soon became habituated to the manners and customs and mode of life of the Indians; dressed as they did and spoke their language as his native tongue, and by many it was thought doubtful whether he ever would be returned to the whites. He was in the same tribe with young Tecumseh and they in their youth were friends and playmates. Miller has told of "many a wrestle with Tecumseh." Adam Miller was serving as a spy for General Anthony Wayne in June, 1794. In what is now Drake County, Ohio, Adam was dispatched with a party of spies to bring in an Indian prisoner for questioning. The party found three Indians in camp, preparing a meal. They set out to kill two of the Indians and capture the third. They succeeded in the plan and Adam discovered the prisoner to be his long-lost brother Christopher. Christopher sulked and refused to talk for several days, but on the promise of release, agreed to join Wayne's army as a spy. He kept his word. Wayne sent him on an important peace mission to the Indians, promising him a reward from the government. The following is an account of that mission. After the defeat of General St. Clair the Indians let loose upon the Northwestern Territory. General Washington was distressed and it frustrated his plans for the safety of the thinly settled country in the North-west and it was determined to have a sufficient army to be led by Gen. Anthony Wayne but Congress and delayed the campaign for nearly two years. On the 14th day of August 1794, Gen. Wayne, having all things in readiness to move on the Indians, Wayne, under the instruction of Washington, decided to give the enemy a chance for peace before attacking. They had to find the right man to carry the white flag, and Christopher Miller being lately returned from the Indians and speeaking their language, Armed with a flag and this message Miller set out for the Indian camp, arriving at nightfall. In a few minutes his arrival was known all over the entire camp. Then it was, "Kill the runaway, burn him". Miller, knowing the character of Indians, showed no signs of fear but in a loud and defiant voice, in their own tongue, told them that he had brought a flag of peace and as for burning him they had better be a little careful as the Black Snake, meaning General Wayne, had 8 of their warriors in prison and if he was not returned safely in three days that their 8 men would be shot. Immediately a pow-wow was held in which it was determined that Miller should be burned at the stake in the morning. But Tecumseh, a young Shawnee chief, and a friend of Miller, changed their minds. The Indians sent back their answer with Miller. If Gen. Wayne \waited for ten days and then sent Miller to them again they would give him their decision but if Wayne advanced they would give battle. Miller reached Gen. Wayne with the answer on the 16th day of August 1794. General Wayne rightly concluded that the 10 days asked for by the Indians was simply a scheme to get time and having everything in readiness immediately set out against the Indian camp. Wayne obtained a complete victory, the loss on both sides was considerable. The battle was fought on the 29th day of August 1794. Christopher Miller was in that engagement.
Daniel Waide - came to Elizabethtown a few years after 1800. He kept the tavern at THE SIGN OF THE LION, built by Major James Crutcher about 1798.
117. [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 75 pieces. Mixed
conditions...............Min.
Bid $25
118. [WRITERS MULTIPLE LOT] autograph signatures in various forms by: Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885-1970); Jim Tully (1886-1947); Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942); Walter Kerr )1913-1996); Joaquin Miller (1841-1913); Charles Anderson Dana (1819-1897); Sidney Kingsley (1906-1995); John F. Kierab (1892-1981); Charles Bertrand Lewis (1842-1924); Lowell J. Thomas (1892-1981) Temple Bailey (1885-1953)....................Min. Bid $100
119. US Senators - 10 TLSs,
1960-1962, all
to Vernon
Talbertt:
Hickenlooper
[IA], Hickey
[WY], Holland
[FL], Hruska
[NE], Johnston
[SC], Jackson
[WA], Jordon
[NC], Kuchel
[CA], Lausche
[OH], Cotton
[NH]. All have
mounting
residue at top
& bottom
edge. Mostly
on verso but
with some
show-thru.............50-75
120. [US SENATORS LOT] Typed signed letters from US Senators to Vernon L. Talbertt, Chief Messenger, Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Includes: Paul H. Douglas, Stephen M. Young, George D. Aiken, Milton R. Young, Thomas H. Kuchel, & Jennings Randolph. These date 1960-1962. All have mounting traces on verso with slight show-thru....Min. Bid $35
121. [US SENATORS LOT] Typed signed letters from US Senators to Vernon L. Talbertt, Chief Messenger, Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Includes: Frank Church, Edward V. Long, Theodore Francis Green, Vance Hartke, George Smathers, Bill Proxmire. These date 1960-1961. All have mounting traces on verso with slight show-thru....Min. Bid $35
122. 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
See about
123 Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861)
founded what would become known as Remington Arms.
Originally the company was known as E. Remington
followed by E. Remington & Son and then E. Remington
and Sons. Signed document. Date looks like 1860. About 8
x 3 in. Fine...............200-300
124. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Norman Robert Foster (b.1935) English architect and designer. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. Signed 4x6 photo. (2) John Eisenhower (1922-2013) United States Army officer, diplomat, and military historian. He was a son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card, 1992. (3) Bonnie Blair (b.1964) is a retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Signed 4 x 5-1/4 color picture. (4) Robert Ballard (b1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew. He leads ocean exploration on E/V Nautilus. Ballard considers his most important discovery to be that of hydrothermal vents. Signed color 6x4 photo. (5) Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (b.1937) is a Finnish politician, the tenth president of Finland (1994–2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work. Signed 6x4 picture. (6) Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of Rome (5 volumes, published after English translation 1907–1909). Ferrero devoted his writings to classical liberalism and he opposed any kind of dictatorship and unlimited government. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty times in six years. TLS with some handwriting, 1903, 1p. Fine.................Min. Bid $90
125. [BOBBY FISCHER] Robert James
Fischer (1943- 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and
the eleventh World Chess Champion. Offered here are 2
items once owned by Fischer. We bought his chess magazines
at the Fischer Auction held in NY at Swann's Auction. Back
around 1968 Fischer arranged thru a book dealer to sell
his personal library because he needed money. The Brooklyn
Library purchased in library. Years later Swann's
sold many items from the libraries collection. Offered
here are 2 items: (1) A 1968 softcover brooklet titled
FROM THEORY TO ACTION, 64pp. 8-1/2 x 10-3/4 in. (2) A 1961
page from a chess publication. Fischer subscribed to CHESS
ARCHIVES EDITIONED BY DR. MAX EUWE. They would mail
to Fischer on some regular schedule multiple page of chess
games. These would then be assembled in a notebook.
One page included here............50-75
Scan 1
Scan
2
126. [CALIFORNIA
EARTHQUAKE] a letter dated June 29, 1925,
to Albert R.
Baird of
Waterville,
Minnesota,
about the
earthquake
there. Four
pages, sent
from Santa
Monica,
Cal......Papers
are full about
the earthquake
at Santa
Barbara this
morning, two
distinct
rockings
followed a
little later
by a slighter
one. Envelope
included.........Min.
Bid $10
Scan 1
Scan
2
Scan
3
127. [CIVIL WAR]
Original 1863 commission document from Bedford County,
Penn., in which Andrew Gregg Curtin commissions George
Smouse Jr., of Snake nSpring Township, a Justice of the
Peace. 8 x 6-1/4 in. Signed by George Smouse Jr.
Fine.............75-100
128. (BRITISH THEATER NOTABLES LOT) DAME MADGE KENDALL (1848-1935) Actress. SIGNED CARD (1889). WILLIAM H. KENDALL (1848-1917) Actor. SIGNED CARD (1894) KATE RORKE (1866-1945) Actress, debut 1878 Geroge Bernard Shaw’s 1st “Candida” and 1st actress ever to smoke on stage. ALS (1892) 2pp. LAWRENCE GROSSMITH (1877-1944) Actor. The last of of the prominent acting family appeared in early Sherlock Holmes films and was brother in law of Vernon Castle. SIGNATURE. ELEANOR ROBSON (1879-1979) Actress. SIGNED CARD (1903). EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON (1875-1955) Actress. ALS (1903) 2pp. GRACE ARNOLD (1899-1979) Actress. AQS from “Brewster’s Millions” (1908). WILLIAM FAVERSHAM (1868-1940) Actor. SIGNATURE (1930)...............Min. Bid $50
129. [FILM] George
Segal Jr.
(1934-2021) American actor, comedian and musician.
He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing
both dramatic and comedic roles. After first rising
to prominence with roles in acclaimed films such as
Ship of Fools (1965) and King Rat (1965), he
co-starred in the classic drama Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf? (1966). Signed,
inscribed 5x7 picture. Fine..................50-75
130. Malcolm Taylor Dougherty (pen name Malcolm Taylor) (1888-1989) author of boys' books and a poet. An archive of 10 ALSs dated 1983-1989, PLUS 7 Christmas cards, each with long notes written by him on them; plus a photo and funeral card. Interesting reflections by a centenarian. Most are signed "Doc." VG.......Min. Bid $35
131. J. Glenn Beall (1894-1971) Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1953-1965. He was also a United States Congressman, representing the sixth district of Maryland from 1943-1953. Group of 5 TLSs, 1957-1975, to Vernon Talberett [1] & 4 to another person. Only the letter to Talberett has the mounting residue on the verso...........25-35
132. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Gerard Bauer (1888-1966); Jean-Jacques Weiss (1827-1891); Alfred de Courcy (1816-1888); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
133.
[ART] RUDY
POZZATTI - noted American
printmaker
[listed
everywhere],
original wood
engraving,
signed in the
block. A
commissioned
print to
commemorate
the
Inauguration
of John
Stephen Bailey
as the 4th
President of
Nasson College
[Springvale,
Me.], 1970.
Image is 5 x
4, sheet
10-1/4 x 7.
Fine
condition.............25-35
134 [FILM] Lois
Moran (1909-1990)
American film and stage actress. Moran's stage
activities included singing and dancing at the
Paris National Opera when she was 13 years old.
Moran's film career began when she made her first
film in Paris at age 14. She is probably best
known for her role as Laurel Dallas, daughter of
the title character, in the 1925 film Stella
Dallas, which was her Hollywood film debut.
She appeared in early sound movies such as Behind
That Curtain (1929), and some musical movies, such
as A Song of Kentucky (1929), Words and Music
(1929), and Mammy (1930). She then moved to
Broadway, where she appeared in the play This Is
New York (1930), and the musicals Of Thee I Sing
(1933) and Let 'Em Eat Cake (1934). ALS, 1986, 1-1/2 pp.
Discusses her favorite movie she appeared in
[God Gave Me Twenty Cents 19260, and
director Henry King. With envelope.
VG..............50-75
Scan 1
Scan 2
135. [RELIGION] PERRAUD,
Orat.,
Adolphe-Louis-Albert
[1828-1906]
French
Cardinal. ALS,
1888, 1p, 5 x
8 in.
VG...........50-75
136.
Gabriel-Marie Garrone (1901-1994) Cardinal of the
Roman Catholic
Church and a
Prefect of the
Congregation
for Catholic
Education.
Signed card
6-1/4 x 4-1/2
in.
Fine..............50-75
See
above
137. [GREAT
BRITAIN] group
of signed
address
panels: (1)
Sir William Horne (1774
– 13 July
1860) was a
British
barrister and
Liberal
politician.
Postmarked
1834. (2) Stephen
Lushington (17892-1873) British
judge, Member
of Parliament
and a radical
for the
abolition of
slavery and
capital
punishment. He
served as
Judge of the
High Court of
Admiralty from
1838 to
1867.Postmarked
1833. (3) Benjamin
Lumley (1811-1875) was a
Canadian-born
British opera
manager and
solicitor.
Born Benjamin
Levy, he was
the son of a
Jewish
merchant Louis
Levy.
Postmarked
1833. (4) Sir James
Mackintosh (1765-1832) Scottish jurist,
Whig
politician and
historian. His
studies and
sympathies
embraced many
interests. He
was trained as
a doctor and
barrister, and
worked also as
a journalist,
judge,
administrator,
professor,
philosopher
and
politician.
Postmarked
1826. (5) Charles
Manners-Sutton,
1st Viscount
Canterbury,
GCB, PC (9
January 1780 –
21 July 1845)
was a British
Tory
politician who
served as
Speaker of the
House of
Commons from
1817 to 1835.
Postmarked
1833.
VG.............100-150
138. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977)
Australian
stage, screen
and television
actor, and
director. He
is probably
best
remembered
today for his
campy
performance as
Captain Hook
in the Mary
Martin musical
production of
Peter Pan.
DOCUMENT
SIGNED, April
21, 1961, 1p,
4to. An
agreement to
appear on the
Hy Gardner
Show [TV].
Fine............50-75
See above
139. [GREAT
BRITAIN] Henry
John Temple,
3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG,
GCB, PC, FRS
(1784-1865)
was a British
statesman who
served twice
as Prime
Minister in
the mid-19th
century.
Palmerston
dominated
British
foreign policy
during the
period 1830 to
1865, when
Britain was at
the height of
its imperial
power. Signed
address panel,
sent to Sir
Herbert
Taylor,
undated,
marked
PRIVATE. Taylor
was most
likely Sir
Herbert Taylor
(1775-1839)
the first
Private
Secretary to
the Sovereign
of the United
Kingdom,
serving Kings
George III,
George IV and
William IV.
About 4-1/2 x
2-3/4 in.
Fine...............60-80
See above
140. Carlos
P. Romulo [1899-1985] Filipino
diplomat. He
had served
with General
Douglas
MacArthur in
the Pacific,
was Ambassador
to the United
States, and
became the
first Asian to
win the
Pulitzer Prize
in
Correspondence
in 1942.
Signature
mounted with
Philippines
stamp......25-35
See
above
141. [AMERICANA] Benjamin
Wadsworth (1750-1826)
undated manuscript document signed Mr. Wadsworth making
a payment to Dr. Holten. Wadsworth was the pastor of the
First Church in Danvers, Massacustetts. Samuel Holten
was a Continental Congressman from Massachusetts.
Approx. 6 x 3-3/4 in.
VG................80-120....................Min. Bid $20
142. Job Barnard (1844-1923)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Born in Porter County,
Indiana, Barnard served in the United States Army
during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865,
where he was a First Sergeant in Company K, 73rd
Indiana Infantry Regiment. ALS, 1908 written,
signed in the 3rd person, to Dr. Robert S.
Woodward, accepting invitation to meet members of
the National Academy of Sciences. 4 x 5-3/4 in. Fine..............50-75
143. [ENGLAND] a handwritten note, signed with initials. Do not know who wrote this. It reads..............Please telegraph how Mr. Gladstone is and kindly express to Mrs. Gladstone my hopes for Mr. Gladstones speedy recovery. In a different hand below is written Sent Aug. 8/80. Gladstone's illness, Downing Street, August 1880. The scene at 10 Downing Street, Central London, was anxious as people waited for news of the condition of Prime Minister William Gladstone, recovering from a lung infection. - Year: August 1880. The page is 4-3/4 x 7-1/2 in. Mounted to another sheet.............40-60
144. [TV] Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) Canadian actress
known for
playing
Marilla
Cuthbert in
the various
Anne of Green
Gables
productions.
She was twice
married to
actor George
C. Scott.
SIGNED 1961
contract to
act in The
Play of The
Week: "No
Exit." She was
paid $650. 4
pages; signed
on pg. 1 and
pg. 4.
Unique.......50-75
145. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Lucy Cotton (1895-1948) was an American actress who appeared in 12 films between 1910 and 1921. Brief ALS, 1919, 1p. with envelope. About 5-1/4 x 4-1/4 in. VG (2) Mrs. G. H. Gilbert (1821-1904) British actress. Signed 3x2 in. card, dated 1904. (3) Leueen MacGrath (1914-1992) English actress and playwright and the second wife of George S. Kaufman. ALS, not dated, written to Franklyn Lenthall, 1p. Lenthall (1919-2001) was an actor, known for Kiss of Death (1947) and Carnegie Hall (1947). He was the Founder of the Boothbay [Maine] Theatre. Provenance: The Boothbay Theatre Museum Collection. VG (4) [FILM] Karl Alexander (1938-2015) American fiction writer. He was the son and nephew of screenwriters—his father, William Tunberg, wrote the screenplay for Old Yeller, and his uncle, Karl Tunberg, wrote the screenplay for Ben-Hur—and worked on a number of films himself. Alexander's first novel Time After Time was published by in 1979. It was adapted as a successful 1979 film of the same title, as a musical in 2010, and as a television series to premiere in the fall of 2016. He became internationally known for his role in the film le Fou 4 in 2004. Jaclyn the Ripper, Alexander's sequel to Time After Time, was published in 2009. Signed [verso] Warner Bros. paycheck, 1984. Fine. (5) Oscar Handlin (1915-2011) American historian. As a professor of history at Harvard University for over 50 years, he directed 80 PhD dissertations and helped promote social and ethnic history, virtually inventing the field of immigration history in the 1950s. Handlin won the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Uprooted (1951). Handlin's 1965 testimony before Congress was said to "have played an important role" in passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that abolished the discriminatory immigration quota system in the U.S. Signed 1p. typescript from THE UPROOTED. 8.5 X 11. VG (6) Lynn Bari (1913-1989) was a film actress who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in roughly 150 movies for 20th Century Fox from the early 1930s through the 1940s. UNSIGNED vintage 8x10 photo. VG. (7) Claire Trevor (1910-2000) American actress. She appeared in 68 feature films from 1933 to 1982,[2] winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo (1948), and received nominations for her roles in The High and the Mighty (1954) and Dead End (1937). Trevor was billed first for Stagecoach (1939); her profile was higher than John Wayne's at the time. UNSIGNED vintage 8x10 photo. VG.................Min. Bid $50
146. [U.S. SENATE] 17 typed letters ink signed by the following US Senators: Harry F. Byrd Jr., Wallace F. Bennett, Arthur Capper, Simeon D. Fess, Samuel M. Shortridge, David A. Reed, Clarence D. Clark [light in sig.], Millard E. Tydings, George H. Moses, Guy D. Goff, Walter E. Edge, Quentin N. Burdick, William Cabell Bruce, James E. Murray, Jesse H. Metcalf, Carroll S. Page, H.D. Hatfield, Roscoe C. McCulloch. These dates 1901 - 1973. VG................150-200
147.
[AMERICANA] Mystery document [pre-1800]
from the Estate of Josiah Bartlett, Signer of the
Declaration of Independence and the First Governor of New
Hampshire. It is simply a list of 22 names. Not
known who wrote this but it comes directly out of the home
of Bartlett in Kingston, NH. Years ago the was an estate
auction at that home. The auctioneer was Martin Willis and
it appears online when googled. Approx. 4.5 x 7.5.
