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3. [MUSIC - FILMS] José Iturbi Báguena (1895-1980) Spanish conductor, pianist and harpsichordist. He appeared in several Hollywood films of the 1940s, notably playing himself in the musicals Thousands Cheer (1943), Music for Millions (1944), Anchors Aweigh (1945), That Midnight Kiss (1949), and Three Daring Daughters (1948), his only leading role. TLS, 1977, 1p. to the Mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley, saying he will not be able to attend The Jewish National Fund meeting. Envelope is included. VG...............60-80
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4. Nell Carter (1948-2003) American singer and actress. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........40-60
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5. [COLONIAL] William Vaughan (1703-1746) He graduated from Harvard College in 1722. Circa 1735, he was a ship's Captain, and captured pirates of the Caribbean. He served in the England U.K. Royal Army 1745-1746 attaining Colonel U.K. Army Colonel William Vaughan served in a New England colonial force, aided by a British fleet, during the Siege of Louisbourg, in 1745, when they captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island), during the War of the Austrian Succession, known, in the British colonies, as King George's War. He died circa December, 1746, in London, England, where he went after the Battle of Louisbourg, and became ill. He was buried in New Hampshire. Colonel William Vaughan was a chief organizer of the Louisbourg expedition and son of Lieutenant Governor Vaughan of New Hampshire province. Offered here is a 2-1/2 page document dated 1727, signed by Mark Hunting [twice]. Also signed twice by Eleazer Russell. We believe that it is a later 18th century copy of William Vaughan selling property to George Walker. Very good condition esp. for its age.................200-300
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6. [AMERICANA] Samuel Penhallow (1722-1813) from Portsmouth, New Hampshire he was a highly respected local magistrate and deacon of the North Church, Penhallow lived here for more than 60 years. As a judge, he was known for his swift and impartial dispensation of the law. Autograph Document Signed, 1803, 1p. Rockingham County, NH court case of theft. About 7 x 5-3/4 in. VG...............50-75
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7. [THEATRE] GERALD SAVORY [1909-1996] English playwright and screenwriter specialising in comedies. His earliest work in the film industry was as a dialogue writer for director Alfred Hitchcock's Young and Innocent (1937). He spent some time in the United States in the 1940s writing for film and television and became an American citizen. From 1964 to 1965 he was writer, producer and production manager for Granada Television, producing five episodes of ITV Play of the Week; adapting Saki, J.B. Priestley, Noël Coward and Tennessee Williams for television. He then joined the BBC first as then Head of Serials, then Head of Plays. He notably produced five episodes of the thoroughly panned Churchill's People (1975–76) and six of the eight episodes of Love in a Cold Climate for Thames Television in 1980. TLS, San Francisco, c. 1930s, 1p, 8vo. Mentions two of his plays: UPPER BIRTH and LOVE WENT A-RIDING. To Roland Young, the noted actor who played Topper.............50-75
8. [MUSIC] Paul-Bernard Barroilhet (1810-1871) French operatic baritone. He began his career in Italy during the early 1830s, performing under the name Paolo Barroilhet and making a name for himself as an exceptional singer, particularly in Naples. He returned to France in 1840 to join the roster of artists at the Opéra National de Paris, where he performed under his birth name. However, he left the Paris Opera in 1847 after differences with the company's management. The by now wealthy Bairrolhet elected to withdraw completely from the stage and he found a new vocation as a painter and art collector. He came out of retirement briefly for appearances in Madrid in 1851–1852, performing Don Carlo in Ernani. Barroilhet is best remembered today for originating roles in several operas by Gaetano Donizetti and Fromental Halévy. For Donizetti he created Eustachio de Saint-Pierre in L'assedio di Calais (1836), the Lord Duke of Nottingham in Roberto Devereux (1837), Alfonso XI of Castile in La favorite (1840), and Camoëns in Dom Sebastien (1843). The Halevy roles he created include King Lusignan in La reine de Chypre (1841), the title role in the premiere of Charles VI (1843) and Mirobolante in Le lazzarone, ou Le bien vient en dormant (1844). Other world premières in which he sang include Saverio Mercadante's La vestale (Publio) and Elena da Feltre (Guido), Il Conte di Chalais by Giuseppe Lillo, Richard en Palestine by Adolphe Adam and Marie Stuart by Louis Niedermeyer. He also sang the title-role in the pasticcio opera, Robert Bruce, in which Niedermeyer had adapted music from various operas by Rossini. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4"............100-150
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9. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Frank Richards (1909-1992) American character actor, typically portraying a hoodlum or thug with a menacing appearance. Warner Bros. 1985 paycheck not signed by Richards. (2) Engraved 1863 portrait of John Jay, light toning. (3) Little Mexican Lottery ticket 1893. (4) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. Signed 1947 bank check. (5) 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. (6) Printed portrait of President Franklin Pierce. (7) Grover A. Whalen (1886–1962) was a prominent politician, businessman, and public relations guru in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s. Signed card. (8) Frank H. Buck (1887-1942) U.S. Representative from California from 1933 to 1942. House of Rep. 1942 envelope bearing his printed Free Frank signature. (9) [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, Main, 1899 bank check. (10) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. Signed 1963 bank check. (11) Bill Badalato (b. 1940) He is a producer and production manager, known for Alien: Resurrection (1997), Men of Honor (2000) and Broken Arrow (1996). Warner Bros. 1984 paycheck not signed...................Min. Bid $50
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11. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Eliphalet Case (1784-1841) Mr. Case was an editor of several newspapers, and long-time postmaster at Lowell. He was married to Luella J. B. Case (1807 – 1857) the American author. About 1845, the Cases emigrated to the West, and soon after, he became one of the editors and proprietors of the Cincinnati Enquirer. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) James A. Tufts - not sure who this is. Signed card. (3) Rogers C.B. Morton (1914-1979) served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, Jr., respectively. He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland. Signed Sec. of the Interior envelope. Fine. (4) A card signed by an unidentified president of some foreign county, dated 1947. (5) Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890-1969) American Democratic Party politician from Texas, who came to prominence by hosting a popular radio program. Known for his populist appeal and support of Texas's business community, O'Daniel served as the 34th Governor of Texas (1939–1941) and later its junior United States Senator (1941–1949). O'Daniel was also a songwriter who composed "Beautiful Texas". SIGNED CARD. (6) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. Signed 1965 bank check. (7) Jerome B. Wiesner (1915-1994) was a professor of electrical engineering, chosen by President John F. Kennedy as chairman of his Science Advisory Committee (PSAC). SIGNATURE [laid down].........Min. Bid $40
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12. [POSTAL] envelope postmarked Washington D.C. Mar. 4, 1933, with the cachet showing the popular and electoral vote for FDR and Hoover. Probably scarce. VG.............25-35
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13. Benjamin Osgood Peirce (1854-1914) American mathematician and a holder of the Hollis Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard from 1888 until his death in 1914. Dictated Letter, Cambridge, Dec. 22, 1904, 1p. to Professor Woodward. Robert S. Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. Diller and his wife accept invitation from Woodward to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences. All of the handwriting is by Joseph S. Diller. Approx. 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Very fine. Provenance: Estate of Robert S. Woodward' s summer home in New Hampshire...........Min. Bid $25
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14. Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (pen names, Julia, Minnie May, Frank Fisher, Sadie Sensible, Minister's Wife, Rev. Peter Benson's Daughter; (1823–1908) American educator, poet, author, and editor. Remembered for her poem "Little Things", many of her poems were set to music and published in school textbooks, and used in church hymn-books for more than half a century. Offered here is a signed autograph copy of her famous poem LITTLE THINGS. Affixed at corners to stiff paper backing. VG........80-120
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15. [ENGLAND] Leonard Alfred Strong (1896-1958) English writer, known as a novelist, journalist, poet and director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. He was a versatile writer of more than 20 novels, as well as plays, children's books, poems, biography, criticism, and film scripts. Some of his poems were set to music by Arthur Bliss. His novel The Brothers was filmed in 1947 by the Scottish director David MacDonald. Selected Poems appeared in 1931, and The Body's Imperfections: Collected Poems in 1957. He also collaborated with Cecil Day-Lewis in compiling anthologies. ALS, 1949, written on both sides of 5x8" sheet. Signed L.A. Strong. VG.........50-75
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16. [ART] George Perfect Harding (1780-1853) famed British Painter and etcher, especially of miniatures. ALS, 1815, 1p, 7-1/4 x 8-3/4 in. Harding writes he is pleased with the pieces of the Lee Priory, and is willing to trade items with the printers that he did not dispose of, requesting another complete set for a friend. In closing he sends regards to Lady B. VG................50-75
17. [THEATRE} Madge Kennedy [1891-1987] silent film and stage actress. Kennedy first started out on Broadway with the show, Little Miss Brown. This was a farce in three acts presented at the 48th Street Theater in August 1912. Critics found Kennedy's performance most pleasing, writing, "Miss Kennedy's youth, good looks, and marked sense of fun helped her to make a decidedly favorable impression last night." After making movies for three years she returned to the New York stage in November 1920. Kennedy played in Cornered, staged at the Astor Theatre. Produced by Henry Savage, the play was taken from the writing of Dodson Mitchell. Kennedy performed a dual role. She acted the character of a widow in the comedy Beware of Widows which was produced by the Maxine Elliott Theatre in December 1925. A reviewer for The New York Times remarked about Kennedy's physical beauty as well as her skill as a comedian. She returned to Broadway in her later years, performing in August 1965 with Ruth Gordon, in A Very Rich Woman. That was her first stage appearance in 33 years. ALS, 1981, 1p. "....What can I say of my joy in a profession for so many years - To be a part of it and to share my happiness with the wonderful.....audience - is the end of the rainbow..." Accompanied by unsigned sheet music from "Poppy" with W.C. Fields, 1923. VG........40-60
18. [FRANCE] Robert d'Harcourt (1881-1965) French Catholic intellectual, scholar of German culture and anti-Nazi polemicist. During World War I d'Harcourt served in the artillery with the rank of sergeant. He was severely wounded twice during the conflict. Eventually taken prisoner, he recounted his experiences in his memoir Souvenirs de captivité et d'évasion d'un camp de Bavière. After the war he obtained the chair of German language and literature at the Catholic Institute of Paris. His knowledge of German culture and his anti-Nazi views led him to publish numerous detailed articles attacking the new Nazi regime after Hitler achieved power in 1933. In 1936 he published l'Evangile de la force (The Gospel of Force), his best-known work. It was a harsh attack on Nazism, and particularly drew attention to the indoctrination of young Germans in Nazi ideology. Harcourt stressed the incompatibility between the radical racist nature of Nazi ideology and Christianity. ALS, 1955, written on both sides...............60-80
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19. Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868) English historian and ecclesiastic. An 1850 envelope ink addressed by Milman but not signed. 4 x 2.5 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
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20. [ENGLAND] JOHN MORLEY, Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923), British statesman and author. Morley began his career as a journalist in London in 1860, and in 1867 he was appointed editor of the Fortnightly Review. An ardent radical and idealist, he was receptive to the ideas of liberalism, and during the 15 years he was its editor, the review was an organ of liberal opinion. Morley was elected to Parliament in 1883, and in 1886 the Liberal party leader and prime minister William Ewart Gladstone appointed him chief secretary of Ireland. He held this position again from 1892 to 1895, when the Liberal government was defeated. ALS, 1889, 1p. Declines invitation...............50-75
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21. [ROSALIND RUSSELL] unsigned vintage 10 x 8 in. photograph from the personal collection of Rosalind Russell, the actress. Group shot showing Rosalind Russell, Mamie Eisenhower, Natalie Wood, Lee Remick, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Lemmon, Karl Malden and 3 others not identified. VG..................50-75
22. [ROSALIND RUSSELL] Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979) wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and thereby First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961. TLS, Palm Desert, Calif., April 25, 1963, 1p, to the actress Rosalind Russell (1907-1976). Mamie and Rosalind were friends. This letter mentions Mamie watching the film GYPSY. Alot of mounting traces on the verso of this letter causing some see-thru on the front. Accompanied by an unsigned 8x10 photo of Mamie & Rosalind..............100-200
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23. [ROSALIND RUSSELL] 4 pieces of ephemera: 1960 invitation from Mayor Robert F. Wagner for luncheon for King Frederik IX of Denmark; 2 White House envelopes; plus card from Social Secretary The White House...............50-75
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24. Original b/w 10 x 8 in. photo picturing Roseslind Russell with Henry Kissinger from the personal collection of Roseslind Russell, the American Actress. VG..........50-75
25. (AMERICAN LITERARY NOTABLES LOT) GLENN FRANK (1887-1940) Editor, educator , author killed in automobile accident. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 portrait photograph. FREDERICK PALMER (1873-1958) War correspond, writer. SIGNATURE (1926). FULTON OURSLER (1893-1952) Writer, Editor, author known for “The Greatest Story Ever Told”. SIGNED return address from envelope mounted . EDITH O’SHAUGHNESSY (1870-1939) Author, writer. SIGNATURE. MARY ELEANOR WILKINS FREEMAN (1852-1930) prominent 19th century author. SIGNATURE. LAURA KEAN ZEMTKIN HOBSON (1900-1986) novelist noted for “Gentleman’s Agreement”. ANS on card. JOHN DUNWOODY BROWNSON DeBOW (1820-1867) Publisher, statistician best known for this influential magazine “DeBow’s Review”. SIGNATURE, mounted to card. LOUIS ADAMIC (1899-1951) Author, translator Clipped SIGNATURE.............Min Bid $40
26. [BANKING] Timothy Wiggin - London banker. Timothy Wiggin's name turns up several times in Ralph Waldo Emerson's diary for 1833. Wiggin was Longfellow's London banker, and it has been conjectured that he served a like purpose for Emerson. Wiggin's bank was also active in the China Trade, etc. Offered here is a clip signature, approx. 5 x 1-3/4 in. VG..............Min. Bid $12
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27. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] Original 5-3/4 x 4-3/4 in. photograph of the Walt Kuhn painting YOUNG CLOWN, painted in ?................60-90
28. [FILM] Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999) Italian-American actor. He portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948). He also played a Native American shedding a tear about litter in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements, "Keep America Beautiful". Signed and inscribed newspaper clipping about Gen. george A. Custer. Approx. 6-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. VG.................25-35
29. [AMERICANA] The State of Maine imposes a $500 fine on the Town of Plymouth, Maine for not repaiting a road. Dated 1834, 1p, 7-3/4 x 12 in. VG................50-75
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30. William Buell Sprague (1795-1876) American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of Annals of the American Pulpit (nine volumes, 1857–1869), a comprehensive biographical dictionary of the leading American Protestant Christian ministers who died before 1850. Sprague was also a collector of historical documents and pamphlets and became the first person ever to gather a complete set of the autographs of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 3-1/4 x 3/4 in. VG.............Min. Bid $10
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31. [EARLY PORTRAIT] offered here is a 1776 engraving of John Towers (c. 1747–1804) English Independent minister. John went to sea as a lad, and was afterwards apprenticed to a London packer. He taught himself Greek and Hebrew, and began to preach as an independent. A secession from Jewin Street independent congregation chose him as pastor, and leased the Presbyterian meeting-house in Bartholomew Close, where he was ordained in 1769. For some years he conducted a day school. A new meeting-house was built for him in the Barbican in 1784, and his ministry was successful. Among those who frequented it was the Baptist polemicist, poet and hymnist Maria De Fleury. He published Polygamy Unscriptural (1780) (in response to Martin Madan), and sermons. Condition is expected with this age. This originally was not printed on white paper. Rare!.................75-100
32. R.W. Dunlap - Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture. Brief TLS, 1928. Sends his autograph to A.R. Parshley of Lancaster, New Hampshire...............Min. Bid $1
33. [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 National Bank check, 1890. VG.............Min. Bid $10
34. INTERNAL REVENUE/STAMP FOR SPECIAL TAX/ DEALER IN MANUFACTURED TOBACCO. Internal Revenue, partly printed, 1878, Dealer in manufactured tobacco. Approx. 7 x 8 in. Center fold & cancel punch hole else very good condition. VG.............Min. Bid $10
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35. [THEATRE] Florence Williams (1910-1995) American actress. She played many parts in summer stock, where she met future husband scenic designer Leon Whitten, and eventually landed on Broadway performing opposite legendary actress Lillian Gish. Florence left New York and her entertainment career behind in 1973, retiring with her husband to a quiet life in Rockport, Maine. Although she received many invitations to participate in community theater, Florence felt that she was too old to resume acting and politely declined. However, to keep herself active, she joined a local acting workshop at age 81. Encouraged by her peers, an initially reluctant Florence ultimately participated in The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman show based on the life of poet Emily Dickinson. Using the professional name Florence Marshall, she performed her show nationally for the public in a series of benefits for nursing homes and abused children. Florence continued to involve herself in local Maine theater productions until 1992, two years before her death at age 84. Offered here are 2 ALSs, 1980 and 1986, plus a Camden, Maine theatre program. Written to Franklyn Lenthall (1919-2001) director of the Boothbay Playhouse, Boothbay, Maine, and from 1975 to 1990 he managed the Boothbay Theater Museum which contained the nation's largest private theater collection. VG..........Min. Bid $25
36. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers Association. Group of 2 typed letters signed "Gene", 1965, one to the actor Peter Lawford and the other to Milton Ebbins, Lawford's agent/partner regarding Lawford. Plus 3 ink signed memo documents sent to All members of the Society of INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS, which included Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Ebbins and Lawford. Total of 5 ink signed by Arnstein..........Min. Bid $25
37. [KENTUCKY - ILLINOIS] Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) was a founding political figure and slave owner of the State of Illinois. He served as the first and only governor of the Illinois Territory from 1809 to until the territory was dissolved in 1818. He was then one of the first two United States Senators from the State of Illinois from 1818 to 1824, and the third Governor of Illinois from 1826 to 1830. In a time and place where personal coalitions were more influential than parties, Edwards led one of the two main factions in frontier Illinois politics. Offered is a a rare early signed court document from this years as a lawyer or judge in Kentucky. There is a 1801 [3rd line] on first page. Many condition problems: looks like the bottom half it missing; partial separation at folds; stains etc. This comes from the Christopher Bush papers, Elizabethtown, Ky. The daughter of Christopher Bush, Sarah, became the step-mother of Abraham Lincoln.................400-600
38. [MAINE] Sam 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 1807 court document signed twice, written on both sides, approx. 7-3/4 x 12-3/4". VG..................100-150
39. US NAVAL] 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. OFFERED HERE: A signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN". VG.................50-75
40. [MAINE] Thomas Cutts (1736-1821) early and important figure in Saco, Maine history. The ninth of ten children, Thomas could not expect to inherit a large amount of wealth. At the age of twenty-two, backed with a hundred dollars on loan from his father, he settled in Saco, quickly repaying that debt. Recognizing the important location of what would become Cutts Island, in the middle of the Saco River between two growing towns, he began to buy up land, securing a small piece in 1759, only a year after he arrived in town. He did do a fabulous job of making money. He bought vast tracts of land. He was a founder of the Saco Bank. He formed the Saco Iron Works Company that made huge quantities of nails and much more. See the last link below for more biography of Cutts. Offered here is a ALS, 1811, Saco, 1 full page plus address leaf on verso, addressed to Capt. Samuel Nye (1777-1826) Served in the War of 1812 as a Major in the 3rd regiment of the US Artillery. In 1812 he enlisted in the 3rd Regiment, US Artillery. "Samuel's regiment had been doubled in size early in 1812 in order to man defensive batteries on the shore of lake Ontario. During his three years in uniform, he served in New York State as a doctor. His worn set of surgical instruments may still be seen at York Institute in Saco. He may also have practiced medicine at times after the war, but his correspondence reveals that he was primarily in business. Nye married the daughter of Thomas Cutts. VG...................100-150
41. SPIRIT RATIONS IN THE NAVY - 1854 Resolutions of The Legislature of Maine in favor of Abolishing the spirit rations in the United States Navy. printed gov. document No. 69, House of Rep., 33d Congress, 1st Session, May 5, 1854. 1p. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. VG............25-35
42. [MUSIC] Elsa Clay - Assistant Executive Director of Composers and Lyricists Guild of America. TLS, 1964, 1p. to Milt Ebbins, informing Ebbins that Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, Adolph Green, Jule Styne etc. "....have been employed by at least one of the producers which as signed....." Includes list of composers. Fine.............40-60
43. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Augustus Richard Elwood (1819-1881) American merchant and politician from New York. ALS, 1873 Richfield Springs, NY, 1p. to Nelson Hopkins on his election. (2) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) Am. artist. He was one of eight American artists commissioned by the National Art Committee to depict major figures from the Great War (World War I). Signed 1922 bank check. (3) Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, (1814-1906) a prominent British Conservative politician, a moderate, middle-of-the road Anglican. He held cabinet office in every Conservative government between 1858 and 1892 and notably served as Home Secretary from 1867 to 1868 and as Secretary of State for War from 1874 to 1878. ALS, 1883, 1p. written in the 3rd person signed Viscount Cranbrook. Bottom corner edge missing. (4) [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 National Bank check, 1899. VG (5) Martin Van Buren - 1840 gov. doc. signed in type re: Mint at New Orleans. (6) Socialist Labor Party flyer WAR...WHY? c. 1950s. (7) Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) Springfield businessman, friend & pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral. 1877 Harrisburg National Bank document made out to Bunn [not signed by him]. (8) Horace Silliman (1825-1910) businessman and philanthropist. He gave a $10,000 gift to start Silliman Institute, which later became Silliman University, in Dumaguete City, Philippines. CLIP SIGNATURE..............Min. Bid $50
44. [ART] Gordon C. Aymar (1893-1989) Known for: Art director, designer, watercolor landscape painting. n between his graduation from Yale in 1914 and his service as a Signal Officer in the Navy in World War I, Gordon Aymar worked as art editor for two of the most exciting and influential magazines in American publishing history—Vanity Fair and Harper’s Weekly. TLS, 1972, 1p. VG..............50-75
45. [BRITISH] Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC (1817-1894) was an English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. Signed address panel postmarked 1862. About 4-1/4 x 3-1/4 in. VG................25-35
