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1. [RARE 1st Edition] Ernest Hemingway, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, 1952, true first edition, first printing with the Scribner's A and Seal located on the copyright page. There should be no mention of the Pulitzer or Nobel Prize. On the inside flap of the dust jacket, the original price of $3.00 should be listed. There are two variations of the first edition dust jacket. One has a blue tinted photo of Hemingway, and the other has an olive tinted photo. One is not thought to be better or more valuable than the other. The variations are often blamed merely on a printing issue. This has the olive tinted photo on back of dust jacket. 140pp. Former owner's ink signature on front flyleaf. Good dust jacket with expected flaws. Highly collectible book............Min. bid $2000
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2. [SOUTH CAROLINA] 1845 Letter Edgefield District, South Carolina. J.D. Hill Laments Female Slaves, Eat Best Hogs.
Offered here is a superb 1p. ALS (stampless cover, with no postal cancels, hand-carried by slave Charles), 8" x 12 3/4", dated October 29, 1845, sent to Colonel John Bauskett in Edgefield District, South Carolina, signed J. D. Hill, with terrible spelling and grammar but with excellent plantation content: "... The meete hogs has been up in the feels on pees & punking for some time but I think will not be fat anough untill crismass or near that time for they are very small & must have time to gro & fatten & the nigerase as eate all the largist & fatist till there are very few to kill the nigerase sertanly geats the best half of all the hogs that are rased hear..."Folds (pinholes), some ink smear/ tone spot-- otherwise very good. Reasearch indicates that there was a COLONEL JOHN HILL who operated a plantation in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. He commanded the Springfield Beat Company of South Carolina militia (1830-1843). There was also a COLONEL JOHN BANSKETT who operated a large plantation in Edgefield District and owned some 68 slaves..........................Min. Bid $150
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3. (19th CENTURY LITERATURE LOT) JULIAN HAWTHORNE (1846-1934) Writer/Journalist, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. SIGNATURE removed from TLS, mounted on larger sheet with portrait. JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE(1827-1916) Author. SIGNATURE, mounted to card. CLYDE FITCH (1865-1909) Dramatist. SIGNATURE on CARD (1903). EDWARD EGGLESTON (1837-1902) Historian and Novelist. SIGNATURE, with sentiment. JOHN B. GOUGH (1841-1886) Author and Temperance Leader. SIGNATURE, with sentiment. ALBERT BUSHNELL HART (1854-1943) Historian. SIGNATURE on collectors card (1921). AMELIA EDITH BARR (1831-1919) Author of Historical Tales, Novelist. SIGNED CARD (1897). WILL CARLETON (1865-1912) Poet SIGNATURE on card. L. CLARKE DAVIS (1834-1904) Journalist, Essayist and Editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Husband of Rebecca Harding Davis the Author. SIGNATURE. REBECCA HARDING DAVIS. Signature.................100-150
4. (MIXED LOT) Sir Edwin Arnold (1832 –1904) English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia. SIGNATURE, mounted to card. TITO GUIZAR (1908 –1999) Mexican singer and actor. Together with Dolores del Río, José Mojica, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, Guízar was among the few Mexican people who made history in the early years of Hollywood. In a career that spanned over seven decades. TLS, 1988. HAROLD TAYLOR (1914-1993) American Philosopher of education, college president, and social activist, . He was a recognized spokesperson for Progressive education at the postsecondary level. TLS, 1974. ARTHUR BURNS(1904-1987) American Economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1970-1978). SIGNED FDC on Banking. Clara McBride Hale (1905 –1992) known as Mother Hale, was an American humanitarian who founded the Hale House Center, a home for unwanted children and children who were born addicted to drugs. SIGNED 5x7 photograph. Harold Herman Greene (1923-2000) federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Judge Greene presided over United States v. AT&T, the antitrust suit that broke up the AT&T. In 1990, Greene sentenced the 1983 United States Senate bombing suspects, Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans, to prison. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph. Hanna Holborn Gray- historian of political thought in the area of the Renaissance and Reformation, and an emerita professor and former President of the University of Chicago. TLS, 1990...........100-150
5. [KUHN ESTATE] Archive of about 35-40+ letters and documents concerning the Estate of the noted American artist Walt Kuhn (1877-1949). Includes: Brenda Kuhn ALS [1]; 15 TLSs by Brenda Kuhn; 13 letters from estate accountants [or attorneys ??]; 5 Brenda Kuhn signed bank checks; several Tax documents. These date 1961-1963. Some of Brenda's letters have good art content about her father, esp. his paiting ATHELETE IN WHITE FACE. Needs further research for sure. VG..........400-600...........Min. Bid $150
