2. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original photograph of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864-1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism. NOT signed by Nellie Bly but signed in pencil by the photographer Emile Brunel (France 1874 - 1944 NY) was a noted artist, painter, filmmaker and photographer. Brunel worked as a photojournalist for the New York Times Magazine and earned a certain degree of fame as a portrait photographer. In 1910 he founded the New York Institute of Photography (NYIP), which continues to train photographers today. Brunel would also develop a one-hour film development process, a process unique and ahead of its time. In 1918 Brunel began operating a successful Catskills resort called Chalet Indien in Boiceville. In 1918 Brunel also began work as a sculptor, creating a series of works between 1918 and 1944 that can still be seen today. The photo is 10-1/2 x 6-3/4 in. There are some soft creases and minor corner chips. Very Scarce!...........200-300

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3. [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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4. [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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5. [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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6. [OPERA] Ernestine Schumann-Heink [1861-1936] contralto. Signature...30-40

 

7. [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....20-30


8. [MUSIC] Radie Britain (1899-1994) American pianist and composer. ALS, 1989, 1p......40-60

11. [THEATRE] Katharine C. Herne [1857-1943] American popular stage actress. ALS, 1902, 2pp. Slight show-thru stain on back of 1st page; stain is more prominent on last page but well below text.............25-35

12. Margaret Deland (1857-1945) American writer. TLS, 1935, 1p. VG.................30-40

13. [OPERA] Emma Eames [1865-1952] soprano. Signature...........20-30

Eames - front of card

16. [FILM]  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........15-20

17. [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

18. [FILM] June Allyson - actress. Signed 3x5 card.......20-30

19. [FILM]  VIRGINIA CAPERS (1925-2004) Actress. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph (1975)...............30-40

20. [FILM] 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...........40-60


21. [FILM] Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....Min. bid $10


22. 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........30-40

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

24.  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.............25-35


25. [FILM & TV] 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................Min. Bid $8

26. [MUSIC] Yvette Horner (b. 1922 in Tarbes)  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...........25-35

27. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Howard Baker (1925-2014) important US Senator from Tennessee. TLS, 1981. With envelope. (2) John Adam Kasson (J1822-1910) was a nineteenth-century lawyer, politician and diplomat from south-central Iowa. Elected to the U.S. House six times, he repeatedly interrupted his congressional service to serve in the Diplomatic service in many different capacities. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) William H. Upson (1823-1910)  Congressman from Ohio. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click HERE to see scan. (4) William Johnston (1819-1866) Ohio Congressman. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click HERE to see scan. (5) Max G. Seckendorff (1858-1911) 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) RIGHTISM IS AMERICAN FASCISM! 4 page flyer from Socialist Labor Party. (7) circa 1946 Western Union telegram sent by Philip J. Philbin, congressman from Mass. (8) William Loughridge (1827-1889) was a pioneer attorney, judge, and three-term United States Congressman from Iowa. SIGNATURE. Click HERE to see scan. (9) Jimmy Carter unsigned 1977 Inauguration cover. (10) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. 1945 check sub register with her handwriting on both sides. Not signed by her. (11) Colleen Walker (1956- 2012) American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Signed 3x5 card. (12) Robert Getchell (1836-2017) American screenwriter. Getchell wrote the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore[2] and created the sitcom based on that film, Alice. UNSIGNED 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck. (13) Sir William Blake Richmond KCB, RA, PPRBSA (1842-1921) was a portrait painter, sculptor and a designer of stained glass and mosaic. He is best known for his portrait work and decorative mosaics in St Paul's Cathedral in London. Richmond was influential in the early stages of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Richmond was the Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford from 1878 to 1883, succeeding his friend and mentor John Ruskin. Clip signature [mounted to album page]. Approx. 3-3/4 x 2 in. VG. Click HERE to see scan. (14) David Sharpe (1910-1980) American actor and stunt performer, sometimes billed as Davy Sharpe. He was called the "Crown Prince of Daredevils" and ranks alongside Yakima Canutt as one of Hollywood's all-time greatest stuntmen. He appeared in more than 5,000 films over six decades, although most were uncredited appearances. UNSIGNED 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck................Min. Bid $50

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[MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Bank Check is signed (1923) by 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. (2) Bradley Kincaid (1895-1989) American folk singer and radio entertainer.  Signed card.  (3) Steve Hattman (1945-2019) producer, writer  in Hollywood. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck. (4) Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (1923-2017) Polish-American classical conductor and composer.  Signed card.   (5) Limington Nation Bank [Maine], group of 20 bank checks, 1916-1921, each signed J.F. & A.H. Chase. (6) Brenda Kuhn - daughter of the artist Walt Kuhn. Signed bank check 1967. (7) James John Davis (1873-1947) was a Wales-born American businessman, author and Republican Party politician in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as U.S. Secretary of Labor and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. He was also known by the nicknames of the "Iron Puddler" and "Puddler Jim." US Senate envelope bearing his printed free frank signature.  Toned. (8) Herbert Knox Smith (1869-1931) Herbert Knox Smith graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School before becoming a Major in the Quartermaster Corps during World War I. He later worked as a lawyer. Smith then ran for governor of Connecticut on the Progressive Party ticket in 1912. He was a close associate of Theodore Roosevelt, serving on his "tennis cabinet" and as Commissioner of Corporations.  Signed card. (9) Salvador Ley (1907-1985) Guatemalan composer and pianist. In 1937, Ley moved to New York City, where he made his North American debut in January 1938. His subsequent tour of the United States included a performance at the White House. Full page ALS, 1939. Not in English. (10) Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 – 1880) American preacher and editor of the Christian Leader. He was also a poet, responsible for the poem Burial at Sea, which was the origin of a famous folk song, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie. CLIP SIGNATURE...................Min. Bid $60

29. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Leverett Saltonstall [MA]; A. Willis Robertson [VA]; Jennings Randolph [WV]; Claiborne Pell [RI]; John O. Pastore [RI]; Maurine Neuberger [OR]; Joseph O'Mahoney [WYO]; James E. Murray [MT]; Karl E. Mundt [SD]; Frank E. Moss [Ut]...........Min Bid $45

30. 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]...........35-45


31. [ART] Tancred Abraham ( 1836-1895 ) French painter, engraver and illustrator. He won his first public success with an etching representing the edges of the Oudon ( 1863 ). Member of the Society of Aquafortists in 1862, he then collaborates on L'Illustration nouvelle and the Gazette des Beaux-Arts where he publishes studies of art. He exhibited regularly in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon: in 1876 , Le Sablot de Noirmoutier , canvas, landscape, and six etchings including: The Church of St. Sergius , Castle Percher , Castle Montsabert ; in 1877 , two views of the Mayenne, paintings: the Coudray road , and the Orign_ Plateau , and two etchings: Rue Baudriere in Angers and Butte-Golier ; in 1878 , a Winter Landscape. Offered here is an original etching, plate signed, image 6.5 x 4.5 plus clean margins. VG........100-150

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32. [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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35. [FRANCE] 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..............80-120

36. [FRANCE] Count de Froissard - ALS, 1816, 1p, 6-1/2 x 8-1/4". Not translated. Identified as "was there around Napoleon in 1814. Speaks about the 1816 election." VG..........75-100

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37. SIR WALTER BESANT (1836-1901) English Novelist and Historian Prolific writer of novels main Novels Children of Gibeon, Dorothy Forster, Conditions of Men, he also wrote largely on the history and topography of London in the 18th century. ALS (1887), 2pp, 4.5 x 6.5 in.  VG............75-100

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38. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Louisa Eldridge (1829-1905) American actress also know as Aunt Louisa. As a member of New York's Union Square Theatre company, she specialized in playing older women. C;op signature 1898. (2) Lloyd "Sunshine" Olen Parker (1927-1999) American actor. He appeared in 25 films between 1959 and 1994. He is best known for his roles as Emmet in 'Road House' and Edgar Deems in 'Tremors." He typically played minor roles as either a bum or an old codger.  Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck. (3) Konstantin G. Fedoseev - TLS, Russian Embassy in Washington DC. TLS, 1956, 1o. Says that Mrs. Senuita does not wish to leave the Soviet Union for the US. (4) Bea Wain (1917-2017) American Big Band-era singer and radio personality born in the Bronx, New York City. She had a number of hits with Larry Clinton and his Orchestra. After her marriage she and her husband became involved in radio, helming a show titled "Mr. and Mrs. Music". Card signed and inscribed by Bea and her husband Andre Baruch (1908-1991) French-American film narrator, radio announcer, news commentator, talk show host, disc jockey and sportscaster. (5) Job Lyman (1781-1870)  Vermont politician, attorney and banker who served as Vermont's State Auditor. Signed 1812 Vermont Supreme Court document, 7.5 x 12.5 in. VG. (6) Thomas Gray Fleming - signed printed poem, 1909. (7) Sudie Bond (1928-1984) American actress on film, stage, and television.......Min. Bid $50

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40. (MIXED LOT)   Sir Edwin Arnold (1832 –1904) English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia. SIGNATURE, mounted to card.    TITO GUIZAR (1908 –1999) Mexican singer and actor. Together with Dolores del Río, José Mojica, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, Guízar was among the few Mexican people who made history in the early years of Hollywood. In a career that spanned over seven decades. TLS, 1988.   HAROLD TAYLOR (1914-1993) American Philosopher of education, college president, and social activist, . He was a recognized spokesperson for Progressive education at the postsecondary level. TLS, 1974.  ARTHUR BURNS (1904-1987) American Economist  who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1970-1978). SIGNED FDC on Banking.    Clara McBride Hale (1905 –1992) known as Mother Hale, was an American humanitarian who founded the Hale House Center, a home for unwanted children and children who were born addicted to drugs.  SIGNED 5x7 photograph.     Harold Herman Greene (1923-2000) federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Judge Greene presided over United States v. AT&T, the antitrust suit that broke up the AT&T. In 1990, Greene sentenced the 1983 United States Senate bombing suspects, Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans, to prison. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph.   Hanna Holborn Gray -  historian of political thought in the area of the Renaissance and Reformation, and an emerita professor and former President of the University of Chicago. TLS, 1990...........100-150

Bill of Sale For $75,000 Walt Kuhn Painting

41. [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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42. [THEATRE] Elizabeth Ponisi Wallis (1818-1899) known throughout her career as Madame Ponisi, was an English-American actress. She made her American debut October 7, 1850, at the former theater, as Marianne in The Wife, by James Sheridan Knowles. She played seven different roles in her first week, and then went to New York. Her debut there, at the Broadway Theatre, occurred on November 11, 1850, as Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal, with William Davidge. She was immediately invited to join the company to play leading roles. She stayed at the theater until its closing, April 2, 1859, on which occasion she played Cleopatra in Shakespeare's tragedy. She supported Edwin Forrest on a number of his starring tours. In 1864 Madame Ponisi made a short starring tour herself with Lady Macbeth as the feature of her repertory. She did not enjoy the roving life, however, and soon returned to New York, where she played special engagements until 1871, when she joined Lester Wallack's company, staying until it was disbanded in 1888. She subsequently acted with Joseph Jefferson and Richard Mansfield. Offered here is a slip signed, dated 1879,  approx. 4 x 2.5 in. Written in fine point pen therefore not very bold. Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum collection [Maine - closed]..........25-35

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43. [THEATRE] John E. Owens (1823-Dec. 1886)  English-American comedian, born in the Aigburth district of Liverpool, England but taken to the United States when three years old. He began his stage career in 1841 in Philadelphia. Owens was a popular comedian whose regular repertory included about fifty parts and who earned a fortune. Owens was the first East Coast actor to tour to San Francisco's California Theatre in 1869 after completion. He then made an arduous journey to perform in Virginia City in his most popular productions. Offered here is a signed  3-3/4 x 2 in. slip dated a few months before his death in 1886. Mounting stains. Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum collection [Maine - closed].............25-35

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44. [THEATRE] Lucille Spinney - American actress. Clip signature [mounted] 1-3/4 x 1-1/2 in. Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum collection [Maine - closed].............Min. Bid $8

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45. [THEATRE] Harry Welchman (1886-1966) English star of musical theatre. He made several appearances in non-musical plays, but was remembered as, in the words of The Times, "perhaps the most popular musical comedy hero on the London stage in the years between the wars." Welchman was primarily a stage performer, but he made nineteen films between 1915 and 1954, some of them musical and others straight drama. CLIP SIGNATURE on 3-1/2 x 1-1/2 in. slip.
Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum collection [Maine - closed].............25-35

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46. [FILM] Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) American actress. Signed 8x10 printed photo. VG............25-35


47. [FILM] 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............50-75

48. [MAINE] Shipbuilding in Maine, a 1825 document from Steuben [Maine], buying oak planks wood, signed by Mark Wilson (1782-1866) and Moses Colson (1782-1860). Approx. 7-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. VG..................50-75

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49. (HOLLYWOOD/ENTERTAINERS)  ABBE LANE (b.1932) Actress/Singer. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. BESS MEYESON (1924-2014) TV Personality, Miss America (1945). SIGNED 5x7 photograph and CARD.  JOEY BISHOP (1918-2007) ANS with initials only. JB CRAWFORD KENT (1881-1953) British Actor who started in Silents in 1915.  SIGNED inscribed album page.  ALEC McCOWEN (1925) British Actor ALS  (1980) 2pp.  EVELYN LAYE (1900-1996) & FRANK LAWTON (1904-1969) British Actors. SIGNED postcard size (trimmed) portrait photograph.  MARY TREEN (1907-1989) Actress, Dancer and Singer. ALS(1971).  VIRGINIA FOX ZANUCK (1902-1982) Actress, daughter of William Fox of Fox Film Corp. and wife of Darryl F. Zanuck. She appeared in early silent films from 1915-1923). ALS (1939) 3pp (tape stains on pages signed “Virginia”.  Joe Loss (1909-1990) British musician popular during the British dance band era, and was founder of the Joe Loss Orchestra., signature.................80-120


50. [MUSIC] CHARLES STROUSE (b. 1928) American composer and lyricist. AMQS on colorful 1985 FDC honoring Jerome Kern - quote from "Bye Bye Birdie" - "Put On A Happy Face". Fine........50-75

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51.  (HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAR LOT)  JOSEPH COTTON signed card. LITA GRAY CHAPLIN, signed & inscribed card.  LANA CANTRELL (2), signed cards, inscribed.   BENNY BAKER signed &inscribed  card. ARLENE DAHL, signed card inscribed.  RICHARD WEBB signed card, inscribed.  MARGARET WEBSTER, signature mounted on card.  BENAY VENUTA signed inscribed album page.  IRENE RICH, signed Christmas Card...........60-80

52. (UNITED STATES SENATORS)  CHAUNCEY DEPEW (1834-1928) New York. SIGNED card ( 1899). JAMES WARE BRADBURY (1802-1901) Maine, clipped SIGNATURE mounted . JACOB K. JAVITS (1904-1986) New York. SIGNED PROGRAM of 1961.   THOMAS A. KUCHEL (1910-1994) California. SIGNED US Senate Chamber Card (1967). BURTON K. WHEELER (1882-1975) Montana. SIGNED CARD (1954). ADLAI STEVENSON III (b.1930) Illinois. SIGNED inscribed 5x7 photograph. JAMES BUCKLEY (b.1923) New York.  SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph..................75-100

53. [FRANCE] offered here are 2 documents from France: one dated 1783, signed by Jean Francois Joly De Fleury [1718-1802] State councillor who was fired in 1783, the year of this letter which speaks of Countess of La Rochefoucault. 1-page, about 6-3/4 x 8-1/4". PLUS another document 1701, 4pp, about 8.5 x 12. Identified as being about the grandfather of de Fleury..........Min. Bid $45

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54 . (Politicians/Public Servants  - James William Fulbright (1905 –1995)  Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.  TLS,   1960.  John McClellan (1896 –1977) Senator (1943–1977) from Arkansas. The longest-serving Senator in Arkansas history.  TLS,  1963.  Sol Bloom (1870 –1949) politician from New York who began his career as an entertainment impresario and sheet music publisher. He served fourteen terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1922 until his death in 1949. TLS,  1932.    Robert C. Winthrop   (1809—1894) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.  SIGNED card, 1889.   Herman E. Talmadge, Sr. (1913 –2002) Governor of Georgia,  U.S. Senate. –TLS, 1960.   Mark  Hatfield (1922 – 2011) he served  30 years as a United States Senator from Oregon.  SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 color portrait photograph dated  7/25/01.   L.G. Derthick, US Commissioner of Education, 1958 TLS.   Mostly good to VG...........50-75

 

55. [MUSIC] Maurice Baron (1889-1964) French born composer, conductor, violinist. AMQS, inscribed, 9 x 3-3/4". VG...........75-100

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56. (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

57. (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.................80-120

58.  [FILM] 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..........50-75

59. [MUSIC] Serge Jaroff  (1896-1985) was the founder, conductor and composer of the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff.  Signed 1956 bank check. VG..........50-75 See signed check

60. [FILM] 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........30-40

62. [THEATRE] Noel Coward's "WEEK END" - an archive concerning this play by Coward: Andree Mery [translator of this play] signed 1946, contract, 2 pages. A brief TLS, 1961, signed Andree mery mentioning Week End. A 1935 TLS [signature not identified] mentioning Mery and Week End. Two more ALSs by Andree Mery, both 1928, both about Week End. Lastly, a 1929 contract for Week End, signed by several. Nothing is signed by Noel Coward..........75-100

63. [SPORTS] Jack Kent Cooke (1912-1997) was a Canadian-American businessman in broadcasting and professional sports. Starting in sales, Cooke was very successful, eventually becoming a partner in a network of radio stations and newspapers in Canada. After failing at starting a major league baseball team in Toronto and being turned down to own a television station in Toronto, Cooke moved to the United States and built a business empire in broadcasting and professional sports franchises. Cooke was the owner of the Washington Redskins (NFL), the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), the Los Angeles Wolves (United Soccer) and Toronto Maple Leafs (IL). He also developed The Forum in Inglewood, California, and FedExField near Landover, Maryland. Offered here is a signed First Day cover honoring Jim Thorpe, postmarked 1984. Fine condition..................80-120

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64. [US NAVAL] Frank Dunn Berrien (1877- 1951) American football coach and United States Navy officer. He was the 13th head football coach for the United States Naval Academy located in Annapolis, Maryland and he held that position for three seasons, from 1908 until 1910. As captain of the USS Nicholson he fought in the Action of 17 November 1917. He later commanded the aircraft carrier USS Lexington. Offered here is a 1920 Navy Department document signed in ink as Chief of Staff. From Bureau of Navigation to Lieutenant Commander Ellsworth Davis. Subject Despatch orders of Han. 31, 1920 revoked; continue duty on board USS McDERMUTT. Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. VG...............100-150

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65. [ART] Leonard Wells Volk (November 7, 1828 – August 19, 1895) was an American sculptor. He is notable for making one of only two life masks of United States President Abraham Lincoln. In 1867 he helped establish the Chicago Academy of Design and served as its president until 1878. He made several large monumental sculptures, including the tomb of the politician Stephen A. Douglas, and statues of American Civil War figures. Signed 1893 bank check. VG..............100-150

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66. [THEATRE] Henry Hutchinson Howe (1812-1896) English actor whose real name was Henry Howe Hutchinson, was born of Quaker parents in Norwich on 31 March 1812. His father would not hear of his becoming an actor, so he ran away from home at the age of nineteen to join a travelling company. He died at Cincinnati, while travelling in the United States as a member of Sir Henry Irving’s company. ALS, 1888, 2pp., to the artist Walt Paget (1862-1935) thanking him for a portrait. Some mounting remains affect nothing. Scarce. VG.............80-120