46. [ART] Ilise Greenstein (1928-1985) American artist who first conceived The Sister Chapel, a larger-than-life collaborative art installation that paid tribute to heroic women. n 1974, artist Ilise Greenstein enlisted a group of twelve artists to help bring to life her vision of a hall of fame for women. The work’s title is an obvious reference to Michelangelo‘s fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but the figures enshrined in The Sister Chapel represent important women from history, religion, and myth, rather than Biblical figures. Greenstein was inspired to create the ambitious work, both by and for women, while studying the famous Vatican fresco. ALS, 1977, 1p. about trading minor works of art. VG..............Min. Bid $30
47. Cyril Ritchard (1898-1977) actor. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan. Signed 7x9 photo. Corner creases and old ink price written on backside.........50-75
48. [SOUTH AFRICA] Alan Paton (1903-1988) South African writer and social reformer. As a teacher he developed a keen interest in the social and racial problems of South Africa. Paton received great critical and popular acclaim for his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), which is distinguished for its compassionate treatment of those caught up in the racial conflicts of South Africa. SIGNATURE accompanied by dust jacket for his book "Cry, the Beloved Country.".............50-75
49. JOHN D. deBUTTS (1910-?) American Businessman/CEO. He became CEO of AT&T in 1972. He was one of the first executives to offer GAY employees benefits to its employees. Also was in charge when the US Government broke up AT&T. SIGNED 8x10 photograph dtd Dec 1982...............25-35
50. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Jules Lecomte (1814-1864); Adolphe Desbarolles (1801-1886), Robert de Clery (1836-1914); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
51. [ENGLAND] William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland PC (Ire), FRS (1745-1814) British statesman and diplomat. In 1771 Auckland published Principles of Penal Law, and soon became a recognized authority on commercial and economic questions. In 1778 he carried an Act for the improvement of the treatment of prisoners, and accompanied the Earl of Carlisle as a commissioner to North America on an unsuccessful mission to settle certain disputes with certain colonists there. SIGNED address panel postmarked 1813...........25-35
52. [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL (1926-2010) Actress, Academy Award. TNS on card, 2001. Fine.........30-40
53. Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963) Democratic Party politician from New York. He was Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957. Signed NY Governors card. Mounting stains in 3 corners..........20-30
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54. [ENGLAND] Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, KG, LVO, OBE, MC, DL, FKC (born 2 July 1915), is a senior British peer and a retired Brigadier in the British Army. He was born in Rome. From 1943 to 1972, when he succeeded his father, he was known as Marquess Douro, and he is currently styled His Grace The Duke of Wellington. He joined the British Army, serving in the Second World War with the Royal Horse Guards. He eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding that regiment in 1954. He then moved to the Household Cavalry Regiment, which he began commanding in 1959. He commanded the 22nd Armoured Brigade (1960-1961), served in the British Army of the Rhine, and became defence attaché to Spain in 1964; he retired from the Army in 1968 as a Brigadier. During his period of service, he received the Military Cross. Signature, WITH SENTIMENT ON STATIONERY, DATED 1987. Fold lines o/w VG........20-30
55. MUSIC] Billy Taylor [b. 1921] Jazz pianist. Sig. card w/sentiment.........Min. Bid $10
56. [OPERA] Ljuba Welitsch [1913-1996] soprano. Sig./inscribed 4x6 card.........Min. Bid $10
57. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Ernest Legouve (1807-1903); Paul Ginisty (1855-1932); Marquis de Pastoret (1791-1857); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
58. [FILM] Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-3559. [BUSINESS] Benjamin Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865 founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990. Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906. VG................75-100
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60. [MUSIC] Walter Ross [b. 1936] American composer. His works have been performed in over 40 countries. He is perhaps best known for his compositions featuring brass and woodwinds. AMQS on 3x5 card. VG..............25-35
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61. [MUSIC] M. Lewis Spratlan [b. 1940] American music academic and composer of contemporary classical music. AMQS from his Pulitzer Prize work "Life Is A Dream," approx. 5-1/8 x 4". VG......35-45
62. [ENTERTAINMENT] Perry Como (1913-2001) American singer and television personality. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..............30-40
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64. [FRANCE] Jules-Louis Breton (1872-1940) was a chemist-inventor and a French politician. He was a representative of the French Assembly, and the proponent of the Breton-Pretot machine, a wire-cutting armoured vehicle developed in France from November 1914. The vehicle was developed with M. Pretot, engineer. Breton was born in Courrières, Pas-de-Calais. He was a Socialist with Anarchist tendencies, and as a Natalist, endeavoured to giving more freedom to women. During World War I he was France's Undersecretary of State for Inventions, and later founded and directed the National Research and Invention Ministry. He was also Minister of Hygiene under President Millerand in 1920. ALS, 1921, 1p. Approx. 4.5 x 7". VG............50-75 63. Mr. Tindal (Nicolas Tindal. 1687 - 1774) was the translator and continuer of the History of England by Paul de Rapin. Very few comprehensive histories existed at the time and Tindal wrote a three volume 'Continuation', a history of the Kingdom from the reigns of James II to George II. Tindal was Rector of Alverstoke in Hampshire, Vicar of Great Waltham, Essex, Chaplain of Greenwich Hospital and a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. ALS, in 3rd person, August 22, 1764, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG. Archival tape repair on verso...............100-150
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65. Joaquin Miller (1837-1913) American poet and frontiersman. He is nicknamed the "Poet of the Sierras" after the Sierra Nevada, about which he wrote in his Songs of the Sierras (1871). CLIP SIGNATURE........50-75
66. [MUSIC] Friedrich Klose (1862-1942) German composer. His opera Ilsebill (1903) is inspired by the music of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, and the plot is based on the Brothers Grimm tale of a fisherman who catches a huge fish which grants wishes. Autograph musical quotation signed, dated October 17, 1937. Written on back of poscard picturing Klose. 3-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. VG..............100-150
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67. [FOOTBALL] Steve Grogan (b. 1953) former American football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for sixteen seasons and spent the entirety of his career with the New England Patriots. He was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame in 1995. Signed 3x5 card. Fine.................Min. Bid $8
68. Hulett C. Merritt (1872-1956) American real estate developer, investor, rancher and art collector. He sold real estate in his hometown of Duluth, Minnesota, developed Texas City, Texas with other businessmen, and invested in real estate in Los Angeles, California, where he built the Merritt Building. He was a director and large shareholder of U.S. Steel. As a majority shareholder of the United Electric and Power Company, he installed electricity and gas in 17 cities in California, including Santa Barbara and San Diego. He owned a large ranch in Tulare County. TLS, 1949, 1p. to the Editors of Who's Who In America. Interesting. VG................50-75
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69. Edward Harold Begbie (1871–1929), also known as Harold Begbie, was an English author and journalist who published nearly 50 books and poems and contributed to periodicals. Besides studies of the Christian religion, he wrote numerous other books, including political satire, comedy, fiction, science fiction, plays and poetry. Signed 4.5 x 3.5 in. card.........Min. Biid $5
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70. [SILENT FILM] Renée Adorée (1898-1933) was a French actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. Born Jeanne de la Fonte[1] in Lille, she was the daughter of circus artists and by age five was performing with her parents. In her teens, she began acting in minor stage productions and toured Europe with her troupe. She was performing in Russia when World War I broke out and fled to London. She is most famous for her role as Melisande in the melodramatic romance and war epic The Big Parade (1925) opposite John Gilbert. It became one of MGM's all-time biggest hits and a film that historians rank as one of the best of the silent film era. In The Mating Call, a 1928 film produced by Howard Hughes, Adorée had a very brief swimming scene in the nude that caused a significant commotion at the time. Offered here is a vintage 1920s UNSIGNED 5x7 in. sepia photograph. VG.............Min. Bid $10
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71. Sir Richard Temple, 2nd Baronet CB, CIE (1850-1931) British Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and an anthropological writer. Brief ALS, 1883, 1p. 4-1/4 x 7 in. There is a tear in the middle but no loss of paper. Ink has lightened some..............Min. Bid $4
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72. [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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73. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] a week after his death in 1949, ART DIGEST referred to Walt Kuhn as "one of the most forceful, independent and self-disciplined painters of our time." That glowing evaluation is certainly just as valid today. [Written by Bennard B. Perlman, the art historian-author, from Baltimore]. Offered here are items from the Kuhn Estate in Maine. [1] Kennedy Galleries 1974 letter sending $3000 for month of June. At this time the Kennedy Galleries in New York was handling the Kuhn Estate and Brenda Kuhn received a monthly check of $3000 plus more if something sold. [2] Letter dated 1962 from attorney for Kuhn estate about Maine inheritane tax and a $125 bill for repairs to the painting "Landscape and Brook. [3] Dorsha Hayes (1897-1990) stage actress and dancer during the early 20th century. She was born in Galesburg, Illinois. She made her debut appearance in Pierre Loti's Daughter of Heaven in 1912. TLS, 1983, 1p. [4] Althea Bransom, neice of the noted artist Paiul Bransom. ALS, 1983, 1p. [5] Ruth M. Blaine - ALS, 1983, 2pp. about an UNSIGNED painting from the 1930s WPA project. She wants to know if Brenda thinks it is by Walt Kuhn. [6] Two letters, 1983, fromMaine Historical Society. 7] Brenda Kuhn (1911-1912) Co-manager, Kuhn Estate, New York City, 1949-1956; manager, Kuhn Estate, New York City, 1956-1966; Collection of Brenda Kuhn, Kuhn Estate, Cape Neddick, 1956-1966; founder, Cape Neddick Park, since 1965. President Kuhn Memorial Corporation, Cape Neddick, 1968-1975. Founder Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, since 1980. Brenda Kuhn has been listed as a noteworthy art historian by Marquis Who's Who. SIGNED 1967 bank check. [8] Thank you for donation card 1960, from Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine. [9] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) From 1969 to 1978 she was in charge of the art museum at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Later she moved north to Camden and was curator at the Farnsworth Museum. She was a close friend of Brenda Kuhn. 1p. ALS saying she was in Portland and saw "your father's paintings in the Barridoff [gallery' and the Museum." [10] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1985, 2pp. Mentions seeing painting by Walt Kuhn and Marsden Hartley. [11] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1984 on postcard - mentions Tea Party painting by Walt Kuhn "still puzzles me." [12] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1984, 2pp. Talks about Port Clyde, maine and the church there says that "the Wyeths attend a different church - Ridge". The Wyeths, of course, were Andrew and Betsey Wyeth. [13] 2 page TLS from an attorney about the sale of a Kuhn painting titled "Brenda in Ogunquit." Price $75,000. [14] Brief autograph note dated 1983 re" birthday of a 3 year old child [Cape Neddick, Maine]. [15] Group of 3 Walt Kuhn gallery consignment sheets signed by 3 different artists 1986 & 87. [16] 2 misc. items. In all approx. 20 pieces. VG..............Min. Bid $75
74. [WRITERS] Mixed Lot: [1] Dorothy Canfield Fisher [1879-1958] reformer, writer. Signature. [2] J. G. Holland [1819-1881] Am. poet, novelist. Sig. w/sentiment. [3] Park Godwin [1816-1904] Am. journalist. Signature, 1866. [4] Glenway Westcott [1901-1987] Am. writer. Sig. presentation page from book. [5] John Hall Wheelock [1886-1978] Am. poet. Sig. in return address. [6] Benson J. Lossing (1813-1891) was a prolific and popular American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War and features in Harper's Magazine. He was a Charter Trustee of Vassar College. Signature DATED 1877. [7] Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT. [8] George V. Hobart [1867-1926] American Playwright. Signature with sentiment, New York, 1908. [9] William Henry Irwin (Will) (1873 - 1948) was a U.S. author, writer and journalist. For the Bohemian Club, he wrote the Grove Play The Hamadryads in 1904. Signature. [10] Rex Beach [1877-1949]. American writer. Fine SIGNATURE.............100-150
75. MITZI GAYNOR - actress. Sig/inscribed 6x4 picture. VG...............Min. Bid $8
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76. Charles Edward Montague (1867-1928) English journalist, known also as a writer of novels and essays. Montague was against the First World War prior to its commencement, but once it started he believed that it was right to support it in the hope of a swift resolution. In 1914, Montague was 47, which was well over the age for enlistment, but in order to enlist, he dyed his white hair black to enable him to fool the Army into accepting him. H. W. Nevinson would later write that "Montague is the only man I know whose white hair in a single night turned dark through courage." He began as a grenadier-sergeant, and rose to lieutenant and then captain of intelligence in 1915. Later in the war, he became an armed escort for VIPs visiting the battlefield. He escorted such personalities as H.G. Wells and Bernard Shaw. After the end of World War I he wrote in a strong anti-war vein. He wrote that "War hath no fury like a non-combatant." Disenchantment (1922), a collection of newspaper articles about the war, was one of the first prose works to strongly criticise the way the war was fought, and is a pivotal text in the development of literature about the First World War. Disenchantment criticised the British Press' coverage of the war and the conduct of the British generals. Montague accused the latter of being influenced by the "public school ethos" which he condemned as a "gallant robust contempt for "swats" and for all who invented new means to new ends and who trained and used their brains with a will". Montague was the father of Evelyn Aubrey Montague, the Olympic athlete and journalist depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. ALS, Oxford, England, 1927, 1p, 6 x 9 in. VG......................Min. Bid $25
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77. Gertrude Berg (1899-1966) was an American actress, screenwriter and producer. A pioneer of classic radio, she was one of the first women to create, write, produce and star in a long-running hit when she premiered her serial comedy-drama The Rise of the Goldbergs (1929), later known as The Goldbergs. Her career achievements included winning a Tony Award and an Emmy Award, both for Best Lead Actress. Signed & inscribed 3-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. photo. VG.............40-60
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78. [FILM] Esther Ralston (1902-1994) American movie actress whose greatest popularity came during the silent era. ALS, 1981, 1p...........35-45
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79. [ROSALIND RUSSELL] unsigned vintage 10 x 8 in. photograph from the personal collection of Rosalind Russell, the actress. Group shot showing Rosalind Russell, Mamie Eisenhower, Natalie Wood, Lee Remick, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Lemmon, Karl Malden and 3 others not identified. VG..................50-75
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80. [ENGLAND] June 17, 1619 document, LIONEL WRIGHT, executor of the will of Richard Wright, deceased, lately collector of the imposition on tobacco, pays the balance outstanding for two years and 46 days ending Aug. 9, 1617. Richard Wright had also been paymaster of the forces in the Low Countries. Odd size - 15 x 1-1/2 in. On vellum..............Min. Bid $20
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81. [FRANCE] Pierre Guillaume Frédéric Le Play (1806-1882) French engineer, sociologist and economist. One page manuscript signed, dated 1835, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/8 in. VG..................75-100
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82. [CONGRESS] Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Offered here is an archive of letters & carbon copies, 1948 concerning appearl of Mr. Remo Rossi that his daughter, Inez Rossi, residing in Italy, be permitted to enter the United States for permanent residence. Two of the letters are signed by Philbin. About 43 pieces in this lot.................Min. Bid $35
83. Dan Quayle (b. 1947) the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Quayle was also a U.S. representative from 1977 to 1981 and a U.S. senator from 1981 to 1989 from the state of Indiana. Signed 8x10 photo. VG............75-100
84. Jesse Column Dickey (1808-1891) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He served as quartermaster and later paymaster in the United States Army during the American Civil War. Signed endorement on the back of 1869 bank check made out to him. VG..................25-35
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85. [CONFEDERATE] Samuel McDowell Tate (1830-1897) North Carolina merchant, soldier, railroad official, and legislator, born in Morganton. Before the civil war he was involved with the Western North Carolina Railroad. In 1861, after the outbreak of war, Tate volunteered for service in the Confederate army and was appointed captain of Company D, Sixth North Carolina Regiment. Commissioned and promoted to the rank of major on 20 May 1862, he was advanced to lieutenant colonel on 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg. There he assumed command of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment after the death of Colonel Isaac E. Avery and led his troops up Cemetery Hill and in the battle on Seminary Ridge. Tate continued to command the Sixth regiment until the close of the war. When the Civil War ended, Tate made his way back to Morganton, where the stockholders of the Western North Carolina Railroad elected him to the presidency of the disorganized and bankrupt organization. Offered here is 1885 bill head document made out to Col. Tate [not signed by him]. 8-1/4 x 4-1/4 in. VG.............25-35 Min. Bid $10
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86. [ART] A two color letterpress card, Merry Christmas! signed in plate: Walt Kuhn 1947. 5-1/2 x 4 in. on heavy paper, deckle edge at bottom. An original design of a clown with top hat, holding a small Christmas tree by the American painter, Walt Kuhn (1877-1949). No inscription recto or verso. In very good condition. In 1990 the Midtown Payson Galleries in NYC held an exhibition of artist's Christmas cards. They selected Walt Kuhn's 1947 card for the cover of the brochure. We are only offering the Christmas card here - not the exhibition brochure or invitation. Just the Christmas card.............25-35
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87. [ART] Merv Slotnick [b. 1941] American artist living in Maine. His work is in many collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, China, Belgium, etc. His work has been included in exhibitions at New York University; Maine Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan; Central Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts Center, Mich.; All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73] which traveled to various colleges & universities in Michigan; Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus others. Abstract expressionist and printmaker Slotnick was born in Lansing, Michigan, and received degrees from Adrian College, Central Michigan University, with additional work at Michigan State University. Slotnick was one of only 50 artists invited to exhibit in 2003's 'SANCTUARY' Exhibition at the Nobel Peace Prize forum held in the U.S. to honor the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize. Two examples of Slotnick's work were exhibited in AMERICAN WORKS ON PAPER. The painter has also been honored to have had Virginia Mecklenburg (Head Curator, Painting & Sculpture, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian) selected one of his works on paper for inclusion in the 16th Visual Arts Association National. Offered here is an original signed color digital print, unlimited edition, image 6-1/2 x 4-3/8" plus margins. Overall 11 x 8.5. The Title: Marcel Duchamp. VG.................50-75
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88. [AMERICANA] Louisa James writes a 1857 letter from Philadelphia to her sister. 4pp. in ink. Black history content. "............I told him Cunningham had become so obnoxious to the neighbors by his intimacy with the negroes that unless he had him removed I had no doubt he would be driven from the neighborhood..........I don't feel he is anything but a stranger to our family........who may be doing an injury to the negroes........rich but selfish........so forward you must keep him in his place. VG...............50-75
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89. John Trumbull (1750-1831) American poet. ALS, signed J. Trumbull D Aty, 1p, 7-1/2 5-3/4 in. No date but c. 1789-1801. "Sir, Majr. Stuart has this moment received your Note relating to the prisoners Keyes & c ----but is too unwell to answer it -----I can see no other method, than for the Court to proceed to the tryal of some opther person, I to have it in Order that the person to whom the money was pass'd, attend the Court tomorrow Morning___" Soiled; toning overall; two pinhead holes affect very little................150-200
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90. [FRANCE] 1784 Manuscript Document signed Pierre Fabri, from Geneva. About Isaac Vernet and Boutin [had to do with Abraham Gradis, Jewish merchant]. Approx. 6-1/4 x 8". VG......75-100
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91. Margaret Deland (1857-1945) American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She is generally considered part of the literary realism movement. ALS, no date, 1p,, 5-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Fine...................60-80
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92. [CARTOONIST] Brad Anderson (1924-2015) American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Marmaduke. SIGNED and inscribed postcard size print of Marmaduke. VG...............50-75
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93. George Mitchell (b. 1933) United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He has taken a leading role in negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East, being appointed United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (1995–2001) by President Clinton and as United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2009–2011) by President Obama. TLS, 1987, 1p. Sends editor thanks for sending a book. Signed George. VG...............25-35
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Douglas Volk artist 50 signed checks94. [ART] DOUGLAS VOLK [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Douglas was born to be an artist. His father was the famous sculptor Leonard Wells Volk and his mother Emily Barlow Volk was counsin to Senator Steven Douglas. At a young age Douglas showed an ability to draw and was taken seriously later studying with George Inness, and at age 14 took classes at the Accademia San Luca in Italy. In 1873 Volk went to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux Arts with the Master Jean-Leon Gerome. When he returned to the U.S. he began teaching at The Cooper Institute in New York and in 1886 was founder of the Minneapolis School Of Fine Art. In 1893 Volk was chosen for the selection committee at the Columbian Expo where he exhibited three paintings and the the gold medal, his first major award. In 1899 the National Academy granted him membership. His paintings hang in many important collections including the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Douglas Volk first ventured into Lincoln portraiture in 1908, and that canvas, reworked in 1917, eventually found its way into the National Gallery of Art. It also achieved a kind of anonymous familiarity between 1954 and 1968, when it was featured on the regular four-cent U.S. postage stamp. When in 1860, Lincoln sat in Leonard Volk's studio, a liittle child was running in and out. The great man took him on his knee and asked his name. It was Douglas. It was this boy, long grown to manhood who was the paint one of the most famous portraits of Lincoln. One of his Lincoln portraits hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Collection of 50 signed bank checks, dating 1896-1930.................Min. Bid $450