6. [MUSIC] Johanna Emilia Agnes Gadski (1872-1932) German soprano. She was blessed with a secure, powerful, ringing voice, fine musicianship and an excellent technique. These attributes enabled her to enjoy a highly successful career in New York City and London, performing heavy dramatic roles in the German and Italian repertoires. Large bold signature dated 1916 on 5 x 6.5 in. paper. Fine............25-35
7. [NOBEL PRIZE] Arthur L. Schawlow (1921-1999) American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he was awarded a 1981 Nobel Prize. HIS STATIONERY SIGNED, 1982, inscribed in type to collector..............25-35
8. [ENGLAND] Albert Woods (1816-1904) English officer of arms, who served as Garter Principal King of Arms from 1869 to 1904. He officiated at the coronations both of Queen Victoria and of Edward VII. ALS, June 1 (no year), 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. VG..............50-75
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9. [ART] Louis-François Raban [1795-1870] French engraver and writer. At age 19 Raban enlisted in the artillerymen, in 1814 and participated, with the polytechnic School, in the defence of Paris. He was an avid admirer of the Emperor Napoleon and wrote a book about him under the pseudonym, the Comte de Barins. He was a member of the Secret Society of Les Saisons [very important in the 1839 Revolution]. He was arrested in the act of making bullets for the revolutionaries. Despite being an exceedingly prolific writer not only of biographical dictionaries but also 'bodice-rippers', and (as we have seen) that he tried to profit from contemporary politics to enhance his sales, he never managed to emerge from extreme poverty and died supported by his daughter at the fall of the Second Empire in 1870. "The issue of the powder plot of the Rue de Poursine was the condemnation of twenty-four individuals to various sentences of fine and imprisonment, from 300 to 3000 francs, and from four months to two years. Among the rest, Blanqui, Beaufotir, and Robier, figured as the highest mulcts, the longest terms, and each two years of surveillance at the expiration of their punishment. In November 1838, another manufactory of cartridges was discovered, and Raban, an en graver in the Palais Royal, the principal, condemned to two years in prison, two of his associates to eighteen and three months. A very large quantity of ammunition was also seized ; and every thing went to prove that the formation of secret societies to overturn the government had not ceased for an instant...." Two ALS letters, both 1829, written to Cassin. One is a lengthy 2-page letter [age toned paper], and the other one-page. Certainly worthy of further research!............100-150
10. [FILM] Robert "Bobby" Banas (b. 1933) is an American dancer and actor. He is known for his work on movies such as West Side Story (1961), Always (1989) and Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), as well as a viral video of a televised performance of the Nitty Gritty dance, which accumulated 3.6 million views in four years. Natalie Wood was his dancing partner in the Michael Panaieff Children’s’ Ballet Company, to which he received a scholarship and in which Jill St. John and Stefanie Powers were members. Banas also attended the Hollywood Professional School. He auditioned for the production of Carousel at the LA Civic Light Opera and was cast as Enoch Snow Jr. After that, he appeared in stage productions of Kiss Me Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, Brigadoon, Plain and Fancy, and Peter Pan. Offered here is his signed contract appearing as a dancer in the 1965 film BILLIE starring Patty Duke. Also signed by H. Bud Otto (1934-2001) Producer. Approx. 8.5 x 13 in, 1p. Includes a 2 page RIDER ink signed by Bob Banas. VG.................80-120
11. [MUSIC] Tito Petralia (1896-1982) Italian composer and conductor. Signed, inscribed 4.5 x 7 in. photo mounted to large sheet. VG.......40-60
12. Truman Virgil "Pinky" Tomlin (1907-1987) was a singer, songwriter, bandleader, and actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to performing in occasional motion pictures, he wrote and published 22 songs, several of which were in the top ten on the "Hit Parade". A song he had written in 1938, "In Ole Oklahoma", was named as Oklahoma's state song by the Oklahoma State Junior Chamber of Commerce. Signed 5x7 photo, mounting traces on verso.............35-4513. [EARLY FILM] Beulah Marie Dix (1876-1970) American screenwriter of the silent and sound film eras, as well as a playwright and author of novels and children's books.[4] She wrote for more than 55 films between 1917 and 1942. Brief ALS 1908, 4 x 5-1/4 in. Fine.............50-75
14 [FILM] Richard Webb (1915-1993) film, television and radio actor. TLS, 1986, 1p., mentions Captain Midnight and also actor Sid Melton. Signed "Dick." VG..........40-60
See letter15. [ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY]
Resolution of the Passengers aboard the SS Kronprinz Wilhelm, Sept. 23,
1901, manuscript document signed by about 185 persons from the United
States, overwhelmed
by a great grief in the murder of President McKinley, who was
assassinated Sept. 14, 1901. This document is about 8-1/4 x 74 in.
