2. [ENTERAINMENT]  a 1961 contract signed by Peter Lawford [the actor] of Chrislaw Productions Inc. and Billy Asher [employee]. 11 pages, signed at conclusion by Lawford and Asher. You already know who Peter Lawford is - Bill Asher (1921-2012)  was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is  credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom.  Included here is a carbon copy of another letter plus a copy of a contract with William Asher. VG..................300-400

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3. [FILM-THEATRE] Agreement 1965 Between Producer and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada International Sound Technicians of the Motion Picture, Broadcast and Amusement Industries, Local #695.  This involves CHRISLAW PRODUCTIONS, INC.,which was owned by actor Peter Lawford and the film BILLIE starring Patty Duke, Jim backus, Jane Greer, Warren Berlinger, Billy De Wolfe and Dick Sargent. Signed on page 43 Milton Ebbins [Vice President of Chrislaw] and 2 Union officials. 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." About 48 pages, 8.5 x 14 in. Fine.................100-150

4. [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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5. [DEMOCRATS]  Fred R. Harris (b. 1930) American academic, author, and former politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Oklahoma. From 1969 to 1970, Harris served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In the 1968 presidential election, Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey strongly considered him as his running mate. Harris unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972 and 1976. After 1976, he became a professor at the University of New Mexico. Offered here is a TLS, 1968, United Democrates For Humphrey, 1p. Written to Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) of Maine. She was an alternate to the Democratic National Convention, committed to Senator Muskie as favorite son of my home State, Maine. Harris is asking Brenda for advice and suggestions.  Includes is Brenda Kuhn's [retained] typed, ink signed reply that was sent to Harris. Very interesting letter giving her thoughts about Humphrey's TV images. A great letter from Brenda, who was the daughter of the famed American artist Walt Kuhn. Also included with these letters is a vintahe 8x10 photo of Walt Kuhn's famous oil painting THE BLUE CLOWN done in 1931. All are in very good condition..............Min. Bid $75

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6. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician, born at Rochester, Michigan. He graduated C.E. at the University of Michigan in 1872 and was appointed assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. He died in 1924 in Washington, D.C. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics . In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. OFFERED HERE is a page manuscript page  of calculations written by Woodward [not signed], plus a pamphet by Woodward:  MEASUREMENT AND CALCULATION, 1902, 24 pages uncut. The handwritten page has edge tears at top & bottom edges. The pamphlet is in very good+ condition. VERY RARE!................100-150

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7. GEORGE DAVIDSON  [1825-1911] pioneer west coast scientist. Probably no name is better known in the scientific world of the Pacific Coast than that of Professor George Davidson, of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. His active and untiring efforts, extending over a long period of time in advancing the interests of science on this coast, are well known; and the work he has accomplished in the service in which he holds high rank has earned for him a name and reputation which might be envied by any man. He determined the Eastern boundary, 120th meridian, of California in 1873. Lengthy ALS, 1908, WRITTEN IN THE 3RD PERSON. "Mr George Davidson expresses his thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Woodward for their kind invitation to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences on the evening of Wednesday the twenty-second of April, and regrets his inability to be present. San Francisco Cal. March 22/08." VG...........Min. bid $25

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8. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Pat Buchanan (b. 1938)  American conservative political commentator, columnist, politician, and broadcaster. Buchanan was an assistant and special consultant to U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo 1997.  (2) Frederick H. Newell (1862-1932), served as the first Director of the United States Reclamation Service. ALS written in the 3rd person.  (3) Tom Daschle (b.1947)  American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 and later the Majority Leader in 2001. Signed 10x8 color photo. Fine (4) Kenneth Rose - signed ip. typescript titled WHITE FIGURE. (5) John B. McPherson (1846-1919). Federal judge. ALS, 1885, 2pp.  (6) Harry White (1834-1920) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He entered the Union Army as major of the Sixty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, on December 13, 1861.  ALS, 1885, 1p. to Wm. H. Rawle. (7) [THEATRE] William Horace Lingard (1837–1927)  English comic singer. In 1868, Lingard immigrated to America (along with his wife, Alice Dunning Lingard). He made his comic debut in New York City that year. After this debut—held at the Theatre Comique, on 6 April 1868—Lingard became known as one of the funniest men of the time. He continued his career in New York, and later became manager of Wood's Theatre there. Signed 4 x 2.5 in.  The brown area on left edge could be removed. (8) [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. (9)  [GREAT BRITAIN] Henry Philpott (1801-1892) Anglican bishop and academic.  He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge on three occasions (1846, 1856, 1857). Philpott was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) by royal letters patent in 1847 and was Bishop of Worcester from 1860 to 1890.  He was Clerk of the Closet from 1865 to 1891 and Chairman of the Cambridge University Commission in 1878. ALS, 1863, 1p. laid to another sheet. VG (10) [THEATRE] Dame Irene Vanbrugh DBE (1872-1949) was an English actress. The daughter of a clergyman, Vanbrugh followed her elder sister Violet into the theatrical profession and sustained a career for more than 50 years. n her early days as a leading lady she was particularly associated with the plays of Arthur Wing Pinero and later had parts written for her by J. M. Barrie, Bernard Shaw, Somerset Maugham, A. A. Milne and Noël Coward.  ALS, no year, 1p, to the journalist  Mrs. Marshall. Approx. 4.5 x 7 in. VG. (11) [FILM] Nancy Olson (b.1928) American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and later appeared in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), as well as the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974). Olson retired from acting in the early 1980s, although she has made a few rare returns, most recently in 2014. Signed 4 x 5-3/4 in. picture. (12) [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 (13) [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori  (1822-1906) distinguished Italian tragedienne, who was often referred to as the Marquise. Front portion of a postmarked envelope addressed in her handwriting but not signed by her. Approx. 4-3/4 x 2 in. Fine (14) Ken Bartholomew (1920-2012) was a speed skating champion from the United States. Signed 1951 sports cover. VG (15) John Randolph (1749-1813) was a British scholar, teacher, and cleric who rose to become Bishop of London. CLIP SIGNATURE [mounted]. 4 x 1-1/2 in. (16) [OPERA]  Norman Kelley (1911-2006)  American operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1940s through the 1970s. He was notably a regular performer at the Metropolitan Opera between 1957 and 1961, and he sang in several world premieres with the New York City Opera. He also notably translated Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel into English, a version first performed in 1967 and used by opera companies to this present day.  Christmas [1980] greeting card signed inside to Franklyn Lenthall, The Theatre Museum, Boothbay, Maine. Includes the envelope addressed by Kelley including  handwritten return address.  VG................Min. Bid $100


9. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL unsigned ink drawing, sheet size approx. 10-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. Very good condition EXCEPT FOR LONG SOFT CREASE LINE ACROSS DRAWING. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED.............200-300

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10. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL unsigned ink drawing, sheet size approx. 11 x 8-1/2 in. Very good condition EXCEPT FOR LONG CREASE LINE. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED.................200-300

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11.  (AMERICAN THEATER LOT)    Georgia Caine (1876 –1964) who performed both on Broadway and in over 80 films in her 51 year career. SIGNED large Card.   Arthur Hiller Penn (1922 –2010)  American director and producer of film, television and theater. Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1960s such as The Chase and Bonnie and Clyde.  SIGNED, inscribed 4x5 photograph.  Wilson Barrett  (1846 –1904) English manager, actor, and playwright. He presented and acted many works in America.  With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever. A Quote SIGNED, with unsigned postcard portrait photograph.   Selma TAMBER (1907-1991) Producer - produced several Broadway and Off Broadway shows, including "Boccaccio 70" and "Viva Madison Avenue." She also managed artists like Hanya Holm, the choreographer of "Kiss Me, Kate," "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot," and helped further the careers of the composers and lyricists Richard Adler and Stephen Sondheim. Tamber was born in New York City. In the 1930's, she supervised various Broadway musicals as the head of the department of composers and arrangers for the music publisher Chappell-T. B. Harms, where she worked with composers like George Gershwin and Cole Porter. . ALS, 1982.   William Jermyn Conlin (1831 –1891) better known by his stage name William J. Florence, actor, songwriter, and playwright. A QUOTE SIGNED February 1879.  Jean Dalrymple (1902 –1998) theater producer, manager, publicist, author and playwright who was instrumental in the founding of New York City Center and is best known for her productions there.  SIGNATURE 1960.............Min. Bid $50

12.  [ACTORS] mixed lot. [1] Ruth Gordon [1896-1985] actress. Signed [in haste] 3x5 card. [2] Jonathan Silverman - Am. actor. Sig. 3x5 card. [3] Constance Booth [b.1944] Am. writer, actress; wife of John Cleese. Signature. [4] Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor. Signature on lined paper. [5] Dorothy Malone [b.1925] OSCAR winning actress. Sig. 3x5 card. [6] Eileen Heckart [1919-2001] OSCAR winning actress. Sig. card [lined side]. [7] Josh Hartnett - actor. Signed 3x5 card..........Min. Bid $50

13. [BRITISH RELIGION LOT] includes: (1)  Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1757-1847)  Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807 and then the Archbishop of York until his death. CLIP SIGNATURE.  (2) William Howley (1766-1848) Archbishop of Canterbury from 1828 to 1848. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857)  British divine and classicist, and a Church of England bishop for 32 years. CLIP SIGNATURE. (4) Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886) Anglican archbishop and poet. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) Christopher Bethell (1773-1859) was Bishop of Bangor..............Min. Bid $45

14. [GOLF LOT] includes: (1) David Duval -  Signed magazine cover. (2) Jose Maria Olazabal -  Signed 4 x 5-3.4 in. color picture. VG . (3) Craig Stadler (b. 1953)  American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG. (4) Ben Crenshaw (b. 1952) American professional golfer. In 1973, Crenshaw became the second player in Tour history to win the first event of his career. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 8x10 color photo. Fine..............Min. Bid $50

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15. [WORLD WAR 2] H.P. LeCaire - Commander US Navy. In 1918 he was in the Radio Div. Bureau of Steam Engineers. Offered here is a 27 Feb. 1941 MEMORANDUM FOR CAPTAIN GREENLEE, signed on page 5. From the personal papers of Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. VG.................75-100

16. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician, born at Rochester, Michigan. He graduated C.E. at the University of Michigan in 1872 and was appointed assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. He died in 1924 in Washington, D.C. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics . In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. OFFERED HERE is a 25 page manuscript written by Woodward [not signed], plus a pamphet by Woodward: OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT, 1901, 21 pages uncut. Both in very good+ condition.............400-600

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17.  [SCIENCE] Van Orstrand, C. E. (Charles Edwin) (1870-1959) geophysicist; born near Manito, Ill. He served the U.S. Geological Survey (1901?40), where he made major contributions to a series of mathematical tables, then patented instruments for determining temperatures in deep wells and oil fields. TLS, Dept. of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, 1909, to Professor Woodward, returning Woodward's 8 page manuscript sent to Van Ostrand. The manuscript is included here. Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) the American physicist and mathematician, born at Rochester, Michigan. He graduated C.E. at the University of Michigan in 1872, and was appointed assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington , whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. He died in 1924 in Washington, D.C. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics. In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. Generally good to VG................200-300

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18. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Frank Sinatra - unsigned attractive 2008 First Day Cover. (2) [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  (3) [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 (4) Wlliam 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. (5) Coleman Barks (born1937) is an American poet, and former literature faculty at the University of Georgia. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, he is a popular interpreter of Rumi, rewriting the poems based on other English translations.  Signed typescript poem titled THE PENGUIN, 1p., 8.5 x 11 in. VG.........Min. Bid $50

19. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL unsigned pencil drawing, sheet size approx. 12 x 9-3/4 in. Very good condition. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED....................200-300

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20. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL SIGNED drawing, sheet size approx.14-3/4 x 12 in. Bottom corners little wrinkled o/w very good condition. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED.................Min. Bid $300

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21. MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL pen and ink drawing, unsigned as usual.  Paper size approx. 16-1/2  x 13-3/4  in. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of George Luks and Mt. Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum, she was inspired by such school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries................Min. Bid $200

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22.  [FRANCE] Louis d Argouhes, Marquis de Ranes (1669-1748) Military officer [Dragons], Field Marshall, Governor for the king duchy [Louis XIV].  Autograph Document Signed, 1708, 1p, 6-1/2 x 4-1/4 in. VG. Not translated.......200-300...................Min. Bid $50