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67. [FROM MELVILLE INGALLS FILES] small archive:  [1] Melville Ingalls [1842-1914] TLS, 1900, 1p., to J.A. Barnard. [2] John T. Dye - 1900 TLS, 1-1/2 pp. re: estate of Abbie Ingalls, who was the grand-daughter of Melville Ingalls. [3] John Alfred Barnard (b. 1861) TLS, 1900, 1p. Barnard, John Alfred, Ex-General Manager Peoria & Eastern Ry. Address Indianapolis, Ind. Born Aug. 27, 1861, at Grenville, Que. Educated at the Galt Collegiate Institute at GaIt, Ont. Entered railway service 1878 as stenographer in general superintendent's office Kansas City St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Rd. since which he has been consecutively clerk in assistant and. general superintendents' offices; engineer's, auditor and assistant treasurer's offices; clerk in general manager's office Hannibal & St. Joseph Rd; clerk treasury department Chicago Burlington & Quiney Rd at Chicago, Ill.; one year assistant paymaster same road; 1887 to April 1889, purchasing department Ohio & Mississippi Ry at Cincinnati, O.; April to Oct. 1, 1889, purchasing agent same road; Oct. 1, 1889. to March 1, 1890. general manager Ohio Indiana & Western Rd; March 1, 1890 to July 1, 1891, assistant general manager Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Ry; July 1, 1891 to Feb. 1905. general manager Peoria & Eastern Ry (Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Ry Co., lessee); March 1900 to March 12, 1901, also vice-president Peoria & Pekin Union Ry; March 12, 1901 to March 10, 1903, also president Peoria & Pekin Union Ry.  Plus other pages................200-300       Min. Bid $35

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68. 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

69. 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

70. [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

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71. [POSTAL HISTORY] a very interesting envelope, postmarked 24 Jan.19?6 [1916 or 1926] hand-addressed by George V, sent to Sydney George Holland.  George V (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Sent to Sydney George Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford (1855-1931) British barrister and peer.  The back of the envelope is laid to an album page. VG..............100-150

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72. [OPERA] Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960) Spanish operatic singer, a lyric soprano and a tireless and effective fundraiser for the Metropolitan Opera.  An envelope partly addressed by her but not signed. The signature in a return address written on back of was not written by her. 3-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10

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73. [COLONIAL] James Otis Jr. (1725-1783) was an American lawyer, political activist, pamphleteer, and legislator in Boston, a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly, and an early advocate of the Patriot views against the policy of Parliament which led to the American Revolution. His well-known catchphrase "Taxation without Representation is tyranny" became the basic Patriot position. ALS, Boston, 1763, 1p. money transfer.  Approx. 7-1/4 x 5 in.Nunerous old tape repairs detract..................Min. Bid $200

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74. [TAFT-HARTLEY BILL]  Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. In 1942, as the Democratic nominee, Philbin was elected to the 78th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1971).  At the very end of the 91st United States Congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, due to the death of L. Mendel Rivers on December 28, 1970. Offered here are 3 typed pages of a speech made before congress against passage of the Taft-Hartley Bill.  All of the ink notationa & handwriting on the pages was made by Philbin. Also included  is the same typed speech without his handwriting. VG.............Min. Bid $50

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75. [TAFT-HARTLEY BILL]  Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. In 1942, as the Democratic nominee, Philbin was elected to the 78th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1971).  At the very end of the 91st United States Congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, due to the death of L. Mendel Rivers on December 28, 1970. Offered here are 4 typed pages of a speech made before congress. Appears to be about military pay [Bill H.R. 5007, circa 1950]. All of the ink notationa & handwriting on the pages was made by Philbin. Also included are 3 clean typed copies of the speech without his handwriting. VG.............Min. Bid $50

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76.  [SCIENCE] Charles Snowden Piggot (1892-1973) one of the founding fathers of ocean-bottom marine research. He was, in fact, a pioneer in the study of geologic phenomena in the ocean basins, whose work has revolutionized the way earth scientists view earth evolution. There were no ocean drilling projects when he began his research into radium activity in sediments. Consequently, he not only had to develop laboratory facilities for the measurements, but also had to design and build a coring device capable of obtaining undisturbed cores up to three meters in length. Techniques up to that time had been capable of collecting small surface samples of sediments with a grappling device, but the stratigraphic record was destroyed even in those limited samples. Navy Department, Bureau of Ordnance, 8 August 1944, 2pp.  This is from the personal papers of Louis W. McKeehan, the American physicist (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. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. VG. RARE!.....100-150...Min. Bid $40

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77. [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............Min. Bid $35

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Note: The above NY Supreme Court document was purchased by us from a Charles Hamilton auction in the 1960s. It was included in a lot of NY Sup. Ct. documents, which was the very first autographs ever purchased by us.

78. [COLONIAL] Offered here is a 1p. MDS, 7 1/2" x 6 1/4", dated March 22, 1728/9, a Bristol County sheriff's writ wherein Zachariah Field of Rehoboth (blacksmith) is ordered to Court "... to Answer unto John Torrey of Barrington in ye County of Bristol...[Yeoman] ye sum of twelve pounds & twelve shillings good & Lawfull money which is justly Due & owing to ye plantf...," signed Timothy Fales (Clerk), and on the verso signed by Deputy Sheriff Ephraim [ ? ] and possibly by John Torrey.  Folds, minor spotting/ light toning-- overall quite good, with a nearly complete red seal.  CAPTAIN TIMOTHY FALES  (1690-1777) was the son of James and Deborah (Fisher) Fales. Fales graduated from Harvard College in 1711 and was soon a sea captain (sometime before 1720).  In 1724, having left the sea trade, he was given a commission as Justice of the Peace and later appointed the first clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and the Court of Sessions of Bristol County. Fales married (first) Alethea Paine in 1717, and (second) Elizabeth (Gardner) Thomas, widow of Nathaniel Thomas, in 1748.  He retired from the Court in 1774, having served some fifty years of public service.  ZACHARIAH FIELD (b. 1706) was born in Providence, R.I.  He married Lydia Titus of Rehoboth in 1727, and the couple had at least four children.  JOHN TORREY (1692-1740) married twice (Zerviah and Sarah) and had at least six children............200-250

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

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80. [RAILROAD]  Daniel Woodworth Caldwell (1830-1897) President of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and formerly president of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad company. Letter Signed, 1877, 2pp, about 8 x 9-3/4 in. This letter was sent to Melville E. In to ger a destroyed railroad car. Melville Ezra Ingalls (1842–1914), commonly abbreviated M. E. Ingalls, was a Massachusetts state legislator who went on to become president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the Big Four Railroad). Melville financed the construction of the Ingalls Building in Cincinnati, which was the world's first reinforced concrete skyscraper in 1903. The town of Ingalls, Indiana is named in his honor...............50-75

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81. [THEATRE] Harry B. Irving (1870-1919) British stage actor. He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Irving.  Signed 6x8 in. printed sketch of him as Hamlet. VG...............50-75

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82. [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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83. [Country Music] Charlie Pride (1934-2020) American country music singer. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo..........50-75

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84. [THEATRE] Mary Eastlake (1856-1911) English actress who transitioned from early comedic roles into serious dramas. Particularly praised was her performance as Helle, opposite Wilson Barrett in Clito at London's Royal Princess Theatre (1886). ANS, 1887, about 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. VG.............50-75

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

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86. [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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87. (HOLLYWOOD/ENTERTAINER NOTABLES LOT)   SID KROFT (b.1929) & MARTY KROFT (b.1937) Producers/Puppeteers. SIGNED/inscribed 10x8 photo from ”Land of the Lost”.  ALLYN ANN McLERIE (1926) Actress. SIGNED inscribed 8x10. PINKY LEE (1907-1993) Burlesque Comic and Chldren’s TV Show. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 print photo. VAN JOHNSON (1916-2008) Actor SIGNED 8x10 in silver ink. FORD RAINEY (1908-2005) Actor. SIGNED 8X10 Photo. JOAN LESLIE (1925-2015) Actress. SIGNED, heavy stock photo 8x10.  GIL LAMB (1906-1995) Actor SIGNED inscribed heavy stock photograph, fold, with signed envelope.  JACK DODSON (1931-1994) Actor. Signed Andy Griffith Show, collectors photo card..........80-120

88. (OPERA NOTALBES LOT)  RICHARD BOMNNELLI (1887-1980) American Baritone Debut in 1915, leading Met Opera Star. SIGNED inscribed album page (1934).  Signed on verso by John Charles Thomas (1891-1960)  American opera, operetta and concert baritone. ELIZABETH HARWOOD (1938-1990) English Lyric Soprano.  SIGNED 4x5 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. SIGNED 4x6 photograph as “Idomeneo” in Mozart’s Opera “Idomeneo”.  Emma Carus (1879 –1927) was a contralto singer from New York who was in the cast of the original Ziegfeld Follies in 1907. She frequently sang in vaudeville and sometimes in Broadway features. SIGNED card.   DEWEY GIBSON - British Tenor. He appeared with the D’Oyly Carte Repertory Company from 1913-1918 in many Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas.  SIGNED CARD.  HILDEGARD HOFFMAN HUSS - American Soprano. In 1904 she married composer and pianist Henry Holden Huss (1862-1953). They performed as a team, as she sang his compositions.  ALS (1954) 2pp.  DOLORA ZAJICK (1952) American Mezzo-Soprano.  SIGNED 3x5 photograph. VG..............100-150

89.  [MIXED LOT] A. CLEVELAND HALL - American poet. Two AMS's. His poem "The Sea" signed and dated June 1891 and "The Year Grows Old" signed and dated Oct. 1890. Both are tipped into folders.  GERALD L.GERALD L.GERALD L.Gerald L. BALILES,  Governor of Virginia 1986-90. Two letters. The first dated January 29, 1981 as a member of the House of Delegates thanks addressee for a contribution to his campaign for Attorney General and briefly discussing the campaign. The second letter is dated Sept. 16, 1981 and on letterhead of his campaign organization. This letter is soliciting campaign funds and is signed "Jerry".  Arch. A. MOORE JR. Governor of West Virginia 1969-77 and 85-89. He was also a Congressman 1957-69. As governor, he writes thanking a company for it contribution to the West Virginia Recovery Foundation. With a West Virginia lapel pin affixed. During World War II, He received a disfiguring wound in the jaw during fighting in Germany. Moore was left for dead for two days in a German farmer's beet field after 33 of the 36 members of his platoon died in battle . Very fine. CARROLL A. AMPBELL, JR. Governor of South Carolina 1987-95. Letter as Congressman dated April 11, 1983 to a constituent discussing his views of a number of important political issues. EDMUND S. MUSKIE - U. S. Senator, VP candidate as Humphrey's running mate, Carter's Sec. of State. Warm LS as Senator 4/19/60 to 50-yr. Senate employee. Mounting traces on verso slighty show thru along right edge. JAMES A. FARLEY [1888-1976] extremely influential American politician, Chairman of the Democratic Party, Postmaster General under FDR. TLS dated Dec. 21, 1972 as Chairman of the Board of The Coca Cola Export Corporation. Friendly letter to correspondent who had sent a "Tributes" booklet to be autographed. VG..............Min Bid $50

90. [MUSIC] Paul Anka (b. 1941) Canadian singer, songwriter and actor. Anka became famous with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby".  Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...............30-40

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91.  (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...................100-150

92. (19th CENTURY LITERATURE LOT)    JULIAN HAWTHORNE (1846-1934) Writer/Journalist, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne.   SIGNATURE removed from TLS, mounted on larger sheet with portrait.  JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE (1827-1916) Author.   SIGNATURE, mounted to card. CLYDE FITCH (1865-1909) Dramatist.  SIGNATURE on CARD (1903).  EDWARD EGGLESTON (1837-1902) Historian and Novelist.  SIGNATURE, with sentiment.   JOHN B. GOUGH (1841-1886) Author and Temperance Leader.  SIGNATURE, with sentiment.  ALBERT BUSHNELL HART (1854-1943) Historian.  SIGNATURE on collectors card (1921).  AMELIA EDITH BARR (1831-1919) Author of Historical Tales, Novelist.  SIGNED CARD (1897).  WILL CARLETON (1865-1912) Poet SIGNATURE on card. L. CLARKE DAVIS (1834-1904) Journalist, Essayist and Editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Husband of Rebecca Harding Davis the Author. SIGNATURE. REBECCA HARDING DAVIS. Signature.................100-150

93. (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

94. (BRITISH ARTISTS/SCULPTORS LOT)  SIR EDWARD I. HALLIDAY (1902-1980) Portrait Painter.  He was highly regarded by the Royal family and painted Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Alice others.  TLS (1960). HENRY WILLIAM PICKERSGILL (1782-1875) Painter of many celebrated portraits. DS, admitting bearer Sir Robert Clive, MP to the opening of his new portrait of Sir Robert Peel (1847). JOHN SEYMOUR LUCAS (1849-1923) Historical and portrait painter. ALS ( 2pp (1891). JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS (1805-18276) Painter, important Orientalist and became famous for his harem scenes. SIGNATURE (mounting traces). THOMAS EDWIN MOSTYN (1864-1930) Landscape Painter. ALS. no date. JOHN GIBSON (1790-1866) Sculptor. Clipped SIGNATURE.  STANHOPE A. FORBES (1857-1947) Painter. SIGNATURE, with sentiment (1904). G-VG..................80-120

95.  [MUSIC] AMERICAN SINGERS/ENTERTAINERS LOT -  ARTHUR TRACY (1899-1997) “The Street Singer”.  SIGNED inscribed album page (1934).  GEORGIA GIBBS (1919-2006) SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph.  MEL TORME (1925-1999) Singer, composer. SIGNED inscribed postcard photograph.  DELLA RESSE (b.1931) SIGNED inscribed 8x10 color photograph.  PERRY COMO (1912-2001) SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.............80-120

96. (HOLLWYOOD/ENTERTAINER LOT)   JACK CARTER (1923-2015) Actor, Comedian. SIGNED & inscribed 8x10 photograph. EDDIE QUILLAN (1907-1990) Actor, early Silent films TLS (1989).  DAVID STREET (1917-1974) Actor, Singer. SIGNED 5x7 photograph.  BINNIE BARNES (1903-1998) Actress.  SIGNED inscribed music sheet “Till We Meet Again”.  PEGGY STEWART  (1923) Actress.  ALS (1990).  VINCENT GARDENIA (1920-1992) SIGNED inscribed 7x8 photograph. KEVIN CONWAY (b.1942) Actor, director. TLS..........Min. Bid $40

97. [FILM] Sophia Loren (b. 1934) actress. Signed 4-1/4 x 5-3/4 in. picture. VG.............25-35

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98. [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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99.  [NASA]  Vance Brand - American astronaut. Signed 3x5 card.............Min. Bid $12

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100. [WESTERN AMERICANA] H. Webster - Frontier veterinarian. Document signed, Leadville, Colorado, 1882. Vetinary Bill that dates to early Colorado statehood. Approx. 8-1/2 x 4-1/4"............Min Bid $8

101. MUSIC] Walter Cecil Macfarren (1826-1905)  English pianist, composer and conductor, and a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music.  Signature [mounted]....... Min. Bid $7

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102. [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

103. [MUSICAL THEATRE] 1964 theatre program for THE STUDENT PRICE starring Allan Jones. William Lewis & Elaine Malbin. Signed by 10 people: Hal Frank, Douglas Mellor, Elaine Malbin, Joe Ross, Frances Koll, Charles Caron, Tom Bate, Mary Stevenson, William James, and Hans G. Wurman. Approx. 9 x 12 in. VG.............50-75

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104. [AMERICANA] 1847 Stampless Cover BOSTON, MA Clothes Business, Styles ALBERT FULLER & CO.  Offered here is a wonderful 1+pp. ALS (stampless cover, with a red Boston postal cancel), 7 3/4" x 10" (folded sheet), dated Boston August 4th 1847, sent to Mess. Albert Fuller & Co. in Scotland, CT,  simply signed A.F. & Co., a fine letter concerned with the making of clothes:  "... 10 ps lay. plaid vesting to be made in three styles  one third single breasted  42  one third half double breasted  50  we get for making & triming  one third Double breasted  62... [much more]."  Folds (very small breaks), otherwise very good................Min. Bid $10

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105. [GREAT BRITAIN] Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC, FRS (1784-1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period 1830 to 1865, when Britain was at the height of its imperial power. Signed address panel, sent to Sir Herbert Taylor, undated, marked PRIVATE.  Taylor was most likely Sir Herbert Taylor (1775-1839) the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, serving Kings George III, George IV and William IV. About 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. Fine...............60-80

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106. (20th Century ARCHITECT-DESIGNERS)  PAUL ALBERT THIRY (1904-1993) American, principal supervising architect of the 1963 World Fair in Seattle. TLS (1966).  CESAR PELLI (b.1926) American, designer of some of the tallest buildings in the world and other major landmarks. TLS (2001). JOHN HEAGAN EAMES (1901-2002) Architect and Artist of note.  SIGNED inscribed art museum booklet (1992), inscribed.  MARIO BUATTA (b.1936) American Designer.  ANS on verso of postcard and SIGNED, inscribed copy reprint of the Magazine “Manhattan” signed on cover.  ETHEL TREPHAGEN (1882-1963) American Fashion Designer. TLS, 1934..........75-100

107. [PORTRAIT] circa 1840 engraved porait of Sir William Jones (1746-1794)  Anglo-Welsh philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indo-Aryan languages, which he coined as Indo-European. Jones is also credited for establishing the Asiatic Society of Bengal in the year 1784. Engraved after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The image is about 5 x 4 in. plus margins. VG.................50-75

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108. Thomas Hill (1818-1891) American Unitarian clergyman, mathematician, scientist, philosopher, and educator. Hill was president of Antioch College from 1860 to 1862 until the Civil War forced the college to shut down; he then held the presidency of Harvard University from 1862 to 1868. Ill health caused his retirement from Harvard, and from 1873, he was head of the Unitarian parish in Portland, Maine. ALS, 1850, 1p., to a publisher regarding pamphlets he had sent to be sold. VG.......50-75

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109. [NASA] Homer E. Newell Jr. (1915-1983) was a mathematics professor and author who became a powerful United States government science administrator—eventually rising to the number three position at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In the early 1960s, he either controlled or influenced virtually all non-military unmanned space missions for the free world. Signed 1955 First Day Cover. Fine..............Min. Bid $40

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110. [ACTRESS] Minnie Dupree (1875-1947) American stage, film, and radio actress. SIGNATURE, 4-3/4 x 3 in. Great example.............25-35

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111. Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (1912-1983) American politician who served as a U.S. Representative (1941–1953) and U.S. Senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and anti-Communist Democrat, Jackson supported higher military spending and a hard line against the Soviet Union, while also supporting social welfare programs, civil rights, and labor unions. TLS, 1954, 1p. VG................25-35

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112. Theodatus Garlick (1805-1884) American surgeon and sculptor. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Garlick was one of the world's first plastic surgeons. Along with colleague H.A. Ackley, he was known for successfully artificially propagating trout and other fish. He was also a talented fine art sculptor. It has been suggested that Garlick made the first daguerreotype photograph taken in the United States, and later the first daguerreotype taken in the shade. Rare ALS, Cleveland, 1867, to E.A. Brown. Some sort of financial matter. One page, 7.5 x 9.5 in. Envelope is included. This is another item just recently discovered amongst of holdings after many years. VG..................200-300