long. That's correct 74 inches long. We have not researhed
any of the signatures. The SS Kronpeinz Wilhem was a German passenger
liner built for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, a former shipping company now
part of Hapag-Lloyd, by the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, Germany (now
Szczecin, Poland), in 1901. She took her name from Crown Prince Wilhelm,
son of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, and was a sister ship of SS
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. She had a varied career, starting off as a
world-record-holding passenger liner, then becoming an auxiliary warship
from 1914–1915 for the Imperial German Navy, sailing as a commerce
raider for a year, and then interned in the United States when she ran
out of supplies. When the U.S. entered World War I, she was seized and
served as a United States Navy troop transport until she was
decommissioned and turned over to the United States Shipping Board,
where she remained in service until she was scrapped in 1923. Any
condition faults are minor considering the size of this
document..............Min. Bid $300
16. [NAVAL] N.H. Farquhar (Rear Admiral Norman Von H. Farquhar, USN, (1840-1907). Letter Signed, marked "Copy", USS Trenton, Apia, Samoa, April 22, 1889, 2 pages, 7-3/4 x 10". We assume that Farquhar did not sign this letter. The original was sent to the Secretary of the Navy, Washington DC [Benjamin F. Tracy]. This "copy" letter was sent to Henry Lyon, who became commander of the Nipsic. Dated about a month after this famous naval incident (The Samoan Crisis ). This letter is of high praise for Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, saving the Nipsic "...to his excellent service during the Hurricane of March 16th and 17th, 1889, and since then in saving valuable property from the wreck. During the gale, he intelligently carried out my orders; personally supervising the many plans to keep out water, getting lines to the Vaudalia to prevent the total destruction of the Trenton and many other duties besides..." Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar (1840-1907) was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, attended the U.S. Naval Academy during 1854-59. After graduation, he served with the Africa Squadron until September 1861. Lieutenant Farquhar spent most of the Civil War off the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the West Indies, serving in the gunboats Mystic, Sonoma and Mahaska and the cruisers Rhode Island and Santiago de Cuba. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in mid-1865, a few months after the fighting ended, and was on duty at the U.S. Naval Academy from then until September 1868. For the rest of the 1860s and into the next decade, Farquhar served in the warship Swatara, was Executive Officer of USS Severn and USS Powhatan and Commanding Officer of USS Kansas. He also had two tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty and as Executive Officer. Advanced in rank to Commander in December 1872, Farquhar spent nearly five years at the Naval Academy. He commanded the training ship Portsmouth in 1877-78, and the steam sloops Quinnebaug and Wyoming in European waters in 1878-1881. Five more years of Naval Academy duty were followed by torpedo instruction at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1886. From May 1887 until her loss in the March 1889 Samoan hurricane, Captain Farquhar commanded the steam frigate Trenton. He then served on several of the Navy's boards and, in March 1890 became the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. During 1894-97, he was Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Commanding Officer of the cruiser Newark, and President of the Naval Examining Board. While holding the ranks of Commodore and Rear Admiral, Farquhar was Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1897-99, commanded the North Atlantic Station during 1899-1901 and was Chairman of the Lighthouse Board in 1901-02. He retired from active duty in April 1902, upon reaching the statutory service age limit of 62. Rear Admiral Farquhar died at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 3 July 1907. The letter is in very fine condition. Provenance: Estate of Admiral Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife, Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907. Picture of Farquhar is not included here..........200-350