VG..............25-35
148. [WW 2 NAVAL] WILLIAM H.P. BLANDY (1890-1954), known to friends as "Spike", was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He participated in the occupation of Veracruz, Mexico in 1914 and served on board the battleship USS Florida (BB-30) (BB-30) with the British Grand Fleet during World War I. During World War II he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance from 1941 to 1943. Here he had a controversial role in the infamous torpedo scandal involving the initially practically useless Mark 14 torpedo, and the long delays incurred on the work testing and launching the electric Mark 18 torpedo. In December 1943 he became Commander, Group 1, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, and commanded the pre-invasion bombardment group during the campaign for Iwo Jima. Offered here are 2 document from the personal files of Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Captain Louis W. McKeehan, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while attached to the Research and Development Section, Bureau of Ordnance, from the outbreak of hostilities in 1941 to March 1944. These are: (1) Nov. 10, 1942. McKeehan has written at bottom "Mines Development". (2) Oct. 22, 1943 Bureau of Ordnance Circular Letter, 4pp. - printed, signed Blandy in type. Both VG...............50-75
149.
[ART] Francis
Holl (1815-1884),
was an English engraver and the son of
prominent engraver William Holl the Elder
(c1771-1838), to whom he was apprenticed. He
was both successful and fashionable,
producing work for book and print
publishers. He spent twenty-five years
engraving Queen Victoria's pictures during
which period he executed commissions of
other royal portraits. Often working from
paintings by fashionable artists, he
exhibited twenty engravings at the Royal
Academy between 1856 and 1883, and was
elected an associate engraver in 1883.[1] He
was the father of Frank Holl and was the
brother of engraver William Holl the
Younger. original
engraving, "HUNTING BUFFALOES", after F.O.C.
Darley, image approx. 5-3/4 x 8.5".
VG...........Min. bid $20
See
engraving
150. [ART] original engraving by Lovegrove - 18th century British engraver. Original copperplate engraving c. 1793, image size approx. 3 x 3-3/4 in. plus margins. Clean image area, slight toning in outer margins. VG...........Min. Bid $20
151. [PHOTOGRAPHY] 2 original color photographs of Frank Sinatra at the Columbus Day Parade in New York City. The photographs were taken Frank Mastro, the famed celebrity photographer probably best remembered for his photos of Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra. Approx. 5 x 3-1/4 in. Unsigned. Fine..........Min. Bid $50
152. Mickey
Spillane (1918-2006)
American crime novelist, whose stories
often feature his signature detective
character, Mike Hammer. More than 225
million copies of his books have sold
internationally. Spillane was also an
occasional actor, once even playing Hammer
himself. Offered here is a photocopy of
his The Night I Died - Mike Hammer short
story published in the anthology Private
Eyes - although story was written in 1953,
was not published until 1998.
Identified as a 1951 Unproduced Radio
Drama. This photocopy is from the
Spillane estate and it is not known if
there are other copies. VG. From the
Estate of Mickey
Spillane..........100-150 Min. Bid
$25
153. [SPILLANE] typed 1951 page sent to Mickey Spillane about an incident in Lansing, Michigan where a 28 year old man was arrested on a charge of larceny. Apparently he bought a book but concealed two others under his coat and left without paying for them. According to detectives he admitted stealing the books. They were entitled MY GUN IS QUICK and VENGEANCE IS MINE, both by Spillane. 8.5 x 11 in. VG..............50-75
154.
[MICKEY SPILLANE] Offered here are 2 letters
sent to Spillane plus an unsigned 8x10 photo
of Spillane. All of these items come
from Mickey's personal collection.
[1] Jim Henaghan (1911-1984) journalist, screenwriter,
novelist and columnist. Henaghan, who worked
for every major paper in Los Angeles, served
as The Hollywood Reporter's Rambling
Reporter in the early '50's. Always candidly
outspoken and never one to cater to the
industry's sacred cows, he wrote an article
concerning Preston Sturges' escapades with a
nurse while confined in a local hospital.
Sturges, far from angry at the humorous
reportage, called Charles Feldman and
convinced him Henaghan's talents could be
better put to use as a screenwriter. He
worked as rewrite man at Paramount working
on property owned by the studio, and was
responsible for rewrites of what were to
become "Sunset Boulevard" and "North to
Alaska." It was said of him..."he could take
'Stagecoach,' put it on shipboard, and make
it a good screeplay." Henaghan served as
executive vp of John Wayne's Batjac Prod.
for seven years. From 1960-76, he lived and
worked writing feature articles on film and
film personalities in Europe. Henaghan wrote
five novels in the Jeff Pride series,
published by Bantam Books and St. Martin's
Press. He was a close friend of the actor
Robert Walker. In her biography of Walker
and Jones, Star-Crossed, author Beverly
Linet quotes Walker's friend Jim Henaghan,
who was not mentioned in official accounts
of Walker's death, as saying that he was
present at the time of the events leading to
Walker's death. Henaghan stated that he
stopped by Walker's house, where they played
cards, and Walker was behaving normally.
Walker's psychiatrist arrived and insisted
that he receive an injection. When Walker
refused, Henaghan held him down in order for
the physician to administer it. Walker soon
lost consciousness, and frantic efforts to
revive him failed.
Offered here is a lengthy 2 pages typed
letter signed Jim, dated July 15, 1953.
Written to Mickey Spillane regarding
contract details with Waye - Fellows.
That's John Wayne's company. Tattered
edges.
[2] Bob Fellows (1903-1969)
American film producer who was once a
production partner with John Wayne and later
with Mickey Spillane. In 1952, Wayne and
Fellows teamed up to start their own
production company, Wayne-Fellows
Productions, making (primarily) films
starring Wayne, the first one being Big Jim
McLain (1952). The following year they
produced Island in the Sky (1953). Wayne had
seen the venture as a way to produce and
direct his own film version of the battle of
the Alamo. Eventually, Fellows became
embroiled in a complicated divorce from his
wife, necessitating the need to sell his
half of the company. Wayne bought Fellows
out and started his own Batjac Productions.
One of the Wayne-Fellows films was Ring of
Fear, featuring Mickey Spillane. Offered
here is a July 15, 1953 typed letter signed
Bob. Its basically about the same thing
Henaghan's letter was about. [3] Unsigned
vintage 8x10 photo of Mickey Spillane.
Provenance: Estate of Mickey
Spillane.........100-200
155. [CHESS] 1965 printed page of chess once owned by Bobby Fischer. Approx. 5-3/4 x 9 in. Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) American chess Grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time. Provenance: Robert "Bobby" Fischer - Brooklyn Library - Swann's Auction - East Coast Books. In the late 1960s Fischer is said to have needed money so he sold his chess library to the Brooklyn Library, who then sold off some of their holding at auction in NYC, some 25 years later. Rare!. Fine................Min. Bid $10
156. [SPACE] A vintage original black and white portrait of John Glenn, Gus Grissom, and Alan Shepard in spacesuits in front of a Mercury-Redstone spacecraft. A black number photograph, with explanatory text stamped on the verso in purple/blue ink. The 3 Mercury Redstone pilots participated in Mercury's first manned space flights from the cape. Left to right is John Glenn, Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard. UNSIGNED as usual. Very scarce. Another example of this photo was offered at auction in 2020 with an estimate of $800-$1200 but it failed to sell. We believe this photo was taken by WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. Provenance: Willene Whisenhant collection. Fine..............400-600
157. [DEMOCRAT PARTY] Dorothy S. McAllister (1899-1983) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, she was one of the most important women on the Democratic National Committee. From 1937 to 1941, during the second administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. McAllister served as the director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. In this capacity, she gave speeches throughout the country in support of the New Deal and Roosevelt. She was also strongly involved in the Division's "Reporter Plan," a system designed to make the average citizen more aware of policies and activities of the Roosevelt Administration. Mrs. McAllister resigned her political positions when President Roosevelt appointed her husband a federal judge. Soon thereafter, she accepted a Presidential appointment to the Volunteer Participation Committee in the 6th Army Corps Area Office of Civilian Defense. After World War II, her involvement in civic affairs was primarily on the state and local level. Offered here is a 1939 TLS with good political content, 1p. 8.5 x 10.75 in. VG...............50-75
158. SPORTS SIGNED SHEET from the Michael Bolton Celebrity Softball Challenge (1997) SIGNED by 13: KYLE ROTE (1928-2002) Football THOMAS W. BROWN (1940) Football RON WALLER (1933) Football MIKE MEADE (1960) Football MICHAEL SANDOR SOMMER (1934) Football CHET HANULAK (1928) Football DIONNA HARRIS (1968) Olympic Gold Champion others unidentified...........50-75
159. Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947) English author and poet. Signed poem, TO RALPH WALDO EMERSON, approx. 6 x 7 in. The poem is not in the hand of Gallienne but the signature is. VG.............80-120
160. [BOOK] A GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR of the Family of RICHARD OTIS, prepared by Horatio N. Otis of New York, publ. Boston, 1851, softcover, 46pp, about 5-1/4 x 9 in. Age wear................50-75
161. [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 76 pieces. Mixed conditions...............Min. Bid $25
162. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) American comedienne, actress. SIGNED STAR TREK BOOKPLATE. VG...........20-30
163. [AMERICANA] Linus Parmele (d. 1843) ALS, 1804, Haddam, Ct. to Rev. David Seldon (1761-1825) Congregational Minister of the Middle Haddam Church. One long page, 7.5 x 12.5 in. A lengthy letter about their Literary Society in Haddam, Ct. VG..................50-75
164. 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
166. [IRISH] Sir James Charles Mathew (1830-1908) was an Irish-born judge. Mathew was a driving force behind the creation of Commercial List in 1895, the forerunner of the modern Commercial Court, and was the first judge in charge of the List. CLIP SIGNATURE on 4-1/2 x 4-1/4 in slip. VG...............25-35
167.
[THEATRE] GERALD
SAVORY [1909-1996] English playwright
and screenwriter specialising in comedies. His earliest
work in the film industry was as a dialogue writer for
director Alfred Hitchcock's Young and Innocent
(1937). He spent some time in the United States in
the 1940s writing for film and television and became an
American citizen. From 1964 to 1965 he was writer,
producer and production manager for Granada Television,
producing five episodes of ITV Play of the
Week; adapting Saki, J.B. Priestley, Noël Coward and
Tennessee Williams for television. He then joined the
BBC first as then Head of Serials, then Head of Plays.
He notably produced five episodes of the thoroughly
panned Churchill's People (1975–76) and six of the eight
episodes of Love in a Cold Climate for Thames Television
in 1980. TLS, San Francisco, c. 1930s, 1p, 8vo.
Mentions two of his plays: UPPER BIRTH and LOVE WENT
A-RIDING. To Roland Young, the noted actor who played
Topper.............50-75
168.
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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169. [THEATRE &
FILM] Matty (A.E. Matthews OBE) (1869-1960)
English actor who played numerous character roles on
the stage and in film for eight decades. Nicknamed
"Matty", he was christened Alfred Edward Matthews. He
was affectionately regarded by the British public over
his extraordinarily long career. From World War II
until his death he enjoyed renown as one of British
cinema's most famous crotchety, and sometimes
rascally, old men. Matthews' other most well-known
films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The
Million Pound Note (with Gregory Peck), Inn for
Trouble, The Magic Box, The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
and Just William's Luck. Offered here is a 3-1/4 page
ALS, signed "Matty" to his friend, and fellow actor,
Roland Young [1887-1953] best membered for his role as
Topper [1937] film starring Cary Grant. Dated 10th ,
no year. Very good content to his friend.
VG...........75-100
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170. [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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171. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL ink drawing, signed, titled Bridgewater, dated 1976. Approx. 8-3/4 x 11.5 in. VG...........50-75
173. 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
174.
[FROM KUHN
ESTATE] Mark
Hanna (1917-2003)
American
screenwriter
and actor. He
was known for
writing the
screenplays
for many
science
fiction B
movies in the
1950s,
particularly
Attack of the
50 Foot Woman.
His first
major
screenplay was
Gunslinger in
1956. He
continued to
be prolific
through the
mid-1960s,
after which
his film
credits become
sporadic. His
last
screenplay was
for Star
Portal in
1998, five
years before
his death from
stroke
complications. TLS,
1943, 1p, to
the artist
Walt Kuhn, who
is at
Ogunquit,
Maine in
September.
Says............it
must be
delightful in
Maine - read
reviews of
LAUGH TIME
vaude show
which opened
at the Shubert
- terrific
raves -
helluva good
list of acts
includes Ethel
Waters, Frank
Fay & Bert
Wheeler - will
get tickets
for you, Lily
[Cushing -
Kuhn painted
her portrait]
& myself -
maybe Hope
Richardson can
make it a
foursome.
7-3/4 x 10 in.
VG..................50-75
175.
[WOMEN] Emma
Stone Lawrence
Blackwell (1851-1920), sister-in-law of
Dr. Elizabeth
Blackwell, who
married George
W. Blackwell;
she became a
school
teacher, later
worked for
“The Woman’s
Journal,” she
was Lucy
Stone’s niece,
one-time
president of
the National
American Woman
Suffrage
Association's
New Jersey
chapter; she
was a founder
of the New
Jersey Woman
Suffrage
Association
(NJWSA) and
attended its
initial
meeting in
February 1890.
She served as
its recording
secretary in
1894-95. She
served as the
NJWSA
secretary in
1900,
historian in
1903, and
president in
1905-07.
Offered here
is a 1907 ALS,
2pp. signed
"Emma".
Written to her
father Henry
Lawrence.
Fine.........50-75
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176. [ART - WALT KUHN ESTATE] 1947 Whitney Museum of American Art document - Received from Walt Kuhn, 112 East 18th Street, The Green Pom Pom, for 1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1947-1948. Mostly likely Walt himself wrote in pencil "After 12". About 5 x 7-3/4 in. Condition : see scan. This painting is now in the collection of The Butler Institute of American Art. It was painted by Walt Kuhn in 1944................100-150
177. [ART - WALT KUHN
ESTATE] 1927 Invitation card to Walt Kuhn Exhibition at
Grand Central Art Galleries. On the verso is an original
color drawing that we assume was drawn by Kuhn's
daughter Brenda when she was 16 years old. Approx. 6 x
3.5 in. VG..............75-100
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178. [ART] Sir John M. Rothenstein CBE
(1901-1992) British arts administrator and art
historian. From 1938–64 Rothenstein was Director of the
Tate Gallery in London. Rothenstein's directorship — the
longest to date — was one of the most successful.
Offered here is a caricature drawing of Rothenstein,
signed by him. The drawing was done by JACK ROSEN (1913-1989)
was Director of Security at New York's Waldorf Astoria
for thirty years (1932-1962), drawing caricatures of the
many US Presidents, film stars and other celebrities who
stayed there. He continued these drawings when he moved
to the Battery City Park Authority. He also drew more
than 25,000 images of US military personnel from three
wars: World War II, Korea and Vietnam, many executed
near the front. Collections of his caricatures are held
by Boston University, while many others are displayed at
his son's hotel and restaurant in Orlando, Florida.
Approx. 10 x 7-1/4 in. Drawn on transparent paper so
with white paper behind it will show up well.
VG..............150-250
179. Payson Williston (1764-1856) First Minister at Easthampton, Ma. . 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 afddress leaf. Postmarked Easthampton, Mass. VG...........300-500
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181.
[ART] Paul-Victor Avril (1843-1904)
etching, title
is JETSAM,
done after
Edouard
Rosset-Granger,
1893, image
approx. 9 x 12
in. plus
margins.
VG..................150-200
182. [ART] THE SINGING
LESSON -
etching by Chas. Alphonse Deblois , c. 1893, image approx. 8.5
x 12 in. plus
margins.
VG.............200-300
183. [NAVAL HISTORY] 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. Offered here is an ink signed memo dated 3 Sept. 1946, JOINT TASK FORCE ONE [Navy Department], Washington DC. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. VG..............100-150
American Physicist Louis W. McKeehan
184. [SCIENCE - WAR] The following are from the papers of the American physicist 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 a hand-drawn graph by McKeehan, dated 11 Oct. 1943, 1p, about 8 x 10.5 in. About EXPLOSIVES. Everything is in the hand of McKeehan. VG.................75-100
186.
[ART] Charles Volkmar (1841-1914)
American
painter,
etcher. During
his career,
Charles
Volkmar
exhibited his
etchings,
paintings and
pottery at the
National
Academy of
Design, the
Pennsylvania
Academy of
Fine Arts, the
Boston Art
Club, the
American
Watercolor
Society and at
the Brooklyn
Art
Association.
Today his fine
art is
included in
such
noteworthy
collections as
the
Smithsonian
Museum of
American Art. Original etching, A FAMILY
OF QUACKS,
plate signed, image approx. 5-1/2 x
8-1/4 in. plus
clean margins.
Fine................200-300.......Min.
Bid $50
187. [CUBAN REVOLUTION] Dr. Frederick K. Solomon (1899-1980) signed typed manuscript REVOLUTION IN CUBA, 9pp. All of the pencil corrections are in the hand of Solomon. The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro and his fellow revolutionaries of the 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and continued sporadically until the rebels finally ousted Batista on 31 December 1958, replacing his government. Dr. Frederick Solomon was a progressive rabbi active in Havana’s Cuban-Jewish community during the 1950s and 60s. Dr. Solomon had escaped Nazi - occupied Europe for London and eventually established a congregation in Havana, Cuba. As a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Dr. Solomon served as the rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in the Vedado suburb of Havana, where he wrote sermons and hosted religious services for his congregation, a part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. The rabbi was also active in the Jewish Progressive movement, frequently communicating with representatives of The World Union for Progressive Judaism throughout the 1950s in an attempt to officially associate his congregation with the organization. Rare................300-400
188. [MEDICINE] Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850-1914)
was a veterinary surgeon. He earned the first D.V.M.
degree awarded in the United States, and spent his
career studying animal diseases for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. He gave his name to the
Salmonella genus of bacteria, which were discovered
by an assistant, and named in his honor.