95. [NAZI PERSECUTION] the following letters are from the personal papers of Frederick Solomon (1899-1980). Dr. Frederick K. “Fritz” Solomon (originally Solomonski) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899. In 1938, when the synagogue he was serving at was torched by Nazis and he was subsequently summoned by the Gestapo, he fled Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. While still in Europe, Solomon had studied art under the German-Jewish artists Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg and Eugene Spiro, and German expressionist Willy Jaeckel. In England, he continued his artistic career, exhibiting his religious and expressionistic work at various galleries throughout the country, including the Royal Academy and the Kensington Art Gallery in London, where he had a one-man show. His work is in the permanent collections of the Courtauld Institute, the Bazalel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Ben Uri Art Gallery St. John’s Wood, London (now incorporating the London Jewish Museum of Art). He was the curator of this latter gallery from 1943 to 1946. In 1954, Solomon left England to take up a position as rabbi for Temple Beth Ha Shalom in Williamsport, PA. After three years in Pennsylvania, he sought another position and, as a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, was appointed rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in the Vedado suburb of Havana, where he wrote sermons and hosted religious services for his congregation, a part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Solomon was also active in the Jewish Progressive movement, frequently communicating with representatives of The World Union for Progressive Judaism throughout the 1950s in an attempt to officially associate his congregation with the organization. Dr. Solomon left Havana in 1960 and relocated to Laconia, N.H., where he served as rabbi at Temple B’nai Israel until 1963. He and his wife then moved to Rochester, N.H. in 1963, where he opened the New English Art Gallery and Studio. In his later years, Solomon served as the chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Nathaniel Hawthorne College in Antrim, New Hampshire. He died in in 1980. Offered here is a collection of letters written to Frederick Solomon. It includes items sent to Solomon from The United Restitution Organization (URO) that was established in 1948 as a legal aid service to assist victims of Nazi persecution living outside Germany in making restitution and indemnification claims against Germany and Austria. The URO has served over 250,000 clients. It helped Jews, Roma, and other victims of Nazi crimes. At its most expansive, the URO maintained 29 offices in 15 countries around the world. British barrister Norman Bentwich was the chairman of the URO board from 1948 until his death in 1971, and Kurt May, a German-born lawyer who had fled the Nazis in 1934 after he defended a leading Social Democrat wrongly accused of being a Communist, served as its director from the early 1950s until 1990. INCLUDES a TLS, 1939 signed by Alexander J. Burnstein (1900-1980) Rabbi who was born in Kiev, Ukraine and, after making his way to the United States, graduated from Northwestern University. On December 1, 1938, upon the successful arrangement of this position by Cyrus Adler (who had presided over Burnstein's ordination less than a decade before), became the executive secretary of the Advisory Committee on Refugee Jewish Ministers from 1938 to 1942. Burnstein was one of two Jews, both rabbis (the other being Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel), who contributed to a volume celebrating the lifework of Reinhold Niebuhr.[20] Burnstein, a Jewish "admirer" of Niebuhr, wrote of his disagreement with Niebuhr in focusing on teshuvah rather than original sin in understanding human behavior. Also Else Bienheim (1905-1998) TLS, 1970, from the United Restitution Organization (URO). A lengthy TLS, 1937 signed LUDWIG KLAAR from Stockholm. Not translated. Leslie I. Edger (1905-1984) TLS, 1939, 1p. Bruno Buchwald - TLS, 1938, 1p. PLUS 8 others dating 1938-39. VG. Certainly worthy of research. There are Solomon papers in the collection of the Univ. of New Hampshire and Miami University in Florida...................200-300
96. [FILM] Billy Bob Thornton (b. 1955- ) American actor. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35 See above
97. Dick Van Patten (1928-2015) American actor, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television sitcom Eight is Enough. He began work as a child actor and was successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........25-35
98. [FILM] Ralph Bellamy (1904-1991) American actor whose career spanned sixty-two years. Two signed pieces [see scan]..........35-45
99. [FILM] Macaulay Culkin (b. 1980) American actor. He became famous as a child actor for his role as Kevin McCallister in the family comedy Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). Signed 8x10 photo from the movie THE PAGTEMASTER. VG.................25-35100. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Robert Henry Goldsborough (1779-1836) US Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) Geo. R. Dennis (1822-1882) Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) John S. Spence (1788-1840) Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (4) William D. Merrick (1793-1857) Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) James B. Groome (1838-1893) Gov. and Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (6) Edwards Amasa Park (1808-1900) American Congregational theologian. Park was one of the most notable American theologians and orators. He was the most prominent leader of the new school of New England Theology. Signature on envelope. (7) George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) was a prominent American politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1877 to 1904 who belonged to an extended family that became politically prominent in 18th- and 19th-century New England. DS, receipt dated 1904 a couple months before he died. (8) Jimmy Carter - Jan. 20, 1977 Inauguration cover, not signed............Min. Bid $40
101. [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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102. [Country Music] Charlie Pride (1934-2020) American country music singer. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo..........50-75
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104. [MUSICAL THEATRE] 1964 theatre program for THE STUDENT PRINCE 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
105. [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
106. [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
107. [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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108. [FILM] Benjamin Bratt (b.1963) American actor, producer, and activist. Signed 10 x 8 photo. Fine..........25-35
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109. 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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110. [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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111. [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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112. [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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113. [FRANCE] Etienne Émile Marie Boutroux (1845-1921) was an eminent 19th century French philosopher of science and religion, and an historian of philosophy. ALS, PARIS, 1918, 2pp, approx. 4-1/4 x 5-1/4". VG.............50-75
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114. Preston Foster (1900-1970) American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. Signed, inscribed yellow card, 5x4 in. One fold line down the middle...............25-35
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115. [FILM] Walter Newman (1916-1993) American radio writer and screenwriter active from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. He was nominated three times for Academy Awards (Ace in the Hole, Cat Ballou, and Bloodbrothers), but he may be best known for a work that never made it to the screen: his unproduced original script Harrow Alley. Newman's radio writing included scripts for Escape, Suspense, and The Halls of Ivy as well as the first broadcast episode of Gunsmoke. He is not officially credited for his screenplays for The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, having renounced credit after sharp disagreements with the director, John Sturges in both cases, over changes made during shooting. Document Signed, his pay check from Warner Bros., 1984, endorsed on verso by Newman. Fine. Scarce!..............50-75 Min. Bid $10
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116. [AVIATION] Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901-1960) American aviation pioneer. She was the only woman yet to hold simultaneous world records for speed, altitude, and distance for a female pilot. She has a very interesting biography including her connect to Amelia Earhart. In December 1930, she beat Charles Lindbergh's record time for a cross-country flight, completing the trip in 13 hours, 21 minutes. Offered here is a biographical sheet on which pens about 8 lines [not signed]. Approx. 6 x 8 in. VG............50-75
117. Malcolm Taylor Dougherty (pen name Malcolm Taylor) (1888-1989) author of boys' books and a poet. An archive of 10 ALSs dated 1983-1989, PLUS 7 Christmas cards, each with long notes written by him on them; plus a photo and funeral card. Interesting reflections by a centenarian. Most are signed "Doc." VG.......Min. Bid $40
118. [MILITARY] Edward F. Witsell (1891-1969) was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General from 1946 to 1951. He was also he military attaché in Tokyo, Japan as well as Honolulu, Hawaii. TLS, 1946, 1p. to Augustin Boucher who is asking for assisatnce for his brother serving overseas. His brother Joseph was a paratrooper who was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. Includes 4 page letter from Augustin to Congressman Philip Philbin [Mass.].............Min. Bid $15
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119. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Isaac A. Hill (1827-1903) Probate Court Register; he was the son of Isaac Hill, the governor and US Senator. Document Signed, 1873, about 7.5 x 9.5 in. VG.............25-35
120. Gabriel Monod (1844-1912) French historian, the nephew of Adolphe Monod. In 1876 he founded the Revue Historique,[2] which rapidly became a great authority on scientific education. ALS, 1908, 1p. 4-1/4 x 5-1/2......25-35
121. John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) American mining engineer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Known as the man with the Midas touch, he amassed a sizable fortune before the age of 40. TLS, 1935, 1p. 8.5 x 11 in. VG..........80-120
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122. [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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123. [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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124. [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 Kuhns letter was her signed retained COPY as was her practice when sending letters.......200-300 Min. Bid $50
125. [SCIENCE] Charles Frederick Marvin (1858-1943) American meteorologist. He was born at Putnam, Ohio. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1883, and was appointed to the United States Army Signal Corps of the United States Army. On July 1, 1891, an Act of Congress created the Weather Bureau from the signal service. All the men and duties relating to weather were transferred from the War Department. He became professor of meteorology in 1903 in the Weather Bureau, and chief there in 1913. Marvin conducted important experiments for determining the amount of moisture in the air, invented instruments for automatically measuring and recording rainfall, snowfall, etc., and produced other advancements during the time when man first began the employment of powered aircraft. Marvin wrote numerous pamphlets and papers published by the Weather Bureau. He contributed to the New International Encyclopedia. Offered here is a 1905 autograph note signed, written in the 3rd person, accepting invitation from National Academy of Sciences. 5-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Fine..................75-100
126. [FILM] Aileen Marie Quinn (b.1971) American actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Annie Bennett Warbucks in Annie. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photo as ANNIE. She also make draws an Annie face, dated 1982. VG..................25-35
127. Robert P. Tristram Coffin (1892-1955) was a writer, poet and professor at Wells College (1921–1934) and Bowdoin College (1934–1955). He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1936. ALS, 1946, written from Brunswick, Maine, 1p, 8.5 x 11 in. To Ruthalia Keim who has invited Coffin to come and read/speak to students at The Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, Mass. He accepts invitation and tells her about his recent health problems that he is recovering from. Excellent condition.........75-100
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128. [AMERICANA] Richard E. Pairo, Attorney Ar Law writes an 1885 letter to attorney J.W. Pickering in Boston. It seems that Margaret Mockler made a claim as the widow of Thomas Mockler, deceased, formerly a Laudsman on the USS Fernandina and collected $36.13 Prize money. Years later a man claiming to be Thomas Mockler makes a claim. 3-1/3 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. Pairo is asking for additional information to begin the process of determing who the imposter is, Margaret or the other man. VG..........Min. Bid $25
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129. [FILM] Catherine Deneuve (b. 1943) French actress. Signed color photo, 4-1/8 x 5-7/8 in. Fine...........35-45 See above
130. Lawrence F. Abbott (1859-1933) American editor and writer, son of Lyman Abbott. In 1891 he became president of the Outlook Company. As well as being a close friend to Theodore Roosevelt, throughout almost his whole life, he also served as secretary to Theodore Roosevelt during the latter's tour of Europe and Africa (1909–10), and edited Roosevelt's African and European Addresses (1910). He was the author of an article on Theodore Roosevelt in the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), and of Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt (1919) and The Story of NYLIC (1930). Signed & inscribed 4-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. card, dated 1921. Attractive and fine...............25-35
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131. [ART] Judith Zilczer - American art historian and former museum curator. She is known for her work with artists such as Horace Pippin, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Willem de Kooning, and Richard Lindner. Zilczer was interested in the connections between music and art, which she described as "the mystical strain of artistic synesthesia." She curated an exhibit titled "Visual Music: Synaesthesia in Art and Music Since 1900".[4][5] Zilczer served at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in various capacities from 1974-2003. From 1992 to 2003, she was Curator of Paintings. Her papers are held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. TLS, Sept. 20, 1983, 4pp. To Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the artist Walt Kuhn. She thanks Brenda for granting her permission to study the restricted Walt Kuhn Papers in the Archives of American Art. Excellent art content letter. Also includes a signed 1962 Brenda Kuhn bank check. Fine......80-120......Min Bid $25
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132. J.P. Morgan Jr. (1867-1943), also known as Jack Morgan, was an American banker, finance executive, and philanthropist. Morgan Jr. inherited the family fortune and took over the business interests including J.P. Morgan & Co. after his father J. P. Morgan died in 1913. Document Signed, J.P. Morgan & Co., NY, 1896, 1p. To J.A. Barnard, Indianapolis, re: check $1673.75. Barnard was a railroad man. VG...............Min. Bid $50
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133. [THEATRE] Sam Bernard (1863-1927) was an English-born American vaudeville comedian who also performed in musical theatre, comic opera and burlesque and appeared in a few silent films. Signature dated 1900. Not attractive. Approx. 5 x 2-3/4 in. Laid down. Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum, Boothbay, Maine............Min. Bid $8
134. [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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135. [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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136. [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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138. [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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139. Mystery Lot of 9 documents, dated 1828 - circa 1950. You do the research. Conditions mostly VG..........Min. Bid $15
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140. [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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141. 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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142 . [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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143. [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
144. [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
145. [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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146. [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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147. [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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148. [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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149. [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
150. [NOBEL PRIZE] 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
151. [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
152. 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
153. 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
154. [FILM] Marge Champion (1919-2020) American dancer and actress. At a young age she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later, she performed as an actress and dancer in film musicals, and in 1957 had a TV show based on song and dance. In 1947, she married dancer Gower Champion (1919–1980). Together as a dance team, the Champions performed in MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s, including their first MGM musical Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), Show Boat (1951) and Everything I Have Is Yours (1952). Offered here is a signed sketch [a comical self-portrait], 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG.............50-75
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155. [ART] 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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156. Vassar Miller (1924-1998) was a writer and poet. She served as Poet Laureate of Texas (1988-1989). Three of her books won the annual poetry prize of the Texas Institute of Letters. In 1982 and 1988 Miller was named Poet Laureate of Texas, and in 1997 she was named to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by the Governor's Commission for Women. Signed typed poem titled "Precision", 1p. Approx. 7 x 10 in. VG...................50-75
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157. Hamilton Aide (1826-1906) was "for many years a conspicuous figure in London literary society, a writer of novels, songs and dramas of considerable merit and popularity, and a skillful amateur artist". In particular, Aide was "known for such widely anthologized lyrics as 'Love, the Pilgrim', 'Lost and Found' and 'George Lee'". Signed postmarked [18]62 envelope, approx. 4-3/4 x 2-3/4 in. VG.........25-35
158. [AMERICANA] Augustus Moore writes a 1833 letter from Charleston, South Carolina to his sister Lydia Moore in Frankfort, Maine. One full page + 1/2 page on address side which is postmarked [light now]. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. VG...............50-75
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159. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL pencil drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. Fine. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it................50-75
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160. ANTIQUE MANUSCRIPT - approx. 72 pages, some ink drawings on pages. Date c. 1850s. Appears to be about Fluid statics or hydrostatics. 8-1/2 x 10-1/4 in. Provenance: Joe Rubinfine. VG..........400-600
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161. [SHOW BIZ] includes: (1) John Schneider (b. 1960) actor best known for The Dukes of Hazzard. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. (2) Warner Baxter (1889-1951) American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter became known for his role as the Cisco Kid. Unsigned color photo. The following are 1984 & 1985 Warner Bros. paychecks. None are signed (endorsed) on verso. (3) R.B. MITTLEMAN (4) Michael J. London - actor, known for Police Story (1973), ER (1994) and Falcon Crest (1981). (5) Robert C. Lindsley {b. 1949) English stage and TV actor. (6) Mugwump Prods. (7) R.L. Getchell (8) Heather Skillman (9) John A. Fegan Jr. - editor, producer. (10) Lee Barton is an actor and director, known for A Debt in the Life (2009), Let It Bleed (2016) and Scramble (2017). (11) Todd Basse - actor, known for Mitchell (1975), Gunsmoke (1955) and Run, Joe, Run (1974). (12) Brooke Baxes - actress, known for Friends (1994), Monkeybone (2001) and The Price Is Right (1972)................Min. Bid $40
162. [ART] William Henry Shelton (1840-1932) American painter, etcher and illustrator, best remembered for his military art, most specifically his scenes from the American Civil War. W. H. Shelton, in fact, served in a New York State regiment during the conflict and thus his etchings and drawings are based upon actual experiences. He participated as an artillery commander in the Battle of the Wilderness, where he was badly wounded and taken prisoner by the Confederates. As well as producing a number of fine etchings, Shelton also contributed many illustrations to leading periodicals such as Harper’s during the 1870’s and 1880’s. He was a full member of the New York Etching Club and served as the Librarian for the influential New York arts association, the Salmagundi Club. During his career, W. H. Shelton exhibited at such institutions as the Brooklyn Art Association, the Boston Art Club, the Pennsylvania Academy and at the Art Institute of Chicago. Offered here is his original c. 1883 etching, Artillery Sergeant, image approx. 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. Plate signed. Fine...................150-200
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163. [MARYLAND] Francis Thomas (1799-1876) Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland. DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1843, appointment of Justices of Middleton County. Approx. 16-1/4 x 10-1/4 in. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............80-120
164. [MARYLAND] Francis Thomas (1799-1876) Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland. DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1843, appointment of Justices of Frederick County. Approx. 16-1/4 x 10-1/4 in. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............80-120
165. [MARYLAND] Francis Thomas (1799-1876) Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland. DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1843, appointment of Justices of Frederick County. Approx. 16-1/4 x 10-1/4 in. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............80-120
167. [THEATRE-FILM] Sidney Drew (1863-1919) American stage and screen actor. Sidney Drew or Mr. Sidney Drew as he was usually billed, was an uncle of actors Lionel, Ethel and John Barrymore. During World War I, Drew's son, actor-director S. Rankin Drew, was killed in action. Drew never recovered from the loss. ADS on 7.5 x 4.5 album page, dated Jan. 19/89. He writes........"You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself, and how little I deserve it. Yours very Sincerely, Sidney Drew." Fine...........75-100
166. Hans Baur (1897- 1993) Adolf Hitler's pilot during Hitler's political campaigns of the early 1930s. He later became Hitler's personal pilot and leader of the Reichsregierung squadron. Apprehended by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II in Europe, he was imprisoned in the USSR for ten years before being extradited to France on 10 October 1955, where he was imprisoned until 1957. He died in Herrsching, Bavaria, in 1993. Lengthy ALS written on postcard, 1976, to Dr. B.C. West. Those of you who have been in autographs for years will remember B.C. West. VG............200-300
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168. [EARLY ACTORS] includes autograph signatures of: (1) Edward Righton (1838-1899) English actor. He created the role of Boomblehardt in Gilbert's Creatures of Impulse. (2) Bernard Niemeyer (1895-1941). Plus about 11 others not yet identified including one signed Phillipps, Haymarket Theatre, 1799. About 13 autographs. Mixed conditions...............Min. Bid $30
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169. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) James J. Blanchard - Gov. Michigan. Signed 5x7 photo [probably autopen]. (2) Lowell Thomas Jr. (1923-2016) American politician and film producer who collaborated with his father, the accomplished reporter and author Lowell Thomas, on several projects before becoming an Alaskan state senator in the early 1970s, and later the lieutenant governor of Alaska (1974–1978). In the 1980s, he owned and operated Talkeetna Air Taxi, an Alaska bush flying service. Small signed picture of him with his father. (3) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. Three check registers in her handwriting but not signed, 1945. (4) Clip signature which we can't makeout but in pencil on back it says British Minister at Washington 1854. (5) Warren K. Wentworth Jr. (1930-2018) 4 signed checks. (6) Limerick National Bank [Maine] 4 bank checks 1924. (7) Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, PC (1779-1854) English lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord Chief Justice between 1832 and 1850. Signed 1836 address panel...............Min. Bid $20
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170. [SPORTS] Donald Newcombe (1926-2019) Baseball pitcher, and the first pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, and Cy Young Awards during his career. Newcombe was the first black pitcher to win twenty games in one season. Signed album page [1954]. Signed on the other side by Gus Lesnevich (1915-1964) American boxer who held the World Light Heavyweight Championship. Also signed by Al Simmons (1902-1956) Hall of Fame baseball player. 4 x 5-3/4 in. VG.............50-75
