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1. [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..........Min. Bid $100
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2. [FILM] Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. ALS, 1981, written on back of card picturing him. 3.5 x 5.5 in.................50-75

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3. [MARYLAND] Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842) Maryland politician that served in a variety of roles. The zenith of his career was being the 24th Governor of the state from 1836 to 1839, when he was selected to serve three consecutive one-year terms by the Maryland General Assembly. Veazey was the last Maryland governor to be elected in this fashion and also the last Whig Party member to serve as Maryland governor. The governor vehemently and firmly believed in slavery, advocated for a general system of education throughout the State, and expressed a great deal of interest and concern over the matter of internal improvements. DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1838, appointment of Coroner of Frederick County. Approx. 12-3/4 x 7-3/4 in. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition...............100-150.......Min. Bid $35

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4. [MARYLAND] Augustus Williamson Bradford (1806-1881) the 32nd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1862 to 1866. He served as governor during the Civil War and paid a heavy price for his devotion to the Union. During the Civil War, the Confederates invaded Maryland three times. During the last of these, Bradley T. Johnson’s raiders visited Bradford’s home in July 1864, and during his absence, burned it to the ground together with all his furniture, library, and papers. This action was partially in retaliation for Union General David Hunter’s burning of the home of Governor John Letcher of Virginia, and partially because of Bradford’s "uncompromising spirit and strong leanings." Signed 1865 bank check.  Approx. 6-3/4 x 2-3/4 in. VG...................50-75
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His abstention from voting assured Thomas Jefferson's election as President

5. [VERMONT]  Lewis Richard Morris (1760-1825) United States Representative from Vermont and a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris. Born in Scarsdale, New York, he attended the common schools. He moved to Springfield, Vermont, and from 1781 to 1783 was secretary of foreign affairs. He was a member of the Springfield meeting-house committee in 1785, was tax collector in 1786 and 1787, Windsor County court clerk from 1789 to 1796 and was judge of the same court until 1801. He was clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1790 and 1791, and was a member of the convention to ratify the United States Constitution . He was secretary of the constitutional convention in Windsor in 1793. He attended the Vermont ratifying convention in Bennington, where he voted in support of the Constitution. Morris was a brigadier general in the State militia in 1793 and major general of the First Division from 1795 to 1817. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797 and 1803 to 1808, and served as speaker. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803. His abstention from voting assured Thomas Jefferson's election as President over Aaron Burr in the House of Representatives in February, 1801. DOCUMENT SIGNED, signed twice, 4pp. 7 x 12 in., [Windsor County, VT] April 1795. Court document, toned along right side. Picture of him is NOT included..............Min. Bid $150

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6. [World War 2] Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Captain Louis W. McKeehan, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while attached to the Research and Development Section, Bureau of Ordnance, from the outbreak of hostilities in 1941 to March 1944. Offered here signed March 17, 1941, 1p. document, American Embassy in London. 8 x 10.5 in. VG................50-75

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7. [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 pahe included here............50-75

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8. [World War 2] Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Captain Louis W. McKeehan, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while attached to the Research and Development Section, Bureau of Ordnance, from the outbreak of hostilities in 1941 to March 1944. Offered here are 2 signed items. [1] Dec. 7, 1944 typed page titled TIME ZONES. [2] His signed April 1, 1941 NATIONAL REGISTRATION card. Both VG.............100-150

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9. [DESERT STORM WAR] Original Kuwait Quarter Dinar note captured from Iraqi soldiers who had previously stolen this note from the Kuwaitis. When the Iraqi soldiers surrendered during Desert Storm this note was found on one of them. This csarce note bears the official MINISTRY OF DEFENCE handstamp. Few of these exist. About 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG.............100-150

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10. [FILM]  Peter Lawford (1923-1984) English-born American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, and more noted in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he had a strong presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films. Offered here is a signed & inscribed early vintage photograph, inscribed "For Ivory - Two years is an awful long time, Love & kisses from "The Teeth!" Peter Lawford". Great photo but the ink has lightened considerably. Last name of his signature is almost gone.......Min. Bid $50

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11. 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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12. [WORLD WAR 2] Dr. Ralph D. Bennett (1900-1994) His career was varied and most distinguished. He served as a professor of physics at M. I.T; as a naval officer, responsible for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in Washington; and director of the Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory near Livermore, Calif., for the General Electric Co. He subsequently became V.P. and director of research for Martin Marietta. Dr. Bennett was a man uniquely placed to bring about significant changes in the way the Navy handled its research and development in those early years. Having both a Captain's rank and a respected technical background, he played a major role in the development of the Military-civilian partnership at NOL, and saw its use accepted universally in the rest of the Navy's R&D management. The Navywide system of Commander/Technical Director management owes its origins to Dr. Bennett. Offered here is an ink signed memorandum from Bennett to Capt. L.W. Mckeehan, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Navy Yard, Washington DC, 8 December 1943, 2pp. Discusses, by names, using certain people. Louis Mckeehan has written and signed a response on page 2. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. VG.................150-250

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13. [FILM] BILL WILLIAMS (1915-1992) Actor. SIGNED inscribed 3x5 photograph. VG............40-60

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14. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] 1807 Hardin County [Kentucky] document signed by Samuel Givens. Robert Bleakley and William Montgomery appeared before Justice of the Peace Samuel Givens concerning a debt owned to them by Hensby Reed. Signed on the verso by Saml. Perrcifull. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12-1/2 in. Partly separated at middle fold otherwise in very good + condition. Not signed by Bleakley or Montgomery. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY was born near Aucknaclay, Ireland in 1776 and fled to America. arriving in Hardin County, Kentucky about 1801. With another Irishman, Robert Bleakley, opened a store in Elizabethtown. Their establishment is said to have been the first such operation in the pioneer village that could ready be called a "store." Montgomery was an Orangeman, who was engaged in the rebellion In Ireland in 1798. He was arrested and confined in a prison from which men were taken and executed daily He was released from prison through the efforts of his aunt, who was married to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on the condition that he would emigrate to America. Wm. Montgomery and Bleakley opened a dry goods store. In 1806 they hired the father of Abraham Lincoln [Thomas] to take a flatboat down the Mississippi river with their merchan°dise to be sold in New Orleans. They paid Tom Lincoln 16 pounds gold and a credit of 13 pounds in gold. Their store account books show Tom Lincoln buying “two twists of tobacco & one pint of whisky.” And the books also show that in May 1806, Thomas went on a buying spree, purchasing silk, linen, scarlet cloth, dozens of buttons, etc. Earlier that year he had purchased an aristocratic beaver hat & a pair of silk suspenders for $1.50. He was, at this time, courting his future bride Nancy Hanks [Abe Lincoln’s mother]. After the wedding he made his home in a cabin close to the courthouse in Elizabethtown. He then purchased at their store, knives, forks, spoons, thread, needles, silk & tobacco.................Min. Bid $100

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15. [FILM] Robert De Niro (b. 1943) American actor. Signed, inscribed to John, early 8 x 10 photo. VG.............50-75

Douglas Volk artist 50 signed checks

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

29. [WORLD WAR I] William Jason Mixter, M.D. (1880-1958) prominent American surgeon. By the early 1930s, Mixter was considered to be one of the nation's leading experts in spinal surgery, and he went on to become the first chief of the neurosurgery department at Massachusetts General Hospital. He served in the U. S. Army in both world wars. In 1934, at the age of 54, Mixter and Joseph S. Barr published an article on the intervertebral disc lesion in the New England Journal of Medicine. That article fundamentally changed the popular understanding of sciatica at that time, and for this work Mixter is generally credited by his contemporaries as being the man who best clarified the relation between the intervertebral disc and sciatica. Mixter and Barr's landmark report helped to establish surgery's prominent role in the management of sciatica at the time. Over the next few decades, discectomy surgery increased in popularity tremendously, and some refer to that period as the "dynasty of the disc." Offered here are 5 items circa 1915 while Dr. Mixter was serving overseas. Two are documents plus a photo of him plus 2 other small photos. VG................100-150
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30. [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

31. [ACTORS LOT] includes: (1) [FILM] DON PORTER [1912-1997] actor who appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, including Top Sergeant and Eagle Squadron. ISP, 8 x 10 (2) [THEATRE] George Rignold (1839-1912) English-born actor, active in Britain and Australia. Rignold gained a reputation as an actor, playing in London the parts of William in Black-Eyed Susan and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. In 1869, he was part of the company at the Queen's Theatre, Long Acre. He then toured the United States (where women would fight over the good-looking actor) and Canada from 1875, where he made a great impression — a reference in The Atlantic Monthly in 1938 shows that memory of him persisted. He then toured in Australia. He spent a season playing Henry V at Drury Lane, where Staffordshire replicas were made of Rignold as the king on horseback. He then had a considerable career in Australia as a theatrical impresario and manager, often in conjunction with James Allison and F. H. Pollock. Rignold again toured the United States and then settled in Australia. He held the lease for Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney when it opened 10 September 1887 and held it for seven years. Rignold played Henry V on opening night. Offered here is a AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED, dated 1875. Approx. 7.5 x 5 in. (3) [THEATRE] Herbert Kelcey (1856-1917) English-born American stage and film actor. In 1902 Kelcey became the second actor in history to play Sherlock Holmes after famed William Gillette. Signed 7-1/4 x 4-3/4 in. album page. Large bold signature. Also signed on the other side by Anna Boyd Coyne (died 1916) actress. Dated 1899. VG. (4) Tanya Russell - mainly stunts; appeared in Blues Brothers. Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck 1985. (5) Frank Sully (1908-1975) appeared in over 240 films between 1934 and 1968. Sully was often cast as a heavy or villain throughout his career. Modern viewers will recognize Sully in his appearances in several late Three Stooges films. Signature inscribed "Always Remember Me - Frank Sully. (6) Mike Runyard - stuntman known for Iron Man (2008), Ant-Man (2015) and They Live (1988). Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck 1985. (7) Gene (Arnstein - Vice Pres. Society of Independent Producers Inc. Signed 1965 memo about Time Cards - Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Sent to 36 members including Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Peter Lawford etc. (8) Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed 1935 bank check. Fine...............Min. Bid $50

32. [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

33. [FRANCE] Guillaume-René Meignan (1817-1896) French Catholic apologist and scriptural exegete, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal. ALS, 1887, 1-1/5 pp, 8vo. Not translated. VG........50-75

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34. [FRANCE] Letter identified as written by J.M. Perisse, Ampere's brother-in-law. Not dated and doesn't appear to be signed. André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836) French physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one of the main founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics". The SI unit of measurement of electric current, the ampere, is named after him. Written in Frencn, not translated. Approx. 8 x 11". VG.............75-100

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35. [THEATRE] Francesco Dall'Ongaro [1808-1873] Italian writer, poet and dramatist. He was educated for the priesthood, but abandoned his orders, and taking to political journalism founded the Favilla at Trieste in the Liberal interest. In 1848 he enlisted under Garibaldi, and next year was a member of the assembly which proclaimed the republic in Rome. On the downfall of the republic he fled to Switzerland, then to Belgium and later to France, taking a prominent part in revolutionary journalism; it was not till 1860 that he returned to Italy, where he was appointed professor of dramatic literature at Florence. Subsequently he was transferred to Naples, where he died on the in 1873. His patriotic poems, Stornelli, composed in early life, had a great popular success; and he produced a number of plays, notably Fornaretto, Bianca Cappello, Fasma and Il Tesoro. His collected Fantasie drammatiche e liriche were published in his lifetime. Rare ALS, no year, 2pp, 5-1/4 x 8". Not translated. Fine condition...........75-100

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36. [THEATRE] Francesco Dall'Ongaro [1808-1873] Italian writer, poet and dramatist. He was educated for the priesthood, but abandoned his orders, and taking to political journalism founded the Favilla at Trieste in the Liberal interest. In 1848 he enlisted under Garibaldi, and next year was a member of the assembly which proclaimed the republic in Rome. On the downfall of the republic he fled to Switzerland, then to Belgium and later to France, taking a prominent part in revolutionary journalism; it was not till 1860 that he returned to Italy, where he was appointed professor of dramatic literature at Florence. Subsequently he was transferred to Naples, where he died on the in 1873. His patriotic poems, Stornelli, composed in early life, had a great popular success; and he produced a number of plays, notably Fornaretto, Bianca Cappello, Fasma and Il Tesoro. His collected Fantasie drammatiche e liriche were published in his lifetime. Rare ALS, no year, 2pp, 5-1/4 x 8". Not translated. Fine condition...........75-100

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37. [PORTRAIT] David Ramsay (1749-1815) American physician, public official, and historian from Charleston, South Carolina. He was one of the first major historians of the American Revolution. During the Revolution he served in the South Carolina legislature until he was captured by the British. After his release he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782–1783 and again in 1785–1786. Afterwards he served in the state House and Senate until retiring from public service. He was murdered in 1815 by a mentally ill man whom Ramsay had examined as a physician. Offered here is an antique engraved portrait, J.B. Longacre engraver, image about 4/5 x 3.5 in. plus clean margins. VG........Min. Bid $10

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38. [SCIENCE] William John McGee, LL.D. (1853-1912) American inventor, geologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist. While largely self-taught, McGee attended a rural one-room schoolhouse north of Farley, Iowa during the four winter months from about 1858 to 1867. He devoted his early years to reading law and to surveying. He invented and patented several improvements on agricultural implements. He was appointed geologist for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1881. In 1884 McGee authored the article Map of the United States exhibiting the present status of knowledge relating to the areal distribution of geologic groups for the USGS Journal. While with the USGS, McGee travelled to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1886 for the purpose of studying the earthquake disturbances in its vicinity. McGee was ethnologist in charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1893 to 1903. In 1895, he explored the Isla del Tiburón, Gulf of California, home of the Seri Indians. In 1904 he was chief of the department of anthropology that organized the "Anthropology Days" at the 1904 Summer Olympics / Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the 1904 World's Fair. In 1907 he was appointed a member of the Inland Waterways Commission by President Roosevelt. His other prominent positions were: acting president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897–1898); president of the American Anthropological Association (1902–1912); and president of the National Geographic Society (1904–1905). Excellent TLS, 1895, 2pp. to Professor Robert S. Woodward. 8 x 10.5 in. VG..............100-200

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

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41. [PRISON REFORM] RARE letter by LOUIS DWIGHT (1793-1854) American Philanthropist. He graduated from Yale in 1813, and Andover Theological Seminary in 1819. He was prevented from preaching because of weak lungs, caused by inhaling a gas during a college chemical lecture. In 1824 he married Louisa Willis, sister of N.P. Willis, the poet. In that same year [1824] he embarked on a six month horseback ride for his health distributing Bibles among prison inmates in various states. The abuses that became known to him led to the formation in 1825 of the Prison Discipline Society, of which he was the practical manager until his death, effecting many needed reforms. In 1846 he visited Europe and inspected prisons there. The 29 annual reports published by Dwight contained a vast amount of valuable information not to be found elsewhere. Offered here is a ALS, Andover [Mass], 1822, 4pp. Written to Rev. Alfred Ely (1778-1866) who was born in West Springfield, MA. Ely worked as a clerk in Springfield and Hartford, CT before graduating from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1804. In 1806, Alfed Ely was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Monson, MA, where he remained until his death in 1866. Ely was named as a trustee in the founding charter of Amherst College and served as a trustee from 1825 to 1854. Excellent content letter. VG..................200-300
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42. Joseph Barnes (1817-1883) American physician and the 12th Surgeon General of the United States Army (1864–1882). On August 22, 1864, he was advanced to the position of Surgeon General, with the grade of Brigadier General and on March 13, 1865, he received the brevet of major general for faithful and meritorious service during the war. On April 14, 1865, at the time of the assassination of United States President Lincoln and the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward, Barnes attended the death bed of Lincoln and ministered to the successful restoration of Seward. The morning after Abraham Lincoln's death, three Army Medical Museum pathologists entered the White House to perform an autopsy on Lincoln's body. Overseen by Barnes, the autopsy was conducted by Colonel Joseph Woodward and Major Edward Curtis. The autopsy began at 11 a.m. on April 15, 1865. In 1881, during the long struggle of President James A. Garfield to live after being shot, Barnes was one of the surgeons who for weeks served in the chamber of the dying president. Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE on 5 x 2 in. slip. VG..............Min. Bid $125

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43. Mystery Lot of 9 documents, dated 1828 - circa 1950. You do the research. Conditions mostly VG..........Min. Bid $15

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44. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Glenn Frank 1887-1940) president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and The Century Magazine's editor-in-chief. TLS, 1922. (2) Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834-1924) the 41st Governor of Vermont, was a Republican Party politician, a teacher, a lawyer and an American Civil War veteran. Small 1866 document signed on front & back. (3) Renee Oriana Haynes (1906-1994), also known as Renée Tickell was a British novelist and psychical researcher. Signed typescript THE EVIL EYE. Signed on 3rd page. (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) Printed government document dated 1867, signed in type by Sec. of War Edwin M. Stanton - SURVEY OF ROCK AND ILLINOIS RIVERS, 1 page. (7) Boston & Maine Railroad 1925 memo, 1 page. (8) Vermont court document 1851. (8) Myron Cohen (1902-1986) American comedian and raconteur. Unsigned vintage 8x10 photo taken by Harry Adler. (9) Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) American illustrator of Russian origin active in the United States, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs. Original wood-engraving print removed from publication. About 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. (10) Charles H. Townsend (1859-1944) American zoologist and naturalist who served as the director of the New York Aquarium, from 1902 to 1937. Brief ALS, 1923. (11) Two telegrams to congressman Philip Philbin (12) Four bank checks. (13) Unsigned photo - can't remember who but music related. (14) Letter 1872 to Singer Sewing Machine Co................Min. Bid $50

45. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Lord Sundridge, George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll, GCH, PC (1768-1839), styled Earl of Campbell from 1768 to 1770 and Marquess of Lorne from 1770 to 1806, was a Scottish Whig politician and nobleman. Signed address panel 1822. (2) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1964 bank check. (3) George Bicknell (1815-1891) Congressman from Indiana. ALS, 5-1/4 x 8-3/4 in. VG. (4) Louisana State Lottery ticket 1893. (5) Robert Shapiro - American film producer who was the president of theatrical film production at Warner Bros. Warner bros. 1985 paycheck [not signed by him]. (5) Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Theatre" by critic Alexander Woollcott. Offered here is her monogrammed [blank] correspondence card. Fine. (6) Jack Dempsey- boxer. Unsigned vintage 1964 photo. (7) 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 1922 court document. (8) Douglas Dillon (born Clarence Douglass Dillon; 1909- 2003) American diplomat and politician, who served as U.S. Ambassador to France (1953–1957) and as the 57th Secretary of the Treasury (1961–1965). Signed 1975 FDC honoring Banking. Slso signed by Ronald T. Regan - Sec. of the Treasury PLUS unidentified signature. (9) Rev John Home FRSE (1722-1808) Scottish minister, soldier and author. Original 19th century engraved portait [unsigned]. (10) James Roosevelt (1907-1991) American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secretary to the President for his father and was later elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California. He received the Navy Cross while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. Signed card as congressman. Henry M. Teller (1830-1914) American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Dawes Act, intended to break up communal Native American lands and force assimilation of the people, accurately stating that it was directed at forcing the Indians to give up their land so that it could be sold to white settlers. Among his most prominent achievements was authoring the Teller Amendment which definitively stated that, following the Spanish–American War, the U.S. would not annex Cuba, rather that the purpose of their involvement would be to help it gain independence from Spain. CLIP SIGNATIURE [mounted]...............Min. Bid $50

62. (AMERICAN LITERARY NOTABLES LOT) LAURA KEAN ZEMTKIN HOBSON (1900-1986) novelist noted for “Gentleman’s Agreement”. SIGNED, inscribed card . DON CARLOS SEITZ (1862-1935) Author, correspondent, newspaper manager. SIGNATURE, inscribed to Cartoonist Rollin Kirby(1875-1952). GEORGE FYLER TOWNSEND (1814-1900) author, translator of “Aesop’s Fables”. ALS (1850). ELIZABETH WILLIAMS CHAMPNEY (1850-1922) Author. SIGNATURE on card. MARTHA ALBRAND (1914-1981) Novelist of over 40 books. SIGNED card (1962). JANOS BEKESSY, known as HANS HABE (1911-1977) Hungarian born American writer, publisher. ALS on postcard (1977). IRVIN S. COBB (1876-1944) Author, humorist, columnist. SIGNATURE. ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON (1845-1928) Novelist, writer. SIGNATURE mounted to card.................80-120

63. [FRANCE] 1698 document from Normandy, France, written on vellum, ornate signatures. Nice ornate stamp at top. City of Caen. Approx. 7-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. No researched. VG................100-200

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64. [NAVAL HISTORY] Samuel Smallcorn (c.1735-1793) Revolutionary War Naval Gunner and First Lieutenant. Appointed Gunner, Aug. 12, 1776, of the Continental frigate "Raleigh," Capt. Thomas Thompson, at wages of $15 a month. He did not remain on her long, as on Sept. 30, 1776, he was First Lieutenant of the brigantine "Reprisal," a privateer, then lying at Boston, Capt. John Wheelright; she was of about seventy tons, carried eight carriage guns (three pounders) and ten swivels, and seventy men, also provisioned for a cruise.Capt. Samuel Smallcorn married Jane Moore, Dec. 11, 1785, at Kittery, both residents. Offered here is a Signed document, Kittery (Maine), Feb. ? 1775, approx. 6 x 7-1/4 in. This is a receipt signed by Smallcorn who receives payment from Capt. Robert Follett who was also an interesting person. Robert Follett (1737-1780) was also a physician. He Commanded a company of Artillery at Kittery Point, Me., by return of Nov. 5, 1775. Was appointed Master of the Continental frigate, "Raleigh" Capt. T. Thompson, June 24, 1776; was discharged about Jan. 1, 1777. Also signed by others on verso. VG..............Min. Bid $100
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65.  [FRANCE] group of French autographs: [1] Victor Ambroise, vicomte de Lanjuinais (1802-1869) FRENCH politician, becoming a deputy in 1838. His interests lay chiefly in financial questions and in 1849 he became minister of commerce and agriculture in the cabinet of Odilon Barrot. He wrote a Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages du comte de Lanjuinais, which was prefixed to an edition of his fathers Îuvres (4 vols., 1832). 7 LINES IN HIS HAND, SIGNED. [2] MARIE LECONTE [1869-1947] Fr. actress. ALS, no year on both sides of black bordered card. [3] Jean Marie Pardessus (1772-1853) French lawyer. His Traité des servitudes (1806) went through eight editions, and his Traité du contrat et des lettres de change (1809) pointed him out as fitted for the chair of commercial law recently formed at the faculty of law at Paris. ALS, no date, 1p, 6 x 7-3/4 in. VG. [4] Charles Wagner (1852-1916) French reformed pastor whose inspirational writings were influential in shaping reformed theology. ALS, 1905, 3pp., 4-1/8 x 5-1/8". VG. [5] Aurelien Scholl (1833-1902) French author and journalist, was born in Bordeaux. He was successively editor of the Voltaire and of the Echo de Paris. He wrote largely for the theatre, and also a number of novels dealing with Parisian life. ALS, nd, 1p. Wants to sue Paul Boiteau. Moderate stain bottom corner; wrinkled. [6] Albert Auguste Cochon de Lapparent (1839-1908) French geologist. ALS, 1890, 1p, 4-3/8 x 5-1/2". [7] Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (January 3, 1802-1878) was a French ecclesiastic. ALS, appears to be undated, 1p, 8 x 9-1/4". VG. [8] Olivier Émile Ollivier (1825-1913) French statesman. Although a republican, he served as a cabinet minister under Emperor Napoleon III and led the process of turning his regime into a "liberal Empire". Brief ALS, no date, 1p, 4 x 5-1/4". VG. [9] LEON BERNARD [1877-1935] Fr. actor. ALS, no year, on both sides. To Tania Fedor - "Do whatever possible for that." [10] Émile Faguet (1847-1916) French literary critic and author. Clip Signature...........150-200

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The lots are made up from items we have had for years. Many items have not been researched. For those that like to do the research - HAVE FUN. Much to be discovered. Also lots will includes ephermera, old paper items, autographs that we have not been able to figure out. many of the descriptions will be short. HAPPY HUNTING!

66. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Colin Luther Powell (1937-2021) American politician, diplomat and retired four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. Signed color 8x10 photo in uniform [autopen signature]. (2) [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 1872 made out to Bunn but not signed by him. (3) 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 bank check. (4) 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 1933 document. (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 1901 document. (6) Joseph Peace Hazard (1807-1892) was born into a wealthy Rhode Island family. When he failed in the family's textile manufacturing business, Hazard's family supported him in pursuing his personal interests, which included travel, architecture, and Spiritualism. Signed 1840 document. (7) Richard Bonelli (1889-1980) American operatic baritone active from 1915 to the late 1970s. Signed biograpical page picturing him. (8)
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.......................Min. Bid $50

67. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Stephen Higginson Tyng (1800-1885) was a leading clergyman of the evangelical party of the Episcopal Church. He recognized that a new urban ministry was needed in parts of New York City with growing numbers of immigrants. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) Bank check [1910) signed by artist Douglas Volk; made out to artist Wm. Bailey Faxon (1849-1941) artist. Faxon signs on verso. (3) 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, 1922. (4) [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 1965 signed document, re: Susan Seaforth. (5) Tom Forman (1936-1996) American comic strip cartoonist best known as the co-creator of the classic comic strip Motley's Crew along with Ben Templeton. Ben Templeton (born c. 1940) is the co-creator of the classic comic strip Motley's Crew along with his late partner Tom Forman. After the death of his partner, Templeton completed the strip on its own until its cancellation on January 1, 2000. Both have signed printed drawing of ELWOOD. (6) Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) American industrialist, politician, and social reformer. Signed 1843 document.............Min. Bid $50

68. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Peter Hackes (1924-1994) was a longtime American TV and radio correspondent who late in life had acting roles in two prominent American films. Signed 1966 cover honoring US Navy. (2) Martha Graham (1894-1991) unsigned 8x10 photo. (3) C. Jac Young (1880-1940) German born American artist. Born with the name of Charles Jacob Jung, and an etcher and painter, he exhibited under C Jac Jung until about 1919 when he took the last name of Young. He 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. Exhibitions include: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts annual, 1913, 1916, 1918 (as Jung); Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915 (as C Jac Jung); Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1916 (as Jung); Society of Independent Artists, 1917 (as Jung); Brooklyn Society of Etchers...etc. Signed [endorsed on verso] 1931 bank check. The check was made out & signed by fellow artist 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. His father was Leonard Volk who Lincoln posed for in 1860. (4) Two TLS's signed Chas. A. Brown [?] both 1909. (5) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. Her signature & handwriting on bank check register. Three check stubs written but not signed by her, 1947. (6) John Oliver Hobbs - Pearl Mary Teresa Richards (1867-1906) Anglo-American novelist and dramatist who wrote under the pen-name of John Oliver Hobbes. Though her work fell out of print in the twentieth-century, her first book Some Emotions and a Moral was a sensation in its day, selling eighty-thousand copies in only a few weeks. Brief autograph note signed 1901. (7) Rudy Vallee - actor, singer. Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed 1935 bank check. Fine. (8) National Tea Co. 1943 stock certificate........Min. Bid $50

69.  [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 1932 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

70. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Kathleen Turner (b. 1954) iAmerican actress. Known for her distinctive, gritty voice, Turner has won two Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, and two Tony Awards. Signed part of magazine clipping [sealed]. (2) Austin Corbin (1827-1896) was a 19th-century American banking and railroad entrepreneur. He consolidated the rail lines on Long Island, bringing them under the profitable umbrella of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). He was the owner of Manhattan Beach, a resort in Brooklyn, New York City, from which he barred Jews. He was also the owner of the Sunnyside Plantation in Chicot County, Arkansas, from 1886 to his death in 1896, where he used convict laborers and later brought Italian immigrants to work on the land. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted. (3) Jacob Jennings Brown (May 9, 1775 – February 24, 1828)[2] was known for his victories as an American army officer in the War of 1812, where he reached the rank of general. His successes on the northern border during that war made him a national hero, and he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. Unsigned engraved 1868 portrait. (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) Horace Green (1802-1866) Am. Laryngologist. CLIP SIGNATURE. (6) Printed 1868 gov. doc about Indians, 8pp. (7) Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Am. artist [listed]. Small unsigned ink sketch of tree. (8)  Limerick Nation Bank [Maine] 5 checks, 1924. (9) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American artist. Signed 1922 check.......Min. Bid $50

71. [[MIXED LOT] includes: (1) PORTRAIT] Lydia H. Sigourney (1791-1865) popular American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford". Most of her works were published with just her married name Mrs. Sigourney. Original antique engraved portrait of Sigourney, image approx. 3.5 x 4.5 plus wide margins. VG. (2) [THEATRE] Sam Bernard (1863-1927) was an English-born American vaudeville comedian who also performed in musical theatre, comic opera and burlesque and appeared in a few silent films.   Signature dated 1900. Not attractive. Approx. 5 x 2-3/4 in. Laid down. Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum, Boothbay, Maine. (3) [FILM] Catherine Deneuve (b. 1943) French actress. Signed color photo, 4-1/8 x 5-7/8 in. Fine. (4) Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Am. artist [listed]. Small unsigned ink sketch of NYC scene. (5) Lawrence F. Abbott (1859-1933) American editor and writer, son of Lyman Abbott. In 1891 he became president of the Outlook Company. As well as being a close friend to Theodore Roosevelt, throughout almost his whole life, he also served as secretary to Theodore Roosevelt during the latter's tour of Europe and Africa (1909–10), and edited Roosevelt's African and European Addresses (1910). He was the author of an article on Theodore Roosevelt in the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), and of Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt (1919) and The Story of NYLIC (1930). Signed & inscribed 4-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. card, dated 1921. Attractive and fine. (6) [NASA] Vance Brand - American astronaut. Signed 3x5 card. (7) Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - 1933) British novelist. Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N. Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues. Under the pseydonym Alice Stuyvesant she wrote "The Hidden House" serialised in The Cavalier 1913-1914. Alice apparently said of her husband "Charlie Williamson could do anything in the world except write stories": she said of herself "I can't do anything else." She continued to write after her husband's death in 1920. ALS, no year, 3 full pages. To Miss Marshall [journalist]. Nice content.........Min. Bid $50

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

73. [MIXED 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. Total of 5 ink signed by Arnstein. (2) [ITALY] Augusto Rosso (1885-1964) Italian statesman; doplomat. He was a delegate to meetingsof Council and Assembly of the League of Nations [1927-1932]; including Reparations Conference, The Hague [1929], Naval Conference in London [1930]. He was Ambassador to the United States [from 1932]. In November 1940 Stalin sent Molotov to Berlin to meet von to meet von Ribbentrop and Adolf Hitler. In January 1941, the British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden visited Turkey in an attempt to get the Turks to enter the war on the Allies' side. Though the purpose of Eden's visit was anti-German rather than anti-Soviet, Molotov assumed otherwise and in a series of conversations with the Italian Ambassador Augusto Rosso, Molotov claimed that the Soviet Union would soon be faced with an Anglo-Turkish invasion of the Crimea. The British historian D.C. Watt argued that on the basis of Molotov's statements to Rosso, it would appear that in early 1941, Stalin and Molotov viewed Britain rather than Germany as the principal threat. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1912. Excellent clear signature. VG. (3) Kent Conrad (b.1948) US Senator from North Dakota. Color 10x8 photo signed [?]. (4) David Montagu Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine (1776-1855) British diplomat and politician. Antique engraved portrait. (5) Paul Reginald Baxley Jr. (1923-2011) American actor and stunt coordinator best known for his work as a stunt coordinator on Star Trek: The Original Series. He was a stunt double of William Shatner. Warner Bros. 1984 paycheck unsigned. (6)  Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1897 bank check...............Min. Bid $50

74. [FRANCE]  1772 French Mystery Document on paper, signed Pierre Cabot, 3pp, approx. 7.5 x 12-1/4. Appearing to be a long detailed inventory. VG...........50-75

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75. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902-1985) United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was considered as a Presidential running mate, most significantly in 1952 by Dwight Eisenhower. Later, largely due to Ike's advice and encouragement, he ended up being chosen as the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 presidential election alongside incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon. The Republican ticket narrowly lost to Democrats John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.  Signed typescript from "The Storm Has Many Eyes." One page, boldly signed, 8.5 x 11 in. VG...............50-75

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76. (RARE KENTUCKY PIONEER DOCUMENT)  Indenture 1798 between John Vertees Sr., Stphen Rawlings, Armistead Churchill, Robert Hodgens, William Kelso, James Crutucher, Isaac Morrison, Benjamin Helm, Trustees of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. land granted to Edward Rawlings. This document is actually signed by: Charles Helm, James Moredock, Samuel Bush, John Vertees, Stephen Rawlings, Armistead Churchill, William Kelso, James Crutcher, Ben Helm and Morris Miles. Approx. 8-1/4 x 13 in. Separated at middle fold line [easy to repair]; expected edges faults. All of the sifnatures are on the verso. RARE.................Min. Bid $200
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Brief bio. on some of these signers:
Charles Helm (1777-1831) served in the Kentucky House in 1806, 1809-1811 and the Kentucky Senate from 1812-1816. He was also a veteran of the War of 1812.

Samuel Bush (1772-1812) became the Uncle of Abe Lincoln.

John Vertrees (1741-1803) he was a Captain solider in the Revolutionary War, one of 175 Virginia voluntees called by the Indians “Long Knives”, with George Rogers Clark in the conquest of the Northwest Territory (1778-9), fighting at Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Vincennes, Chilloocpthe and Pickaway; and was a captain of a company of soldiers with Col. John Floyd against Indians in 1782, following their incursions into Hardin and other counties in 1781.

Stephen Rawlings (1749-1830) Private Stephen Rawlings, served in the American Revolution from 18 July until 21 August of 1780. He was in a Militia under the command of Col William Linn, in Captain John Swan's Company. At this time, George Rogers Clark was the Commanding General. Stephen was on the payroll of the Jefferson Militia under actual service in repelling an invasion of the enemy Indians, the expedition against the enemy, under General George Rogers Clark, from the 21st of October 1782 until the 6th of November 1782.

James Crutcher (1755-1823) served as a corporal in Company 8, 2nd Virginia Regiment from June 1, 1777, to January 1778. He fought in the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown and wintered at Valley Forge in 1777-78 in his 2nd Virgina Regiment service.

BEN HELM (1767-1858) known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth.

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Rare Pioneer Kentucky Document

77. [KENTUCKY] Very rare 1811 pioneer manuscript document from the Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky area signed by several interesting men. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12-1/2 in. Signed by the following on the front side: Wm. Withers, Ben Helm, James Crutcher, Christopher Bush, Samuel Stevenson, Adam Miller. Also signed on the verso by Christopher Miller and Daniel Waide. See some biographical information on these pioneers below.
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.

This document is in very good condition for its age. In 2015 another document signned by Christopher Miller sold at auction for $1,777 including buyer's premium. Our estimate..................600-800

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78. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Clifford A. Pellow (1928-2019) actor. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck. (2) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (3) Major-General Lord Robert Manners (1781-1835) British soldier and nobleman. Signed address panel postmarked 1825. (4) Phyllis George Brown (1949-2020) American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster. In 1975, George was hired as a reporter and co-host of the CBS Sports pre-show The NFL Today, becoming one of the first women to hold an on-air position in national televised sports broadcasting. She also served as the First Lady of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983. She won Miss Texas in 1970 and was crowned Miss America 1971. TLS, 1980, 1p. Fine. (5) Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) American lawyer, jurist and politician. Although nominated three times to the United States Supreme Court by President John Tyler in 1844, the U.S. Senate never attempted a confirmation vote. Portrait engraving. (6) J. David Jones (1936-1997) actor known for his work on Apocalypse Now (1979), The Blues Brothers (1980) and Waterworld (1995). Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck................Min. Bid $25

88. [SOMERSWORTH, NH] archive of documents from the Rollins Family, dating from 1807-1841. Includes Andrew Rollins (1770-1833), Daniel Rollins (1794-1879), Ichabod Rollins (1769-1843), and John Rollins. Andrew represented Somersworth in the New Hampshire Legislature from 1816 - 1820. Others person included: Harper Ricker, Josiah Bean, James Richardson, Samuel Roberts, Benjamin Carter etc. Generally very good condition. 12 documents................Min. Bid $75

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89. From the Paper of Charles B. Rounds, Calais, Maine. Group of 11 documents plus one letter written to Rounds from Kansas City, Mo. 1873, 3pp, signed Geo. M. Chase. These date from 1869 to 1905. Six of them are signed by Rounds [some in the text]. Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864..................Min. Bid $50

90. [LARGE LOT] Philip Joseph 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. He graduated in 1920 and from Columbia University Law School, New York City, in 1924. He served in the US congress Signed as Secretary of the Board of from 1943-1971. Large misc. lot of about 107 pieces including 18 signed letters to Philbin.................Min. Bid $35

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

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92. [COLONIAL] William Vaughan (1703-1746) He graduated from Harvard College in 1722. Circa 1735, he was a ship's Captain, and captured pirates of the Caribbean. He served in the England U.K. Royal Army 1745-1746 attaining Colonel U.K. Army Colonel William Vaughan served in a New England colonial force, aided by a British fleet, during the Siege of Louisbourg, in 1745, when they captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island), during the War of the Austrian Succession, known, in the British colonies, as King George's War. He died circa December, 1746, in London, England, where he went after the Battle of Louisbourg, and became ill. He was buried in New Hampshire. Colonel William Vaughan was a chief organizer of the Louisbourg expedition and son of Lieutenant Governor Vaughan of New Hampshire province. Offered here is a 2-1/2 page document dated 1727, signed by Mark Hunting [twice]. Also signed twice by Eleazer Russell. We believe that it is a later 18th century copy of William Vaughan selling property to George Walker. Very good condition esp. for its age.................200-300

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93. (AMERICAN LITERARY NOTABLES LOT) VINCENT SHEEAN (1899-1975) Journalist, writer. TLS (1973). RUPERT HUGHES (1872-1956) Historian, novelist, director, composer. SIGNATURE with 2 line sentiment for Fulton Ousler (1893-1952) the noted Novelist. GEORGE CREEL (1876-1953) noted Investigative Journalist. SIGNATURE on collectors card (1921). HENRIETTE BUCKMASTER (1909-1983) Novelist. TLS. HELEN KNOTHE NEARING (1904-1983) cookbook author with husband Scott. SIGNED book jacket form their book “Simple Food for the Good Life” signed on verso with her photo and that of her husband in which she writes his name too. SCOTT NEARING (1883-1983) Radical economist, educator, activist, author. CLIPPPED SIGNATURE. ALICE HEGAN RICE (1870-1942) Novelist. ALS 1940 on postcard......Min Bid $55

100. [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

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103. [COLONIAL] Solomon Williams (1700-1776) pastor of the Lebanon, Connecticut's First Congregational Church. He was the father of William Williams (1731-1811) who was a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. CLIPPED SIGNATURE, slight loss top edge. Please look at picture before bidding on this.........25-35.................Min. Bid $12.50 please

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115. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Rex David Thomas (1932 - 2002) American businessman, philanthropist, and fast-food tycoon. Thomas was the founder and chief executive officer of Wendy's, a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers. TLS, 1995. (2) Robert Roberts Bishop (1834-1910) Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as a member, and President of, the Massachusetts Senate and as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Bishop was also the unsuccessful Republican Party nominee in the 1882 election for governor of Massachusetts. ALS, 1882, 1 full page. Fine. (3) Charles Allen Culberson (1855-1925) American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States Senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923. His signature at bottom of 1909 letter written to Culberson. (4) Carl Joachim Friedrich (1901-1984) German-American professor and political theorist. He taught alternately at Harvard and Heidelberg until his retirement in 1971. His writings on state and constitutional theory, constitutionalism and government made him one of the world's leading political scientists in the post-World War II period. He is one of the most influential scholars of totalitarianism. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted. (5) Charles Ammi Cutter (1837-1903) American librarian. In the 1850s and 1860s he assisted with the re-cataloging of the Harvard College library, producing America's first public card catalog. Lengthy ALS written on back of postcard, not dated. (6) Limerick National Bank [Maine] group of 10 bank checks 1920..............Min. Bid $50

116. [NAVAL] William Robert Anderson (1921-2007) was an officer in the United States Navy, and a U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1965 to 1973. Anderson's service in World War II was distinguished. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and participated in a total of eleven combat submarine patrols. Anderson was selected by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover to be the second commanding officer of the first nuclear submarine to be placed into service, the USS Nautilus and was its commander from 1957 to 1959. Anderson and his crew received international notice when the Nautilus became the first submarine to sail successfully under the polar ice cap surrounding the North Pole. After completing his tour as commander of the Nautilus, Anderson became an assistant to Admiral Rickover. TLS, 1958, 1p., about 8x6 in. Top corners cropped off. Includes copy of letter to President Eisenhower................50-75

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118. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering at the University of Michigan in 1872. He was appointed assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics. In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. Offered here is HIS SIGNED Physical Laboratory notes, 29 pages handwritten, c. 1902. Approx. 5x8 in. Provenance: The Robert Simpson Woodward House is a former residence located at 1513 16th Street, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. From 1904 until 1914, it was a home of geologist Robert Simpson Woodward, the first president of the Carnegie Institution. The building currently serves as the Capital Research Center headquarters. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Fine condition. RARE!.....................300-400

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119. [NOBEL PRIZE] George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham Kt OM PRS FRSE (1920-2002) British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. Signed 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. VG.............50-75

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129. [GERMANY] Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) German film director and actress. Hitler was in close collaboration with Riefenstahl during the production of at least three important Nazi films, and they formed a friendly relationship. Offered here is a receipt document from the Munich Agfa Co., issued to Leni Riefenstahl Product. She bought photo papers. She has signed with initials "L.R." and wrote "paid with Post check on 29.11.74". Approx. 8x12 in. VG..............80-120

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130. [WRITERS] Mixed Lot: [1] Dorothy Canfield Fisher [1879-1958] reformer, writer. Signature. [2] J. G. Holland [1819-1881] Am. poet, novelist. Sig. w/sentiment. [3] Park Godwin [1816-1904] Am. journalist. Signature, 1866. [4] Glenway Westcott[1901-1987] Am. writer. Sig. presentation page from book. [5] John Hall Wheelock [1886-1978] Am. poet. Sig. in return address. [6] Benson J. Lossing (1813-1891) was a prolific and popular American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War and features in Harper's Magazine. He was a Charter Trustee of Vassar College. Signature DATED 1877. [7] Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT. [8] George V. Hobart [1867-1926] American Playwright. Signature with sentiment, New York, 1908. [9] William Henry Irwin (Will) (1873 - 1948) was a U.S. author, writer and journalist. For the Bohemian Club, he wrote the Grove Play The Hamadryads in 1904. Signature. [10] Rex Beach [1877-1949]. American writer. Fine SIGNATURE............Min. Bid $50

131. (AMERICAN SINGERS LOT) GLORIA GAYNOR (1949) SIGNED, inscribed 4x5 photograph. GLENN YARBROUGH (1930) SIGNED 10x8 photograph, inscribed . JERRY BUTLER (1939) TLS (2002). Julius La Rosa (1930) TLS . EDDY ARNOLD (1918-2008) TLS (1989). BARBARA LEWIS (1943) ALS. IREENE WICKER (1905-1987) Singer/Actress on radio (1930’s &1940’s) SIGNED, inscribed postcard color photograph on verso. EARTHA KITT (1927-2008) ANS, with initials about her book on slip from a letter with unsigned 8x10................Min. Bid $40

132. (Assorted Document Lot) includes: (1) Italian Letter dated 1838, not translated, signed “Giacomo d’Anofrio”. (2) SIGNED document of Samuel Merrill (1792-1855), early leading banker of Indiana , signed bottom of half document dated May 20, 1834. (3) Colonial document of Topsfield, Mass. In 1772, signed by Matthew Standly, in 1772 and by Thomas Baker, John Howe, later signed in 1784 by Nathaniel Saltonstall and Michael Sewall in the transfer of land. (4 & 5) Two French Docuements signed, about 1700’s, not translated. (6) SIGNED transatlantic document which is a ALS, dated August 26, 1873 on Compagnie Generale, Transtatlantique stationary. (7) DS, Col. William Fernald, dated april 14, 1820, making Allen Crofs Sergeant in the Firfth Regiment in the Brigade and 1st Division in the Milita of Mass. All are VG.............Min. Bid $50

133. US Senators - 5 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Homer E. Capehart [Ind]; John Marshall Butler [Md]; Wallace F. Bennett [Ut]; Quentin N. Burdick [ND]; Styles Bridges [NH]..........Min. Bid $25

134. [MUSIC MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Andrew Litton (b. 1959) American orchestral conductor. Signed, inscribed color 5x7 photo. VG (2) Keely Smith (b. 19320 American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among others, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra. TLS, 1995, 1p. VG (3) Johnny Desmond (1919-1985) American popular music singer. Signed vintage album page (4) Frederick Solomon - American composer, conductor. Known for his work on Broadway. ANS, 1925 on card. (5) Keith Lockhart (b. 1959) American orchestral conductor. Lockhart became the 20th Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1995. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG (6) [OPERA] CESARE SIEPI (1923- ) Italian Basso - He was based mainly at La Scala and from 1950 at the Metropolitian Opera in New York. He is particularly noted for his Mozard roles, and with the Italian repertory, especially Don Giovanni and Mefistofele. He is condidered one of the greatest Bassos after WW2. He created Nonno Innocenzo in Pizzetti's L"Oro. SIGNED Christmas card dtd 1991. (7) Xavier Boisselot [1811-1893] Fr. composer, pianist. ANS, 1854. (8) [OPERA] Dame EDITH COATES (1908-1983) British Mezzo Soprano - A most successful career at the Old Vic, Sadler Wells, covent Garden. She was fortunate to have a long caeer. She was an impressive singing-actress. She created the role Auntie in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, Bardeau, in Sir Arthur Bliss' The Olympians, and other great roles in Gloriana and The Parlour. TLS dtd 1/12/81. (9) Irving Caesar (1895-1996) American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and died in New York. In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. ANS on his memo paper, 4 x 5.5 in. Fine. (10) Kenneth Schermerhorn (1929-2005) American composer and orchestra conductor. Signed 1982 Avery Fisher Hall concert program. VG (11) John Mellencamp (b. 1951) American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG............Min. Bid $90