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17. [THEATRE} Madge Kennedy [1891-1987] silent film and stage actress. Kennedy first started out on Broadway with the show, Little Miss Brown. This was a farce in three acts presented at the 48th Street Theater in August 1912. Critics found Kennedy's performance most pleasing, writing, "Miss Kennedy's youth, good looks, and marked sense of fun helped her to make a decidedly favorable impression last night." After making movies for three years she returned to the New York stage in November 1920. Kennedy played in Cornered, staged at the Astor Theatre. Produced by Henry Savage, the play was taken from the writing of Dodson Mitchell. Kennedy performed a dual role. She acted the character of a widow in the comedy Beware of Widows which was produced by the Maxine Elliott Theatre in December 1925. A reviewer for The New York Times remarked about Kennedy's physical beauty as well as her skill as a comedian. She returned to Broadway in her later years, performing in August 1965 with Ruth Gordon, in A Very Rich Woman. That was her first stage appearance in 33 years. ALS, 1981, 1p. "....What can I say of my joy in a profession for so many years - To be a part of it and to share my happiness with the wonderful.....audience - is the end of the rainbow..." Accompanied by unsigned sheet music from "Poppy" with W.C. Fields, 1923. VG........40-60
18. [FRANCE] Robert d'Harcourt (1881-1965) French Catholic intellectual, scholar of German culture and anti-Nazi polemicist. During World War I d'Harcourt served in the artillery with the rank of sergeant. He was severely wounded twice during the conflict. Eventually taken prisoner, he recounted his experiences in his memoir Souvenirs de captivité et d'évasion d'un camp de Bavière. After the war he obtained the chair of German language and literature at the Catholic Institute of Paris. His knowledge of German culture and his anti-Nazi views led him to publish numerous detailed articles attacking the new Nazi regime after Hitler achieved power in 1933. In 1936 he published l'Evangile de la force (The Gospel of Force), his best-known work. It was a harsh attack on Nazism, and particularly drew attention to the indoctrination of young Germans in Nazi ideology. Harcourt stressed the incompatibility between the radical racist nature of Nazi ideology and Christianity. ALS, 1955, written on both sides...............60-80
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19. Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868) English historian and ecclesiastic. An 1850 envelope ink addressed by Milman but not signed. 4 x 2.5 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
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20. [ENGLAND] JOHN MORLEY, Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923), British statesman and author. Morley began his career as a journalist in London in 1860, and in 1867 he was appointed editor of the Fortnightly Review. An ardent radical and idealist, he was receptive to the ideas of liberalism, and during the 15 years he was its editor, the review was an organ of liberal opinion. Morley was elected to Parliament in 1883, and in 1886 the Liberal party leader and prime minister William Ewart Gladstone appointed him chief secretary of Ireland. He held this position again from 1892 to 1895, when the Liberal government was defeated. ALS, 1889, 1p. Declines invitation...............50-75
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21. [WATERLOO] Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (1794-1870) British soldier, peer and long-standing Conservative Member of Parliament. Hotham fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and later achieved the rank of General. Signed address panel postmarked 1829. Attractive example.........40-60
22. [COMPUTERS] Gene M. Amdahl (. 1922) Norwegian American computer architect and hi-tech entrepreneur, chiefly known for his work on mainframe computers at IBM and later his own companies, especially Amdahl Corporation. He is perhaps best known for formulating Amdahl's law, which states a fundamental limitation of parallel computing. ALS, no date, on 4x6 card. Fine............40-60
23. [PHOTOGRAPHY] circa 1941 photograph [MG 85323] of Lana Turner, approx. 13 x 10 in. This was taken by Eric Carpenter (1909-1976) who worked at MGM, aside from a couple of short breaks, from 1933 to the 1960s. Elevated from office boy, he succeeded Virgil Apger as Bull's assistant and continued in that capacity until he got his union card. He finally became a portrait photographer at precisely the moment when MGM was cultivating a new crop of stars--Lana Turnerr, Esther Williams and the popular team Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. A decade later Carpenter photographed Marilyn Monroe when she made 'The Asphalt Jungle' (1950). He also worked as a uncredited still photographer on many great films including 'The Wizard of Oz' for which he did some wonderful Kodachrome stills, 'Singing in the Rain,' 'The Swan'--Grace Kelly's last film--'Gigi', 'Ben Hur,' and 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' with Doris Day. With his spirited and beautiful portraits, Carpenter quickly became the favorite photographer of the studio's rising young stars, like Ava Gardner and James Craig, among others. His rapport with Lana Turner began when she signed with MGM and lasted up to her departure from the studio in the late fifties. Carpenter was responsible for the most of her torrid, memorable gallery portrait sittings. His photographs of her are lush and immediate in dazzling whites and sophisticated, plungingly deep backs. More dynamic than almost any of the other glamour portraits of the era, their effect recalled the Harlow portraits and and anticipated the ones of Monroe at Fox in the early fifties--acres of white fur, opalescent skin, poses inviting by thier ease. Not signed of course. VG...............200-300