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170. [MARYLAND] Augustus W. Bradford (1806-1881) the 32nd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1862 to 1866. He served as governor during the Civil War and paid a heavy price for his devotion to the Union. Signed 1866 bank check. Approx. 7-3/4 x 2-1/2 in. Used condition..........50-75
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171. [MARYLAND] Augustus W. Bradford (1806-1881) the 32nd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1862 to 1866. He served as governor during the Civil War and paid a heavy price for his devotion to the Union. Signed 1865 bank check. Approx. 7-3/4 x 3 in. Used condition..........50-75
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172. [WORLD WAR II] Major Everett E. Worrell, Jr. (1923-2015) World War 2 pilot who flew 35 combat missions in Europe, with his crew coming back uninjured from every single mission. He flew multiple aircraft in World War II including: B-17 bomber, Vultee BT-13 Valiant, B-25 Mitchell (Bomber), and the British de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito. The veteran served as a flight commander with the 381st Bomb Group. He had a special duty as an adjutant, overseeing the American Rest Homes in England or "Flak" houses. Signed postcard photo. 7x 5 in. Fine...............25-35
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173. Henry Martyn Hoyt Jr. (1856-1910) served as Solicitor General of the United States from 1903 to 1909. His father, also named Henry Martyn Hoyt, served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883. Group of 5 Riggs National Bank checks signed by Hoyt, all 1912. VG............80-120
174. (Assorted Document Lot) includes: (1) Italian Letter dated 1838, not translated, signed “Giacomo d’Anofrio”. (2) SIGNED document of Samuel Merrill (1792-1855), early leading banker of Indiana , signed bottom of half document dated May 20, 1834. (3) Colonial document of Topsfield, Mass. In 1772, signed by Matthew Standly, in 1772 and by Thomas Baker, John Howe, later signed in 1784 by Nathaniel Saltonstall and Michael Sewall in the transfer of land. (4 & 5) Two French Docuements signed, about 1700’s, not translated. (6) SIGNED transatlantic document which is a ALS, dated August 26, 1873 on Compagnie Generale, Transtatlantique stationary. (7) DS, Col. William Fernald, dated april 14, 1820, making Allen Crofs Sergeant in the Firfth Regiment in the Brigade and 1st Division in the Milita of Mass. All are VG...............100-200
175. (AMERICAN THEATER LOT) includes: (1) Susan Strasberg (1938 –1999) widely praised performance as a teenager in Picnic, Strasberg originated the title role in the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank and was nominated for a Tony Award at the age of 18. SIGNATURE, with sentiment clipped from Play Program. (2) Dorothy Stickney (1896 – 1998) actress best known for appearing in the long running Life with Father. SIGNED full Playbill Theater book from “Pippin” 6/15/73. (3) MARY K. TAYLOR (? -?) actress who appeared with May Irwin and also on Broadway from 1906 to 1910. ALS 1908. (4) ARTHUR GARRELS (?-?) American Actor. He appeared on Broadway in 2 plays in 1901. He worked with Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. SIGNED Cabinet Photograph on front ANS on verso, dated May 1901 and mentions working with Goodwin and Elliott. (5) Gus Rogers (1869–1908) and Max (1873–1932) Solomon]. Known as “The Rogers Brothers”. The brothers, both of whom were born in New York, began to perform together in 1885 and soon became favorites at Tony Pastor's, with their “Dutch” dialect routines. When Weber and Fields rose to popularity but refused to cooperate with the Theatrical Syndicate or Trust, SIGNED CARD 1901 bu Gus. (6) John Forsythe, Staats Cotsworth, Carol Cole Playbill signed by the 3 from the 1968 play “Weekend” by Gore Vidal. (7) Henry Eugene Abbey (1846 –1896) theatre manager and producer. During the 1870s - 1890s, he managed such prominent Broadway theatres as Booth's, Wallack's, and the Park Theatre, Abbey also had the distinction of being the first manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company, which opened for its inaugural season in 1883. He managed the tours of Adelina Patti, Francesco Tamagno and the London Gaity in America, and he introduced Sarah Bernhardt to America. He opened Boston's Park Theatre in 1879. He also opened Abbey's Theatre in 1890, one of the first theatrical managers to present expensive shows outside of the major cities. He resigned after a financially unsuccessful first season, but was re-hired in 1891, along with John B. Schoeffel and Maurice Grau. He continued in this capacity until his death in 1896-- RARE SIGNED cabinet photograph on verso. (8) George White (1892-1968) producer, actor, director his George White’s Scandals ran from 1919–1939, modelled after the Ziegfeld Follies. The "Scandals" launched the careers of many entertainers, including W.C. Fields, the Three Stooges, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Bert Lahr, and Rudy Vallée. Louise Brooks, Alice White, and Eleanor Powell got their show business start as lavishly dressed (or underdressed) chorus girls strutting to the "Scandal Walk". Much of George Gershwin's early work appeared in the 1920-24 editions of Scandals.George White's Scandals is also the name of several movies set within the Scandals, all of which focus primarily on the show's acts, with a thin backstage plot stringing them all together. The best known of these was 1934's George White's Scandals written by Jack Yellen, which marked the film debut of Alice Faye.Notable Flapper-era cartoonist and designer Russell Patterson worked on Broadway on a number of productions in various capacities, including George White's Scandals of 1936 as Scenic Designer. SIGNATURE mounted on presentation page...............100-150
176. [ACTORS] multiple lot of signatures includes: (1) slip signed on one side by Edith Coates (1908-1983) English operatic mezzo-soprano. A highly gifted actress with a striking stage presence. Also signed by Powell Lloyd (1900 – 1987) was an English operatic tenor and opera director and producer. Signed on verso by Carmen Del Rio. (2) Joanne Farrell signed card. (3) Alan Bates (1934-2003) signed card. (4) Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974) American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. Signature. (5) Sam Wanamaker, CBE (1919-1993) American actor and director who moved to the United Kingdom after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist sympathies. Signature. Also signed on verso but can't ID. (6) Pat Boone - signed & inscribed. Signed on verso by Paul Carpenter (1921-1964)
Canadian actor and singer. (7) Dan Duryea (1907-1968) American actor in film, stage, and television. Known for portraying a vast range of character roles as a villain, he nonetheless had a long career in a wide variety of leading and secondary roles.................Min. Bid $50
177. Sir Elton John CH Kt CBE (b.1947) English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Signed [1977] page, 6-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. Signed on the other side by Sir Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999) English actor. Bogarde came to prominence in films including The Blue Lamp in the early 1950s, before starring in the successful Doctor film series (1954–1963). He twice won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for The Servant (1963) and Darling (1965). His other notable film roles included Victim (1961), Accident (1967), The Damned (1969), Death in Venice (1971), The Night Porter (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Despair (1978). He was appointed a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1990 and a Knight Bachelor in 1992. Both autographs were obtained IN PERSON at some music store in Paris in 1977. It was the kind of music store that well known musicians visited then. Fine.........100-150
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178. [FILM] Charlotte Rampling OBE (b.1946) English actress, model, and singer, known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model and later became a fashion icon and muse. Large signature on 6-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. page. sIgned 1977. Signed on the verso by Jean-Marc Cerrone (b.1952) French disco drummer, composer, record producer and creator of concert shows. Cerrone is an influential producer of 1970s and 1980s disco songs. Both autographs were obtained IN PERSON at some music store in Paris in 1977. It was the kind of music store that well known musicians visited then. Fine.........50-75
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179. [FILM] Michael Caine (b. 1933) English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films during a career spanning over 60 years, and is considered a British film icon. Caine is a fan of chill-out music. Signed 6-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. sheet. Signed on verso by Karen Cheryl (b. 1955) French singer, actress, radio and television presenter. Their autographs were obtained in person in 1979. It was the kind of music store that well known musicians visited then. Fine.........50-75
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180. [FILM] Klaus Kinski (G1926-1991) German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and was a leading role actor in the films of Werner Herzog, including Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), and Cobra Verde (1987). He also appeared in many Spaghetti Westerns, such as For a Few Dollars More (1965), A Bullet for the General (1966), The Great Silence (1968), And God Said to Cain (1970), Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971) and A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975). Kinski was a controversial figure, and some of his tantrums on set were filmed in Herzog's documentary My Best Fiend. Signed 6-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. sheet. His autograph was obtained in person in 1985 at some music store in Paris in 1985. It was the kind of music store that well known musicians visited then. Fine.........50-75
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181. [THEATRE - FILM LOT] includes: (1) Clint Eastwood - signed 5 x 7 photo. Although ink signed in our opinion all Eastwood signed photos ARE secretarial signatures. That said we have not researched this one. VG (2) [THEATRE] Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) English stage actor in the Victorian era. Irving is widely acknowledged to be one of the inspirations for Count Dracula, the title character of the 1897 novel Dracula whose author, Bram Stoker, was business manager of the theatre. UNSIGNED vintage photo, approx. 4 x 5.5 in. Some surface faults. (3) Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed 1935 bank check made out to Zelly Smirnoff who was a violinist who played for Vallee as well as Charlie Parker. VG (4) James Farentino (1938-2012) was an American actor. (5) [THEATRE] Jean Van Kirk Dalrymple (1902-1998] American theater producer, manager, publicist, and playwright. She was instrumental in the founding of New York City Center, and is best known for her productions there. At City Center, she produced revivals of Our Town, Porgy and Bess, Othello (starring Paul Robeson and Jose Ferrer), A Streetcar Named Desire (starring Uta Hagen and Anthony Quinn), Pal Joey (with Bob Fosse and Viveca Lindfors), King Lear (with Orson Welles), and many others. Brief TLS, 1986, 1p. 4 x 6 in. To Franklyn Lenthall, a theatrical producer, director, and teacher. He was the owner of the Boothbay Theatre Museum in Maine. Signed Jean. VG. (6) [THEATRE] Sir George Robey. Originally George Edward Wade [1869-1954]. English comedian. Created many comic roles on stage, esp. in music-hall performances (from 1891); during World War I relieved London with musical comedy The Bing Boys Are Here; also in films, including Don Quixote, Chu Chin Chow, Southern Roses. Signed 2-3/4 x 4 in. photograph in clown makeup. VG. (7) John Hollingshead (1827-1904) English theatrical impresario, journalist and writer during the latter half of the 19th century. He is best remembered as the first manager of the Gaiety Theatre, London. An innovative producer, Hollingshead brought Gilbert and Sullivan together in 1871 to produce their first joint work, a musical extravaganza called Thespis. ANS, 1874, mounted. (8) [FILM] Ernest Torrence (1878-1933) He was the man you loved to hiss. This towering (6' 4"), highly imposing character star with cold, hollow, beady eyes and a huge, protruding snout would go on to become one of the silent screen's finest arch villains. Unsigned vintage 5x7 photo. VG.................Min. Bid $50
182. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Karl E. Mundt (1900-1974) US Senator from South Dakota. TLS, 1964. (2) Red Adair (1915-2004) American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the highly specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping oil well blowouts, both land-based and offshore. Signed, inscribed 5 x 6-3/4 in. color photo. Signed twice [contrast isn't very good because photo is darker]. (3) Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the noted American artist Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (4) C. Delano - Sec. of the Interior. Signed in type 1875 printed gov. document, INDIAN SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA. (5) Douglas Volk - artist known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp. Signed 1906 bank check. (6) James Edward Murray (1876-1961) US Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961. (7) Tony Lavelli (1926-1998) NBA player. Sig. inscribed 3x5 card. (8) George Mitchell - US Senator from Maine. TLS, 1985, signed George. Thanks publisher for sending him a book. (9) Group of 26 Limerick, Maine bank checks c. 1917. (10) [ILLINOIS-LINCOLN] Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him. Approx. 5.5 x 7.5 in. VG..................Min. Bid $50
183. Maine Paper - approx. 85 old documents, the earliest being 1834 - to about 1935. Receipts & business & legal paper. Needs research. Varied conditions.................Min. Bid $60
184. [COLONIAL] John Hancock (1737-1793) American patriot, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Offered here is a 1783 manuscript document. Ebenz. Winter Caless pays John Hancock. The docket handwriting on the backside was written by Hancock. Some loss of paper well away from Hancock's endorsement on the verso. Approx. 7-3/4 x 3-1/2 in.......Min. Bid $350
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185. [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
186. [REV. WAR] Luke Drury (1737-1811) Patriot. He was a farmer and grist mill operator. He served as the town's constable, deputy sheriff, collector, assessor, selectman, and representative to the Massachusetts General Court. In 1757 he became a member of the town's militia during the French and Indian War. In 1773 Drury was a member of a Grafton committee organized to give bonds to the Indian trustees so that the town would come into possession of the tribe's "School Lots and meeting house with the four acres of Land by Sd. meeting house and Burying place." He captained the minute-men at the Lexington and Concord alarms and at Bunker Hill, and served the course of the Revolution. In 1786 Drury likely participated in Shay's Rebellion. He served on Worcester's "committee of the people" and may have participated in the attempt to take the Springfield arsenal. Imprisoned for his rebel activities "as a person dangerous to the state," in 1787, he was released and in June elected to the Massachusetts General Court. In early fall of that same year, Drury served on a committee of Hassanamisco Indian affairs. He removed to Marlborough in 1803, where he died in 1811. Offered here is a Manuscript Document [Deed] Signed by Drury on the front. The last 9 lines were also written by Drury. Signed on the back by Sam Bartlett (1752-1821) American patriot, and a noted silversmith from Concord, Mass. He was a founder of the Massachusetts Bible Society, a member of the Cambridge Humane Society, and also from 1795-1820 the elected Register of Deeds for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Deafened by cannon fire during the Boston massacre, he gave up his acedemic studies and became a smith. He worked from circa 1775 to 1795 as a silversmith in Concord Mass.. Although he worked in the town for two decades, Bartlett's most active period in Concord seems to have been between 1785 and 1795. With the aid of journeyman silversmith Joseph Lasinby Brown, of Concord, Bartlett executed communion silver commissions for three towns in Middlesex County, and produced domestic silver for resale and wholesale markets. At the end of the period, he was elected register of deeds for Middlesex County and moved to Cambridge, retiring from the role of silversmith. Bartlett marked 12 pieces of communion silver, including three flagons, one tankard and eight cups. About 25 pieces of Bartlett's domestic hollowware are known, including canns, porringers, creampots, and a unique miniature teapot. In addition, Bartlett marked teaspoons, tablespoons, ladles, and shoe buckles. Offered here is a 1820 Charlestown, Mass. document concerning Henry Van Voorhees of Charlestown Morocco manufacturer. Sam Bartlett has signed on the back as Register of Deeds, Middlesex County, Mass. Approx. 9 x 14.5 in. Very good condition..................600-800
187. [ART] Morrie Turner (1923-2014) American cartoonist, creator of the strip Wee Pals, the first American syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters. During World War II, where he served as a mechanic with Tuskegee Airmen, his illustrations appeared in the newspaper Stars and Stripes. After the war, while working for the Oakland Police Department, he created the comic strip Baker's Helper. In 1970 Turner became a co-chairman of the White House Conference on Children and Youth. In 1967, cartoonist Bil Keane created the Family Circus character Morrie, a playmate of Billy and the only recurring black character in the strip, based on Turner. In 2003, the National Cartoonists Society recognized Turner for his work on Wee Pals and others with the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. Offered here is a First Day Cover, 1973, honoring American Revolution Bicentennial on which he does an ink drawing of "WEE PALS", signed. Great item. 6.5 x 3.5 in. Fine..............100-200
188. [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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189. [MEDICINE] Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson FRS FRCP (1828-1896) British physician, anaesthetist, physiologist, sanitarian, and a prolific writer on medical history. He was the recipient of the Fothergill gold medal, awarded by the Medical Society of London in 1854 and of the Astley Cooper triennial prize for an essay in physiology. He was a close personal friend, and professional colleague, of John Snow. On Snow's sudden death he took over the final editing of Snow's draft On Chloroform and Other Anaesthetics and supervised its publication in 1858. Richardson was a sanitary reformer, who busied himself with many of the smaller details of domestic sanitation which tend, in the aggregate, to prolong the average life in each generation. ALS, 1877, 2pp., written to Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889) the Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. Fine.............100-150
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190. [WOMEN] Emma Stone Lawrence Blackwell (1851-1920), sister-in-law of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, who married George W. Blackwell; she became a school teacher, later worked for “The Woman’s Journal,” she was Lucy Stone’s niece, one-time president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association's New Jersey chapter; she was a founder of the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association (NJWSA) and attended its initial meeting in February 1890. She served as its recording secretary in 1894-95. She served as the NJWSA secretary in 1900, historian in 1903, and president in 1905-07. Offered here is a 1907 ALS, 2pp. signed "Emma". Written to her father Henry Lawrence. Fine.........50-75 Scan 1
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191. Mary Baird Bryan (1861-1930) wife of William Jennings Bryan. She was an American writer and suffragette. Mary Elizabeth would emerge as an important part of Bryan's career, managing his correspondence and helping him prepare speeches and articles. Mary passed the bar exam and learned German in order to help his career. ALS, not dated to Mr. Berger, 2pp. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. On page 2 she says "I was never so proud of Mr. Bryan as now. He possesses powers of strategy & management of which I was not aware."................Min. Bid $45
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One Of The Founders Of Springfield, Illinois
192. [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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193. [GEORGE WASHINGTON] 2 antique engravings: (1) Washington's House, Mount Vernon. Image approx. 4-3/4 x 7-1/4 plus margins. (2) The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon. Image approx. 7 x 4 plus margins. VG.........50-75
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194. MYSTERY LOT of about 86 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1804. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....150-250 Min. Bid $75
195. [PORTSMOUTH NH] Col. Otis Baker (1727-1801) He served during his life as: Colonel, Representative, Judge, Court of Common Pleas; Man of Committee of Safety (1776-77); Muster and Company Pay Master, 1776, 1777, 1778 (War years). Offered here is a 1773 document concerning land in Portsmouth, NH. Concerns Thomas W. Waldron, his wife Constant and son William. It appears that all of the handwriting is by Otis Baker, Justice of the Peace. Thomas Westbrook Waldron was a prominent political figure in Dover, New Hampshire and a military officer that fought in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He later became a commissioner at Albany, New York and then a Royal councillor in 1782. During the American Revolution, Waldron abandoned his loyalist friend, New Hampshire Governor John Wentworth (governor) to become a patriot of the United States. He became a captain in the New Hampshire militia in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He commanded one of the whale boats that landed under fire from the Fortress. His correspondence from Louisbourg to his father gives a rare glimpse of life after the Siege. His letters to his father describe with some bitterness that the spoils of war did not go to New Englanders and rightly predicted that the men would be "Lul'd along" into occupying Louisbourg through the winter. Waldron is critical of General Samuel Waldo, referring to him as "Duke Trinkelo". Approx. 6-1/2 x 14+ in. Written on both sides. As you can see the top edge is very damaged..................200-300
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196. 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
197. US Senators - 5 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Homer E. Capehart [Ind]; John Marshall Butler [Md]; Wallace F. Bennett [Ut]; Quentin N. Burdick [ND]; Styles Bridges [NH]..........Min. Bid $25
79. 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
198. [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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199. 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
200. [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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201. [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
202. 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
203. [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
Somestimes You Just have To Look Past It's Condition Problem204. [SIGNED BOOK] William Henry Channing (1810-1884) American Unitarian clergyman, writer and philosopher. He graduated from Harvard College in 1829 and from Harvard Divinity School in 1833. He was ordained and installed over the Unitarian church in Cincinnati in 1835. Later he became a leader in a movement of Christian socialism. Channing took active part in the early years of the woman’s rights movement. As minister of the First Unitarian Church of Rochester in 1852, he influenced Susan B. Anthony, a member of his congregation who was a young schoolteacher on the threshold of her career as a women's rights activist. Channing was, in 1863 and 1864, the Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives. Offered here is a book signed in pencil twice by Channing [light pencil signatures], and signed twice [initials] in ink. Inside front flyleaf he writes "To my friends Anna - Marian - Elizabeth Blackwell - Cincinnati, May 27th 1841. W.H.C." He also writes on the title page "Elizabeth Blackwell W.H.C." Condition: spine is gone, foxing and stains inside on pages. Approx. 5x8 in.........200-300
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205. [VERMONT HISTORY] Lewis Richard Morris (1760-1825) United States Representative from Vermont and a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris. Born in Scarsdale, New York, he attended the common schools. He moved to Springfield, Vermont, and from 1781 to 1783 was secretary of foreign affairs. He was a member of the Springfield meeting-house committee in 1785, was tax collector in 1786 and 1787, Windsor County court clerk from 1789 to 1796 and was judge of the same court until 1801. He was clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1790 and 1791, and was a member of the convention to ratify the United States Constitution . He was secretary of the constitutional convention in Windsor in 1793. He attended the Vermont ratifying convention in Bennington, where he voted in support of the Constitution. Morris was a brigadier general in the State militia in 1793 and major general of the First Division from 1795 to 1817. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797 and 1803 to 1808, and served as speaker. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803. His abstention from voting assured Thomas Jefferson's election as President over Aaron Burr in the House of Representatives in February, 1801. DOCUMENT SIGNED, signed twice, 2-1/2 pages folio, Windsor, August 29, 1794. Court document, old damp stains along edge. Approx. 7-1/4 x 12 in. See condition in scan below..........150-200
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206. [CREEK INDIANS] Citizens of Georgia - Claims on Creek Indians, Mr. McLean, Committee on Indian Affairs, printed government document, Rep. No. 128, 20th Congress, 1st Session, February 5, 1828.
