1.  [NAVAL HISTORY] Samuel Gerrish (1742-1807) Capt. Samuel Gerrish was the captain of the Brigantine Aurora in service to the continental forces. The brigantine had eight cannons. The ship was captured by the HM Frigate Cerberus on May 14, 1780. Captain Gerrish was held at Mill Prison near Plymouth, England beginning July 25, 1780, he escaped December 28, 1780. He survived the war. He died November 12, 1807 at age 65. How did Gerrish escape? We found the following account written by a fellow prisoner - "Captain Samuel Gerrish made his escape over the wall into the French prison. He remained in the French prison all night and went off about eight o'clock this morning. We were informed that Captain Gerrish got the French barber to dress his hair this morning in the prison. A little while after, Mr. Cowdry with some French officers came into the yard, and when they retired Captain Gerrish placed himself among them, and went out bowing to the Agent who did not know him. He has not been heard of since. The Agent ordered all the prisoners shut up at noon. After dinner we were all called over, but no Captain Gerrish. The Agent is pretty good-natured. Mr. Saurey brought us our money, and says he has enough for us all winter. " 
Offered here is a Signed document, Kittery [Maine], Feb. 9, 1775, approx. 7-3/4 x 4 in. This is a receipt signed by Gerrish who receives payment from Capt. Robert Follett who was also an interesting person. Robert Follett (1737-1780) was also a physician.  He Commanded a company of Artillery at Kittery Point, Me., by return of Nov. 5, 1775. Was appointed Master of the Continental frigate, "Raleigh" Capt. T. Thompson, June 24, 1776; was discharged about Jan. 1, 1777.  The USS Raleigh was one of thirteen ships that the Continental Congress authorized for the Continental Navy in 1775. Following her capture in 1778, she served in the Royal Navy as HMS Raleigh. The ship is featured on the flag and seal of New Hampshire. VG..............Min. Bid $200

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Rare Letter of Russian Interest

2. [RUSSIA] Shapurji (Shapur) Saklatvala (1874-1936) Lawyer and Labour and Communist politician; MP for Battersea. Born into a wealthy Bombay family, Saklatvala was reluctant to join the family business, choosing instead to be a welfare worker in the slums of Bombay. After concerns were raised by the Raj about his outspoken nationalism, his family sent him to oversee the Tata offices in Manchester. Before departing he contracted malaria. He recovered at a health spa in Britain where he met Sally Marsh, a hotel waitress who he married in 1907. The couple moved to London where he joined the Labour party in 1909. In his first speech he agitated ministers by fearlessly waging a one-man campaign on parliament with his opening statement: "No Britisher would for a moment tolerate a constitution for Great Britain if it were written outside of Great Britain by people who were not British", making it clear that he saw his position as an opportunity to speak on matters of the empire. He was also among the few members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to serve as an MP. In 1934 he visited the Soviet Union to tour the Union's Far Eastern republics, whose governance he compared favourably to that in British India. During that tour he suffered a heart attack but recovered. Offered here is a 1934 TLS written from Moscow  to his brother Phirose, Honourary Consul for Persia, The Persian Consulate NYC. This is 15 full pages describing, in detail,  many things there. mentions ......:the new Roosevelt regime in America....." Also included are 3 pages typed by his brother Phirozshaw about his own life [not signed]. He was head of an oil company in NH..........200-300

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3. [BOBBY FISCHER] 1957 Russian chess magazine once owned by Fischer. What is important about this magazine is that Bobby Fischer has made in ink on the back page many doodle drawings............300-400

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4. [AMERICANA] Ornate Victorian Marriage Certificate, dated 1880, 11-1/2 x 15-1/2, Thos. Hunter Lithographer, Phila. , Pa, Copyright 1880 by H.M. Crider, York, Pa. Never used, has space for pictures of the bride & groom, spaces to be filled in including witness signatures. Printed partly in gold ink. Many possibilities. This is old and not a recent printing. VG condition. Would look great framed with old photos. VG.  We have several of these...........Min. Bid $40 each

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5. [GOV. DOC] 1818 printed government document, REPORT of the Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, as to THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL ARMORY, 4pp, about 5-1/4 x 8-3/4 in. VG............Min. Bid $10

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Original Etching By German Expressionist

6. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original etching, unsigned, image approx. 5 x 3.5 in. plus margins. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below in 2nd scan DO NOT accompany this etching and are not for sale........100-150