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113. Fiber McGee Press Conference Sponsored by Johnson Wax, December 5, 1972, Celebrity Guest List signed by Peter Donald & Walter Kinsella.  Peter Donald (1918-1979) was a British-born actor who worked in American radio and television. He has been called "one of radio's great dialecticians." Walter Kinsella (1900-1975) American theater, television and radio actor. Kinsella's most noted television role was that of Happy McMann in NBC's detective drama Martin Kane, Private Eye. VG.......25-35

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114. Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Stamped postmarked Boston July 14 [no yr] envelope addressed in her hand to Mrs. Mary E. Stearns Care of George L. Stearns, 129 Milk St., Boston, Mass.  NOT SIGNED. Mary Elizabeth [Preston] married George Stearns in 1843. George L. Stearns (1809-1867) was an American industrialist and merchant in Medford, Massachusetts, as well as an abolitionist and a noted recruiter of black soldiers for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Approx. 5.5 x 3 in. VG and Scarce!................80-120

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115. [BASEBALL]  Early vintage real photo [postcard]. Player & date unknown. Soft top right corner crease; small bottom left corner chip missing..................Min. Bid $10

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116. [FRANCE] c.1650 manuscript document on vellum, 1 page, approx. 10 x 5-1/4 in. Accompanied by some information. See scan below................80-120

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117. [BASEBALL] William G. Bramham (1874-1947) was a baseball executive, lawyer and politician, whose most significant role was as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues from 1933 through 1946. Bramham was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Centennial Commission in 1937. Offered here is a 1939 baseball envelope mailed to Mrs. W.P. Bramham, Durham, NC.  William G. Bramham has signed the envelope addressed to his wife.   The envelope contained a letter from Cooperstown, NY about the stamp on the envelope. The signature on the letter appears to be printed.  The Bramham signature is in ink and authentic..........50-75

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[MIXED LOT] includes:  (1) PUBLISHING - ALS from unidentified correspondent to Mr. Parker c. 1890, 2pp. (2) Simon MacCorkindale (1952-2010)  British actor, film director, writer and producer. Unsigned Warner Bros 1985 paycheck.  (3) Makio Murayama (1912-2012)  Biochemist best known for his work on sickle cell anemia. Signed 3x5 card. (4) Samuel Krauss (1866-1948) was professor at the Jewish Teachers' Seminary, Budapest, 1894–1906, and at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Vienna, 1906–1938.  ALS 1910 on postcard. Not translated.  (5) Limington Nation Bank [Maine], group of 10 bank checks, 1925, each signed J.F. & A.H. Chase.  (6) Brenda Kuhn - daughter of the artist Walt Kuhn. Signed bank check 1951. (7) Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (1901- 1990)  American author, lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 116th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956 and as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1969. US Senate envelope bearing his printed free frank signature. (8) Joseph R. Pulaski - actor. Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck. (9) Frederick Temple (1821-1902) English academic, teacher and churchman, who served as Bishop of Exeter (1869-1885), Bishop of London (1885-1896) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1896-1902). CLIP SIGNATURE.........Min. Bid $40

119. [SHOW BUSINESS] offered here are Warner Bros. paychecks from 1984-85. None are signed [endorsed on verso]. Includes: (1) Catherine Burns (1945-2019) American actress of stage, film, radio and television. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Last Summer (1969). (2) Florence Henderson (1934-2016) she is best remembered for her starring role as Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch. (3) William D. Wittliff (1940-2019)  American screenwriter, author and photographer who wrote the screenplays for The Perfect Storm (2000), Barbarosa (1982), Raggedy Man (1981), and many others. (4) Jerry Summers (1931-2006) Hollywood stuntman and actor who performed stunts on Star Trek: The Original Series. He was Walter Koenig's stunt double during the second season episode "The Trouble with Tribbles". (5) Alan Crosland Jr. (1918-2001) TV director. (6) Lawrence B. Marcus (1917-2001) writer. (7) Peter Jolly (1932 - 2004) American West Coast jazz pianist and accordionist. He was well known for his performance of television themes and various movie soundtracks. (8) Sumner A. Long (1921-1993) American playwright, screenwriter, and author. He wrote the comedy play Never Too Late. A film adaptation was released in 1965. Long began writing for television in 1951, and wrote many episodes of Lassie, “Father Knows Best,” “The Danny Thomas Show,” “Dobie Gillis,” and “The Donna Reed Show.” (9) Brian Taggert (1938-2019) screenwriter who worked on such horror films as Poltergeist III and Visiting Hours. (10) Tina Lenert (b. 1948) an American magician, mime and harpist. She has performed worldwide and is known for combining elements of pantomime and magic. VG.............Min. Bid $50

120. [ART] Mervin Jules (1912-1994) American painter & printmaker. Jules' woodcuts are represented in numerous collections. He was a teacher of art at the Fieldston School, the Museum of Modern Art (1943-46), the Baltimore Educational Alliance, the Veterans' Art Center and at Smith College. After teaching at Smith College from 1946-1969, in 1969 he became Chair of the Art Department at the City College of New York. He kept a studio in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he died. Brief 1981 ALS, 1p. about selling his prints. VG...............Min. Bid $20

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121. [ART] Mervin Jules (1912-1994) American painter & printmaker. Jules' woodcuts are represented in numerous collections. He was a teacher of art at the Fieldston School, the Museum of Modern Art (1943-46), the Baltimore Educational Alliance, the Veterans' Art Center and at Smith College. After teaching at Smith College from 1946-1969, in 1969 he became Chair of the Art Department at the City College of New York. He kept a studio in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he died. ALS, 1983, 1p. about selling his prints. Signed Jules. VG...............Min. Bid $30

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122. [ART] Bill Beckley (b.1946) American narrative/conceptual artist.  He exhibited at the Paris Biennale in 1973; the Venice Biennale in 1975; at Documenta in Kassel, Germany, in 1976; and in the Whitney Biennial in 1979. The Museum of Modern Art showed his works in its Projects Room in 1979. In the early seventies Beckley escaped from the black, white, and gray tonalities of early conceptualism. With his color photographs and references to advertising images, he influenced artists of the so-called Picture Generation like Richard Prince and Jeff Koons, whom he met at the above-mentioned Projects Room exhibition of color photographs at the Museum of Modern Art. TLS, 1989, 1p, including signed envelope. Includes exhibition card. VG..............Min. Bid $30

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123. [ART] Warrington Colescott (1921-2018) American artist best known for his satirical etchings. He lived and worked in Hollandale, Wisconsin where he and his wife, artist Frances Myers, who died in December 2014, operated Mantegna Press. Colescott's work is in museum collections across the United States and Europe, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, New York Public Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate, Columbus Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, among others. ALS, c. 1984, 1p, 8.5 x 11.5 in. VG...............Min. Bid $25

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124. [ART] Edith Bry (1898-1991) American painter, printmaker, and glass artist. ALS, 1984, 1p, 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in. Lengthy letter asking questions about consigning her work. VG................Min. Bid $30

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125. [ART] Letterio Calapai (1902–1993) was a realist painter and printmaker who took part in the Federal Arts Project organized by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. Calapai's work can be found in the Fogg Art Museum and in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts[1] which is where Calapai's parents took him when he was a boy. ALS, 1984, 1p,  8-1/4 x 11 in.  VG.............Min. Bid $25

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126. [ART] Rifka Angel (1899–1988) was a Russian-American artist, one of the first encaustic painters in the United States. Angel is known for her use of color and naïve style. ALS, 1980, 3pp, approx. 5x8 in. plus signed envelope. VG...........Min. Bid $30

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127. [ART] Fritzie Abadi (1915 – 2001) American painter, sculptor, and collage artist. Born in Aleppo, Syria. In 1946 she enrolled in the Art Students League of New York; there she studied under Nahum Tschacbasov. Her work is included in several collections such as the Butler Institute of American Art, the Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, the Slater Memorial Museum, and the Georgia Museum of Art. She has also exhibited in many venues throughout her career. ALS, 1977, 1p., 5.5 x 8.5 in. plus signed envelope. Includes 2 art postcards. VG................Min. Bid $25

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128. [ART] Carol Summers (1925-2016) was widely known as one of America's foremost printmakers, creating works by woodcut process. ALS, 1979, 1p, 8 x 11 in. plus signed envelope. VG...................Min. Bid $25

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129. [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 signed 1808 court document. John Drew of Shapleigh, Maine, is charged with stealing a horse from Jeremiah Johnson. The witness signature of Stephen Longfellow, father of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was written by Freeman. About 7-3/4 x 12-3/4 in. VG.................Min. Bid $75

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130. [MILITARY] Hugh A. Drum (1879-1951) was a career United States Army officer who served in World War I and World War II and attained the rank of lieutenant general. He was notable for his service as chief of staff of the First United States Army during World War I, and commander of First Army during the initial days of World War II.  Signed, inscribed photo dated 1941.  This is a vintage photograph of a drawing,  signed in 1941. Approx. 10 x 13 in. VG...............80-120

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131. 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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132.  [FILM] Louis Calhern (1895-1956) American stage and screen actor. For portraying Oliver Wendell Holmes in the film The Magnificent Yankee (1950), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Signed album page. Signed on the other side by Gladys Swarthout (1900-1969) American mezzo-soprano opera singer and actress. Approx. 6-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. VG...................50-75

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133. [FILM] Benjamin Bratt (b.1963) American actor, producer, and activist.  Signed 10 x 8 photo. Fine..........25-35

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134. [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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135. BYRON "Whizzer" WHITE (1917-2002) American lawyer and professional football player who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 to 1993. Signed 3x5 card. Fine......40-60

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136. [MAINE] Joseph E. Brennan (b. 1934)  70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987. He is a former commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission. Group of 4 TLSs, 1987 & 1989, each 1p. to a book editor/publisher. All are authentically signed as US congressman. Each letter has 3 punch holes along edge.......Min. Bid $30

137. [ART] 20th CENTURY ARTISTS/ILLUSTRATORS:   DOUGLAS VOLK (1856-1935) Portrait Painter. DS, a check dated (1908, made out by him and endorsed by him.    JAN DeRUTH (1922-1991) Czech born American Painter.  His early life was shuffled to various concentration camps. His art was totally dedicated to the art from of the woman’s body. Exhibited in dozens of major shows in his lifetime , ALS (1973) on pc signed “Jan”.   WILLIAM NORMAN (1904-1980) Artist/Illustrator. SIGNATURE.  ALICE VAN VECHTEN BROWN (1862-1949) Artist, Educator, Wellesley College.  Initiated the 1st major art class in college ever, ALS (1903).  EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER (1926) Portrait Artist, Illustrator.  He has made over 1200 portraits of many celebrated personages, including 2 Presidential Portraits of Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.  SIGNED inscribed 4x6 postcard print of his portrait of Gerald Ford .  CARL EVERS (1907-2000) Artist and stamp designer, (2) SIGNATURES, inscribed.  JAMES PINKNEY (1939) American Artist/Stamp Designer (2) SIGNED CARDS..............80-120

138. (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 

139. [CIVIL WAR] Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897)  Rear Admiral of the United States Navy. In the American Civil War, he took part in the New Orleans campaign, before commanding the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, covering the coastlines and inland waters of Virginia and North Carolina, and finally the Mississippi River Squadron. As a cousin of Robert E. Lee, his refusal to join the Confederates demonstrated the extent to which the war had divided families. Lee married the daughter of Francis P. Blair, Sr., and their house in Washington is now the president’s official guest house. Offered here is postmarked envelope addressed to Lee and dockted in his hand along left edge. VG..............50-75

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140. [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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141. [COLONIAL MAINE] small manuscript document, Kittery, Maine, dated 1781, paying Capt. Roger Mit(chell), signed by Charles Chauncy (1729-1809) he was the nephew of Sir William Pepperell (1696-1759). The right side is partially missing. Approx. 4 x 4-1/4 in. Signed 1782 on verso by Capt. Roger Mitchell (1742-1817). Expected age wear.............50-75

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142. [KUHN ESTATE] Original photograph of Walt Kuhn's 1931 painting "The Blue Clown", oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.  This is not a reprint. 8x10 in. VG.............MIN. BID $45

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143.  [KUHN ESTATE] Original photograph of Walt Kuhn's 1931 painting "Plumes", oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in.  This is not a reprint. 8x10 in. VG..............MIN. BID $45

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144. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1)  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 1912 legal document. State of Iowa vs Leo Krampe, RESISTANCE TO MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL. VG  (2) Charles Edison  (1890-1969)  American politician, businessman, inventor and animal behaviorist. He was the Assistant and then United States Secretary of the Navy, and served as the 42nd Governor of New Jersey. Commonly known as "Lord Edison", he was a son of Thomas Edison and Mina Miller Edison. TLS, 1941, 1p. About 7-3/4 x 9-1/2 in. VG. (3) 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. (4) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) Portrait Painter. DS, a check dated 1932. (5) Kieffer and Killea - Attorney for the Estate of American artist Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) TLS, 1962, to Brenda Kuhn, daughter, saying $21,000 deposit made. (6) Brenda Kuhn - daughter of artist Walt Kuhn. Signed 1966 bank check. (7) John D. Murphy (1885-1949) Lawman. Chief of revenue agents US Treasury. Signed 1918 Riggs National Bank check. (8) Lucius Mendel Rivers (1905-1970) Democratic U.S. Representative from South Carolina. He was chairman of the House Armed Services Committee as the U.S. escalated its involvement in the Vietnam War. Signed 3x5 card. (9) Jesse Marvin Unruh (1922-1987), also known as Big Daddy Unruh, was an American politician who served as a member of the California State Assembly and as the California State Treasurer. (10) Jefferson Thomas Caffery (1886-1974) American diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador (1926–1928), Colombia (1928–1933), Cuba (1934–1937), Brazil (1937–1944), France (1944–1949), and Egypt (1949–1955)......................Min. Bid $50

145. [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

146. [SILENT FILM] Nellie Parker Spaulding (1870-1945)  American silent film actress who appeared in at least 37 films between 1915 and 1925. Born in Machias, Maine, she was 45 years old when she obtained her first film part, as 'Aunt Sally' in The Flying Twins (1915). Originally billed as 'Eleanor Spaulding', she was using the more informal 'Nellie' by 1918. She most often played mothers, aunts, or older women, such as "Mrs. Peniston" in the first filmed version of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1918). Spaulding worked for various production companies, but her last role (in 1925) was in an MGM picture.  Signed picture postcard, 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 in. VG........25-35

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147. [AMERICANA] Freegift Vandervoort (1844-1929) was a prominent lawyer in Carrigo Springs, Texas; Union Veteran. Offered here is a letter to John E. Boos [famous Lincoln collector]. Says he was in an adjoining county and planned to go to the Lincoln-Douglas Debate but did not.  Letter is dated 1917, 1p, 6.5 x 9 in. VG..............35-45

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148. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) William Cave Thomas (1820-1896) British Artist, generally referred to as Cave Thomas was an English painter of historical, religious and literary subjects, also known as a sculptor and author. ALS, 1876, 2pp. See wiki biography, click here. (2) print 1835 gov. doc. re: Indian Affairs, 2pp. (3) New York Times - 1916 letter sent to Howard L. Blackwell. (4) Phillip J. Philbin - US Congressman from Mass. Telegram sent from Philbin 1946. (5) Brenda Kuhn - daughter of the artist Walt Kuhn. Signed bank check 1967. (6) Robert S. Woodward  (1849-1924)  American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. Unsigned envelope bearing his name and address. (7) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. Three 1945 check subs not signed but in her handwriting. (8) James J. Blanchard - 1984 TLS as Gov. of Michigan [assume autopen signature]. (9) Lyndon B. Johnson - 1973 In Memorian First Cober Cover. Attractive but postage stamp is very defective. (10) The Limerick National Bank [Maine] group of 5 signed checks.............MIN. BID $30

149. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Leon C. Philips (1890-1958) Gov. Oklahoma. Signed card [mounting traces]. (2) John Stephens Wood (1885-1968) American attorney and politician from the state of Georgia, USA. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives, 1931–1935 and 1945–1953. Envelope postmarked 1949 bearing his printed franking signature. (3) Edward F. Brush (c.1847-1927) of Mt. Vernon, NY. Born in Dublin, Ireland, about 1847. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; mayor of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1892-94, 1904-07, 1918-19. Signed card. (4) 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. (5) A Singer Sewing Co. letter dated Chicago Oct. 31, 1871, asking for last January settlement. Written just past the Great Chicago Fire of Oct. 8-10, 1871, which killed about 300 people. (6) Charles A. Sprague (1887-1969) was the 22nd Governor of Oregon. Seal of the State of Oregon signed below. Mounting traces. (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 1941 bank document. Signed twice.......Min. Bid $40

150. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States Senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was internationalist in foreign policy and moderate on domestic policy, serving as a well-liked mediating force in the Republican Party. He was the only member of the Republican Senate leadership to vote for the censure of Joseph McCarthy. TLS, 1963 re: pay of military personel. (2) Original UNSIGNED vintage color photo of Bill & Hillary Clinton while president. 8x10.  (3) Seumas MacManus (1867-1960)  Irish author, dramatist, and poet known for his ability to reinterpret Irish folktales for modern audiences. A unsigned envelope written by him, postmarked 1899. (4) William P. Malburn - Assist. Sec. of the Treasury. Brief ALS, 1914. (5) Lawrence O. Murray -   Comptroller of the Currency from 1908 to 1913. Attorney Lawrence O. Murray had extensive government service prior to his appointment as Comptroller by President Theodore Roosevelt. During his tenure, the size of the national banking system prompted Congress to authorize appointment of a second deputy comptroller. Signed card 1908. (6) Denis Mulvihill - Mayor 1901-05 of Bridgeport, Ct. Signed slip, 1909. (7)  Walter Franklin George (1878-1957) American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator and was President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 1955 to 1957. US Senate envelope 1949 bearing his printed FREE FRANK. (8) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (9) Georgiana Craik (1831-1895) British writer. Her novels were targeted at young women. CLIP SIGNATURE. (10) Printed 1868 government document re: RAILROAD GRANT IN DAKOTA. 2pp. (11) George Clifford "Cliff" Fletcher (b.1935) is a National Hockey League executive and is a former general manager of the Atlanta Flames/Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Phoenix Coyotes. He is currently a Senior Advisor to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Some of his nicknames are the "Silver Fox"and "Trader Cliff".....Min. Bid $50

151. [MULTIPLE MIIXED NOT] includes: (1) slip signed on one side by Spencer Jarnagin (1792 – 1853) US Senator from Tennessee from 1843 to 1847. Signed on other side by Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847) United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut. (2) William Boyd Allison (1829-1908) US Senator from Iowa. (3) A Singer Sewing Co. letter dated Chicago Nov. 31, 1871, asking for shipment. Written just past the Great Chicago Fire of Oct. 8-10, 1871, which killed about 300 people. (4) John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (1917- 2002), styled Lord Howland until 1940 and Marquess of Tavistock between 1940 and 1953, was a British peer and writer. ALS, 1984, 2pp, written from New Mexico. (5) Marvin Worth (1925-1998)  American film producer, screenwriter and actor. His efforts to bring the biography of Malcolm X to the big screen started in 1967, when he purchased the rights to The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and eventually led to the production of the 1972 documentary, for which he received an Oscar nomination. Later on, he would help produce Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee. He was nominated for an Oscar for producing Lenny in 1974. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to Worth [not signed on back].  (6) James Osgood Andrew (1794-1871) was elected in 1832 an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After the split within the church in 1844, he continued as a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Original engraved portrait by J. C. Buttre, after photo by C. C. Hughes.  (7) George David Cummins (1822-1876) American Anglican Bishop and founder of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Original engraved portrait by J. C. Buttre. (8) Charles Prestwich Scott (1846-1932), usually cited as C. P. Scott, was a British journalist, publisher and politician. Born in Bath, Somerset,[1] he was the editor of the Manchester Guardian (now the Guardian) from 1872 until 1929 and its owner from 1907 until his death. He was also a Liberal Member of Parliament and pursued a progressive liberal agenda in the pages of the newspaper. (9) Francis P. Matthews (1887-1952) American who served as the 8th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from 1939 to 1945, the 50th United States Secretary of the Navy from 1949 to 1951, and United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1951 to 1952. Typed Letter [type signed] 1949 to Congressman Philip Philbin re: possible world tour for the CONSTITUTION. The Navy is justly proud of both frigate and plane..... Comes with 3 carbon copies of letter from Philbin [not signed].  (10) State of Connecticut Treasury Department 1895 document.................Min. Bid $50