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23. [WRITERS LOT] includes: (1) Edward Bond (b.1934) English playwright, theatre director, poet, theorist and screenwriter. He is the author of some fifty plays, among them Saved (1965), the production of which was instrumental in the abolition of theatre censorship in the UK. Other well-received works include Narrow Road to the Deep North (1968), Lear (1971), The Sea (1973), The Fool (1975), Restoration (1981), and the War trilogy (1985). Bond is broadly considered among the major living dramatists[1][2] but he has always been and remains highly controversial because of the violence shown in his plays, the radicalism of his statements about modern theatre and society, and his theories on drama. Signed card picturing a bronze sculpture of him, dated 2020. (2) Nelson Richard DeMille (b. 1943) author of adventure, and suspense novels. Signed card. (3) John William Jakes (b.1932) American writer, best known for American historical and speculative fiction. His Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He is also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. Signature, 1994. (4) John Winslow Irving (b. 1942) American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978.  Signed 4 x 5-3/4 photo. (5) Dean Ray Koontz (b.  1945) American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, with fourteen hardcovers and sixteen paperbacks reaching the number-one position. Signed 4x6 photo......................Min. Bid $75



24. (HOLLYWOOD/ENTERTAINERS) DON MURRAY (b.1929) Actor, Director. ANS on postcard size photo on verso, with also signed on front.  MARISA PAVAN (b.1932) Italian Actress, Oscar Nominee. SIGNED inscribed postcard photograph. WENCESLAO MORENO (Seneor Wences)(1896-1999) Spanish Comedian, Actor, ventriloquist.  SIGNED inscribed4x6 photograph. BILL MACY (b.1922) Actor.  SIGNED inscribed 4x6 photograph. JULIE ADAMS (1926-2019) Actress. SIGNED 5x7 heavy stock paper photograph. ALEC McCOWN (1925) British Actor.  SIGNED, inscribed card.  CHARLES KING (1889-1944) Singer, Actor, song and dance entertainer on Broadway and films. ALS (1940).  JOYCE  RANDOLPH (b.1924) Actress. ALS dated (1983) which she wrote on the bottom of letter she received............Min. Bid $50

25. [ART MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Ben  Stahl (1910-1987) signed correspondence card. The large STAHL signature and 1960 are in his hand. (2) Jean Zaleski (born Jean Busuttil, also known as Jean Busuttil Zaleski; Birkirkara, 1920- 2010) was a Maltese artist who spent most of her adult life in the United States. Her work has appeared in several exhibitions in the United States and Malta.In 1986 she received a Susan B Anthony Award in the field of painting from the National Organization for Women and was invited by President Jimmy Carter to the White House as part of a delegation of five women artists in 1975. TLS, 1976, 1p. Doesn't trade work but invitation to visit and perhaps purchase work. VG. (3) Lionel J. Cowen (1847-1895) English artist. ALS about making engraving from a photograph. 1p. (4) Gordon C. Aymar (1893-1989) clip signature. (5) Mario Cooper (1905-1995) signature inscribed. (6) Carol Summers (1925-2016)  American printmaker, known for creating works by woodcut process. ALS, 1980, with envelope also signed..............Min. Bid $50

26. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [KENTUCKY] Walter Darlington "Dee" Huddleston (1926-2018)  American politician. He was a Democrat from Kentucky who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1973 until 1985. Huddleston lost his 1984 Senate re-election campaign to Mitch McConnell in an upset by about 5100 votes. A 1959 FDC signed [on address sticker]. (2) Jose Torres (1911-1977) Spanish dancer and choreographer who was dance director at the Paris Opéra. Parents with his dancer wife of Jean-Marc Torres, star of the Roland Petit company. Signed vintage 8x10 photo. VG. (3) SINGER SEWING CO. - ALS, 1864, 1p. by Theo. L. Haynes (1830-1906) , to the Singer Sewing Machine Co. On illustrated letterhead.  Mounting trace along one edge on verso. (4) Albert Forbes Sieveking (1857-1951) English author, known for his books on gardens.  ALS, 1930, 2pp, 5 x 6-3/4". VG. (5)  George Rodney [Eden] Wakefield (1853 - 1940) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Dover and Wakefield. He was educated at Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. After an incumbency at Bishop Auckland - in latter years he was also Rural Dean - he began what his Times obituary described as "nearly forty years of quiet but efficient service to the episcopate". ALS, no yr, written on both sides. VG (6) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine. Signed 1907 check made out to Ida Knapp. She signed on the verso as Treasurer of the Art Workers, Club for Women. VG. (7) Henry E. Burnham (1844-1917) US senator from N.H. TLS, 1911, 1p............Min. Bid $50

27. [THE AMERICAN WEST] Henry Heath (1828-1908) was a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) pioneer, explorer, settler and lawman in the frontier Utah Territory, United States. He was celebrated later in his life as one of the original Utah pioneers of 1847. Henry Heath worked as a law enforcement officer from as early as 1862 until at least 1868. During that time he participated in several cases that typified the rough-hewn legal system in the American West. The most famous, the apprehension of a grave robber, has been widely embellished. In 1862, Henry discovered evidence of grave robbery in the city cemetery when following up on the burial of an indigent criminal (Moroni Clawson) killed in a shoot-out with other officers. His investigation soon led him to the house of the grave digger, Jean-Baptiste, where he found piles of clothing pilfered from graves in the cemetery. Henry feared that the grave-digger may have disturbed the grave of his daughter, Sarah Malissa, who had died within the last year. He apprehended Baptiste and took him to Sarah's grave site. Interviewed years later, Henry said he had determined to kill Baptiste on the spot if he had robbed his child's grave.  Baptiste was able to satisfy Henry that Sarah's grave was untouched and so his life was spared.With Baptiste apprehended, Henry's problem quickly turned from revenge to protection. He reported that, "The news of our discovery and Baptiste's confession spread like wildfire and it was with difficulty that we got him to the county jail in safety."  Baptiste had been at his macabre misdemeanors for some time and so his crimes touched hundreds in the community. But grave robbing, however repugnant, was not a capital offense, even in the frontier west and Baptiste's capture posed the problem of how to both protect and punish him. It meant death to him to turn him loose in the community. So, to give him a chance for his life, to save him in reality from an exasperated public, it was decided to banish him and a well-stocked island in the Great Salt Lake was chosen for his future home. He was conveyed there but there was not ball and chain or shackles or gyves of any kind on his limbs. He was absolutely untrammeled." Baptiste's forehead was tattooed, "Branded for robbing the dead," with ink, not with hot irons.  Some recent dramatizations of Baptiste's case have his ears being clipped or "docked." Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE on 5-1/4 x 2 in. slip..............25-35 

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 28. 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

29. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL color drawing, signed, titled GLOUCESTER, c. 1978 Approx. 11 x 14 in. paper size. VG..................200-300

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Bruce Catton - Doctor of Letters from Syracuse University