135. [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 $35

136. [MUSIC MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, and bandleader. Vallee became the most prominent, and arguably the first, of a new style of popular singer, the crooner. Signed, inscribed 3.5 x 5 in. vintage photo. VG. (2) David Lloyd Wolper (b.1928) American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series like Biography (TV series 1961-63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Three Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, and others. He directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space, which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer)about the study of insects The Hellstrom Chronicle won an Academy Award. TLS, 1968, 1p,, signed "David." (3) Madge Kennedy (1891-1987) movie and stage actress of the silent film era. ANS on 3x5 card. (4) FRITZ WEAVER (1926-2016) American Actor - He made his first off-Broadway appearance in a 1954 production of The Way of the World. His inaugural Broadway effort was 1955's The Chalk Circle. Weaver went on to appear in such classic stage roles as Hamlet and Peer Gynt, and also amassed a remarkable list of film credits, including two Twilight Zone appearances. In 1964, he made his film debut as the unstable Colonel Caserio in the doomsday thriller Fail Safe. The following year, he starred on Broadway in Baker Street, a musicalization of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. In 1970, he won the Tony award for his work as Jerome Malley in Child's Play. Most often cast as aristocratic villains in films (his resemblance to William F. Buckley has not gone unnoticed by producers), Fritz Weaver made his biggest international impact in the sympathetic role of Josef Weiss in the TV miniseries Holocaust (1978). SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 portrait photograph. (5) Tom Douglas [1895-1978] Am. actor. TLS c.1930 re: appearance in "Fata Morgana. (6) [THEATRE] Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), known as Coquelin aîné ("Coquelin the Eldest"), was a French actor, "one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age." Signed card dated 28 Dec. 88. Approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4". Fine. (7) Sidney Blackmer [1895-1973] American actor. He was a major character actor in more than 120 films. He won the 1950 Tony Award for Best Actor (Drama) for his role in the Broadway play, Come Back, Little Sheba. In film, Blackmer is remembered for his more than a dozen portrayals of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and for his role in the Academy Award-winning 1968 Roman Polanski film about urban New York witches, Rosemary's Baby, in which he played an over-solicitous neighbor. Brief ALS written on bottom of a fan's form letter, no date. (8) [EARLY FILM] Corinne Griffith [1894-1979] American actress. Dubbed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen", she was one of the most popular film actresses of the 1920s and widely considered the most beautiful actress of the silent screen. Shortly after the advent of sound film, Griffith retired from acting and became a successful author. TLS, 1961, 1p, on her personal stationery. Re: typist changing recipient's name; hopes he likes the book; happy Christmas. Fine condition. (9) Russell Arms [1920-2012] American actor, singer. Signed 5x7 photo. (10) [FILM] BETSY BLAIR - English Actress - Most casual film fans know one of two facts about stage and film actress Betsy Blair. (1): She was the first wife of musical comedy star Gene Kelly. (2): She played the homely blind date of Ernest Borgnine in Marty (1955)., in which she was Nominated for an Oscar . After Marty, relocated on the Continent, appearing in such Italian films as The Outcry (1957) and Senilita (1961).Also, has acted in many plays on the English stage. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 photograph. (11) Ben Lyon (1901-1979) American actor. TLS, 1967, 1p. (12) Alfred Wigan [1814-1878] Brit. Victorian actor. Sig. address panel.............Min. Bid $90

137. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) "Pinky" Tomlin (1907-1987) was a singer, songwriter, bandleader, and actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to performing in occasional motion pictures, he wrote and published 22 songs, several of which were in the top ten on the "Hit Parade". A song he had written in 1938, "In Ole Oklahoma", was named as Oklahoma's state song by the Oklahoma State Junior Chamber of Commerce. Signed 5x7 photo, mounting traces on verso. (2) [EARLY FILM] Beulah Marie Dix (1876-1970) American screenwriter of the silent and sound film eras, as well as a playwright and author of novels and children's books.[4] She wrote for more than 55 films between 1917 and 1942. Brief ALS 1908, 4 x 5-1/4 in. Fine. (3) CLAUDE AVELINE [1901-1992] Fr. writer. SIGNATURE with sentiment. (4) WILLIAM ARMSTRONG (1914-1999 ) American Novelist/Author. His most famous work was "Sounder", made into a movie. Clipped SIGNATURE. (5) Ruth Draper [1884-1956] Am. playwright. CLIP SIGNATURE. (6) Martha Ostenso (1900-1963) Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Ostenso was born in Haukeland, near Bergen, Norway, but emigrated with her family to the United States in 1902. They first settled in South Dakota and Minnesota before immigrating to Canada in the province of Manitoba. Ostenso is probably best known for the award-winning novel Wild Geese, published in 1925 (and filmed as After the Harvest in 2001). She signs at bottom of an autograph request typed letter, 1929. (7) [SCIENCE] DANIEL I. ARNON (1910-1994) American Plant Physiologist - one of the 20th century's leaders in the field of photosynthesis. ALS dtd 8/22/89..................Min. Bid $50

138. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) CARA WILLIAMS (BARRYMORE) (1925- ) American Actress - At 17, Williams was signed to a 20th Century Fox contract, but few of her subsequent film roles were large enough to attract notice. Her fortunes improved when she replaced Judy Holliday in the Broadway production of Born Yesterday (1950); thereafter, her film and TV roles increased in size and prominence. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of a sex-starved farm woman in The Defiant Ones (1958). By virtue of her flaming red hair and acute comic timing, Williams was touted as "the new Lucille Ball" on the CBS sitcoms Pete and Gladys (1961) and The Cara Williams Show (1964). She was married to John Barrymore, Jr. and had a son. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with sentiment. (2) Kate Field (1838-1896) American journalist, lecturer, and actress, of eccentric talent. ALS, Feb. 22, no yr, 2pp. From Shoreham Hotel in NYC. Sends payment for tickets received and discussing distributing others, etc. (3) Ted Key (1912-2008)American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon series Hazel. ANS, no date. (4) Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923) English historical novelist, poet and essayist. ALS, 1912. 1p. (5) Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts, was an entrepreneur and business theorist in the first half of the 20th century. He also founded Webber College, now Webber International University, in Babson Park, Florida, and the defunct Utopia College, in Eureka, Kansas. TLS, 1957, 1p. (6) Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) was a prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet. TLS, 1958, 1p, sending appreciation for a Christmas greeting he had received. Fine............Min. Bid $50

139. [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

140. MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Sir Owen Seaman, 1st Baronet [1861-1936] British writer, journalist and poet. He is best known as editor of Punch, from 1906 to 1932. ALS, 1933, 1p. VG. (2) [THEATRE] George Edward Wade (1869-1954) better known by his stage name, George Robey, was an English music hall comedian and star. He was marketed as the "Prime Minister of Mirth". SIGNED postcard photograph with sentiment dressed as the Queen of Hearts. Mounting traces on verso. VG. (3) [AVIATION] J. Leland Atwood (1904-1999) engineer and manager in the aerospace industry. He worked in various prominent positions at North American Aviation for over 35 years. The International Aerospace Hall of Fame invested Atwood in 1984. SIGNED 8x10 photo, 1983. VG. (4) George Ade (1866-944) American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) HENRY JACKSON van DYKE (1852-1933) American Author, educator, clergyman, lyricist. TLS, 1908, 1p. VG (6) [MUSIC] Martha Tilton [1915-2006] 1930's pop singer. ISP, 8x10. (7) [MUSIC] Rudolph Ganz [1877-1972] pianist, conductor, composer. Clip signature. On verso is Frances Williams [1901-1959] blonde Broadway star. (8) [MUSIC] Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) celebrated Italian operatic tenor. Signed, inscribed card, with sentiment. Approx. 3.5 x 2.5". VG..................Min. Bid $50

141. [SCIENCE] Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910) American scientist and engineer. Brief ALS, 1909, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. Provenance: Paul Richard's collection. VG...............100-150

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142. Mystery Document dated 1809 from Itally, signed, 1p, 8 x 11.5 in. Looks like old grape stains.......Min. Bid $10
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143. John Jay (1817-1894) American lawyer and diplomat to Austria-Hungary, serving from 1869 to 1875. He was the son of William Jay and a grandson of John Jay, a former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Jay was active in the anti-slavery movement, elected president of the New York Young Men's Antislavery Society while still in college. He published several speeches and pamphlets on slavery and history, and was elected in 1889 as president of the American Historical Association. Jay defended numerous fugitive slaves in court and helped several gain freedom. In 1852, Jay led a team of attorneys in New York City in Lemmon v. New York, gaining the freedom of eight Virginia slaves brought to New York by their owners in transit to Texas. The ruling survived appeals through the state courts. In 1854, Jay was among the founders of the Republican Party in the United States. In 1883, he was appointed as the Republican member of the New York Civil Service Commission, founded to reduce patronage and corruption in government, and later was selected as its president. ALS, 1886 written on both sides, 4.5 x 7 in. Sun-toned bottom corners. Provenance: Paul Richards................50-75

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144. UNCLE SAM vintage cabinet card photograph showing Nathan R. Dunbar as Uncle Sam, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. Corners have pin holes. Dunbar was a tailor from Paris, Illinois...............50-75

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145. [ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) Original metal etching plate, title unknown, c. 1920s , 5-3/4 x 4-5/8 in. Walt Kuhn was born in Brooklyn, and after a period of study art in Europe, he returned to the US to work as a cartoonist; illustrator, and developing artist. Aware of the great surge of modernist artistic activity in Europe, he joined with others to encourage Arthur B. Davies to get behind the idea of bringing a great European modernist art show to the US, and traveled with Davies to Europe to select art for the occasion (which became the 1913 Armory Show). Negligee was probably done c. 1920 when Kuhn, Davies, and a few others in the US were experimenting with modernism as they developed their printmaking skills. Kuhn successfully continued printmaking and painting in a modernist mode for the next 30 or so years. VG...................2000-3000

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146. Wilmington, Vermont document, 1798.........Min. Bid $10

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147. Dorothy Hamill (b.1956) American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion and 1976 World champion in ladies' singles.Offered here are 2 signed pictures, 3-3/4 x 4 and 3.5 x 6 in. One is also inscribed. VG................40-60

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148. [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

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149. [France] Misc. group of items from France. Worthy of research, many are accompanied with biographical information in either English or French. [1] Maurice Donnay [1859-1945] dramatist. Signature. [2] Rene Cagnat [1852-1937] historian. ALS, 1896, 2pp. [3] Auguste Chavannes [1810-1879] Zoologist. ALS, 1867, 1p. [4] Jean-Marie Magnaud [1848-1926] jurist, feminist pioneer. ALS, 1906, 1p. [5] Amable Pierre Floquet [1797-1881] historian, ALS, 2pp. [6] Henri Leroy-Beaulieu [1842-1912] publicist and historian. His signature on page from book. [7] Emile Perrin [1814-1885] Director of Paris Opera. ALS, 1878, 2pp. [8] Pierre De La Gorce [1846-1934] historian. ALS, 1p. [9] Charles Laubry [1872-1960] physician. ALS, 1p. [10] Charles Louvet [1806-1882] Minister of Commerce. ALS, 1p..........200-300

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151. Paul H. Douglas (1892-1976) U.S. Senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967. During his Senate career, he was a prominent member of the liberal coalition.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel and becoming known as a war hero. Shortly after losing the primary, Douglas resigned from the Chicago City Council and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a private at the age of 50, one of the oldest men in Marine Corps history to do so. Offered here is a TLS, 1950, 1p. to congressman Philip J. Philbin [Mass. Rep]. He encloses a letter from a women in Webster, Mass. She is having a problem with her town. Unusual as she is asking for help from a US Senator from Illinois instead of her own state. Her letter, lengthy 3 pages, is included. She writes at conclusion P.S. Will you run for President some time, I hope? VG...............50-75

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152. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) John Pemberton Plumptre (1791-1864) British politician. He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Kent in 1832, and resigned on 29 January 1852 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. Signed front address panel postmarked 1835. Mounted. (2) Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900) American Congregational clergyman. He was a conservative in theology, and an historical writer of considerable ability. From 1848 to 1861, he was associate editor of the New York Independent, which he had helped to establish; from 1887 to 1897 he was president of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, and he was prominent in the Long Island Historical Society. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) [BRITISH] Francis Jeune or François Jeune (1806-1868) Dean of Jersey, 1838-1844, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford and Bishop of Peterborough, 1864-1868. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1858 to 1862. ALS, 1865, 3pp, signed " Peterborough." Last page is laid down to album sheet. (4) Clint Eastwood - actor. Signed 5x7 photo. We ALWAYS assume Eastwood signatures to be secretarial. VG. (5) Clara Fisher Maeder (1811-1898) British prodigy who, at age six, began performing on the London stage in 1817. Ten years later she made her New York debut in 1827. Her acting career lasted for 72 years and in her later life she was commonly called "the oldest living actress". Signed 1887 postal delivery card. VG (6)
Lea Thompson (b. 1961) American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Marty McFly's mother in the Back to the Future trilogy. Signed/inscribed 8x10 photo. VG. (7) Reginald John Campbell (1867-1956) British Congregationalist and Anglican divine who became a popular preacher while the minister at the City Temple and a leading exponent of 'The New Theology' movement of 1907. His last years were spent as a senior cleric in the Church of England. As his fame spread he was invited on a preaching tour of America and Canada. He left Southampton on 13 June 1903, arriving in New York on 20 June. He preached or spoke at venues in New York, Boston, and Chicago. At Ocean Grove he spoke to a crowd of 10,000. He also preached in Toronto and Montreal, visiting Niagara Falls on the way. CLIP SIGNATURE, about 2-3/4 x 1-1/4 in. VG (8) Steve Gordon (1938-1982) American screenwriter and film director who wrote and directed the 1981 comedy Arthur, starring Dudley Moore. Gordon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Arthur. Offered here is a Warner Bros. paycheck issued to DECEASED Steve Gordon. (9) Lester Wallack (1820-1888) American actor-manager. CLIP SIGNATURE.................Min. Bid $50

153. [MUSIC] Margaret Whiting (1924-2011) singer of American popular music and country music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. Signed in dark area so contrast is not good o/w VG................25-35

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154. [MUSIC] Alcides Emigdio Lanza (1929 - ) Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator of Argentinian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1976. As both a composer and performer he is known as an exponent of contemporary classical music and avant-garde music. His works often utilize a combination of traditional and unusual instruments, and incorporate electronic sounds and extensions. He is also known for using special lighting effects when presenting his music. He is an associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers. AMQS dated 2013 from "Musica" (1946) a composition by Juan Carlos Paz [1901-1972], an Argentian composer. Approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/2". VG..........50-75

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155. [FILM] Margaret Kerry (b.1929) born Peggy Lynch, American actress and radio host, best known for her work as the model for Tinker Bell in the 1953 Walt Disney Pictures animated feature, Peter Pan. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo, scene from OUR GANG. VG...........40-60

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156. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore of Mass. ORIGINAL drawing, not signed, c/ 1980. This is a Gloucester Harbor scene. Paper size approx. 9 x 7 in. VG................50-75

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157. (ART) Alexander POPE [1849-1924] Notable American sporting artist, hailing from Dorchester, Massachusetts and studying under William Copley. One of America's popular gaming artists. As a youth, Alexander Pope carved and sketched animals around his home in Massachusetts. In the 1860s, he worked for his family's lumber business. Pope studied carving, painting, perspective, and anatomy with William Rimmer, an important romantic-baroque sculptor, painter, and influential teacher of many Boston artists. From 1879 to 1883, Pope created many well-received carvings of game. Czar Alexander III of Russia acquired two of the carvings. In 1893, Pope began painting animal portraits and, later, pursued a career as a portrait painter. Eventually, he was considered one of the best Bostonian trompe l'oeil painters of the 19th century Pope's work is recognized in many private collections and museums, including the M.H. De Young Memorial Museum and the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Offered here is one of his childhood sketches. Small sheet, unsigned, with minor sketches on both sides. On one side - 1 head, 1 partial face, 2 small apples. On the verso is childish sketch of man. He has also written an arithmetic problem on the better side. Lined paper, 7.5 x 4.25. Top corner missing. An opportunity to purchase a minor piece by a major artist...............100-200.................Min. Bid $40

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158. [ART] VALENTINE BRODSKY CHAGALL -(Mrs. Marc Chagall) Wife of famed painter, married him in 1953. She was his 2nd wife. ANS on postcard reproduction of her husband's work: Messag bibilique stained glass window. Dated 25/7/75...............40-60

159. [ART] Henry Macbeth-Raeburn RA (1860?1947) Etching, THE TRAVELLERS, signed in the plate, image approx. 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. plus margins. VG................Min. Bid $10

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160. [FILM] Billy Bob Thornton (b. 1955- ) American actor. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

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161. [FRANCE] 1656 document from Suche de Nevers, speaks about la Princesse Palatine and a canal. Several signatures. 2 pages, 7 x 10 in. Not researched. VG.................100-150

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162. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg - American actress. Signed American Film magazine, Dec. 1985. Signed on cover picturing her, in silver ink. VG.........Min. bid $10

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

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164. [FRANCE] CHARLES BUET [1846-1897] Fr. novelist & dramatist. ALS, 1886, 1p.....50-75

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165. [FRANCE] 1769 ARRET, DE LA COUR DE PARLEMENT, concerning censorship by the Church, 6 pages, approx. 7 x 9 in. In very fine condition.............100-150

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166. [MUSIC] Chester Biscardi (b. 1948) Italian American composer and educator. AMQS, inscribed, 1993, from his composition "Mestiere" for Piano [1979]. On 6x4" card. VG...........40-60

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

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168. [FILM] Duncan Renaldo (1904-1980) American actor who portrayed The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950-1956 American TV series. Brief ALS, no date. Fine.......50-75

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169. [FILM] Dorothy McGuire (1916 –2001) American actress. Oscar nominee SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph. VG............40-60

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

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171. [MUSIC] John Thomas (1795-1871) Welsh, born in Carmarthen, musician, poet and schoolmaster who taught in Machen and Merthyr before moving to the Pontypridd district in 1850. From his time in Merthyr he pioneered choral music in Wales, leading his own choirs to success in eisteddfodau in the 1830s. He was also an essayist on Welsh music and culture, winning awards at eisteddfodau in 1838 and 1840, and in 1845 published Y Caniedydd Cymreig, a collection of airs with English and Welsh words. ALS, 1875, 2pp. To Mr. Planché, probably James Robinson Planché (1796 – 1880) the British dramatist. Thomas is anxious to set up a meeting about "a Libretto...", approx. 4-1/2 x 7". VG........Min. Bid $25

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172. [BRITISH] Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC (1817-1894) was an English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. Signed address panel postmarked 1862. About 4-1/4 x 3-1/4 in. VG................25-35

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173. [FILM] Burt Lancaster, Evie Johnson, Van Johnson, and Dan Duryea being presented to the Queen of England, the Dowager Queen, mother of Queen Elizabeth II. Dated 1952 on verso. 10 x 8 in. From the personal collection of the actor Van Johnson. VG for its age.........150-200

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174. [THEATRE] 1958 program starring Sana Andrews & Anne Bancroft in TWO FOR THE SEESAW. VG..............Min. Bid $5

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175. [JOHN F. KENNEDY] JFK & THE MOB, People Magazine issue, Feb. 29, 1988. Unsigned. VG........20-30

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176. [WALT KUHN ESTATE] Aunt Margaret writes to Walt Kuhn 1920 from Jamaica, NY, 1p. saying that Walt's father says he thinks he would be better off staying in a hospital. She says that Walt should make the decision. Includes original envelope addressed to Mr. Walter Kuhn, Canoe Place, Good Ground, L.I. Walt Kuhn has written in pencil on the envelope. Signed bank check by Brenda Kuhn included. VG...............50-75

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177. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] Gift from Kuhn to Whitney Museum of American Art. Receipt from the Whitney Museum of American Art to Walt Kuhn, dated Jan. 29, 1946. receoved from Walt Kuhn LONGHORN MUSEUM & WESTERN CAFE. Approx. 5 x 7-3/4 in. The handwritten notes on the verso are most likely by Walt Kuhn. Poor condition; beginning to separate at fold.........200-300

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178. [NYC] Offered here is a Charles Magnus handcolored wood engraving, c. 1850-1890, BOWLING GREEN, image approx. 7 x 3 in. plus margins. Charles Magnus [1826-1900] was a German immigrant who published popular Civil War views and maps and after the war was known for his color views, song sheets, maps and illustrated stationary. His claim to lasting fame was as a colorist and designer, using novel methods and inks. “Bowling Green is a small public park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, at the southern end of Broadway, next to the site of the original Dutch fort of New Amsterdam. Built in 1733, originally including an actual bowling green (a venue for lawn bowling), it is the oldest public park in New York City and is surrounded by its original 18th-century fence. The iconic Charging Bull sculpture is exhibited on its northern end” [Wikipedia]. VG........Min. Bid $50

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179 [NASA] group of 6 covers postmarked 1966-1982. VG........60-80.........Min. Bid $20

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180. [NASA] group of 6 covers postmarked 1975-1982. VG..................60-80..................Min. Bid $20

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181. [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

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

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183. The 3 Laycock Girls, antique photograph. Fine............Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see

184. [WW 2 NAVAL] WILLIAM H.P. BLANDY (1890-1954), known to friends as "Spike", was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He participated in the occupation of Veracruz, Mexico in 1914 and served on board the battleship USS Florida (BB-30) (BB-30) with the British Grand Fleet during World War I. During World War II he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance from 1941 to 1943. Here he had a controversial role in the infamous torpedo scandal involving the initially practically useless Mark 14 torpedo, and the long delays incurred on the work testing and launching the electric Mark 18 torpedo. In December 1943 he became Commander, Group 1, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, and commanded the pre-invasion bombardment group during the campaign for Iwo Jima. Offered here are 2 document from the personal files of Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Captain Louis W. McKeehan, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while attached to the Research and Development Section, Bureau of Ordnance, from the outbreak of hostilities in 1941 to March 1944. These are: (1) Nov. 10, 1942. McKeehan has written at bottom "Mines Development". (2) Oct. 22, 1943 Bureau of Ordnance Circular Letter, 4pp. - printed, signed Blandy in type. Both VG...............50-75

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185. [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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186. [FILM] Allen Jenkins (1900-1974) American character actor and singer who worked on stage, film, and television. Allen Jenkins was labeled the "greatest scene-stealer of the 1930s" by The New York Times. Offered here is a signed & inscribed vintage sepia 8x10 photo. VG............50-75

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149. 187. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] about 50 pieces of ephemera, documents, letters. dated from about 1898-1988. Mostly good-very good conditions............Min. Bid $25

188. [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 

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189. [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 6-3/4 x 8 in. sheet. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it...............150-250

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190. [FILM] Ralph Bellamy (1904-1991) American actor whose career spanned 62 years on stage, film, and television. During his career, he played leading roles as well as supporting roles, garnering acclaim and awards, including an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for The Awful Truth (1937). Offered here is a signed sketch [a comical self-portrait], 5-1/4 x 8 in. He made the sketch but apparently didn't like it so he added NOT before the first name. VG.............50-75