This original document was removed from a larger, bound volume, 23 pages, complete in itself. Approx. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. Signed in type by John C. Calhoun and others. The history of early Georgia is largely the history of the Creek Indians. For most of Georgia's colonial period, Creeks outnumbered both European colonists and enslaved Africans and occupied more land than these newcomers. Not until the 1760s did the Creeks become a minority population in Georgia. They ceded the balance of their lands to the new state in the 1800s. On December 20, 1828, the state legislature of Georgia, fearful that the United States would not enforce (as a matter of federal policy) the removal of the Cherokee people from their historic lands in the state, enacted a series of laws which stripped the Cherokee of their rights under the laws of the state. They intended to force the Cherokee to leave the state. Andrew Jackson, who had long favored removal, was elected US president in 1828, taking office in 1829. Important piece of Georgia's history. Excellent condition..................Min. Bid $50
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207. [JEFF DAVIS] printed gov. document signed in type by Jeff Davis, Sec. of War, Feb. 2, 1857, 2pp. ESTIMATES - BARRACKS AT CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA. Bottom left corner missing o/w VG.........25-35
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208.[JEFF DAVIS] printed gov. document signed in type by Jeff Davis, Sec. of War, March 3, 1856, 9pp. fortifications for proper defence of New York and Brooklyn. VG.........25-35
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209. US Senators - group of 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: McNamara [MI], Long [HI], McClellan [Ark], McGee [WY], Miller [IA], Morse [OR], Moss [UT], Pastore [RI], Prouty [VT], Morton [KY]. All have mounting residue at top & bottom edge. Mostly on verso but with some show-thru.............50-75 Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. Signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN." VG. (5) Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author and poet. TLS, 1907, 1p. laid down. (6) Harvey Weiss - archaeologist. Signed bookplate. (7) Unsigned color photo of President Reagan. (8) Socialist Labor Party handout. (9) Ella Rhoads Higginson (c. 1862-1940) American author of award-winning fiction, poetry, and essays characteristically set in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. CLIP SIGNATURE. (10) Edward Grossman - Executive Director of the Guild of Composers and Lyricists. TLS, 1964, 1p. Also signed by Milton Ebbins (1912-2008) show-business manager who was a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy White House. was a Hollywood insider who directed the careers of actors, musicians and comedians................Min. Bid $50
210. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880–1930) American novelist. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to The Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. ALS, 1922. Laid down. (2) Granville Stanley Hall (1846-1924) was a pioneering American psychologist and educator. TLS, 1910 with envelope. Laid down. (3) Henry Gartf Holt (1840-1926) American book publisher and author. SIGNATURE laid down. (4)
211. [COLONIAL] 1727 DOVER, NH Land Deed BENJAMIN PIERCE Land in Rochester to GIDEON CONNOR. Offered here is a 1p. MDS, 7 1/2 x 12, dated December 5, 1727 (with other dates of Dec. 11, 1727 and Feb. 18, 1729/30 when it was recorded), a Province of New Hampshire deed wherein Benjamin Pierce of Dover, NH does convey his rights to land granted to him "... by the Governor and Counsell... in ye Town of Rochester...," to Gideon Connor, signed Benjamin Pierce and Hannah her H mark Pierce, witnessed by Benj. ___ble, and Joseph Connor, attested to by James Davis (Justice of the Peace) and Josh. Pierce (Recorder). Folds (pinholes)/ creased corner, minor edge wear, toned-- quite good overall. BENJAMIN PIERCE [Peirce] (1677-1740) was born in Watertown, Massachusetts. Folds (pinholes)/ creased corner, minor edge wear, toned-- quite good overall.................400-600
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212. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Benjamin Thompson Sr. (1765-1838) was the second son of “judge Ebenezer, was an extensive landowner in Durham and Barrington. He served as justice of the peace and as clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Strafford County for twenty years. He inherited the Thompson homestead, where he established his eldest son, Ebenezer, “Sr.”, living himself in a Durham Village residence which passed to his second son, Benjamin “Benefactor.” The elder Benjamin’s wife, Mary Pickering (1774-1849), was the daughter of large landowners in Newington. Benjamin Thompson Jr. (1806-1890) of Durham, New Hampshire, was a farmer and businessman, and the main benefactor of the University of New Hampshire. Benjamin left the State of New Hampshire his Warner Farm and all his assets totaling $400,000 for the creation of an agricultural college on his property in Durham. Offered here is a rare letter dated Durham (New Hampshire), May 23, 1803, 1 page, signed by Benj. Thompson, sent to Levi Bartlett at Kingston, NH. Levi Bartlett (1763-1828) was the son of Josiah Bartlett, Signer of the Declaration of Independnce. Levi Bartlett was a doctor in Kingston, New Hampshire ".......and in the adjoining towns, he soon acquired an extensive practice, and was frequently called many miles from home in consultation. He was a skilful and successful surgeon, and performed many important operations." Dr. Bartlett filled many stations of trust. He was a Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout the state, Colonel in the militia, and Post Master for many years. He frequently represented Kingston in the Legislature, and for several years was a member of the Council, and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. But being of a studious and metaphysical turn, he preferred the quiet pleasures of private life to the care and turmoil of the political arena. Address leaf is addressed to Bartlett. Provinance: Estate-Kingston home of Josiah Bartlett. Excellent condition................600-800
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213. [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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214. [From Mickey Spillane Papers] Bob Fellows (1903-1969) American film producer who was once a production partner with John Wayne and later with Mickey Spillane. TLS, May 2, 1956, 1p, approx. 8.5 x 11 in. To Mickey Spillane. This letter has good content. He talks in a negative way about Victor Saville (1896-1979) English film director, producer, and screenwriter who directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954. He also produced 36 films between 1923 and 1962. As an independent producer he had purchased the film rights to A. J. Cronin's novel The Citadel. He was persuaded to sell them to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in return for the chance to produce the film and another big-budget adaptation, Goodbye Mr Chips (1939). Both films starred Robert Donat and were a great success in the USA as well as in Britain, providing Saville with a passport to Hollywood. After the war Saville continued directing films for MGM but eventually returned to Britain. Saville acquired production rights for Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer mysteries and produced a few features, though Spillane thought he as interested in doing so only to acquire the money to produce The Silver Chalice. Mentioned also is Bert Allenberg, Frank Sinatra's agent. Sun-toned along bottom edge.....100-150 Min. Bid $50
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215. [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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216. [ART] Original portrait etching of President Herbert Hoover. THIS ETCHING IS SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST Franklin T. Wood (American 1887-1945) American painter & etcher. He was born at Hyde Park, Mass. Studied: Art Students League in NY and abroad. Member: Chicago Soc. of Etchers; Soc. of American Etchers. Won Bronze medal at P-P Expos., San Franciso in 1915. His work in in the following museums: Art Inst. of Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Smithsonian, Library of Congress. This is an original pencil signed etching, approx. 16 x 12 plus margins, on light tan paper. Condition is very good. The scan below is of another example of this etching as we have one than one. Its the same image..........150-200
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217. Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) American actress and singer. TLS, 1976 with Signed 3x5 photo. VG...............50-75
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218. 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
219. (BRITISH THEATER NOTABLES LOT) DAME MADGE KENDALL (1848-1935) Actress. SIGNED CARD (1889). WILLIAM H. KENDALL (1848-1917) Actor. SIGNED CARD (1894) KATE RORKE (1866-1945) Actress, debut 1878 Geroge Bernard Shaw’s 1st “Candida” and 1st actress ever to smoke on stage. ALS (1892) 2pp. LAWRENCE GROSSMITH (1877-1944) Actor. The last of of the prominent acting family appeared in early Sherlock Holmes films and was brother in law of Vernon Castle. SIGNATURE ELEANOR ROBSON (1879-1979) Actress. SIGNED CARD (1903). EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON (1875-1955) Actress. ALS (1903) 2pp. GRACE ARNOLD (1899-1979) Actress. AQS from “Brewster’s Millions” (1908). WILLIAM FAVERSHAM (1868-1940) Actor. SIGNATURE (1930)...............80-120
220. (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
221. [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
222. [WALT KUHN ESTATE] BRENDA KUHN (1911-1912) Co-manager, Kuhn Estate, daughter. Group of 3 lengthy ink signed typed letters to Brenda's attorney. These letters concern the Kuhn Estate, IRS etc. Brenda had the habit of saving copies of typed letters sent by her, and signing them. Each is 8.5 x 11 in. VG..............75-100..................Min. Bid $25
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223. [From Kuhn Estate] 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. OFFERED HERE: Kuhn writes a lengthy pencil notation on side of TYPED LETTER SIGNED, approx. 7.25 x 10 in.. 1943, from Philip R. Adams to Kuhn. Very good condition. Adams writes about setting up meeting with Kuhn when he gets to New York. At this time Adams was the Director of the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts [Ohio]. Philip Rhys Adams, Walt Kuhn: Painter, His Life and Work (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1978). The lengthy pencil notation: "enter on Veteran Acrobat, causing ructions in Columbus, Schumacher trying to oust Mrs. Arnold. Everything o.k. with picture accorded a fine hanging after its appearance in the Art News as "picture of the year". VG...............200-300 Min. Bid $50
See above224. [FILM & THEATRE ACTORS LOT] includes: (1) Joel Siegel (1943-2007) American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over twenty-five years. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG. (2) John A. Stevens (1844-1916) American playwright, actor, and theatre manager, best known for playing the title part in The Unknown. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) Dennis McGovern (1944-2003) actor. ALS on 1981 Season's Greetings. (4) Blake Edwards (1922-2010) American filmmaker. He is best-known films include Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and 10, Victor/Victoria, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British actor Peter Sellers. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG. (5) Joan Didion (b. 1934) writer of screen plays including A STAR IS BORN. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG. (6) John Tresahar - 19th c. English actor. CLIP SIGNATURE. (7) Christiane Schmidtmer (1939-2003) German born actress. She was the beautiful mistress of José Ferrer in Ship of Fools (1965), but most people will remember her as the evil wardress in the exploitation women-in-prison film, The Big Doll House (1971). Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo dated 1985. (8) Harry Conor (c. 1856 – 1931) American comic actor, best known for playing the role of Welland Strong in A Trip to Chinatown. CLIP SIGNATURE, 1902. (9) PLUS group of 7 unidentified clip signatures of early actors from the collection of the former Boothbay Theatre Museum in Maine. 15 pieces in all.............Min. Bid $50
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225. [MINNESOTA] William Gates LeDuc (1823-1917) American politician from Minnesota who served as the fourth United States Commissioner of Agriculture from July 1, 1877 to 1881. He also served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was a prominent figure in the early development of Minnesota. There's way too much to say about this man so we have included link 2 below so you can see how interesting this man was. He was friends with William Tecumseh Sherman and Sherman's sister while at school in Ohio. LeDuc also was present during the Atlanta campaign and the battle and capture of Atlanta. He was responsible for evacuating people from the city while Sherman razed it. When the Civil War ended in 1865, LeDuc was discharged at the rank of brevet brigadier general and returned to Hastings. Offered here is an ANS, 3 lines plus signature written on 3-1/2 x 2-1/4 in. card. VG.......50-75
226. Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet (1793-1849) Scottish politician and a prominent promoter of Sunday Sabbatarianism, which brought him to the notice of Charles Dickens who criticized both his cause and his character. Agnew was Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire, 1830–1837. He stood as a moderate reformer, but soon became deeply attached to the cause of Sabbatarianism, and pressed for the banning of all secular labour on Sunday. For this purpose he introduced no less than four Sabbath Observance Bills in the Commons, none of which passed. It was the third attempt which drew on him the wrath of Charles Dickens, whose essay Sunday Under Three Heads (1836) is very largely a personal attack on Agnew, whom he described as a fanatic, motivated by resentment of the idea that those poorer than himself might have any pleasure in life. Offered here is a postmarked 1837 address panel signed by Agnew [lower left side]. About 4-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. VG................25-35
227. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) George W. Anderson Jr. (1906-1992) Admiral in the United States Navy and a diplomat. Serving as the Chief of Naval Operations between 1961 and 1963, he was in charge of the US blockade of Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Signed card as Ambassador. Laid down. (2) L. de Sales - Secretary to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) Clifford Davis (1897-1970) Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1940 to 1965. TLS, 1960. Mounting traces verso. (4) Alvin M. Bentley III (1918-1969) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. As a U.S. representative, he made national headlines as one of the wounded of the 1954 United States Capito. (5) George H. Fallon (1902-1980), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 4th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1971. Signed card. Mounting traces verso. (6) [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, Main, 1902 bank check. (7) [CHIEF OF REVENUE AGENTS DURING WORLD WAR I] JOHN DONAHOE MURPHY (1885-1949). Lawman, Chief of revenue agents, U.S. Treasury, Washington, D. C., 1918. Murphy went on to serve as partner, Lewis, Murphy & Co.. accountants and tax consultants (1919-26); among his other duties. SCARCE SIGNED BANK CHECK, 1918, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, DC. (8) Unsigned Jimmy Carter Jan. 20, 1977 Inauguration cover. Attractive & clean. (9) John Skelton Williams (1865-1926) United States Comptroller of the Currency from 1914 to 1921 and the first president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway. CLIP SIGNATURE..............Min. Bid $45
228. [POSTAL HISTORY] John A. Cobb - Cobb led the Legion Guards in the 16th Georgia Infantry, Confederate Army. Group of 3 postmarked envelopes all addressed by John A. Cobb to Mrs. Howell Cobb, wife of HOWELL COBB (1815-1868) American political figure. A southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851–1853) and as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860). Cobb is, however, probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. Delegates of the Southern slave states declared that they had seceded from the United States and created the Confederate States of America. These date 1866, 1867 & 1889..........75-100
229. [FRANCE] 1774 autograph letter signed by the Chaplain for Louis XVI, the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. When his father died of tuberculosis on 20 December 1765, the eleven-year-old Louis-Auguste became the new Dauphin. His mother never recovered from the loss of her husband and died on 13 March 1767, also from tuberculosis. The strict and conservative education he received from the Duc de La Vauguyon, "gouverneur des Enfants de France" (governor of the Children of France), from 1760 until his marriage in 1770, did not prepare him for the throne that he was to inherit in 1774 after the death of his grandfather, Louis XV. Throughout his education, Louis-Auguste received a mixture of studies particular to religion, morality, and humanities. His instructors may have also had a good hand in shaping Louis-Auguste into the indecisive king that he became. Abbé Berthier, his instructor, taught him that timidity was a value in strong monarchs, and Abbé Soldini, his confessor, instructed him not to let people read his mind. The letter offered here was written by Soldini. Not translated. 2pp, approx. 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. Fine............150-250
230. Gabriel-Marie Garrone (1901-1994) Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education. Signed card 6-1/4 x 4-1/2 in. Fine..............50-75
231. [POSTAL HISTORY] Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882) American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen. Offered here is an envelope in the handwriting of Dana. The pencil signature at top was not written by Dana. 5 x 2-3/4 in. VG...........35-45
232. [AMERICANA] Benjamin Wadsworth (1750-1826) undated manuscript document signed Mr. Wadsworth making a payment to Dr. Holten. Wadsworth was the pastor of the First Church in Danvers, Massacustetts. Samuel Holten was a Continental Congressman from Massachusetts. Approx. 6 x 3-3/4 in. VG................80-120
233. [THEATRE LOT] includes: (1) Kate Castleton (1856-1892) English actress who excelled at novelty songs, dancing, and farce, and toured in ramshackle vehicles. She married a neer-do-well named Joe Clayton, who was arrested for forging a $64,000 life insurance draft. Rare signed card, with sentiment. (2) W. H. CROMPTON - American Actor appeared on Broadway from 1879-1908. Appeared with stars such as Edward Southern, Julia Marlowe, Margaret Anglin. SIGNED CARD. (3) DORIS DALTON (1902-1984) Actress in Theater and film. SIGNATURE. (4) Donald Brian (1877- 1948) actor, dancer and singer. At the age of 18 was crowned "King of Broadway" by the New York Times in 1907. Brian is noted for helping President Theodore Roosevelt act more relaxed in public and teaching Frank Sinatra to dance and entertain U.S. Troops in England with Bob Hope. SIGNED card. (5) Cherry Hardy (1890-1963) English Stage, Film Actress. SIGNED, inscribed card. (6) Anton Lang (1875–1938) German studio potter and an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Play. He played the role of Jesus Christ in 1900, 1910, and 1922. He was the Prologue Speaker in 1930[3] and again in the Jubilee Production of 1934. Lang died in Munich 30 May 1938 at the age of 63, following an operation for a stomach ailment. – Signed postcard sketch portrait. ...............Min. Bid $40
234. [MUSIC] Wolfgang Wagner (1919- 2010) German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966. From then on, he assumed total control until he retired in 2008. Signed 4-1/4 x 5-3/4", dated 1992. VG.......30-40
235. [FRANCE] PIERRE DESCAVES - believe he was the French radio critic. Four [4] pages of notes [unsigned] in the hand of Descaves referring to Jean Cocteau. PLUS 3 ephemeral pieces related to Cocteau: 1930 1p. printed page by Cocteau on Opium; small theatre program picturing him; 2-page flyer about him.................50-75
236. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Emmanuel des Essarts (1839-1909); Henri Bernstein (1876-1953); Bertrand-Theobald-Joseph Lacrosse (1796-1865); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
237. 1812 BURLINGTON, VT Postmark TAYLOR Family Letter "Spotted Fever" FAMILY RECORD. Offered here is a rare 3pp. ALS (stampless cover, with a black Burlington Vermont oval postmark and manuscript rate), 7 1/2" x 12 3/4" (folded sheet), dated Burlington March 21st 1812, sent to Miss Priscilla Taylor in GreenBush N York, signed your affectionate sister Dorothy Netter(?), and with the third page addressed to Miss Electa Taylor. This letter has fine personal content: "... we have a large body of snow upon the ground now and I fear we shall have a late spring... I have had several opportunitys of sending your things as far as Troy but I was fearful of your getting them Capt Earle has been at troy this winter but I did not know it until he returned... the spotted fever has got to Mr. Jason Rogers Mr Rogers Brothers wife is sick with it but is likely to recover that young woman that lived at Mr Huberts died with the same in ten hours after she was taken..." Folds (some wear), edge tear, toning, seal tear/ hole affect one word, otherwise quite good; WITH two "Family Record" pages, 8 1/2" x 10 3/4", extracted from some Bible, related to this Taylor family-- giving birth / death dates of several family members (going back to 1748; the author of this letter died in 1833); disbound, small edge tears, toning-- quite good overall. A scarce combination !.................150-200
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238. [AMERICANA] Alexander Ladd (1784-1855) Merchant ship owner from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was also a state legislator and Proprietor of the P{ortsmouth and Concord Railroad. Manuscript document signed twice on page 2. Also signed by Robert G. Neil and Lory Odell (1801-1883) Judge. This document concerns the Estate of Nathaniel A. Haven. Approx. 7-1/2 x 12-3/4 in. VG.........Min. Bid $18
239. William Duren (1810-1888) he came from Waterville, Me., about 1827; engaged in lumbering and trade; has served as representative and senator in the Legislature of Maine, and as mayor of Calais, Maine 1872-75. DOCUMENT SIGNED, Calais, Maine, 1865. Land sale. Also signed by Levi Lincoln Lowell (1805-1880) [signed twice]. Approx. 8-3/4 x 13-1/2 in. Very fine condition...............25-35
240. [ENGLAND] John Mason Good (1764-1827) English writer on medical, religious and classical subjects. In the autumn of 1784, he began to practise as a surgeon at Sudbury in Suffolk. There he was an acquaintance of Nathan Drake, a fellow writer and student of Shakespeare. n 1794 John Good became a member of the British Pharmaceutical Society, and in that connection, and especially by the publication of his work, A History of Medicine (1795), he did much to effect a greatly needed reform in the profession of the apothecary. OFFERED HERE is clip signature. Accompanied by a clip signature of Nathan Drake (1766-1836) English essayist and physician. Drake's works include several volumes of literary essays, and some papers contributed to medical periodicals, but his most important production was Shakespeare and his Times, including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on his Genius, and Writings; a new Chronology of his Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets; and a History of the Manners, Customs and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry and Elegant Literature of his Age (2 vols., 1817). Click below to see portrait of Nathan Drake, which does NOT come with this lot. Two signatures..................Min. Bid $10
Portrait of Nathan Drake
241. Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - 1933) British novelist. Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N. Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues. Under the pseydonym Alice Stuyvesant she wrote "The Hidden House" serialised in The Cavalier 1913-1914. Alice apparently said of her husband "Charlie Williamson could do anything in the world except write stories": she said of herself "I can't do anything else." She continued to write after her husband's death in 1920. ALS, no year, 3 full pages. To Miss Marshall [journalist]. Nice content............50-75
242. [VERMONT] J.A. Randall - signed 186? Vermont document, 7-3/4 x 3 in..............Min. Bid $1