30. Charles Bruce Catton (1899-1978) American historian and journalist, known best for his books concerning the American Civil War. Offered here is his honorary degree of Doctor of Letters given to him by Syracuse University Commencement June 3, 1957. Also included is a page signed by William P. Tolley (1900-1996) who became Syracuse University Chancellor in September 1942. Tolley led Syracuse through the war crisis and through major expansion until his retirement in 1969. The rolled vellum degree is about 20 x 15 in. Fine...............300-400

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31. [ART] Original c. 1900 ink drawing signed F.B.B. Paper size is about 5.5 x 10 in.............Min. Bid $15

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

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35. [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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32. [WALT KUHN ESTATE] items from the estate of Brenda Kuhn, daughter of Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) famous American artist. Includes: Edmund Muskie 1968 TLS. Walt Kuhn's Wells, Maine property tax 1948 receipt. Photo of the Kuhn home in Cape Neddick, Maine up on the hill. Photo of later Brenda Kuhn building just down the road. Brenda Kuhn signed check 1967. Cape Neddick Park brochure featuring Walt Kuhn. VG.............Min. Bid $40

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33. 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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Drawing of Union Cavalry Officer

36. [ART] Alexander POPE [1849-1924] important American artist. One of his paintings realized $186,000 at a Maine auction, a record in Maine for a work of art that stood for many years. We purchased his drawings, both childhood and adult, and his scrapbook & some of his photographs of his paintings over a decade ago. The ORIGINAL ink drawing offered here is unsigned and guaranteed without a time limit to the original purchaser. On 4 x 5 in. sheet. Removed from scrapbook containing Alexander Pope's drawing done from age 6 to 16. As you can see below there is one mount on top right corner. Otherwise in very good condition...................200-300

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37. [ART] Paul-Victor Avril (1843-1904) etching, title is JETSAM, done after Edouard Rosset-Granger, 1893, image approx. 9 x 12 in. plus margins. VG..................150-200

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38. [ART] THE SINGING LESSON - etching by Chas. Alphonse Deblois , c. 1893, image approx. 8.5 x 12 in. plus margins. VG.............200-300

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

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 40 .  [FRANCE] group of French autographs:  [1] Victor Ambroise, vicomte de Lanjuinais (1802-1869) FRENCH politician, becoming a deputy in 1838. His interests lay chiefly in financial questions and in 1849 he became minister of commerce and agriculture in the cabinet of Odilon Barrot. He wrote a Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages du comte de Lanjuinais, which was prefixed to an edition of his fathers Îuvres (4 vols., 1832). 7 LINES IN HIS HAND, SIGNED.  [2] MARIE LECONTE [1869-1947] Fr. actress. ALS, no year on both sides of black bordered card.  [3] Jean Marie Pardessus (1772-1853) French lawyer. His Traité des servitudes (1806) went through eight editions, and his Traité du contrat et des lettres de change (1809) pointed him out as fitted for the chair of commercial law recently formed at the faculty of law at Paris. ALS, no date, 1p, 6 x 7-3/4 in. VG. [4] Charles Wagner (1852-1916) French reformed pastor whose inspirational writings were influential in shaping reformed theology. ALS, 1905, 3pp., 4-1/8 x 5-1/8". VG.  [5] Aurelien Scholl (1833-1902) French author and journalist, was born in Bordeaux. He was successively editor of the Voltaire and of the Echo de Paris. He wrote largely for the theatre, and also a number of novels dealing with Parisian life. ALS, nd, 1p. Wants to sue Paul Boiteau. Moderate stain bottom corner; wrinkled.  [6] Albert Auguste Cochon de Lapparent (1839-1908) French geologist. ALS, 1890, 1p, 4-3/8 x 5-1/2".  [7] Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (1802-1878) was a French ecclesiastic. ALS, appears to be undated, 1p, 8 x 9-1/4". VG.  [8] Olivier Émile Ollivier (1825-1913) French statesman. Although a republican, he served as a cabinet minister under Emperor Napoleon III and led the process of turning his regime into a "liberal Empire". Brief ALS, no date, 1p, 4 x 5-1/4". VG.  [9] LEON BERNARD [1877-1935] Fr. actor. ALS, no year, on both sides. To Tania Fedor - "Do whatever possible for that." [10] Émile Faguet (1847-1916) French literary critic and author. Clip Signature...........150-200

41. [MARYLAND]  Francis Thomas (1799-1876)  Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland. Collection of  4 Documents signed, 1844. Appointing District Justices. Approx. 10-1/4 x 16-1/4 in. Expected folds o/w VG...................Min. Bid $60

42. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL Ink drawing, unsigned on 6-1/4 x 7-1/2 in. sheet. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it........50-75

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

44. [FRANCE] group of French autographs:  [1] Édouard Alphonse Lefebvre Béhaine, Count Pigneaux (or Pigneau) is a diplomat, French (1829-1897). He was  Ambassador of France to the Holy See , Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague and Secretary of Embassy ( Berlin and Rome ). He talked with his cousins Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, a rich correspondence of nearly 300 letters in almost 40 years. ALS, 1888, 3-1/2 pp.  [2] Jean Charles Meissonier  (1848 - 1917) French painter, son of the Master. ALS, Paris, 1893, 2pp.  [3] Jean d'Esparbes  (1899-1968) Fr. artist. ANS written on both sides of his personal calling card. Fine.  [4] Louis Marsolleau  (1864-1935] writer of songs. ALS,  Paris, 1896, 2pp.  [5] Camille-André Lemoyne, born in Saint Jean d'Angely (1822-1907)  poet and novelist . ALS, 1p. plus envelope. [6] Emile Berr (1855-1923) Fr. journalist. ALS, nd., 1p.  [7] Charles Borel-Clerc, pen name of Charles Clerc, was a French composer.  My apple performer Maurice Chevalier (1936), Oh! If you knew my hen (1938) and Walk Ménilmontant (1941), three of his biggest hits. TLS, 1934, 2pp............Min. Bid $75

45. [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. Not researched. VG................100-200 

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46. [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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47. [ART] A.B. GRIFFITH - ink drawing signed and dated 1911. About 7 x 4-3/4 in. VG............25-35