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

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192. Goerge W. Bush - TLS, The White House, TLS, June 28, 2001, 1p. Signed with autopen signature. Fine............Min. Bid $10

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193. [MEDICINE] Wilson Greatbatch (1919-2011) American engineer and pioneering inventor. He helped develop the first implantable pacemaker. He was one of the greatest American inventors of the 20th century. Mr. Greatbatch, an incurable tinkerer who constructed a radio transmitter at 16, held more than 300 patents, and his inventions largely shaped modern cardiology. Signed 8x5 color picture. VG................80-120
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194. [NOBEL PRIZE] ROBERT M. SOLOW (1924- ) American Economist /1987 Nobel Prize Winner He-is one of the major figures of the Neo-Keynesian Synthesis macroeconomics. Together with Paul Samuelson, he formed the core of the M.I.T. economics department which has been widely viewed as the "mainstream" of the post-war period. Together, Solow and Samuelson have contributed to various landmark pieces of work: e.g. on von Neumann growth theory (1953), on capital theory (1956), on linear programming (1958) and on the Phillips Curve (1960). He is best known for his work on the Neoclassical growth model (1956, 1970). He was also one of the co-inventors of the constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function (1961). He is also responsible for exploring and popularizing the "long-run multiplier" derived from a dynamic government budget constraint. (1973) - SIGNED/inscribed 5x7 photograph...........................40-60

195. 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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196. [PORTSMOUTH NH] Col. Otis Baker (1727-1801) He served during his life as: Colonel, Representative, Judge, Court of Common Pleas; Man of Committee of Safety (1776-77); Muster and Company Pay Master, 1776, 1777, 1778 (War years). Offered here is a 1773 document concerning land in Portsmouth, NH. Concerns Thomas W. Waldron, his wife Constant and son William. It appears that all of the handwriting is by Otis Baker, Justice of the Peace. Thomas Westbrook Waldron was a prominent political figure in Dover, New Hampshire and a military officer that fought in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He later became a commissioner at Albany, New York and then a Royal councillor in 1782. During the American Revolution, Waldron abandoned his loyalist friend, New Hampshire Governor John Wentworth (governor) to become a patriot of the United States. He became a captain in the New Hampshire militia in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He commanded one of the whale boats that landed under fire from the Fortress. His correspondence from Louisbourg to his father gives a rare glimpse of life after the Siege. His letters to his father describe with some bitterness that the spoils of war did not go to New Englanders and rightly predicted that the men would be "Lul'd along" into occupying Louisbourg through the winter. Waldron is critical of General Samuel Waldo, referring to him as "Duke Trinkelo". Approx. 6-1/2 x 14+ in. Written on both sides. As you can see the top edge is very damaged..................200-300

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197. [FRANCE] group of French autographs: [1] Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire (1834-1923) magistrate and French writer. As a prosecutor about the Court of Appeal of Paris , he drew up an indictment against the General Boulanger . He resigned when the Dreyfus affair came before the criminal chamber of the Supreme Court (1899) and campaigned against the Dreyfus. He is known as a writer under the pen name "Jules Glouvet", "Jules Glouvet" and "Lucia Herpin." The guide Paris-Paris, who considers 1899 as a "reputation of Parisian life," says that he "is a journalist in a fit of bad temper". ANS, written on both sides of his calling card. [2] Louis-François Du Bois (first written Dubois) was born in Lisieux on 16 November 1773 and died in Mesnil-Durand on 9 July 1855, was a historian, poet, translator, scholar, agronomist, politician and administrator. ALS, 1843, 1p. [large stains]. [3] Alexandre Mercereau (1884-1945) writer and poet. ALS, 1907, 3pp. [4] Alphonse Lemerre (1838-1912) Fr. editor. ALS, nd, 2pp. [5] Alphonse Huillard-Breholles (1817-1871) historian. ALS, Paris, 1869, 3pp., signed H.B. [6] Charles Mere ( 1883-1970) French film director, screenwriter and playwright. ALS, 1967, 2pp., about his play 'Les Trois Masques'. [7] Emile Berr (1855-1923) Fr. journalist. ALS, 1896, 1p.................150-250

198. [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

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

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200. [MUSIC LOT] includes: (1) Pierre Luboshutz [1891-1971] Russian-American pianist. Signed card, with sentiment written in different hand. (2) [OPERA] Tito Schipa (1888-1965) Italian tenore. In 1919, Schipa traveled to the United States, joining the Chicago Opera Company. He remained with the Chicago company until 1932, whereupon he appeared at the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1932 to 1935, and again in 1941. He also sang at the San Francisco Operabeginning in 1924. From 1929 to 1949 he performed regularly in Italy, including at La Scala, Milan and the Rome Opera. He returned to Buenos Aires to sing in 1954. In 1957, he toured the Soviet Union. Vintage signed album page, dated 1926. On the verso is the signature of Anna Kaskas (1897-1988), Opera Contralto, Met star from 1936-1950. Her signature is dated 1935, the year she started at the Met. VG. (3) Kenny Ascher [b. 1944] American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who is active in jazz, rock, classical, and musical theater genres; in live venues, recording studios, and cinema production. He is widely known for co-writing, with Paul Williams, The Rainbow Connection; music from The Muppet Movie. AMQS, inscribed, from "Rainbow Connection. Approx. 10-1/4 x 4-1/4". VG (4) Christopher Rouse (b. 1949) American composer. Though he has written for various ensembles, Rouse is primarily known for his orchestral compositions, including a Requiem, eleven concertos, and five symphonies. His work has received numerous accolades, including the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, and the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Rouse was the composer-in-residence for the New York Philharmonic from 2012 to 2015. AMQS, from his composition "Rapture" of 2000. Approx. 10-1/4 x 5 in. VG. (5) [OPERA] Ernestine Schumann-Heink [1861-1936] contralto. Signature. (6) [OPERA] Emma Eames [1865-1952] soprano. Signature...............Min. Bid $50

201. (BRITISH LITERATURE LOT) DAME BERYL M. BAINBRIDGE (1932-2010) Novelist. SIGNED 4x6 photograph. HENRY FESTING JONES (1851-1928) Biographer awarded the first James Tait Black award for literature 1919 for his biography of author Samuel Butler. ALS (1920) 3pp. JOHN HARTLEY MANNERS (1870-1928) Playwright known for “Peg O’ My Heart”. ALS. SIR JAMES JOHNSTONE (1815-1878) Publisher of the “Standard” and “Morning Herald”. ALS (1857) 4pp. ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE (1809-1891) Historian and Travel Writer. His best known work “Magnum Opus” 7 volumes. Kinglake Australia and National Park named after him. ALS. JUSTIN McCARTHY (1830-1917) Irish politician, Historian, Novelist. ALS (1875). HENRY ARTHUR JONES (1851-1929) Dramatist. Clipped SIGNATURE..............80-120

202. (AMERICAN LITERARY NOTABLES LOT) GILBERT ARTHUR HIGHET (1906-1978 ) Classicist, academic, writer, critic and historian. TLS (1971) signed “Gilbert”. WILLIAM JAMES LAWRENCE (1862-1941) Irish born American Critic, author, theater historian. ALS (1928), 2pp. SIDNEY SHELDON (1917-2007) Writer, Oscar Winner. SIGNED 8x11 Color portrait photograph. JOHN LIVINGSTON LOWES (1867-1945) Writer, Scholar. TLS (1922). ERNEST KELLOGG GANN (1910-1991) Author, filmmaker. SIGNED card with quote. JOHN FISKE (1842-1901) Historian, philosopher. ANS (1891) on card..............80-120

203. (BRITISH LITERARY NOTABLES) HENRY JAMES BYRON (1835-1884) Prolific Dramatist, editor, journalist, died at 49 of TB. ALS (1876) 3pp. ROBERT M. BOWYER NICHOLS (1893-1944) Writer, known as a War Poet of WW1, playwright. ALS (2pp) with envelope. SIR FRANCIS PALGRAVE (1788-1861) Historian. ALS (1859) in 3rd person. EDMUND C. BLUNDEN (1896-1974) Poet, Author, Critic. SIGNED presentation page from his 1929 book “Near & Far”. JOHN WILSON (Christopher North)(1785-1854) Scottish writer. ALS, 1p. SAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT (1860-1914) Scottish Novelist. TLS (trimmed)(1890) mounted to larger card. EDMUND HODGSON YATES (1831-1894) ANS with initials on note card................80-120

204. (BRITISH LITERATURE LOT) SIR PHILLIP GIBBS (1877-1962) War correspondent, journalist, writer. ALS (1935). HUGH CUDLIPP (1913-1988) Welsh Journalist, editor. ALS (1990). MAURICE HENRY HEWLETT(1861-1923) Historical Novelist, Poet, Essayist. ALS. EDMUND BLUNDEN (1896-1974) Poet, Author, Critic. SIGNED presentation page from his book “Near & Far”(1929). SIR DESMOND MacCARTHY (1878-1952) Critic, writer, journalist, a member of the “Bloomsbury Group”. ALS on card (1952). SIR WILLIAM STIRLING-MAXWELLof Pollock, 9th Baronet (1818-1878) Scottish historical writer, politician, virtuoso, husband of Caroline Norton. ALS (1870).............80-120

205. (OPERA NOTABLES LOT) Christa Ludwig (1928) German mezzo-soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, Lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses and passions, and solos contained in symphonic literature. Her career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1990s. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant and distinguished singers of the 20th century. SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 portrait photograph. SIR Richard Lewis (1914 –1990) Welsh tenor. He made his operatic debut in 1939, and from 1947 onwards, sang at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera and at Covent Garden. He made his debut in the United States in 1955. Lewis made a number of recordings. ALS, 1p. DOLORA ZAJICK (1952) American Mezzo-Soprano. SIGNED 8x10 color photograph. GERMAINE ROGER (1910-1975) French Opera Star and Actress, he also began a career in film and will become popular operettas Vincent Scotto brought to the screen: Three Navy ( 1934 ) One of the Canebière ( in 1938 , where she interprets including The Most Beautiful Tango in the world, duet with Alibert ) Gangsters of Château d'If ( 1939 ). ALS, 1p (in French). HERBERT JANSSEN (1892-1965) German Baritone performed Wagner and appeared in all the major opera houses of Europe. The Nazi regime caused Herbert Janssen to leave Germany (1938). SIGNED Christmas Greeting Card. VG.............Min. Bid $50

206. (BRITISH LITERATURE LOT) RICHARD ADAMS (b. 1920) Novelist who best known work “Water Ship Down”. SIGNED 4x6 portrait photograph. EDMUND BLUNDEN (1896-1974) Poet, Author, Critic. SIGNED presentation page from his book “Near & Far”(1929). HENRY ARTHUR JONES (1951-1929) Dramatist “The Silver King” (1882) “The Crusaders” 1891 others. SIGNATURE. ARCHIBALD FORBES (1838-1900) celebrated War Correspondent. ALS, (trimmed affecting some writing). EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS (1868-1938) Popular Novelist of almost 100 books also noted for his essays and biography of Charles Lamb. ANS. SIR JOHN MASTERMAN (1891-1977) Academic, Sportsman, Author mostly noted for his being chairman of the “Twenty Committee” which during WW2 ran the Double Cross System, the scheme that controlled double agents in Britain. ALS (1973). SIR WILLIAM EMPSON (1906-1984) Poet, Literary Critic. SIGNATURE, with sentiment................MIN. BID $50

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The following multiple lots offered for those who enjoying research.

207. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Jacques Tarride (1903-1994); Antoine de Levis Mirepoix (1884-1981); Olivier-Aleandre Barbier (1806-1882); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

208. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Fernand Divoire (1885-1951); Albert-Edouard Portalis (1845-1918); Albert Bataille (1856-1899); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

209. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Paul Margueritte (1860-1918); Kucien Descaves (1861-1949); Etienne Casimir Hippolyte Cordellier-Delanoue (1806-1854); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

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

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(AMERICAN JOURNALIST/BROADCASTERS) Lowell Thomas (1892 –1981) American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous, TLS, 1932. Bernard Shaw (1940) American journalist, news anchor for CNN from 1980. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. Willard Scott (1934) best known for his TV work on The Today Show and as the creator and original portrayer of Ronald McDonald, (two) SIGNED, inscribed 7x9 photographs............Min. Bid $25

212. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1] Pauline [Ducruet] Augustine [1781-1865] French painter of miniature paintings. She was the wife of the famous French artist of miniature paintings, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin. He married his pupil and assistant Madeleine Pauline Ducruet, some of whose works are often not easy to distinguish from his own. Offered here is a rare ALS, 1835, 1p, approx. 8 x 9". She speaks about miniatures. VG. [2]Virginie Demont-Breton [1859-1935] British artist. She was the daughter & student of Jules Breton; wife of painter Adrien Demont. She won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of Amsterdam in 1883. She was President of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptresses; she was named Officer of the Legion of Honor. ALS, no date, 2pp, excellent condition. In French. [3] FERNAND VANDEREM [b. 1864] Fr. literary man. He was a novelist & reporter. ALS, 1906, 1p. [4] Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David (1755-1839) French archaeologist and writer on art. ALS, Paris, 1819, written on both sides. Edge-tipped to another sheet. [5] BEATRICE BRETTY - famous French actress. ALS, [1932], 1p., to the actress Tania Fedor. [6] Pierre] ARTHUR PONROY [b. 1816] Fr. dramatist, poet, historian. Lengthy 4pp. ALS. Interesting content about literature. [7] 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. [8] GEORGES DOUAY - Parisian man-about-town, theatre fan, and composer of songs and operettas. ALS, 1893, 1p. [9] 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. [10] 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.........200-300

213. [NASA] group of 8 covers postmarked 1983. VG.................Min. Bid $10

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214. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895) American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of American President Abraham Lincoln. In 1857, he settled in Chicago, where he helped to establish the Academy of Design and was for eight years its head. In 1860 he made a life mask of Lincoln, of whom only one other was ever made (by Clark Mills in 1865). In the early part of spring in 1860, during Abraham Lincoln's visit to Chicago, Volk asked him to sit for a bust. When Lincoln agreed, the artist decided to start by doing a life mask. Lincoln found the process of letting wet plaster dry on his face, followed by a skin-stretching removal process, "anything but agreeable." But he endured it with good humor, and when he saw the final bust, he was quite pleased, declaring it "the animal himself." Volk later used the life mask and bust of 1860 as the basis for other editions, including a full-length statue of Lincoln. OFFERED HERE: Signed 1895 National Bank of Illinois bank check, approx. 3 x 6.25 in., star & one other cancellation. Very good condition...................100-150

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215. Dover, New Hampshire - 4 documents, dated 1816-17, all signed by Mark Walker. He was from Dover. These are from the Andrew Rollins papers. Each about 7 x 3"...........Min. Bid $10

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216. [FILM] Susan Seaforth Hayes (born 1943) American dramatic actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Julie Williams on the NBC drama Days of Our Lives, and her intermittent portrayal of Joanna Manning on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. She began playing the role of Julie Olsen Williams on Days of Our Lives in 1968, and is the only actor to appear on the show for all six decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s) in which it has been on the air. Mrs. Seaforth Hayes still regularly appears on Days as Julie Olsen Williams. Offered here is her signed 1965 contract for the film BILLIE starring Patty Duke. She was paid $750 for 2 week's employment in the role of Jean Carol [changed to Jean Matthews]. Counter signed by Milt Ebbins (1912-2008) the well-connected show business manager who was a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy White House. Mr. Ebbins was a well-liked Hollywood insider who directed the careers of actors, musicians and comedians. For more than 30 years, he was the personal manager of actor Peter Lawford. Through Lawford, who was married to Patricia Kennedy, a sister of John F. Kennedy's, Mr. Ebbins became a favorite of JFK's and a frequent guest at the White House and on Air Force One. At Kennedy's 45th birthday party in 1962, Mr. Ebbins gave Marilyn Monroe a push onstage at Madison Square Garden as she went out to sing her sultry version of "Happy Birthday." Seaforth & Ebbins have also initialed 2 other pages. Approx. 8-1/4 x 14 in. VG.............75-100

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217. [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. (6) William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) American romantic poet. Antique engraved portrait. (7) 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

218. (BRITISH LITERATURE LOT) GEORGE GROTE (1794-1871) Classical Historian known for his voluminous “History of Greece”. SIGNED address panel (1835). BRIAN FRIEL (1929-2015) Irish Playwright. SIGNATURE (2001). DORIS LESLIE(Lady Fergusson Hannay)(1902-1982) Novelist and Historian. Typed Quote SIGNED. JOHN ST. LOE STRACHEY (1860-1927) Journalist, Editor brother of Edward Strachey. ALS, 4pp. RICHARD HENRY TAWNEY (1880-1962) Historian, Writer, Economist, Critic. ALS (1934). EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS (1868-1938) Popular Writer of a 100 books and essayist. SIGNATURE (1920). URSULA BLOOM (1892-1984) Novelist SIGNATURE...........80-120

219. [CONGRESS] Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Offered here is an archive of letters & carbon copies, 1948 concerning appearl of Mr. Remo Rossi that his daughter, Inez Rossi, residing in Italy, be permitted to enter the United States for permanent residence. Two of the letters are signed by Philbin. About 43 pieces in this lot.................Min. Bid $25

220. [ART] Marion L. Volk (1859-1925) American artist who was married to the artist Douglas Volk. In 1881 Volk married the artist Marion Larrabee (1859–1925). She became the first instructor at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. By the turn of the century, Marion Larrabee Volk had begun using traditional area looms to weave textiles and rugs. Rather than cotton, she became known for handwoven woolen work. Her designs were based on motifs from Native American art, and she made her own dyes out of natural materials – apple, yellow oak and maple tree bark; goldenrod, barberry, St. John's wort and madder root. In a communal effort with her children and local residents, she produced "Sabatos" rugs and textiles, named for a nearby mountain. The Volk family held their large property for 100 years. Jessie McCoig Volk, Wendell's widow, was the last to live there. Following her death in 2004, the property was bequeathed to the University of Maine, and a portion of the family records went to the Smithsonian Institution. University officials arranged for an auction of much of the property's contents and family papers, including art and craftwork by the Volks, and art they had collected. In October 2006, the contents grossed more than $700,000 at auction, drawing especially high prices for two paintings by the illustrator Howard Pyle and photographs of Native Americans by the Norwegian Frederick Monsen (1865–1929). One item sold at the 2006 auction was Marion Larrabee Volk's first Sabatos rug. It is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Many of their friends in the Arts and Crafts Movement were houseguests, including artists J. Alden Weir, Frank Benson, Childe Hassam, and William Merritt Chase; architect John Calvin Stevens, interior designer John Scott Bradstreet, and Swedish-born woodcarver Karl A. von Rydingsvärd. Von Rydingsärd carved frames for a number of Volk's paintings, and taught woodcarving to Wendell Volk, their son. Offered here is a 1923 bank check made out [signed] by Douglas Volk to Marion L. Volk. She has signed on the verso. Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American artist best remembered for his portrait of Abraham which appeared on a U.S. postage stamp issued in the 1950s, and is now at the National Gallery of Art.Lincoln. Volk was elected to the Society of American Artists in 1880. He was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1898, and became a full academician in 1899. Excellent condition................100-150

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221. (BASEBALL LOT) MILT PAPPAS "Gimpy" (1939- ) Pitcher - SIGNED inscribed note paper - JIM PERRY(1935-) Pitcher - SIGNED 8x10 photograph with sentiment - JAMES KAAT "Kitty" (1938- ) Pitcher - ANS on 3x5 card that he is writing a book - KEN KELTNER (1916-1991) 3rd baseman, responsible for ending DiMaggio's Hitting Streak - SIGNED 5x7 print photograph - MAX LANIER (1915-2007) Pitcher, SIGNED 3X5 card............50-75

222. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Edward Sheffield Bartholomew (1822 - 1858) was a noted American sculptor. Clip signature. (2) HARRY HAWKINS FLAGLER (1870-1952) American Philanthropist, Socialite, founder of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, son of Henry Flagler. SIGNATURE (1922) on verso is DANIEL FROHMAN (1851-1940) American Theatrical Producer and manager and early Film Producer. (3) Sergiu Comissiona (1928-2005) Romanian violinist and conductor. Signed 1973 FDC honoring George Gershwin. Clean with cachet. (4) Louis Kentner [1905-1987] Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as the Hungarian repertoire. SIGNATURE on album page, 1942. (5) OTIS CHANDLER - American Publisher - He was the 4th in a family line, who was publisher of the Los Angles Times. He became head in 1960 and stepped down in 1980. His tenure brought the paper to its highest level and down to its being sold. SIGNED 5x7 portrait photograph. (6) 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. (7) Ferdinand Q. Dulcken (1837-1902) German concert pianist and composer. ANS, no date, not translated. Approx. 6-3/4 x 3". VG....................Min. Bid $50

223. Adolphe Desbarrolles (1801-1886) was a French artist. He is considered the father of modern chiromancy, aka palmistry or palm reading, a form of divination. A friend of Alexandre Dumas he accompanied Dumas in many of his travels abroad. Offered here is a ALS written from Hatie in 1874, 2-1/2 pp. Not translated. 6 x 8-1/4 in. Not translated. Content not identified. VG...........80-120

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224. René-François Régnier (1794-1881, Rome) French cardinal. ALS, 1845 (?), 1p, 5x8 in. Fine........75-100

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225. [FRANCE] Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858) French Crown Princess after her marriage in 1837 to the eldest son of Louis Philippe I, Ferdinand Philippe of Orléans. She was the mother of the future Count of Paris and Duke of Chartres. Her descendants include present-day pretenders to the throne of France and Italy and the kings of Spain and Belgium. ALS, 1856, 3pp, 4-1/2 x 7-1/8 in. Not translated but ID says she says........You know, Sir, that we never made any claims that did not follow justice & law of the country....." VG................150-200

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226. [ITALY?] Mystery document dated 1821, addressed to Mon. Prince. Speaks about funeral's of his Majesty's son in Sala, that nothing was inscribed on the tomb reminds us of the unhappy past. 1000 Masses to be celebrated here, 1000 masses in Vienna. 1p, approx. 8-1/4 x 10-1/2". UNSIGNED. VG.............80-120

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227. [FRANCE] Mathieu Jean Felicité de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency-Laval (1767-1826) was a prominent French statesman during the French Revolution and Bourbon Restoration. He was elected as the youngest member of the National Assembly in 1789. He is also known for his military expertise and his relation with Mme de Staël. When France became a republic Montmorency turned into an ultra-royalist. Napoleon regarded him as a member of the catholic opposition. During the restoration he became Minister of Foreign Affairs. AUTOGRAPH LETTER [if signed we don't see the signature], Paris, 1816, 2+ pages. Identified as...."Rare - Speaks about L'affaire du Canon and that he spoke about it to Vincenne's governor. Speaks about artillery affairs and MGR....he asks Ballanche to thank the Duke of Damas for accompanying MGR......speaks about consttution and about the King. Approx. 4.5 x 7 in. VG.............100-150