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7. [GAME OF BRIDGE] Walter Hackett (1876-1944) was an American-British playwright. Several of his stage works (such as Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure, The Freedom of the Seas, The Regeneration, Hyde Park Corner, The Gay Adventure, 77 Park Lane, The Barton Mystery, It Pays to Advertise and Other Men's Wives) were adapted for film. He was married from 1911 until his death in 1944 to actress Marion Lorne. He was born in Oakland, California, and died in New York City. Offered here is a "neat" typed letter signed about playing bridge. Written from the Whitehall Theatre in 1930, 1p,  7-3.4 x 9-1/2 in. He makes a typo mistake at top typing Hackeet instead of Hackett. Trafalgar Studios, formerly the Whitehall Theatre until 2004, is a West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London. Built in 1930 with interiors in the Art Deco style, the theatre regularly staged comedies and revues. It was converted into a television and radio studio in the 1990s, before later returning to theatrical use. The theatre opened on 29 September 1930 with The Way to Treat a Woman by Walter Hackett, who was the theatre's licensee. VG...............80-120

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8. MYSTERY LOT of about 15 autograph signature. Not identified. For those who like to do the research. Good luck..............Min. Bid $10

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9.  [ART]  WALT KUHN [1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "TOMS RIVER". Typical Kuhn style. Plate size 8 x 10 in. This plate still has some life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very seldom does an original etching plate by an important artist ever reach the open market, as they usually are in institutional collections. Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is difficult to get a good scan of this and the picture below isn't very good. He did not etch his initials or signatureinto the plate. I don't think he ever etched his signature into any of his plates although he sometimes would etch initials. This is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn plate without a time limit to the original purchaser. We will send a letter of guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait photo of Kuhn shown below is NOT for sale. Kennedy Galleries [NYC] held an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints during which it was indicated that there were less than 50 impressions ever pulled from this plate. Original plates by major artists seldom reach the open market and it is remarkable to see a plate that had so few prints pulled from it. A must for the SERIOUS Kuhn collector...............2000-3000 

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

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11. [MAINE] 1834 manuscript marriage certificate for Ebenzer Morton & Miss Cynthia Baker, Plymouth, Maine, 8 x 3 in. Fine..................40-60

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

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

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14. Joshua Hatton (1850– 1920) English writer, poet and editor, the brother of Joseph Hatton, Editor of The People). His exact date of death in late 1920 is uncertain, but it was reported at the beginning of 1921. He was aged 70. Hatton commonly used the pseudonym Guy Roslyn, although he is more often regarded by that name as a bogus biographer reduced to poverty and begging from the subjects of his biographies in his later life. ALS, 1879, 3pp. There is damage along the fold line...............Min. Bid $10

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15. [SCIENCE] Joseph (J.) Garrott Allen (1912-1992) was a research associate in the Health Division of the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project. Allen joined the Met Lab on July 24, 1944. In the Health Division, Allen worked in radiation pathology. Brief TLS, 1972, signed J.G.A. Agrees to sign autographs............Min. Bid $10

16. [FILM] Charles Lane (1905-2007)[1] was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 76 years. A prolific actor, with literally hundreds of roles in both film and TV, Lane often played sour, scowling and disagreeable clerks, doctors, judges, and middle-management authority figures. Offered here is his contract for his role in the film BILLIE as Coach Jones, 1965. Lane didn't sign this but it is signed by Milton 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."............50-75

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17. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] THE DESCENT FROM MOUNT WASHINGTON, wood-engraving, c. 1830s..............Min. Bid $5

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18. [FRANCE]  Sibylle Aimée Marie-Antoinette Gabrielle de Riquetti de Mirabeau, Comtesse de Martel de Janville (16 August 1849 – 28 June 1932) was a French writer who wrote under the pseudonym GYP.  GYP wrote humorous sketches and novels which brazenly denounced her own fashionable society as well as the French republic's political class. Her best-known work is probably Le Mariage de Chiffon, filmed in 1942 by Claude Autant-Lara.  Because of her unpopular opinions, the comtesse was the victim of several attempts on her life as well as of a sensational kidnapping.  ALS, n.d., 1p, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2".  VG...........100-150

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

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20.  Three document, stock sales, 1899-1900.......Min. Bid $5   CLICK here