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48. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) John Walter Drake (1875-1941) served in the Navy during the Spanish American War and practiced law in Detroit, Michigan, from 1896-1908. He was president and later chairman of the Hupp Motor Car Company which he co-founded with his brother Joseph R. Drake in 1908. Drake was assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 1923-1927 and in 1929 headed the U.S. delegation to the Second Pan American Highway Congress in Rio de Janeiro. SIGNATURE. (2) Porter James McCumber (1858-1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations. SIGNATURE. (3) Grover Cleveland - 1893 printed gov. doc. re: China, signed in type as President. (4) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine. Signed 1923bank check. (5) Dorothea Mary Stanislaus Gerard (Mme Longard de Longgarde, 1855-1915) was a Scottish-born novelist and romance-writer. SIGNATURE. (6) Philip J. Philbin - US congressman from Mass. Western Union telegram c. 1948. (7) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) was the daughter of Walt Kuhn (1877-1949), a painter and organizer of the 1913 Armory Show. Signed bank check 1966. (8)  Henry Bernard Carpenter (1840-1890), was an Irish Unitarian clergyman, orator, author, and poet. ALS, no date, 2pp. (9) Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) was the 25th Justice and a Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, between 1864 and 1885. Cooley was appointed Dean of the University of Michigan Law School, a position he held until 1883. Thomas M. Cooley Law School of Lansing, Michigan, founded 1972 and now affiliated with the Western Michigan University since 2014, was named after Justice Cooley. TLS, Ann Arbor [Michigan], 1886, 1p. (10) Ross R. Mowry (1882-1957) State senator from Iowa. At the time of his death, Mr. Mowry was considered to be probably the greatest historian living in Jasper County. He was a political consultant to Herbert Hoover. U.S. district attorney, appointed by President Coolidge [1924-32]. Prosecuted Keith Collins & Fred Poffenbarger for 2 million dollar train robbery at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and secured their conviction in 1925. Signed 1919 document..............Min. Bid $100

49. [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! ..........300-600

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50. [FILM] Eddie Quillan (1907-1990) American film actor and singer whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the age of television in the 1980s. Ink Signed page on which he answers two questions. His answers are typed. 8.5 x 11 in. VG.............Min. Bid $10

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

52. Sir William Robert Knox-Johnston CBE RD (b. 1939) is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake, he won the second Jules Verne Trophy, for which they were also named the ISAF Yachtsman of the Year award. In 2007, at the age of 67, he set a record as the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world solo voyage in the Velux 5 Oceans Race. Signed 1 line ALS, 1988. Approx. 8 x 11 sheet.................50-75

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53. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Paul Margueritte(1860-1918);  Emmanuel des Essarts (1839-1909); Pierre Lanfrey  (1828-1877);  plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

54. "Declaration of Independence" sold by Charles Magnus. Engraving c. 1855-70. 4-1/2 x 6-3/4 (image) plus borders.  Two sheet writing paper. Charles Magnus was a prolific publisher of maps and prints before,  during and after the American Civil War.  Many of his Civil War images were promotional publications used by newspapers to be given away or included with other publications.  Images were also used for letter heads and envelopes such as this fine example. In the 1850s much graphic material was published to keep the states together, and during the war, it evolved into Northern propaganda.  After the war such images were used to bind the wounds and achieve reconciliation as the nation approached its centennial in 1876.............100-150

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55. [COLONIAL] JOHN FROST, Kittery, Me. (1738 - 1810). Served as Captain in the French and Indian War Canadian campaign of 1759. In 1775 was a Lieutenant-Colonel at the siege of Boston. When the campaign of 1775 began, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel, and he won distinction in the severe engagements that preceded the retreat of General George Washington to Philadelphia. When Burgoyne invaded New York, Colonel Frost's regiment became an adjunct to the army under General Gates. After Burgoyne's surrender, Colonel Frost joined Washington's central division, and participated in the action of Monmouth and other engagements. Until the close of the Revolutionary War he served in the middle and southern states. Frost left the army with the rank of Brigadier-General. He then returned to Kittery, was appointed Judge of the court of sessions for York county, Maine. He was subsequently a Member of the Governor's Council in Massachusetts, of which Maine was then part. Manuscript Document Signed, Kittery, 1765, money received from Mary Follet.  Approx. 7 x 2.5 in. Scarce!.............150-200

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56.  [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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57. [JUDAISM] Maurice N. Eisendrath (1902-1973) was a leader of American Reform Judaism, the head of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations from 1943 until his death, an author, and an activist, particularly active in the U.S. Anti-war Movement of the 1960s. The Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Reform Movement, is named in his honor. On April 24, 1967, Eisendrath, Martin Luther King Jr., and other cultural and religious leaders formed the peace action group, Negotiation Now. Awarded the Gandhi Peace Award in 1961. Offered here is a TLS signed Maurice, 1958, to Rabbi Frederick Solomon in Havana, Cuba. 1p. 7 x 10-1/2 in. Fine. Interesting content.....................100-150

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

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60.  Group of about 22 letters & documents, mostly receipts, from the Chas. B. Rounds papers. Date c. 1888-1905. he died around 1903 or 4. Don't think anything is signed by Rounds. Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania.  Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864..................Min. Bid $10

61. [HEATH PAPERS] about 17 letters & documents from the Edward W. Heath (1865-1925) papers. One document is from the Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville, Maine for care of his father lot $11.00. Edward's father was Gen. Francis E. Heath (1838-1897) Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He began his service in the Union Army on June 4, 1861 when he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in Company H, 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to Captain and commander of the company on September 12, 1861, he led his men through the Spring 1862 Peninsular Campaign in Virginia. He was then tabbed to be the Lieutenant Colonel of the newly raised 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry, being commissioned on August 26, 1862. He was raised to Colonel and regimental commander on February 12, 1863, and led the unit at the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where it fought on Cemetery Ridge during the Second Day (July 2) of the battle. There, placed by Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, Colonel Heath directed his men as they fired eight volleys that stopped the Confederate charge on the position. He would continue to lead the regiment through the summer and fall of 1863, then resigned on November 4, 1863. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "meritorious services". Today a monument stands for the 19th Maine Infantry on Hancock Avenue near the Copse of Trees in the Gettysburg National Military Park.............Min. Bid $10



62. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) National Tea Co. 1940 stock certificate. (2) Martin Armstrong (1882-1974) English writer and poet/ ALS, 1925, 2.5 pp.  (3) Ted Noose (1930-2010) actor. Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck.  (4) Colleen Walker (1956-2012) American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.  (5) A 1950 telegram from Congressman Philip J. Philbin of Mass.  (6) Vintage 1906 stereopti can card of the San Francisco Earthquake. (7) Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale (1883 – 1967) English actress, lecturer, writer, and suffragist. Card signed in pencil 1921. (8) Small antique engraving of William 4th. (9) Emerson Hough (1857-1923) American author best known for writing western stories and historical novels. Signed card 1916. (10) Rabbi Louis I. Engelson - TLS 1956 to Rabbi Fred Solomon. (11) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (12) The White House envelope postmarked 1925. Ink signature on verso reads G. Coolidge [probably a secretarial signature].......Min. Bid $50