In 1883 he was asked to establish a veterinary
division within the Department of Agriculture. It
became the Bureau of Animal Industry and he served
as its chief from 1884 to December 1, 1905. Offered
here is a Signed document dated Sept. 20/96 [1896],
which is a receipt for $100 contribution made by
Salmon to the American Assoc. for the Advancement of
Science to the international fund for the erection
of the Pasteur monument in Paris, France. This
document comes out of the papers of Prof. Robert S.
Woodward who had received the contribution check.
This document is signed by Daniel E. Salmon as
President of the Pasteur Monument Committee of the
United States and also signed by its secretary Emil Alexander de Schweinitz (1866-1904) American bacteriologist.
190. [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
191.
[JUDAISM] Maurice
N. Eisendrath (1902-1973) was a leader of
American
Reform
Judaism, the
head of the
Union of
American
Hebrew
Congregations
from 1943
until his
death, an
author, and an
activist,
particularly
active in the
U.S. Anti-war
Movement of
the 1960s. The
Maurice N.
Eisendrath
Bearer of
Light Award,
one of the
highest honors
bestowed by
the American
Reform
Movement, is
named in his
honor. On
April 24,
1967,
Eisendrath,
Martin Luther
King Jr., and
other cultural
and religious
leaders formed
the peace
action group,
Negotiation
Now. Awarded
the Gandhi
Peace Award in
1961. Offered
here is a TLS
signed
Maurice, 1958,
to Rabbi
Frederick
Solomon in
Havana, Cuba.
1p. 7 x 10-1/2
in. Fine.
Interesting
content.....................100-150
192.
[NEW HAMPSHIRE] interesting collection of 24 documents from the papers of
the Rollins family. These date from 1815 to 1877. Very
good overall...............Min. Bid $75
193. [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
194.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR - 133 printed gov. doc. signed in
type Lew. Cass. Re: HALF PAY-COMMUTATION-BOUNTY LAND,
6pp., about 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. VG................Min. Bid
$10
195. [ART] Charles Henry White (1878-1918) was born at Hamilton, Ontario, and was educated partly in Europe and partly in the United States. He studied for a time at the Art Student League in New York City, working at illustrations and especially pen drawing. It was Joseph Pennell, the prominent American etcher, whom Mr. White met in Venice, Italy, in 1901, who induced him to take up etching. Original etching, plate signed, [1903], tissue guard still attached, image approx. 3-1/4 x 4-7/8" plus margins. VG.........50-75
196. [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
197. Robert Steed (1903-1995) was active/lived in New York, New Jersey. He is known as a painter, teacher, designer. He is best known for abstract oil paintings. His papers are held in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian. Offered here is an original lithograph from the rare 1953 Improvisations portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses and institutions supporting the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors allowed the artists complete creative freedom of expression. This lithograph was issued in an edition of 2000; the sheet measures 12 x 8-1/2 inches. Signed by Steed in the plate (not hand-signed). VG.................100-150
198. [ART] JOSEPH LAUBER (1855-1948) American artist. Original etching , "Head of an Old Man" printed on fine nineteenth century laid paper and with full margins as published in 1881 by George Wistar Hodge Ritchie. It is signed and dated by the artist in the plate to the lower right. An American mural painter, etcher, sculptor, stained glass and mosaic artist, Joseph Lauber came to the United States at the age of nine. He studied art techniques in New York under Karl Muller, Walter Shirlaw and W. M. Chase. Joseph Lauber was a full member of the Mural Painters, New York Architectural League (1889), Artists' Fellowship Inc. (president), Salmagundi Club (1902) and the New York Etching Club. During his career Joseph Lauber was the recipient of many awards and medals, including awards at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893) and Atlanta (1895). Joseph Lauber also served as the long time Instructor of Art at Columbia University, New York City. In 1883 the Art Department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Boston, held a major exhibition of contemporary American art. Plate mark is approx. 5 x 3-1/2 in. Fine..................100-150
200. [ART] Original wood-engraving, VIEW OF PITTSBURGH , 1848. Image approx. 4 x 6 in. From the collection of Katherine Ebert, author of OLD AMERICAN PRINTS FOR COLLECTORS. VG...............Min. Bid $10
202. [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 page manuscript page of
calculations written by Woodward [not signed], plus a
pamphet by Woodward: MEASUREMENT AND
CALCULATION, 1902, 24 pages uncut. The handwritten
page has edge tears at top & bottom edges. The
pamphlet is in very good+ condition. VERY
RARE!................100-150
See above
204. [DEMOCRATS] Fred R. Harris (b. 1930)
American academic, author, and former politician who
served as a Democratic member of the United States Senate
from Oklahoma. From 1969 to 1970, Harris served as
chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In the 1968
presidential election, Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey
strongly considered him as his running mate. Harris
unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential
nomination in 1972 and 1976. After 1976, he became a
professor at the University of New Mexico. Offered here is
a TLS, 1968, United Democrates For Humphrey, 1p. Written
to Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993)
of Maine. She was an alternate
to the
Democratic National Convention, committed to Senator Muskie as favorite son of my home State,
Maine. Harris is asking Brenda for advice and
suggestions. Includes is Brenda Kuhn's [retained] typed, ink signed reply that was sent
to Harris. Very interesting letter giving her thoughts
about Humphrey's TV images. A great letter from
Brenda, who was the daughter of the famed
American artist Walt Kuhn. Also included with these letters is a vintahe 8x10 photo of
Walt Kuhn's famous oil painting
THE BLUE CLOWN done in 1931. All are in very good condition..............Min. Bid
$75
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205.
[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
207. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [KENTUCKY] Walter Darlington "Dee" Huddleston (1926-2018) American politician. He was a Democrat from Kentucky who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1973 until 1985. Huddleston lost his 1984 Senate re-election campaign to Mitch McConnell in an upset by about 5100 votes. A 1959 FDC signed [on address sticker]. (2) Jose Torres (1911-1977) Spanish dancer and choreographer who was dance director at the Paris Opéra. Parents with his dancer wife of Jean-Marc Torres, star of the Roland Petit company. Signed vintage 8x10 photo. VG. (3) SINGER SEWING CO. - ALS, 1864, 1p. by Theo. L. Haynes (1830-1906) , to the Singer Sewing Machine Co. On illustrated letterhead. Mounting trace along one edge on verso. (4) Albert Forbes Sieveking (1857-1951) English author, known for his books on gardens. ALS, 1930, 2pp, 5 x 6-3/4". VG. (5) George Rodney [Eden] Wakefield (1853 - 1940) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Dover and Wakefield. He was educated at Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. After an incumbency at Bishop Auckland - in latter years he was also Rural Dean - he began what his Times obituary described as "nearly forty years of quiet but efficient service to the episcopate". ALS, no yr, written on both sides. VG (6) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine. Signed 1907 check made out to Ida Knapp. She signed on the verso as Treasurer of the Art Workers, Club for Women. VG. (7) Henry E. Burnham (1844-1917) US senator from N.H. TLS, 1911, 1p............Min. Bid $50
209. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Edward
Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1757-1847)
was a Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of
Carlisle from 1791 to 1807 and then the Archbishop
of York until his death. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) Rowland
Gibson Hazard (1801-1888)
American industrialist, politician, and social
reformer from Rhode Island. He was
educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington,
New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest
in mathematics. In 1819 he returned to Rhode
Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the
management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company.
One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling
the company's prodent winters in New Orleans from
about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included
cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced
shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by
African-American slaves. The activity that
Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his
life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he
was in New Orleans on business in the winter of
1841. After he learned that a free African-American
man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in
Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations
found that many free African-Americans were being
detained under the assumption they were escaped
slaves. He worked with Jacob Barker, then a New
Orleans lawyer, to obtain freedom for nearly 100
people being held as slaves. The action later led to
charges being filed against several public officials
who were responsible for the illegal
detentions. His involvement with abolitionist
causes and in the Republican Party eventually caused
his company to lose favor with its markets in the
southern United States. This helped to prompt the
Peace Dale mills' transition from making cheap
cotton products to selling higher quality woolens.
Hazard retired fromucts to planters in the southern
United States, particularly Louisiana, Alabama and
Mississippi. He sp the textile business in 1866 and
invested in the Union Pacific Railroad. After Union
Pacific fell into financial disarray and became a
party to the Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872, Hazard
spent much time dealing with the company's financial
affairs. Offered here is a bank check [New Orleans]
signed, 1844. (3) Henry
Bowen Anthony (1815-1884)
Gov. R.I. Brief 1883 letter written/signed in 3rd
person. (4) [ENTERTAINMENT] Lew
Dockstader (1856-1924)
was an American singer, comedian, and vaudeville
star, best known as a blackface minstrel show
performer. Dockstader performed as a solo act and in
his own a popular minstrel troupe.Large bold
signature dated Xmas 1898. Signature on verso
looks like Henry E. Dixon [?]. About 5-3/4 x
2-3/4 in . Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum,
Boothbay, Maine. (5) [EPHEMERA] 1894 one page letter
written from Portland, Maine on
illustrated letterhead. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. VG. (6) Jacob Bunn (1814-1897)
important Illinois industrialist, financier, and
close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln
acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a
Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a
document dated 1868 made out to Bunn but not signed
by him..............Min. Bid $50
210. [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
211. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) John G. Schumaker (1826-1905)
US Representative from New York. Signed [free frank]
postmarked cover. (2) Clyde Martin Reed (1871-1949)
24th Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from that state.
Signed 1948 cover honoring William Allen White. (3)
Western Union telegram sent from congressman Philip J. Philbin [Mass].
(4) Theodore Roosevelt -
1906 printed gov. doc. re: PUBLIC-LAND LAWS, signed in
type, 4pp. (5) Charles B. Rounds -
served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge
from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd
Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the
arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at
Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned
by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1896 bank
check. (6) Kenneth A. Roberts (1912-1989) U.S. Representative from Alabama.
CLIP SIGNATURE. (7) CHIEF OF REVENUE AGENTS DURING WORLD
WAR I] JOHN D. MURPHY (1885-1949). Lawman, Chief of revenue agents,
U.S. Treasury, Washington, D. C., 1918. Murphy went on to
serve as partner, Lewis, Murphy & Co.. accountants and
tax consultants (1919-26); among his other duties. SCARCE
SIGNED BANK CHECK, 1918, The Riggs National Bank,
Washington, DC. (8) Thomas Lee "Bum" McClung (1870-1914) American college football player
and coach who later served as the 22nd Treasurer of the
United States. Brief TLS, 1909. (9) Antique engraved
portrait of Sir Robert Strange................Min. Bid $50
212. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Karl E. Mundt (1900-1974) US Senator from South Dakota. TLS, 1964. (2) Red Adair (1915-2004) American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the highly specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping oil well blowouts, both land-based and offshore. Signed, inscribed 5 x 6-3/4 in. color photo. Signed twice [contrast isn't very good because photo is darker]. (3) Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the noted American artist Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (4) C. Delano - Sec. of the Interior. Signed in type 1875 printed gov. document, INDIAN SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA. (5) Douglas Volk - artist known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp. Signed 1906 bank check. (6) James Edward Murray (1876-joseph napier 1961) US Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961. (7) Tony Lavelli (1926-1998) NBA player. Sig. inscribed 3x5 card. (8) George Mitchell - US Senator from Maine. TLS, 1985, signed George. Thanks publisher for sending him a book. (9) Group of 26 Limerick, Maine bank checks c. 1917. (10) [ILLINOIS-LINCOLN] Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him. Approx. 5.5 x 7.5 in. VG..................Min. Bid $50
213. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] a week after his death in 1949, ART DIGEST referred to Walt Kuhn as "one of the most forceful, independent and self-disciplined painters of our time." That glowing evaluation is certainly just as valid today. [Written by Bennard B. Perlman, the art historian-author, from Baltimore]. Offered here are items from the Kuhn Estate in Maine. [1] Kennedy Galleries 1974 letter sending $3000 for month of June. At this time the Kennedy Galleries in New York was handling the Kuhn Estate and Brenda Kuhn received a monthly check of $3000 plus more if something sold. [2] Letter dated 1962 from attorney for Kuhn estate about Maine inheritane tax and a $125 bill for repairs to the painting "Landscape and Brook. [3] Dorsha Hayes (1897-1990) stage actress and dancer during the early 20th century. She was born in Galesburg, Illinois. She made her debut appearance in Pierre Loti's Daughter of Heaven in 1912. TLS, 1983, 1p. [4] Althea Bransom, neice of the noted artist Paiul Bransom. ALS, 1983, 1p. [5] Ruth M. Blaine - ALS, 1983, 2pp. about an UNSIGNED painting from the 1930s WPA project. She wants to know if Brenda thinks it is by Walt Kuhn. [6] Two letters, 1983, fromMaine Historical Society. [7] Brenda Kuhn (1911-1912) Co-manager, Kuhn Estate, New York City, 1949-1956; manager, Kuhn Estate, New York City, 1956-1966; Collection of Brenda Kuhn, Kuhn Estate, Cape Neddick, 1956-1966; founder, Cape Neddick Park, since 1965. President Kuhn Memorial Corporation, Cape Neddick, 1968-1975. Founder Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, since 1980. Brenda Kuhn has been listed as a noteworthy art historian by Marquis Who's Who. SIGNED 1967 bank check. [8] Thank you for donation card 1960, from Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine. [9] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) From 1969 to 1978 she was in charge of the art museum at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Later she moved north to Camden and was curator at the Farnsworth Museum. She was a close friend of Brenda Kuhn. 1p. ALS saying she was in Portland and saw "your father's paintings in the Barridoff [gallery' and the Museum." [10] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1985, 2pp. Mentions seeing painting by Walt Kuhn and Marsden Hartley. [11] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1984 on postcard - mentions Tea Party painting by Walt Kuhn "still puzzles me." [12] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1984, 2pp. Talks about Port Clyde, maine and the church there says that "the Wyeths attend a different church - Ridge". The Wyeths, of course, were Andrew and Betsey Wyeth. [13] 2 page TLS from an attorney about the sale of a Kuhn painting titled "Brenda in Ogunquit." Price $75,000. [14] Brief autograph note dated 1983 re" birthday of a 3 year old child [Cape Neddick, Maine]. [15] Group of 3 Walt Kuhn gallery consignment sheets signed by 3 different artists 1986 & 1987. [16] 2 misc. items. In all approx. 20 pieces. VG..............Min. Bid $75
214. [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
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215. [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
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216. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Henry N. Ward (1826-1880) signed 1870 Rhode Island court document. (2) John W. Dean - 1894, 1p. ALS, Boston. (3) T.W. Hammond - of the Worcester and Nahua RR Co. ALS, 1862. (4) Joseph Peace Hazard(1807-1892) was born into a wealthy Rhode Island family. When he failed in the family's textile manufacturing business, Hazard's family supported him in pursuing his personal interests, which included travel, architecture, and Spiritualism. Signed 1840 document. (5) John H. Nunn - lawyer. ALS, NJ, 1890. (6) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. Her handwriting on bank check register. Three check stubs written but not signed by her, 1945 (7) A.W. Sulloway - Sulloway Mills in Franklin Falls, NH. ALS 1899. (8) Unidentified CLIP SIGNATURE [looks like it dates to 1844]. (9) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check............Min. Bid $50
218. [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
219. [PORTRAIT] Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of
Bronte, KB (1758-1805), also known simply as Admiral
Nelson, was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy.
His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and
unconventional tactics brought about a number of
decisive British naval victories during the French
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is widely regarded
as one of the greatest naval commanders in history.
Offered here is an original portrait of Nelson engraved
by William Finden (1787 – 1852) English
engraver. His neat style and smooth finish made his
pictures very attractive and popular, and although he
executed several large plates, his chief work throughout
his life was book illustration. The largest plate
executed by William Finden was the portrait of King
George IV seated on a sofa, after the painting by Sir
Thomas Lawrence. For this work he received two thousand
guineas, a sum larger than had ever before been paid for
an engraved portrait. This engraving dates back to
1863. The engraved area is about 8 x 6 in.
very light foxing which is expected and adds a little
charm..................50-75
See
above
220. [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
See
above
222.
[ART] RICHARD
CARLE -
deceased New
England
artist. Worked
a lot around
Boston and the
north shore.
ORIGINAL color
drawing,
signed, titled
GLOUCESTER, c.
1978 Approx.
11 x 14 in.
paper size.
VG..................200-300
See
above
223. [ART] Offered
here is an original photograph from the Estate of Albert Sterner (1863-1946).
The photograph is of a pastel portrait drawing Sterner did
of Florence "Flossie" Scovel. She was the wife artist
Everett Shinn. On the verso Sterner has written in
pencil "Mrs. Scovel - pastel by Albert Sterner. Size
13-3/4 x 9-1/2 in. Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940) was
an American artist and book illustrator who became a New
Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her
middle years. Albert Edward Sterner (1863-1946)
British-American illustrator and painter. He began doing
lithography, painting, and illustrations. He opened a
studio in New York in 1885 and began contributing
illustrations to magazines including Harper's Magazine,
Scribner's Magazine, The Century Magazine, and Collier's.
In 1888 he became a student at Académie Julian in
Paris. He has illustrated G. W. Curtis' Prue and I
(which established his reputation as a black-and-white
artist), Coppée's Tales (1891), Works of Edgar Allan Poe
(1894), and Mary Augusta Ward's' Eleanor (1900) and The
Marriage of William Ashe (1905). His oil-painting "The
Bachelor" received the bronze medal at the Paris
Exposition of 1900. Institutions that have exhibited his
work include the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
the Carnegie Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Sterner's awards include the Carnegie Prize at the
National Academy of Design in 1941. His New York Times
obituary stated that he was perhaps best known for his
portraits, but "he was also noted for his nudes, religious
subjects, landscapes, still-life work and, in his earlier
days, his book and magazine illustrations."
VG....................Min. Bid $50
224. [ART]
Offered here is an original photograph from the Estate of Albert Sterner (1863-1946).
The photograph is a portrait drawing Sterner did of
Jonathan Sturges (1864-1911). Sturges began writing for
the Nassau Literary Magazine during his junior year. Four
years after graduation, Sturges published The Odd Number,
a translation of thirteen stories by Guy dc Maupassant
(1850-1893). The Princetonian saluted the achievement,
describing the book as having “a very rapid sale. The
first edition of 1500 appeared the last of October and
sold out almost immediately. The second edition of 1,000
is exhausted and the third edition is in press.” (9
December 1889). Settling in London, Sturges wrote travel
letters for The New York Times and short stories for
Harper’s and Cosmopolitan. He joined a circle of friends
that included Henry James (1843-1916), John Singer Sargent
(1856-1925), and James Whistler (1834-1903), with whom he
collaborated on The Baronet and The Butterfly magazines.