21. [MIXED LOT] includes: [1] 1854 gov. doc. - Maine, spirit rations for navy. [2] Nice engraved portrait of Felix Grundy. [3] 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 1902 bank check signed by him. [4] Gov. doc. Land Claims 1852. [5] Joseph Warren - 1835 engraved portrait. [6] New Jersey Supreme Court document 1913. [7] Jacob Bunn  (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him. [8] Isodore Horwitz - 1961 TLS to Rabbi Frederick Solomon...................Min Bid Min. Bid $40

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22. Group of  22 documents from the papers of Ross R. Mowry. These date 1920-1930. We have not researched any of the names. Mowry has signed many of them. Newton attorney Ross Rutledge Mowry was a member of the Newton Public Library board from 1912 to 1924, perhaps not surprising given that later in life he listed his hobby as reading. Born in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, March 5, 1882, he was the youngest of ten children born to John E. and Louisa (Wilkins) Mowry, natives of Pennsylvania. Young Ross spent his youth on the home place assisting with the farm work until he was 15. He attended Oak Ridge School, and graduated from Baxter High School with the class of 1900. He then entered the State University at Iowa City, from which he was graduated in the law department in 1903. He began his law practice at Baxter, where he remained one year. In 1904, he removed to Newton where he formed a partnership with another Baxter High School graduate, John E. Cross, which lasted until 1910. According to one contemporary source, “Mr. Mowry has figured more or less prominently in local legal affairs all the while, being regarded as a very strong young lawyer and he has been very successful in all his legal work in the local courts.” In 1910, Mowry was the Republican nominee for Jasper County Attorney; he was elected, re-elected in 1912, and served from 1911 to 1915. Mowry was married to Mary Edith Mathews (1878-1949), daughter of John L. Mathews, a former Newton Public Library trustee, on September 15, 1908. They were the parents of two daughters, Esther Virginia Mowry and Gertrude Ellen (Mrs. William) Spaulding.[16] Mowry subsequently practiced his profession in Newton in 1914-16, 1917-24, and 1932-38. In 1916-17, he was Assistant Attorney General of Iowa in the office of Attorney General George Cosson.[18] From 1924 to 1932 Mowry was U. S. Attorney under Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. In 1938, he was elected State Senator. He was re-elected in 1942. Mowry was a past member of the Baxter City Council, and a past member of the Newton Park Board. He was a member of the Jasper County, 6th District, and Iowa State Bar Associations. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Fraternally, Mowry was a member of Newton Lodge No. 59, Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons; the Knights of Pythias; and the Modern Woodmen of America, for which he was past state counsel. He was also a member of the Wittemberg Grange. At the time of his death, his colleagues in the Iowa Senate considered Mowry “probably the greatest historian living in Jasper County.” He passed away on September 28, 1957, and is buried in Newton Union Cemetery..................Min. Bid $25

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23. [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 is a signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs E. Davis USN. VG................Min. Bid $10

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24. Major Reginald Owens (1884-1928) British Army officer who married Ruth Baird Bryan in 1910. She was elected to two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the first woman appointed as a United States ambassador. She was a Democrat, who in 1929 was elected from Florida's 4th district as Florida's first female U.S. Representative. In 1933, she became the first woman to be appointed as a U.S. ambassador, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt selected her as Ambassador to Denmark and Iceland. Offered here is a 1929 bank check signed by Douglas Volk to Maj. Reginald Owen  who has endorsed on the verso. Volk, of course, was a well-known American artist. VG...............50-75

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25. [ART] Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894) British artist, art critic and author. He was a keen advocate of contemporary printmaking and most of his writings concern the graphic arts. He was an important theorist of the English Etching Revival. Offered here is an Original etching done in 1871, the title is "On The Ternin", image approx. 2-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. plus margins.  Signed in the plate [as usual]. Some foxing in upper margin area o/w VG............Min. Bid $25

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26. [NEW ORLEANS] Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer from Rhode Island.   He was educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington, New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest in mathematics.  In 1819 he returned to Rhode Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling the company's prodent winters in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves.  The activity that Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841. After he learned that a free African-American man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. Document signed, New Orleans, 1841, signed on both sides, approx. 8.5 x 3 in. Also signed by John Tadlock (1792-1845). VG............35-45

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27. [SCIENCE] William Healey Dall (1845-1927)  American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. He described many mollusks of the Pacific Northwest of America, and was for many years America's preeminent authority on living and fossil mollusks. ALS, 1923, 2pp. about 8 x 5 in. VG........50-75