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228. [NOBEL PRIZE] Matilde Serao (1856-1927) was a Greek-born Italian journalist and novelist. She was the first woman called to edit an Italian newspaper, Il Corriere di Roma and later Il Giorno. Serao was also the co-founder and editor of the newspaper Il Mattino, and the author of several novels. She never won the Nobel Prize in Literature despite being nominated on six occasions. ALS, 1907, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7 in. Not translated. Mentions Folies Bergère. VG.................100-150

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

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

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231. [FRANCE] Marcel Dubois (1856-1916) French geographer. He was a co-founder of the Annales de Géographie, a journal of academic geography. ALS, 1886, 3 full pages, 4-1/4 x 7 in. Not translated. Fine...............50-75

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232. Mystery French Document from Napoleonic period dated 1806 on paper, signed [?], 1p, about 7-1/4 x 9-1/2". VG.........50-75

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233. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Susan Ertz (1894 - 1985) British fiction writer and novelist. ALS on notecard, no date, 5-1/4 x 3-1/4. VG. (2) Russell Long [1918-2003] US Senator. SP, 8x10. VG (3) JOSEPH MITCHELL CHAPPLE (1868-1950) American Author/Newspaperman -He was a most celebrated jounalsit who covered the Spansih-American War, to Spain in the 1930's. He was the author of a book on President Warren G. Harding and was author of numerous articles for over 60 years. ANS dtd 9/29/40. (4) (John) BEVERLY NICHOLS (1898-1982) English writer, playwright, novelist and composer. He was a member of the “Bloomsbury Group” Author of many plays, novels, but now most remembered for his garden books, which were illustrated by Rex Whistler. ALS, no date, 1p. VG. (5) Marty Allen (1922-2018) American stand-up comedian, actor, and veteran of World War II. He has worked as a comedy headliner in night clubs and as a dramatic actor in TV roles. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. (6) Howard Cosell (1918-1995) American sports journalist who was widely known for his blustery, cocksure personality. Cosell said of himself, "Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. There's no question that I'm all of those things." TLS, no date, 1p., to "Dear IDS People." "Frank, Don, and I are delighted that you're joining our notable list of sponsors on ABC's NFL Monday Night Football...." VG (7) John Anderson [1922-2017] Am. politician. In 1980, he ran an independent campaign for president, receiving 6.6% of the popular vote. TLS & ISP, 2001. (8) THOMAS J. FOLEY - American Politician/Diplomat. He was a US Repesentative from Washington from 1965-1995. Speaker of the US House of Representatives and Ambassador to Japan - SIGNED/inscribed 7x9 photograph. (9) George Barr McCutcheon [1866-1928] Am. writer. Signature/sentiment. (10) Albert Henry Smyth [1863-1907] American writer. ALS, 1900, 2pp. Mentions his biography of Bayard Taylor. Light irregular toning on last page. (11) Florence George [b.1917] Am. actress/singer. TLS, 1940. (12) Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT. (13) Ivor Brown [1891-1974] British journalist. Signed card...............Min. Bid $100

234. [FRANCE] Francisque Sarcey (1827-1899) French journalist and dramatic critic. ALS, no date, 1p. VG........50-75

235. [FRANCE] Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury (1802-1887) French historian and literary critic. ALS, 1856, 3pp. VG............50-75

236. NORMAN TAYLOR - Curator of the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Large DS, 1924. Mary Ann Taylor & others to Francis R. James. Many signatures. 6 pp, 10.5 x 16 in. Folded...............25-35

237. [FRANCE] Jules Cousin [1830-1899] Fr. archaeologist, historian; specialist of Paris and Vietnam. ALS, 1884, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8. VG.........50-75

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238. [FRANCE] Bernard Potier, duc de Gesvres, Military governor of Paris 1739-1757. Some sort of letter or document signed, 1749, 1p, approx. 6-5/8 x 8-1/4 in. VG............100-150

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239. [OPERA] Count Nicolo Gabrielli di Quercita (1814-1891) Italian opera composer. Gabrielli was a very prolific composer, and from 1835 onwards worked at many melodramas, opera buffas, commedias and farsas. In 1840 he was appointed musical director of the Royal Theatre of San Carlo in Naples, a position that enabled him to travel all over Italy and abroad and make acquaintance with the international society. ALS, [dated ?], 1p,approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Not translated.............80-120

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240 . [FRANCE] Edmond Picard (1836 - 1924) Belgian jurist and writer. Edmond Picard was lawyer at the Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation of Belgium. He was also head of the Belgian bar association, professor of law, playwright and journalist. Involved in politics, he was senator for the Belgian Labour Party. He also was a patron of the arts and a notorious antisemite. ALS, 1891, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. A few unobtrusive light spots o/w VG...........40-60
Portrait of Picard

241. Andrew Ainslie Common FRS (1841 - 1903) English amateur astronomer, best known for his pioneering work in astrophotography. His most notable work with this telescope were the long time exposures he made of the Orion Nebula between 1880 and 1884. His 1883 photograph of that nebula for the first time showed films ability to record stars and other features invisible to the human eye. ALS, 1886, 3pp, in English. To Admiral [Ernest] Mouchez, the great French astronomer. SUPERB content letter about photographs of the stars. Rare as such. Fine condition...........50-75
Portrait of Common

242. [FRANCE] Joseph-Philippe Simon, called Lockroy [1803-1891] chief administrator of the Comédie-Française [1848]. ALS, no date, 2pp.......50-75
243. [FRANCE] Ernest Daudet [ 1837-1921] NOVELIST AND HISTORIAN; BROTHER OF Alphonse Daudet. ALS, no yr., 1p............50-75

244. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Jules Lecomte (1814-1864); Adolphe Desbarolles (1801-1886), Robert de Clery (1836-1914); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

245. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Ernest Legouve (1807-1903); Paul Ginisty (1855-1932); Marquis de Pastoret (1791-1857); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................60-80

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

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

248. [CHILE] Ricardo Lagos Escobar (b. 1938) Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as President of Chile from 2000 to 2006. Signed, inscribed photo, 7 x 10 in. VG.................50-75

249. Emerson Bennett (1822-1905) American author primarily known for his lively romantic adventure tales depicting American frontier life. He was the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories. At one time, Bennett was one of the most popular authors in America. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 3-3/4 x 1-3/4 in. VG.............Min. Bid $10

250. [ACTOR-SINGER] Nicolas-Marie Simon (1852-1923), known as Simon-Max, was a French tenor who was mainly active in Paris in the field of opera-bouffe. ALS, no year, 1p, 5-1/4 x 4-1/2 in. VG........Min. Bid $10

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

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252. [ROSALIND RUSSELL] unsigned vintage 10 x 8 in. photograph from the personal collection of Rosalind Russell, the actress. Group shot showing Rosalind Russell, Mamie Eisenhower, Natalie Wood, Lee Remick, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Lemmon, Karl Malden and 3 others not identified. VG..................50-75

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252a. [ROSALIND RUSSELL] unsigned vintage 10 x 8 in. photograph from the personal collection of Rosalind Russell, the actress. Group shot showing Rosalind Russell, Mamie Eisenhower, Natalie Wood, Lee Remick, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Lemmon, Karl Malden and 3 others not identified. VG..................50-75 duplicate of above lot

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253. [ROSALIND RUSSELL] Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979) wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and thereby First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961. TLS, Palm Desert, Calif., April 25, 1963, 1p, to the actress Rosalind Russell (1907-1976). Mamie and Rosalind were friends. This letter mentions Mamie watching the film GYPSY. Alot of mounting traces on the verso of this letter causing some see-thru on the front. Accompanied by an unsigned 8x10 photo of Mamie & Rosalind..............100-200

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254. [ROSALIND RUSSELL] 4 pieces of ephemera: 1960 invitation from Mayor Robert F. Wagner for luncheon for King Frederik IX of Denmark; 2 White House envelopes; plus card from Social Secretary The White House...............50-75

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255. Original b/w 10 x 8 in. photo picturing Roseslind Russell with Henry Kissinger from the personal collection of Roseslind Russell, the American Actress. VG..........50-75

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256. 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 $40

257. [BALLET] Julio Bocca (b. 1967)Argentine ballet dancer. Bocca spent twenty years as a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. One of the most important ballet dancers of the late 20th century. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Surface creasing................25-35

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258. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) JOHN D. deBUTTS (1910-?) American Businessman/CEO. He became CEO of AT&T in 1972. He was one of the first executives to offer GAY employees benefits to its employees. Also was in charge when the US Government broke up AT&T. SIGNED 8x10 photograph dtd Dec 1982. (2) Billy Taylor [1921-2010] Jazz pianist. Sig. card w/sentiment. (3) [OPERA] Ljuba Welitsch [1913-1996] soprano. Sig./inscribed 4x6 card. (4) Walter Ross [b. 1936] American composer. His works have been performed in over 40 countries. He is perhaps best known for his compositions featuring brass and woodwinds. AMQS on 3x5 card. VG. (5) Lewis Spratlan [b. 1940] American music academic and composer of contemporary classical music. AMQS from his Pulitzer Prize work "Life Is A Dream," approx. 5-1/8 x 4". VG. (6) SIR JOHN MILLS (1908-2005) British Actor of stage and film, Academy Award Winner. SIGNED typescript from “Un In the Clouds, Gentleman Please.” VG. (7) Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (b.1932) is an English novelist. A five-time nominee for the Booker Prize, Bainbridge has never won. She has nonetheless been described as "a national treasure". ALS, no date, envelope postmarked 2002, 1p.................Min. Bid $50

259. Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) American actress and singer. TLS, 1976 with Signed 3x5 photo. VG...............50-75

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260. Henry Martyn Hoyt Jr. (1856-1910) served as Solicitor General of the United States from 1903 to 1909. His father, also named Henry Martyn Hoyt, served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883. Group of 5 Riggs National Bank checks signed by Hoyt, all 1912. VG...........50-75

261. [FILM] Macaulay Culkin (b. 1980) American actor. He became famous as a child actor for his role as Kevin McCallister in the family comedy Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). Signed 8x10 photo from the movie THE PAGTEMASTER. VG.................25-35

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262. [ENTERTAINMENT] Perry Como (1913-2001) American singer and television personality. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..............30-40

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263. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [TV] Linda Evans (b.1942) American actress known primarily for her roles on television. She rose to fame playing Audra Barkley, the daughter of Barbara Stanwyck's Victoria Barkley, on the 1960s Western TV series, The Big Valley (1965 -1969). Evans' most prominent role was that of longsuffering heroine Krystle Carrington on the 1980s ABC prime time television soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 5x7 photo. VG. (2) ANTONIO RUIZ SOLER "Antonio " (1922-1998) Spanish Dancer/Choreographer. One of the most celebrated Flamenco and Ballet stars of Spain in the last century. Became Director of the Spanish National Ballet. SIGNED/inscribed 5x7 dtd 1982. VG. (3) Geo. Shirley [b.1934] renowned tenor opera singer. ISP, 8x10. (4) Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941) British composer, who held the title Master of the King's Musick from 1934 until 1941. Signature. (5) Bobby Helms (1933-1997) American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with the seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock". His other hits include "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel". SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph. (6) Dame WENDY HILLER (1912-2003) English Actress, Stage and Film. Typed note signed on verso of postcard photograph, 1973, approx. 3.5 x 5.5. (7) Edward Jakobowski (1858 - 1927) English composer best known for writing the comic opera Erminie. ALS, 1895, 1p. Old price & other pencil notations erased from top but pencil pressure left its mark o/w in very good condition. (8) [THEATRE] Shirley Booth [1898-1992] American actress. Primarily a theatre actress, her Broadway career began in 1925. Her most significant success was as Lola Delaney, in the drama Come Back, Little Sheba, for which she received a Tony Award in 1950. She made her film debut, reprising her role in the 1952 film version, and won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance. Despite her successful entry into films, she preferred stage acting, and made only four more films. From 1961 until 1966, she played the title role in the sitcom Hazel, for which she won two Emmy Awards, and was acclaimed for her performance in the 1966 television production of The Glass Menagerie. Signed Playbill from the play "Goodbye, My Fancy", 1949. She signs inside. (9) JEAN DIEUDONNE (1906-1992) French Mathematician. He was one of the two main contributors to the Bourbaki series of texts. He began his mathematical career working on the analysis of polynomials. He worked in a wide variety of mathematical areas including general topology, topological vector spaces, algebraic geometry, invariant theory and the classical groups. His best known books are La Géométrie des groupes classiques (1955), Foundations of Modern Analysis (1960), and Algèbre linéaire et géométrie élémentaire (1964). SIGNED/inscribed booklet titled Remise a Jean Dieudonne - signed on front cover 5x7. (10) Florence George [1917-?] American actress. In films from 1938, stage and TV. TLS, 1938, 1p. Talks about the movie "College Swing" preview "...and it is most unfortunate that so many feet of film were cut from the picture. Being a newcomer in films, my scenes had to suffer, however, there is enough left to give you a fair idea of my performance..." VG........Min. Bid $80

264. Archive of approx. 61 letters written by Henriette Baumes-Thion and Antoine describing life in France during the American civil war. Most, if not all dated 1863 and written in French. Not translated. Most are multi-page in length. VG.........150-250

265. [FRANCE] approx. 17 signed petitions to save the Olympia Music Hall in Paris [1970]. Signed by musicians, dancers etc. Each 8.5 x 11. All VG. Needs research..........100-150

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

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267. [FRANCE] Jean de La Varende (1887-1959) French writer. He wrote novels, short stories, biographies and monographies, in particular on the subject of Normandy. He initially tried to become a marine officer like his father, but gave up due to his weak heart. He was elected into the Académie Goncourt in 1942. He received the 1938 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Centaur of God.[2] His 1936 novel Leather-Nose was the basis for the 1952 film Leathernose, directed by Yves Allégret. Short ALS, dated ?, 1p, 8-1/4 x 10-1/2 in. Fine................50-75

268. [FRANCE] Fortune du Boisgobey (1821-1891), French writer of fiction, whose real surname was Castille. He served in the army pay department in Algeria from 1844 to 1848, and extended his travels to the East. He made his literary debut in the Petit journal with a story entitled Deux comédiens (1868). With Le Forcat colonel (1872) he became one of the most popular feuilleton writers. His police stories, though not so convincing as those of Émile Gaboriau, with whom his name is generally associated, had a great circulation, and many of them have been translated into English. Brief ALS [1880], 1p....................80-120

269. [MUSIC] YVONNE ASTRUC [1889-1980] violinist. Brief ALS, postmarked 1914, 1p, 4-1/4 x 5-5/8. VG...........25-35

270. [FRANCE] Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951) was a French playwright. His plays, steeped in symbolism, were recognized for their explorations of subconscious motivation, deeply reflecting the influence of the theories of Sigmund Freud. ALS, nd, 2pp., to the critic Robert Kemp about an article. VG.............50-75

271. [FRANCE] Paul Adolphe Marie Prosper Granier de Cassagnac (1843-1904) was the son of Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac , and while still young associated with his father in both politics and journalism. In 1866 he became editor of the Conservative paper Le Pays , and figured in a long series of political duels. On the declaration of war in 1870 he volunteered for service and was taken prisoner at Sedan. On his return from prison in a fortress in Silesia he continued to defend the Bonapartist cause in Le Pays, against both Republicans and Royalists. Elected deputy for the department of Gers in 1876, he adopted in the chamber a policy of obstruction to discredit the republican régime. In 1877 he openly encouraged MacMahon to attempt a Bonapartist coup detat, but the marshals refusal and the death of the prince imperial foiled his hopes. He now played but a secondary rôle in the chamber, and occupied himself mostly with the direction of the journal L'Autorité, which he had founded. He was not re-elected in 1902, and died in November 1904. His sons took over L'Autorité and the belligerent traditions of the family. ALS, not dated, 1p. VG.........60-80

272. [FRANCE] Louis Liard (1846-1917) French philosopher and director. A street in Bordeaux and a street fourteenth arrondissement bear his name. ALS, 1908, 1p, 5-3/8 x 8-1/4 in. VG.................60-80

273. [FRANCE] Émile Deschanel (1819-1904) French author and politician, the father of Paul Deschanel, the 11th President of the French Republic. ALS, no date, 3pp, 4-1/8 x 5-1/4". Fine.............50-75

274. [FRANCE] Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (1805-1872) French author and theologian. After a period of mental struggle which he has described in Souvenirs de ma jeunesse, he was ordained priest in 1832. After a stay at Strasbourg as professor of the Petit Séminaire, he was appointed director of the Collège Stanislas in Paris in 1842 and, in 1847, chaplain of the École Normale Supérieure. He became vicar-general of Orleans in 1861, professor of ethics at the Sorbonne in 1862, and, on the death of Barante, a member of the Académie française in 1867, where he occupied the seat formerly held by Voltaire. Together with others (Abbé Philippe Pétitot, pastor of Saint Roch, and Hyacinthe de Valroger) he reconstituted the French Oratory, a society of priests mainly dedicated to education. Gratry was one of the principal opponents of the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility, but in this matter he submitted to the declarations of the First Vatican Council. ALS, 1870, 1p, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2". VG............75-100

275. [FRANCE] Jean Marie Pardessus (1772-1853) French lawyer. His lectures were published under the title Cours de droit commercial (4 volumes, 1813-1817). In 1815 Pardessus was elected deputy for the department of Loir-et-Cher, and from 1820 to 1830 was constantly re-elected; then, however, he refused to take the oath of allegiance to Louis Philippe, and was deprived of his office. After the publication of the first volume of his Collection des lois maritimes antérieures au XVIIIème siècle (1828) he was elected a member of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. He continued his collection of maritime laws (4 vols., 1828-1845), and published Les us et coutumes de la mer (2 volumes, 1847). BRIEF ALS, 1842, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". Fine..........75-100

276. [CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE] a letter dated June 29, 1925, to Albert R. Baird of Waterville, Minnesota, about the earthquake there. Four pages, sent from Santa Monica, Cal......Papers are full about the earthquake at Santa Barbara this morning, two distinct rockings followed a little later by a slighter one. Envelope included.........Min. Bid $10

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277. [MEDIEVAL] 1423 vellum document dated on verso. Probably from France. Not translated. Approx. 11-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. Fine condition..............300-400

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278. John Trumbull (1750-1831) American poet. ALS, signed J. Trumbull D Aty, 1p, 7-1/2 5-3/4 in. No date but c. 1789-1801. "Sir, Majr. Stuart has this moment received your Note relating to the prisoners Keyes & c ----but is too unwell to answer it -----I can see no other method, than for the Court to proceed to the tryal of some opther person, I to have it in Order that the person to whom the money was pass'd, attend the Court tomorrow Morning___" Soiled; toning overall; two pinhead holes affect very little................150-200

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279. PETER BROWN (1935-2016) American actor best known for his four-year role as young Deputy Johnny McKay opposite John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop in the 1958 to 1962 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Lawman and as Texas Ranger Chad Cooper on NBC's Laredo from 1965 to 1967. SP, 4x6. Signed 1997............Min. Bid $10

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280. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Margaret Pedler (?-1948) British novelist, who wrote popular works of romantic fiction. Initially Pedler studied piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music , and published several songs for which she wrote both the music and lyrics. Over her career as a best-selling writer, from 1917 to 1947, she produced 28 novels. ALS, 1932, written on both sides, 6 x 7.5". VG (2) Margaret E. Sangster (1838-1912) American poet, author, and editor. She was popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3)

Frank Johnson - American Disney animator. Signature in form of return address [Walt Disney Co.]. (4) [OPERA] DAME JOSEJPHINE BARSTOW (1940- ) British Soprano. A most powerful and intense singing actress. She created the role of Denise in The Knot Garden, Gayle in The Ice Break and many other roles. She is a great interpreter of contemporary roles, appeared in films. SIGNED 3x5 photograph. (5) Margaret Deland (1857-1945) American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She is generally considered part of the literary realism movement. ALS, no date, 1p,, 5-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Fine. (6) 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. (7) Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884-1970 ) Son of William Kissam Vanderbilt. Associated with New York Central management and managed family interests for many years. Turned to sports in later years and was namesake of 'Vanderbilt Cup.' His signature on 5x3 slip. Top portion of slip has oil stain that shows but does not touch signature................Min. Bid $50

281. [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 $100

282. (British Literature)    Lady Margaret Sackville (1881-1963) poet and children’s author. ALS, nd, 3pp.  Henry Wickham Steed (1871-1956)) journalist and historian. He was editor of The Times from 1919 until 1922. Appointed by Joseph Pulitzer as Paris correspondent for the New York World, Steed joined The Times in 1896 as a foreign correspondent, working briefly out of Berlin before transferring successively to Rome ( from 1897 until 1902) and then Vienna (1902–13). In 1914 he moved to London to take over as foreign editor of The Times. TLS 1928.   Gladys Bronwyn Stern  (1890- 1973) Novelist who wrote many short stories, plays, memoirs, biographies and literary criticism. Quote SIGNED, from the Marx Brothers.  Henry Major Tomlinson (1873-1958 1958) writer and journalist. He was known for anti-war and travel writing, novels and short stories, especially of life at sea. SIGNED presentation title page from his book “Gallions Reach” (1927). Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873 - 1935) American-born British writer. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her best-selling novel Tante was made into a 1919 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. ALS, 2pp.   Al Alvarez (1929--) poet, novelist, essayist and critic, ANS, 2000.  Richard Pryce (1864-1942) Novelist, Dramatist, ALS, 1913, 2pp...........100-150

283. [VERMONT] An 1811 partly-printed document signed by Pascal P. Enos Sr. (1770-1832) American pioneer. He is known chiefly as one of the four original proprietors of Springfield, Illinois. He was born at Windsor, Connecticut, in the year 1770, and in 1815 was married to Salome Paddock, of Woodstock, Vermont. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794, studied law, and after spending some years in Vermont, where he served as High Sheriff of Windsor County, Vermont. Soon after his marriage he went west to Cincinnati, Ohio, but did not remain there long. In the spring of 1817 he came to St. Louis, Missouri, then, in 1821, he moved to Madison county, Illinois. While residing there, upon the recommendation of the Vermont delegation in congress, Mr. Enos was appointed by President Monroe to be receiver of the land office at Springfield, Illinois. He reached this place with his family, in September, 1823, and opened office in a double log cabin at the corner of what is now Third and Jefferson streets. In November of that year he united with Major Hes, Thomas Cox, and John Taylor, in laying out a town site, since known as Springfield. Mr. Enos retained the office of receiver until General Jackson became president in 1829, when he resigned, and devoted his time to land transaction and mercantile pursuits. He died in 1832, leaving a large landed estate, and was survived by his wife and four children. 13-1/4 x 7-3/4 in............125-175

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284. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) George McAneny (1869-1953) American a newspaperman, municipal reformer and advocate of preservation and city planning from New York City. He served as executive manager of The New York Times (1916-1921), and president of the Regional Plan Association (1930-1940). brief ALS no year, 1p. (2) Bill Keane (1922-201 American cartoonist. Signed, inscribed card HELP STAMP OUT HUNGER. (3) 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. 1877 bank document, not signed by Bunn. (4) Alexis Anastay Julien (1840-1919) American geologist who taught at Columbia University's School of Mines for many years. ALS on 1880 postcard. (5) Dr. Frank F. Rosenthal (Rabbi), TLS, 1-1/3pp, to Dr. Frederick Solomon. (6) Orlando Allen (1803–1874) was a member of the New York State Assembly and the 18th mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York. ALS, 1873, 3pp, to Nelson K. Hopkins the NYS Comptroller. (7) James Osborne Putnam (1818-1903) American lawyer and politician from New York. ALS, no date], 1p. ToNelson K. Hopkins the NYS ComptrolNelson K. Hopkins the NYS Comptroller................Min. Bid $50

285. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Eben S. Draper (1858-1914) Governor of Massachusetts from 1909 to 1911. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) Plimmon Henry Dudley (1843-1924) American engineer. He invented a dynamometer in 1874, the track indicator in 1880. and the stremmatograph for obtaining and registering stresses in rails. Signed postcard dated 1891. (3) Charles Stark "Doc" Draper (1901 - 1987) American scientist and engineer, known as the "father of inertial navigation". He was the founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Instrumentation Laboratory, later renamed the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, which made the Apollo Moon landings possible through the Apollo Guidance Computer it designed for NASA. CLIP SIGNATURE. (4) Jinx Falkenburg (1919-2003) American actress and model. She married journalist and publicist Tex McCrary in 1945. Known as "Tex and Jinx", the couple pioneered and popularized the talk show format, first on radio and then in the early days of television. They hosted a series of interview shows in the late 1940s and early 1950s that combined celebrity chit-chat with discussions of important topics of the day. Signature inscribed on her stationary. (5) Walter Wolfgang Heller (1915-1987) was a leading American economist of the 1960s, and an influential adviser to President John F. Kennedy as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, 1961–64. Signature. (6) Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) Scottish poet of labouring class origin. Known as the 'Weaver Poet', he wrote poetry in English and lyrics in Scots in the wake of Robert Burns. Original antique engraved portrait...................Min. Bid $50

286. [FRANCE] group of French autographs: [1] Édouard Alphonse Lefebvre Béhaine, Count Pigneaux (or Pigneau) is a diplomat, French (1829-1897). He was Ambassador of France to the Holy See , Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague and Secretary of Embassy ( Berlin and Rome ). He talked with his cousins Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, a rich correspondence of nearly 300 letters in almost 40 years. ALS, 1888, 3-1/2 pp. [2] Jean Charles Meissonier  (1848 - 1917) French painter, son of the Master. ALS, Paris, 1893, 2pp. [3] Jean d'Esparbes  (1899-1968) Fr. artist. ANS written on both sides of his personal calling card. Fine. [4] Louis Marsolleau  (1864-1935] writer of songs. ALS, Paris, 1896, 2pp. [5] Camille-André Lemoyne, born in Saint Jean d'Angely (1822-1907) poet and novelist . ALS, 1p. plus envelope. [6] Emile Berr (1855-1923) Fr. journalist. ALS, nd., 1p. [7] Charles Borel-Clerc, pen name of Charles Clerc, was a French composer. My apple performer Maurice Chevalier (1936), Oh! If you knew my hen (1938) and Walk Ménilmontant (1941), three of his biggest hits. TLS, 1934, 2pp............150-250

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

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288. [CUBA] Dr. Frederick Solomon (1899-1980) Dr. Frederick K. “Fritz” Solomon (originally Solomonski) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899. In 1938, when the synagogue he was serving at was torched by Nazis and he was subsequently summoned by the Gestapo, he fled Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. While still in Europe, Solomon had studied art under the German-Jewish artists Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg and Eugene Spiro, and German expressionist Willy Jaeckel. In England, he continued his artistic career, exhibiting his religious and expressionistic work at various galleries throughout the country, including the Royal Academy and the Kensington Art Gallery in London, where he had a one-man show. His work is in the permanent collections of the Courtauld Institute, the Bazalel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Ben Uri Art Gallery St. John’s Wood, London (now incorporating the London Jewish Museum of Art). He was the curator of this latter gallery from 1943 to 1946. In 1954, Solomon left England to take up 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, Cuba, 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 3 items directly from the estate papers of Rabbi Frederick Solomon.  (1) Unsigned manuscript written by Solomon about Jewqs in Havana, Cuba. Not dated but c. 1961. Six pages.  (2) His 2 page typescript that of this address that he gave at the Temple Beth Israel, Havana, Cuba. Not signed. (3) A Feb.-March 1959 newspaper from SOCIAL ACTION IN REVIEW (Reform Judaism), 4pp. On the front page is an article written by Frederick Solomon about the early days of the revolt and takeover by Castro. What this means for the Jews in Cuba. VG.............200-300

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289. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [FILM] [James Poe]  (1921-1980) American film and television screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the movies Around the World in 80 Days for which he jointly won an Accademy Award in 1956, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lilies of the Field, and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?. He also worked as a writer on the radio shows Escape and Suspense, writing the scripts for some of their best episodes, most notably "Three Skeleton Key" and "The Present Tense", both of which starred Vincent Price. Offered here is a 1967 bank c heck made out by James Poe HOWEVER, someone at some time has torn his signature away. Nothing on verso. He has written on front "Am ExpChex - Horses". Since there are no cancellation marks it is assumed the check was never used and the torn away signature was like a cancel??? Odd item. (2) [NEW YORK SUPREME COURT] Anson Cary (1764-1842) came from Windham, Ct., to Union, Broome county, where he resided for a short time, and then departed for Oxford in 1792. He came up the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers in a canoe paddled by an Indian named Seth, and took up the lands owned by the Charles A. Bennett estate. Mr. Cary was a Revolutionary pensioner, having entered the army at the age of 16 and served in three campaigns of the war. He was a very large and obese man, and was the first blacksmith to locate in Oxford. He worked at his trade and carried on his farm a great many years, and was also famous as a pettifogger before Justice’s courts. He held the office of justice of peace, was appointed sheriff of the county March 1, 1805, and for a considerable time one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Offered here is 1811 New York Supreme Court document signed by Anson Cary as judge. Approx. 7.5 x 9 in. VG. (3) [MUSIC] Elsa Clay - Assistant Executive Director of Composers and Lyricists Guild of America. TLS, 1963, 1p. to Milt Ebbins, informing Ebbins that Erroll Garner is now a member in good standing the Guild. (4) [MICKEY SPILLANE] Bud Yorkin (1926-2015) American film and television producer, director, writer, and actor. Known for The Tony Martin Show, Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, All In The Family, Maud, Sanford and Son, etc. He was a partner with Norman Lear. In 2002, Yorkin was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. TLS, 1956, 1p. to Mickey Spillane. Approx. 8.5 x 11 in. VG. (5) Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer from Rhode Island.   He was educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington, New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest in mathematics. In 1819 he returned to Rhode Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling the company's prodent winters in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. The activity that Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841. After he learned that a free African-American man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. 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 Providence, RI document signed, 1839, about 8 x 3-3/8 in. Cancel hole over signature which is blurred.................Min. Bid $50

290. [WORLD WAR 2] Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Offered here is an unsigned autograph manuscript page dated 1 Nov. 1944, written on both sides, 8 x 10-1/2". These are notes he kept for himself. Rare! VG...............100-150

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291.  [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

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292. [FRANCE] 1671 manuscript document, 3pp, written on thick vellum. Numerous signatures not researched. Approx. 7-1/4 x 10 in. VG.......................100-150
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293. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Miles B. McSweeney (1855-1909) the 87th Governor of South Carolina from June 2, 1899, to January 20, 1903. Signed card. (2) Frank Swett Black (1853-1913) was an American newspaper editor, lawyer and politician. A Republican, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897, and the 32nd Governor of New York from 1897 to 1898. Signed card. (3) Douglas Volk - artist. Signed 1922 bank check. (4) Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927) American paleontologist,[1] administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and geologist. He is famous for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils, including some of the oldest soft-part imprints, in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. TLS on 1888 postcard. (5)
Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) American industrialist, politician, and social reformer. Signed 184? bank check. (6) Charles Henry St John O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill, KP, PC (I) (22 January 1779 – 12 February 1841) was an Irish politician, peer and landowner. (7) Joseph Butterworth (1770-1826) English law bookseller and politician. Signed address panel postmarked 1826. (8) Limerick Nation Bank [Maine] 3 checks, 1924................Min. Bid $50

294. [FILM] John L. Russell Jr. (1905-1967), sometimes credited as Jack Russell, was an American cinematographer who was known for his work on films like Psycho (for which he earned an Academy Award nomination) as well as his extensive work on TV. Offered here are 3 items: [1] His signed 1965 contract for the movie BILLIE starring Patty Duke, 12 legal size pages, signed by Russell and Milt Ebbins on the last page. [2] Unsigned carbon copy of Ebbins letter to Russell. [3] Memo from Ebbins, ink signed with his initials, to John Bowman about Russell's contract. All VG...........100-200.......Min. Bid $40
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295. [FRANCE] Charles-Robert Boutin (1722-1810) noted French lawyer. He was successively deputy of the Attorney General of the Parliament of Paris ( 1741 ), adviser to the first chamber of requests (February 5, 1743), master of requests (February 17, 1749), president of the Grand Council (April 19, 1754), King's Commissioner to the Compagnie des Indes ( 1756 ), Intendant of Bordeaux ( 1758 - 1766 ). In 1762, with Querdisien Tremais, he interfered with Canada's Intendant BIGOT's operations with the Jewish merchant Abraham Gradis and with Biot's dishonest fur trade in Canada. Offered here is a 1783 manuscript document concerning Boutin's garden and work done by Maingot, Master Sculptor. Not signed. Approx. 8 x 12.5 in. VG.............100-150

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296. [ENTERTAINMENT] Marty Allen (b. 1922) American stand-up comedian, actor, and veteran of World War II. He has worked as a comedy headliner in nightclubs and as a dramatic actor in TV roles. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............30-50

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297. [FILM] Fay Bainter (1893-1968) American film and stage actress. Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1937), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). ALS, no date, 1p. To Franklyn Lenthall - actor, director, producer, curator of the Boothbay Theater Museum [Maine]. "My dear Mr. Lenthall - How can I thank you for your wonderful letter - It helps a lot - I shall keep on trying until I get something to please everyone - Good luck to you - Please don't give up - Sincerely Fay Bainter." Written on Hotel Astor, NYC, letterhead. VG...........80-120

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

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

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300. Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) American politician and philanthropist. Rockefeller was a son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. TLS, 1969, brief 1p. signed as Governor of Arkansas. VG...............30-40

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301. [ITALY] Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of Rome (5 vols., published after English translation 1907-1909). Ferrero devoted his writings to classical liberalism and he opposed any kind of dictatorship and Big Government. ALS, 1906, 1p. 4-1/4 x 7". VG.........50-75

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302. [FILM] Luise Rainer (1910-2014) German-American-British film actress. She was the first actor to win more than one Academy Award and, with that, the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her 105th birthday, she was the longest-lived Oscar recipient, a superlative that has not been exceeded as of 2019. SIGNED, inscribed 4 x 6 in. photo. VG.....................50-75
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303. [COMEDY] Allen & Rossi was a comedy team composed of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, active from 1957 until 1969. They appeared on over 700 television shows including 44 appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, including three of the four Ed Sullivan episodes on which The Beatles appeared. The team also appeared in a spy spoof film The Last of the Secret Agents (1966). OFFERED HERE ARE 2 SEPARATE SIGNED CONTRACTS, 1965, to appear on the Hy Gardiner Show. One signed by Rossi and the other signed by Allen. Each 1p.............50-75
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304. [MARYLAND] Augustus W. Bradford (1806-1881) the 32nd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1862 to 1866. He served as governor during the Civil War and paid a heavy price for his devotion to the Union. Signed 1866 bank check. Approx. 7-3/4 x 2-1/2 in. Used condition..........50-75

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305. Erich  Segal (1937-2010) American author, screenwriter, and educator. He was best known for writing the novel Love Story (1970), a best-seller, and writing the motion picture of the same name, which was a major hit. Signed 5x7 photo. VG.........40-60
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306. [THEATRE]  Van Johnson (1916-2008) American film and television actor who was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios during and after World War II. Signed, inscribed Ogunquit, Maine Playhouse theatre program, 1980. He was appearing in the lead role in "TRIBUTE." VG.......50-75

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307. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928) journalist, politician and best-selling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films adapted from his works. Signed card, 3-1/2 x 2-1/4 in. VG..............75-100

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308. [THEATRE] Winifred Emery (1861-1924) English actress and actor-manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the wife of the actor Cyril Maude. Born into a family of actors, Emery began acting as a child. Her career grew through the 1880s and 1890s as she played leading roles in the West End of London. After a period away from the stage, she returned with leading roles in the company of Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's Theatre. She continued to act steadily in her own touring theatre company with her husband and in London theatres until 1922.  Signed vintage postcard photo, 3.5 x 5.5 in. VG................50-75

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309.  [TV] Jean Stapleton (1923- 2013) American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton was best known for playing Edith Bunker, the perpetually optimistic and devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family, a role that earned her three Emmys and two Golden Globes for Best Actress in a comedy series. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.............50-75

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310. [FILM] Maureen Stapleton (1925-2006) American actress in film, theater, and television. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Lonelyhearts (1958), Airport (1970), and Interiors (1978), before winning for her performance as Emma Goldman in Reds (1981). Signed 8x10 photo. VG.......50-75

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311.  [FILM] Jackie Lynn Taylor (1925-2014) American child actress. She appeared in five Our Gang short subjects from 1934 to 1935. She often portrayed the sister or girlfriend of one of the boys, usually Wally Albright. Signed 10x8 photo showing the cast from OUR GANG. VG...............50-75

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312. [FILM]  Kurt Kreuger (1916-2006) was a Swiss-reared German actor. Kreuger once was the third most requested male actor at 20th Century Fox. He starred with, among others, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. Kreuger was primarily offered roles in World War II movies as a German officer, prompting him to complain about being typecast as a Nazi.  TLS signed Kurt, no dated, sent to Jess who was a syndicted columnist. Jess was likely Jessica Leigh who wrote about dogs. Nice letter talking mostly about German Shepard..........35-45

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313. Lowell Thomas (1892-1981) American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). Thomas shot dramatic footage of Lawrence, then returned to America and began giving public lectures in 1919 on the war in Palestine, "supported by moving pictures of veiled women, Arabs in their picturesque robes, camels and dashing Bedouin cavalry". His lectures were very popular and audiences were large, and he "took the nation by storm" in the words of one modern biographer. He agreed to take the lecture to England, but only "if asked by the King and given Drury Lane or Covent Garden" as a lecture venue. His conditions were met, and he opened a series at Covent Garden on August 14, 1919. "And so followed a series of some hundreds of lecture–film shows, attended by the highest in the land". Signed 1975 membership card, approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4 in. VG................25-35

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314. [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

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

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316. [CIVIL WAR] 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. Offered here is an envelope addressed to Cobb while he was a congressman docketed in Cobb's handwriting ...."Needs not attention." Approx. 8 x 3.5 in...............25-35

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

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318. [ACTRESSES LOT] includes: (1) Mira Sorvini  (b. 1967) American actress. She came to prominence after winning the Academy Award and Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her performance in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995). Signed 3x5 card. She signed "M.S." (2) Lee Grant (b. 1926) American stage, film and television actress, and film director. She was blacklisted for 12 years from film work beginning in the mid-1950s, but worked in the theatre, and would eventually win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Felicia Karpf in Shampoo (1975). Signed 3x5 card. (3) Diane Wiest (b. 1948) American actress on stage, television and film. She has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Wiest has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award. Signed 3x5 card. (4) June Allyson - actress. Signed 3x5 card. (5) VIRGINIA CAPERS (1925-2004) Actress. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph (1975). (6) ALICE WHITE (1904-1983) Silent Screen Actress who started her film career when Charlie Chaplin put her in the movies. Entered talkies in 1928. ALS, no date, 1p. (7) Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG (8) Rue McClanahan (1934 –2010) American actress, best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–85), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph. (9) Phylicia Rashād (b. 1948) American Tony Award-winning actress, singer and stage director, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for this part in 1985 and 1986. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.........MIN. BID $50

319. (ACTORS LOT) includes: (1) Don Ameche (1908-1993) Academy Award winning actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG. (2) Dean Jones (1931-2015) American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG. (3) Lew Ayres (1908 1996) American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr. Kildare in several movies. Signed 3x5 card. (4) Eric Portman [1901-1969] distinguished English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in several films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger during the 1940s. Signed 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 1940s photo. Minor creasing. Signed in dark area so contrast is good. (5) Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (1867-1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer. Signed album page. VG..................Min. Bid $30

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

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321. [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

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

323. [FRANCE] Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951) was a French playwright. His plays, steeped in symbolism, were recognized for their explorations of subconscious motivation, deeply reflecting the influence of the theories of Sigmund Freud. ALS, nd, 2pp., to the critic Robert Kemp about an article. VG.............50-75

324. [FRANCE] Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853) neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in such close partnership with Charles Percier, originally his friend from student days. Starting from 1794, it is fruitless to disentangle artistic responsibilities in their work. Together, Percier and Fontaine were inventors and major proponents of the rich and grand, consciously archaeological versions of neoclassicism we recognize as Directoire style and Empire style: see Charles Percier. ALS, 1801 [STAMPLESS COVER], 1p, approx. 6-1/4 x 8 in. About General Bernard. Seal removal has caused loss of paper on both sides affecting a few words............50-75

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

326. [FRANCE] Jean-Barthélémy Hauréau (1812-1896) French historian and writer. Born in Paris, he was educated at the Louis-le-Grand and Bourbon colleges in his native city, and won high honours at his public examination. After graduating he became a journalist, and soon was a contributor to several democratic papers: La Tribune, Le National, Le Droit, and La Revue du Nord; at Le National, he was praised by Théophile Gautier as the "tribune" of romanticism. At the age of twenty he published a series of apologetic studies on the Montagnards &emdash; in later years, regretting his youthful enthusiasm, he attempted to destroy the studies. In 1838 he took the chief editorship of the Courrier de la Sarthe and was appointed librarian of the city of Le Mans , which position he retained until 1845, when he was dismissed on account of comments of his on the daring speech of the Mayor of le Mans to the Duke of Nemours. He returned to Paris and once more became one of the editors of Le National. At this time he seemed destined for a political career, and after the revolution of February 24, 1848 was elected to the National Assembly; but close contact with revolutionary men and ideas cooled his old ardour. Throughout his life he opposed innovation, not only in politics and religion, but also in literature. After the coup d'état he resigned his position as director of the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque Nationale , to which he had been appointed in 1848, and refused to accept an administrative post until after the fall of the empire. Having acted as director of the national printing press from 1870 to 1881, he retired, but in 1893 accepted the post of director of the Fondation Thiers. He was also a member of the council of improvement of the École des Chartes. From the time of his appointment to the Bibliothèque Nationale up to the last days of his life he was engaged in making abstracts of all the medieval Latin writings (many anonymous or of doubtful attribution) relating to philosophy, theology, grammar, Canon law, and poetry, carefully noting on cards the first words of each passage. After his death this index of incipits , arranged alphabetically, was presented to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a copy was placed in the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque Nationale. ALS, 188?. written on both sides of 4-1/2 x 7" page. Includes a small ink drawing [man's head on one side and women's on the other side]. We assume the drawing is by Haureau. He speaks about a bust by Power and of Boulanger, Louis Napoleon and politics. Ends with "How humiliating it is to be French." Fine condition...........100-150
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327. [FRANCE] Paul Bastid (1892-1974) French lawyer and politician. Attached to the Radical Party, he was a member of the Cantal, Minister of Commerce under the Popular Front and representing radicals National Council of the Resistance, before heading L'Aurore. Trained as a lawyer, member of the Radical Party, he was elected MP Cantal in 1924, reelected in 1928, 1932 and 1936. He then became Minister of Trade in the Popular Front government . He takes as his Chief of Staff wife Suzanne Basdevant-Bastid, professor of international law, daughter of lawyer Jules Basdevant , who was President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. In 1941, the Vichy government dismisses the mandate of General Counsel. Paul Bastid while campaigning in the Resistance and the General Committee of studies (CGE), was formed in 1942 in Lyon, at his home. In 1943, he is the representative of the radical party in the National Council of Resistance and writes articles for the underground press.   ALS, 1955, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG............50-75

328. [FRANCE] Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (usually known as Joseph Gratry) (1805-1872) French author and theologian. Gratry was born at Lille and educated at the École Polytechnique of Paris. After a period of mental struggle which he has described in Souvenirs de ma jeunesse, he was ordained priest in 1832. After a stay at Strasbourg as professor of the Petit Séminaire, he was appointed director of the Collège Stanislas in Paris in 1842 and, in 1847, chaplain of the École Normale Supérieure. He became vicar-general of Orleans in 1861, professor of ethics at the Sorbonne in 1862, and, on the death of Barante, a member of the French Academy in 1867, where he occupied the seat formerly held by Voltaire. Together with others (abbé Pétitot, curé of Saint Roch, and Hyacinthe de Valroger) he reconstituted the Oratory of Jesus and of Mary Immaculate, a society of priests mainly devoted to education. Gratry was one of the principal opponents of the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility, but in this respect he submitted to the authority of the First Vatican Council. Offered here are 4 ALSs, total of 10 pages, one letter dated 1869. VG.......100-150  

329. [ACTORS] actors - 4 portrait cards: Max Linder, Humphrey Bogart, Cornel Wilde & Fernandel.......Min. Bid $12

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330. [ACTORS] actors - 4 portrait cards: Fredric March, Nelson Eddy, Paul Robeson & Raimu..........Min. Bid $9

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331. [FRANCE] Hartwig Derenbourg (1844-1908) French Orientalist. He was born in Paris, son of scholar Joseph Derenbourg. He was educated at Göttingen and Leipzig. Subsequently he studied Arabic at the Ecole des Langues Orientales. In 1879 he was appointed professor of Arabic, and in 1886 professor of Muslim Religion, at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris. He collaborated with his father in the great edition of Saadia and the edition of Abu al-Walid, and also produced a number of important editions of other Arabic writers. ALS, Paris, 1888, 3pp, approx. 4.5 x 7". To Count de Chambrun. About one of the Count's main works "La Psychologic de l'Histoire." VG.......50-75

332. [FRANCE] Pierre Patte (1723–1814) was a French architect who was the assistant of the great French teacher of architecture, Jacques-François Blondel, whose Cours d'architecture which ran to nine volumes by 1777, he saw through the press after Blondel's death in 1774. He has been credited for having been the first to illustrate a city street plan with buildings and sewer system shown in a section view, a reference to a section he produced in 1769, though recent study has shown the irrefutable influence of a similar drawing produced by the Portuguese engineer Eugenio dos Santos in the aftermath of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Under the reign of Louis XV Patte theorized in the middle of the 18th century about thinking about the overall structure of the city as an urban organism where changing one aspect would affect the whole thing. A century later some of Patte's ideas would help change Paris under the direction of Baron Haussmann. Offered here is 7 lines identified as written by Patte, dated 1768, 1p, 7.5 x 9 in. Fine.............50-75

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333. [FRANCE] Alfred-Casimir-Alexis Williez (1836-1911) Bishop of Arras 1892-1911. ALS, 1904, 2 pages, approx. 5 x 8-1/4". Speaks of preparation for the great Catholic Youth Congress. Fine...........50-75