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243. Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Offered here is a small card signed on which she pens about 10 lines written on both sides. 3-1/4 x 1-3/4 in. Some loss of paper on front affecting 2 words................50-75
244. Maurice J. Tobin (1901-1953) was a Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, the Governor of Massachusetts, and United States Secretary of Labor. TLS, 1941, as Mayor of Boston, 1p, 7-1/2 x 10-1/4 in. Re: committee work. VG...............Min. Bid $12
245. Maurice J. Tobin (1901-1953) was a Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, the Governor of Massachusetts, and United States Secretary of Labor. TLS, 1939, as Mayor of Boston, 1p, 7-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. Re: committee work. VG...............Min. Bid $12
246. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste-Léon Say (1826-1896) French statesman and diplomat. One of the 19th-century's noted economists, he served as French Finance Minister from 1872 until 1883. Letter Signed 1878, 1p. 8-1/4 x 10-1/4. Written below [signed] are 4-5 lines by Henri de Gavardie (1823-1910) French politician. VG...............75-100
247. Albert C. Ritchie (1876-1936) Maryland's ongest-serving governor, with almost 15 years of service (14 years, 11 months, and 27 days) and a record four terms. TLS, 1927, as governor, 1p. 8.5 x 11 in. Includes envelope. VG..............25-35
248. [CHILE] Ricardo Lagos Escobar (b. 1938) Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as President of Chile from 2000 to 2006. Signed, inscribed photo, 7 x 10 in. VG.................50-75
249. Jos. R. Chandler (1792-1880) US Congressman from Penn. Signature..............Min. Bid $5
250. George Baker Corkhill (1838–1886) was an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and prosecuted Charles J. Guiteau for the assassination of James A. Garfield. CLIP SIGNATURE dated 1882. About 4 x 1-1/4 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10
251. Daniel Nash Morgan (1844-931) was a United States banker who was Treasurer of the United States from 1893 to 1897. Signed card dated 1894. About 4 x 2.5 in. Fine...............Min. Bid $10
252. John B. Gough (1817-1886) was a United States temperance orator.AQS "Wine is a chocker[?]". About 5 x 2.5 in. Fine..............25-35
253. Emerson Bennett (1822-1905) American author primarily known for his lively romantic adventure tales depicting American frontier life. He was the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories. At one time, Bennett was one of the most popular authors in America. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 3-3/4 x 1-3/4 in. VG..............25-35
254. Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913) American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and Lieutenant Governor of New York. CLIP SIGNATURE dated 1882. About 3-3/4 x 1-1/4 in............Min. Bid $5
255. [MEDIEVAL FRANCE] Offered here is a Medieval document written on vellum [parchment]. Identification that comes with this document says that the date is 1457 [which we can't see]. Approx. 11.5 x 5 in. Not translated but ID says it was signed by André de Laval-Montmorency, seigneur de Lohéac (c. 1408 – 1485) was a Marshal of France. He was the son of Guy XIII de Laval and Anne de Laval, and a leading member of the House of Laval. In 1423 he served in the French army against England, wielding the sword of Bertrand du Guesclin, a symbol of Breton support for France. He had inherited the sword from his maternal grandmother, Jeanne de Laval, who was the widow of the famous constable. In 1428 André was taken prisoner by John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, after the capitulation of Laval, which he was defending. After paying his ransom he was present with Joan of Arc at the siege of Orléans, at the Battle of Patay, and at the coronation of Charles VII. He was made admiral of France in 1437 and marshal in 1439. He served Charles VII faithfully in all his wars, even against the dauphin (1456), and when the latter became king as Louis XI, Laval was dismissed from the marshal's office. After the War of the Public Weal he was restored to favor, and recovered the marshal's baton, the king also granting him the offices of lieutenant-general to the government of Paris and governor of Picardy, and conferring upon him the collar of the Order of St Michael. In 1472 Laval was successful in resisting the attacks of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, on Beauvais. Very good condition for its age.............400-600
256. [ACTOR-SINGER] Nicolas-Marie Simon (1852-1923), known as Simon-Max, was a French tenor who was mainly active in Paris in the field of opera-bouffe. ALS, no year, 1p, 5-1/4 x 4-1/2 in. VG........25-35
257. [FRANCE] Alain Peyrefitte (1925-1999) was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. He became a member of the Académie française in 1977. On 15 December 1986, he survived an assassination attempt by members of Action Directe (AD) in front of his house. The driver of his car was killed in the bomb attack. SIGNED 4-1/2 x 6-3/4 in. photo. Fine.................60-80
258. [GREAT BRITAIN] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, KG, GCB, PC (1804-1884), known as The Lord Cowley between 1847 and 1857, was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to France between 1852 and 1867. ALS, Paris, nd, 1p, 4-1/4 x 7-1/8 in. Fine.....50-75
259. [FRANCE] Mathieu Jean Felicité de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency-Laval (1767-1826) was a prominent French statesman during the French Revolution and Bourbon Restoration. He was elected as the youngest member of the National Assembly in 1789. He is also known for his military expertise and his relation with Mme de Staël. When France became a republic Montmorency turned into an ultra-royalist. Napoleon regarded him as a member of the catholic opposition. During the restoration he became Minister of Foreign Affairs. AUTOGRAPH LETTER [if signed we don't see the signature], Paris, 1816, 2+ pages. Identified as...."Rare - Speaks about L'affaire du Canon and that he spoke about it to Vincenne's governor. Speaks about artillery affairs and MGR....he asks Ballanche to thank the Duke of Damas for accompanying MGR......speaks about consttution and about the King. Approx. 4.5 x 7 in. VG.............100-150
260. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 28 July 1791, 2-pages, signed inprint Duport for the King, 6-1/2 x 8-1/2". Concerns Principaute de Sedan. Very fresh condition..........80-120
261. [FILM] SIR JOHN MILLS (1908-2005) British Actor of stage and film, Academy Award Winner. SIGNED typescript from “Un In the Clouds, Gentleman Please.” VG.............40-60
262. Lowell Thomas Jr. (1923-2016) American politician and film producer who collaborated with his father, the accomplished reporter and author Lowell Thomas, on several projects before becoming an Alaskan state senator in the early 1970s, and later the lieutenant governor of Alaska (1974–1978). In the 1980s, he owned and operated Talkeetna Air Taxi, an Alaska bush flying service. TLS, 1977, 1p. Sends autograph.............Min. Bid $10
263. Matilde Serao (1856-1927) was a Greek-born Italian journalist and novelist. She was the first woman called to edit an Italian newspaper, Il Corriere di Roma and later Il Giorno. Serao was also the co-founder and editor of the newspaper Il Mattino, and the author of several novels. She never won the Nobel Prize in Literature despite being nominated on six occasions. ALS, 1907, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7 in. Not translated. Mentions Folies Bergère. VG.................100-150
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The following multiple lots offered for those who enjoying research.
264. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Jacques Tarride (1903-1994); Antoine de Levis Mirepoix (1884-1981); Olivier-Aleandre Barbier (1806-1882); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
265. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Fernand Divoire (1885-1951); Albert-Edouard Portalis (1845-1918); Albert Bataille (1856-1899); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
266. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Paul Margueritte (1860-1918); Kucien Descaves (1861-1949); Etienne Casimir Hippolyte Cordellier-Delanoue (1806-1854); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150267. [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
268. Henry Beadman Bryant (1824–1892) was an author and co-founder and namesake of Bryant & Stratton College and Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 4 x 2-1/4 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
269. [ART] S.A. 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, 1924. VG.................25-35
270 [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
271. [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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272. [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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273. [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
274. [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
275. [PORTRAIT] of James Boaden (1762–1839) English biographer, dramatist, and journalist, engraved by William Ridley (1764-1838). Image approx. 4-1/2 x 3-1/4" plus margins. VG............Min. Bid $10
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276. [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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277. [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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278. (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
279. [MUSIC] Buddy Cage (1946-2020) American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Popular both as a performer and session musician, he played with many bands and recording artists, including Anne Murray, Bob Dylan, Brewer & Shipley, David Bromberg, and the Zen Tricksters. Signed album page. Also signed on the verso John DeSanto. About 4x6 in. VG.............25-35
280. [THEATRE] Mona Vivian (1894-1971) was a popular English pantomime stage artist in the early years of the twentieth century. She began her stage career at a young age, performing as the character "Wee Mona". RARE signed vintage, early 1920s photo, 5-3/4 x 7-1/4 in. VG condition for its age........50-75
281. [NOBEL PRIZE] Luis W. Alvarez (1911-1988) American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for development of the hydrogen bubble chamber enabling discovery of resonance states in particle physics. The American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvarez was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century." Signed 3x5 card. Fine..........50-75
282. [SCIENCE] James McKeen Cattell (1860-1944) American psychologist, was the first professor of psychology in the United States, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, and long-time editor and publisher of scientific journals and publications, most notably the journal Science. He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public (or SSP), from 1921–1944. The New York Times hailed him as "the dean of American science." Yet Cattell may be best remembered for his uncompromising opposition to American involvement in World War I. His public opposition to the draft led to his dismissal from his position at Columbia University, a move that later led many American universities to establish tenure as a means of protecting unpopular beliefs. Offered here is a ALS, written in the 3rd person to Robert S. Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. Diller and his wife accept invitation from Woodward to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences. All of the handwriting is by Cattell. Approx. 3-3/4 x 6 in. Very good. Provenance: Estate of Robert S. Woodward' s summer home in New Hampshire...............125-175
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283. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902-1985) United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was considered as a Presidential running mate, most significantly in 1952 by Dwight Eisenhower. Later, largely due to Ike's advice and encouragement, he ended up being chosen as the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 presidential election alongside incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon. The Republican ticket narrowly lost to Democrats John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Signed typescript from "The Storm Has Many Eyes." One page, boldly signed, 8.5 x 11 in. VG...............50-75
284. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed 1934 bank check made out to Arthur Tanner. VG............30-40
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285. [BALLET] Julio Bocca (b. 1967)Argentine ballet dancer. Bocca spent twenty years as a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. One of the most important ballet dancers of the late 20th century. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Surface creasing................25-35
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286. [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
287. [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..................Min. Bid $25
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288. [GERMANY] Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904-1988) Chancellor of Germany (West Germany) from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969. Before he became Chancellor he served as Minister President of Baden-Württemberg from 1958 to 1966 and as President of the Federal Council from 1962 to 1963. He was Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1967 to 1971. SIGNED FDC 1961 honoring LBJ and the Great Society. Clean.................50-75
289. [OREGON] Clip signatures of: (1) Binger Hermann (1843-1926) US congressman. In 1904 Herman was caught up in the Oregon land fraud scandal and brought to trial for alleged land fraud. The jury failed to agree and Hermann was never retried. Hermann was posthumously exonerated by the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. (2) Clifton N. McArthur (1879-1923) US congressman. VG................Min. Bid $10
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290. [OHIO] Charles William Frederick Dick (1858-1945) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. In November 1885 Dick joined the Ohio Army National Guard as a private in Company B, 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, and he was commissioned as a first lieutenant a few days later. His regiment volunteered for service in the Spanish–American War, and Dick served in Cuba as a major and lieutenant colonel. He continued his military service after the war, and attained the rank of major general as head of the Ohio National Guard. From 1902 to 1909 he was president of the National Guard Association of the United States. Signed card, approx. 4-1/4 x 2-1/2 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10
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291. [THEATRE] Ludwig Barnay (1842-1924) German stage actor. He traveled as a “star,” visiting London in 1881 with the Meiningen Court Company, and in 1882 making a successful tour of the United States. From 1887 to 1894 he managed his Berliner Theater in Berlin. Offered here is a few lines and his signature, the backside of a 1885 letter written by him. The front side has been cropped at the bottom. Approx. 5 x 4 in....................25-35
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292.LOT Rev War Veteran CAPT. EZEKIEL RUDE Preston, CT Buying Gravestones, Sell OXEN. Offered here is a lot of (4) early 19th century documents, sizes varying from 7 1/2" x 1 1/4" to 7 3/4" x 7 3/8", dating from 1820-1823, all related to Captain Ezekiel Rude of Preston, Connecticut, including: paying state tax (of $0.44), purchasing a pair of grave stones in 1820, an account sheet to Treat & Doane (for flax seed, rum, tea, etc.), and a letter from Bishop [ ? ] telling Rude that a Mr. Walmarth would like to purchase oxen from him. Folds, account sheet has missing [chewed] top right section and other edge losses, light toning-- overall quite good. Captain EZEKIEL RUDE (1754-1836) was a private in Captain Edward Mott's Company (1776) raised for defense of New London. Later, Rude would be a prisoner-of-war, kept on the prison ship Old New Jersey in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, later to be released....................60-80
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293. [FILM] Catherine Deneuve (b. 1943) French actress. Signed color photo, 4-1/8 x 5-7/8 in. Fine...........35-45 See above
294. [NOBEL] Paul A. Samuelson (1915-2009) American neoclassical economist. Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1970, the second year of the Prize. Signed 3x5 card [on lined side]...........20-30
295. [MAINE] Capt. Elisha Goodwin (1776-1842) farmer, shipbuilder, selectman of the town Eliot, Maine. Document signed, 1814, as tax collector. Maine was part of Massachusetts then. Approx. 7-1/4 x 2 in. VG.....................25-35
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296. [PORTRAIT] antique steel engraving of General Stapleton Cotton (1773-1865) 1st Viscount Combermere. Engraved by J. Jenkins, after the original by Miss G. Pearson, for the ‘National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the 19th Century’ by William Jerdan. Published by Fisher, Son & London 1833. Image size approx: 4-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. Page is 10 x 6-1/2 in. Image area is very good; outer margins slightly toned.................Min. Bid $10
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297. [AVIATION] Frank Datin (?-1929)
On October 4, 1929 a bit of aviation history took place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, when the Grube Airport officially opened and the first airmail from that airport was flown; Transcontinental Air Mail Service Datin flew 2,200 letters to Pittsburgh, 300 of them signed by him; two days later he died in a biplane crash during a stunt exhibition at Ebensberg, Pennsylvania. Signed Postal Card, heavy stock 9 x 5 in., 1929. Addressed to Mr. G.L. Peebler [?]. Very good. Mild bit of wear. One side of this large picture postcard depicts a typical airplane of the day (likely a Transcontinental Air Mail Service plane) soaring amidst a cloudy sky. The message side bears the 5-cent "Air Mail" stamp and a McKeesport, Pennsylvania cancellation of 1929. The message portion bears a finely printed note: "Dear Sir: -- It was my privilege to carry your Air Mail yesterday. Thanks very kindly for your patronage. My reward will be your continued use of the Air Mail." Above the closing word "Pilot," Datin signs in black ink. A handsome and decorative piece, with a two large blue and red stripes running horizontally across the top with "VIA AIR MAIL" printed between. The record shows that special airmail envelopes were selling well on that day at the dedication -- presumably this very type of commemorative card bearing this special one-day-only cancellation. This would have been one of the 300 items signed by Datin flown on that very day. Ironically, by the time this was further cancelled in McKeesport, Datin had been dead for two days. A most unusual and scarce aviation and philatelic item.................Min. Bid $50
298. [ENTERTAINMENT] Tommy Sands (b. 1937) American pop music singer and actor. Working in show business as early as 1949, Sands became an overnight sensation and instant teen idol when he appeared on Kraft Television Theater in January 1957 as "The Singin' Idol". Signed sheet on which he draws a self-portrait [quickly]. Approx. 5-1/4 x 8 in. Fine...........Min. Bid $25
299. [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 $8 300
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. [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
301A. (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
302A. (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
301B. [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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302B. Diana Canova (b.1953) American actress, director, and professor. Offered here is a signed sketch, 8-1/4 x 5 in. VG.............50-75
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303. [FILM] Edra Jean "E. J." Peaker (b. 1944) is an American actress. Peaker is best known for her appearances in the movie Hello Dolly! and in the TV musical series That's Life. Signed page on which she makes 3 sketches. 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 in. Five.............Min. Bid $10
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304. [FILM] Martha Raye (1916-1993) American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. Signed, inscribed page from publication, 8.5 x 11"........Min. bid $10
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305. Herman Merivale CB (1806-1874) English civil servant and historian. In 1859 he was transferred to the permanent under-secretaryship for India, receiving the distinction of CB. In 1870, Merivale was awarded the degree of DCL by Oxford University. Signed hand-addressed envelope, 5 x 3-1/4 in. VG.................35-45
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306. [THEATRE] Charles Kelly (1839–1885) English actor/journalist and husband of actress Ellen Terry. Charles and Ellen met while appearing in Reade's plays, but they separated in 1881. Signature with inscription, Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, 1870, approx. 4 x 4 in. VG..................20-30
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307. [CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE] a letter dated June 29, 1925, to Albert R. Baird of Waterville, Minnesota, about the earthquake there. Four pages, sent from Santa Monica, Cal......Papers are full about the earthquake at Santa Barbara this morning, two distinct rockings followed a little later by a slighter one. Envelope included.........Min. Bid $10
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308. [PORTRAIT] antique engraved portrait of Benj. F. Butler, a major general of the Union Army. Page size approx. 8-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. This would work well if framed with an autograph...............Min. Bid $10
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309. Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (b.1932) is an English novelist. A five-time nominee for the Booker Prize, Bainbridge has never won. She has nonetheless been described as "a national treasure". ALS, no date, envelope postmarked 2002, 1p..............40-60
310. [BRITISH] Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869) British statesman, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and, to date, the longest-serving leader of the Conservative Party. CLIP SIGNATURE plus original vintage cvd photograph. The signature is only about 1-2/2 x 3/4 in. Photo in VG. Photographer was Mayall.................50-75
311. [ART] Original c. 1900 ink drawing signed F.B.B. Paper size is about 8.5 x 5.5 in.............Min. Bid $15
312. [ART] Original c. 1900 ink drawing signed F.B.B. Paper size is about 5.5 x 10 in.............Min. Bid $15
313. [ART] Original c. 1900 ink drawing signed F.B.B. Paper size is about 6-3/4 x 9-1/2 in.............Min. Bid $15
314. [BOOK] Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Frederick Warne and Co. N.D., London. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner name written inside on flyleaf - Carolyn Virginia Martindale, Christmas 1911. We believe Carolyn was about 10 years old when she signed her book. Carolyn Virginia Martindale (1901-1985) was born on 4 February 1901, in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph Pennell Martindale, was 42 and her mother, Lena Haines Wilson, was 28. She married Virgil Roy Parker on 20 October 1926, in Oxford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Lower Oxford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Rising Sun, Cecil, Maryland, United States in 1920. She died on 31 January 1985, in Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Forest Hill Memorial Park, Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States..................Min. Bid $100
315. Lilian Freeman Clarke (1842-1921) was a social reformer and translator; daughter of James Freeman Clarke. ALS, 1902, 1-1/2 pp. to Mrs. Greenman about the gift of a book she gave to "your Alliance." VG......25-35
316. [CIVIL WAR] Isaiah Zaner (1829-1899) Union solider. Enlisted in Company G, 210th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 8 Sep 1864.Mustered Out Company G, 210th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 30 May 1865 at Washington, DC. ALS, March 20, 1864, 3pp, about 4-3/4 x 8 in., to his brother. A few after witing this letter he was drafted. He talks about the lottery, draft, Uncle Sam called for 200,000 troops. Plus another page written a little later because he's now a soldier in 3rd Brigade, 210 Regt. Company G. He also signs this page. Worn condition...............50-75
317. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, KG PC FRS (1815-1891), styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman from the Leveson-Gower family. In a political career spanning over 50 years, he was thrice Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, led the Liberal Party in the House of Lords for almost 30 years and was joint Leader of the Liberal Party between 1875 and 1880. Signed address panel, postmarked 1861. The postage stamp is there. (2) Morgan Dix (1827-1908) American Episcopal Church priest, theologian, and religious author. ALS, 1893, 3pp. (3) Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs KBE (1877-1962) English journalist and prolific author of books who served as one of five official British reporters during the First World War. ALS, 1912, 1-1/2 pp. (4) Francis C. Le Blond (1821-1902) US Congressman from Ohio. Signed Free Frank Signature. (5) William Wirt (1772-1834) American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. He was the longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history. Antique steel-engraved portrait. (6) Bi-Centennial Celebration of George Washington's Birthday, 1932 program, 2pp. (7) Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881) US Senator from Wisc. SIGNATURE. (8) Jimmy Carter - 1977 Inauguration cover [not signed]. (9) Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) Springfield businessman, friend & pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral. 1868 letter to Bunn [not signed by him]. (10) Sir Benjamin Hobhouse (1757-1831) English politician. CLIP SIGNATURE, 1818. (11) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. Signed 1967 bank check. (12) John Armstrong Smith (1814-1892) US Congressman from Ohio. CLIP SIGNATURE. Not a great example. (13) 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 1940 bank document. Signed twice. (14) Philip Philbin - US congressman from Mass. 1950 telegram. (15) [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, Main, 1897 bank check...............Min. Bid $50
318. [MILITARY] George Miller Sternberg (1838-1915) U.S. Army physician who is considered the first U.S. bacteriologist, having written Manual of Bacteriology (1892). After he survived typhoid and yellow fever, Sternberg documented the cause of malaria (1881), discovered the cause of lobar pneumonia (1881), and confirmed the roles of the bacilli of tuberculosis and typhoid fever (1886). Offered here is a 1896 bank check endorsed on the verso by Sternberg. The check was sent and signed by Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. Woodward sends $100 to Sternberg who was Treasurer of the Pasteur Monument Committee. Fine. VERY RARE! ..........400-600
319. [ART] Charles Volkmar (1841-1914) American painter, etcher. During his career, Charles Volkmar exhibited his etchings, paintings and pottery at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Boston Art Club, the American Watercolor Society and at the Brooklyn Art Association. Today his fine art is included in such noteworthy collections as the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Original etching, A FAMILY OF QUACKS, plate signed, image approx. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. plus clean margins. Fine................200-300..................Min. Bid $50
320. FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original typed 110 page manuscript signed Fritz Solomonski on title paghhe. The title is: Das Westen des Expressionismus, Sein Entwicklung und das Problem der Naturferne. Anything signed Fritz Salomonski would have been written before he left Germany. He has written Berlin on the title page. NOT TRANSLATED. approx. 8.5 x 13 in. paper. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below DO NOT accompany this drawing and are not for sale. Also, showing below is a copy of Royal Academy of Arts notification that Samuel Courtauld has selected a painting by Solomon for purchase in 1945. Courtauld, who would died two tears later, was the founder of the Courtauld Art Institute in England. Courtauld had formed an important art collection including multiple works by Manet, Cezanne, Renoir etc., which he gave to the Courtauld and the Tate. He had purchased at least 5 paintings by Frederick Solomon and when he saw the painting JACOB at Solomon's exhibition at the JABE Gallery he ordered that the painting be sent to the TATE Gallery but he died a few days later and the purchase never took place................500-800
321. [ART] ANDRE BOUEY (1898-1976) French artist. signed ink drawing, 1966, 12 x 8 in............75-100
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322. [ART] Henry C. Ford (1828-1894) An important nineteenth century California painter, etcher and illustrator, Henry Chapman Ford studied art techniques in Paris and Florence from 1857 to 1860. Not long after his return to America he served in the Union forces during the early period of the Civil War. After a span of one year, however, H. C. Ford was discharged due to a physical disability. Ford then moved to Chicago where he helped to found the Chicago Academy of Design (1866). Henry C. Ford, in fact, served as the first president of this institution. Offered here is his etching A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GLEN, image size approx. 7-1/4 x 4-3/4 in. plus margins, 1882. Very fine condition............100-200
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323. Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (1815-1891) American poet, writer, teacher and socialite whose home was the central gathering place of the literary elite of her era. In 1845, Lynch met the famed actress Fanny Kemble, who became very attached to her and introduced her to a wider circle of literary friends". In the same year she moved to Manhattan with her mother. She began teaching English composition at the Brooklyn Academy for Young Ladies; she continued her writing and was published in periodicals such as the New-York Mirror, The Gift, the Diadem, Home Journal, and the Democratic Review. In New York, she also continued her literary receptions which she held every Saturday evening. It was at one of these receptions that she introduced the unknown Edgar Allan Poe to the literary society of New York. In 1848, her book "Poems" by Anne C. Lynch, was published by George P. Putnam. Edgar Allan Poe said of her: "She is chivalric, self-sacrificing, equal to any fate, capable even of martyrdom, in whatever should seem to her a holy cause. She has a hobby, and this is, the idea of duty." Anne Lynch lived in Washington DC from 1850 to 1853, while serving as the personal secretary to Senator Henry Clay. For many years she was a well-known and popular leader in society. She hosted intellectual gatherings, seemly without the least bit of effort or pretension, at her home on West 37th Street. It was said of her salons that no one was either neglected or treated like a celebrity, and every one went away feeling stimulated, refreshed, and happy. At Mrs. Botta's receptions every Saturday night, attendees would find the most well-known writers, actors and artists, such as Poe, Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amos Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcott, Horace Greeley, Richard Henry Stoddard, Andrew Carnegie, Mary Mapes Dodge, Julia Ward Howe, Charles Butler, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Delia Bacon, Grace Greenwood, Bayard Taylor, William Cullen Bryant, Helen Hunt Jackson, actress Fanny Kemble, Daniel Webster, and many more. Offered here is a ALS, no year, 1p, responding to a request for an autograph. Approx. 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Fine..............100-150
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324. [MAINE] John W. Hubbard (1837 - 1863) Union Captain in the American Civil War. Assistant Adjutant on Gen. Weitzel's staff. Killed on May 27, 1863, at the battle of Port Hudson. His father John Hubbard (1794-1869) was the 22nd Governor of Maine. Offered here is a very fine letter written from Portland, Maine by John [Hubbard] to his father John Hubbard at Hallowell, Maine [stamp removed]. Dated Feb. 27, 1860, 4 full pages signed John. The Tom mentioned in the letter is his brother Thomas Hamlin Hubbard (1838-1915) who was a Union Army colonel from Maine during the Civil War who was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, United States Volunteers, for meritorious service. Letter mentions the loss of the SS Hungarian, steamship of the Canadian Allan Line that was launched in 1858, completed in 1859 and sank in 1860; and the stealing or obtaining of Peck's safe by Neal Dow. Dow, who was of course famous for other things, became entangled in scandal when the State Treasurer, Benjamin D. Peck, lent out state funds to private citizens (including Dow) contravening state law. Peck lent large sums to himself, which were lost when his business ventures failed. Dow had guaranteed some of Peck's borrowing, and faced ruin as it became clear that Peck could not repay the state treasury. Dow was able to settle the debts and conceal much of his role in the affair, but enough of the scandal became known that some of his many enemies attacked him in local newspapers. Even some of his prohibitionist allies became less openly supportive of him. Hubbard writes that some say that Neal Dow was the bigger rascal of the two, Peck & Dow. He goes on the talk about the Hungarian sinking; Capt Jones had dined at their boarding house the day before he left Portland to England, his last trip. Fine condition.................Min. Bid $200
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American Physicist Louis W. McKeehan
325 . [SCIENCE - WAR] The following are from the papers of the American physicist Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Offered here is a hand-drawn graph by McKeehan, dated 11 Oct. 1943, 1p, about 8 x 10.5 in. About EXPLOSIVES. Everything is in the hand of McKeehan. VG.................75-100
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326. [OREGON] View-Album of Portland, Oregon and Vicinity. Published 1889. Many pictures on 14 pages, approx. 6 x 4-1/4 in. Pages 1 & 2 are separate but this is not a problem. Otherwise in fine condition.........Min. Bid $16
327. [FROM KUHN ESTATE] Mark Hanna (1917-2003) American screenwriter and actor. He was known for writing the screenplays for many science fiction B movies in the 1950s, particularly Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. His first major screenplay was Gunslinger in 1956. He continued to be prolific through the mid-1960s, after which his film credits become sporadic. His last screenplay was for Star Portal in 1998, five years before his death from stroke complications. TLS, 1943, 1p, to the artist Walt Kuhn, who is at Ogunquit, Maine in September. Says............it must be delightful in Maine - read reviews of LAUGH TIME vaude show which opened at the Shubert - terrific raves - helluva good list of acts includes Ethel Waters, Frank Fay & Bert Wheeler - will get tickets for you, Lily [Cushing - Kuhn painted her portrait] & myself - maybe Hope Richardson can make it a foursome. 7-3/4 x 10 in. VG..................50-75
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328. [GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR] original 1951 news photograph. Identification attached to verso reads - Flanked by motorcycle patrolmen the car carrying General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the parade staged in his honor by San Francisco passes part of the 500,000 persons that turned out to cheer the great soldier, with the General in the car are Mayor Elmer Robinson of San Francisco, and Governor Earl Warren of California. International News Photo. VG..............100-150
329. [GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR] original 1951 news photograph. Identification attached to verso. Pictures Mrs. MacArthur and their son in a car. She is waving to the crowd. This was in the parade at San Francisco. International News Photo. 9x7 in. VG............100-150
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330. [Americana] Bill of Lading 1835 concerning goods being shipped by Rowland G. Hazard on board the ship called Shakespeare, in New York harbor bound for New Orleans with 9 bales of domestic goods. Approx. 10-1/2 x 5 in. Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer from Rhode Island. He was educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington, New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest in mathematics. In 1819 he returned to Rhode Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling the company's products to planters in the southern United States, particularly Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. He spent winters in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. The activity that Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841. After he learned that a free African-American man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. He worked with Jacob Barker, then a New Orleans lawyer, to obtain freedom for nearly 100 people being held as slaves. The action later led to charges being filed against several public officials who were responsible for the illegal detentions. His involvement with abolitionist causes and in the Republican Party eventually caused his company to lose favor with its markets in the southern United States. This helped to prompt the Peace Dale mills' transition from making cheap cotton products to selling higher quality woolens. Hazard retired from the textile business in 1866 and invested in the Union Pacific Railroad. After Union Pacific fell into financial disarray and became a party to the Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872, Hazard spent much time dealing with the company's financial affairs. Nice woodcut vignette. This does have some condition problems.............50-75
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341. [COLONIAL] Solomon Williams (1700-1776) pastor of the Lebanon, Connecticut's First Congregational Church. He was the father of William Williams (1731-1811) who was a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. CLIPPED SIGNATURE, slight loss top edge. Please look at picture before bidding on this.........50-75
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342A. (RELIGIOUS FREEDOM) McLaurin F. Cooke - signed 3 page letter + address leaf, dated Dartmouth College, July 9, 1867, wriiten to his sister, MIss Mary C. Cooke at Great falls, Somersworth, NH. He is asking his sister to attend the commencement at Dartmouth; tells her of his activities. Interesting content. The main significance of this relates to about 12 years later [1859]. The Eliot School, Boston, in March, 1859, exhibited cruelty and intolerance such as had been rebuked by the State Superintendent in New York. Thomas J. Whall, a Catholic pupil, was ordered to repeat the Ten Commandments in the Protestant form; he declined, as his father had forbidden him to do so. The teacher sent for McLaurin F. Cooke, the second master, who flogged the boy on both hands for thirty minutes, declaring that he would whip him till he consented, for he had nothing else to do the whole forenoon. The inhuman teacher was tried for assault and battery, and the case was argued at considerable length, but Judge Maine held that the teacher had a right to inflict the punishment, and that it was not excessive or malicious.' One hundred Catholic children were expelled for refusing to submit to the intolerant system, and the monstrous decision of the judge sustaining the cruelty showed Catholics that no recognition of their religious rights could be expected from the State schools, which made open war on their religion, and that they must establish schools of their own. On the 21st of March, Bishop Fitzpatrick addressed a letter to the President and members of the School Committee, in which he stated in clear and convincing language the reasons why Catholics resisted the enforced use of the Protestant version of the Bible, the enforced learning and reciting of the Ten Commandments in their Protestant form, and the enforced union in chanting the Lord's Prayer and other religious chants. This masterly document, while it embarrassed the Board, turned the tide of public opinion, and, a few months later, there were elected as members of the School Committee, a Catholic priest and several Catholic laymen. One small hole on page 3 affects a couple of words [caused by the seal]. The letter is in excellent condition. Very uncommon.................400-600
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342B. [ART] A.B. GRIFFITH - caricature ink drawing of the actress Jean Arthur, signed and dated 1939. About 10-1/4 x 7 in. VG..............Min. Bid $40
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343. [from WALT KUHN ESTATE] LaSalle Spier (1890-1982) American pianist, organist, composer and teacher, also a painter. He was the brother-in-law of Vera Kuhn, wife of the noted artist, Walt Kuhn. Offered here is a collection of about 14 letters, not including envelopes. These were written to Walt Kuhn and wife Vera, and also the artist's daughter, Brend from 1934 to 1967. Content is better than routine. VG........300-400.................Min. Bid $75
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344. James Oppenheim (1882–1932) American poet, novelist, and editor. A lay analyst and early follower of Carl Jung, Oppenheim was also the founder and editor of The Seven Arts, an important early 20th-century literary magazine. ALS, 1910, 1p. 8.5 x 11 in. Sun-toned on verso.................50-75345. [CIVIL WAR] Capt. William D. Earnest, assistant quartermaster, having been assigned to duty by the supervising quartermaster of the Departments of Missouri, Arkansas, and the Tennessee, as depot quartermaster at Vickshurg, Miss., is announced as such on the staff of the major-g neral commanding the Military Division of West Mississippi, and will return to Vicksburg, Miss., and assume the duties of his position. The chief quartermaster of the division will give Captain Earnest the necessary instructions. Document Signed, Vicksburg, Miss, Sept. 7, 1863, 1p, 8-1/2 x 13-3/4 in. Received from JOHN L. MATHEWS - 1st Lieut., 47th Regt., U.S. Colored Infantry. History of this UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS - 47th REGIMENT INFANTRY. Organized March 11, 1864, from 8th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops, Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. Dept. of the Gulf to January, 1866. SERVICE.-Post and garrison duty at Vicksburg, Miss., till October, 1864. Expedition from Haines Bluff up Yazoo River April 19-23. Near Mechanicsburg April 20. Lake Providence May 27. Moved to mouth of White River, Ark., October 15. Duty there and at Vicksburg, Miss. Folds o/w VG........80-120 Min. Bid $25
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346. Emily "Mickey" Hahn (1905-1997) American journalist and author. Considered an early feminist and called "a forgotten American literary treasure" by The New Yorker magazine, she was the author of 54 books and more than 200 articles and short stories. Her novels in the 20th century played a significant role in opening up Asia and Africa to the west. Her extensive travels throughout her life and her love of animals influenced much of her writing. After living in Florence and London in the mid-1920s, she traveled to the Belgian Congo and hiked across Central Africa in the 1930s. In 1935 she traveled to Shanghai, where she taught English for three years and became involved with prominent figures, such as The Soong Sisters and the Chinese poet, Shao Xunmei (Sinmay Zau). Offered here is a signed 1p. typescript. We do not know story this is from. 8.5 x 11 in. VG.......75-100
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347. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL drawing, signed, c. 1980. Approx. 8 x 10 plus margins. Top of paper has some wrinkling o/w VG..............150-200
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348. [SOMERSWORTH, NH] archive of documents from the Rollins Family, dating from 1807-1841. Includes Andrew Rollins (1770-1833), Daniel Rollins (1794-1879), Ichabod Rollins (1769-1843), and John Rollins. Andrew represented Somersworth in the
New Hampshire Legislature from 1816 - 1820. Others person included: Harper Ricker, Josiah Bean, James Richardson, Samuel Roberts, Benjamin Carter etc. Generally very good condition. 12 documents................Min. Bid $75
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349. [WALT KUHN] misc. items from the estate of Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the American artist Walt Kuhn. Includes: (1) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) retained pencil letter written to Larry Salander about the painting CIRUS RING by Walt Kuhn. The letter confirms the painting's authenticity. (2) An internet page showing the sale of this painting at Christie's auction in 2015. It fetched $62,500. (3) Brenda Kuhn signed 1965 bank check. (4) Retained copy of the typed authentication letter sent to Salander-O'Railly Gallery, NYC, dated 1986. (5) A 1948 photograph of Brenda Kuhn likely taken by her father Walt or mother Vera. Rare. (6) Snapshot photo of Kuhn painting WRESTLER 1933 [in Kunin Collection, Minn.]. (7) Snapshot of Kuhn painting GRENADIER which sold at Christie's Auction for $209,000. (8) Albert Wordley 1940 letter to Ringling Bros. - Barnum & Bailey Shows asking for permission for Walt Kuhn to go behind the scenes and make some sketches like he was allowed to do in New York. By now you know from our auctions who Walt Kuhn was.................Min. Bid $50
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350. Janet Loxley Lewis (A1899-1998) American novelist and poet. Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was a graduate of the University of Chicago, where she was a member of a literary circle that included Glenway Wescott, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, and her future husband Yvor Winters. She was an active member of the University of Chicago Poetry Club. She taught at both Stanford University in California, and the University of California at Berkeley. ewis was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992. ALS, 1971, 1p. She pens a poem on the verso. 6 x 9 in. Fine.................100-150
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351. [FRANCE] 1666 document on vellum, from Languedoc, showing Order of Malta mark on left side. Speaks of nobility De Benoist, De Chastenet, De Maniban etc. Approx. 9.5 x 6 in. VG......................100-150
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352 [ART - FRANCE] Pierre Filloeul (1696; died Paris after 1754) French printmaker. He was the son of the engraver Gilbert Filloeul (1644-1714). He was his father's pupil (and not, as is sometimes claimed, that of Jacques-Philippe Lebas). His oeuvre extends from 1731 to 1754 and numbers c. 150 prints. Original etching, Portrait of Louis Duc D'Orleans, image approx. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus margin. This is an 18th century impression. VG. Mounting trace top edge on verso............100-150
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353. [PHOTO-JOURNALISM] Original 1951 photograph of the San Francisco Parade for General MacArthur. Some half million turned out to cheer Douglas MacArthur. 9x7 in. VG................100-150
354. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Asa Freeman (1788-1867) Asa was born in January, 1788 in Hanover, NH. He was attending Harvard College in 1810. He did not graduate, but instead, he worked in the law office of his brother, Peyton R. Freeman in Portsmouth, NH where he studied under the direction of Isaac Lyman of York, Maine. He was admitted as an attorney in York County, Maine in 1816, and practiced there until 1818 when he moved to Dover, New Hampshire to establish his home and law practice. Despite his lapse at Harvard, he found much success in his professional life. He was appointed a Commissioner of the United States by Judge Story, - was elected a Delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1850, - he was a NH State Senator in 1851 and 1852, and in - 1857 he was appointed Register of Probate for Strafford County and retained the position until he passed away in 1867. ADS, 1821, 1p, 7-1/4 x 3-1/4 in. Promisory note between Joseph Doe and Abyail & Theodore Atkinson, the amount being $6000. VG.........35-45
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355. [FRANCE] Old French manuscript page, ca. late 18th century [could be earlier], about Henry IV, French King at Folembray Castle in Laon. Identification with this says "About Jeanne de Flandres and Rites of funerals in Laon in 1320 and 1658 [whatever this means???]. Approx. 6-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Very fine...........75-100
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356. [FRANCE] Henri Lavedan (1859-1940) French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Orléans, the son of Hubert Lavedan [fr], a well-known Catholic and liberal journalist. Lavedan contributed to various Parisian papers a series of witty tales and dialogues of Parisian life, many of which were collected in volume form. In 1891 he produced at the Théâtre Français Une Famille, followed at the Vaudeville in 1894 by Le Prince d'Aurec, a satire on the nobility, afterward renamed Les Descendants. He had a great success with Le Duel (Comédie-Française 1905), a powerful psychological study of the relations of two brothers, which was turned into a movie--The Duel—on which he was a co-writer. It was translated into English by Louis N. Parker and performed in New York in 1906 at the Hudson Theatre. Lavedan was admitted to the Académie française in 1898. Autograph Note Signed, written on the back of a photograph postcard. Also included is a unsigned vintage photo postcard of Lavedan. Both very good...............75-100