152.  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 $140

153. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Edward Jordan (1820-1899) American lawyer who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury. LS, Treasury Department, 1866, 2pp. Much mounting trace along left edge.  (2) James L. Edwards - clip signature. He was Commissioner of Pensions [1836]. Signed on other side by Joseph Healy [1836] US congressman from New Hampshire. (3) Seaman Block Jacobs (1912-2008) American screenwriter. He wrote episodes for several TV shows, such as The Addams Family, The Lucy Show, I Dream of Jeannie, F-Troop, The Andy Griffith Show, Here's Lucy and Diff'rent Strokes. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1978 for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special for The George Burns One-Man Show in 1977. Warner Bros. 1884 check for him [not signed on back]. (4) Maude Raymond - signed card dated 1910. Think she was a dancer. (5) James E. Carter Inauguration cover [not signed] postmarked Annapolis, MD, Jan. 20, 1977. (6) Shirely O'Hara - wife of the noted artist Eliot O'Hara. ALS, 1932, 2pp. (7) Gordon Dorrance (b. 1890-?) publisher, author. TLS, 1936, 1p, ro the noted cartoon Wally Wallgren.  (8) Philip Philbin - US Congressman from Mass. Group of 5 carbon copy typed letter [not signed].  (9) Chancery of New Jersey court document,  1907. (10) Printed 1852 gov. doc. in the US Senate re: land claim in Louisiana, 1p. (11) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (12) [CIVIL WAR]  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 Calais, Maine promisory document, 1901. Lines drawn over signature means paid. (13) Unidentified clip signature 1864 from Treasury Dept. (14) Socialist Labor Party - Who Speaks For Socialism. 4 page handout. ? date. (15) Styles Bridges (1898-1961) 63rd Governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career in the United States Senate. US Senate envelope bearing printed Free Frank signature, postmarked 1947................Min. Bid $75

154. [FRANCE] Medieval Document from 1366 on vellum, 1 page, approx. 8 x 6.5". Quite fresh condition. See small slip [scan 2] identifies as being from Montils...........200-300

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155. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) US Sec. Navy 1840 printed gov. doc signed in type by J.K. Paulding. 2pp. (2) Bill of Lading, goods being shipped by R.G. hazard from Boston to New Orleans inn1841. (3) New Hampshire 1809 document about property tax. (4) RETREAT FOR THE INSANE, Hartford, Ct. 1823 document. (5) 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. 1868 bank document, not signed by Bunn. (6) Sheet signed by ? Buchanan, 2nd Comptroller US Treasury and E.B. French, Auditor US Treasury. (7) Print of US Treasury building in Washington DC.  (8) Group of 4 Limerick National Bank checks [Maine] 1925. ....Min. Bid $25

156. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1966 bank check. (2) LBJ first Day cover with faulty stamp. (3)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. (4) James W. Wadsworth Jr. (1877-1952) signed card [toned]. (5) John G. Schumaker (1826-1905) US congressman from Brooklyn. Signed sun-toned. (6) 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 1939 bank document. Signed twice. (7) Wm. Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. He had a radio show, wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, lectured frequently, and published numerous books and articles. ANS, 1942 written on 3x5 card. (8) [SCIENCE] Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843-1928) American geologist and educator. In 1893 he founded the Journal of Geology, of which he was editor for many years. In 1892 Chamberlin accepted the offer to organize a department of geology at the new University of Chicago, where he remained as a professor until 1918. From 1898 to 1914 he was president of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.  Brief TLS, 1908, 1p, to President Robert S. Woodward, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC. About 5.5 x 6.5 in. VG (9) Henry Bowen Anthony (1815-1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the Providence Journal. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving between 1849 and 1851 as a member of the Whig Party. Near the end of the 1850s, he was elected to the Senate by the Rhode Island Legislature and was re-elected 4 times. He would be twice elected to the Senate's highest post as President pro tempore during the Grant Administration, and served until his death in 1884. Bold Signature on 7 x 2.5 in. paper. VG.........Min. Bid $50

157.  [FILM] Warren Berlinger (1937-2020)  American character actor, with Broadway runs, movie and television credits, and much work in commercials.  His signed contract for the film "BILLIE", starring Patty Duke. Also signed by Milt Ebbins who was Peter Lawford's business manager.  Includes 3 additional Rider pages, each signed with the initials of Berlinger and Ebbins. VG..........100-150

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158. [FILM] Janet Leigh (1927-2004) American actress. She was married to Tony Curtis. Signed 3x5 card. VG.......20-30

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159. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Florence Morse Kingsley (1859-1937)  American author of popular and religious fiction. Signature on 3.5 x 2.5 in. card which has darkened somewhat. (2) Dee Barton (1937-2001)  American jazz trombonist, big band drummer, and prolific composer for big band and motion pictures. Barton is known for his horror-esque style of composing in action thriller films. He created the soundtrack to the Clint Eastwood films Play Misty for Me, and the eerie soundtrack to the 1973 film High Plains Drifter.  Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG. (3) [AMERICANA]  three 1840 manuscript documents dated 1840.  Shipping goods from New York to New Orleans. Each about 7.5 x 10 in.  These are from the Roland G. Hazard papers. VG (4) George Rice Carpenter (1863-1909) was a noted educator, scholar and author. SIGNATURE, approx. 5 x 2.5 in. VG. (5) John Middleton Murry (1889-1957)  English writer. He was a prolific author, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married in 1918 as her second husband, for his friendship with D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot, and for his friendship (and brief affair) with Frieda Lawrence. Following Mansfield's death, Murry edited her work. ALS, 1932, 1p., 4-1/4 x 7 in.  VG. (6) [IOWA] William B. Allison (1829-1908) US Congressman and Senator from Iowa. By the 1890s, Allison had become one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the Senate. Three different Republican presidents asked Allison to join their Cabinet, but Allison declined each offer. A significant number of delegates supported his presidential nomination at the 1888 and 1896 Republican National Conventions. CLIP SIGNATURE on 3 x 1 in. slip. VG. (7) Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts.  From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. He graduated in 1920 and from Columbia University Law School, New York City, in 1924. He served in the US congress from 1943-1971. Offered here are 3 Western Union telegrams from Philbin & 13 to the congressman. Mostly VG. (8) Joseph E. Brennan - TLS, no date, 1p, as Gov. of Maine. VG (9) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1966 bank check. ..............Min. Bid $65

160. [FILM] Butterfly McQueen (1911-1995) American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in film in 1939 as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid, in the film Gone with the Wind. She was unable to attend the movie's premiere because it was held at a whites-only theater. Often typecast as a maid, she said: "I didn't mind playing a maid the first time, because I thought that was how you got into the business. But after I did the same thing over and over, I resented it. I didn't mind being funny, but I didn't like being stupid." She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, and then moved to television acting in the 1950s. Photocopy picture of her in role as Prissy. The signature is printed but she has added "as Prissy of G.W.T.W." 8.5 x 11 in. VG..........50-75........Min. Bid $20

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161. [ART] Dorothy McKay (1904-1974) American cartoonist and illustrator. She did work for Esquire magazine. Dorothy Mckay's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $159 to $46,063, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2014 the record price for this artist at auction is $46,063. Offered here is a original drawing signed [1945]. Approx. 3-1/4 x 6 in.........80-120

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162. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Reverend John Hall, D.D., L.L.D. (1829–1898) was pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City, from 1867 until his death in Bangor, County Down, Ireland. The landmark New York church, that still stands today on Fifth Avenue at 55th Street, was built during his tenure. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) c. 1946 telegram sent by congressman Philip J. Philbin [Mass]. (3) Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Doris Reynolds did many illustrations for books published by Doubleday & Co. She was also an exhibiting artist, having work shown at the Krausharr Gallery in New York in 1949. Other exhibitions include: Wilmington Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo 1936-39; Barbizon Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY 1940, etc. She studied at the Art Students League with Jules Gotlieb, Bridgman & Brackman. During World War II, she was one of Jackie Cochran's Girls, ferrying airplanes throughout the United States. Offered here is a pencil sketch unsigned, on 2-1/4 x 4-3/4 in. slip. Provenance: Artist's Estate. VG. (4) Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh (1917-2015) best known for his service as the president of the University of Notre Dame for thirty-five years (1952–1987).  CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) Lee Iacocca (1924 – 2019) American automobile executive. Signed 1988 cover honoring W. Virginia Italian Heritage. (6) James J. Davis (1873-1947) He served as U.S. Secretary of Labor and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. He was also known by the nicknames of the "Iron Puddler" and "Puddler Jim."  1930 US Senate envelope bearing printed Free Frank signature [no letter]. (7) Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911. (8) Michael Tucci (b. 1946) American actor best known for playing the T-Birds member Sonny LaTierri for the 1978 film version Grease. Warner Bros. 1985 paycheck signed [endorsed on verso]....................Min. Bid $50

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163. [ART] James Fenwick Lansdowne (1937-2008) An important Canadian painter, illustrator, printmaker and author, James Fenwick Lansdowne was born in Hong Kong, China and died in Victoria, Canada, where he had lived since 1940. His bird paintings and prints have been the subject of exhibitions at numerous important venues such as the Beijing Museum of Natural History, China; the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; the National Audubon Society, New York City; the National Geographic Society, New York City; the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Offered here is an original signed ink drawing of a bird, dated 1980. Drawn on 8 x 10 in paper. Unobtrusive middle fold mark. Fine............200-300

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164. [FRANCE] 1681 manuscript vellum document, 6 pages, more than a dozen ornate signatures. Approx. 8 x 10 in. Condition is pretty good for its age...............200-300

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165. [FRANCE] 1577 manuscript vellum document, signed with ornate signature. Approx. 10-1/4 x 4-1/2 in. VG..............200-300

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166. [FILM] Joan Fontaine (1917-2013) British-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". Signed portrait print, 8 x 10.5 in. VG..............50-75

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167. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. Signed 1935 bank check, accompanied by vintage sheet music for OLD NEW ENGLAND MOON.   The check is made out to, and endorsed on the by James Hanson (1904-1973) who was a trumpet player in Rudy Vallee's band. Jim's playing became nationally famous and he was featured in national advertisements for the Conn Symphony Special trumpet in those days. When Rudy went to Hollywood, Jim stayed East and joined Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians...........80-120................Min. Bid $30

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168.  MAINE] 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..............25-35

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169. [MEDICINE] Antoninus Gosset ( 1872-1944 ) French surgeon. He developed various operative techniques in digestive surgery , which led to his being elected to the Academy of Medicine  (1928) and then to the Academy of Sciences in 1934. He practiced mainly at the Salpêtrière Hospital , where a building received his name.  He became the official surgeon of the political figures of his time. He operated on  Georges Clemenceau and Marshal Lyautey.  In 1932, the  President of France, Paul Doumer, was assassinated. Gosset was called to the president's side then.  ALS, Paris, 1933, 3pp, approx. 4 x 5-1/4 in. Not translated but identified as Gosset speaks about members who will vote for him at the Academy of Sciences in 1934. Rare!...................100-150

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170. Maurice Nathan Eisendrath (1902-1972) was a leader of American Reform Judaism, the head of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations from 1943 until his death, an author, and an activist, particularly active in the U.S. Anti-war Movement of the 1960s. The Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Reform Movement, is named in his honor. Offered here is a TLS, 1961, signed Maurice. 1p. approx. 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 in. To Rabbi Frederick Solomon, who was also a noted painter. VG..................Min. Bid $25

171. [MILITARY] Manus McCloskey (1874-1963) was a Brigadier General in the United States Army. He served in the Philippines and participated in the China Relief Expedition.  During World War I, he organized and commanded the 12th Field Artillery Regiment. MacCloskey fought in the Battle of Verdun, the Battle of Château-Thierry (1918), the Battle of Belleau Wood, and the Battle of Soissons (1918). Offered here is his signed biographical sheet for WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, 1922. Approx. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in. VG..........75-100  Min. Bid $25

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

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173. Roland Douglas Sawyer (1874-1969) was a Congregationalist minister and Massachusetts state legislator. He is best remembered as one of the leading Christian socialists of the first decade of the 20th century and as the author of an array of self-published books and pamphlets on genealogy and the local history of New England. In 1898, Sawyer took a position as a pastor at Hope Chapel in Brockton, Massachusetts, the first of four Congregational churches he would head. In about 1907, the previously conservative Sawyer began to gain an interest in Christian socialism, a growing movement in that day. Sawyer joined the Socialist Party of America and ran for Governor of Massachusetts on the Socialist ticket in 1912. Running as a Democrat in the fall of 1913, Sawyer ran for the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature. Unlike his previous electoral experiences, this time Sawyer won his race for office. He ran for re-election and won every two years thereafter for more than a quarter century, sitting in the Massachusetts General Court until 1941. Sawyer took an interest in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two anarchists accused of murder in conjunction with a 1920 armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts, and was active in the unsuccessful campaign to win the pair a stay of execution and a new trial.  In the Massachusetts General Court, Sawyer was regarded as a crusader against political corruption. Group of 4 postcards sent to family in Kingston, NH, 1898-1926.  One has minor corner fault..............Min. Bid $40

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174. [Gen. Richard Delafield] 1880 document, New York, Receipt from Trustees of the Estate of Richard Delafield deceased, from Harriet [wife], Susan and Albert. Richard Delafield (September 1, 1798 – November 5, 1873) was a United States Army officer for 52 years. He served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy for 12 years. At the start of the American Civil War, then Colonel Delafield helped equip and send volunteers from New York to the Union Army. He also was in command of defenses around New York harbor from 1861 to April 1864. On April 22, 1864, he was promoted to Brigadier General in the Regular Army of the United States and Chief of Engineers. On March 8, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Delafield for appointment to the grade of brevet major general in the Regular Army, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on May 4, 1866, reconfirmed due to a technicality on July 14, 1866. He retired from the US Army on August 8, 1866. He later served on two commissions relating to improvements to Boston Harbor and to lighthouses. He also served as a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Approx. 7-1/4 x 3 in. Very fine..............25-35
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175. [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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176. (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

177. (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.................75-100

178. (RELIGIOUS NOTABLES LOT)   JUDSON SMITH (1837-1906) American Missionary, Writer, Editor. SIGNED CDV photograph (2x4).  PHILIP HENRY WICKSTEED (1844-1927) English Unitarian Theologian/Economist, classicist.  ALS (1886) 2pp. RALPH RANDOLPH GURLEY (1797-1872) American Clergyman who was an strong advocate of the separation of races. He was US Chaplain to the US House of Representatives. He was a major force behind the American Colonization Society.  When former President James Madison died, he willed $2,000 to Gurley for his cause. Clipped SIGNATURE.  TIMOTHY MANNING (1909-1989) American Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles. SIGNED prayer card, inscribed on verso (1983). THEODORE M. HESBURGH (1917-2015) Roman Catholic Priest, Pres. Emeritus of Univ. of Notre Dame. TLS (1974)................60-80

179. [NOBEL PRIZE] Karl Alexander Müller (b.1927)  Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials. Signed 7 x 5 in. photo. VG...............50-75

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180. RARE 41 Star U.S. Felt Flag/ World SILK Flags [Tobacco] 1903 BETSY ROSS Circular. Offered here is a lot of late 19th-early 20th century flag items, consisting of:  (1) a rare 41-star felt/flannel American Flag, 8 1/4" x 5 1/2", given as a tobacco bonus; folds, some edge wear, toning-- there was never an "official" 41-star flag; (2) 5 silk world flags (again, bonus tobacco items), approx. 6" x 4 3/4", consisting of:  England, Japan, France, Italy, and Portugal; creased corners, some edge wear, but overall quite good (colors still bright); and (3) an extremely rare 1903 printed circular for the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association, 7" x 16"; folds/ creases, some edge wear (small break w/ tape repair), light toning.............40-60

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181. [TEXAS] Morris Sheppard (1875-1941)  Democratic Congressman and Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, he is referred to as "the father of national Prohibition. TLS, H. of Rep. 1910, 1p. sends copy of speech. VG...............25-35

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182. [NOBEL PROZE] John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM, PC, PRS (1842-1919) British scientist who made extensive contributions to both theoretical and experimental physics. He spent all of his academic career at the University of Cambridge. Among many honors, he received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies." He served as President of the Royal Society from 1905 to 1908 and as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1908 to 1919. Brief ALS, 1911, 1p. signed Rayleigh. Approx. 4-1/4 x 7 in. Good..........50-75

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183. [SCIENCE] Simon Newcomb (1835-1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician and autodidactic polymath, who was Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University. TLS, 1887, 1p, 7.5 x 10 in. Mounted. Good...........50-75

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184. [SCIENCE] Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS (1823-1913) British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection; his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings in 1858.[2] This prompted Darwin to publish On the Origin of Species. ALS, 1878, 3pp. about 4.5 x 7 in. Mounted. G-VG...............50-75

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185. [US PRESIDENT] Gerald R. Ford  (1913-2006) US President. Signed 3x5 card. Also Betty Ford (1918-2011) First Lady signed 3x5 card. Both Fine.............60-80

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186.  Corwin H. Spencer - capitalist. The Laclede Gas Light Co. Signed stock certificate, 1895...........30-40

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

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188.  [U.S. NAVAL] Capt. Paul Cassard (1891-1972) Navy officer who served in both World Wars. In 1941 Captain Cassard was the officer who welcomed Winston Churchill on the British battleship Duke of York off the Virginia Capes and escorted him to Washington for his conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was born in Prince Frederick, Md., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1913 and served in World War I with a destroyer force based in Queenstown, Ireland. In World War II he was as signed to the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington and to New York headquarters of the Eastern Sea Frontier. He retired in 1950, at which time he was president of the Navy board of review of discharges and dismissals. Offered here is a TLS, Navy Department, 12 April 1948, 1p.  Written to Philip J. Philbin, US Congressman from Massachusetts.  Cassard, at this time was President, Board of Review, Discharges and Dismissals. Concerns the discharge of Francis A. Gregg.   This lot includes a TLS, March 18, 1948, 1p. from Congressman Philbin to Francis A. Gregg saying he has received enclosures from Admiral Colclough. At bottom of this letter is brief typed note signed in ink by Francis A. Gregg. PLUS 7 carbon copies of letters [retained copies] from Philbin concerning this case.  Total 9 pieces. VG..............Min.  Bid $25

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189. [ART] 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.........75-100

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190. MILWAUKEE, WISC. - page from Picturesque American, 1880, with wood-engarved view on the page. Overall about 8.5 x 12.5 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10