63.  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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64. Orrin Hatch (1934-2022) US Senator  from Utah who served from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senator in history. Signed, inscrived color photo, 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. Fine.........50-75

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65. Bill Cohen (b. 1940) American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979–1997), and as Secretary of Defense (1997–2001) under Democratic President Bill Clinton. Signed, inscribed photo, 8x10 in. Fine...............25-35

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66. Bob Packwood (b. 1932) American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. Signed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

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67. Steve Forbes Jr. (b.1947)  American publishing executive and politician, who is the editor-in-chief of Forbes, a business magazine.  Signed, inscribed 8 x 10 color photo. Fine.................25-35

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68. [THEATRE] Landford Wilson (1937-2011) American playwright. His work, as described by The New York Times, was "earthy, realist, greatly admired [and] widely performed." Wilson helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement with his earliest plays, which were first produced at the Caffe Cino beginning in 1964. He was one of the first playwrights to move from Off-Off-Broadway to Off-Broadway, then Broadway and beyond. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1980 and was elected in 2001 to the Theater Hall of Fame. Offered here is a signed copy of his book 5th of July - A Play, 129pp, soft cover. Signed inside on the flyleaf. Pictured on the cover are William Hurt, Jeff Daniels etc. VG................50-75


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69. [ART] Olivier Debré (1920–1999) French abstract painter. It was following a visit to Pablo Picasso’s studio in 1941 that Olivier Debré, an honoured artist and member of the French Academy, moved from figurative painting to abstraction, and the influence of André Lanskoy that awakened his marked fondness for colour. The painter's work has also been the subject of a fantastic contemporary ballet: Signes directed by the choreographer Carolyn Carlson. A unique performance that associates painting, music and dance, presented at the Bastille Opera in Paris in 1997 and performed again in July 2013. Olivier Debré's works are collected all over the world, in the major international museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée d'Histoire et d'Art de Luxembourg, The Phillips Collection in Washington, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, as well as in private collections and famous foundations such as the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art in Geneva. Offered here is a 1963 exhibition catalog, SIGNED & inscribed. Approx. 8-1/4 x 10-1/2 in, softcover. There was 34 works in the show;  8 full page illustrations. VG................75-100

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70. [ART] C. Jac Young (1880-1940) artist  who was born with the name of Charles Jacob Jung. He exhibited his works under C Jac Jung until about 1919 when he took the last name of Young.  C Jac Young came to the United States around 1881 and studied in New York at the Academy of Design with Robert Henri, Charles Yardley Turner, and Edgar Melville Ward. C. Jac Young has had exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Society of Independent Artists, Brooklyn Society of Etchers, Newark Art Club, Philadelphia Print Club, Contemporary Club, Newark Association, Yonkers Art Association and many more. His work is exhibited in collections including but are not limited to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Newark Public Library, Toronto Art Gallery, University of Nebraska School of Fine Arts, Milwaukee Art Institute, Chicago Society of Etchers, Brooklyn Museum, Addison Gallery of American Art. A 1931 bank check signed  by Douglas Volk [the well known artist], to Young who has signed on the verso. VG........75-100.........Min. Bid $25

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71. [PORTRAIT] William H. Prescott (1796-1859) American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite having serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory. Offered here is an original portrait, approx. 7.5 x 5.5 in. plus margins. VG............25-35

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72. [PORTRAIT] Sir Thomas Bodley (1545-1613)  English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian Library in Oxford. An 1830 engraved portrait, image approx. 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 in plus margins. Very light age foxing in margins o/w VG..............25-35

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73. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & television Producers Association. Document signed "Gene",  to ALL MEMBERS, of Society of Independent Producers. Ink Signed memorandum, 1965, sent to about 33 named members of the Society of Independent Producers. Some of the names: Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Milton Ebbins, Peter Lawford, etc. Regarding FILM EDITORS, IATSE Local #776. 1p. 8.5 x 11. Fine.............50-75

74. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & television Producers Association. Document signed "Gene", 1966, to ALL MEMBERS, of Society of Independent Producers. Ink Signed memorandu. Regarding SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG) SINGERS (ON SCREEN AND OFF SCREEN).  1p. 8.5 x 11.  The Agreement  or waiver  is intended to encourage the use of groups of singers by reducing the payments to each singer.    Fine.............50-75

75. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & television Producers Association. Document signed "Gene",  to ALL MEMBERS, of Society of Independent Producers. Ink Signed memorandum, 1965, sent to about 33 named members of the Society of Independent Producers. Some of the names: Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Milton Ebbins, Peter Lawford, etc. Regarding SCREEN ACTORS GUILD THEATRICAL NEGOTIATIONS--NO. 6. 2 pages. 8.5 x 11. Fine.............50-75

76. John Scarborough (1831-1914) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey from 1875 to 1914. ALS, 1885, Trenton, NJ, 3 pages to William Henry Rawle about his Harvard Phi Beta Kappa address. 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. VG............50-75

77. George W. Biddle (1843-1886) American lawyer and author of A Treatise on the Law of Stock Brokers with his brother Arthur Biddle. A Treatise on the Law of Stock Brokers (Philadelphia, 1882), which has become a recognized authority. ALS, Phila., 1885, 2pp. Pleased to Wm. hewnry Rawle's Phi Beta Kappa Society address at Harvard. 5 x 7-3/4  in. VG..............50-75

78. [ART] Jack Coggins (1911-2006) was an artist, author, and illustrator. ALS written inside Seasons Greetings card. Cover shows a Coggins illustration of a boat. Fine................Min. Bid $10

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79. Barbara  Boxer (b.1940) American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017.  Signed 8x10 photo. Fine..............25-35

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80. Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001) South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. Signed 5x7 in. photo. VG..............80-120

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81. [WRITERS MULTIPLE LOT] autograph signatures in various forms by: Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989); James Parton (1822-1891); Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885-1970); Alice Hegan Rice (1870-1942}; Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908); William Dean Howells (1837-1920); James Vincent Tate (b. 1943); Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814-1890).........Min. Bid $60

82. [BUSINESS] Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937), sometimes A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 9, 1921 to February 12, 1932, presiding over the boom years of the 1920s and the Wall Street crash of 1929. TLS, 1924, 1p, as Sec. of the Treasury. Written to James H. Beck, Solicitor General, Washington DC thanksing Beck for his book on the Constitution and for pictures relating to the new art gallery in Philadelphia. The ink signature is a little on the light side o/w the letter is very good...............150-200