After Sturges death in 1911, his sister commissioned a
pastel sketch from Harper’s illustrator Albert Sterner
(1863-1946), which was completed after a portrait owned by
Mary Fuller Sturges (Mrs. Andrew Chalmers) Wilson
(1870-1962). The pastel was photographed and one copy hung
over Henry James’s desk until his own death four years
later. Size 12 x 8-1/2 in. Albert Edward Sterner (1863-1946)
British-American illustrator and painter. He began doing
lithography, painting, and illustrations. He opened a
studio in New York in 1885 and began contributing
illustrations to magazines including Harper's Magazine,
Scribner's Magazine, The Century Magazine, and Collier's.
In 1888 he became a student at Académie Julian in
Paris. He has illustrated G. W. Curtis' Prue and I
(which established his reputation as a black-and-white
artist), Coppée's Tales (1891), Works of Edgar Allan Poe
(1894), and Mary Augusta Ward's' Eleanor (1900) and The
Marriage of William Ashe (1905). His oil-painting "The
Bachelor" received the bronze medal at the Paris
Exposition of 1900. Institutions that have exhibited his
work include the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
the Carnegie Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Sterner's awards include the Carnegie Prize at the
National Academy of Design in 1941. His New York Times
obituary stated that he was perhaps best known for his
portraits, but "he was also noted for his nudes, religious
subjects, landscapes, still-life work and, in his earlier
days, his book and magazine illustrations."
VG....................Min. Bid $50
225. [ART] Offered
here is an original photograph from the Estate of Albert Sterner (1863-1946).
The photograph is a portrait painting Sterner did of
Edmond Thomas Quinn (1868 - 1929 in New York City) was
an American sculptor and painter. He is best known for
his bronze statue of Edwin Booth as Hamlet, which stands
at the center of Gramercy Park in New York City. His
larger-than-lifesize bronze bust of Victor Herbert
stands near The Pond in Central Park, New York City. He
exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design,
showing paintings in 1891, 1893, 1905, 1906 and 1907. He
first showed his sculpture there in 1908, and annually
for many years, usually portrait busts. He won a silver
medal for his bronze sculpture of model Audrey Munson at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco,
1915. He also exhibited at the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts (paintings: 1891, 1894, 1897;
sculptures: 1899, 1901, 1905–06, 1908–10, 1914–16, 1921,
1923, 1925–26, 1928, posthumously 1930), and the Art
Institute of Chicago. He was elected an Associate of the
National Academy of Design in 1920, and was a member of
the National Sculpture Society, the Century Association,
the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the
Players Club, for whom he executed his statue of Booth.
Quinn was found drowned off Governors Island, New York
City in September 1929, a suicide. Quinn had tried to
kill himself four months earlier by drinking poison.
226. [ART] Lucien Quarante (1860-1902)
French. Painter and engraver, he was born in Metz (57)
in 1860. He died in Paris in 1902. Student at the Ecole
des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the workshops of Cabanel and
Henriquel-Dupont, he then worked under the towards
Laguillermie. He made his debut at the 1887 Salon with a
portrait after Franz Hals, which earned him an Honorable
Mention. He exhibited regularly at the Salon and
particularly reproduced the old masters. He was one of
the good collaborators of the newspaper "l'Art". Offered
here is an original etching, after a painting by Gustave
Courtois. Title is PORTRAIT OF MADAME GAUTHEREAU. Image
is approx. 12 x 7.5 in. plus large margins.
Madame Pierre Gautreau (the Louisiana-born Virginie Amélie Avegno; 1859–1915) was known in Paris for her artful appearance. Her renown made the papers throughout France, England, and the United States—from Maine to California. "Among the many important portrait studies in the Fine Arts Department [not one has been more discussed, nor is more remarkable, than this presentation of a well-known American Parisienne by Courtois. It might be said also that scarcely one is so beautiful in color. For, notwithstanding her strongly accentuated head, and the stately simplicity of her pose, Madame Gauthereau's beauty lies in the dazzling, slightly improbable, fairness of her skin and the rich auburn of her hair, to which the lustrous whiteness of her dress adds an admirable setting-off. All these blond tones are rendered by the painter with that brilliancy of technique which is so much more frequently found in Paris than in other cities. As if to demonstrate the range of his accomplishments, the painter supplements this "tour de force" with that serious study of a young girl on her death bed, which was, in some respects, his most noticeable exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1889. The "Mme. Gauthereau" was painted two years later.” VG......................200-300
227. [ART] Victor Nehlig (1830
– 1909) French-American artist. During his time in the
United States, Nehlig opened a studio in New York City
and painted a variety of works in the academic style,
often demonstrating his prowess at depicting the human
figure. Nehlig returned to his native France in 1872,
two years after being elected an academician in the
National Academy of Design and shortly after his studio
and many of his reference materials were destroyed in a
devastating fire. He died in 1909 in New York City.
While Nehlig was relatively well known among art
enthusiasts during his time, his work has seen less
attention in subsequent years. He frequently painted
interpretations of American history, taking a special
interest in scenes from the American Civil War, the
effects of which he witnessed firsthand. An Episode of
the War — The Cavalry Charge of Lt. Henry B. Hidden
(1875), held in the collection of the New-York
Historical Society's Henry Luce III Center for the Study
of American Culture, and Pocahontas Saving Capt. John
Smith (1870), held in the collection of the Museum of
Art BYU, are among his only paintings on public display.
A number of others exist in private collections. Offered
here is an original etching, plate signed 1866, image
approx. 8-1/4 x 10 in. plus margins. VG............Min.
Bid $50
228. [ART] Harry
Siddons Mowbray (1858 –
1928) American artist. He executed various
painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt,
and other clients. He served as director of the American
Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Mowbray was best
known for his decorative work, especially The
Transmission of the Law, Appellate Court House; ceiling
for the residence of F. W. Vanderbilt; the ceilings in
J.P. Morgan's Library and The Morgan Library &
Museum's Annex building; as well as the ceiling and
walls of the library of the University Club, all in New
York City. Original
lithograph, approx. 6 x 7-3/4 in. plus margins.
VG.................80-120
229. [ART] Jack
Levine (1915-2010)
American Social Realist painter and printmaker best
known for his satires on modern life, political
corruption, and biblical narratives. Original lithograph
from IMPROVISATIONS [1957] done for Artists Equity,
approx. 12 x 8-3/4 in. There is a litho. by Sol Wilson
on the verso. Some minor flaws..................50-75
231. Mike Connors (1925-2017) American actor best known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series, Mannix. In the 1959–1960 television season, he had played a crime-fighting investigator known only as "Nick" in another CBS series, Tightrope. Signed, inscribed 8 x 10 photo. VG............40-60
234. (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT) HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE (1882-1958) Editor & Journalist, Pulitzer Prize. TLS (1955. EDWARD A. WEEKS (1898-1989) Author, Essayist and Editor of the Atlantic Monthly – ANS on large broadside (9x13) booklet. TOM WICKER (1926-2011) & LUCY IRVINE(1956) & DENISE GESS (1942-2009) & JOHN KATZENBACH (1950) Novelists and Writers. SIGNED by all 4. BOOK & AUTHOR Luncheon program Philadelphia (1984). RICHARD WATSON GILDER (1844-1909) Poet and Editor. CLIP SIGNATURE. RITA WEIMAN (1885-1954) Playwright, Novelist and Screenwriter – author of “The Acquittal”,” The Gentle Wife” “Possessed”, which was made into a film with Joan Crawford – TLS from the Literary Digest (1934) asking her to pronounce her name, she responds at bottom of letter (letter is trimmed at bottom). CORNELIU;S WEYGANDT (1878-1957) Historian and Biographer, journalist, authored 18 books. TLS (1928). ANTHONY LEWIS (1927-2013) Pulitzer Prize Writer, Journalist. TLS (2002). WILL CARLETON(1845-1912) Poet. SIGNATURE (1898). LAURA BENET (1884-1979) Poet and sister of William Rose and Stephen Vincent Benet. TLS (1964)............Min. Bid $50
235. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Bob Dole - a 1987 typed 4 page letter sending two Preferred Tickets to his for formal announcement to run for President of the United States. His signature is, of course, printed. One of the tickets is included here. All are in fine condition. (2) Lorenzo Marrett (1816-1887) was born in Standish, Maine and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1838. He practiced law with a specialty in the administration of estates. He joined the Board of Aldermen in 1849 and was active in local and state politics. ALS, East Cambridge, 1857, 3 pages, 4-3/4 x 7-3/4 in. Includes original envelope [stamp removed]. VG. (3) [POSTAL HISTORY] Levi P. Morton (1824-1920) the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as United States ambassador to France, as a US representative from New York, and as the 31st governor of New York. Offered here is a postmarked envelope. 1900, hand-addressed by Morton [not signed] to Lola Greene Baldwin (1860-1957) who was one of the first policewomen in the United States. In 1908, she was sworn in by the City of Portland, Oregon as Superintendent of the Women's Auxiliary to the Police Department for the Protection of Girls (later renamed the Women's Protective Division), with the rank of detective. Approx. 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. VG. (4) [THEATRE] 1964 program starring Ben Gazzara & Mildred Dunnock in TRAVELLER WITHOUT LUGGAGE. VG (5) [MUSIC] Helen Lemmens-Sherrington (1834-1906) English concert and operatic soprano prominent from the 1850s to the 1880s. Born in northern England, she spent much of her childhood and later life in Belgium, where she studied at the Brussels Conservatory. After engagements in mainland Europe she made her London debut in 1856. Her singing career was mostly in concert, but in the first half of the 1860s she appeared in opera at Covent Garden and other leading London theatres. ALS, no date, 2pp, no date, approx. 4 x 6-1/8 in. Declines invitation. VG. (6) James Clarke Hook RA (1819-1907) English painter and etcher of marine, genre and historical scenes, and landscapes. Artwork by Hook is held at the Tate Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts and Guildhall Art Gallery in London. CLIP SIGNATURE, about 4-1/4 x 1-1/2 in. (7) [RACING] Michael Andretti (b. 1962) American semi-retired auto racing driver and current team owner. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series and amassed 42 race victories, the most in the CART era and fourth-most all time. Signed color magazine picture, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in. Two fold lines. (8) Robert Adams (1917-1984) English sculptor and designer. While not widely known outside of artistic circles, he was nonetheless regarded as one of the foremost sculptors of his generation. In a critical review of a retrospective mounted by the Gimpel Fils gallery in London in 1993, Brian Glasser of Time Out magazine described Adams as "the neglected genius of post-war British sculpture", a sentiment echoed by Tim Hilton in the Sunday Independent, who ranked Adams' work above that of his contemporaries, Ken Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick and Bernard Meadows. Nice ALS, 1978, 1p., 8 x 9-3/4 in. plus envelope. Re: selling drawings. Fine example.........Min. Bid $70
236. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Richard F. Deimel (1881-1955) was head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.) from 1907 to 1952. An expert on precision instruments, he was a consultant to the Sperry Gyroscope Company (N.Y.) and author of "Mechanics of the Gyroscope" (1952). ALS, 1907, 1p. to Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician, accepting invitation. (2) Hooper Cummings Van Vorst (1818-1889) Judge of the Superior Court of the City of New York. A chancellor of the State of New York, president of the Century Club and founder of the Holland Society. ALS, 1875, 1-1/2 pp. (3) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American artist. Signed 1922 check. (4) Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1902 bank check. (5) Joseph Peace Hazard (1807-1892) was born into a wealthy Rhode Island family. When he failed in the family's textile manufacturing business, Hazard's family supported him in pursuing his personal interests, which included travel, architecture, and Spiritualism. Signed 1833 document. (6) [ILLINOIS-LINCOLN] Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him...................Min. Bid $50
237.
[MIXED MULTIPLE
LOT] includes: (1) Alfred
Hulse Brooks (1871-1924) American
geologist who
served as chief
geologist for
Alaska for the
United States
Geological Survey
from 1903 to 1924.
He is credited
with discovering
that the biggest
mountain range in
Arctic Alaska, now
called the Brooks
Range, was
separate from the
Rocky Mountains.
ALS, written in 3rd person on card. (2) Lydia
Thompson (1838-1908) English
dancer, comedian,
actor and
theatrical
producer.
Signature dated
1872 with old
small photo. (3) Herman
Vezin (1829-1910) American actor,
teacher of
elocution and
writer. ALS, 1884,
2pp. (4) William
Pierce Frye (1830-1911) US
Senator from
Maine. Ink signed
envelope [Free
Frank signature].
Envelope conains a
printed speech
given by
congressman John
H. Baker in 1880.
(5) Jean
Navarre(1914-2000)
Fr. artist. His
signature in
return address on
1958 envelope. (6) Mary
Carr (1874-1973) American film
actress and was
married to the
actor William
Carr. She appeared
in more than 140
films between 1915
and 1956. (7) Maclyn
Arbuckle(1866-1931)
was an American
screen and stage
actor. He was the
brother of actor
Andrew Arbuckle
and cousin of
comedian Roscoe
"Fatty" Arbuckle.
CLIP SIGNATURE
1900. (8) Edith
Atwater (1911-1986) American
stage, film, and
television
actress. CLIP
SIGNATURE.
(9) Sofia
Scalchi (1850-1922)
Italian operatic
contralto who
could also sing in
the mezzo-soprano
range. Her career
was international,
and she appeared
at leading
theatres in both
Europe and
America. Her
personal calling
card on which she
writes a few words
[not
signed].................Min.
Bid $50
238. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Anna Kaskas - Metropolitan opera singer. Sig., inscribed 8x10 photo, 1943. Two punch holes left side. (2) Dennise E. Stires - Warner Bros. 1984 paycheck endorsed on verso. (3) Gladys Hanson (1884-1973) was a stage and silent film actress. Signed card. (4) [ILLINOIS-LINCOLN] Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him. (5) National Tea Co. 1943 stock certificate. (6) Rudy Vallée (1901-1986) American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed bank check, 1935. VG (7) Louise Andrews Kent(1886-1969) American author. Her handwriting on bank check register. Three check stubs written but not signed by her, 1947. (8) George Huddleston (1869-1960) U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1929 envelope bearing his PRINTED Free Frank...........Min. Bid $50
239.
[ACTORS MIXED LOT] includes: (1) [SILENT
SCREEN] FRED SCOTT (1902-1992)
American Actor/Silent Screen Star -started
out entertaining on vaudeville, acting on
Broadway, and singing operetta. He later
appeared in many silent comedies,
including those of Mack Sennett, and
appeared in one feature-length silent
film. Later he worked in a few musicals
during the early '30s, but soon left
movies to spend a few years singing opera.
Between the late '30s and early '40s,
Scott played a cowboy crooner known as
"the Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo" in a few
Westerns. - SIGNED 8x10 photograph as
cowboy star. (2) Richard Todd [1919-2009]
Irish-born British stage and film actor
and soldier. Clip signature, approx. 4 x
1.5". (3) Susan Strasberg (1938 –1999)
American stage, film and television
actress. TLS, 1977, 1p. (4) Maureen
Stapleton (1925-2006)
American actress in film, theater and
television. Signed 3x5 card. (5) Earl Holliman (b. 1928) is
an American actor. Signed 8x10 color
photo. VG................Min. Bid $50
240. [FRANCE] Jean-Antoine Tinseau (1697-1782) French prelate. Tinseau earned a doctorate in theology from the University of Besançon and canon and vicar general of the Archdiocese of Besançon. In 1743 he became commendatory abbot of Bitaine and in 1745 Bishop of Belley. He was transferred to the diocese of Nevers in 1751. In 1760 Tinseau built a new episcopal palace and in 1762 he replaced by secular priests Jesuits at college and seminary. ALS, Nevers, 1782, 2pp, approx. 6-1/4 x 7-3/4". VG.........60-80
241. [FILM] BILL
WILLIAMS (1915-1992) Actor. SIGNED
inscribed 3x5
photograph.
VG............40-60
See
above
242. [SCIENCE] Jules Tannery (1848-1910) French mathematician. Tannery discovered a surface of the fourth order of which all the geodesic lines are algebraic. ALS, Paris, 190?, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Fine................75-100
243.
[PHOTOGRAPHY] offered are 6 small photos from France.
These are unsigned. Includes Camille
Doucet (1812-1895 in
Paris) French poet and playwright. Henry
Bordeaux (1870-1963) French
writer and lawyer. Bordeaux was elected to the Académie
française on 22 May 1919. This elite group of writers,
popularly known as the "immortals," are responsible for
establishing and maintaining the grammar, usage and
acceptance of vocabulary into standard French. Postcard
photo. Robert de
Flers (1872--1927) French
playwright, opera librettist, and journalist. Postcard
photo. Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe
Thiers (1797-1877) French
statesman and historian. He was the second elected
President of France and first President of the French
Third Republic. 3 cdv photo. Total of 6
unsigned................Min. Bid $50
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244.
[MARITIME HISTORY] offered here is a rare 8 page
typed [retained] letter from Commander R(obert) A.J. English sent to Capt.
Geo. S. Bryan, Hydrographic Office, Wash. DC. This is not
signed in ink because it was the retained copy kept
by English. English was at the Naval War College, Newport,
Rhode Island; dated 10 Feb. 1942. An extraordinary letter
all about Richard E. Byrd. Robert English
didn't hold Byrd in high regard. Marked PERSONAL AND
CONFIDENTIAL, English says a lot of negative things about
Byrd. Lieutenant Robert A. J. English was in command
of the S.S. Bear of Oakland, which was getting on in years
in 1933 but there was still some great moments ahead for
the stout old ship. In the early 1930s, the famed
Arctic explorer, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN, was looking
for a vessel suitable for operating in ice in his Second
Antarctic Expedition. Hearing that the Bear was
available, he opened negotiations with officials of the
City of Oakland, California, where the vessel had been
serving as a marine museum. The bargain was
concluded for the incredibly low price of $1,050 -- one of
the best buys in history. An entry in her log for 19
June 1932, reveals that she was en-route to Boston for
overhaul and refitting with a volunteer crew
aboard.Refitting completed, the Bear, on 25 September 1933
left Boston under the command of Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert
A. J. English, USN. After a rugged trip, she reached the
Bay of Whales and Little America in the latter part of
January 1934. Once again in the United States
Antarctic Expedition of 1939-41, Admiral Byrd called upon
the Bear's services. This time, however, her boiler
and engine were taken out and a modern diesel drive
installed. Her auxiliary equipment was electrified.