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

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29. [SILENT FILM] Marie (Mosquini) de Forest (1899-1983)  American film actress. She appeared in 202 silent films between 1917 and 1929. After leaving high school she became the resident ingenue at the Hal Roach studio, appearing opposite Roach's comedy stars Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, and Stan Laurel. In October 1930, Marie retired from acting and married an inventor 26 years her senior: Lee de Forest, American inventor, self-described "Father of Radio", and a pioneer in the development of sound-on-film recording used for motion pictures. She became his fourth and longest-lasting wife, staying with him until his death in 1961.  Offered here is an ALS, dated Dec. 14 [no year] plus a Christmas card from here. VG.................75-100

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30. [17th Century]  a page from a book published in 1618. Not translated. 4 x 6-1/4 in. VG.......Min. Bid $1.00

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31. [FILM] Lilyan Tashman (1896-1934) was an American silent film actress. It was while acting in the film Ports of Call (1925) that the actress met her soon-to-be husband Edmund Lowe. Autograph signature.................20-30

32.  Rev. Newton Heston (1823-1865) Methodist Episcopal minister. Noted abolitionist, he preached in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. His obituary was on the front page of Harper's Magazine, August 5, 1865. ALS, Cold Spring, Putnam Co., NY, 1864, 4 full pages to Rev. Barker. Excellent letter while on vacation; talks about fishing etc., last page about the civil war. VG.........75-100
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33. William McKinley- Leslie's Weekly, approx. 16.5 x 22.5 in. Middle foldline. VG..........Min. Bid $25

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34. William McKinley- 1901 Collier's Weekly, approx. 11-1/4 x 16 in. VG..........Min. Bid $25

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35.  [PORTRAIT] of John Tyler, photogravure, image about 10-3/4 x 7-1/2 in. + margins. VG................Min. Bid $25

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36  [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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37. [FILM]1940 flyer for the great American motion picture ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS starring Raymond Massey (1896-1983) was a Canadian, later American, actor, known for his commanding, stage-trained voice. For his lead role in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Massey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his most well-known roles were Dr. Gillespie in the NBC television series Dr. Kildare (1961–1966), Abraham Farlan in A Matter of Life and Death and Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). 6.5 x 10 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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38. [KENTUCKY PIONEER]  ICHABOD RADLEY - is spoken of as being the first teacher in Hardin County, Kentucky.  He was sworn as a deputy sheriff in Jan. 1795. He married Hannah Bush, daughter of Christopher Bush. Her sister married Tom Lincoln, father of Abraham Lincoln. Known as a "down Easter" and having a better "English" education than was common [in that frontier land] than was common for that day. DS, HARDIN COUNTY, KY., 1804, 1p., 7.5 x 12.5 in.   Court document signed by the following: Thomas Carr, Christopher Bush [the son of Christopher Bush,  thus became Abe Lincoln's uncle by marriage], Ichabod Radley and Jabob Enlow. The Enlow signature is badly damaged.   Exceptional condition.........300-400

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

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41. [ART] collection of  about 55 letters written  mostly to Frank Cowles plus 6 clip signatures. Mixed conditions. Signatures not researched. 1890s-c. 1904.
Frank M. Cowles, founder of The Cowles Art School .  The school was a studio building on 148 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts, that was established in 1883 and continued operation until 1900. It was one of the largest art schools in the city, having several hundred scholars. By the end of the 19th century, Boston had become an important art center. A number of highly respected artists were teaching in city. The rich environment for art had been promoted at least in part by the Massachusetts Drawing Act of 1870. The act mandated drawing lessons in public schools. To fill the need for art teachers, Massachusetts Normal Art (MNA) was established in 1873. Two blocks behind the Museum of Fine Arts, in the New Studio Building near the Back Bay Station, was the Cowles Art School (1883). Cowles Art School offered instruction in figure drawing and painting from the flat cast and life, artistic anatomy, perspective and composition, painting still life, drawing and painting the head from life, drawing still life, oil and water colors, ad perspective. Notable alumni and instructors included Childe Hassam, William McGregor Paxton, Abbott Fuller Graves, George Elmer Browne, Robert Vonnoh etc...............200-300

42. [PORTRAIT] antique engraved portrait of Mark Akenside (1721-1770)  English poet and physician. Image is approx. 4-1/2 x 3-3/4 in. plus margins. VG...............25-35

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

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

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45 John McKendree Springer (1873- 1963) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Church, elected in 1936. He was also a pioneering missionary instrumental in developing Methodism on the continent of Africa. Ink Signed printer's copy of his 1949 bio. in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA.  He has written a few lines above.  7 x 10 in. VG............75-100