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24. [PHOTOGRAPHY] circa 1941 photograph [MG 85714] of Lana Turner, approx. 13 x 10 in. This was taken by Eric Carpenter (1909-1976) who worked at MGM, aside from a couple of short breaks, from 1933 to the 1960s. Elevated from office boy, he succeeded Virgil Apger as Bull's assistant and continued in that capacity until he got his union card. He finally became a portrait photographer at precisely the moment when MGM was cultivating a new crop of stars--Lana Turnerr, Esther Williams and the popular team Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. A decade later Carpenter photographed Marilyn Monroe when she made 'The Asphalt Jungle' (1950). He also worked as a uncredited still photographer on many great films including 'The Wizard of Oz' for which he did some wonderful Kodachrome stills, 'Singing in the Rain,' 'The Swan'--Grace Kelly's last film--'Gigi', 'Ben Hur,' and 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' with Doris Day. With his spirited and beautiful portraits, Carpenter quickly became the favorite photographer of the studio's rising young stars, like Ava Gardner and James Craig, among others. His rapport with Lana Turner began when she signed with MGM and lasted up to her departure from the studio in the late fifties. Carpenter was responsible for the most of her torrid, memorable gallery portrait sittings. His photographs of her are lush and immediate in dazzling whites and sophisticated, plungingly deep backs. More dynamic than almost any of the other glamour portraits of the era, their effect recalled the Harlow portraits and and anticipated the ones of Monroe at Fox in the early fifties--acres of white fur, opalescent skin, poses inviting by thier ease. Not signed of course. Creased at bottom right corner & light off-setting caused by printed label on back but overall VG...............200-300
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25. [ART] ALBERT STERNER (1863-1946) American artist. Sterner's influence is seen in the works of both Rockwell Kent and George Bellows; he introduced each of them to the technique of lithography and put them in touch with the master printer/artist Bolton Brown. In 1915, Sterner rallied a group of printmakers together to raise the general quality of American prints. The founders of the Painter-Gravers of America included, along with Sterner, Childe Hassam, Bellows, & George Elmer Brown. He became a member of the National Academy, won a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900; gold medal at Munich in 1905, a bronze at Buffalo Exposition in 1901, and Carnegie Prize in 1941. He was President of Soc. of Illustrators, 1907-09. Offered here is an original lithograph, signed A.S. 1913 in the stone (not pencil signed). Provenance: the Sterner summer home estate sale held 1980s in Mass. We purchased a majority of art works offered in this sale. This particular lithograph is in the size when purchased, approx. 10-3/4 x 7 in. This appears to have been cropped by the artist himself......150-200
26. [JEFF DAVIS] printed gov. document signed in type by Jeff Davis, Sec. of War, Feb. 2, 1857, 2pp. ESTIMATES - BARRACKS AT CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA. Bottom left corner missing o/w VG.........25-35
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27.[JEFF DAVIS] printed gov. document signed in type by Jeff Davis, Sec. of War, March 3, 1856, 9pp. fortifications for proper defence of New York and Brooklyn. VG.........25-35
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28. US Senators - group of 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: McNamara [MI], Long [HI], McClellan [Ark], McGee [WY], Miller [IA], Morse [OR], Moss [UT], Pastore [RI], Prouty [VT], Morton [KY]. All have mounting residue at top & bottom edge. Mostly on verso but with some show-thru.............50-75
29. [ART] Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895) American sculptor. He is notable for making one of only two life masks of United States President Abraham Lincoln. In 1867 he helped establish the Chicago Academy of Design and served as its president until 1878. He made several large monumental sculptures, including the tomb of the politician Stephen A. Douglas, and statues of American Civil War figures. Offered here is a collection of 7 signed bank checks, all 1893. VG................700-900
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30. [AMERICANA] Benjamin Wadsworth (1750-1826) undated manuscript document signed Mr. Wadsworth making a payment to Dr. Holten. Wadsworth was the pastor of the First Church in Danvers, Massacustetts. Samuel Holten was a Continental Congressman from Massachusetts. Approx. 6 x 3-3/4 in. VG................80-120