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191. [HOLLYWOOD]  Original vintage photograph taken by John E. Reed who was a Hollywood photographer who specialized in this type of photography. While a fair number of the famous walked through his studio doors, plenty of hopefuls also had their pictures taken by Reed. This 8x10 photo is signed & inscribed by Sondra Johnson on the back side. VG.................Min. Bid $25

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192. (American Presidential Cabinet Officials/Advisors) (1) Edward Hirsch Levi (1911-2000) American academic leader, scholar, and statesman who served as United States Attorney General. He is regularly cited as the "model of a modern attorney general," the "greatest lawyer of his time." He is credited with restoring order after Watergate.  TLS dated May 11, 1990. (2) Thomas Savig Kleppe (1919-2007)  US  Representative from North Dakota and was the Secretary of the Interior for President Gerald R. Ford - signed, inscribed 10x8 color photograph.  (3) Philip Morris Klutznick (1907-1999) U.S. Secretary of Commerce  under President Jimmy Carter. He was a prominent leader of several Jewish organizations, including as President of the World Jewish Congress from 1977 to 1979. TLS dated April 25, 1990. (4) Robert Coldwell Wood (1923-2005) American political scientist, administrator, and professor of political science at MIT. He led the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - (2) TLS's dated March 14, 1973.  (5) Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (also known as HUD) from 1966 to 1968. He was the first African American to hold a cabinet-level position in the United States. SIGNED, inscribed 7x9 photograph. (6) Alexander Buel Trowbridge III (1929- 2006)  Secretary of Commerce from June 14, 1967 to March 1, 1968, in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson. ANS, dated may 24, 1990. (7) William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) was an American politician, who served as a cabinet officer in the administrations of two U.S. presidents in the third quarter of the 20th century. He served as Attorney General and Secretary of State - SIGNED 8x10 photograph. VG.........Min. Bid $75

193. (American Presidential Cabinet Officials/Advisors) (1) Two Earl L. Butz (1909- 2008) Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. SIGNED, inscribed (2) cards, with sentiment. (2)  Philip Morris Klutznick (19071999) U.S. Secretary of Commerce from January 9, 1980 to January 19, 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. He was a prominent leader of several Jewish organizations, including as President of the World Jewish Congress from 1977 to 1979. SIGNED, 5x7 photograph dated 4/25/90.  (3) William Marvin Watson (1924-2017) was an advisor to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and was Postmaster General from April 26, 1968 to January 20, 1969. SIGNED FDC honoring LBJ. (4) Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) United States Secretary of the Interior for 13 years, from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and the second longest serving Cabinet member in U.S. history next to James Wilson. Ickes was responsible for implementing much of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" and is the father of Harold M. Ickes. He and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in office for his entire presidency.  SIGNED Sec in Interior Calling Card. (5) MADELINE ALBRIGHT (1937-  ) Secretary of State. SIGNED 8x10 color portrait in silver ink. (6) Thomas Gardiner Corcoran (1900–1981) was one of several advisors in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's brain trust during the New Deal, and later, a close friend and advisor to President Lyndon B. Johnson. SIGNED FDC honoring FDR, inscribed. (7) CHARLES KIRBO (1917-1996) American Banker and part of the "Kitchen Cabinet" and advisor to President Jimmy Carter - SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 color photograph. (8) Howard Joseph Samuels (1919-1984) American statesman, industrialist, civil rights activist and philanthropist who served as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce, Director of the Small Business Administration, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and special advisor to the administrations of Johnson, Ford and Carter. TLS dated April 4, 1977, with SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph. VG.................Min. Bid $100

194. [SCIENCE] Hermon Carey Bumpus (1862-1943) American biologist, museum director, and the fifth president of Tufts College (later Tufts University). Bumpus joined the faculty of Brown as a professor of comparative zoology in 1890, where he emphasized active experimentation over the "didactic doldrums" of lectures. In 1893, Bumpus worked with colleagues Charles V. Chapin and John Howard Appleton in establishing a premedical program, one of the first premedical programs in the United States, with Bumpus as the director. Bumpus also established a Medical Association for physicians of Providence; in 1896 Bumpus demonstrated a Holtz machine to this group.  TLS, 1895, 1p, plus envelope. VG...............50-75

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195. [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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196. S.H. Leeder was a British author best known for his book Modern Sons of the Pharaohs, published in English in 1918,  translated into Arabic by Ahmad Mahmod and published in 2008 by Dar al-Shuruq in Egypt.  ALS, 1916, 4 full pages plus envelope.  Tipped to album page. VG...................60-80

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197. [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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198.  Eliza Lynn Linton (1822-1898) was the first female salaried journalist in Britain, and the author of over 20 novels. Despite her path breaking role as an independent woman, many of her essays took a strong anti-feminist slant. ALS, 1885, 2pp, 4-3/8 x 6-3/4 in. VG.................60-80

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199. [THEATRE] Fanny Janauschek (1829-1904) Czech born stage actress. She came to America in 1867 and first performed at the Academy of Music, New York City, on October 9, 1867. She spoke no English, only German and often worked with all English speaking casts.[6] In three years time since arriving in the US she mastered enough English dialect to communicate with American audiences and decided to make America her home. Some of her performances, especially Medea, were compared to the revered Italian tragedienne Adelaide Ristori. She became famous acting in great Shakespearean parts and other famous parts. Signed 4.5 x 3 in. card. Mounting trace shows on left edge.......Min. Bid $25

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200. [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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201. [MILITARY] David Johnston Craigie (born in Scotland in 1840, died 1913 in Oska, Iowa). he became a Brigadier General. He served in the Civil War and in the Cuban and Philippine campaigns. Breveted First Lieutenant, 2 March 1867 for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee. Brevetted Captain, 2 March 1867 for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Iuka, Mississippi. Offered here is a WAR DEPARTMENT document dated 1901, Commission of Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th US Infantry. Approx. 8 x 10-1/4 in. Small bottom edge loss o/w VG..............50-75

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202. [FILM] Nanette Fabray (1920-2018) American actress, singer, and dancer. Signed & inscribed 5 x 7 in. photo plus unsigned music sheet from "Mr. President". Two items. VG...............35-45

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203. [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

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204. [WALT KUHN]  Maynard Walker (1896-1985) American art dealer in New York City for nearly 40 years who was among the first to show the works of leading American regionalist painters. In 1933, while working at the Ferargil Gallery in New York, Mr. Walker organized an exhibition for the Kansas City Art Institute that for the first time brought together the work of the regionalist painters Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry. After Mr. Walker opened his own gallery, at 108 East 57th Street, in 1935, these artists joined him and showed regularly there. The gallery was also among the first to show the work of George Grosz, the German painter and caricaturist, who moved to the United States in 1932. The gallery moved to 117 East 57th Street after the war. Offered here is a 1958 letter on which he has written 5 lines plus signature.  This is a copy sent to Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the artist Walt Kuhn.  Walker had written to Harold Korzenik saying that there is not enough art work by Kuhn to have an exhibition. Harold Korzenik, a Brooklyn civic leader and counsel to the United Knitted Outerwear Association, the National Textile Processors Guild, the Knitwear Employers Association and the Knitwear Manufacturers Council. Walker says "So soup - We can't afford to participate in such stuff......" Envelope is included. During the 1950s and early 60s Maynard Walker was handing the estate of Walt Kuhn. VG...........75-100

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205. [WALT KUHN ESTATE] Helen Sanger (1923-2020) served as the fifth Chief Librarian of the Frick Art Reference Library and the institution's first Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, a position inaugurated in 1990. ALS, 1966, 3pp. To Brenda Kuhn, daughter of Walt Kuhn. Thanks Brenda for sending catalogs re" Walt Kuhn. Helen says "....W.K. should be represented in the White House art collection." Includes envelope.  8 x 10.5 in. VG................50-75

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206. [ART] Silvio Carl Fracassini (1907-1997) Painter, educator, designer, critic. He studied with Walt Kuhn. Offered here is a TLS, 1941, 1p, to Walt Kuhn re: the Denver Art Museum. Envelope included. VG..........50-75

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207. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) William Alfred (1922-1999) American playwright, poet, and professor of English literature at Harvard University. Signed bookplate. (2) USNA RANGE SENTINEL over postmarked 1983 Cape Canaveral, Fl.  (3) 1852 Sec. of the Navy printed gov. document, 42pp.  (4) Original etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, c. 1890, image 5-1/4 x 3-3/4 in. (5) LBJ First Day Cover, 1973. Stamp is faulty.  (6) Signed card - looks like Kuki Rinichi - not identified.  (7) Anoth unidentified signed card......Min. Bid $25

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208. [England] an old, very old album page containing 2 autographs glued to each side.  On one side is Bishop of Ely, Bowyer Edward Sparke (1759-1836) & Bishop of Durham, William Van Mildert (1765-1836) was the last palatine Bishop of Durham (1826–1836), and one of the founders of the University of Durham.  On the other side is the Bishop of London,  Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857)  British divine and classicist, and a Church of England bishop for 32 years & the Bishop of Norwich, Henry Bathurst (1744-1837)  English churchman, a prominent Whig and bishop of Norwich. Overall 7 x 8.5 in. Not very attractive...............Min. Bid $25

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209. [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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210. Ernest Harold Baynes (1868–1925) American naturalist. He was "the closest thing New England, and the world for that matter, will ever get to a real-life Doctor Dolittle; all sorts of New England birds and animals–foxes, wolves, chickadees, bears and bison were known to roam around and in and out of his house."  He treated animals like friends, but unlike Doolittle, never claimed to talk to them. He was instrumental in bringing to public attention the near demise of songbirds and of the bison. He founded the American Bison Society, of which President Teddy Roosevelt was honorary chairman.  SIGNATURE clipped away from letter. About 5-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG..............50-75

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211.  Albert Stanburrough Cook (1853-1927)  American philologist, literary critic, and scholar of Old English. He has been called "the single most powerful American Anglo-Saxonist of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." ALS, New Haven, 1893, 4pp. About 5 x 8 in. VG.................75-100

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

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213. [ART]  Portrait of Walt Kuhn, original photograph done in 1904 or 1905. Photo by Pangborn (Profession photographer) lived and worked at 119 East 23 St. New York City same bldg. Walt Kuhn had his studio 1904-1905 when and where this photo was taken. A small print of this photo was cremated with Vera Kuhn, after her death, October 22, 1961. The photo offered here is about 7 x 7-1/4 in., and was printed from the original negative. This comes directly from the Walt Kuhn estate in Maine. Includes a copy of a gift of this photo given to the Museum of the City of New York. Given by Kuhn's daughter, Brenda in 1963. Walt Kuhn (1880-1949): As one of the organizers of the Armory Show (1913), Kuhn searched Europe for artists whose work had not yet been seen in the United States. He started his career as a cartoonist, but as a painter he concentrated on clowns, acrobats and the circus. Fine...............200-300

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214. [ART]  Walt Kuhn (1877-1949)  American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. Walt Kuhn is best remembered today for his key role in planning the Armory Show. Ironically, a man who was in the forefront of the modern movement and was seen as an advocate of adventurous new art in 1913 came to be labelled, because of his on-going commitment to representation, a conservative artist by future generations of art historians. Nevertheless, he holds a place in American art history as a skilled cartoonist, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor and painter. Although he destroyed many of his early paintings, his works that remain today are powerful and are a part of most major American art collections. His portraits of circus and vaudeville entertainers are some of the most memorable, confidently painted works of twentieth-century American art. They are reminiscent of commedia dell'arte actor portraits done by the French masters centuries earlier. The Tragic Comedians (1916) in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and The White Clown (1929) in the collection of the National Gallery of Art are intense, arresting images and are among his most respected paintings. Offered here are some handwritten notes written by Walt Kuhn on 2 pages. It begins with "On entering first gallery...."  He continues talking about the art he was viewing there, whereever that was. Not dated but c. 1940-45. About 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. Beginning to separate at some fold lines. UNSIGNED. Rare!..............300-400...............one time Min. Bid $90

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215. [LAW] Richard H. Thornton (1845-1925) The son of a prominent English Wesleyan clergyman and Latin tutor, Richard Hopwood Thornton was born in 1845 in Didebury, Lancashire, England. After attending New Kingswood School near Bath, he passed the entrance examination for Oxford University in 1862, but instead entered a London business house. After a visit to Paris in 1870 he went to Canada in 1871 where he taught school in various places. Receiving a small legacy from his mother in 1874, he travelled throughout North America, attended Columbia University law school in Washington, and was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1878.  In 1884 Thornton received an invitation from Judge Matthew P. Deady to come to Oregon and serve as the first dean of the University of Oregon law school. Thornton accepted the position and held the post in Portland for the next nineteen years. After his retirement in 1903 he travelled in Europe with his wife, and after her death he moved to London in 1907. There he compiled the work An Amercian glossary, which was published in 1912. He returned to the U.S. in 1916 and eventually took up residence again in Portland, Oregon, where he died in January of 1925. Offered here is an extraordinary ALS, Law School of The University of Oregon, 3 full pages written to  Wm. Henry Rawle (1823-1889) the noted Philadephia lawyer. Excellent content about an address that Rawle gave before the Phi Beta Kappa Society  Honor Society. Notice the $45 price [1984] written in pencil at top left corner. This was from the noted autograph dealer Paul Richards, who had the practice of writing prices on letters. Very fine..........200-300

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216. [ALABAMA] Oscar Underwood (1862-1929) American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designated floor leader in the United States Senate, and the only individual to serve as the Democratic leader in both the Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Underwood sought the presidential nomination at the 1912 Democratic National Convention, but the convention selected Woodrow Wilson after forty-six ballots. He declined the vice presidential nomination, which instead went to Thomas R. Marshall. Underwood ran for president again in 1924, entering the 1924 Democratic National Convention as a prominent conservative opponent of the Ku Klux Klan. One of the few prominent anti-Klan politicians in the South at the time. Signed card, 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 in. Dated 11-22-21. VG...........Min. Bid $22

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217. [VERMONT] An 1811 partly-printed two prisoners in the common Gaol in State of Vermont.  Both have signed this document. Also a witness signature of William Strong (1763-1840) US congressman and judge from Vermont. Strong was born in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1763, and moved with his parents to Hartford, Vermont, the following year. Strong was self-educated and was engaged extensively in land surveying. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1802, and was the sheriff of Windsor County from 1802 to 1810. Strong was elected as a Democratic-Republican US Representative to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses, from March 4, 1811 until March 3, 1815. Strong returned to Vermont politics to sit once more in the state House of Representatives from 1815 until 1818, and as a judge of the supreme court of Windsor County from 1819 until 1821. He was then elected to the Sixteenth Congress, from March 4, 1819 until March 3, 1821. Strong died in Hartford on January 28, 1840, and was interred in Quechee Cemetery. Also signed by the Sherif on the verso. He was A Founder Of Springfield, Illinois.  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.  Approx. 8 x 13 in. VG...........200-300

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218. [FILM] Robert "Bobby" Banas (b. 1933) is an American dancer and actor. He is known for his work on movies such as West Side Story (1961), Always (1989) and Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), as well as a viral video of a televised performance of the Nitty Gritty dance, which accumulated 3.6 million views in four years.   Natalie Wood was his dancing partner in the Michael Panaieff Children’s’ Ballet Company, to which he received a scholarship and in which Jill St. John and Stefanie Powers were members. Banas also attended the Hollywood Professional School.  He auditioned for the production of Carousel at the LA Civic Light Opera and was cast as Enoch Snow Jr. After that, he appeared in stage productions of Kiss Me Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, Brigadoon, Plain and Fancy, and Peter Pan.  Offered here is his signed contract appearing as a dancer in the 1965 film BILLIE starring Patty Duke. Also signed by H. Bud Otto  (1934-2001) Producer. Approx. 8.5 x 13 in, 1p. Includes a 2 page RIDER ink signed by Bob Banas.  VG.................80-120

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219. [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

220 .  [ART] A.B. GRIFFITH - ink drawing signed 1943. Subject: Julia Sanderson (1887-1975) Broadway actress and singer. 7 x 5 in. VG.............50-75

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221. [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

222. [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

223. Amy Leslie (1855-1939) American actress, opera singer, and drama critic who was the first wife of Frank Buck. Her personal calling card on which she has written 4 words [not signed]. 3-1/8 x 2-1/4 in. VG.............20-30

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224. Ted Lewis (1890-1971) American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He fronted a band and touring stage show that presented a combination of jazz, comedy, and nostalgia that was a hit with the American public before and after World War II. He was known by the moniker "Mr. Entertainment" or Ted "Is Everybody Happy?" Lewis. Signed & inscribed vintage photo, 8x10. There are 3 edge tears & small hole top edge...............50-75

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225. [NOBEL PRIZE] Norman Ernest Borlaug (1914-2009) American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for his work, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Signed & inscribed printed poem WORDS TO BE YOUNG. Dated 1973. Approx. 4-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. Top corners are stained..........50-75

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226. (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..................70-90

227. [THEATRE] Oswald Yorke (1866- 1943) British character actor who had a near sixty-year career performing on both sides of the Atlantic. During World War I, Yorke was put in charge of the entertainment of soldiers attached to the American Expeditionary Force in France. He was a member of The Lambs in New York and The Savage Club in London. SIGNATURE,  3-3/4 x 2-1/8. VG..............20-30

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228. [ART] Walt Kuhn ( (1877-1949) American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. Walt Kuhn is best remembered today for his key role in planning the Armory Show. Ironically, a man who was in the forefront of the modern movement and was seen as an advocate of adventurous new art in 1913 came to be labelled, because of his on-going commitment to representation, a conservative artist by future generations of art historians. Nevertheless, he holds a place in American art history as a skilled cartoonist, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor and painter. Although he destroyed many of his early paintings, his works that remain today are powerful and are a part of most major American art collections. His portraits of circus and vaudeville entertainers are some of the most memorable, confidently painted works of twentieth-century American art. They are reminiscent of commedia dell'arte actor portraits done by the French masters centuries earlier. The Tragic Comedians (1916) in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and The White Clown (1929) in the collection of the National Gallery of Art are intense, arresting images and are among his most respected paintings. Offered here is a 2-3/4 x 4-1/4 in. paper card on which several notes for himself - things to do.  Writes: Circus opens Wed. Apr. 7 - closes Sun. May 9, etc.  Not signed by Kuhn of course. Provenance: Kuhn Estate in Maine...................Min. Bid $75

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229. [ART] Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University.  VG................80-120

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230. [INDIANS] William Elsey Connelley (1855-1930) Kansas pioneer, author, teacher, historian.  In 1899 he was given the power of attorney to act in behalf of the Wyandotte Indian Tribe, then in Indian Territory, modern-day Oklahoma. Offered here is a Autograph Manuscript, 16 lines written by Connelley about Indian words and the principal charcters of the creation. UNSIGNED. Approx. 8-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. VG........50-75

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231. [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 printed 6 page article by Porter. 8 x 11.5 in. VG.............50-75

232. Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) US Senator from Illinois. TLS, 1968, 1p. Thanks for contribution to his campaign. Includes envelope. VG...................25-35

233. [NOBEL PRIZE] Alva Myrdal (1902-1986) Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician. She was a prominent leader of the disarmament movement. She, along with Alfonso Garcia Robles, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. She married Gunnar Myrdal in 1924. Signed 6 x 4 in. card with envelope. VG..........25-35

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234. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. LS, 1911, 1p, 5 x 7.5 in. VG............100-150

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235. [FILM] Liza Minnelli (b. 1946) American actress and singer, best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in Cabaret (1972), the film Arthur (1981), several hit albums and many other film and television appearances. She is famous for her energetic stage presence and her powerful alto singing voice. She is the daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........50-75