By 16 May 1941, she had completed her work in the
Antarctic and was back at Boston. By this time, the shadow
of World War II was already stretching over the United
States. In 1941, shortly after her return from the
Antarctic, the Bear was assigned to the Greenland
Patrol. She took part in the capture of the
Norwegian trawler Buskoe which had, been fitted out by the
Germans to transmit weather reports and information on
Allied ship movements. The Bear's days of active
service were now drawing rapidly to a close. In
June, 1944 she was stricken from the Navy list of active
vessels and turned over to the Maritime Commission for
sale. This lengthy letter was written to Capt. (Rear Admiral) George S. Bryan (1885-1964)
U.S.N. retired, of nearby Clark's Green, died yesterday in
Moses Taylor Hospital here. He was 79 years old. Admiral
Bryan was Navy hydrographer in Washington from 1938 until
his retirement in 1946. During World War II his office was
responsible for directing preparations of maps of the
Normandy landings and for all Pacific islands on which
American forces established beachheads. He was a 1906
graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
In World War I he commanded the Yangtze River gunboat
Monacacy and later became fleet engineer for the Asiatic
Fleet. After the war he was commander of the destroyer
Yarborough, the destroyer tender Melville and the
battleship Maryland. One of the things English
says........"The leading men of his expeditions have a
saying which was universally followed. It is When Byd says
anything or asks for anything, look for the motive."
WOW!!!!! VG................600-800...................Min.
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245. Richard E. Byrd (1888 – 1957) American naval officer and explorer.This is a COPY of page 2 of a Byrd letter about Robert English, saying English should be given the Distinguished Service Medal. From the Robert English papers. VG........50-75
246. Lot of 9 Iowa Abstract of Title documents, 1891-1922. Signatures have not been researched....Min. Bid $18
247. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) American romantic poet, journalist 1852 letter from Bryant but not signed by him. (2) Kaaren Lee - actress, known for The Right Stuff (1983), St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and T.J. Hooker (1982). Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck 1984. (3) Edward Grossman - Executive Director, Composers and Lyricists Guild of America. TLS, 964, 1p. Also signed by Milt Ebbins (1912-2008) the well-connected show business manager who was a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy White House. Mr. Ebbins was a well-liked Hollywood insider who directed the careers of actors, musicians and comedians. For more than 30 years, he was the personal manager of actor Peter Lawford. Through Lawford, who was married to Patricia Kennedy, a sister of John F. Kennedy's, Mr. Ebbins became a favorite of JFK's and a frequent guest at the White House and on Air Force One. At Kennedy's 45th birthday party in 1962, Mr. Ebbins gave Marilyn Monroe a push onstage at Madison Square Garden as she went out to sing her sultry version of "Happy Birthday." (4) Wilson Thomas Hogue (1852–1920) American bishop of the Free Methodist Church, elected in 1903. He was born 6 March 1852 in Lyndon, New York. His parents were Scottish-English Methodists. He was the founder of Greenville College. His career also included service as a Pastor and a District Elder. TLS, 1900, 1p. Toned. (5) Mary Hannah Krout (1851-1927) American journalist, author, and advocate for women's suffrage. ALS [no yr], 2pp. to Harry McClure. (6) Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him.................Min. Bid $50
248. [EPHEMERA] group of 4 Limerick National Bank [Maine] checks, 1924-26..............Min. Bid $1.00
249. [SCIENCE] William Berryman Scott (1858-1947)
American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals,
and principal author of the White River Oligocene
monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology
at Princeton University. ALS written in the 3rd person, c.
1908, 1-1/2 pages. Fine...............40-60
250. MAINE] Alexander Dennett (1811-1889)
He conducted a general store at York, Maine, and owned
coasting vessels. He removed to Kittery and lived on the
ancestral homestead until his death. During
the civil war he was appointed inspector of timer at the
navy yard. He was a Whig in politics in early life, a
Republican afterward. He was trial justice for many years;
represented his district in the legislature in 1849-50-51;
was delegate to the convention when the Free Soilers and
Whigs fused at the time the Republican party was
organized; was frequently moderator of town meetings and
selectman of the town. He was active in good works and
interested in the great questions of the day, supporting
the anti-slavery and temperance movements heartily. He was
a member of the Sons of Temperance, and was active in the
Methodist Episcopal church, being charter member of the
Second Methodist Episcopal church, of Kittery. Offered
here is a 1864 legal writ document signed twice as Trial
Justice. Approx.
8.5 x 14 in. A noticeable repair on left
side..............50-75 ..............Min.
Bid $10
251. [POSTAL HISTORY] John A. Cobb - Cobb led the Legion Guards in the 16th Georgia Infantry, Confederate Army. Group of 3 postmarked envelopes all addressed by John A. Cobb to Mrs. Howell Cobb, wife of HOWELL COBB (1815-1868) American political figure. A southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851–1853) and as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860). Cobb is, however, probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. Delegates of the Southern slave states declared that they had seceded from the United States and created the Confederate States of America. These date 1866, 1867 & 1889..........75-100
252. MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) George Lincoln Goodale (1839-1923) American botanist and the first director of Harvard’s Botanical Museum (now part of the Harvard Museum of Natural History). It was he who commissioned the making of the University's legendary Glass Flowers collection. ALS written in the 3rd person, sent to Professor Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. n 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He cannot accept invitation. 5x8 in. VG (2) Joseph Bartlett Eastman (1882 – March 15, 1944) was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission from 1919 until his death in 1944. He made his reputation as counsel in various wage arbitrations from 1913 to 1914. In 1933, he was nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and confirmed by the Senate, to the position of Federal coordinator of transportation. Offered here is a TLS, 1944, 1p, written to John T. Blackwell. Appears that Blackwell contacted Eastman about because he was a conscientious objector hoping to find a position with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. 7 x 10-1/4 in. With envelope. VG (3)JEFF DAVIS printed gov. document signed in type by Jeff Davis, Sec. of War, March 3, 1856, 9pp. fortifications for proper defence of New York and Brooklyn. VG (4) [ART] Dudley Hardy, RI, ROI, RBA, RMS, PS, (1867-1922) English painter and illustrator. In 1885 Hardy began exhibiting at the Royal Academy, an association that lasted to his death. Hardy's illustrative work is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED, 1903, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. (5) George Mitchell (b. 1933) served as a United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. TLS, 1992, 1p, 8.5 x 11 in. VG. (6) Mark Hatfield (1922-2011) a Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States Senator from Oregon. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo dated 1984. VG...................Min. Bid $50
253. [FRANCE] Beautiful French
document 1715 with large ornate revenue
stamp at top. Lengthy 4 pages, 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 in. Three
ornate signatures on last page. 1715 was the fist year of
the reign of King Louis XV. VG.................100-200
254. [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
Document
1
Document
2
See
is portrait
255. [VERMONT] Luke
Potter Poland (1815-1887)
United States Senator and Representative from Vermont.
Signed 1841 State of Vermont Supreme Court document,
signed as Chief Justice. Attached to 4 other pages, one
signed by Frederic
Williams Hopkins (1806-1974)
was a Vermont lawyer and militia officer who served as
Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia. In the 1830s and
1840s Hopkins was part of a group of individuals
interested in reorganizing and revitalizing the state
militias, which had become increasingly dormant in the
years following the War of 1812. This group, including
Franklin Pierce, Alden Partridge, Alonzo Jackman, and
Truman B. Ransom, held seminars to discuss tactics,
strategy and recruiting, and carry out maneuvers and
drills in an effort to improve unit readiness. Excellent
condition..................75-100
256. [ARTISTS MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Stephen James Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher. Original etching, "Mrs. Nicklin", from a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Stuart painted the portrait of Mrs. Nicklin about 1795, when she was in her thirtieth year. She was one of Philadelphia's celebrated beauties, the wife of Mr. Philip Nicklin, and the daughter of Chief-Justice Benjamin Chew. This plate shows notable characteristics in Mr. Ferris's method of etching, he believing in finish, and striving to obtain depth of tone and suggestion of color by close and careful working. Image 7-1/4 5-1/2" plus fairly clean marhins. Top left corner is soiled. (2) Wendell D. Volk (1884-1953) American artist. Signed 1943 bank check. Born El Paso, TX, buried Arlington Natinal Cemetery. He was a printmaker and woodcarver, married Jessie J. McCoig, also an artist (1904-2005). The Douglas Volk family built a rustic Tudor cottage, “Hewnoaks,” on the shores of Kezar Lake in Center Lovell, Maine. [Stephen A.] Douglas Volk was the son of Leonard [W.] Volk, who was famous for his many life casts of Abraham Lincoln. S.A. Douglas Volk studied in Paris and Italy. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design in New York and was a founder of the Minneapolis School of Fine Art. He participated in the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition and taught at the New York Society for Ethical Culture established by Felix Adler, where he met Karl von Rydingsvärd. He married Marion Larabee in 1881 and two of their children were dau. Marion and son Wendell. Daughter Marion helped Mother Marion run the Sabatos Studio, which produced woven and printed textiles. Wendell was also a weaver and learned woodcarving from Karl von Rydingsvärd. Wendell’s wife Jessie left Hewnoaks, lock, stock, and barrel, to the University of Maine. Hewnoaks was the heart of an Arts and Crafts community. Marion Volk decided to improve upon a generations-old native tradition of making “drawn” rugs and with the help of her son Wendell and daughter Marion she began Sabatos Handcrafts in 1901. The Volks gathered together residents of Center Lovell, who then carried out every part of the rug-making process. Twenty years later the Volks began producing block-printed textiles. The rugs and printed panels are extremely rare today. VG (3) RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL drawing, not signed, 1980. Approx. 9 x 11.5 in. paper size. VG (4) Madeline Marrable (1833-1916) was a prolific London based watercolourist and oil painter specialising in landscapes with a preference for mountains and snowscapes. She traveled widely to places including Austria, France, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland and Venice. In 1886, Marrable was elected as the first President of the Society of Lady Artists (SLA), formerly the Society of Female Artists (SFA) and since 1899 is now known as the Society of Women Artists (SWA), she retired from the presidency in 1912. CLIP SIGNATURE, 4-1/4 x 1 in. VG. (5) Mary Lucier (b. 1944) American video artist. Concentrating primarily on video and installation since 1973, she has produced numerous multiple- and single-channel pieces. Mary Lucier has presented solo exhibitions at different venues all around the world. Among those are The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the TV Gallery in Moscow , San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, and the Media Test Wall at MIT. Signed 1985 exhibition brochure. Fine. (6) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait painter and the son of noted sculptor Leonard Volk. Best known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one of which hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House. He was named after his mother's cousin (Abraham Lincoln's political rival) Stephen A. Douglas. Offered here is a bank check signed by Douglas Volk, 1907. VG.....Min. Bid $50
257 .
[PORTRAIT] Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of
Orford (1717-1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an
English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian
and Whig politician. Offered here is an original
portrait of Walpole engraved by J. Cochran. This
engraving dates back to 1863. The engraved area is
about 8 x 6 in. very light foxing which is expected
and adds a little charm..................50-75
See above
258. [FILM] Peter Graves (1926-2010) American film and television actor. He was best known for his role as Jim Phelps in the CBS television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 (original) and from 1988 to 1990 (revival). Signed 7x9 in. photo. VG................30-40
260.
[WORLD WAR 2] Dr. Ralph
D. Bennett (1900-1994)
His career was varied and most distinguished. He served as
a professor of physics at M.I.T; as a naval officer,
responsible for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in
Washington; and director of the Vallecitos Atomic
Laboratory near Livermore, Calif., for the General
Electric Co. He subsequently became V.P. and director of
research for Martin Marietta. Dr. Bennett was a man
uniquely placed to bring about significant changes in the
way the Navy handled its research and development in those
early years. Having both a Captain's rank and a respected
technical background, he played a major role in the
development of the Military-civilian partnership at NOL,
and saw its use accepted universally in the rest of the
Navy's R&D management. The Navywide system of
Commander/Technical Director management owes its origins
to Dr. Bennett. Offered here is an ink signed memorandum
from Bennett to Capt. L.W. Mckeehan, Naval Ordnance
Laboratory, Navy Yard, Washington DC, 8 December 1943,
2pp. Discusses, by names, using certain people.
Louis Mckeehan has written and signed a response on page
2. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. Louis
W. McKeehan (1887-1975)
Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave
of his teaching position to help out with the war effort.
He was the driving force behind the creation of the
torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the
Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance.
VG.................150-250
Scan
1
Scan
2
261. BAILEY WILLIS (1857-1949),
noted geologist; subject of an Argentine biography as a
result of his surveys for a railroad across the Andes; a
glacier wall in Mt. Rainier Park is named for him; son of
Nathaniel Parker Willis, editor and writer. His papers are
in the Huntington Library in Pasadena, CA. A collection of
3 letters - two ALS plus an LS - all to E. H. Frost re
books and maps..............75-100
262. SAM JONES (1933-2021)
Hall of Fame basketball player with Boston Celtics. 2
signatures - one on a 3 x 5 card ("Kindest Regards");
the other on the faded program of a 1972 high school
basketball luncheon. The program is badly faded; the
signature is not..........25-35
263.
[NAVAL] Group
of 9 letters
written to Lt.
Comdr.
Ellsworth
Davis,
1919-32. These
were sent by
Ellsworth's
mother to him
while he was
serving on the
USS Burns
& USS
McDermut. Each
with envelope.
We have not
read these
letters. Ellsworth
Davis
[1892-1946]
American naval
officer. He
served on the
U.S.S. Florida
as a signal
officer,
official
uniform
inspector and
flag
lieutenant.
During the
U.S.
occupation of
Vera Cruz,
Mexico on
April 1914,
Davis led a
company
onshore and
overtook the
town's postal
service
building. In
addition to
his service on
the U.S.S.
Florida, Davis
served in the
Mediterranean
and off of the
U.S. Atlantic
Coast on the
Brooklyn and
the Fairfax.
He was
commanding
officer of the
USS Fairfax
from 1934 to
1936. The
Fairfax was a
Wickes-class
destroyer in
the United
States Navy
during the
World War I,
later
transferred to
the Royal Navy
as HMS
Richmond
(G88), as a
Town class
destroyer. The
Fairfax took
part in the
Presidential
Review taken
by Franklin D.
Roosevelt in
San Diego in
March 1933,
and then
sailed for the
East coast,
where she
continued her
reserve
training duty.
She also
patrolled in
Cuban waters,
and in the
summers of
1935, 1937,
1938, 1939,
and 1940
sailed out of
Annapolis
training
midshipmen of
the Naval
Academy.
Between
October 1935
and March
1937, she
served with
the Special
Service
Squadron out
of Coco Solo
and Balboa,
Canal Zone,
operating
primarily on
the Atlantic
side of the
Canal Zone.
VG.................60-80
See
above
264. [ART]
RICHARD CARLE
- deceased New
England
artist. Worked
a lot around
Boston and the
north shore.
Lithograph,
signed in the
print, not
titled, dated
1978. Approx.
8.5 x 11 in.
VG................40-60
See
above
265 [ART] Doris
Reynolds (1912-1978)
Doris Reynolds
did many
illustrations
for books
published by
Doubleday
& Co. She
was also an
exhibiting
artist, having
work shown at
the Krausharr
Gallery in New
York in 1949.
Other
exhibitions
include:
Wilmington
Museum,
Delaware
1940-45;
Maracaibo
1936-39;
Barbizon
Plaza, NYC
1940; Lake
Placid Club,
NY 1940, etc.
She studied at
the Art
Students
League with
Jules Gotlieb,
Bridgman &
Brackman.
During World
War II, she
was one of
Jackie
Cochran's
Girls,
ferrying
airplanes
throughout the
United States. Offered here are 4
original drawings,
unsigned.
These were done while she was studying
at the Art Students
League. Provenance:
Artist's
Estate......Min.
Bid $40
Scan
1
Scan
2
Scan
3
Scan 4
266. MARYLAND CONGRESSMEN - A collection of 44 LS's written by House of Representative members from Maryland. Included are Michael D. Barnes (19), Stephen W. Gambrill (1), Gilbert Gude (6), Steny Hoyer (2), DeWitt S. Hyde (2) Gladys Spellman (2), and Newton Steers 12). Content is routine, mostly responding to constituent letters about specific proposed legislation. Dates range from 1929 to 1985. Steny Hoyer was House Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011. He is currently House Minority Whip.........Min. Bid $100
267
[FIXED LOT] includes: (1) Rogers
Morton (1914-1979) U.S. Secretary of the Interior
and Secretary of Commerce during the
administrations of presidents Richard M. Nixon and
Gerald R. Ford, Jr., respectively. He also served
as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland. Signed 8x10 photo - looks like
auto-pen. (2) Bill
Froehlich -
Producer, writer known for MacGyver (1985),
Return to Horror High (1987) and The Outer Limits
(1995). Warner Bros. pay check, 1985, not signed
by him. (3) Admiral George
Anson Byron, 7th
Baron Byron (1789-1868) British nobleman,
naval officer, peer, politician, and the seventh
Baron Byron, in 1824 succeeding his cousin the
poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron in that
peerage. As a career naval officer, he was notable
for being his predecessor's opposite in
temperament and lifestyle. Sigbed
1839 address panel. (4) Josiah Bailey (1873-1946)
was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of
North Carolina between 1931 and 1946. Before
turning to a career in law, Bailey was editor of
the Biblical Recorder, a newspaper for North
Carolina Baptists. Signed 1920 bank check.
VG. (5) group of 3 signed 3x5 cards signed
- not identified. (6) A 1959 FDC postmarked S.
Dakota signed [not ID'd]. Says Johnson on back.
(7) Three envelopes dated 1929
bearing printed Free Frank signatures of
congressmen Edward F. Cooke, Wm. F. Brunner
& S. Otis Bland. Needs
research..............Min. Bid $25
268.
[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
269.
[PORTRAIT]
Official
portrait of
President
McKinley.
Opposite
illustration
is historical
text of
President's
life and
administration. Copyright,
1907, Bureau
of National
Literature
& Art
& Gravure
Company of
America. Print
originates
from White
House Gallery
of Official
Portraits of
Presidents
folio book.