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31. 1812 BURLINGTON, VT Postmark TAYLOR Family Letter "Spotted Fever" FAMILY RECORD. Offered here is a rare 3pp. ALS (stampless cover, with a black Burlington Vermont oval postmark and manuscript rate), 7 1/2" x 12 3/4" (folded sheet), dated Burlington March 21st 1812, sent to Miss Priscilla Taylor in GreenBush N York, signed your affectionate sister Dorothy Netter(?), and with the third page addressed to Miss Electa Taylor. This letter has fine personal content: "... we have a large body of snow upon the ground now and I fear we shall have a late spring... I have had several opportunitys of sending your things as far as Troy but I was fearful of your getting them Capt Earle has been at troy this winter but I did not know it until he returned... the spotted fever has got to Mr. Jason Rogers Mr Rogers Brothers wife is sick with it but is likely to recover that young woman that lived at Mr Huberts died with the same in ten hours after she was taken..." Folds (some wear), edge tear, toning, seal tear/ hole affect one word, otherwise quite good; WITH two "Family Record" pages, 8 1/2" x 10 3/4", extracted from some Bible, related to this Taylor family-- giving birth / death dates of several family members (going back to 1748; the author of this letter died in 1833); disbound, small edge tears, toning-- quite good overall. A scarce combination !.................150-200
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32. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 28 July 1791, 2-pages, signed inprint Duport for the King, 6-1/2 x 8-1/2". Concerns Principaute de Sedan. Very fresh condition..........80-120
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33. [FILM] Peter Lawford (1923-1984) English-born American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, and more noted in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he had a strong presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films. Offered here is a signed & inscribed early vintage photograph, inscribed "For Ivory - Two years is an awful long time, Love & kisses from "The Teeth!" Peter Lawford". Great photo but the ink has lightened considerably. Last name of his signature is almost gone.......Min. Bid $50
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34. [PORTRAIT] of James Boaden (1762–1839) English biographer, dramatist, and journalist, engraved by William Ridley (1764-1838). Image approx. 4-1/2 x 3-1/4" plus margins. VG............Min. Bid $10
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35 . [MUSIC] Buddy Cage (1946-2020) American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Popular both as a performer and session musician, he played with many bands and recording artists, including Anne Murray, Bob Dylan, Brewer & Shipley, David Bromberg, and the Zen Tricksters. Signed album page. Also signed on the verso John DeSanto. About 4x6 in. VG.............25-35
36. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed 1934 bank check made out to Arthur Tanner. VG............30-40
37. [THEATRE] Ludwig Barnay (1842-1924) German stage actor. He traveled as a “star,” visiting London in 1881 with the Meiningen Court Company, and in 1882 making a successful tour of the United States. From 1887 to 1894 he managed his Berliner Theater in Berlin. Offered here is a few lines and his signature, the backside of a 1885 letter written by him. The front side has been cropped at the bottom. Approx. 5 x 4 in....................25-35
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39. [FILM] Martha Raye (1916-1993) American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. Signed, inscribed page from publication, 8.5 x 11"........Min. bid $10
See Raye40. Herman Merivale CB (1806-1874) English civil servant and historian. In 1859 he was transferred to the permanent under-secretaryship for India, receiving the distinction of CB. In 1870, Merivale was awarded the degree of DCL by Oxford University. Signed hand-addressed envelope, 5 x 3-1/4 in. VG.................35-45
See above41. [BRITISH] Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869) British statesman, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and, to date, the longest-serving leader of the Conservative Party. CLIP SIGNATURE plus original vintage cvd photograph. The signature is only about 1-2/2 x 3/4 in. Photo in VG. Photographer was Mayall.................50-75
42. [ART] Original c. 1900 ink drawing signed F.B.B. Paper size is about 5.5 x 10 in.............Min. Bid $15
43. [FILM] Edra Jean "E. J." Peaker (b. 1944) is an American actress. Peaker is best known for her appearances in the movie Hello Dolly! and in the TV musical series That's Life. Signed page on which she makes 3 sketches. 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 in. Five.............Min. Bid $10
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44. [AVIATION] Frank Datin (?-1929)