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

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237. Eric McCormack (b.1963) Canadian-American actor and singer known for his role as Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace, Grant MacLaren in Netflix's Travelers and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the American crime drama Perception. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35

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238. Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970) American explorer, sailor, researcher and lecturer who made over 30 expeditions to the Arctic during his 46-year career. He pioneered the use of radios, airplanes, and electricity in the Arctic, brought back films and thousands of photographs of Arctic scenes, and put together a dictionary of the Inuktitut language.  Signed FDC honoring Discovery of the North Pole 1959. VG.............50-75

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239. [MUSIC] Tito Petralia (1896-1982) Italian composer and conductor. Signed, inscribed 4.5 x 7 in. photo mounted to large sheet. VG.......40-60

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240. Truman Virgil "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.............35-45

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241. [FILM] Angie Dickinson (b.1931) American actress. Signed 3x5 card. Fine...............25-35

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242. [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.............50-75

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

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244. [MILITARY] Offered here is a fine 1p. LS, 7 3/4" x 9 3/4", dated Troy, N.Y. 14th September 1858, sent to Major General A(u)gustus Morse, signed John E. Wool  Major General, with wonderful content:  "... I have just returned from celebrating the Anniversary of the battle of Plattsburg, when I had the honor to receive your kind invitation to review your Division... at the camp of General Wool, near Springfield, Mass. ... By invitation I leave this evening for Springfield to attend the National Horse Fair... After which I have promised to make a visit to the Western part of this State.  For giving your Camp the name of General Wool I tender you my grateful acknowledgments..."  Folds/ light creases, light toning, mounting traces on verso, two small punch-holes in left margin, otherwise very good; comes with a 19th century engraving of Wool (fold, light creases, mounting traces on verso, small toning spots throughout.  JOHN ELLIS WOOL (1784 – 1869) was an officer in the United States Army during three consecutive U.S. wars: the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. By the time of the Mexican-American War, he was widely considered one of the most capable officers in the army and a superb organizer.  He was one of the four general officers of the United States Army in 1861, and was the one who had the most Civil War service. When the war began, Wool, age 77 and a brigadier general for 20 years, commanded the Department of the East. He was the oldest general on either side of the war.
   MAJ. GEN. AUGUSTUS MORSE (1817-1888) learned comb making and was in company with his brother Gardner until 1861. He served in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia as captain, colonel, brigadier and major- general, resigning in 1861. Morse served subsequently as colonel and commanding officer of the  21st Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers and U. S. Quartermaster. He was a selectman, collector of taxes and 14 years justice of the peace in his home town of Leominster, Massachusetts.......200-300

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245.  [PHOTOGRAPHY] Jack Dempsey - Boxing Champion. Original c. 1964 vintage UNSIGNED 8x10 photographer of Dempsey in business suit, photographer A. Bryce Currie. VG..............Min Bid $10

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246. [FILM] Beverly Bayne (1894-1982)  American actress who appeared in silent films beginning in 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, where she worked for Essanay Studios. Vintage 1925 photo, 5x7. VG...........Min. bid $9

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247. Anne Tracy Morgan (1873-1952)  American philanthropist who provided relief efforts in aid to France during and after World War I and World War II.  Morgan was educated privately, traveled frequently and grew up amongst the wealth her father, banker J. P. Morgan, had amassed. She was awarded a medal from the National Institute of Social Science in 1915, the same year she published the story The American Girl. In 1932 she became the first American woman appointed a commander of the French Legion of Honor. TLS, 1938, 1P, approx. 7-3/4 x 10 in. She declines an invitation. VG................60-60

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248. [ART] Louise Jopling (1843-1933)  English painter of the Victorian era, and one of the most prominent female artists of her generation. Jopling exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She joined the Society of Women Artists (1880) and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (1891); she became the first woman to be admitted to the Royal Society of British Artists (1901).  ALS, no date, 4pp, approx. 4 x 6 in.  Mounting traces along edge on last page. VG...............75-100

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249. Alfred R. Tucker (1849–1914) was the Anglican Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa (covering the contemporary countries of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania), from 1890 to 1899, and Bishop of Uganda from 1899 to 1908. Signature written on Place Salisbury letter sheet dated Feb. 4, 1902. Approx. 3-3/4 x 6 in. - laid to larger sheet. VG...............25-35

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

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251. [FILM] Don "Red" Barry (1912-1980) American film and television actor. He was nicknamed "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 1940 film Adventures of Red Ryder; the character was played in later films by "Wild Bill" Elliott and Allan Lane. Barry went on to bigger budget films following Red Ryder, but none reached his previous level of success. On July 17, 1980, Barry shot himself in the head at his home, shortly after police had left the residence after investigating a domestic dispute.[5] He was estranged at the time from his second wife, Barbara, with whom he had two daughters. Offered here is a Warner Bros. check dated 1984 paying DECEASED Donald Barry $191.29, endorsed on the verso by Barbara Barry.  Therefore not actually signed by Red Barry. Fine.................Min. Bid $10

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252. [MAINE]  Joe Brennan (b. 1934)  the 70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987. He is a former commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission.  TLS, 1990, signed Joe. To a publisher, thanking him for sending a book about Maine. Three file holes along left edge. Signed as a member of the US congress..................Min. Bid $10

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253. [FILM] Julie Christie - British actress.  A pop icon of the "swinging London" era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.  Signed 4x6 photo. VG............40-60

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254. Offered here is a lot of (25) early 19th century Pennsylvania document, sizes varying from 7 3/4" x 1 1/4" to 8" x 5 3/4", all related to the estate of James and Rebecca McCune, with the earliest dated 1809 (majority dated 1825), most being receipts paid by the estate of the recently deceased James McCune, with the 1809 document signed by James (and his future wife Rebecca).  Many names here from the Plain Grove area of Pennsylvania:  William Emery, James Clark, Wm. Dennison Jr., John Pollock, Benj. Park, William Scott (Sheriff), Thomas Rodgers, George Bruce, John Munson, Jonathan Dean, James George, Charles Gilkey, Wm. Rankin, Joseph Emery (Tax Collector), etc.  Folds, some edge wear (occasional small tears/ breaks, some chipping), light toning-- overall quite good.  JAMES McCUNE (1771-1825)  husband of Sarah Suzanne Nelson and  Rebecca Armstrong McCune.  He was a pioneer shoemaker of this new country.   James McCune was Captain of Militia in old Slippery Rock Township, when it was in Mercer County and was out twice at Erie during the War of 1812-15. After the war he continued to serve as Militia Captain.  He died in Plain Grove in 1825................150-200

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255. [NAUTICAL AMERICANA] Offered here is a pair of early 19th century nautical receipts, each a 1p. MDS, related to the Brig Fountain out of Portland, Maine, 7 3/4" x 2 1/2" and 7 3/4" x 4", dated Portland August 22, 1825 and October 3, 1825, for Brimstone, ship bread, flour barrels, and Coopering Flour Barrels, one signed Horatio G. Cook and the other John Elder.  Folds, minor edge wear, light toning-- overall quite good.  An early document pair pertaining to this ship, the Brig Fountain was built in Portland, Maine around 1823, its owner being John Fox.  Fox was a Maine shipowner, whose Privateer FOX was active during the Revolutionary War, and co-owned with Benjamin Titcomb (1726-1798).  During the War, the FOX captured a letter of marque of 18 guns with a valuable cargo.  The vessel was later taken to Boston where its arms and equipment were confiscated for Colonial use...................40-60

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256. [NAUTICAL AMERICANA] Offered here is a pair of early 19th century nautical receipts, each a 1p. MDS, related to the Brig Fountain out of Portland, Maine, 7 1/4" x 3" and 8" x 3", dated Jan. 9, 1825 and Sept. 1 & 10, 1825, for clouts, nails, Twine, etc., both signed Charles & George Fox.  One has light folds, minor edge wear, light toning/ staining-- quite good overall.  An early document pair pertaining to this ship, the Brig Fountain was built in Portland, Maine around 1823, its owner being John Fox.  Fox was a Maine shipowner, whose Privateer FOX was active during the Revolutionary War, and co-owned with Benjamin Titcomb (1726-1798).  During the War, the FOX captured a letter of marque of 18 guns with a valuable cargo.  The vessel was later taken to Boston where its arms and equipment were confiscated for Colonial use...............40-60

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257. [SCIENCE] David Eugene Smith (1860-1944) American mathematician, educator, and editor. He is considered one of the founders of the field of mathematics education. Signed booklet, RELIGIO MATHEMATICA, 16 pages, octavo. Reprinted in 1921. Presidential address delivered before the Mathematical Association of America. Two mounting traces on front edge o/w VG................50-75

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258. [FILM] Charlton Heston (1923-2008) American actor. Signed 5 x 7 photo. VG................25-35

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259. [DOE FAMILY]  1848 letter from Joseph Bodwell Doe (1818-1890) to his brother Charles Cogswell Doe (1830-1896) who would later become Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. This letter was sent while Joseph was ion Saratoga Springs, NY.  Mainly talking about family and a possible visit from Charles. 1-1/2 pp., 7-1/2 x 9-3/4 in. Jos. B. Doe was born  in New Hampshire, he was first a merchant, but when business failed, traveled west. He married Anna Marcher in 1840 and settle in Janesville in 1842, where he opened a general store. For a time he was editor of the Janesville Daily Recorder newspaper. He also loaned people money. In 1853 he entered a partnership with William Morrison Tallman known as the Central Bank of Wisconsin. This eventually became the First National Bank of Janesville. Doe served as the second mayor of Janesville. Along with several other businessmen, he helped establish the early Janesville Academy.  Charles C. Doe was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of New Hampshire from 1859 to 1874, and then, after a brief period when the court was dissolved to be reorganized as the New Hampshire Supreme Court, as Chief Justice from 1876 to 1896. Roscoe Pound called Doe one of the ten greatest jurists in American history, the "one judge upon the bench of a state court who stands out as a builder of the law since the Civil War." A contemporary commentator has described Doe as "the most creative state judge of the nineteenth century. VG...............Min. Bid $25

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260. 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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261 [MUSIC] Bobby Short (1924-2005) American cabaret singer and pianist. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Very nice. VG...........40-60

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262. [FILM]  Group photo of friends Van Johnson, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn and Peter Lawford.  c. 1950s. 8 x 10 in. From the personal collection of Van Johnson. VG for its age.........150-200    Min. Bid $35

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263. Brian Blessed (1936 - ) is an English actor, known for his sonorous voice and "hearty, king-sized portrayals".  Signed 3x5 photo. VG.........25-35

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264.  [FILM] Debra Paget (born 1933) is an American actress and entertainer. She is perhaps best known for her performances in Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1956) and in Love Me Tender (1956) (the film debut of Elvis Presley), and for the risque (for the time) snake dance scene in The Indian Tomb (1959). Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo PLUS ANS on separate sheet.................40-60

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265. [FILM] Eleanor  Parker (1922 –2013) American actress who appeared in some 80 movies and television series.[1] An actress of notable versatility, she was called Woman of a Thousand Faces by Doug McClelland, author of a biography of Parker by the same title.At the age of 18, Parker was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941. She was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1950s, for Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951) and Interrupted Melody (1955). Her role in Caged also won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. One of her most memorable roles was that of Baroness Elsa Schrader in the 1965 musical The Sound of Music. Signed inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.............35-45

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266. [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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267.  Dennis Conner (born September 16, 1942)  American yachtsman, known as "Mr. America's Cup". He is noted for winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, two Star World Championships, and four wins in the America's Cup. Signed 1987 cover honoring America's Cup...............Min. Bid $10

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268. Jack (John Ludlow) Gould (1914-1993)  American journalist and critic, who wrote commentary about television. He started as a copy boy at the New York Herald Tribune in 1932. In 1937 he moved to The New York Times, writing for the drama department and in the 1940s writing also about radio. In 1944 he became the newspaper's radio critic, and in 1948 the chief television reporter and critic. At one point he had eight people working under him. In the early 1960s he was a CBS executive for a short time but returned to the Times. Gould's columns and reviews (along with those of rival John Crosby of the Herald Tribune) were widely read by decision makers in the fledgling medium of television, and Gould had many professional and personal relationships with prominent industry figures such as Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly. He did not hold back harsh criticism, even when The New York Times itself produced its own public affairs program in 1963;  he was aware of the potential power of television as a force for social good. His colleagues dubbed him "the conscience of the industry", to his own embarrassment. Offered here is a TLS, NY Times, Dec. 19, 1967, 1p, approx. 8.5 x 7 in. To Orville S. Poland of Blue Hill, Maine. Interesting content people's opinions. VG............50-75

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269. [WAR]  Printed government document, Letter from The Secretary of War, J.C. Calhoun. March 15, 1820.  Approx. 5 pages plus 21 foldout charts. Light foxing but very good.........50-75

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270 . [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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271. [FILM] Joyce Compton (1907 - 1997) American actress. Among her films were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Rose of Washington Square, They Drive by Night, Christmas in Connecticut, Mildred Pierce, The Best Years of Our Lives, and Sorry, Wrong Number. ALS, 1966, written on both sides to a fan. Nice letter. VG..........40-60

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272. [EPHEMERA] 1896 one page letter written from Bangor, Maine on illustrated letterhead. 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. VG.....................Min. Bid $9

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273. [THEATRE] John E. Owens (1823-1886) English-American comedian, born in Liverpool, England but taken to the United States when three years old. He began his stage career in 1841 in Philadelphia. Owens was a popular comedian whose regular repertory included about fifty parts and who earned a fortune. His Solon Shingle (1864) was famous both in the United States and in England; among his other favorite characters were Dr. Pangloss (in George Colman the Younger's The Heir at Law), Caleb Plummer in stage adaptations of Charles Dickens's The Cricket on the Hearth, and the old man (Elbert Rogers) in Esmeralda, in which he last appeared in New York. He was both humorist and comedian. John E. Owens, describing the conduct of a bee in an empty molasses barrel, once threw a circle of his hearers almost into convulsions of laughter.  Offered here is a signed card, approx. 4 x 2.5 in. VG...............25-35

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274. [AMERICAN NAVAL]  Commander John Mitchell Hawley -  a native of Northampton, Mass., a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the town. He made his home here until he was appointed to the Naval Academy, from which he was graduated in 1868. In 1869 he was made an ensign, in 1870 a master, and in 1874 a lieutenant, and from the time of his graduation until 1887 he rendered valuable service in several coast survey expeditions and in the hydrographic office. From 1887 to 1890 he was executive officer of the Nipsic, one of the United States fleet sent to Apia, Samoan islands, during the uprisings in 1889. The American, British and German fleets in the bay were overwhelmed by a fearful hurricane which swept the islands in March, 1889, and the Nipsic was one of the two or three vessels that escaped total destruction. Commander Hawley received a vote of thanks from the Legislature of Massachusetts for rare courage and ability displayed during the hurricane, and was commended to the Navy Department by Rear Admiral Kimberley, '"for zeal and energy in getting the Nipsic afloat after -she was beached. He had entire charge of this work, and to his efforts, in a large measure, is due the fact that the Nipsic is now afloat without more serious injury." In 1894 he was promoted to be lieutenant-commander and in 1896 was ordered to duty as assistant to the chief of the Bureau of Navigation, having charge of enlisted men. During the Spanish-American war, he was engaged in recruiting men from the west for the navy, having charge of three parties who secured nearly two thousand men for the service. He was promoted to commander March 3, 1899, and in May was ordered to the command of the Hartford, Admiral Farragut's old flagship, which is to be used as a practice-ship.  Offered is is a 1p. typed letter, undated but c. 1889, from John M. Hawley [signed only in type],  sent to Lieut. Henry W. Lyons offering his testimony if desired.  The dockets in pencil are in Lyon's hand.  VG............100-150   Min. Bid $25

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275. [BUSINESS] Frederick Fraley (1804-1901) American businessman, politician, and civic leader from Pennsylvania. He was involved in several successful businesses and served on the Philadelphia City Council and as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate. He was one of the founders of the Franklin Institute and one of the first directors of Girard College in Philadelphia. He worked for seven years as secretary of the American Fire Insurance Company and for twenty-three years as president of the Schuylkill Navigation Company. He also worked for the Western Savings Fund Society and as president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.  He was associated with the Philadelphia Board of Trade and served as president of the National Board of Trade. In 1824 he was one of the founders of the Franklin Institute and served as treasurer for many years.  In 1847, he became one of the first directors of Girard College. In 1853 Fraley became a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. He also worked as president of the Western Saving Fund Society. In 1880, he received an honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of the Union League of Philadelphia. For the last twenty-one years of his life Fraley was the president of the American Philosophical Society. Document Signed, American Fire Insurance Co., 1842, approx. 5-1/4 x 4 in.  The ink is a little light...........Min. Bid $25

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276. [AMERICANA] Nathaniel Adams (1756-1829) served as private and corporal in the Worcester county militia. He was a surveyor and civil engineer from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and clerk of the Superior Court from 1787 until his death. Justice of the Peace in Rockingham County, NH 1789-1806;  First president of the Athenaeum 1829.  Founder of the New Hampshire Historical Society & Portsmouth Library. Offered here is a 1824 document signed as Clerk. Land sale between Nath. A. Haven & John Haven. Some light spots o/w VG.................Min. Bid $25

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277.  [THEATRE] Warren William (1894-1948)  was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, immensely popular during the early 1930s; he was later nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code".  UNSIGNED 1943 playbill, Wilson Theatre, starring in THERE'S ALWAYS JULIET. 6 x 9. Four pages.  VG.............Min. Bid $9

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278. [FILM] 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 nine movies.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60

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279. [FRANCE] LOI De La REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, No, 1546, Year VI  (1798), 24 pages, 7-1/2 x 10".  Concerns the creation of Income Tax during the French Revolution.  Edges toned on last page..........100-150

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280. [FILM] Martha Raye (1916-1994) nicknamed The Big Mouth, was an American comic actress and singer who performed in movies, and later on television. She also acted in plays, including Broadway. She was honored in 1969 at the Academy Awards as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient for her volunteer efforts and services to the troops. Signed and inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........50-75

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281. [MUSIC] Ray Conniff (1916-2002) American musician. AMQS, "Somewhere My Love" on 3x5 card. Fine............50-75

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282. John Calvin Stevens (1855-1940) American architect who worked in the Shingle Style, in which he was a major innovator, and the Colonial Revival style. He designed more than 1,000 buildings in the state of Maine. TLS, Portland, Maine, 1925, 1p, re: reserving a book for him. VG.............100-150

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283. [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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284. Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed 1935 bank check. VG................30-40

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285. [TV] 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..........20-30

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286. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 1962. TWO letters written in 1962 between Brenda Kuhn and William E. Woolfenden. Mostly about the Montress Gallery and the Armory Show 50th Anniversary Exhibition. William E. Woolfenden, who made it his mission to gather every artifact, photograph, scrap of paper and taped recollection he could about American artists, collectors, curators and dealers, was the director of the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art. Mr. Woolfenden, who was born in Detroit and had bachelor's and master's degrees from Wayne State University, went to work for the Detroit Institute of Arts and was its director of education when the museum's director, Edgar P. Richardson, had an idea that would change both their lives. Mr. Woolfenden, who was associated with the archives from the beginning, was named assistant director in 1960, and after Mr. Richardson's retirement from the museum, he became the archives' first full-time director. During the next 19 years Mr. Woolfenden, who made Manhattan his headquarters, built what had begun as a modest depository into the world's largest archive devoted to American art, a treasure trove for scholars. The letter from Woolfenden was signed by his secretary. Brenda Kuhn�s letter was her signed retained COPY as was her practice when sending letters.......200-300  Min. Bid $50