Copyright on
bottom left of
print. Not a
reproduction.
Photo-gravure
after painting
by Benziger.
Text by
William M.
Stewart – U.S.
Senator from
Nevada.
Engraved
president's
autograph
beneath the
portrait.
Whole paper
size is 19.5 x
16 in. High
quality paper.
Image size
about 12 x 7. There is
some
foxing..........Min.
Bid $25
270. [ART] James Fagan [b.
1864) American etcher. Original etching, titled "MAECENAS", plate signed, c. 1901. Image approx. 4-1/2
x 3-1/2 plus margins. Tissue guard still attached. Gaius
Maecenas, (born c. 70—died 8 bc), Roman diplomat
and literary patron. He claimed descent from
Etruscan kings. VG...................50-75
271.
[ART] William
Grainger -
18th century British engraver, active 1784-1793. Original
copperplate engraving c. 1790s, image size approx. 3-3/4 x
3-3/4" plus margins. Clean image area and surrounding;
spots and stain in outer margins. VG......50-75
See
engraving
272. Leon Uris (1924-2003)
American author of historical fiction who
wrote many bestselling books including
Exodus (published in 1958) and Trinity
(published in 1976). Signed
photo, 8x10 in. VG..........80-120
See
above
273. [US GRANT] offered here is a Boston Post Jan. 2,
1873 newspaper containing HAPPY NEW YEARS PRESIDENT GRANT article on
page 4...................20-30
274. [MISSOURI
TERRITORY] Boston Recorder Mar. 20, 1819
newspaper with an article inside page FIRST
PROTESTANT MISSIONARY WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI. 4pp..............20-30
275. [INDIANS Boston Recorder
Jan. 9, 1819 newspaper. Article on page 4
about Cherokee Nation to Surrender to thje
United States. 4pp..............20-30
276. [ART] Albert Sterner (1863-1946)
original lithograph, KISS OF THE ANGEL, 1914,
approx. 14-3/4 x 10-1/4 in. plus
margins. VG................200-300
See above
See
Albert Sterner bio.
277. [ART] Albert Sterner (1863-1946)
important artist born to American parents in London. He
studied at the Julian Academy in Paris, France. He
emigrated to the USA in 1881, moving first to Chicago
and then to New York. Sterner was a noted painter,
printmaker, and illustrator. Sterner did illustrations
for Harper's and LIFE magazines, as well as several
other publications. He was president of the Society of
Illustrators (1907-1908) and later taught at the Arts
Students League in New York (1918). He received many
accolades and awards during his career. Lithography was
pioneered in America by Albert Sterner (The Model, c.
1920), who with George Bellows (Parlor Critic, 1921)
started the organization Painters-Gravers of America in
New York in 1915. This was the first artist group
committed to the development of lithography as a fine
art medium in America and included artists John Sloan
and Edward Hopper. George Bellows was introduced to fine
art lithography by Sterner in 1916. Bellows was a quick
study and soon became the leading printmaker of the
Ashcan School. Offered here is a 1924 signed in the
stone lithograph of Rollin Kirby (1875-1952) American
political cartoonist. In 1922 he was chronologically the
first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial
Cartooning, an honor that he would receive three times.
Provenance: Sterner's summer home in Mass. Paper size
approx. 19 x 12.5 in. VG...................200-300
See above
See
Albert Sterner bio.
278. [ART] Charles
Courtry (1846-1897)
online thew Metropolitan Museum of Art says "One
of the most accomplished of French nineteenth
century etchers." He studied
etching techniques in Paris under Francois Flameng and
Leon Gaucherel. Courty is also known for
copperplate engraving and illustration but during his
career focused primarily on etchings, completing around
500. Most of them were interpretive of drawings by
others artists including Jean Chardin, Thomas Couture,
Mihaly Munkacsy, Francesco Guardi, Joseph Israels and
Constant Troyon. Among his subjects is a portrait
of artist, J.L. Ernest Meissonier, dated 1883. He also
did an occasional still life etching such as Vase de
Chelsea, 1874. Offered here is an original etching, plate signed, 5.5 x 7.5
plus wide clean margins. Fine..............100-200
See above
279. [ART] Old
Master engraving from c. 1673. Offered here is a printed
page from some unknown book which contains an original
engraving, approx. 3-3/4 x 6 in. image. The page is
approx. 14 x 9-1/2 in. Light stain o/w VG...........Min.
Bid $25
See
above
280. [ART] Old
Master engraving from c. 1673. Offered here is a printed
page from some unknown book which contains an original
engraving, approx. 3 x 6 in. image. The page is approx. 14
x 9-1/2 in. Light stain o/w VG...........Min. Bid $25
See
above
281. [ART] Old
Master engraving from c. 1673. Offered here is a printed
page from some unknown book which contains an original
engraving, approx. 4 x 6 in.
image. The page is approx. 14 x 9-1/2 in. Light stain o/w
VG...........Min. Bid $25
See
above
282. [ART]
Old Master engraving from c. 1673. Offered here is a
printed page from some unknown book which contains an
original engraving, approx. 2-3/4 x 5-3/4 in.
image. The page is approx. 14 x 9-1/2 in. Light stain
o/w VG...........Min. Bid $25
See
above
283. [ART] An antique etching by Charles Bernard de Billy of "The
Victory of Faith" After St. George Hare (British,
1857-1933) of the 1891 painting. This version bears an
embossed stamp on the lower left corner, from Royal
Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The image is
about 7-1/4 x 11-3/4 in. plus wide clean
margins.............150-250
See
above
284. [ART] Original etching by Emile-Frederic Salmon Xavier after
a painting by Paul-Allen-Alfred Leroy entitled "The
Blind Men of Jericho". Salmon (1840-1913) Le Sueur
was a noted French printmaker. Size of the image
is 9 3/4 x 8 3/4. Signed in the plate beneath the
image lower center. Printed for the 1892-1893
Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Imprint of the
Exposition lower left beneath the image.
See
above
285. [AMERICANA] 1836 Bill of Lading shipping hood from Providence, RI to Phila. 8.5 x 5 in. Age signs...............Min. Bid $10
286. Roland
Douglas Sawyer (1874-1969) was a
Congregationalist
minister and
Massachusetts
state
legislator. He
is best
remembered as
one of the
leading
Christian
socialists of
the first
decade of the
20th century
and as the
author of an
array of
self-published
books and
pamphlets on
genealogy and
the local
history of New
England. In
1898, Sawyer
took a
position as a
pastor at Hope
Chapel in
Brockton,
Massachusetts,
the first of
four
Congregational
churches he
would head. In
about 1907,
the previously
conservative
Sawyer began
to gain an
interest in
Christian
socialism, a
growing
movement in
that day.
Sawyer joined
the Socialist
Party of
America and
ran for
Governor of
Massachusetts
on the
Socialist
ticket in
1912. Running
as a Democrat
in the fall of
1913, Sawyer
ran for the
Massachusetts
General Court,
the state
legislature.
Unlike his
previous
electoral
experiences,
this time
Sawyer won his
race for
office. He ran
for
re-election
and won every
two years
thereafter for
more than a
quarter
century,
sitting in the
Massachusetts
General Court
until 1941.
Sawyer took an
interest in
the case of
Sacco and
Vanzetti, two
anarchists
accused of
murder in
conjunction
with a 1920
armed robbery
in South
Braintree,
Massachusetts,
and was active
in the
unsuccessful
campaign to
win the pair a
stay of
execution and
a new
trial.
In the
Massachusetts
General Court,
Sawyer was
regarded as a
crusader
against
political
corruption.
Group of 4
postcards sent
to family in
Kingston, NH,
1898-1926.
One has minor
corner
fault..............Min.
Bid $40
Scan 1
Scan 2
287.
UTICA, NY.Y -
original 1852
woodengraving
by Weekes,
approx. 4-3/4
x 8 in. plus
margins.
Printing on
verso.
Excellent
condition................25-35
See
above
288. [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
289. [ART] RICHARD CARLE -
deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around
Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL color drawing,
signed, dated 1981 on verso. Approx. 10 x 7-7/8 in.
VG..............80-120
See
above
290. 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
291. [MIXED
LOT] includes: (1) Charles Edward
Courtney (1849-1920)
American rower and rowing coach from
Union Springs, New York. A carpenter by
trade, Courtney was a nationally known
amateur rower. Courtney never lost a
race as an amateur and finished a total
of 88 victories. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) Douglas
Volk [1856-1935]
AMERICAN ARTIST. Signed 1910 bank check.
(3) Anne Campbell (1852-1935)
signed 14 line handwritten poem. (4) Ida Mulle -
singer/dancer. Signed card 1926. (5) Max Gebhard
SECKENDORFF (1852-1911).
American journalist; chief, Washington
bureau of the "New York Tribune"
(1883-1911); a very influential
journalist between the time of President
Chester Arthur and President William
Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank
check, 1911. (6) Philip Joseph
Philbin (1898-1972)
Democratic U.S. Congressman from
Massachusetts. Signed 1946 Maintenance
Service Agreement. (7) BRENDA KUHN (1911-1993)
the only child of the famous American
artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole
life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a
philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur
photographer. Signed 1965 bank check..........Min.
Bid $50
292. [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
293.
[GOLF LOT]
includes: (1) David
Duval -
Signed magazine cover. (2) Jose Maria Olazabal -
Signed 4 x 5-3.4 in. color picture. VG . (3) Craig Stadler (b.
1953) American professional golfer who has won
numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions
Tour level. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG.
(4) Ben Crenshaw (b.
1952) American professional golfer. In 1973, Crenshaw
became the second player in Tour history to win the
first event of his career. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 8x10
color photo. Fine..............Min. Bid $50
294. [WORLD WAR 2] H.P. LeCaire -
Commander US Navy.
In 1918 he was in the Radio Div. Bureau of Steam
Engineers. Offered here is a 27 Feb. 1941
MEMORANDUM FOR CAPTAIN GREENLEE, signed on page
5. From the personal papers of Louis W.
McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics
Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching
position to help out with the war effort. He was
the driving force behind the creation of the
torpedo called Fido.
VG.................75-100...................Min.
Bid $25
295. [SCIENCE] Van
Orstrand, C. E.
(Charles Edwin) (1870-1959) geophysicist;
born near Manito, Ill.
He served the U.S.
Geological Survey
(1901?40), where he made
major contributions to a
series of mathematical
tables, then patented
instruments for
determining temperatures
in deep wells and oil
fields. TLS, Dept. of
the Interior, United
States Geological
Survey, 1909, to
Professor Woodward,
returning Woodward's 8
page manuscript sent to
Van Ostrand. The
manuscript is included
here. Robert Simpson
Woodward (1849-1924) the
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.
Generally good to
VG................200-300
Scan
1
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2
Scan
3
296.
[THE AMERICAN
WEST] Henry Heath (1828-1908)
was a
Latter-day
Saint (Mormon)
pioneer,
explorer,
settler and
lawman in the
frontier Utah
Territory,
United States.
He was
celebrated
later in his
life as one of
the original
Utah pioneers
of 1847. Henry
Heath worked
as a law
enforcement
officer from
as early as
1862 until at
least 1868.
During that
time he
participated
in several
cases that
typified the
rough-hewn
legal system
in the
American West.
The most
famous, the
apprehension
of a grave
robber, has
been widely
embellished. In 1862, Henry discovered
evidence of
grave robbery
in the city
cemetery when
following up
on the burial
of an indigent
criminal
(Moroni
Clawson)
killed in a
shoot-out with
other
officers. His
investigation
soon led him
to the house
of the grave
digger,
Jean-Baptiste,
where he found
piles of
clothing
pilfered from
graves in the
cemetery.
Henry feared
that the
grave-digger
may have
disturbed the
grave of his
daughter,
Sarah Malissa,
who had died
within the
last year. He
apprehended
Baptiste and
took him to
Sarah's grave
site.
Interviewed
years later,
Henry said he
had determined
to kill
Baptiste on
the spot if he
had robbed his
child's
grave. Baptiste was able to satisfy
Henry that
Sarah's grave
was untouched
and so his
life was
spared.With
Baptiste
apprehended,
Henry's
problem
quickly turned
from revenge
to protection.
He reported
that, "The
news of our
discovery and
Baptiste's
confession
spread like
wildfire and
it was with
difficulty
that we got
him to the
county jail in
safety." Baptiste had been at his
macabre
misdemeanors
for some time
and so his
crimes touched
hundreds in
the community.
But grave
robbing,
however
repugnant, was
not a capital
offense, even
in the
frontier west
and Baptiste's
capture posed
the problem of
how to both
protect and
punish him. It
meant death to
him to turn
him loose in
the community.
So, to give
him a chance
for his life,
to save him in
reality from
an exasperated
public, it was
decided to
banish him and
a well-stocked
island in the
Great Salt
Lake was
chosen for his
future home.
He was
conveyed there
but there was
not ball and
chain or
shackles or
gyves of any
kind on his
limbs. He was
absolutely
untrammeled."
Baptiste's
forehead was
tattooed,
"Branded for
robbing the
dead," with
ink, not with
hot
irons. Some recent dramatizations of
Baptiste's
case have his
ears being
clipped or
"docked." Offered here is a CLIP
SIGNATURE on
5-1/4 x
2 in. slip..............25-35
297. [WALT KUHN ESTATE] items from
the estate of
Brenda Kuhn,
daughter of
Walt Kuhn
(1877-1949)
famous
American
artist.
Includes:
Edmund Muskie
1968 TLS. Walt
Kuhn's Wells,
Maine property
tax 1948
receipt. Photo
of the Kuhn
home in Cape
Neddick, Maine
up on the
hill. Photo of
later Brenda
Kuhn building
just down the
road. Brenda
Kuhn signed
check 1967.
Cape Neddick
Park brochure
featuring Walt
Kuhn.
VG.............Min.
Bid $40
Scan
1
298. Charles Edward Montague (1867-1928) English journalist, known also as a writer of novels and essays. Montague was against the First World War prior to its commencement, but once it started he believed that it was right to support it in the hope of a swift resolution. In 1914, Montague was 47, which was well over the age for enlistment, but in order to enlist, he dyed his white hair black to enable him to fool the Army into accepting him. H. W. Nevinson would later write that "Montague is the only man I know whose white hair in a single night turned dark through courage." He began as a grenadier-sergeant, and rose to lieutenant and then captain of intelligence in 1915. Later in the war, he became an armed escort for VIPs visiting the battlefield. He escorted such personalities as H.G. Wells and Bernard Shaw. After the end of World War I he wrote in a strong anti-war vein. He wrote that "War hath no fury like a non-combatant." Disenchantment (1922), a collection of newspaper articles about the war, was one of the first prose works to strongly criticise the way the war was fought, and is a pivotal text in the development of literature about the First World War. Disenchantment criticised the British Press' coverage of the war and the conduct of the British generals. Montague accused the latter of being influenced by the "public school ethos" which he condemned as a "gallant robust contempt for "swats" and for all who invented new means to new ends and who trained and used their brains with a will". Montague was the father of Evelyn Aubrey Montague, the Olympic athlete and journalist depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. ALS, Oxford, England, 1927, 1p, 6 x 9 in. VG......................Min. Bid $25
See above
299. [ART] Alexander POPE [1849-1924] important American artist. One of his paintings realized $186,000 at a Maine auction, a record in Maine for a work of art that stood for many years. We purchased his drawings, both childhood and adult, and his scrapbook & some of his photographs of his paintings over a decade ago. The ORIGINAL ink drawing offered here is unsigned and guaranteed without a time limit to the original purchaser. On 4 x 5 in. sheet. Removed from scrapbook containing Alexander Pope's drawing done from age 6 to 16. As you can see below there is one mount on top right corner. Otherwise in very good condition...................200-300
300.
[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
See
above
301.
[MARYLAND] Francis Thomas (1799-1876) Maryland
politician who
served as the
26th Governor
of Maryland
from 1842 to
1845. He also
served as a
United States
Representative
from Maryland.
Collection
of 4
Documents
signed,
1844.
Appointing
District
Justices.
Approx. 10-1/4
x 16-1/4 in.
Expected folds
o/w
VG...................Min. Bid $60
302. [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 $100
303. "Declaration
of
Independence"
sold by
Charles Magnus. Engraving c. 1855-70. 4-1/2 x 6-3/4 (image)
plus
borders.
Two sheet
writing paper.
Charles Magnus
was a prolific
publisher of
maps and
prints
before,
during and
after the
American Civil
War.
Many of his
Civil War
images were
promotional
publications
used by
newspapers to
be given away
or included
with other
publications.
Images were
also used for
letter heads
and envelopes
such as this
fine example.
In the 1850s
much graphic
material was
published to
keep the
states
together, and
during the
war, it
evolved into
Northern
propaganda.
After the war
such images
were used to
bind the
wounds and
achieve
reconciliation
as the nation
approached its
centennial in
1876.............100-150.......Min. Mid $25
305.
[ART] C.
Jac Young (1880-1940) artist who was
born with the name of
Charles Jacob Jung. He
exhibited his works under C
Jac Jung until about 1919
when he took the last name
of Young. C Jac Young
came to the United States
around 1881 and studied in
New York at the Academy of
Design with Robert Henri,
Charles Yardley Turner, and
Edgar Melville Ward. C.
Jac Young has had
exhibitions at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, Corcoran Gallery of
Art, Society of Independent
Artists, Brooklyn Society of
Etchers, Newark Art Club,
Philadelphia Print Club,
Contemporary Club, Newark
Association, Yonkers Art
Association and many more.
His work is exhibited in
collections including but
are not limited to the Los
Angeles County Museum of
Art, Newark Public Library,
Toronto Art Gallery,
University of Nebraska
School of Fine Arts,
Milwaukee Art Institute,
Chicago Society of Etchers,
Brooklyn Museum, Addison
Gallery of American Art. A
1931 bank check signed
by Douglas Volk [the well
known artist], to Young who
has signed on the verso.
VG........75-100.........Min.