On October 4, 1929 a bit of aviation history took place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, when the Grube Airport officially opened and the first airmail from that airport was flown; Transcontinental Air Mail Service Datin flew 2,200 letters to Pittsburgh, 300 of them signed by him; two days later he died in a biplane crash during a stunt exhibition at Ebensberg, Pennsylvania. Signed Postal Card, heavy stock 9 x 5 in., 1929. Addressed to Mr. G.L. Peebler [?]. Very good. Mild bit of wear. One side of this large picture postcard depicts a typical airplane of the day (likely a Transcontinental Air Mail Service plane) soaring amidst a cloudy sky. The message side bears the 5-cent "Air Mail" stamp and a McKeesport, Pennsylvania cancellation of 1929. The message portion bears a finely printed note: "Dear Sir: -- It was my privilege to carry your Air Mail yesterday. Thanks very kindly for your patronage. My reward will be your continued use of the Air Mail." Above the closing word "Pilot," Datin signs in black ink. A handsome and decorative piece, with a two large blue and red stripes running horizontally across the top with "VIA AIR MAIL" printed between. The record shows that special airmail envelopes were selling well on that day at the dedication -- presumably this very type of commemorative card bearing this special one-day-only cancellation. This would have been one of the 300 items signed by Datin flown on that very day. Ironically, by the time this was further cancelled in McKeesport, Datin had been dead for two days. A most unusual and scarce aviation and philatelic item.................Min. Bid $50
45. ENTERTAINMENT] Tommy Sands (b. 1937) American pop music singer and actor. Working in show business as early as 1949, Sands became an overnight sensation and instant teen idol when he appeared on Kraft Television Theater in January 1957 as "The Singin' Idol". Signed sheet on which he draws a self-portrait [quickly]. Approx. 5-1/4 x 8 in. Fine...........Min. Bid $25
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4 6. [MAINE] Shipbuilding in Maine, a 1825 document from Steuben [Maine], buying oak planks wood, signed by Mark Wilson (1782-1866) and Moses Colson (1782-1860). Approx. 7-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. VG..................50-75
47. FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original typed 110 page manuscript signed Fritz Solomonski on title paghhe. The title is: Das Westen des Expressionismus, Sein Entwicklung und das Problem der Naturferne. Anything signed Fritz Salomonski would have been written before he left Germany. He has written Berlin on the title page. NOT TRANSLATED. approx. 8.5 x 13 in. paper. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below DO NOT accompany this drawing and are not for sale. Also, showing below is a copy of Royal Academy of Arts notification that Samuel Courtauld has selected a painting by Solomon for purchase in 1945. Courtauld, who would died two tears later, was the founder of the Courtauld Art Institute in England. Courtauld had formed an important art collection including multiple works by Manet, Cezanne, Renoir etc., which he gave to the Courtauld and the Tate. He had purchased at least 5 paintings by Frederick Solomon and when he saw the painting JACOB at Solomon's exhibition at the JABE Gallery he ordered that the painting be sent to the TATE Gallery but he died a few days later and the purchase never took place................500-800
48. [FROM KUHN ESTATE] Mark Hanna (1917-2003) American screenwriter and actor. He was known for writing the screenplays for many science fiction B movies in the 1950s, particularly Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. His first major screenplay was Gunslinger in 1956. He continued to be prolific through the mid-1960s, after which his film credits become sporadic. His last screenplay was for Star Portal in 1998, five years before his death from stroke complications. TLS, 1943, 1p, to the artist Walt Kuhn, who is at Ogunquit, Maine in September. Says............it must be delightful in Maine - read reviews of LAUGH TIME vaude show which opened at the Shubert - terrific raves - helluva good list of acts includes Ethel Waters, Frank Fay & Bert Wheeler - will get tickets for you, Lily [Cushing - Kuhn painted her portrait] & myself - maybe Hope Richardson can make it a foursome. 7-3/4 x 10 in. VG..................50-75
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49. [COLONIAL] Solomon Williams (1700-1776) pastor of the Lebanon, Connecticut's First Congregational Church. He was the father of William Williams (1731-1811) who was a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. CLIPPED SIGNATURE, slight loss top edge. Please look at picture before bidding on this.........50-75
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50. [ART] A.B. GRIFFITH - caricature ink drawing of the actress Jean Arthur, signed and dated 1939. About 10-1/4 x 7 in. VG..............Min. Bid $40