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287. Mike Connors (1925-2017)  American actor best known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series, Mannix. In the 1959–1960 television season, he had played a crime-fighting investigator known only as "Nick" in another CBS series, Tightrope.  Signed, inscribed 8 x 10 photo. VG............40-60

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288.  [MILITARY] 1864 Letter 1st MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY Pvt. Dana Field Captured, Lost Equipment.  Offered here is a fine 1p. ALS, 7 3/4 x 10,  dated Camp of 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Warrenton, Va. Jany. 6th, 1864, signed B. W. Crowninshield, Capt. Com.g 1st Mass. Cavalry, with wonderful content concerning Private Dana A. Field "... against whom on the above roll are entered charges for the loss of horse, arms & Equipments captured by the enemy on the 29th day of March 1863... I have investigated the case & find that the said private Dana A, Field was captured by the enemy under circumstances which exonerate him from liability for the loss of his horse & horse equipments but not for the loss of his arms & accrurtrements..."  Folds, two small holes at top of sheet where discolored by mounting traces, light, overall toning-- otherwise quite good.  This letter comes with a CD containing material from A HISTORY OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS, a text originally published in 1891..................200-300

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289. [FILM] The Wynne family - 8 x 10 photo including Ed Wynn, Keenan, and his two sons around a birthday cake. c. 1950s. 10 x 8 in.  VG for its age. Provenance: once owned by actor Van Johnson. ........50-75

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290. 1825 ALS Commonwealth of Mass. Secretary EDWARD BANGS Informs JOHN KEYES Concord. Offered here is a 1p. ALS (stampless cover, hand-carried), 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" (folded sheet), dated May 31, 1825, sent to John Keyes [Massachusetts State Senator], signed Edward D. Bangs (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), informing Keyes "... In compliance with the direction of the Legislature I hereby inform you that you have been elected, agreeably to the Constitution, a Counsellor to advise His Excellency the Governor..."  Folds, otherwise excellent condition.  JOHN KEYES (1787-1844), the oldest of five children born to Joseph Keyes and his second wife Sarah Boyden Keyes, moved to Concord in 1811. John Keyes was a lawyer, and served as postmaster, treasurer of Middlesex County, and a state representative and senator. He was the first in a line of prominent Concord citizens, active in the political, commercial, and social life of the town. John Keyes married Ann Stow Shepard, daughter of Timothy Shepard of Hopkinton, in 1815.  EDWARD D. BANGS (1790-1838) attended Harvard College (1827) and was a noted attorney.  He was the 6th Secretary of Massachusetts (1824-1836)..............50-75

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291. [WEST VIRGINIA] John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV (b.1937) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985. He was the 29th Governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985. As a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he is the only current politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefeller family and the only Democrat in what has been a traditionally progressive Republican dynasty. Document signed, 1969, 2pp, 8.5 x 13 in. He signs as the Sec. of State for West Virginia, a Certificate, a finance company...............50-75

292. [MARYLAND] Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (1922- 2010) Republican member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland. GROUP OF 5 TLSs, 1965-78, each 1p. All to the President of a financial corporation discussing minimum wage, Federal Trade Commission, etc. All very good condition..........50-75

293. Annie Fields (1834-1915) American writer. Fields was a forward-looking, philanthropic and multi-talented woman, who encouraged the talents of others even as she followed the good of the intellect. Although Fields often turns up in the pantheons of 19th century poetry, it is for her short sympathetic biographies that she is now remembered. ALS, 1910, 1p, laid to mounting page. With original envelope........50-75

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294.  [RELIGION] Mystery Document Signed. Approx. 12 x 8" on paper. Appears to be from Italy or Spain of religious content. We have just received the following information about this document. It says - This is a fairly routine document issued IN THE NAME of Archbishop Francesco Saverio Mastrilli, C.R., of Taranto Italy (1699-1777). It has something to do with the Congregation of the Universal Inquisition, now known as the Propagation of the Faith. It probably was the granting of church approval for publication of a book or some dispensation/approval.  See scan below. Certainly worthy of research..........100-150

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295. [MARYLAND] Paul Sarbanes (b. 1933) a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. Group of 3 TLSs, 1977-80, 1p. each. To the President of a financial company, regarding various bills......40-60

296. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Hickenlooper [IA], Hickey [WY], Holland [FL], Hruska [NE], Johnston [SC], Jackson [WA], Jordon [NC], Kuchel [CA], Lausche [OH], Cotton [NH]. All have mounting residue at top & bottom edge. Mostly on verso but with some show-thru.............50-75

297. James Truslow Adams [1878-1949] American writer. TLS, 1941, 1p, recommendation for his wife's cousin's daughter. Quite lengthy.........40-60

298. [MUSIC] Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982.........25-35

300. Sir ISAAC COFFIN - signature with rank of Rear Admiral. Coffin Bay is a town at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula, which is a wheat growing area of South Australia. British naval explorer Matthew Flinders named the bay on 16 February 1802 in honour of his friend Sir Isaac Coffin. CLIP SIGNATURE............Min. bid $8

253. [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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301. [MUSIC - FRANCE] Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau (1857-1934)  French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera.  In 1887, he produced his first opera, Kérim.  The following year, Bruneau met Émile Zola, launching a collaboration between the two men that would last for two decades. Bruneau's 1891 opera Le rêve was based on the Zola story of the same name, and in the coming years Zola would provide the subject matter for many of Bruneau's works.  Bruneau was decorated with the Legion of Honor in 1895.  Five lines written in his hand on his calling card. Not signed. VG...........60-80


302. [THEATRE] MARY F. SCOTT-SIDDONS (1844-1896) Indian born-English Actress. She was born in India. Scott Siddons made her professional debut at Nottingham, England, as Lady Macbeth. She first appeared in London in 1867 at the Haymarket Theatre, as Rosalind in "As You Like It." Her American debut was at the Boston Museum and her New York debut was as Rosalind in "As You Like It" at the Worrell Sisters' Theatre in 1868. She joined Augustin Daly's company in New York in 1869 SIGNED card.........25-35



303.  [THEATRE]  Alice Kauser  (1872-1945)  theatrical agent.  Born in Budapest, where her father was the American consul, she received most of her schooling on the Continent. Her mother was the celebrated opera singer Berta Gester, who introduced her to many theatrical figures. These connections served her handsomely when she became a play broker in the late 1890s. Klauser helped get several Sardou plays produced here and was one of the first to take up cudgels for Ibsen. She also fought to achieve recognition for such American clients as Edward Sheldon and Langdon Mitchell, proving instrumental in the production of such plays as Salvation Nell and The New York Idea. Among her other clients were Channing Pollock and Edward Childs Carpenter.  Three TLSs, all 1925, 1p. each, to Marcel Ballot, French  Society of Authors, Composers and Dramatists, Paris, France.  In English about the play PALS FIRST..............60-80

304. MARQUESS OF BATH, The 6th (1905-1992) (Henry F. Thynne) British nobleman who in 1949 turned Longleat House, his financially distressed family's 16th-century home, into a tourist attraction, setting a precedent that was followed by a number of his peers. In the 1960s he introduced African wildlife in a safari park on the estate's grounds, it has become one of England's great attractions. TLS, 1987...............................25-35

"Father of Modern Dermatology in France"

305. [MEDICINE] Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856 -1938) French physician, pathologist and dermatologist called the "father of modern dermatology in France". Darier discovered several diseases, most notably Darier's disease. ALS, 1924, 3pp, 5 x 6.5". Pin holes upper corner o/w VG. Not translated..........80-120

306. [ENTERTAINMENT]   EDDIE PEABODY (1902-1970) Entertainer, singer and known as “King of the Banjo” TLS, 1995, 1p. Says Chicago audiences have always been kind to hom. Nice example..........40-60

307.  [MUSIC] Jan Wilhelm Morthenson [b. 1940] Swedish composer of orchestral and electro-acoustic music. AMQS from his "Coloratura III and IV, dated 10/17/66. Approx. 3x5. VG..........50-75

308. [FRANCE] Emmanuel Roblès (1914-1995) Algerian-French author. He was elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973. SIGNED/INSCRIBED [on the back] 5x7 photograph which he dates [19]91. Fine...............35-45

309. [THEATRE] Henry de GORSSE [1868-1936] Fr. dramatist. ALS, no date, 1p. Speaks about his play. Not translated. Fine................40-60

310. [LITERATURE] Sir Hall Caine [1853-1931]. English novelist. Secretary to Dante G. Rossetti (1881-82). Author of Shadow of a Crime (1885), Son of Hagar (1886), The Deemster (1887), The Bondman (1890), The Manxman (1894), The Christian (1897), Eternal City (1901), Prodigal Son (1904), The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1913), The Master of Man (1921), and Life of Christ (1938). Signed card.........25-35

311.  [EARLY FILM] Odette Myrtil [1898-1978] French born American actress. One of the highlights of her career was acting the title role of Odette in Jerome Kern's :The Cat and the Fiddle" [1931], written especially for her. Written in TLS form, a document dated 1936, re: contract with Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. 1-page, she signs at bottom "Approved and Accepted." VG.......50-75



312. Bertha Behrens (1850-1912) was a German novelist, who used the pen name W. Heimburg. She completed Das Eulenhaus, a posthumous novel by Marlitt in the Gartenlaube, in which periodical most of her novels appeared. Signature in form of return address on back of envelope, 1885 [mounted to larger sheet...........20-30

313. Harold MacGrath [1871-1932] American writer. Signature...........20-30


314. [MUSIC] Armand Crabbe (1883-1947) Belgian operatic baritone. In 1904 he made his professional opera debut at La Monnaie as the Nightwatchman in Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. He was a leading performer at the Royal Opera House in London from 1906 to 1914 and again in 1937. He performed with the Manhattan Opera House from 1907 to 1910 and with the Chicago Grand Opera Company from 1910 to 1914. He made several appearances with the Teatro Colón and La Scala during the 1920s. He was active at the Vlaamse Opera up until his retirement in the early 1940s. ALS, BRUSSELS, 1930, 2pp. VG.......50-75


315. [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...........40-60

316. [SWINDLER] Horatio William Bottomley [1860-1933]. English journalist and financier. Made fortune floating speculative stocks; established weekly John Bull (1906), vehicle of rabid patriotism during World War I; M.P. (1906-12, 1918-22). Bankrupt (1911); regained fortune in lotteries, etc.; finally convicted of misappropriation of funds held in trust (1922), and imprisoned for 5 years. Brief TLS, 1918, 1p. "I am obliged for your letter. The message I send you is my earnest wish for a speedy and triumphant conclusion of the War." Rust mark from paperclip top edge...........50-75

317. [MUSIC] Xavier Boisselot [1811-1893] Fr. composer, pianist. ANS, 1854.........25-35

318. Bill Proxmire (1915-2005) US senator from Wis. Signed on lined side........15-20

319. [THEATRE] George Graves (1876-1949) English comic actor who created The Gazeka, a mythical beast. He introduced it as a bit of by-play in the musical, The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre, London, in 1905. As a result, Graves's little idea became a fad of the season and a competition was mounted to encourage artists to give sketches of what the beast might look like. Charles Folkard won the competition and the Gazeka suddenly appeared in the form of various items of novelty jewellery, charms, etc, and was taken up by Perrier , the sparkling water makers, for a series of advertisements. The Gazeka also featured in a special song and dance in the entertainment Akezag, at the London Hippodrome at Christmas, 1905. ALS, no date, 1p..............25-35

320. [FILM] Henry Armetta (1888-1945) was an Italian-born American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, starting in silents around 1915 to 1946, when his last film Anchors Aweigh was released posthumously. Signed & inscribed vintage 8 x 10 sepia photo. VG.........50-75

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321. Bernard Jacques Joseph Maximilien de Ring (1799–1873) French archaeologist; born at Bonn, Rhenish Prussia, May 27, 1799; died at Bischleim, Alsace, in 1873. He devoted himself from his sixteenth year to the study of archaeology, and published ‘Picturesque Views of the Old Castles of Baden’ (1829); ‘Celtic Settlement in Southern Germany’ (1842); ‘Roman Settlement of the Rhine to the Danube’ (1852–53), crowned by the French Academy; and ‘History of the Opiques People: Their Legislation, Customs, and Language’ (1859).  ALS, 1854, 2-1/2 pp, 5-1/4 x 8 in. PLUS another letter dated 1834, 1-1/2 pp. plus address leaf, by a different "archeologian" [so described].  Neither letter is translated. VG..........100-150

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322.  (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

323. Lillian Freeman Clarke [1842-1921] American writer. Signature, 1893............20-30


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

325. [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 ...................35-45

326. [MUSIC] Rosa Olitzka  (1873-1949) Polish/German Soprano. Clip signature......20-30

327. [BRITAIN] Dame Genevieve Ward  DBE (1837-1922) born Lucy Genevieve Teresa Ward, was an American-born British soprano and actress. She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire. AUTOGRAPH QUOTE SIGNED, 1919. "Cheerfulness is the sunny ray of life." VG..........20-30

328. Don Hewitt (1922-2009) American television news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes, the CBS television news magazine in 1968, which at the time of his death, was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. He also produced the first televised presidential debate in the 1960. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60

329. [LOUISIANA] ELAINE S. EDWARDS - American Politician/ First Lady of Louisiana - a Senator from Louisiana; appointed to the United States Senate by her much controversial husband, Governor Edwin W. Edwards, August 1, 1972, as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen J. Ellender, and servered , until her resignation November 13, 1972. TLS dtd 10/4/72 with SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 portrait dtd 1972 (2 items).................25-35


330. [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....................20-30

331. [MAINE] HORACE A. HILDRETH (1902-1988) 59th Governor of Maine. TLS, 1982, 1p. VG.......25-35

332. Susan Ertz (1894 - 1985) British fiction writer and novelist. ALS on notecard, no date, 5-1/4 x 3-1/4. VG.........40-60

333. [THEATRE] Early Stage Actors - signatures of: James Powers, Sydney Parradough, Eric Hope, Richard Golden, Max Freeman, Stephen Grattan, Harold Blake......50-75

334. Isaac Seligman [1834-1928] German-American merchant banker and philanthropist. He was the youngest of eight brothers, all of whom emigrated to America and became involved in running various branch offices of the merchant banking house J. & W. Seligman & Co., co-founded in Manhattan, New York City in 1846 by Isaac's elder brothers, James and Joseph Seligman. TLS, 1904, 1p, to Lt. Gov. of NY, William F. Sheehan [1859-1917] who was an influential lawyer and politician. VG..........60-80

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335. Russell Long [1918-2003] LA. Senator. SP, 8x10. VG......25-35

336. [MUSIC] 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..........40-60

337.  [WALT KUHN ESTATE] rare photograph of Walt Kuhn painting "THEATRE" 1933. What is important about the photo is that it was Destroyed, so marked on verso. Approx. 9-1/2 x 6-3/4 full size. Includes signed bank check signed by Brenda Kuhn, the daughter of Walt and Vera Kuhn. VG..............Min. Bid $50

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338. 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............20-30

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

340. [FILM] EMIL SITKA (1914-1998) American Actor. He spent many years as a comic foil for the Three Stooges, from 1957-1965, first appearing with the Stooges in Half-Wits Holiday. He himself was about to become a Stooge in 1975 when Moe Howard passed away and broke up the trio forever. Sitka started out working odd jobs in mid-'30s Hollywood to support his family. Tiny acting roles were among those jobs. Sitka continued to appear in over 500 short films working with some of Hollywood's brightest stars, including Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, and Red Skelton. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 card...........20-30

341. Adlolfo [b.1933] Cuban-American designer. Signature..........15-20

342. Henry Major Tomlinson [1873-1958] British novelist. Fine signature......15-20

343. [ART/THEATRE] John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923) Victorian English historical and portrait painter as well as an accomplished theatrical costume designer. As his reputation grew, Lucas increasingly mixed in society circles, and became firm friends with the famous society portrait painter John Singer Sargent who was his almost exact contemporary. A portrait of Lucas executed by John Singer Sargent is displayed in Tate Britain . Towards the 1890s John Seymour Lucas executed a number of major works for prestigious public buildings or royal clients. These include: The Flight of the Five Members (Houses of Parliament), The Granting of the Charter of the City of London (Royal Exchange), Reception by HM King Edward VII of the Moorish Ambassador (Royal Collection), HRH the Prince of Wales in German Uniform (Royal Collection). ALS, 1916, 2pp., written on both sides......50-75

344. HENRY DENKER (1912-2012) American Playwright/Novelist/Screenwriter. His plays are: A Case Of Libel, A Far Country, Horowitz and Mrs. Washington, The Second Time Around, Time Limit, Venus At Large, What Did We Do Wrong, many books and screen plays. Signed 8x10 photo. Signed in dark area- poor contrast.............Min. Bid $10


345. William Rockefeller (1919-1990) American businessman. TLS, 1971, 1p., setting up a meeting with Jackson W. Moore from Nashville. VG......40-60

346. William Hepworth Thompson (1810-1886) English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. ALS, 1873, 4pp.........50-75

347.  [EISENHOWER]  offered here is a youthful color photo of Julie [Nixon] and David Eisenhower.  Mounted to about 8 x 10, signed & inscribed on the mount.  Julie signs the inscription and David add's his first name. Youthful pose. VG...............100-150

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348. [MILITARY] 1880 Orders Signed RICHARD C. Drum, Dept. of Texas COL. DAVID S. STANLEY (MOH). 
Offered here is a 1p. printed Special Orders signed, 7 1/2  x 9 1/2, dated Washington, December 17, 1880, signed R. C. Drum (and in TYPE "By Command of General Sherman"), with orders mentioning five soldiers, including:  Colonel D. S. Stanley "... 22d Infantry, is assigned duty according to his brevet of major general while in command of the Department of Texas..." and Musician Robert J. Anderson "... Company A, 25th Infantry, having enlisted under false pretences, will be discharged..."  Minor edge wear, small ink smear on verso, red ink notation at bottom, otherwise very good.  RICHARD COULTER DRUM (1825 – 1909) was Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1880 to 1889.  He was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Jefferson College before entering the printing business.  At the outbreak of the Mexican–American War in 1846, he enlisted as a private in the 1st Pennsylvania Volunteers, and, the next year, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 9th Infantry of the Regular Army. He took part in many of the battles of the war, including Chapultepec and Mexico City.

   Following the war, he was transferred to the Fourth Artillery and was promoted to first lieutenant. He served as an aide-de-camp for General William S. Harney during his expedition against the Sioux, and participated in the Battle of Ash Hollow.  In 1861 he was appointed as an assistant adjutant general for the far-flung Department of the Pacific and promoted to captain. He was quickly promoted to major and lieutenant colonel, and after the end of the American Civil War he was brevetted Colonel and brigadier general, for faithful and meritorious services in the Adjutant-General's Department during the war.

   Drum was Assistant Adjutant General for the Department of California from June 1865 to October 1, 1866. He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General for the Department of the East, with Headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from December 27, 1866, to January 6, 1868. He was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General, for the 3rd Military District to August 1, 1868, and Department of the South, headquarters Atlanta, Georgia from March 20, 1868 to March 20, 1869, and from April 3, 1869 to November 26, 1873 for the Military Department of the Atlantic.