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334. [STAR TREK] James Montgomery "Jimmy" Doohan (1920-2005) was a Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Signed color 8x10 picture from Star Trek..........35-45

335. [STAR TREK] Levar Burton (b. 1957) American actor, director and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Planeteer Kwame from Captain Planet and the Planeteers, and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow. Signed color 8x10 picture from Star Trek..............35-45

336. [STAR TREK] Denise Michelle Crosby (b. 1957) is an American actress who is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Security Chief Tasha Yar on the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the Stephen King film, Pet Sematary. Signed color 8x10 portrait as Lt. Yat........35-45

337. [STAR TREK] William Wellman Jr. - signed color 8x10 picture from Star Trek - Deep Space Time...........35-45

338. Belva Plain (1915-2010) was a best-selling American author of mainstream fiction. ALS, 2000, plus TLS, 2001. Two letters..........50-75

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339. [MUSIC] Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813-1897) Scottish Composer and translator. In 1855, she and her sister Sarah Findlater co-produced a book of translations of German hymns titled Hymns from the Land of Luther (1854, 1855, 1858 & 1862). In 1875, while living in Switzerland, she produced another book of translations called Alpine Lyrics. Borthwick was also active with the Edinburgh House of Refuge, the Moravian Mission in Labrador, and other mission work. AMQS from her composition "Come, Labor On", approx. 10.5 x 5".......75-100

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340. Marta Mitrovich (1909-2002) American poet and actress. Born in Yugoslavia, Mitrovich lived in London during World War II and the Blitz, relocating in 1941 to the US, where her career as a stage and screen actress included the 1953 version of Titanic. In the mid-1970s (the actual date varies depending on whom you talk to) she founded the current incarnation of Laguna Poets, California’s longest running weekly poetry series, bringing major poets like Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and others to read in Orange County. Mitrovich’s passion for poetry was the spark that ignited Laguna Poets and the dozens of readings that imitated it (knowingly and unknowingly) around Orange County and LA, and was matched only by her passion for free speech. (In the 1950s, she told the House UnAmerican Activities Committee to “stuff it.”). Mitrovich retired in to Garbo-like seclusion in 1990, disappearing near-entirely. ALS on postal card, 1972, signed "Marta." Poetry content.............50-75

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341. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) James R. Leavelle (1920-2019) Dallas Police Department homicide detective who, on November 24, 1963, was escorting John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald through the basement of Dallas Police headquarters when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby. Leavelle prominently appeared in several famous photographs—including one that won a Pulitzer Prize—taken of Oswald just before and as Ruby pulled the trigger. Signed with his initals a card with brief bio. content. (2) Harold E. Homrig (1897-1967) he was an advertising Designer. Lengthy TLS, 1946, 1p. to Wally Wallgren (1891-1948) American cartoonist for the Philadelphia Public Ledger and Washington Post before World War I, creating strips like 'Inbad the Sailor' and 'Tired Timothy'. So who was he? A Marine, for starters. An American soldier in the AEF during WW1, Abian "Wally" Wallgren drew comics for "Stars and Stripes." The Stars and Stripes, published exclusively in France during its seventeen-month run, used a layout typical of American newspapers of the day, with wide columns, "all-cap" headlines, and lots of illustrations. The editorial staff assigned to the newspaper was composed mostly of enlisted men, including several career journalists. Second Lieutenant Guy T. Viskniskki from the Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate, New York Times drama critic Alexander Woollcott, bibliophile John Winterich, and cartoonist Abian "Wally" Wallgren of the Washington Post were among those who contributed their experience and skill. Besides expressing editorial opinion, cartoons entertained the troops, offering them humorous stories and images that satirized everyday life in the military. Many of these spoofs, written in 1918 and 1919, remain relevant today. The most popular among the soldiers were Private Abian A."Wally" Wallgren's cartoons and irreverent "Helpful Hints," which poked fun at army conventions from food to uniforms to rank. When a new issue of The Stars and Stripes arrived, the soldiers scanned it first for the cartoons by "Wally" Wallgren. (3) W. Thornton Martin - Editor Saturday Evening Post. TLS, 1928, 1p. to cartoonist Wally Wallgren. (4) Philip J. Philbin - Mass. US congressman, 1948 telegram. (5) John Trowbridge (1843-1923) American physicist, noted for his research into electricity and magnetism, and for his innovations in scientific education. Brief 1908 autograph message signed in 3rd person. (6) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed bank check. (7) Henry Bowen Anthony (1815-1884) newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the Providence Journal. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving between 1849 and 1851 as a member of the Whig Party. ALS, 1870. (8) 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. (9) 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, 1923. VG..................Min. Bid $50

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

343. [FOREIGN MIXED LOT] mostly French autographs. Includes: (1) Alice Verlet (1873–1934) Belgian-born operatic coloratura soprano active primarily in France. She sang principal roles at the operas in Lyon, Nice, and Monte Carlo; at His Majesty's Theater in London; at La Monnaie in Brussels; and at the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique. In the United States, although not entirely absent from the operatic stage, she was known primarily as a concert singer and was a featured singer on Edison records. Large signature on 7-1/2 x 6-1/4" slip. VG (2) Marthe Fiel [1873-1949] French writer of novels for young people. She also wrote under the pseudonym Claude Grey. Two ALSs, 1923 & 1944, each written on both sides. Not translated. Red pencil notation marks on each. (3) Yvette Horner (b. 1922-2008) French accordionist. ALS, no date on 3x5 card. VG. On the 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille occurred Horner 1989 with the Orchestre National de Jazz under the direction of Quincy Jones she gave in the Palais des Congrès de Paris, a concert with Marcel Azzola and the Orchestre Philharmonique Européen led by Hugues Reiner. (4) Hazel Court (1926-2006) English actress best known for her roles in horror films during the 1950s and early 1960s. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 5x7 photo. VG (5) Philippe Berthelot (1866-1934) was an important French diplomat, son of Marcellin Berthelot. He was a republican (as opposed to monarchists and the Far-right leagues at that time). He entered the French diplomatic service in 1889 and joined the foreign office in 1904. In 1920, he became secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the rank of ambassador. After a violent campaign of Far-right leagues he was forced to step aside from 1922-1925 because of his involvement in the scandal opposing Banque Industrielle de Chine, controlled by his brother, and Banque d'Indochine (linked to Paul Doumer). He was friends with, and important in the diplomatic careers of, Paul Claudel and Saint-John Perse. ALS, nd, 1-1/2 pages. Fine. (6) Robert R. Parrish (1916 - 1995) American actor, film editor, film director, and writer. He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for the 1947 film, Body and Soul. Brief TLS, no date. (7) ALBERT BATAILLE [1856-1899] judiciary journalist noted for his coverage of the Dreyfus Affair; wrote a book on this important event in French history. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED, 1893. Although not mentioned this is to the French poet Aime Giron. Fine. (8) Francois Debret [1777-1850] French architect. He designed the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique. He was a controversial and overzealous restorer of historic buildings. ALS, 1827, 2pp., plus address leaf. VG (9) Marie-Louis Marcellus (1795-1865) French diplomat and writer. He published many works on Greece, Palestine and Chateaubriand. Through his involvement the Venus de Milo statue ended up in the Louvre Museum in Paris. News of the discovery of the statue took longer than normal to get to the French ambassador. The peasant grew tired of waiting for payment and was pressured into selling it to Nicholas Mourousi, Grand Dragoman of the Fleet, working as a translator for Sultan Mahmud II in Constantinople (present day Istanbul, Turkey). The French ambassador's representative, Vicomte de Marcellus, arrived just as the statue was being loaded aboard a ship bound for Constantinople and seized the statue and persuaded the island's chief citizens to annul the sale. Upon learning of the reversal of the sale, Nicholas Mourousi presumably had the chiefs whipped and fined. In 1821, Mourousi was executed by order of Sultan Mahmud II in front of the arsenal in Constantinople. This was amidst massive executions of Phanariote Greeks and the beginning of the Greek War of Independence. Offered here is a brief ALS, no date, 1p. The address leaf is addressed to Marquis de Belleval and bears a black wax seal still in tact. Approx. 4-1/4 x 6-1/2". VG..................Min. Bid $90

344. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton FRS (1809-1885) English poet, patron of literature and politician. ALS, May 14, no yr., 2pp, signed Baron Houghtyon. About invitation and meeting. VG............50-75

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345. Julian Leonard Street (1879-1947) American author, born in Chicago. He was a reporter on the New York Mail and Express (later Evening Mail ) in 1899 and had charge of its dramatic department in 1900-01. His writings, characterized by a rather obvious but yet a genuine sense of humor. He made contributions to magazines. In 1915 he published a book on Theodore Roosevelt, called The Most Interesting American. He is credited with being the art critic who wrote that the painting exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show by Marcel Duchamp called Nude Descending a Staircase, resembled "an explosion in a shingle factory." Street moved to Princeton in the 1920s. The university houses his manuscript collection and a library is named after him there. TLS, 1924, 1p. He is confirming a contract with Red Book magazine to write a serial. They will finance him for one year. If he dies the estate will be indebted to the magazine. Punch hole near top............50-75

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346. [MUSIC] Henry Tobias (1905-1997) American songwriter. He wrote the 1974 song "Hang In There, Mr. President" in support of Richard Nixon. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.  Signed and inscribed sheet music of his song MISS YOU. 9 x 12 in. VG................50-75

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347. WILLIAMS, JACK. Governor of Arizona 1967-75. Dated Nov. 20, 1967, Williams expresses sympathy and encloses an autographed photo. Vertical fold at right, not affecting the text. Some off-print from ink signature when folded..........20-30

348. [MUSIC] Maurice Baron (1889-1964) French born composer, conductor, violinist. AMQS, inscribed, 9 x 3-3/4". VG...........50-75
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349. Margaret Deland (1857-1945) American writer. TLS, 1935, 1p. VG.................30-40

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350. [ENGLAND] Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862-1938) was the mother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, and then Queen Mother) and maternal grandmother and godmother of Elizabeth II. Rare ALS, 1936, 1p., sending autograph during the year her daughter became Queen. With envelope...........150-200
Portrait of Strathmore
351. [BOXING] Gene Fullmer [1931-2015] former American middleweight boxer and world champion. Signed collector's card, 3.5 x 2.5".........20-30

352. [ACTORS MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Sybil Jason (1927-2011) motion-picture child actress who, in the late 1930s, was presented as a rival to Shirley Temple. Signed, inscribed 4x6 lobby card reprint from the movie GREAT O'MALLEY starring Humphrey Bogart and Pat O'Brien. This was a 1937 film. Fine. (2) Henry Arthur Jones [1851-1929] English dramatist. AQS on 4-1/2 x 5-1/4" card. (3) Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) American actress. Signed 8x10 printed photo. VG. (4) Holly Hunter (b. 1958) American actress. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Academy Award for Best Actress, among other awards. Signed & inscribed 3x5 card. (5) Lois Moran (1909-1990) American film actress. She also had a brief affair with writer F. Scott Fitzgerald while he was married to Zelda Fitzgerald . He once remarked that she was "The most beautiful girl in Hollywood". She was also an inspiration for the character of Rosemary Hoyt in Fitzgerald's novel Tender is the Night (1934). ALS, 1977, written on both sides, 7-1/4 x 10-1/2". Signed "Lois". VG (6) Madge Bellamy (1899-1990) American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Her career declined in the sound era, and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s. In San Francisco in 1943, Bellamy was accused of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting (or shooting at) her wealthy lover Stanwood Murphy. The incident generated much publicity and effectively ended her already fading career. ALS. signed Madge B., 1973, 3pp. About writing her autobiography, and thanking the recipient for volunteering to help her. VG. (7) Richard Brooks (1912-1992) Hollywood film writer, director, producer. In the 1940s he wrote the screenplays for the critically acclaimed Key Largo and Brute Force. He won his only Oscar in 1960 for his screenplay for Elmer Gantry, although he was nominated for the films Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Professionals (1966), and In Cold Blood (1967). SIGNED 5 x 3-1/2 photo 1987. (8) Ann Sothern [1909-2001] American actress. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo. Accompanied by vintage sheet music from the film "let's Fall In Love" starring Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern. Both VG. (9) Liane Haid [1895-2000] Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star. Signed early postcard photo [leggy pose with cigarette]. VG..................Min. Bid $75

353. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) The Masters and Johnson research team, composed of William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson, pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunctions from 1957 until the 1990s. Sheet signed by both, 1973, 8.5 x 11. Inscribed in type to collector. (2) James Allen (1864-1912) was a philosophical writer of British nationality known for his inspirational books and poetry. CLIP SIGNATURE "J. Allen." (3) Serge Jaroff (1896-1985) was the founder, conductor and composer of the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff. Signed 1956 bank check. VG. (4) [OPERA] Elizabeth Futral - American coloratura soprano who has won acclaim throughout the United States as well as in Europe, South America, and Japan. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 5X7 PHOTO. (5) Radie Britain (1899-1994) American pianist and composer. ALS, 1989, 1p. (6) Rita Wellman [1890-1965] American playwright - her first successful play "the Gentile Wife", was in 1917. She continued to be successful with other plays and was considered, with Susan Glasell, one of the most promising playwrights in the 1920s and 30s. She translated the journals of Benito Mussolini. AQS, 1925, inscribed to Howes Norris Jr., 2pp. (7) Geraldine Farrar [1882-1967] opera singer and film actress whose stage presence earned her a fanatic following of Gerryflappers in the early 20th century. TLS, 1958, 1p, regarding a Bill in congress that she isn't interested in making a comment about. (8) Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885) German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. His best-known opera, The Lily of Killarney, written on the subject of Dion Boucicault's play The The Colleen Bawn to a libretto by John Oxenford, was produced at Covent Garden in 1862. His operetta, The Bride of Song, was brought out there in 1864. Clip signature signed "Benedict" mounted to larger slip................Min. Bid $50

354. [FRANCE - MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Georges Léonnec (1881 – 1940), the brother of the novelist Félix Léonnec, began his career as a cartoonist selling drawings to newspapers in 1899. After participating in World War I he worked as an illustrator for the magazine La Vie Parisienne. He worked for several other publications including Fantasio and Le Sourire. He was also well known for his advertising illustrations for Byrrh apéritif wine, Dufayel department stores, and the Casino of Paris. Lengthy ALS, no yr., 2-1/2 pp. (2) Achille Octave Marie Jacques Bardoux (1874-1959) French politician. TLS, 1950. (3) Georges Chamarat (1901-1982) French actor. He appeared in 109 films and television shows between 1929 and 1981. He starred in the film The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Full page ALS c. 1955-60. (4) Pierre Descaves (1924-2014) was a French politician. ALS 1952. (5) Paul Reboux, born André Amillet (1877-1963), French writer, humorist, literary critic and painter. He was the son of the journalist Charles Ernest Amillet (1829–1884) and the milliner Caroline Reboux. He later took his mother's maiden name with "Paul" as a pen name, and is usually known as Paul Reboux. Lengthy ALS, no date, 2pp. (6) Henri-Camille Marcel called Henry Marcel (1854-1926) was a 19th–20th-century French senior official, general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale de France from 1905 to 1913. ALS, 191?. [FRANCE - MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Georges Léonnec (1881 – 1940), the brother of the novelist Félix Léonnec, began his career as a cartoonist selling drawings to newspapers in 1899. After participating in World War I he worked as an illustrator for the magazine La Vie Parisienne. He worked for several other publications including Fantasio and Le Sourire. He was also well known for his advertising illustrations for Byrrh apéritif wine, Dufayel department stores, and the Casino of Paris. Lengthy ALS, no yr., 2-1/2 pp. (2) Achille Octave Marie Jacques Bardoux (1874-1959) French politician. TLS, 1950. (3) Georges Chamarat (1901-1982) French actor. He appeared in 109 films and television shows between 1929 and 1981. He starred in the film The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Full page ALS c. 1955-60. (4) Pierre Descaves (1924-2014) was a French politician. ALS 1952. (5) Paul Reboux, born André Amillet (1877-1963), French writer, humorist, literary critic and painter. He was the son of the journalist Charles Ernest Amillet (1829–1884) and the milliner Caroline Reboux. He later took his mother's maiden name with "Paul" as a pen name, and is usually known as Paul Reboux. Lengthy ALS, no date, 2pp. (6) Henri-Camille Marcel called Henry Marcel (1854-1926) was a 19th–20th-century French senior official, general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale de France from 1905 to 1913. ALS, 191?.
(7) Théodore Anne (1797-1869) French playwright, librettist, and novelist. Engaged in the army in 1814, until the July Revolution of 1830 he was a member of the compagnie de Noailles then, still faithful to the Bourbons, he resigned. ALS 183?, 1p. All with some bio. info.................Min. Bid $75

355. [ART] Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902) French painter, engraver and decorator. He was a professor at the National School of Decorative Arts and a collaborator at the Magasin Pittoresque. ALS, 1866, 2 pp., 5x8 in. To an art collector about his painting "Benedicite" which he has not seen since 1859. A long letter about his work and the Salon. Fine..................100-150

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The following mixed multiple lots are offered in the quickest way possible so that we can get this auction ready on time. Please excuse the mess.

356. (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)    HANNIBAL HAMLIN GARLAND(1880-1940) Novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer SIGNATURE     Mary Ellen Chase (1887 –1973) educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century. SIGNED card, inscribed(1958) LAURA BENET(1884-1979) Poet and sister of William Rose and Stephen Vincent Benet ANS(1962) with unsigned 8x10 photograph JAMES LEO HERLIHY(1927-1993)Novelist ,Playwright, actor known for his novels “Midnight Cowboy” others. SIGNATURE. SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS(1871-1958) Writer, Invesitgative journalism ALS(1957) WILLIAM ROSE BENET (1886-1950) Poet, Pulitzer Prize CLIPPED SIGNATURE from Address label, mounted to larger card   HARRY STILLWELL EDWARDS(1855-1938) Journalist, novelist, poet SIGNATURE...........Min. Bid $50

357. 20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)     MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT(1854-1948) Writer, Pulitzer Prize(1917) on biography of her mother Julia Ward Howe ALS(1954)3pp EDGAR GUEST(1881-1959) Poet SIGNATURE on sheet typed books of various authors he has signed on his book title   LLOYD GOODRICH(1897-1987) Art Historian, director of Whitney Museum ANS on greeting card MARION FAIRFAX(1875-1970) Playwright, Screenwriter TLS(1958) JOSEPH KRAMM(1907-1991) Playwright, director, actor ANS(1977) ELIZABETH HOLLISTER FROST(1887-1958) Poet SIGNED 1st edition presentation page from her book (1928) The Lost Lyrist” NAT HENTOFF(1925) Historian, novelist, jazz critic, columnist ALS on postcard(2001) William McFEE (1881-1966) English born/American novelist, writer of the Sea – TLS(1923).................Min. Bid $50

358. (20th AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)   MAXINE HONG KINGSTON (1940)Poet   ALS(2000) JOHN JAKES(1932) Historical Novelist, Author   SIGNED CARD(1991)   HAYDEN CARRUTH(1921-2008) Poet and Literary Critic TLS(2002)   LAURA BENET(1884-1979) Poet and sister of William Rose and Stephen Vincent Benet TLS(1961) IRA LEVIN(1929-2007) Author, Dramatist, Songwriter noted works “Deathtrap”, “Rosemary’s Baby”, “A Kiss Before Dying”, “Boys from Brazil” TLS(2000)   PHILIP LEVINE(1928) Poet – ANS(ny,nd)    ANTHONY LEWIS(1927-2013) Pulitzer Prize Writer, Journalist SIGNED 5x7, inscribed photograph at his desk   RICHARD WATSON GILDER(1844-1909) Poet and Editor SIGNATURE(1889)..........Min. Bid $50

359. (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)   THOMAS J. FLEMING(1927) Miltary Historian TNS(ny,nd) RICHARD PECK(1934) JOYCE JOHHNSON(1935) NICHOLAS GAGE(1939), Novelists SIGNED Book & Author Luncheon booklet Philadelphia(1983) signed by all 3 WILL CARLETON(1845-1912) Poet SIGNATURE (1873) SAMUEL TAYLOR(1912-2000) Playwright and Screenwriter ALS(1983)     EDWIN WAY TEALE(1899-1980) Naturalist, photographer Pulitzer Prize ANS(ny,nd) to Mary Margaret McBride((1899-1976)Broadcaster     LAWRENCE FELINGHETTI(1919) Poet, painter and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers SIGNED large postcard on verso(1985), inscribed     SAMUEL EDWARD WHITE(1873-1946) Author, Novelist He was made an Honorary Boy Scout, one of the 1st ever given SIGNATURE with sentiment.................Min. Bid $50

360. (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 booklet Philadelphia (1984)   RICHARD WATSON GILDER(1844-1909) Poet and Editor SIGNATURE from TLS   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

361. (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT) FRANK SULLIVAN (1892 -1976) Humorist ,author, writer best remembered for creating the character Mr. Arbuthnot the Cliche Expert ALS(1973) Raymond Gram Swing (1887 - 1968) print and broadcast journalist. He was one of the most influential news commentators of his era, heard by people worldwide as a leading American voice from Britain during World War II. SIGNATURE(1939)   RAYMOND UNDERWOOD JOHNSON(1853-1937) Writer, Diplomat, editor of Century Magazine on the death of Richard Gilder. He with Naturalist John Muir, was one of the driving forces behind the creation of “Yosemite National Park” also with his ongoing persuasion to President U.S. Grant the president wrote his “Memoirs” backed by Mark Twain. He became Ambassador to Italy ALS(1914) on “Century Club” card to Playwright Augustus Thomas(1859-1934)   MARY COLES CARRINGTON(1882-?) Poet, Writer She wrote many articles for Harpers Magazine SIGNATURE(1929)inscribed to American Poet William Rose Benet STARK YOUNG(1881-1963) Playwright, Novelist, Painter, Critic and Essayist ALS, 2pp GAIL GODWIN(1937) Novelist and Short Story Writer SIGNED Book & Author booklet Philadelphia(1985) ) LAURA BENET(1884-1979) Poet and sister of William Rose and Stephen Vincent Benet ALS(1962)2pp JEANE L. DIXON(1904-1997) Astrologer, writer, syndicated columnist   SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph.............Min. Bid $50

362. (JAPENSE NOTABLES)   Baroness Hidzue Katō (1897 –2001) 20th Century Japanese feminist and one of the first women elected to the Diet of Japan. Katō was best known as a pioneer in the birth control movement and a strong supporter of labour reform. SIGNATURE    Toyohiko Kagawa (1888 –1960)Japanese Christian pacifist, Christian reformer, and labour activist. Kagawa wrote, spoke, and worked at length on ways to employ Christian principles in the ordering of society and in cooperatives. His vocation to help the poor led him to live among them. He established schools, hospitals, and churches.    TLS, 1933 Yonejirō Noguchi (1875 -1947) 20th Centuryinfluential Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism in both English and Japanese. He is known in the West by his pen name Yone Noguchi. He was the father of noted sculptor Isamu Noguchi. He may be considered a cross-cultural, transnational, or cosmopolitan writer. His work may also be considered, albeit somewhat more problematically, within the national literatures of Japan and the United States (see Japanese literature, American literature). Noguchi has recently gained attention in Asian American studies due to the increasing interest in transnationalism   RARE ADS 1910, a list of purchases to be made   Sabomi Tachibana(1925) Traditional Japanese dancer   She studied Japanese dance at the Tachibana Dance School in Japan. After being interned during World War II, she studied modern dance and ballet in New York. In 1948 she made her New York debut and earned international acclaim. SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph signed in Japanese and English   Zenkō Suzuki(1911 – 2004) 70th Prime Minister of Japan who was in office from 1980 to1982. SIGNED 5x7 color portrait with embossed seal...............Min. Bid $50