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83. Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007) Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and President of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for the latter office in the 1986 election, the revelation of his service in Greece and Yugoslavia, as an intelligence officer in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II, raised international controversy. TLS, 2000, 1p. Fine..............50-75

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84. [THEATRE] George S. Knight (1850-1892) a popular comedic actor who specialized in German-dialect roles–in the title role of “Rudolph, Baron von Hollenstein.” Los Angeles Herald 12 February 1892: He Was a Brilliant Actor Until Disappointment Drove Him Crazy. Many people, before poor George S. Knight's death, drew a parallel between his condition and that of W. J. Scanlan, the clever and famous Irish comedian, who recently became a victim of paresis. There was considerable injustice to Knight in that. Scanlan's mind gave way under the awful strain put upon it by gambling and other dissipations—Knight's failed because of disappointment. He literally went mad of a broken heart. He was never a dissipated man. He was probably the best German comedian America ever produced. His real name was Sloan. He became famous through his work in "Over the Garden Wall." After he had played this piece all over America and in several English cities he bought a play called "Baron Rudolph" of Bronson Howard. He devoted every energy that was in him to making a success of this play, but failed. His sorrow over its failure was beyond a doubt what led to the brain trouble that kept him a prisoner in an insane asylum for years before his death and finally killed him. After his mind gave way came one of tht most splendid examples of wifely devotion the public hits ever seen. During his prosperity he married Sophie Worrell, an actress. They were very happy together. Before his faculties were wholly dimmed he begged his wife never to accept charity in his behalf. She never did. Moreover the stories that he was suffering from privations were wholly untrue. Sophie Knight's hard work and wifely love surrounded her husband with every comfort until the bitter end. Offered here is an ALS, 1887, on Rudolph, Baron von Hollenstein letterhead. Rare! Approx. 8 x 10 in. Fine..........Min. Bid $100

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85. [COLONIAL MAINE] Samuel Norton (1756-1833) Revolutionary War Patriot, enlisted at Wakefield, NY in 1775 for 2-1/2 months as a private in Captain David Copp's company of New Hampshire State Troops. Then enlisted again for 8 moths in the same company. Was at Peirce Island, in Piscataqua River on Nov. 5 and 25, 1775; marched in December, 1775, to Cambridge and served several months there. Enlisted, Jan. 1, 1776, for one year in same company, in Gen. Washington's army.  Discharged in April, 1776, at Boston, for sickness. Moved to Kittery, Maine in 1780, where he applied for a pension.  Signed 1772 document: received of Capt. Robert Follett for labor.  Above on same page is another signed document 1771 signed Robert ?; and below is another document signed but can't read the signature. Provenence: estate of 
Robert Follett (1737-1780] who was a Captain and ship master. Commanded a company of Artillery at Kittery Point, Maine in Nov. 1775. He was appointed Master of the Continental frigate "Raleigh in 1776 after Capt. Thomas Thompson was discharged, accused of cowardice and dereliction of duty.  Approx. 6 x 7.5 in. ..........100-150

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RARE WALT KUHN ETCHING PLATE

86. [ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) American artist.  By now most of you know that we have most of what came from the Kuhn Estate that didn't end up in the collection of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington DC [paintings & drawings not included]. So when you see letters, documents etc. on the market offered by others those items most likely came from our collection. Offered here is a rare Walt Kuhn etching plate. The title is ADVICE, etched in 1915, approx. 4-1/4 x 2-1/4 in.  Now here is the important part that makes this so RARE.  Firstly, less than 6 impressions were ever pulled from this plate. The 1967 exhibition of Kuhn prints held at the Kennedy Galleries in NY identified this in their catalog. Secondly, any time an etching plate is offered for sale, no matter who the artist is, that is very uncommon.  Plate usually are defaced after they have been printed from. We owned all of Kuhn remaining etching plates. It is almost impossible to get a picture/scan that will show clearly. VG................Min. Bid $900

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87. [FILM] Donald Woods (1906-1998)  Canadian-American film and television actor whose career in Hollywood spanned six decades. SIGNED, inscribed 5 x 7 vintage photo, signed in green ink. VG..........25-35

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88. [US SENATORS LOT] Typed signed letters from US Senators to Vernon L. Talbertt, Chief Messenger, Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Includes: Paul H. Douglas, Stephen M. Young, George D. Aiken, Milton R. Young, Thomas H. Kuchel, & Jennings Randolph. These date 1960-1962. All have mounting traces on verso with slight show-thru....Min. Bid $35

89. [US SENATORS LOT] Typed signed letters from US Senators to Vernon L. Talbertt, Chief Messenger, Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Includes: Frank Church, Edward V. Long, Theodore Francis Green, Vance Hartke, George Smathers,  Bill Proxmire.  These date 1960-1961. All have mounting traces on verso with slight show-thru....Min. Bid $35

90. (BRITISH LITERATURE LOT)   (8) SIGNATURES of noted British Literary Figures in various forms.   NAOMI M. MITCHISON (1897-1999) Scottish Novelist.  ROBERT MONTGOMERY (1807-1855) Poet. BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY (1804-1880) Scholar, Writer . MARK LEMON (1809-1870) Editor of PUNCH, lyricist, song writer.  ROSAMOND LEHMANN (1901-1990) Novelist.  SIR SIDNEY LEE (1859-1926) Biographer, Critic.  CHRISTOPHER FRY (1907-2005) Playwright. ERIC R. R. LINKLATER (1899-1974) Novelists, writer......75-100