   Drum was promoted to Colonel in February 22, 1869. He was again made Assistant Adjutant-General, for the Military Division of the Missouri, in Chicago from November 28, 1873 to May 2, 1878, where he commanded the Federal troops in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. He then served until retirement in the Adjutant Generals office in Washington, D.C.  On June 16, 1880, he became Adjutant General of the United States Army and was promoted to brigadier general. He retired on May 20, 1889.  Among other honors, Camp Drum, a 60-acre army base in Wilmington, CA, was established in 1862 and named after him. [WIKI]

   DAVID SLOANE STANLEY (1828 – 1902) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War. After taking part in the liberation of the Upper Mississippi, and serving at Corinth and Stones River, he was made a corps commander under Sherman and sent to Tennessee to oppose John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee. At a critical moment in the Battle of Franklin (November 1864), he saved part of George D. Wagner’s division from destruction, earning America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. Later he explored the Yellowstone River, and his favourable reports encouraged settlement of this region.

   Stanley was born in Cedar Valley, Wayne County, Ohio.  He graduated from West Point in 1852 and went to the Western frontier to survey railroad routes. He engaged in Indian fighting and was promoted to captain in March 1861, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Stanley was on duty at Fort Washita in Indian Territory when war broke out. He led his men to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.  He fought at several battles in Missouri, including the Battle of Wilson's Creek, where he guarded the supply trains. President Abraham Lincoln appointed Stanley as brigadier general September 28, 1861, although the U.S. Senate did not confirm the appointment until March 7, 1862.[2] Fighting in the Western Theater, he participated in the operations against New Madrid, Missouri and the Battle of Island Number Ten. He was involved in numerous major battles, including the Second Battle of Corinth, where he commanded a division of infantry of the Army of the Mississippi, and the Battle of Stones River, in which he led the cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland. On March 11, 1863, Stanley was appointed major general to rank from November 29, 1862.[3] Stanley also led the Union cavalry in the Tullahoma Campaign. He fell ill late in 1863 and missed the Battle of Chickamauga. In 1864, he fought under William Tecumseh Sherman as a division commander in the IV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland during the Atlanta Campaign, and he was promoted to command of the corps when Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard was named commander of the Army of the Tennessee. After the capture of the city, instead of employing him marching to the sea, Sherman dispatched Stanley and his IV Corps to Tennessee to help protect the state from invasion by John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee.

   For leading one of his brigades in a successful counterattack during a critical moment in the fighting at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864, the President of the United States on behalf of the United States Congress presented him with the Medal of Honor on March 29, 1893. Two of his divisions having been reassigned to the defensive lines of the XXIII Corps before the battle, Stanley had no actual command. Two brigades of the remaining division, under Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner, were overwhelmed by the initial Confederate assault, having been left in an exposed position. It was for his role in the counterattack by the 3rd Brigade of Wagner's division that Stanley was awarded the medal. He was wounded in the neck at the same time and had his horse shot out from under him. Maj. Gen. Jacob Cox, commanding the defenses, provided Stanley a remount with which to seek medical attention, and Stanley did not participate further in the battle. He returned to corps command only after the Battle of Nashville.

   After the war, Stanley was appointed colonel of the 22nd U.S. Infantry, primarily serving in the Dakota Territory until 1874. He commanded the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873, successfully conducting his troops through several unmapped areas, and his favorable reports on the country led to subsequent settlement of the region. In 1879, Stanley and his regiment were reassigned to Texas to suppress Indian raids in the western portion of the state. He was ordered to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1882, and placed in command of the District of New Mexico. In March 1884, he was appointed a brigadier general in the regular army, and assigned command of the Department of Texas. He retired in 1892.  Fine.................80-120

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349. [MUSIC] Anton van Rooy [1870-1932] Dutch bass-baritone. He had a voice of enormous proportions and is most remembered for his association with the music dramas of Richard Wagner, especially the Ring Cycle, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg and Parsifal. ALS, no date, 2pp, about 4-3/4 x 6-1/2". Written in pencil. Not translated. Wrinkled..........50-75

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350. [MUSIC] OSCAR STRAUS [1870-1954]. French composer, b. Vienna. SIGNATURE on 3x5 card. He adds Hollyw. 1930. Very very light edge toning o/w VG.......50-75

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351. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is probably best remembered today for his campy performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan. DOCUMENT SIGNED, April 21, 1961, 1p, 4to. An agreement to appear on the Hy Gardner Show [TV]. Fine............50-75

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352. [TV] Stacey Keach (b. 1941) American actor.  Signed 5x7 photo. VG..........25-35

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353. [MUSIC] Joseph Edgar Howard (1878-1961)  Broadway composer, lyricist, and librettist. A famed member of Tin Pan Alley his credits, along with wife and composer Ida Emerson as part of the song writing team of Howard and Emerson whose hits include Hello Ma Baby, and Broadway tunes like The District Leader.  Clip Signature, 1944. Fair condition......40-60

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354. [MUSIC] Kenneth Schermerhorn (1929-2005) American composer and orchestra conductor. Signed 1982 Avery Fisher Hall concert program. VG..........25-35

355. 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.........25-35

356. [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

357. [PRINTING PRESS]  Peter Smith (1795-1824) American who designed and changed the way printing was made by developing a hand printing machine, which changed the course of printmaking. Rare clip signature [mounted]. About 2-1/4 x 1/2 in. mounted.........50-75

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358. Gilbert Wakefield [1756-1801] Eng. scholar, politician. Soiled signature..........20-30

359. [THEATRE]  Elisabeth "Bessy" Marbury (1856-1933) was a pioneering American theatrical and literary agent and producer who represented prominent theatrical performers and writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and helped shape business methods of the modern commercial theater. She was the longtime companion of Elsie de Wolfe (later known as Lady Mendl), a prominent socialite and famous interior decorator.  Marbury's clients ranged from the French Academy of Letters to playwrights Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw; to the dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle. She was an early promoter of African American writers of the Harlem Renaissance. She also played an instrumental role in developing the modern "Book Musical" that audiences came to know as defining "Broadway" in the 20th century, notably of Cole Porter's first musical, See America First,[5] and Jerome Kern (Nobody Home (1915), Very Good, Eddie (1915), and Love O' Mike (1917))through her American Play company.  ALS, 1894, 1p, about 8 x 10 in. In French - not translated..........50-75

360.  [FILM] 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...............50-75

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361. [MUSIC] Baron Armand-Marie Limnander van Nieuwenhove (1814-1892)  Belgian composer of choral and orchestral works and church music. Knight of the Order of Leopold, he was the founder and conductor of the choral chamber ensembles Société Symphonique and Réunion Lyrique in Belgium.  ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG..........50-75

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362. [FRANCE] Louis-Léonard de Loménie (1815-1878)  French scholar and essayist. He is best known for his biography of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, and also edited this author's complete works.  Loménie was born at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Haute-Vienne. He studied at Avignon and was professor of French literature at the Collège de France from 1862, then at the École Polytechnique from 1864, and editor of the Revue des Deux Mondes. His first literary work was a series of biographical sketches, published under the title Galerie des contemporains illustres par un homme de rien (1846–1847). He was elected to the Académie française in 1871.  Loménie was born at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Haute-Vienne. He studied at Avignon and was professor of French literature at the Collège de France from 1862, then at the École Polytechnique from 1864, and editor of the Revue des Deux Mondes. His first literary work was a series of biographical sketches, published under the title Galerie des contemporains illustres par un homme de rien (1846–1847). He was elected to the Académie française in 1871.  ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in.  VG........50-75

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

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364. [ACTRESS] Lily Tomlin (b. 1939) American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. Tomlin began her career as a stand-up comic as well as performing Off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973. She currently stars on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie as Frankie Bergstein; the role has garnered her four consecutive Emmy nominations since 2015. TLS, 1980, signed Lily. 7 x 10-1/4 in. Fine..........25-35

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365. [FRANCE] Leon Xanrof (1867-1953) French playwright and songwriter, noted for writing the play The Prince Consort, which was used to create the 1929 film Parade d'amour (The Love Parade). Brief ALS, [1930s], 1p, 8-1/4 x 5 in. Accompanied by 4 small portraits, 2 of which are original photos. VG..........50-75

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366. [ART] Auguste Nicholas Cain (1822-1894) was a noted French sculptor known for his portrayals of wild and domesticated animals. ALS, no date, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. VG.............50-75

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367.  [FRANCE]  Paul Ernest de Royer (1803-1877)  French lawyer, magistrate and politician. He was Minister of Justice in 1851 under the French Second Republic, and again from 1857 to 1859 under the Second French Empire.  He was first president of the Court of Auditors in 1863, and was also President of the General Council of the Marne. After the fall of the Empire in 1870, he returned to his career as a magistrate.  Rare handwritten and signed poem dated 1876, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in.  This was sent to the artist Claudius Popelin.  Fine..............100-150
 
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368. [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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369.  [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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370. [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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371. [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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372. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia. ALS, no year, "I am away at my house...." 4x6 in. VG...........75-100

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373. [FRANCE] Rene Cagnat (1852-1937) Fr. teacher and philosopher. As holder of the chair of 'Epigraphy and Roman antiquities' at the Collège de France, in 1888, he set up L'Année épigraphique (The Epigraphic Year, or AE) the French publication on epigraphy. ALS, no date, 2-1/2 pp., 4 x 5-3/8", sent to the poet, Noel Giron. VG............50-75

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374. [NOBEL] Nils K. Stahle  -  Stahle served as Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation from 1948-1972. During this period he communicated with and created ceremonies for Nobel Laureates such as T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Albert Schweitzer, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Linus Pauling, John Steinbeck and Martin Luther King to name a few. The distinct signature in this letter  compares perfectly with those on letters to these Laureates. TLS, 1965, 1p, 8.25 x 11 in. To Monsieur Jean Bouscarle. Good condition.  Very uncommon................75-100

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

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376. Soupy Sales (1926 –2009) American comedian, actor, radio-TV personality and host, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales; a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. SIGNED inscribed 10x8 color photo. VG..........35-45

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377. [TV] Robert Horton (b. 1924), American television actor, was most noted for the role of Flint McCullough in the TV series Wagon Train (1957-1962). ANS, 1991, on back of postcard picturing him......20-30

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378. [FILM] Susanna Foster [1924-2009] American film actress best known for her leading role as Christine.  Signed, inscribed color 10x8 movie still photo. VG..........25-35

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379. Richard Pike Bissell (1913-1977) American author of short stories and novels. One of which, 7 1/2 Cents, was turned into the Broadway musical The Pajama Game. This won him (along with co-author George Abbott) the 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical. He wrote a book about the experience called Say, Darling, which chronicled the ins and outs of a broadway musical production and featured characters based on those (such as Harold Prince) he worked with; this book was also turned into a musical, also called Say, Darling, in 1958. ALS, 1965, 1p, inquiring about a job for his son who was coming for the summer to Boothbay, Maine. Written to the owner of the Boothbay Theatre Museum. VG..........50-75

380. W.S. Lilly - British essayist. ALS, 1870, 2pp..........25-35

381. ROBERT FITZGERALD (1910-1985) American Poet/Critic/Translator. He started out as a reported for the New York Hearald Tribune, then worked as a writer for Time Magazine. His poetry is collected in "A Wreath for the Sea(1943),In the rose of Time(1956), Spring Shade(1971). Translated The Odyssey, The Iliad, and The Aeneid. SIGNATURE/inscribed with sentiment on Harvard University Stationary, dtd 5/27/73...........20-30

382. Madeline Vanderpool [d.1995] Am. Sculptor. Sig. [on verso] 3x4 photo of her 1934 bronze sculpture.......20-30

383. (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)  WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1837-1912) Realist Author, Crtic. Clipped SIGNATURE, mounted to larger card . NORMAN HAPGOOD (1868-1937) Writer, Journalist, Editor and Critic. TLS (1907).  ARTHUR GUITERMAN (1871-1943) Writer, Poet noted for his humorous poems.  TLS (1935).  DAVID EWEN (1900-1985) Editor, Wrtier Biographer of Gershwin, Koussevitsky, Bernstein, Berlin, Cole Porter.  TLS (1928).  MAX FRANKEL (1930) Pulitzer Prize Journalist. ALS (2001).  FANNIE HURST (1889-1968) Novelist.   SIGNATURE mounted to larger card .  LOWELL THOMAS (1892-1981)  SIGNATURE on card. EAMALIEL BRADFORD (1863-1932) Biographer, Critic, Poet, Dramatist. He was regarded as “Dean of American Biographers”.   ALS (1913) 2pp...................100-150

384. (HOLLYWOOD/ENTERTAINERS) DON MURRAY (b.1929) Actor, Director. ANS on postcard size photo on verso, with also signed on front.  MARISA PAVAN (b.1932) Italian Actress, Oscar Nominee. SIGNED inscribed postcard photograph. WENCESLAO MORENO (Seneor Wences)(1896-1999) Spanish Comedian, Actor, ventriloquist.  SIGNED inscribed4x6 photograph. BILL MACY (b.1922) Actor.  SIGNED inscribed 4x6 photograph. JULIE ADAMS (1926-2019) Actress. SIGNED 5x7 heavy stock paper photograph. ALEC McCOWN (1925) British Actor.  SIGNED, inscribed card.  CHARLES KING (1889-1944) Singer, Actor, song and dance entertainer on Broadway and films. ALS (1940).  JOYCE  RANDOLPH (b.1924) Actress. ALS dated (1983) which she wrote on the bottom of letter she received..................75-100

385. (American Hollywood Stars Lot) Gwen Verdon (1925 –2000) actress and dancer who won four Tony awards. She is also strongly identified with her  husband, director–choreographer Bob Fosse.  ALS.  Don Beddoe(1903 –1991) character actor who appeared in dozens of films, stage and TV roles from the 1930’s.  ALS.   Nedra Volz (1908 –2003)film and television actress. She started as a toddler in Vaudeville and became well known on TV .   SIGNED, inscribed card.   John Raitt (1917 –2005) actor and singer best known for his performances in musical theater and film.  SIGNED Lakewood playhouse program (Maine).  Roger Pryor (1901-1974) Actor.  Slick, devilishly handsome leading man Roger Pryor was the son of prominent composer/bandleader Arthur Pryor.  SIGNED contract dated 1936, 2pp.   Joe Frank Cobb (1916 –2002) child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929.  SIGNED FDC honoring Grand Coulee Dam.  Blanche Yurka (1887 –1974) theatre and film actress.  SIGNATURE on card. Elissa Landi (1904 –1948) Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. SIGNED, inscribed sheet with a  Mayor dated February 21, 1941.  RICHARD ARLEN (1898-1976) Actor Film and Television He started out in Silent film. SIGNED 5x7 portrait photo (early) signed in dark area...............80-120

386. [FRANCE] Eugène Brieux (1858-1932), French dramatist.  ALS, n.d., 1p, 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. VG..........60-80

387. [FRANCE] Stephen-Jean-Marie Pichon (1857-1933)   French politician of the Third Republic. The Avenue Stéphen-Pichon in Paris is named after him.  He served as French Minister to China (1897–1900), including the period of the Boxer Uprising. An associate of Georges Clemenceau, he served several times under Clemenceau and others as Minister of Foreign Affairs, a role in which he proved amiable, but not particularly effective. His most notable service was under Clemenceau during the latter part of the First World War and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, but, like most of the other foreign ministers at the conference, Pichon was largely sidelined by the more forceful figure of his head of government.  ALS, 1907, 1p, 4-3/4 x 7 in. VG..............75-100

388. [MUSIC] Leopold Dancla (1822-1895), Violinist and composer of chamber music. ALS, no date, on both sides of 4 x 5-1/4" page...........40-60

389 . [MUSIC] Attila Molnar [b. 1970] Hungarian composer and jazz musician. AMQS from his "Hugarian Fantasy for Violin and Piano." Approx. 3x5. VG.........50-75

390. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT.........20-30

391. Alfred Wigan [1814-1878] Brit. Victorian actor. Sig. address panel.............20-30

392. Ivor Brown [1891-1974] British journalist. Signed card............15-20

393. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928) was a 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. ANS, 1921, mounted to sheet. About 5x5 in. Wrinkled............75-100

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394. [FRANCE] Hugues Le Roux  (1860-1925) French journalist, writer, Senator in the Third Republic.  ALS, 1909, 2 full pages. VG..........50-75

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395. [FRANCE] Natalis de Wailly (1805-1886)  French archivist, librarian and historian.  In 1841, as head of the Administrative Section of the Royal Archives, he wrote a ministerial circular, issued by Count Tanneguy Duchâtel, Minister of the Interior, stating that records should be grouped according to the nature of the institution that has accumulated them and formulating the principle of respect des fonds (up until that point, archives had often been sorted according to subject, date or place).  In 1854, he was appointed head of the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque impériale.  A member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres since 1841 and of several learned societies, he was a renowned paleographer and published scientific editions of medieval chroniclers. ALS, 1846, 4pp, 5 x 7-1/4 in. Fine............50-75

396. [FRANCE] Antoine-Nicolas Bailly (1810-1892) important French architect. In 1850, with the support of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , Bailly became the architect of the dioceses of Bourges, Valencia and Digne. From 1875 to 1886, he served as diocesan architect of Limoges, and he was also the supervising architect of the Notre Dame de Paris from 1883 to 1886, after Viollet-le-Duc's restorations. In 1854 Bailly was appointed inspector of works in Paris. As such he participated in the completion of the Old Town Hall and the construction of the Fontaine Molière under Louis Visconti. In 1860, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann commissioned Bailly with the administrative building for the 4th arrondissement of Paris, which served as a model for others. His best-known work overall, although not the most admired, is the Tribunal de commerce de Paris (Commercial Court of Paris) on the Île de la Cité, completed in 1865, which Napoleon III had requested be designed in the style of the town hall of Brescia . Its business courts are organized around a glass atrium reaching the entire height of the building. The exterior features architectural sculpture by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. Letter Signed, 1885, 1p. To the Director of the Mint about a bronze medal of the Salon. VG...........75-100

397. [FRANCE] André Soubiran (1910-1999) French physician and writer. He is known for his war diary I was a doctor with the tanks, and especially The Diary of a woman in white who asks company of abortion in the 1960s, describing its reality.  Can't make out the date, 1p.  Written to thecritic, Robert Kemp. VG............50-75

398. [FRANCE] Jean-François Barrière (1786-1868) French historian. He wrote about the French revolution, most notably an annotated biography of Madame Roland entitled Memoirs de Madame Roland, Avec une Notice sur sa Vie, des Notes et des Eclaircissemens historiques par MM. Saint-Albin Berville et Jean-François Barrière, edited and published in 1827 by Honoré de Balzac. Barrière served 18 years in the Préfecture of Paris, rising through the ranks to become division chief. He was removed from office and forced to retire following the Revolution of 1848. ALS, no year, 3pp, 5-1/4 8-1/4". Long letter about history and someone who said that Louis XVI was Louis XV's son. VG............60-80

399. [FRANCE] Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy  (1805-1866) was the second bishop of Algiers, from 25 February 1846 to 16 November 1866.  He erected, July 11, 1846, the hatch Staouëli an abbey and inaugurated on May 9, 1850, the first chapel of Notre-Dame de Santa Cruz in Oran. He started the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in 1858.  He is also known for a famous sermon in the cathedral of Algiers during the Lent of 1853, on the relationship between Islam and Jesus Christ.  Two ALS, 1851 and 1853, both 1-page. One speaks of Algeria. Included also is letter from his brother. Three letters.............80-120

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400. [FRANCE] Mrs. Edgar Quinet (Hermione Asachi (or Asaky), the daughter of Gheorghe Asachi, a Romanian poet). Her husband was Edgar Quinet (1803- 1875) the French historian and intellectual.  ALS, 1894, 2pp, 4-1/4 x 7. Important letter discussing differences between James Darmestier and her husband, Edgar Quinet. Fine................80-120

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