363. (AMERICAN SINGERS LOT)   JERRY BUTLER(1939) (2) SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 paper stock photograph DEAN TORRENCE(1940) of “Jan and Dean” 60’s rock and roll group SIGNED, inscribed 8x11 paper stock photograph with ANS   GLADYS M. KNIGHT(1944) SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph(2002) BOBBY VINTON(1935) SIGNED 8x10 heavy paper stock photograph   HELEN REDDY(1941)Australian born American Singer – SIGNED, inscribed 6x7 postcard photograph on verso   BARBARA LEWIS(1943) SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph   TOMMY BOYCE(1939-1994) of “Boyce & Hart”, singer/songwriters SIGNED 5x7 color photograph, signed in gold in by Boyce only.................Min. Bid $50

364. (AMERICAN SINGERS LOT)    The Fleetwoods American singing trio formed in the late 1950s. Gary Troxel (1939 ALS by Troxel with signed 8x10 photo of the 2 new members of the Fleetwoods Cheryl Huggins and Bonnie Kaire signed by the 2   RICHARD CARPENTER(1946) Singer/Pianist/Arranger of The Carpenters” SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph(2002) The McGuire Sisters (Christine(1926) Dorothy(1928-2012)Phyllis(1931) – SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 color photograph(signed with first names only Vaughn Wilton Monroe (1911 –1973) was an American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader and actor SIGNED 3x 3 ½” photograph with album page signed by members of his orchestra Ted goddard, Wally Olsen, Nace Bernert, Sam Hyster, Bert Pelaso    BOB CROSBY(1913-1993) SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograaph GENE AUSTIN(1908-1972) Singer and Songwriter one of the” first Crooners” SIGNED, 5x7 vintage photograph in white ink ROSEMARY CLOONEY(1928-2002) SIGNED, 3x4 photograph............Min. Bid $50

365. (CLASSICAL CONDUCTOR LOT) SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS(1925-2010) Australian Conductor SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph(2001) LEO DRIEHUYS(1932) Netherlands Conductor SIGNED 10x8 portrait photograph(signed in dark area) ARTHUR RODANZKY(1877-1939) Austrian Conductor mostly associated with Wagner, conductor assistant to Mahler SIGNED Album page SIR THOMAS BEECHAM(1879-1961) British Conductor SIGNATURE   ERICH KUNZEL(1935-2009) American conductor Cincinnati Pops Orchestra SIGNED inscribed 8x10 color photograph..................Min. Bid $50

366. (CLASSICAL CONDUCTOR LOT) STEPHEN SIMON(1938-2013) American, Washington Chamber Symphony, resident conductor Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts SIGNED, inscribed 8x10(1983) VINCENT DeFRANK(1915-1998)Conductor and founder of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 portrait photograph(1982) HENRY LYELL-TAYLER(1872-1938) British Conductor SIGNED Album Page AMERIGO MARINO(1925-1988) American Conductor Birmingham Symphony(1964-1984) SIGNED 7x5 photograph conducting(signed in dark area) FAUSTO CLEVA(1902-1971) Italian Conductor Metropolitan and Chicago Operas Many recordings – SIGNED 64pp Met Opera program magazine(68-69) season signed on page 25................Min. Bid $50

367. (OPERA NOTABLES LOT) LAURITZ MELCHIIOR (1890-1973) Danish American Opera Star – SIGNED Album Page – LEONTYNE PRICE(1939) Leading Prima Donna of the Metropolitan Opera SIGNED FDC honoring the Met’s 100th Anniversary LAWRENCE TIBBETT(1896-1960) American Opera and film star – SIGNED CARD IGOR GORIN(1904-1982) Ukrainian Baritone much celebrated in the US – SIGNED, inscribed album page   FREDERICK JAGEL(18897-1982) American Tenor Met Star in the 1930’s and 1940’s. His debut there in 1927. Sang 217 performances in 34 roles SIGNED Met Opera House booklet, season of 1941-1942, signed on center page program 2pp...................Min. Bid $50

368. (OPERA NOTABLES LOT) LAWRENCE TIBBETT(1896-1960) American Opera Star/Film Star – SIGNATURE on card MARILYN HORNE(1934) American Mezzo-Soprano, Met Star SIGNED inscribed 5x7 color photograph(2000) as “L’Italiana” in Algeri    CHARLES KULLMAN(1903-1983) American Tenor debut at Met in 1935 – SIGNATURE, with sentiment – JESSE BARTLETT DAVIS(1859-1905) American Contralto/Opera Star and Broadway Actress – SIGNED CARD(1889)    DOLORA ZAJICK(1952) American Mezzo-Soprano – ANS,ny,nd    JAMES MORRIS(1947) American Bass/Baritone SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph signed in silver ink .................Min. Bid $50

369. (BRITISH LITERARY LOT)   SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE(1810-1888) Poet TLS(ny) 2pp(trimmed on Right side) SIR ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS(1863-1933) Novelist bottom half of ALS SIR HALL CAINE(1853-1931) SIGNATURE, with sentiment on the SS Majestic(1898) ELIZA COOOK(1818-1889) Author, Poet last signed page of a ALS(ny) CHARLES IGNANCE GILL(1871-1918) Poet, Artist SIGNED card(1910) died at age 46   ) HENRY MAJOR TOMLINSON(1873-1958) Novelist SIGNED 6x9 sheet EDMUND BLUNDEN(1896-1974) Poet, Author, Critic SIGNED presentation page from his book “Near & Far” 1929..................Min. Bid $50

370. [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 political content, 1p. 8.5 x 11 in. VG...............50-75

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371. [THEATRE] Mary Anne Orger (1788-1849) she was a leading actress, playwright and the mother of the composer Caroline Reinagle in her role as Flippanta in THE CONFEDERACY. Original 1821 engraving, about 4.5 x 7 in. total size. VG...............Min. Bid $10
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371A. [PORTRAIT] Thomas H. Benton (1782 – 1858), nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a United States Senator from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as Manifest Destiny. Benton served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms. Original engraved portrait c. 1862. Image 7-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. VG................Min. Bid $10

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372. [PORTRAIT]  Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) English labouring-class poet, whose work is appreciated in the context of other self-educated writers, such as Stephen Duck, Mary Collier and John Clare. Original engraved portrait c. 1801. Image 3-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. plus wide margins. Scarce image. VG................Min. Bid $15

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

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374. (AMERICAN POLITICIANS/PUBLIC SERVANTS LOT) 1. (HENRY) STYLES BRIDGES (1898-1961) US Senator from NH, Pres. Pro Tempe of the Senate, ran for President in 1944. TLS (1946) concerning the Selective Service Act. 2.   PAUL C. WARNKE (1920-2001) Diplomat. SIGNED CARD. 3.  WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON (1853-1937) US Senator from Nebraska. SIGNED vintage 5x7 photograph in photo folder. 4.  THURLOW WEED (1797-1882) New York Political Boss. SIGNATURE. 5.  THOMAS TURLOCK (1820-1883) Governor of NH. SIGNATURE clipped from document as NH Sec. of State. 6.  NANCY TUCKERMAN – White House Staff coordinator, and Assistant and best friend to Jacqueline Kennedy. TLS (1984). 7.  ED KOCH (1924-2012) US Rep, Mayor of NYC. TLS (2001)...............70-90

375. [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
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376. Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1965) American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters, and became a philanthropist. Interesting signed vintage photograph even with its condition faults. Baruch has signed and inscribed this photo to Leon Henerson (1895-1986) who was the administrator of the Office of Price Administration from 1941 to 1942. Henderson worked as an economic adviser in President Franklin Roosevelt's administration before he was appointed to the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1939.[4] In 1941 he became head of the Office of Price Administration. Baruch signed & dated this photo 1941. Condition: still contained in an old mat; one burn mark top edge [very visible]; also a surface flaw when held an an angle. Baruch signs "B.M." Doesn't add Baruch. Photo itself is 8x10 in..................80-120

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

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378.  [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

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379. [BOBBY FISCHER] Robert James Fischer (1943- 2008) American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time. Offered here is a 1963 chess magazine once owned by Fischer. The ink handwriting on the back page was written by Bobby Fischer.  We bought his chess magazines at the Fischer Auction held in NY at Swann's Auction. Back around 1968 Fischer arranged thru a book dealer to sell his personal library because he needed money. The Brooklyn Library purchased his library................200-300
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380. [NAVAL] James Otto Richardson (1878-1974) Admiral in the United States Navy who served from 1902 to 1947. Orders document signed, 1920, for Lieut. Comdr. Ellsworth Davis. Richardson has signed in ink. He was head of the US Naval Academy in 1920. Approx. 7-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. Used condition. As Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (CinCUS), Richardson protested against the redeployment of the Pacific portion of the fleet forward to Pearl Harbor, believing that a forward defense was neither practical nor useful, and that the Pacific Fleet would be the logical first target in the event of war with Japan, vulnerable to air and torpedo attacks. He was subsequently relieved of command in February 1941. His concerns were to be proved justified in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ten months later. VG.............300-400....................Min. Bid $80

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381 [FRANCE] 1774 autograph letter signed by the Chaplain for Louis XVI, the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. When his father died of tuberculosis on 20 December 1765, the eleven-year-old Louis-Auguste became the new Dauphin. His mother never recovered from the loss of her husband and died on 13 March 1767, also from tuberculosis. The strict and conservative education he received from the Duc de La Vauguyon, "gouverneur des Enfants de France" (governor of the Children of France), from 1760 until his marriage in 1770, did not prepare him for the throne that he was to inherit in 1774 after the death of his grandfather, Louis XV. Throughout his education, Louis-Auguste received a mixture of studies particular to religion, morality, and humanities. His instructors may have also had a good hand in shaping Louis-Auguste into the indecisive king that he became. Abbé Berthier, his instructor, taught him that timidity was a value in strong monarchs, and Abbé Soldini, his confessor, instructed him not to let people read his mind. The letter offered here was written by Soldini. Not translated. 2pp, approx. 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. Fine............150-250

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382. [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 signature & 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

383. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Anthony Wilson Thorold (1825-1895) Anglican Bishop of Winchester in the Victorian era. The son of a Church of England priest, he also served as Bishop of Rochester. It was in that role that he travelled throughout North America and met with leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While he wrote a number of devotional books, he is best remembered for having recruited Isabella Gilmore to revive the female diaconate in the Anglican Communion. CLIP SIGNATURE, about 3-1/2 x 1-3/4 in. VG. (2) [EPHEMERA] 1896 one page letter written from Bangor, Maine on illustrated letterhead. 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. VG (3)  Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946. Signed Check dated 1924. (4) POSTAL HISTORY] Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings. Offered here is an envelope addressed in the hand of Smith. Approx. 4.5 x 3.5 in. VG. (5) [PORTRAIT] Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) was an American physician, naturalist, and politician who lived in Plandome, New York. Mitchill taught chemistry, botany, and natural history at Columbia College from 1792 until 1801 and was a founding editor of The Medical Repository, the first medical journal in the United States. In addition to his Columbia lectures on botany, zoology, and mineralogy, Mitchill collected, identified, and classified many plants and animals, particularly aquatic organisms. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1797. From 1807 to 1826, he taught at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and then helped organize the short-lived Rutgers Medical College of New Jersey, which he served as vice president until 1830. While at Columbia, Mitchill developed a fallacious theory of disease, which however resulted in his promotion of personal hygiene and improved sanitation. Offered here is an original engraved portrait done circa 1832. Image size approx. 4-1/2 x 3-3/8 in. plus pretty clean margins except for one small light spot well away from image. (6) [THEATRE] Charles Kelly (1839–1885) English actor/journalist and husband of actress Ellen Terry. Charles and Ellen met while appearing in Reade's plays, but they separated in 1881. Signature with inscription, Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, 1870, approx. 4 x 4 in. VG. (7) [ENTERTAINMENT] Nedra Volz (1908-2003) American actress. Born in Montrose, Iowa, she began her career in the family tent show, and appeared in vaudeville as a toddler (called "Baby Nedra"). In the early 1930s, Volz was featured vocalist with Cato's Vagabonds, a Des Moines, Iowa, big band that briefly enjoyed national popularity. Cato never made records, but Nedra managed to appear on exactly one 78 side, with Will Osborne's orchestra in 1933. Beginning with an episode of Good Times in 1975, she became a well-recognized supporting character actress, primarily on television and also in feature films. Offered here is a 3x5 card on which she has written about 13 lines and signed. VG   (8) John Rice McConnell (1831-1895) US congressman from Kentucky. SIGNATURE.........MIN. BID $50

384. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Daniel Waldron (1775-1821) was the fifth and last generation of his family to hold the substantial Waldron estate in Dover, New Hampshire. With his bankruptcy Dover realized a new life and economy as a center of textile manufacturing. Court document dated 1820 signed as Clerk. 8 x 12 in. Fine................75-100

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385. [NAVAL HISTORY] Admiral George James Perceval, 6th Earl of Egmont (1794-1874), known as the Lord Arden between 1840 and 1841, was a British naval commander and Tory politician. Egmont left Harrow school and was commissioned into the Royal Navy as a powder monkey in August 1805 and fought in the H. M. S. Orion in the Battle of Trafalgar the same year, aged eleven. During the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816 he commanded the H. M. S. Infernal. He was promoted to rear-admiral on 27 August 1851, to vice-admiral in 1857 and to admiral in 1863. ALS, 1874, 3pp, about 4-1/4 x 7 in. VG...............75-100

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386. [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
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387. [KUHN ESTATE] Archive of about 35-40+ letters and documents concerning the Estate of the noted American artist Walt Kuhn (1877-1949). Includes: Brenda 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 paiting ATHELETE IN WHITE FACE. Needs further research for sure. VG..........400-600...........Min. Bid $150
Bill of Sale For $75,000 Walt Kuhn Painting
388. [ART] Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. Typed Document signed by Brenda Kuhn, an AGREEMENT AND BILL OF SALE, for a painting by Walt Kuhn titled "Brenda in Ogunquit." The painting was 50 x 30 in., sold by the Midtown Galleries in New York for the Kuhn Estate. The document has the signature of a Notary Public, dated 1989. VG......100-150......Min. Bid $25

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389 [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

390. (SPORTS LOT) VIRGIL OLIVER TRUCKS (1917-2013) American Pitcher, ANS.  ARA R. PARSEGHIAN(b.1923) Football Player and Coach. SIGNED, inscribed large 12x18 portrait sketch, inscribed (fold in middle). CHRISTINE D. WITTY (b. 1975) Olympic Speed Skater. SIGNED 5x7 print photo (fold in middle).  WILBUR “Weeb” EWBANK (1907-1998) Football Coach, SIGNED address return on envelope, with 2 SIGNATURES, with words of encouragement.   BILLY CASPER (1931) Golfer. SIGNED 8x11 photograph.  GREG E. LOUGANIS (1960) Olympic Diver SIGNED printed letter.  STEVE J. GROGAN (1953) Quarterback, ANS signed “Steve G”.........80-120

391. 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

392. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Smith Ely Jr. (1825-1911) was the 82nd Mayor of New York City and member of the US House of Representatives from New York. SIGNATURE. (2) Bayard Taylor (January 11, 1825 – December 19, 1878) was an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. SIGNED CARD. (3) Julius Hawley Seelye (1824-1895) was a missionary, author, United States Representative, and former president of Amherst College. The system of Latin honors in use at many universities worldwide is said to have been created by him. SIGNATURE. (4) George Stillman Hillard (1808-1879) American lawyer and author. Besides developing his Boston legal practice (with Charles Sumner as a partner), he served in the Massachusetts legislature, edited several Boston journals, and wrote on literature, politics and travel. SIGNATURE. (5) John G. Sargent (1860-1939) He served as United States Attorney General during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge. His signature on slip with 2 others not identified. (6) Earl of Cowper - signed 1837 address panel. Condition problems. (6) Paul Whiteman - band leader. Pencil signature [can hardly see it]. (7) Sam Blodget - signed document fragment dated 1795. Not researched yet..............Min. Bid $25

393. [PORTRAIT] original engraved portrait of Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant (1855-1922) who was the third child and only daughter of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Grant. At the age of 16, Nellie was sent abroad to England by President Grant, and was received by Queen Victoria. As a teenager growing up in the White House, she attracted much attention. The engraver was Samuel Sartain (1830-1906) after photo by Brady. Image approx. 5.5 x 4 in. plus margins. VG................25-35

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

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395. [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

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396. [MAINE] Samuel Freeman (1743-1831) was a prominent citizen of Portland, Maine during the 18th and 19th centuries. He was instrumental in founding the first public library in Portland (then Falmouth), Maine, served in the judiciary system as judge and clerk, as well as held the post of the first postmaster of Portland, in 1775. He was an active patriot during the Revolutionary struggle, was secretary of the Cumberland County convention in 1774, a member of the provincial congress in 1775, and of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1776 and 1778. When the courts were reorganized in 1775 he was appointed clerk, which office he held for forty-five years. He was register of probate until commissioned judge in 1804, remaining in the latter office till 1820. From 1776 till 1805 he was postmaster of Portland. He was an active and efficient friend of Bowdoin College, His publications include "The Massachusetts Justice" (1803); and " Probate Directory" (1803); and he edited the "Journal of Rev. Thomas Smith" (1821). Offered here is a 1806 legal document signed, written on both sides, approx. 8 x 9 in. VG.........................75-100

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397. [FRANCE] Beautiful French document 1715 with large ornate revenue stamp at top. Lengthy 4 pages, 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 in. Three ornate signatures on last page. 1715 was the fist year of the reign of King Louis XV. VG.................100-200

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398. [FRANCE] Pierre Loti (1850-1923) French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories. Three lines written on black-boarded card signed Pierre, 5-1/4 x 4-1/4 in..........100-150

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399. [BRITAIN] 2 original engraved portraits of William IV (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover. The smaller one is 2-3/4 x 2-1/4 plus clean margins. Larger one is 4-1/4 x 3-1/2 plus margins. VG.............50-75

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400. [THEATRE] Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Theatre" by critic Alexander Woollcott, Cornell was the first performer to receive the Drama League Award, for Romeo and Juliet in 1935. Cornell is noted for her major Broadway roles in serious dramas, often directed by her husband, Guthrie McClintic. The couple formed C. & M.C. Productions, Inc., a company that gave them complete artistic freedom in choosing and producing plays. Offered here are 3 items from her estate: (1) Her EXXON credit card made out to her married name K.C. MCCLINTIC. (2) Unsigned 1973 original color photo 3.5 x 5 in. (3) Unused Katharine Cornell post card. All in in excellent condition.........80-120

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401. Elliott Daingerfield (1859–1932) was an American artist who lived and worked in North Carolina. He is considered one of North Carolina's most prolific artists. In 1884, Daingerfield met George Inness. The works of Inness, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and Kenyon Cox "inspired his visionary style", according to the art historian Stephanie J. Fox. Daingerfield was also influenced by the European Symbolists whose work he encountered during his time studying in Europe c. 1897. In the late 1890s he achieved recognition for paintings of religious subjects, an example of which is his mural in the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in New York City. In 1902, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an associate member; he became a full member in 1906. Original lithograph, c. 1908, plate signed. Image approx. 7-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. plus thin margins. Small top edge tear just reaches image but is NOT very noticeable.........75-100

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402. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35). Collotype offered here is from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925.? Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. This is a proof printing. Fine, black impression, on cream wove paper, in excellent condition. Scarce............100-150

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403. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original etching, unsigned, image approx. 5 x 3.5 in. plus margins. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below in 2nd scan DO NOT accompany this etching and are not for sale........100-150
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404. [ART] Stephen James Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher. Original etching, "AN EASTERN PRINCESS", from a painting by J.G. Jacquet. Image 8-1/8 x 4-3/4" plus margins which are fairly clean with only the slightest signs of age.............80-120.................Min. Bid $25

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405. [ART] Salvatore Grippi (1921-2017) important American artist. One of the underrepresented figurative expressionist members of the New York School featured in Herskovic’s 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 O’Hara, Franz Kline, Grippi’s 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 signed ink drawing, approx. 13 x 10 in. VG.............200-300

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406. Pierre Salvy Frederic Teyssonnioeres (b. 1834) French etcher. Original etching, title is SAMSON DESTROYING THE PHILISTINES, image approx. 6-1/4 x 8-7/8 in., after Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803-1860), c. 1890, plate signed. VG................100-150

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407. RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL ink drawing, signed, BOSTON, dated 1977. Approx. 10 x 13 in. VG...........150-200

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408. RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL ink drawing, not signed, c/ 1980. Paper size approx. 11 x 13-1/2 in. VG.............100-150

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409. Aquatint (etching), signed, titled TIME, 15/25 edition. Done in 1972. Image approx. 4-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. Very good condition. Unframed. Merv Slotnick (b.1941) American artist living in Maine.?His work is in many collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, Italy, etc. His work has been included in exhibitions at New York University; Maine Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan; Central Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts Center, Mich.; All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73] which traveled to various colleges & universities in Michigan; Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus others. Remember that different scanners, cameras & computer screens can look at the exact same art work but show different levels of brightness & shades of colors & texture. So be aware that translation of color etc. from computer to computer is unpredictable. ALWAYS ask before bidding if concerned about colors..............70-90

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410. John Fell (1917-2009) English born American artist. During World War II he served in the British Army as a camouflage artist in North Africa, Italy and Greece. After the war, he attained teaching degrees at Coventry College and London University. Later he continued post-graduate studies at Elmira College and Alfred University in New York State. He taught Art and Pottery for ten years in London schools prior to his marriage in 1957 to the former Marjorie Clendenin of Trout Run. With her, he immigrated to the United States and in 1958 began teaching in the Elmira public school system. In addition, he pursed a successful career as an artist, exhibiting in many museums in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Florida, including a number of one man shows most recently at Lycoming College in 2002. After retiring from teaching in 1980, he served as curator of the Gmeiner Museum in Wellsboro, Penn. Offered here is an oil painting on board, signed, title is OWASBS RAVINE, 1974, about 17 x 11-1/4 in. Framed. VG................400-600

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411. Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition...................200-300

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412. Henri Lefort (1852-1937) c. 1884 French Etching, plate signed, image size approx. 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in. plus margins. There is printed text on verso. VG................50-75

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413. 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 unsigned oil painting on stretched canvas by Sterner, 16 x 12 in. Framed. Frame in is good condition, however, we do not guarantee the condition of frames. You are bidding only on the painting - the frame is thrown in. This painting does have some condition problems: several small areas with painting loss [stratched - nicks] that are visible in the picture showing here. These can be easily restored. Provenance: Sterner's summer home in Mass................1200-1800

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414. Joseph Wasser (1900-?) pencil signed hand-colored lithograph, numbered 81/250. Image approx. 11 x 9 in. plus margins. VG..............50-75

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