91. [Nazi Persecution] Collection of about 19 letters from the collection of Dr. Frederick K. “Fritz” Solomon (née Solomonski) (1899-1980), painter, was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899. In 1938, when the synagogue he was serving at was torched by Nazis and he was subsequently summoned by the Gestapo, he left Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. Solomonski was interned in the Isle of Man in Hutchinson Square camp in the early 1940’s as a prisoner of war along with many other artists. While still in Europe, Solomon had studied art under the German-Jewish artists Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg and Eugene Spiro, and German expressionist Willy Jaeckel. In England, he continued his artistic career, exhibiting his religious and expressionistic work at various galleries throughout the country, including the Royal Academy and the Kensington Art Gallery in London, where he had a one-man show. His work is in the permanent collections of the Courtauld Institute, the Bazalel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Ben Uri Art Gallery St. John’s Wood, London (now incorporating the London Jewish Museum of Art). He was the curator of this latter gallery from 1943 to 1946. In 1954 he left England to take a position as Rabbi for Temple Beth Ha Shalom in Williamsport, PA. After three years in Pennsylvania, he sought another position and, as a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, was appointed rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in the Vedado suburb of Havana, where he wrote sermons and hosted religious services for his congregation, a part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Solomon was also active in the Jewish Progressive movement, frequently communicating with representatives of The World Union for Progressive Judaism throughout the 1950s in an attempt to officially associate his congregation with the organization. Offered here are 9 copies of Solomon letters written in the 1950s while he was a Rabbi in Havana, Cuba during the Revolution. Also included are 10 TLSs, 1953-1959 from Dr. Franz Seligsohn (1880-1964). For many years he was the legal Advisor at the London UNITED RESTITUTION OFFICE in London, England.  The letter by Seligsohn are all written in German. Generally in very good condition........Min. Bid $75

92. [CUBAN REVOLUTION] Dr. Frederick K. Solomon (1899-1980) signed typed manuscript REVOLUTION IN CUBA, 9pp. All of the pencil corrections are in the hand of Solomon. The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro and his fellow revolutionaries of the 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and continued sporadically until the rebels finally ousted Batista on 31 December 1958, replacing his government. Dr. Frederick Solomon was a progressive rabbi active in Havana’s Cuban-Jewish community during the 1950s and 60s. Dr. Solomon had escaped Nazi - occupied Europe for London and eventually established a congregation in Havana, Cuba. As a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Dr. Solomon served as the rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in the Vedado suburb of Havana, where he wrote sermons and hosted religious services for his congregation, a part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. The rabbi was also active in the Jewish Progressive movement, frequently communicating with representatives of The World Union for Progressive Judaism throughout the 1950s in an attempt to officially associate his congregation with the organization. Rare................300-400

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93. [RABBI SOLOMON] FREDERICK SOLOMON (1899-1980) Rabbi and artist, born in Germany. In 1938, when the synagogue he was serving at was torched by Nazis and he was subsequently summoned by the Gestapo, he left Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. Solomonski was interned in the Isle of Man in Hutchinson Square camp in the early 1940’s as a prisoner of war along with many other artists. He was a German Expressionist artist. He won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artists as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. Offered here is a signed 1953 typed manuscript PASSOVER, 6pp. A handwritten note included says he gave his sermon at Far Rockaway, NY on April 5, 1963. VG............200-300

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94. [LOT] about 73 letters, notes & telegrams from the files of Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) who was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. These are signed & his carbon copies of letters to and from him, plus a few telegrams................Min. Bid $25

95. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Robert P. Casey Sr. (1932-2000)  American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served as the 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 22nd district from 1963 to 1968 and as Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1977. Signed color 5x7 in. photo. Fine. (2) [PUBLISHING] ALS, 1882, to Professor R.E. Thompson (1844-1924) - Am. educator, economist, from Henry B. Leo [?]. (3) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1951 bank check. (4) Henry Hubbard (1784-1857) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835, a Senator from New Hampshire during 1835 to 1841, and the 18th governor of New Hampshire from 1842 to 1844. SIGNATURE [endorsement]. (5) James L. Ford (1854-1928) Editor. Signed 1915 print of a portrait drawing of him. (6) William W. Porter (1856-1928) American attorney and legal author. He served as associate justice of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1903. ALS, 1885, 1p. to William Henry Rawle. (7) Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania.  Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. A 1904 bank check from his estate not signed by him].  (8)  Henry Phillips (1801–1876) was an English singer, who took on operatic roles in the 1820s and 1830s. ALS 1874, 1p. mounted................Min. Bid $50

96. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he was hired by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall as assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1902, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.  In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. Offered here are 2 handwritten pages written by Woodward about motion-rotation. About 8 x 10-1/4 in. PLUS a printed 11 page listing of published papers by Woodward [1903]. Both are fine condition. RARE!............200-300

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97. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Nick Faldo - golfer. Signed 5-3/4 x 8-1/3 color picture. (2) Archibald Campbell Tait (1811-1882)  Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England and theologian. He was the first Scottish Archbishop of Canterbury.  (3) Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902) Irish poet and critic. A 1861 postmarked-stamped envelope addressed by him but not signed. (4) Pandro S. Berman (1905-1996), also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer. Berman was the winner of the 1976 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Six of his films were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture: The Gay Divorcee (1934), Alice Adams and Top Hat (both 1935), Stage Door (1937), Father of the Bride (1950), and Ivanhoe (1952). Signed & inscribed 3x5 card. Fine.  (5) Pierre Werner (1913-2002) Luxembourgian politician in the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) who was the 18th Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984. Signed 3-3/4 x 5-3/4 photo. Fine. (6) Elizabeth Rundle Charles (1828-1896)  English writer. An 1867 stamped envelope addressed  by her but not signed. (7) Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania.  Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1896 bank check. (8) Wayne Gard (1899-1986)  was a longtime editorial writer for the Dallas Morning News and President of the Texas State Historical Association. He was the author of seven volumes of Texana and southwestern history, including Frontier Justice and The Chisholm Trail, both published by the University of Oklahoma Press. TLS, 1951, 1p.Nice lot................Min. Bid $75

98.  [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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99. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Charles Wepner (b.1939) American former professional boxer.[2][3] He fell just seconds short of a full fifteen rounds against world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 championship fight. Wepner also scored notable wins over Randy Neumann and former world heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell. He was also the last man to fight former undisputed world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston.  Wepner's boxing career, and fight with Ali, inspired the 1976 film Rocky, and other life events were chronicled in the 2016 film, Chuck. He was also the subject of the 2019 film The Brawler. Signed 3x5 card. (2) Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1910.  (3) Hiram Ypsilanti Smith (1843-1894) was a nineteenth-century Republican politician, lawyer and clerk from Iowa. For three months, he represented Iowa's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, after winning election to serve out the term of John A. Kasson following Kasson's appointment as U.S. Envoy to Germany. SIGNATURE. (4) Christiane Schmidtmer (1939-2003) was a German actress, fashion model, nude model, and memoirist. Signed, inscribed 1985 photo, 8x10.  (5) Willis L. Moore (1856-1927) the weather guy. Signed card mounted beside picture. (6) Edwin W. Fiske - Mayor, Mount Vernon, NY. Signed card. (7) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1958 bank check. (8) Gerald R. Ford - US President. Ink signed color 8x10 photo. We assume the signaturenis autopen......................Min. Bid $50