Bid $25
306. [CUBAN REVOLUTION] Dr. Frederick K. Solomon (1899-1980) signed typed manuscript REVOLUTION IN CUBA, 9pp. All of the pencil corrections are in the hand of Solomon. The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro and his fellow revolutionaries of the 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and continued sporadically until the rebels finally ousted Batista on 31 December 1958, replacing his government. Dr. Frederick Solomon was a progressive rabbi active in Havana’s Cuban-Jewish community during the 1950s and 60s. Dr. Solomon had escaped Nazi - occupied Europe for London and eventually established a congregation in Havana, Cuba. As a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Dr. Solomon served as the rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in the Vedado suburb of Havana, where he wrote sermons and hosted religious services for his congregation, a part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. The rabbi was also active in the Jewish Progressive movement, frequently communicating with representatives of The World Union for Progressive Judaism throughout the 1950s in an attempt to officially associate his congregation with the organization. Rare................300-400
307.
[FILM] Warren Berlinger (1937-2020)
American
character
actor, with
Broadway runs,
movie and
television
credits, and
much work in
commercials.
His signed
contract for
the film
"BILLIE",
starring Patty
Duke. Also
signed by Milt
Ebbins who was
Peter
Lawford's
business
manager.
Includes 3
additional
Rider pages,
each signed
with the
initials of
Berlinger and
Ebbins.
VG..........100-150
309. [PORTRAIT] original
antique
engraved
portrait of
Frances Theresa Stewart, Duchess of
Richmond.
Engraved by H. Robinson, image
about 7.5 x 6
in. plus
margins. Light
foxing.................25-35
310. [PORTRAIT] original
antique
engraved
portrait
of Robert
Spencer, 2nd
Earl of
Sunderland,
KG, PC
(1641-1702)
English
nobleman and
politician of
the Spencer
family. An
able and
gifted
statesman, his
caustic temper
and belief in
absolute
monarchy
nevertheless
made him
numerous
enemies. He
was forced to
flee England
in 1688, but
later
established
himself with
the new regime
after the
Revolution of
that year.
Engraved by W.H. Mote, image
about 7.5 x 6
in. plus
margins. Light
foxing.................25-35
311. [PORTRAIT] original
antique
engraved
portrait
of William Russell, 1st Duke of
Bedford KG PC
(1616-1700)
English
nobleman and
politician who
sat in the
House of
Commons from
1640 until
1641 when he
inherited his
Peerage as 5th
Earl of
Bedford and
removed to the
House of
Lords. He
fought in the
Parliamentarian
army and later
defected to
the Royalists
during the
English Civil
War. Engraved by J. Cochran, image
about 7.5 x 6
in. plus
margins. Light
foxing.................25-35
312.
[MAINE] Thos. Vose (1765-1848)
an interesting
historic Maine
figure. He
moved to
Robbinston,
Maine, in
1790, with his
wife and
infant
daughter, to
take charge of
the interests
of Lieut. Gov.
Edward
Robbins, the
first
proprietor and
from whom the
town was
named.
Governor
Robbins was
one of the
commissioners
for building
the state
house in
Boston, and
the large
timbers for
the building
were obtained
by Mr. Vose
from land that
Gov. Robbins
owned in the
southwestern
part of
Calais, Maine. The twelve pillars on the front of the building
were made of
great pine
trees which
must have been
over three
feet in
diameter, and
were cut
between Mount
See All and
Vose Lake. Mr.
E. H. Vose
says: "I well
remember, when
a boy of eight
years, of my
grandfather
charging me to
'go and look
at those
pillars' when
I went to
Boston, and to
'remember that
my old
grandfather
got
them.'"
He built the
first vessel
in Robbinston
in 1792, a
schooner
called the
"First
Attempt," and
afterward
built a number
of ships at
Robbinston and
some at St.
Andrews, New
Brunswick. For
some years he
was engaged in
the fishing
trade largely
with the
Indians of the
Passamoquoddy
tribe who were
always the
firm friends
of him and his
descendants.
He was a
member of the
convention
which formed
the
constitution
for the state
of Maine, when
it was set
apart from
Massachusetts,
and was a
member of the
legislature.
He was one of
the selectmen
of the town
and active in
town affairs.
He kept his
interest in
politics and
town affairs
until his
death. Offered
here is a
document
signed,
Robbinstown
[Maine] 1798,
approx. 7.5 x
3.5 in.
He receives
from James
Dyer 11 pounds
5
shillings. VG................80-120
313. [FILM] Peter Lawford - the American actor's RCA VICTOR Factory Service Contract, 1957, 2pp. not actually signed by Lawford. 8.5 x 11 in. VG...............25-35
314.
[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
is a painting,
not signed, 8
x 5-1/4 in.
Provenance:
Artist's
Estate.
VG...................Min.
Bid $25
See
above
315.
[ART] Walt
Kuhn (1877-1949) American painter
and an
organizer of
the famous
Armory Show of
1913, which
was America's
first
large-scale
introduction
to European
Modernism. His
ink signed
letter dated
1937 about his
property tax
for his home
in Ogunquit,
Maine. He had
a habit of
keeping
returned
signed copies
of
correspondence.
About 8-1/2 x
10-3/4 in.
VG...................400-600.................Min.
Mid $100
See
above
316.
[FILM] Lilia Skala (1896-1994)
Austrian-American
architect and
actress. She
is perhaps
best known for
her role in
the film
Lilies of the
Field (1963),
for which she
received
critical
acclaim and an
Academy Award
nomination.
During her
career, Skala
was also
nominated for
two Golden
Globe Awards
and a
Primetime Emmy
Award. Before
Skala decided
to be an
actress, she
practiced
architecture
as a
profession.
She was one of
the first
women
architects in
Austria and
was the first
female member
of the
Austrian
Association of
Engineers and
Architects.
Offered here
is a signed
copy of a
newspaper
article
picturing her
in her Lillies
Of The Field
role with
Sidney Porter.
She signs at
top with long
inscription.
VG...............80-120
See
above
317.
[ART] Emile F. Salmon (1840-1913)
French
sculptor and
print-maker.
He was the son
of the painter
Theodore
Frederic
Salmon and the
father of the
poet and art
critic Andre
Salmon. Salmon
studied under
Barye, Hadouin
and Gaucherel.
He made his
debut at the
Salon in 1859.
As a sculptor
he produced
small bronzes
of animals,
but abandoned
this for
etching. He
collaborated
on an
illustrated
edition of
Victor Hugo's
works. In 1886
he printed a
set of JW's
Venice
etchings.
These are now
in the
National
Gallery of
Scotland. In
1898 he made a
number of
engravings of
drawings and
watercolours
in St
Petersburg
where he was
then resident.
He notably
made an
engraving
after
Rembrandt's
Sacrifice of
Abraham in the
Hermitage.
Offered here
is an original
1888 etching
by Salmon, the
title is
VACHES AU
PATURAGE,
IMAGE IS ABOUT
4-1/2 X 6-1/8
IN. PLUS
MARGINS. There
is a tear top edge which does not touch the
image................Min.
Bid $25
See
above
318.
[ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949)
American
painter and an
organizer of
the famous
Armory Show of
1913, which
was America's
first
large-scale
introduction
to European
Modernism.
Rare b/w print
pulled
directly from
the original
block. The
block was made
for a 1932
Kuhn family
Christmas
card. During
the 1930s up
until around
1940, the Kuhn
family sent
out cards
printed from
the blocks
that were
hand-colored
by Walt Kuhn
and Brenda
[daughter]. It
is unknown how
much
watercoloring
that each did
on all those
cards. In
later years,
Brenda had
photo-mechanical
reproductions
made, which
she herself
hand-colored
and sent out.
One of those
hand-colored
[by Brenda]
reproductions
of this 1932
print is in
the permanent
collection of
the
Smithsonian
Institute.
Over the years
we've noticed
that these
Christmas
cards have
been sold as
original
watercolors.
To be more
specific -
those
Christmas
cards could
technically be
described as
watercolors
although since
it is known
how much of
the coloring
was done by
Walt himself
it seems a
little
misleading to
call those
prints
watercolors by
Walt Kuhn. The
black &
white print
offered here
was pulled
from the
original block
which we own.
Image approx.
5-1/2 x 8 in.
plus margins.
PICTURE of
Kuhn is NOT
included here.................80-120
See
above
319. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Stephen
Alonzo Schoff (1818-1904) American
engraver and
etcher in New
York and
Boston.
Original
antique
engraved view
of FRANCONIA
NOTCH, WHITE
MOUNTAINS, NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
Image is
approx. 5-1/4
x 8-1/2 in.
plus margins.
There is a
large water
stain over the
top-right
portion
otherwise in
excellent
condition...............Min.
Bid $10
See
above
320.
[ENTERAINMENT]
a 1961
contract
signed by Peter
Lawford [the actor] of Chrislaw
Productions
Inc. and Billy
Asher
[employee]. 11
pages, signed
at conclusion
by Lawford and
Asher. You
already know
who Peter
Lawford is - Bill
Asher (1921-2012)
was one of the
most prolific
early
television
directors,
producing or
directing over
two dozen
series. With
television in
its infancy,
Asher
introduced the
sitcom Our
Miss Brooks,
which was
adapted from a
radio show. He
began
directing I
Love Lucy by
1952. In 1964,
he produced
and directed
Bewitched,
which starred
his then-wife
Elizabeth
Montgomery. As
a result of
his early
success, Asher
was considered
an "early
wunderkind of
TV-land," and
is
credited in
one magazine
article for
'inventing'
the
sitcom.
Included here
is a carbon
copy of
another letter
plus a copy of
a contract
with William
Asher.
VG..................300-400
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321. Jared Sparks (1789 - 1866) American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister. He served as President of Harvard University from 1849 to 1853. Manuscript document signed by him and his wife Mary E. Sparks, receiving property as executor of will, dated Cambridge, Dec. 15, 1850. Text of document is brief. VG............50-75
Bio of Sparks
322. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Alice Carrick Skinner (1875-1961) she was an expert on
and writer about antiques in the early
20th century and a contributing editor
of "Antiques" magazine in the 1930s. In
particular she was an expert on American
silhouettes. Her collection was donated
to the Smithsonian in Washington,
DC. As Alice Van Leer Carrick, she
was the author of several books on the
subject including "The Next-To-Nothing
House" (1922). This book recounted her
finding inexpensive antiques to furnish
the historic Webster house on the campus
of Dartmouth College where she lived for
decades. Other books included the
"Collector's Luck" series describing
journeys abroad with family and friends
on antiquing expeditions, "Christmas in
Our Town," and "A History of American
Silhouettes." Her books convey her
personality, charm, and enthusiasm. ALS,
Webster Cottage, Hanover, New Hampshire,
no date, 4pp. to Mrs. Marshall who was a
journalist. A long letter suggesting a
visit from Mrs. Marshall for an
interview. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4.
VG..............50-75
Min. Bid $15
323. Nancy Huston Banks (1849-1934)
American journalist, literary critic, and
novelist from Kentucky. During the World's
Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893,
Banks was on the Board of Lady Managers,
and worked for the fair as a writer and
editor. Banks moved to New York to pursue
a writing career in the early 1890s. She
was on staff at The Bookman magazine in
its first year as a book reviewer. She
also lived in London for a time, and
reported from South Africa during the Boer
War for a London newspaper. For a time in
November 1899, she was reported caught in
the Siege of Kimberley, blockaded by the
Boer army, in the company of Cecil Rhodes
and fellow New Yorker Amalia Küssner, a
miniaturist. Nancy Huston Banks also
wrote novels, including Stairs of Sand
(1890), Oldfield: A Kentucky Tale of the
Last Century (1902), Round Anvil Rock: A
Romance (1903), and The Little Hills
(1905). In reviewing the last title,
Frederic Taber Cooper commented that "Few
are so fortunate as Mrs. Banks in knowing
the range and boundaries of their
intellectual gardens, the thoughts and
fancies that will best flower
therein." ALS, NY, [1895], 2pp., to
Mr. Bok. sends photographs. 4-1/4 x
6-3/4 in.
VG..................50-75..............Min.
Bid $15
324. THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION - a general catalog of
autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine, List
114. Contains 49 priced listings, some
illustrated. Lengthy descriptions for
important items. VG......Min. Bid $20
See
above
325. 1776 THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION - a general catalog of
autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine,
List 129. Contains 56 listings, some
illustrated. Everything is priced in
this catalog. Interesting for research.
VG......Min. Bid $20
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326. [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
327. THE 18th Century - a general catalog of autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine, List 118. Contains 56 priced listings, some illustrated. Lengthy descriptions for important items. VG......Min. Bid $20
328. ST. LOUIS -
3 original antique wood-engravings;
1845 &
1886. Very
good
condition.................50-75................Min.
Bid $15
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329.
[ART] Original antique engraved by J.
Greig, c. 1812,
published c. pre-1850, image approx. 6-1/4 x
8-3/4 in. plus margins. This
print is called A BANIAN TREE.
VG...............25-35
See abovel b. stokes
330.
[SPACE] JOHN
GLENN - Guest
Speaker flyer
1972,
1p.
About 8.5 x 11
in. Postmarked
space stamps
affixed..........Min.
bid $20
See
above
331.
[ACTORS MULTIPLE LOT]
includes: (1) Edith
Fellows (1923-2011)
brief ALS. (2) Butterfly
McQueen (1911-1995) ANS
on verso of printed
picture of her and David
Hartman on the Mike
Douglas Show. (3) Betty
Blythe (1893-1972) ALS,
no date, written on both
sides. (4) Sir Alan
Bates (1934-2003) signed
3x5 bright color card.
(5) Sir Squire Bancroft
(1841-1926) ALS 1884.
(6) Shirley Booth
(1898-1992) signed card
- also signed by Ilka
Chase................Min.
Bid $50
332.
[US SENATORS LOT] Typed
signed letters from US
Senators to Vernon L.
Talbertt, Chief
Messenger, Office of the
Secretary of the Senate.
Includes Pete
Williams 1919-2001)
NJ. Russell
B. Long (1918-2003)
La. Carl
T. Curtis(19005-2000)
Neb. Thomas
C. Hennings Jr. (1903-1960) Mo. Everett
McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) ILL. Ernest
Gruening (1887-1974)
Alaska Gov. &
Senator. These
date 1960-1961. All have
mounting traces on verso
with slight
show-thru..................Min.
Bid $35
333.
[SHOW BIZ] Mixed Lot: [1] Dame Edith
Evans [1888-1976]
Eng. actress. Signature. [2] Mary
Healey- actress. Sig. 3x5
card. [3] Sylvia
Sidney [1910-1999]
actress. Sig 3x5 card w/note. [4] Olga
San Juan -
signed album page [1947]. [5] CRAIG
STEVENS (1918-2000)
American Actor - He was well
showcased as a soft-hearted
gangster in At the Stroke of
Twelve, a 1941 two-reel adaptation
of Damon Runyon's The Old Doll's
House, but his feature film roles
were merely adequate at best. By
1950, Stevens was reduced to
playing a standard mustachioed
villain in the Bowery Boys epic
Blues Busters. His saving
turnaround came about when Stevens
was cast in the title role of the
1958 Blake Edwards-produced TV
private eye series Peter Gunn.
Though obviously imitating Cary
Grant in the early episodes of
this three-season hit, Stevens
eventually developed a hard-edged
acting style all his own. He later
re-created his TV role in the 1967
theatrical feature Gunn.
Subsequent TV-series assignments
for Stevens included the
British-filmed weekly Man of the
World (1962) and CBS' Mr. Broadway
(1964). SIGNED 3x5 card with
sentiment. SLIGHT SMEAR TO 1st
letter. [6] (Hortense) Rhea [1844-1899]
Belgium actress. Sig. card,
w/sentiment, 1894. [7] Stuart
Robson [1836-1903]
stage actor. Signature
w/sentiment. [8] Henry
Wilcoxon (1905-1984) was an
actor born in Roseau, Dominica,
British West Indies, and best
known as a leading man in many of
Cecil B. DeMille's films, also
serving as DeMille's associate
producer on his later films.
VINTAGE SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT
ON ALBUM PAPER. [9] Gladys
Walton [1896-1993]
Am. actress of the silent screen.
Signature, inscribed. [10] Lillian
Gish [1893-1993]
Am. actress. Signed 3x5
card............100-150
334.
[ENTERTAINMENT] Ed
Asner (1929-2021) American
actor, voice
actor and a
former
president of
the Screen
Actors Guild.
He is
primarily
known for his
role
as Lou
Grantduring
the 1970s and
early 1980s,
on
both The
Mary Tyler
Moore
Show and
its spin-off series Lou
Grant, making
him one of the
few television
actors to
portray the
same leading
character in
both a comedy
and a
drama.
Signed,
inscribed 8x10
photo.
VG.............40-60
See above
335. [TV] Robert
Urich (1946-2002) American film,
television and stage
actor and television
producer. Over the
course of his
30-year career,
Urich starred in a
record 15 television
series.
Signed, inscribed
8x10 photo.
VG...........40-60
336. [FILM] Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35
337. [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 75 pieces. Mixed conditions...............Min. Bid $25
338. Group of 38 Letters From
Hicks family in Massachusetts.
Offered here are about 38 letters, with their
envelopes, 1917-1919. 13 letters are from
Charles L. Hicks to his mother Carrie E.
Hicks. Looks like Charles is in the navy.
There are 25 letters from mother Carrie E.
Willis Hicks (1866-1948) to her daughter Ada
Hicks [Mills] (1898-1980. These date 1915-18.
We have not read ANY of the
letters.............80-120
339 Group of about 22 letters & documents, mostly receipts, from the Chas. B. Rounds papers. Date c. 1888-1905. he died around 1903 or 4. Don't think anything is signed by Rounds. Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864..................Min. Bid $10
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341. [MUSIC] Harrison
Millard (1830-1895)
American
composer who
wrote the
music to the
Christian hymn
"Abide with
Me, 'Tis
Eventide"—the
words of which
are by
Presbyterian
evangelist
Martin Lowrie
Hofford
(1825–1888).
He served as a
first
lieutenant of
the New York
Nineteenth
Regiment in
the Union
forces in the
American Civil
War. After
serving for
four years he
was severely
wounded at the
Battle of
Chickamauga
and was forced
to resign his
commission and
returned to
New York.
President
Lincoln
offered
Millard a job
in the Custom
House as a
recognition of
the importance
to the country
the song "Viva
L'America"
took on during
the Civil War.
He wrote
another
patriotic
song, "Flag of
the Free,"
which was also
popular.
Millard wrote
about 300
songs. Offered
here is
asigned
cabinet
photograph.
The
photographer
was Gurney. 4
x6.5 in. Very
good condition
except for
some tiny
surface
spots................150-200....................Min.