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46. 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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47. [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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48. [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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49.  [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..................Min. Bid $50

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49. [RADIO] Raymond Knight (1899-1953)  American actor, comedian and comedy writer, best known as a pioneer in satirical humor for network radio. Signed and inscribed card, 1931, approx. 3-1/4 x 2-1/4 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10

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50.  [ART] LEONARDO F.G. CATTERMOLE  (FL. 1869-1886) British artist who was the son of the artist George Cattermole. ALS, 1879, 2 full pages, approx. 4-1/4 x 7 in. From the paper of  Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889) Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. VG..................25-35

51.  [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Anna Kaskas - Metropolitan opera singer. Sig., inscribed 8x10 photo, 1943. Two punch holes left side. (2) Dennise E. Stires - Warner Bros. 1984 paycheck endorsed on verso. (3) Gladys Hanson (1884-1973) was a stage and silent film actress. Signed card. (4) [ILLINOIS-LINCOLN] Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him.  (5) National Tea Co. 1943 stock certificate. (6) Rudy Vallée (1901-1986) American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed bank check, 1935. VG (7) Louise Andrews Kent(1886-1969) American author. Her handwriting on bank check register. Three check stubs written but not signed by her, 1947. (8) George Huddleston (1869-1960)  U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1929 envelope bearing his PRINTED Free Frank...........Min. Bid $50

52. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] 1904 document - land and buildings in Ashland, NH. Several signatures. approx. 10 x 16 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10

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53. [BANKING] Limerick National Bank, Limerick, Maine. Group of 15 bank checks, 1924-1926. VG..............Min. Bid $5

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54.  [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering at the University of Michigan in 1872. He was appointed assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics. In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. Offered here are 6 letterswritten in the 3rd person from persons invited to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences circa 1908................Min. Bid $80

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56 Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946. Group of 10 signed bank checks, 1924-25. VG..............Min. Bid $80

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57. [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 $90

58. [MIXED LOT] includes: [1] Jack Williams (1909-1998) Gov. Arizona. TLS, 1967. [2] Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876) Ct. congressman. Signature. [3] Charles A. Eidredge (1820-1896) congressman from Wisc. [4] Charles Force Deems (1820-1893) American Methodist minister. He was the pastor of the non-denominational Church of the Strangers in New York City from 1868 to 1893. ALS, 1876, 1p. [5] Capt. H.P. Luna - American Airlines signed card. [6]  Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the noted American artist Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. [7] Roger Mudd (1928-2021) American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News. Signed 1967 FDC honoring VOICE OF AMERICA.  Slight foxing. [8] Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine. Signed 1922 bank check. [9] Jacob Bunn  (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him. [10] Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972)  Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Offered here is a 1949 Western Union telegram sent by Philbin re: Employees Compensation Federal Agency. [11] Robert A. Lovett (1895-1986) was the fourth United States Secretary of Defense, having been promoted to this position from Deputy Secretary of Defense. He served in the cabinet of President Harry S. Truman from 1951 to 1953 and in this capacity, directed the Korean War. As Under Secretary of State, he handled most of the tasks of the State Department while George C. Marshall was Secretary. Signed Sec. Defense card, signed in 1952. [12] H. B. Marriott Watson [1863-1921] Australian-born British novelist, journalist, playwright, and short-story writer. CLIP SIGNATURE. [13] Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, PC (1829-1912),  British Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895, when he was raised to the peerage. [14] Harold Everett Hughes (1922-1996) was the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and a United States senator from Iowa from 1969 until 1975. He began his political career as a Republican but changed his affiliation to the Democratic Party in 1962. Signed 3x5 card [sig. on lined side].  [15] George Peter Wilbur (1941-2023) American actor and professional stuntman. He worked as a wrangler on a ranch in Tucson, Arizona, where he worked as an extra in the 1966 film El Dorado and was recruited as a stand-in performer for John Wayne.  His career as a stuntman lasted for 40 years and involved over 100 television and film projects. He was a member of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.Warner Bros. 1984 pay check not signed by him. [16]  Ken Wild [bass player] - unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck. [17]  Bill McEuen (1941-2020) was a film producer and record producer famous for working with Steve Martin and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Warner Bros. paycheck, not signed,  paid $9,999.98. [18] 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 1896 bank check signed by him.................Min. Bid $90