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359. [PRISON REFORM] RARE letter by LOUIS DWIGHT (1793-1854) American Philanthropist. He graduated from Yale in 1813, and Andover Theological Seminary in 1819. He was prevented from preaching because of weak lungs, caused by inhaling a gas during a college chemical lecture. In 1824 he married Louisa Willis, sister of N.P. Willis, the poet. In that same year [1824] he embarked on a six month horseback ride for his health distributing Bibles among prison inmates in various states. The abuses that became known to him led to the formation in 1825 of the Prison Discipline Society, of which he was the practical manager until his death, effecting many needed reforms. In 1846 he visited Europe and inspected prisons there. The 29 annual reports published by Dwight contained a vast amount of valuable information not to be found elsewhere. Offered here is a ALS, Andover [Mass], 1822, 4pp. Written to Rev. Alfred Ely (1778-1866) who was born in West Springfield, MA. Ely worked as a clerk in Springfield and Hartford, CT before graduating from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1804. In 1806, Alfed Ely was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Monson, MA, where he remained until his death in 1866. Ely was named as a trustee in the founding charter of Amherst College and served as a trustee from 1825 to 1854. Excellent content letter. VG..................200-300
357. [ART] Arnold W. Brunner (1857-1925) American architect. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects after 1892 and was appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to the United States Commission of Fine Arts in Washington, D.C. Offered here is a 1923 bank check made out to Brunner, endorsed on verso by him. Check is signed 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. VG..............50-75
358. Lilian Bowes Lyon (1895–1949) was a British poet. She was the first cousin of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. During the First World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon helped at Glamis Castle (owned by her uncle) which became a convalescence home for soldiers. Her brother Charles Bowes Lyon was killed in the war on 23 October 1914, inspiring her poem "Battlefield" which was later published in "Bright Feather Fading". After the First World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon studied for a time at the University of Oxford and then moved to London. She was independently wealthy. In 1929, she met the writer William Plomer CBE and through him, Laurens van der Post. bb She published two novels, "The Buried Stream" (1929) and "Under the Spreading Tree" (1931) but thereafter focused on poetry. She published six individual collections with Jonathan Cape and a "Collected Poems" in 1948. Her "Collected Poems" contains an introduction by C. Day-Lewis who noted the influences of Emily Dickinson, Hopkins and Christina Rossetti. Her verse appeared in many periodicals and anthologies including "The Adelphi", "Country Life", "Kingdom Come", "The Listener", "The London Mercury, "The Lyric" (USA), "The Observer", "Orion", "Punch", "The Spectator", "Time and Tide and "Poetry" (USA). During the Second World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon moved to the East End where she used the Tilbury Docks unofficial air raid shelter and assisted with nursing the injured. She also had several amputations due to thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's Disease), losing toes, a foot, her lower legs and eventually both her legs below her hips. She returned to her home in Kensington and continued to write poetry despite the thromboangitis obliterans beginning to affect her hands. These poems, found amongst William Plomer’s papers at University of Durham, were published in "Uncollected Poems" by Tragara Press. ALS, 1935, 2pp, approx. 7 x 9 in. VG.............75-100
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360. [ART] John Austin Sands Monks (1850-1917) American painter and etcher. Monks studied art and etching techniques in New York under George Inness. These two artists shared the same studio for many years. J. A. S. Monks devoted his art almost exclusively to animal depictions, particularly sheep. He was a full member of the Salamina Club, the New York Etching Club, the Boston Art Club and the Copely Society. Original etching, Feeding Sheep, plate signed, image approx. 4-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. plus clean margins. Fine................200-300
361.[ART] Robert Swain Gifford (1840-1905) American landscape painter. He was influenced by the Barbizon school. Much of his work focuses on the landscapes of New England, where he was born. He, along with Victorian contemporaries from the White Mountain and Hudson River Schools, helped immortalize the majestic cliffs of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. His painting from the island, "Pettes Cove," is illustrative of his masterful marine work. In the 1870s, he undertook several journeys to Europe and the Middle East and painted some subjects from those regions. In 1899, he was an artist on the famous Harriman Alaska Expedition. Some of his works hang in the most prominent galleries in the USA, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC. He was a member of the Society of American Artists. Original etching, signed in the plate, c. 1879, image approx. 7 x 5 in. plus clean margins. Title is Coal-Pockets at New Bedford, Mass. VG................200-300
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362. [EARLY FILM]] Anita Page (1910-2008) American film actress who reached stardom in the final years of the silent film era. Page returned to acting sixty years later in 1996, and appeared in four films in the 2000s. She was the leading lady to Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, and Clark Gable (among others) and during the early 1930s, she was one of Hollywood's busiest actresses. ALS, 1982, 1p, 5 x 7 in. accompanied by unsigned photo showing her in her prime. VG................50-75
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363. [ART] Louise Jopling (1843-1933) English painter of the Victorian era, and one of the most prominent female artists of her generation. ALS, no date, 3pp, 4 x 5-3/4 in. 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). VG...............75-100 364. [GERMANY] Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) German film director and actress. Hitler was in close collaboration with Riefenstahl during the production of at least three important Nazi films, and they formed a friendly relationship. Offered here is a receipt document from the Munich Agfa Co., issued to Leni Riefenstahl Product. She bought photo papers. She has signed with initials "L.R." and wrote "paid with Post check on 29.11.74". Approx. 8x12 in. VG..............80-120
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365. [NAVAL HISTORY] Samuel Smallcorn (c.1735-1793) Revolutionary War Naval Gunner and First Lieutenant. Appointed Gunner, Aug. 12, 1776, of the Continental frigate "Raleigh," Capt. Thomas Thompson, at wages of $15 a month. He did not remain on her long, as on Sept. 30, 1776, he was First Lieutenant of the brigantine "Reprisal," a privateer, then lying at Boston, Capt. John Wheelright; she was of about seventy tons, carried eight carriage guns (three pounders) and ten swivels, and seventy men, also provisioned for a cruise.Capt. Samuel Smallcorn married Jane Moore, Dec. 11, 1785, at Kittery, both residents. Offered here is a Signed document, Kittery (Maine), Feb. ? 1775, approx. 6 x 7-1/4 in. This is a receipt signed by Smallcorn who receives payment from Capt. Robert Follett who was also an interesting person. Robert Follett (1737-1780) was also a physician. He Commanded a company of Artillery at Kittery Point, Me., by return of Nov. 5, 1775. Was appointed Master of the Continental frigate, "Raleigh" Capt. T. Thompson, June 24, 1776; was discharged about Jan. 1, 1777. Also signed by others on verso. VG..............Min. Bid $100
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366. [BALLET-Texas] Mikhail Baryshnikov (b. 1948) born in Russia he is considered among the greatest ballet dancers of our time. Offered here is a PROCLAMATION signed by the Mayor of Beaumont, Texas. For "MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV DAY" AUGUST 2, 1983. Approx. 11 x 14 in. Middle fold & stains bottom right corner. Some handwriting on the verso?????. Provenance: Mikhail Baryshnikov personal collection, Swann's Auction, East Coast Books...............300-400
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367. Thomas Tod Stoddart (1810–1880) was a Scottish angler and poet. An early passion for angling became the main business of his life. He investigated the haunts and habits of fish, and was an adept of fly-making. Stoddart campaigned against the pollution of rivers. In the decade leading up to the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act 1876 he was involved with the Tweed Commissioners, and was involved in the trials and surveys of the fish population of the River Tweed using smolt. Signed handwritten poem, 2 pages, 7x 9 in. Approx. 24 handwritten lines plus total & signature. VG................50-75
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368. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore of Mass. ORIGINAL drawing, not signed, c/ 1980. This is a Gloucester Harbor scene. Paper size approx. 9 x 7 in. VG................50-75
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Original Etching By German Expressionist 369. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original etching, unsigned, image approx. 5 x 3.5 in. plus margins. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below in 2nd scan DO NOT accompany this etching and are not for sale........100-150
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370. [ART] JOSEPH LAUBER (1855-1948) American artist. Original etching , "Head of an Old Man" printed on fine nineteenth century laid paper and with full margins as published in 1881 by George Wistar Hodge Ritchie. It is signed and dated by the artist in the plate to the lower right. An American mural painter, etcher, sculptor, stained glass and mosaic artist, Joseph Lauber came to the United States at the age of nine. He studied art techniques in New York under Karl Muller, Walter Shirlaw and W. M. Chase. Joseph Lauber was a full member of the Mural Painters, New York Architectural League (1889), Artists' Fellowship Inc. (president), Salmagundi Club (1902) and the New York Etching Club. During his career Joseph Lauber was the recipient of many awards and medals, including awards at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893) and Atlanta (1895). Joseph Lauber also served as the long time Instructor of Art at Columbia University, New York City. In 1883 the Art Department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Boston, held a major exhibition of contemporary American art. Plate mark is approx. 5 x 3-1/2 in. Fine..................100-150
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371. [FRANCE] Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858) French Crown Princess after her marriage in 1837 to the eldest son of Louis Philippe I, Ferdinand Philippe of Orléans. She was the mother of the future Count of Paris and Duke of Chartres. Her descendants include present-day pretenders to the throne of France and Italy and the kings of Spain and Belgium. ALS, 1856, 3pp, 4-1/2 x 7-1/8 in. Not translated but ID says she says........You know, Sir, that we never made any claims that did not follow justice & law of the country....." VG................150-200
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372. [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
373. [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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374. (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
375 [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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376. [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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377. [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....Min. Bid $25
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378. 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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379. [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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380. [LARGE LOT] Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. He graduated in 1920 and from Columbia University Law School, New York City, in 1924. He served in the US congress Signed as Secretary of the Board of from 1943-1971. Large misc. lot of about 107 pieces including 18 signed letters to Philbin.................Min. Bid $35
381. [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
382. [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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383. [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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384. 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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385. 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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386. [OMAR BRADLEY] original 1949 International News Photo. The caption included says it is the first photograph of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under the New National Security Organization. The photographer was A.E. SCOTT. 9 x 7 in. VG.................Min. Bid $50
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387. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Charles W. Tobey (1880-1953) Governor and US Senator from NH. Signed postmarked 1938 cover honoring 150th Anniversary of New Hampshire Ratified the Constitution June 21, 1788. Sticker addressed. VG.................50-75
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388. [ENGLAND] Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden GCB PC (1814-1892) British Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884. ALS, 1889, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. VG......40-60
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389. [ENGLAND] Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863) English glassware manufacturer and politician. His main interest lay in the chemistry of glass-making. In 1819, he took out his first patent for the manufacture of "sulfides" or Cameo Incrustations. Pellatt originally called them "Crystallo-Ceramie," reflecting their French origin. The process involved the embedding of ceramic figurines into the glass sides of paperweights, jugs, decanters, etc., by cutting a hole in the hot glass, sliding in the insert, and resealing the glass afterward.
Pellatt became the most famous and successful producers of sulfides in England from 1819 to the mid-century rivalled only by Baccarat in France. He described their manufacture in a book on glass-making entitled "Curiosities of Glassmaking" published in 1849. After his retirement around 1850, the glass-works went into decline in the hands of his brother Frederic. ALS, 1857, 2pp, 4-1/2 x 7-3/4 in. The edge is laid to backing sheet which doesn't allow the front page to show fully..................50-75
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390. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Thruston B. Morton [KY]; Lee Metcalf [MT]; Pat McNamara [MI]; Gale McGee [Wy]; John McClellan [Ark]; Warren G. Magnuson [Wash]; Russell Long [LA]; Oren E. Long [Hawaii]; Frank Lausche [OH]; B. Everett Jordan [NC].........50-75
391. [FRANCE] Paul Madeline (1863-1920, Paris) French Post-Impressionist painter; known for his landscapes and village scenes. In 1926, the Salon des Indépendants presented a major retrospective of his works. ALS, 1914, 2pp. to Mr. Hubert, Editor of LeMonde Illustre. Not translated. 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Fine............100-150
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392. [FRANCE] Lizinska de Mirbel (1796-1849) French painter of miniature portraits. She was very fashionable among the aristocracy of Paris during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy. ALS, 1848, 3pp. Curious letter about her very old husband. Not translated. 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG............100-150
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393. [ART] Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35). Collotype offered here is from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925.? Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. This is a proof printing. Fine, black impressions, on cream wove paper, in excellent condition. Scarce..............100-150
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394. [OHIO] Roy Gerald Fitzgerald (1875-1962) was an attorney, soldier, preservationist, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. During World War I, he enlisted in the Army and was later commissioned a captain of infantry and was the commanding officer of Headquarters Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, American Expeditionary Force in France. He was commissioned lieutenant colonel of Infantry, United States Army Reserve Corps, in 1928. During his decade in Congress, Fitzgerald fought for a number of causes that dismayed his more conservative colleagues, including child labor laws, reorganization of the U. S. Army Air Corps as an independent body and Federal care of the needy aged. The latter anticipated Social Security. A licensed pilot and early advocate of flying, Fitzgerald was acquainted with Wright brothers. Rep. Fitzgerald was called an "aerial daredevil" of Congress by The New York Times for flying the 500-odd miles from Dayton to Washington for the reconvening of the lame duck session of Congress in 1922 (though that flight was piloted by someone else). An envelope signed and addressed by him while he was in the service. 8-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. Used condition...............25-35
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395. [PRESIDENT GARFIELD] Casper Schenck - ALS, US Navy Pay Office, San Francisco, July 12, 1881, 2pp. Written to Thomas H. Looker (1839-1910). Looker served in the Mexican War and the Civil War. He was appointed purser, U.S.N. on August 31, 1853. After the Civil War he served as Fleet Paymaster, South Pacific Squadron, United States Navy. Aboard the U.S. Flag Ship “Powhatan,” Looker sailed around Cape Horn and up to Panama. He was promoted to Pay Director on March 3, 1871. From 1877 to 1878 he was assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. He was appointed Paymaster General, U.S.N. in March of 1890, but had to resign in May of that year due to ill health. He retired in 1891 with the rank of Commodore. This letter maily about President Garfield, who had been shot on July 2, 1881. The members of the Looker family were strong supporters of President Hayes, Thomas H. Looker having been an acquaintance from before Hayes was elected President. Thomas and Lucilia Looker were guests of President Hayes at the White House on several occasions. Stamped envelope included. VG.............50-75
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396. [FRANCE] Gilbert-Louis Duprez (1806-1896) French tenor, singing teacher and minor composer who famously pioneered the delivery of the operatic high C from the chest (Ut de poitrine, as Paris audiences called it). He also created the role of Edgardo in the popular bel canto-era opera Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835. ALS, 1842, 1p. approx. 5 x 8 in. VG.................50-75
397. [FRANCE] César Campinchi (1882-1941) French statesman in the beginning of the 20th century.
In his history of The Second World War, Volume 1, The Gathering Storm, Winston Churchill says on page 449:
”I formed a high opinion of this man (Campinchi). His patriotism, his ardour, his acute intelligence and above all, his resolve to conquer or die, hit home. (Admiral) Pound and I got on very well with Campinchi. This tough Corsican never flinched or failed.” TLS, no date, 1p. Not treanslated. 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG.............50-75
398. [FRANCE] Marc-Antoine Jullien, called Jullien fils, (1775-1848) was a French revolutionary and man of letters. Jullien then became a protégé of Robespierre. Jullien would likely have become a major player in the Revolution had it not been for the execution, by guillotine, of Robespierre in July 1794. Made destitute, he was arrested on August 10 and sent to prison. ALS, 1840, 1p. 5 x 7-3/4 in. Not translated. VG...............75-100
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399. [FRANCE] Joseph-Philippe Simon, called Lockroy (F1803-1891) French actor and playwright. ALS, not dated, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG..............50-75
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400. Handwritten poem from 19th century, 4 full pages..........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
401. Manuscript document dated 1796, about 6 x 3 in.......Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
402. Photo of NASA Astronauts with postage stamps affixed on it.......Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
403. Wilmington, Vermont document, 1798.........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
404. House of Rep. FREE TRADE 1858 gov. doc, 24pp.......Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
405. FEDERAL UNION WORLD, 1941, 12pp..........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
406. The 3 Laycock Girls, antique photograph. Fine............Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
407. Oriental original watercolor, signed, 10.5 x 9.5 in. VG.....Min. Bid $10 CLICK here
408. Palmer Austin ALS, 1855, Boston, 1p..........Min. bid $10 CLICK here
409. Skowhegan, Maine letter 1899..........Min. Bid $5 CLICK here
410. Three document, stock sales, 1899-1900.......Min. Bid $5 CLICK here
411. Capt. John Cowdon, 1881 gov. doc...........Min. Bid $3 CLICK here
412. Hon. Justin S. Morrill [Vermont] speech 1869, 16pp........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here
413. John J. Cisco 1874 letter to Nelson Hopkins..........Min. Bid $5 CLICK here
414. Handwritten 1p. poem, 19th century.........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here
415. Looks like a postcard signed by many persons [?].......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
416. Signed 1912 - signed card.............Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
417. 1970 cover signed [think it is music]. Fine........Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
418. Signed card [?]. Fine..........Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
419. [MUSIC] cover signed once or twice [?].......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
420. Harry Liedtke (1882-1945) German film actor. Signed postcard photo......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
421. Bobby Franco - actor. Signed postcard photo.....Min. Bid $8 CLICK HERE
422. 1944 COVER SIGNED - looks very interesting.........Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
423. 1934 COVER SIGNED - also looks EXTREMELY interesting......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
424. 1930 cover signed.......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
425. 1940 COVER SIGNED.......Mon. Bid 410 CLICK HERE
426. AUSTRIA - CORRESPONDENCE 1854 gov. doc., Franklin Pierce. ......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
427. [ART] William Radclyffe (1783-1855) was an English engraver and painter. Born in Birmingham and self-educated, he was apprenticed to a letter engraver and studied drawing under Joseph Barber with his cousin John Pye. Both planned to move to London when their apprenticeships were complete in 1801, but Radclyffe remained in Birmingham for financial reasons and set up as an engraver and copperplate printer. Radclyffe became well known as an engraver of landscapes, making prints after David Cox, J. M. W. Turner and Peter De Wint and illustrating numerous works of travel literature. Original 19th century engraving by Radclyffe after W.M. Craig, image approx. 7 x 4-3/4 plus image. Text offset showing.............Min. bid $10
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428. [ART] Stephen James Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher. Original etching, "AN EASTERN PRINCESS", from a painting by J.G. Jacquet. Image 8-1/8 x 4-3/4" plus margins which are fairly clean with only the slightest signs of age.............80-120.................Min. Bid $25
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