Bid $45
See
above
See bio
342. [PORTRAIT] Official portrait of
President US
Grant. From
The White
House Gallery
of Official
Portraits of
the Presidents Engraved
president's
autograph
beneath the
portrait. Copyright, 1907, Bureau of National Literature & Art
& Gravure
Company of
America. Whole paper size is
19.5 x 16 in.
High quality
paper. Image
size about 12
x 8. Condition
is
VG.........Min.
Bid $25
343.
[PORTRAIT]
Official
portrait of
President
Grover
Cleveland.
From The White
House Gallery
of Official
Portraits of
the Presidents Engraved
president's
autograph
beneath the
portrait. Copyright, 1907, Bureau of National Literature & Art
& Gravure
Company of
America. Whole paper size is
19.5 x 16 in.
High quality
paper. Image
size about 12
x 8. Condition
is
VG.........Min.
Bid $25
344. [PORTRAIT]
Official
portrait of
President
Franklin
Pierce. From
The White
House Gallery
of Official
Portraits of
the Presidents Engraved
president's
autograph
beneath the
portrait. Copyright, 1907, Bureau of National Literature & Art
& Gravure
Company of
America. Whole paper size is
19.5 x 16 in.
High quality
paper. Image
size about 12
x 8. Condition
is
VG.........Min.
Bid $25
345. [PORTRAIT]
Official
portrait of
President
Rutherford B.
Hayes. From
The White
House Gallery
of Official
Portraits of
the Presidents Engraved
president's
autograph
beneath the
portrait. Copyright, 1907, Bureau of National Literature & Art
& Gravure
Company of
America. Whole paper size is
19.5 x 16 in.
High quality
paper. Image
size about 12
x 7.
Condition is
VG.........Min.
Bid $25
346. [PORTRAIT]
original
antique
engraved
portrait
of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of
Oxford and
Earl
Mortimer(1661-1724)
English and
later British
statesman of
the late
Stuart and
early Georgian
periods. Engraved by W.T.
Mote,
image about
7.5 x 6 in.
plus margins.
Toning which
shows its
old.................25-35
Our Most Prominent Pacific Coast Scientist
347. 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
348. [ART]
Original c.
1900 ink
drawing signed
F.B.B. Paper
size is about
5.5 x 10
in.............Min.
Bid $15
349.
[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
350. [LOT] about 73 letters, notes & telegrams from the files of Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) who was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. These are signed & his carbon copies of letters to and from him, plus a few telegrams................Min. Bid $25
351.
[ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978)
ORIGINAL pen and ink drawing, unsigned as usual.
Paper size approx. 16-1/2 x 13-3/4 in. In the
exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that
handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and
all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her
works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist.
An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston
family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer
Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both
the social conventions and artistic tastes of her
class and time. Student of George Luks and Mt.
Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum, she was inspired
by such school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse,
Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to
exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many
as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who
challenged her conservative family to pursue a
career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New
York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the
Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season
that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster
Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo
Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature
circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott
photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her
daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and
Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain,
Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard,
Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs
with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane
Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of
manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time,
Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had
four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and
mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she
was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed
from the constraints imposed on them by society. An
exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art
Museum (Wellesley College). A book on her life and
art has been published and the exhibition traveled
from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at
the Berry-Hill
Galleries.............400-600...............Min. Bid
$100
See
above
352. [WALT
KUHN] Vera
Spier Kuhn (1885–1961)
studied jewelry-making in Washington D.C. and
Woodstock, NY, and opened a studio on East 23rd
Street in 1908. There, she met Walt; they married
the next year. Vera
Spier Kuhn (1885–1961)
studied jewelry-making in Washington D.C. and
Woodstock, NY, and opened a studio on East 23rd
Street in 1908. There, she met Walt; they married
the next year. Retained ink signed TLS, July
30, 1949, 1p, to James H. Wall, M.D., asking for the
results of Walt's autopsy. She wants to know the
connection between Kuhn's ulcers and his emotional
disturbance. By the 1940s, Kuhn’s behavior began to
take on unsound characteristics. He became
increasingly irascible and distant from old friends.
When the Ringling Brothers Circus was in town, he
attended night after night. (During a hard-pressed
period in the 1920s, Kuhn had worked as a designer
and director for revues and circus acts.) He also
became frustrated by the lack of attention his own
work was receiving and was particularly strident
about the Museum of Modern Art's support of
abstraction and neglect of American art in the
postwar period. In 1948, he was institutionalized,
and on July 13, 1949, he died suddenly from a
perforated ulcer. Includes Dr. Wall's reply giving
Vera an explanation about uclers and how they were
associated with "individuals of Mr. Kuhn's
temperament." The handwritten noter top corner
is by Vera for Brenda, her daughter. Envelope to
Brenda is present. Extremely
Rare!.............700-900
353.
[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
See
above
354.
[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
Page
1
Page 2
Verso
Picture
of Farquhar
355.
[ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978)
ORIGINAL
SIGNED
drawing, sheet
size
approx.14-3/4
x 12 in.
Bottom corners
little
wrinkled o/w
very good
condition. In
the exhibition
of her work in
NYC at the
gallery that
handled her
estate there
were 19 works
on paper and
all but 3 were
unsigned which
is NOT unusual
for her works
on paper.
MARGARETT
SARGENT,
American
artist. An
unconventional
member of an
aristocratic
Boston family
and fourth
cousin of the
artist John
Singer
Sargent, she
was an artist
who rebelled
against both
the social
conventions
and artistic
tastes of her
class and
time. Student
of Geolong
school-of-Paris
Modernists as
Matisse,
Picasso and
the German
Expressionists.
She began to
exhibit in
1916,
eventually
participating
in as many as
than 30 shows.
She was a
great beauty
who challenged
her
conservative
family to
pursue a
career in art.
Lincoln
Kirstein,
founder of the
New York City
Ballet, gave
her a solo
exhibition at
the Harvard
Society for
Contemporary
Art, in a
season that
included
Maurice
Prendergast,
Buckminster
Fuller
Alexander
Calder, Henri
Matisse and
Pablo Picasso.
Calder
performed his
famous
miniature
circus at
Sargent's
Boston home.
Bernice Abbott
photographed
her, Marie
Laurencin
painted her
daughter's
portrait. She
met Edith
Wharton and
Gertrude
Stein, and
collected
works by
Derain,
Vlaminck, De
Chirico Degas,
Gauguin,
Vuillard,
Villon and
Toulouse-Lautrec.
She carried on
affairs with
lovers of both
sexes,
including the
writer Jane
Bowles, and
also suffered
from severe
bouts of
manic-depression
and
alcoholism. At
the same time,
Sargent was
married to a
wealthy
Bostonian and
had four
children by
him. Francoise
Gilot (artist
and mother of
two children
by Picasso)
wrote that she
was like Zelda
Fitzgerald who
struggled to
be freed from
the
constraints
imposed on
them by
society. An
exhibition of
her work was
held at the
Davis Art
Museum
(Wellesley
College). A
major book on
her life and
art has been
published and
the exhibition
traveled from
the Davis
Museum to New
York for
exhibition at
the Berry-Hill
Galleries.
This drawing
had been in
storage since
her death in
1978. Because
of the
exhibitions,
the book, and
several
articles
[including a
major article
in the Boston
Globe], there
is at present,
more than a
little
interest in
this artist,
which is sure
to grow. VG.
NOT FRAMED.................Min.
Bid $300
356. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978)
ORIGINAL unsigned ink drawing, sheet size approx.
10-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. Very good condition EXCEPT FOR LONG
SOFT CREASE LINE ACROSS DRAWING. In the exhibition of
her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate
there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were
unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper.
MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional
member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth
cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an
artist who rebelled against both the social
conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time.
Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as
Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She
began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in
as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who
challenged her conservative family to pursue a career
in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City
Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard
Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that
included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller
Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
Calder performed his famous miniature circus at
Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed
her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait.
She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and
collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas,
Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She
carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes,
including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered
from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism.
At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy
Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise
Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso)
wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled
to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by
society. An exhibition of her work was held at the
Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on
her life and art has been published and the exhibition
traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for
exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing
had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because
of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles
[including a major article in the Boston Globe], there
is at present, more than a little interest in this
artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT
FRAMED.............200-300....................Min. Bid $75
See
above
357. [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 Nazi 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 Harlem warehouse and
subsequently stolen by the N - Germans. 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 1956 [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 8.75 in.
VG.................200-300...................Min.
Bid $50
See above
358.
[ART] Hermann Richter lived and
painted in California in the early part of the 20th
century. He was born in Hamburg Germany, on July 29,
1875, came to the U.S. in 1927, and lived in
California for 14 years. He died in San Diego,
California on May 03, 1941. Original pastel, signed,
approx. 11 x 8.5 in.
VG...............200-300..................Min. Bid $50
See
above
359. 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
See
above
360.
[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
361. [GERMANY] Helmut Schmidt (1918-2015) German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Signed postcard photo, 4 x 5.5 in. VG...............50-75
362. [WALT
KUHN] an interesting piece of KUHNIANA. A
1942 TLS from the McMillen Inc.,
Interior Devotation company in NYC, sent to Walt
Kuhn saying that the war makes it impossible to
secure adequate insurance for his paintings
while in their establishment. He has to insure
them or let them stay without
protection except for fire or theft. At
first we were somewhat puzzled -
why would a famous American artist
be exibiting his
paintings with a interior decoration store. So we researched
Walt Kuhn McMillen and now
see why his work was there. There was an important
exhibition at McMillen in 1942 where Jackson Pollock
shows Birth in "American and French Paintings"
exhibition at McMillen Inc. Curated by John Graham
it paired American artists with French artists and
included works by Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges
Braque, Andre Derain, Stuart Davis, Walt Kuhn, Lee
Krasner and Jackson Pollock. Krasner exhibited
Abstraction. Pollock exhibited Birth (c. 1941).
Graham was very important, and he discovered
Pollock. Envelope is present. Also included are 2
photos taken by Brenda Kuhn. The clown painting was
exhibited ar Colby College [Maine] in 1954; and a
1957 snapshot photo taken by Brenda in 1957 of the
last Maine home of Walt Kuhn, which is in Cape
Neddick. All
VG...............100-150
363. [ART] Eugene-Andre Champollion (France,
1848-1901) an 1893 etching signed in the plate, image
approx. 9 x 11 in. plus margins. Bearing the official
blindstamp of the World's Columbian Exposition to the
lower left. Description: (Spoils of War, Slaves).
VG........Min. Bid $75
See
above
See
above
372. [JOHN F. KENNEDY Postal
Stamps] group
of 6 foreign
postage
stamps.................Min.
Bid $10
374.
[FRANCE] Mlle Cécile
Charlotte Furtado (1821-1896)
was a daughter of Elie Furtado, the
chief rabbi of Bayonne, and Rose
Fould, a daughter of Beer Léon Fould,
banker and the mayor of Rocquencourt.
She married in 1838 Charles Heine
(1810-1865), a scion of a rich banking
dynasty and first cousin of the poet
Heinrich (Henri) Heine
(1797-1856). Mme Furtado-Heine
was chiefly known for her philanthropy
in the areas of medicine, education,
and religion. During the
Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871, she
supported the Red Cross and the
ambulance services; and in 1895 she
bequeathed her villa in Nice as a
hospital and sanatorium for wounded
and convalescent soldiers. In 1884 she
founded and endowed an orphanage in
the 14th Arrondissement on the street
which was renamed Rue Furtado-Heine in
her honour after her death, as well as
similar children’s establishments in
Bayone and Montrouge. She was a
generous donor to the Institut
Pasteur, and her commemorative bust
still adorns the halls of the
Institute. Mme Furtado-Heine also
generously contributed to numerous
Jewish charities and benevolent
organisations; and financially
supported the building of new
synagogues in France and
Belgium. Her charitable and
philanthropic endeavours were
recognised by the Government of
France, and in 1896 she became the
Officer of the Legion d’Honneur, a
distinction very rare for a woman in
the nineteenth century. ALS, no date,
1p, approx. 4 x 6".
Fine.............75-100
376. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Edmund Blunden [1896-1974] English, poet, author. Signed Presentation/edition page from his book "Near & Far" 1929. Fine. (2) Eddie Dean (1907-1999) American western singer and actor whom Roy Rogers and Gene Autry termed the best cowboy singer of all time. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO. VG. (3) John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978) American poet. He was a descendant of Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College. He wrote fourteen books of poetry and was co-winner of the 1962 Bollingen Prize. As an editor, he is noted for discovering young poets like May Swenson and James Dickey. Signed paper below affixed portrait. Very neat. Overall 6.5 x 9.5". VG. (4) MICHAEL DEBAKEY - famous heart surgeon. Signed card. Nice. (5) Bill Proxmire (1915-2005) US senator from Wis. Signed on lined side. (6) Lillian Freeman Clarke [1842-1921] American writer. Signature, 1893. (7) Rosa Olitzka (1873-1949) Polish/German Soprano. Clip signature.............Min. Bid $50
377. [MUSIC MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [OPERA] Nino Martini [1902-1976] lyric tenor. Signature. (2) Irene Scharrer (1888-1971) English classical pianist. Vintage SIGNATURE, with sentiment, dated 1919, on her stationery. (3) [OPERA] Jennie Tourel [1900-1973] mezzo-soprano. Sig. album page. (4) Stephen Gunzenhauser - American conductor. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo, 1983. VG (5) Gottfried von Einem (1918 -1996) Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. He also composed pieces for piano, violin and organ. SIGNATURE on trimmed portion of concert program. (6) Attila Molnar [b. 1970] Hungarian composer and jazz musician. AMQS from his "Hugarian Fantasy for Violin and Piano." Approx. 3x5. VG........Min. Bid $50
378. [GERMANY] Leni
Riefenstahl (1902-2003)
German film
director and
actress.
Hitler was in
close
collaboration
with
Riefenstahl
during the
production of
at least three
important Nazi
films, and
they formed a
friendly
relationship.
Offered here
is a receipt
document from
the Munich
Agfa Co.,
issued to Leni
Riefenstahl
Product.
She bought
photo papers.
She has signed
with initials
"L.R." and
wrote "paid
with Post
check on
29.11.74".
Approx. 8x12
in.
VG..............80-120
See
above
379.
[FILM] Dorothy McGuire (1916
–2001)
American
actress. Oscar
nominee
SIGNED,
inscribed 5x7
photograph.
VG............40-60
See
above
380. [AMERICAN MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Hugh Carey (1919-2011) Gov. NY. TLS signed Hugh, 1975. (2) George Mitchell (b. 1933) Senator from Maine.Signed 8x10 photo. (3) Jody Powell (b. 1943) White House Press Secretary. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. (4) Robert Ludlum (1927-2001) author. ANS on 3x5 card, 1980. (5) Louis Auchincloss (1917-2010) novelist. 3x5 photo signed on verso. (6) Abe Burrows (1910-1985) humorist, author. Brief 1980 TLS signed Abe...............Min. Bid $50
383. (BRITISH RELIGIOUS NOTABLES LOT) WILSON CARLILE (1847-1942) Evangelist who found the Church Army and was Prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral. SIGNED card. CHARLES THOMAS LONGLEY (1794-1868) Archbishop of Canterbury (1862-1868). ALS (1863). ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHSON BOYD (1825-1899) Minister at St.Andrews, Author, Writer. ALS (1879). DR. HUGH SINGLETON (1851-1934) Roman Catholic Lord Bishop of Shrewsbury. SIGNED postcard photograph (1905). FREDERIC WILLIAM FARRAR (1831-1903) Church of England cleric, author. SIGNATURE. VG..............Min. Bid $50
384.
386.
[NOBEL PRIZE] Barry
James Marshall AC
FRACP FRS FAA
(b.1951)
Australian
physician,
Nobel Prize
Laureate in
Physiology or
Medicine,
Professor of
Clinical
Microbiology
and
Co-Director of
the Marshall
Centre at the
University of
Western
Australia.
Marshall and
Robin Warren
showed that
the bacterium
Helicobacter
pylori (H.
pylori) plays
a major role
in causing
many peptic
ulcers,
challenging
decades of
medical
doctrine
holding that
ulcers were
caused
primarily by
stress, spicy
foods, and too
much acid.
This discovery
has allowed
for a
breakthrough
in
understanding
a causative
link between
Helicobacter
pylori
infection and
stomach
cancer. Signed
color picture,
about 3-3/4 x
6 in.
Fine.................50-75
398. [ART] Salvatore Grippi (1921-2017)
important American artist. One of the underrepresented
figurative expressionist members of the New York
School featured in Herskovics book is Salvatore
Grippi, who was born in 1921 in Buffalo. After
participating in the major invasions in Europe during
World War II, Grippi came back to New York and
attended the Art Students League under the G.I. Bill
from 1945 to 1948. From 1951 to 1953, Grippi was at
Atelier 17, the famous printmaking studio run by
British artist Stanley William Hayter, who taught
printmaking to Pollock and Rothko, among many other
abstract expressionists. Grippi would later contribute
an etching to the well-known portfolio Twenty-One
Etchings and Poems [1958], including work by such
artists and poets as Frank OHara, Franz Kline,
Grippis brother Peter Grippe, and Dylan Thomas. From
1953 to 1955, Grippi worked in Florence, Italy, with
the support of a Fulbright Scholarship. He taught for
several years at the Cooper Union Art School before
moving to California to teach at Pomona College. In
1968, Grippi was asked to start the art department at
Ithaca College and taught there until 1991. Grippi,
who worked and exhibited alongside the likes of de
Kooning, Nevelson, and Kline during the heyday of
Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s. In 2011, he was
honored with a solo retrospective at Cornell
University's Johnson Museum of Art. He was a
significant figure in postwar abstraction and his work
from this period has graced the walls of MoMA, the
Whitney, and the Met but has seldom appeared at
auction. Offered here is a ink drawing, unsigned, image 11 x 8.5 in. Very fine. Provenance: Grippi Estate...........Min.
Bid $100
400. Exhibition
of Art Work by Walt Kuhn at the Walt Kuhn Gallery,
at Cape Neddick Park, Maine, approx. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
in. Lists 11 oil paintings, 1 watercolor and 1
drawing, each with a price. 3 pages; no
illustrations. Accompanied by a 1966 bank check
signed by Brenda Kuhn. VG.............50-75