59.  [RHODE ISLAND] Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer. From about 1833 to 1842, Hazard spent his winters in New Orleans to sell goods, including cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. According to his granddaughter, Hazard considered that "the greatest effort of his life" began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841 when he learned that a free African-American man from Newport was being held in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave. Hazard's investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. He worked with Jacob Barker, then a New Orleans lawyer, to obtain freedom for nearly 100 people being held as slaves. The action later led to charges being filed against several public officials who were responsible for the illegal detentions. His involvement with abolitionist causes and in the Republican Party eventually caused his company to lose favor with its markets in the southern United States. This helped to prompt the Peace Dale mills' transition from making cheap cotton products to selling higher quality woolens. Hazard served three one-year terms in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, winning election as a state representative in 1851, 1854 and 1880. He also was a state senator from 1866 to 1867. In 1856, he was one of Rhode Island's delegates to the founding convention of the Republican party.  Four years later he was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention.  Offered here is a signed on verso document, Providence, R.I. 1839.  A promisory note from J.P. Hazard (1807-1892  signed on the front. About 7-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG.................50-75

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60.  [BASEBALL] Paul  Derringer - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60...................Min. Bid $10

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61.  [BASEBALL] Harlond Clift - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60............Min. Bid $10

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62. [PORTRAIT] Official portrait of President McKinley. Opposite illustration is historical text of President's life and administration. Copyright, 1907, Bureau of National Literature & Art & Gravure Company of America. Print originates from White House Gallery of Official Portraits of Presidents folio book. Copyright on bottom left of print. Not a reproduction. Photo-gravure after painting by Benziger. Text by William M. Stewart – U.S. Senator from Nevada. Engraved president's autograph beneath the portrait.  Whole paper size is 19.5 x 16 in. High quality paper. Image size about 12 x 7. There is some foxing..........Min. Bid $25

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63.  [FRANCE] Aime Giron (1836-1907) Aimé Giron began his literary career by publishing poems that appeared in La Revue de Paris , while continuing his career as a lawyer in his hometown, where he is secretary of the Academic Society of Puy-en-Velay and Haute -Loire . In 1863, he published Le Sabot de Noël (with illustrations by Léopold Flameng ) which met with great success and was translated into several languages. He then published the collection of poetry Les Amours Étrangères , and Trois jeunes filles , in 1864, and Mystérieuses nouvelles in 1866. During the War of 1870 he abandoned his job as a lawyer to defend the invaded territory. He moved to Bois-Colombes and became a contributor to Le Figaro , Le Gaulois and La France illustrée. In 1873, he published a collection of poems, Les Cordes de Fer. He was one of the most prolific writers of his time, finding his inspiration in the history and legends of Velay and Haute-Loire. He was distinguished on many occasions and in particular by the academy of floral games and the French academy. It is decorated inJuly 1899by the Spanish Queen Regent of the Order of Charles III on behalf of King Alfonso XIII , as a reward for pro-Spanish articles he published during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Aimé Giron is the brother of the painter Léon Giron and the father of the Egyptologist Noël Giron (Noël Aimé-Giron). A street in Le Puy-en-Velay bears his name. Handwritten, signed poem, 1p, 14 lines, approx. 4-1/4 x 7 in.  In French, not translated. Fine condition...................100-150

64. [POSTAL HISTORY] Wilson Barrett (1846-1904)  English manager, actor, and playwright. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever because of his success with melodrama, an instance being his production of The Silver King (1882) at the Princess's Theatre of London. The historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895) was Barrett's most successful play, both in England and in the United States. Offered here is a postmarked envelope [1896] ink addressed by Barrett but not signed by him. VG...............25-35

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65. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] RALEIGN DAY 1776-1927 Piscataqua Pioneers - Annual Meeting and Outing  - Portsmouth, N.H. Aug. 10, 1927.This a ribbon that would have been worn by those attending, approx. 1-1/2 x 4-1/4 in. VG.....50-75

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66. William Buell Sprague (1795-1876) American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of Annals of the American Pulpit (nine volumes, 1857–1869), a comprehensive biographical dictionary of the leading American Protestant Christian ministers who died before 1850. Sprague was also a collector of historical documents and pamphlets and became the first person ever to gather a complete set of the autographs of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 3-1/4 x 3/4 in. VG.............Min. Bid $10

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67. City Hall, Holyoke, Mass. - late 19th century engraved view. VG...............Min. Bid $10
 
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Roland Young "Topper" Gets a Letter From His Old Friend

68. [THEATRE & FILM] Matty (A.E. Matthews OBE) (1869-1960) English actor who played numerous character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades. Nicknamed "Matty", he was christened Alfred Edward Matthews. He was affectionately regarded by the British public over his extraordinarily long career. From World War II until his death he enjoyed renown as one of British cinema's most famous crotchety, and sometimes rascally, old men. Matthews' other most well-known films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Million Pound Note (with Gregory Peck), Inn for Trouble, The Magic Box, The Ghosts of Berkeley Square and Just William's Luck. Offered here is a 2-page ALS, signed "Matty" to his friend, and fellow actor, Roland Young [1887-1953] best remembered for his role as Topper. Dated Jan. 30 , no year. "Dear Roland and Lady Roland. The only reason we were left out of the honeurs is that we were ___? Leslie Banks and a fellow [I forget his name, he plays Macbeth & ?, have both stuck to their wives, well its too late now so lets forget it. Aubrey Smith id the same. Charles Hawbrey was an exception!  I should have written you before we had a good time on tour. We do Boston next Monday for 2 weeks then back to New York. We rose to capacity in Chicago and Detroit we had 19 thousand - here we are going the same. What about you? Have you fixed anything - have you heard about Freddie's Play which opened last Monday or this Monday in Edinburgh. Pat tells me he is sailing for New York. What about we both doing a musical. I have suggested it to Shubert and he likes the idea. Better still we both open in London with a new play. Have read 4 and don't like any of them..............I gave up drtink the last week in Chicago I mean till after the Play, and have knocked 10 minutes off the play. Milton Shubert saw the Play and advised me to go back to the drink.  I do hope you have a job for me. Love to you both Matty." Fine.......70-90

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69. [THEATRE] GERALD SAVORY [1909-1996]  English playwright and screenwriter specialising in comedies. His earliest work in the film industry was as a dialogue writer for director Alfred Hitchcock's Young and Innocent (1937).  He spent some time in the United States in the 1940s writing for film and television and became an American citizen.  From 1964 to 1965 he was writer, producer and production manager for Granada Television, producing five episodes of   ITV Play of the Week; adapting Saki, J.B. Priestley, Noël Coward and Tennessee Williams for television. He then joined the BBC first as then Head of Serials, then Head of Plays. He notably produced five episodes of the thoroughly panned Churchill's People (1975–76) and six of the eight episodes of Love in a Cold Climate for Thames Television in 1980.  TLS, San Francisco, c. 1930s, 1p, 8vo. Mentions two of his plays: UPPER BIRTH and LOVE WENT A-RIDING. To Roland Young, the noted actor who played Topper.............50-75  

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

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72. [THEATRE] 1981 program starring Mickey Rooney & Ann Miller in SUGAR BABIES. VG..............Min. Bid $5 

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

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

75. [BANK CHECKS] group of 10 checks: (1) Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania.  Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1897 bank check. (2) Harry Truman - 1934 Jackson County, Mo. Treasuer check which was signed by stamped signature altho you can bearing see it now. (3) Douglas Volk - artist. Signed 1923 check. (4) Two Brenda Kuhn signed checks, 1966. (5) Limerick National Bank[Maine] 5 checks, 1921.........Min. Bid $20

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76. [CONGRESSMAN PHILBIN LOT] Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts.From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. In 1942, as the Democratic nominee, Philbin was elected to the 78th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1971). Offered is a unreseared lot of papers from the files of Philbin. Contains many carbon copies ofletters from Philbin; letters from people seeking advice or assistance, sometimes telegrams etc. About 77 pieces. Mixed conditions...............Min. Bid $25 

77. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] 2 vintage photographs. One is DOUBLE-HEAD from Eagle Mt. House, Jackson, NH. Other is Carter Notch from Eagle Mt. House, Jackson NH. Photos are approx. 6.5 x 2 in. each.................25-35

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78. [THEATRE & FILM] Matty (A.E. Matthews OBE) (1869-1960) English actor who played numerous character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades. Nicknamed "Matty", he was christened Alfred Edward Matthews. He was affectionately regarded by the British public over his extraordinarily long career. From World War II until his death he enjoyed renown as one of British cinema's most famous crotchety, and sometimes rascally, old men. Matthews' other most well-known films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Million Pound Note (with Gregory Peck), Inn for Trouble, The Magic Box, The Ghosts of Berkeley Square and Just William's Luck. Offered here is a 3-1/4 page ALS, signed "Matty" to his friend, and fellow actor, Roland Young [1887-1953] best membered for his role as Topper [1937] film starring Cary Grant. Dated 10th , no year. Very good content to his friend.  VG...........75-100 

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79. 1776 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - a general catalog of autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine, List 129. Contains 56 listings, some illustrated. Everything is priced in this catalog. Interesting for research. VG......Min. Bid $20

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80. THE 18th Century - a general catalog of autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine, List 118. Contains 56 priced listings, some illustrated. Lengthy descriptions for important items. VG......Min. Bid $20

81.  [PORTRAIT] Official portrait of President Franklin Pierce. From The White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents Engraved president's autograph beneath the portrait. Copyright, 1907, Bureau of National Literature & Art & Gravure Company of America. Whole paper size is 19.5 x 16 in. High quality paper. Image size about 12 x 8. Condition is VG.........Min. Bid $25

82. [PORTRAIT] Official portrait of President Rutherford B. Hayes. From The White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents Engraved president's autograph beneath the portrait. Copyright, 1907, Bureau of National Literature & Art & Gravure Company of America. Whole paper size is 19.5 x 16 in. High quality paper. Image size about 12 x 7. Condition is VG.........Min. Bid $25

91. [FRANCE] Joseph-Philippe Simon, called Lockroy [1803-1891] chief administrator of the Comédie-Française [1848]. ALS, no date, 2pp.......50-75

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

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

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

103. [FRANCE] Armand Seguin (1767–1835) was a French chemist and physiologist.   In 1802, Bernard Courtois worked with Armand Séguin at the École Polytechnique on the study of opium. In conjunction with Séguin, Courtois isolated morphine, the first known alkaloid, from opium. Séguin presented his first memoir on opium to the French Institute in 1804. Séguin's and Courtois' opium research came to an end at the École Polytechnique in 1804. ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 7-1/4 x 9". Not translated. VG except for one short edge tear middle left border. Rare!............100-150

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104. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire (1834-1923);  Raoul Gautier (1854-1931); Marcelle Adam  (writer of CATS 1959); plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

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

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

107. [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

108. [PORTRAIT] original stipple engraving of President William Henry Harrison engraved by Edwards after a painting by Wilhelm Hendrik Franquinet, 1856.  The page measures 9-3/4 x 6 in. Below his image is a smaller engraving of the Battle of Tippicanoe where Harrison's campaign slogan came from, "Tippicanoe and Tyler Too". Stains and toning...................25-35

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109. President George W. Bush - unsigned Jan. 20, 2001 Inauguration cover plus Bush For President bumper sticker. Both are VG.................Min. Bid $10

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110. Lisa Weinstein - actress known for Ghost (1990), Greased Lightning (1977) and Fatal Exposure (1991). Unsigned Warner Bros. 1985 pay check.............Min. Bid $5

111. [THEATRE] Agnes Ethel (1846-1903)  Broadway actress of the late 19th century. She performed in New York City, the city of her birth, from 1868 to 1871. She was especially talented in acting emotional roles. Offered here is an unsigned vintage cdv photo, 2-1/4 x 4 in. VG.........25-35

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112. [FILM] Errol Flynn - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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113. [FILM] John Garfield - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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114. [FILM] Rita Hayworth- unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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115. [FILM] Tallulah Bankhead - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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116.  [GREAT BRITAIN] group of signed address panels: (1) Sir William Horne (1774 – 13 July 1860) was a British barrister and Liberal politician. Postmarked 1834. (2) Stephen Lushington (17892-1873)  British judge, Member of Parliament and a radical for the abolition of slavery and capital punishment. He served as Judge of the High Court of Admiralty from 1838 to 1867.Postmarked 1833. (3) Benjamin Lumley (1811-1875) was a Canadian-born British opera manager and solicitor. Born Benjamin Levy, he was the son of a Jewish merchant Louis Levy. Postmarked 1833. (4) Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832) Scottish jurist, Whig politician and historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and politician. Postmarked 1826. (5) Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury, GCB, PC (9 January 1780 – 21 July 1845) was a British Tory politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1817 to 1835. Postmarked 1833. VG.............100-150

117. [FILM] Yvonne Printemps - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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118. [FILM] Jean Gabin - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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119. [FILM] Clark Gable - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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120. [FILM] Humphrey Bogart - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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121. [FILM] Fernandel - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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122. [FILM] Marilyn Monroe - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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123. [FILM] Judy Garland - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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124. [FILM] Cary Grant - unsigned  Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10

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