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51. [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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Scan 252. James Oppenheim (1882–1932) American poet, novelist, and editor. A lay analyst and early follower of Carl Jung, Oppenheim was also the founder and editor of The Seven Arts, an important early 20th-century literary magazine. ALS, 1910, 1p. 8.5 x 11 in. Sun-toned on verso.................50-75
53. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL drawing, signed, c. 1980. Approx. 8 x 10 plus margins. Top of paper has some wrinkling o/w VG..............150-200
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54. 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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55. [FILM] Susan Seaforth Hayes (born 1943) American dramatic actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Julie Williams on the NBC drama Days of Our Lives, and her intermittent portrayal of Joanna Manning on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. She began playing the role of Julie Olsen Williams on Days of Our Lives in 1968, and is the only actor to appear on the show for all six decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s) in which it has been on the air. Mrs. Seaforth Hayes still regularly appears on Days as Julie Olsen Williams. Offered here is her signed 1965 contract for the film BILLIE starring Patty Duke. She was paid $750 for 2 week's employment in the role of Jean Carol [changed to Jean Matthews]. Counter signed by Milt Ebbins (1912-2008) the well-connected show business manager who was a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy White House. Mr. Ebbins was a well-liked Hollywood insider who directed the careers of actors, musicians and comedians. For more than 30 years, he was the personal manager of actor Peter Lawford. Through Lawford, who was married to Patricia Kennedy, a sister of John F. Kennedy's, Mr. Ebbins became a favorite of JFK's and a frequent guest at the White House and on Air Force One. At Kennedy's 45th birthday party in 1962, Mr. Ebbins gave Marilyn Monroe a push onstage at Madison Square Garden as she went out to sing her sultry version of "Happy Birthday." Seaforth & Ebbins have also initialed 2 other pages. Approx. 8-1/4 x 14 in. VG.............75-100
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56. [ART - FRANCE] Pierre Filloeul (1696; died Paris after 1754) French printmaker. He was the son of the engraver Gilbert Filloeul (1644-1714). He was his father's pupil (and not, as is sometimes claimed, that of Jacques-Philippe Lebas). His oeuvre extends from 1731 to 1754 and numbers c. 150 prints. Original etching, Portrait of Louis Duc D'Orleans, image approx. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus margin. This is an 18th century impression. VG. Mounting trace top edge on verso............100-150
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57. [FRANCE] Old French manuscript page, ca. late 18th century [could be earlier], about Henry IV, French King at Folembray Castle in Laon. Identification with this says "About Jeanne de Flandres and Rites of funerals in Laon in 1320 and 1658 [whatever this means???]. Approx. 6-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Very fine...........75-100
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58. [MAINE] Joe Brennan (b. 1934) the 70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987. He is a former commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission. TLS, 1990, signed Joe. To a publisher, thanking him for sending a book about Maine. Three file holes along left edge. Signed as a member of the US congress..................Min. Bid $10
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59. [ART] John Austin Sands Monks (1850-1917) American painter and etcher. Monks studied art and etching techniques in New York under George Inness. These two artists shared the same studio for many years. J. A. S. Monks devoted his art almost exclusively to animal depictions, particularly sheep. He was a full member of the Salamina Club, the New York Etching Club, the Boston Art Club and the Copely Society. Original etching, Feeding Sheep, plate signed, image approx. 4-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. plus clean margins. Fine................200-300
60.[ART] Robert Swain Gifford (1840-1905) American landscape painter. He was influenced by the Barbizon school. Much of his work focuses on the landscapes of New England, where he was born. He, along with Victorian contemporaries from the White Mountain and Hudson River Schools, helped immortalize the majestic cliffs of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. His painting from the island, "Pettes Cove," is illustrative of his masterful marine work. In the 1870s, he undertook several journeys to Europe and the Middle East and painted some subjects from those regions. In 1899, he was an artist on the famous Harriman Alaska Expedition. Some of his works hang in the most prominent galleries in the USA, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC. He was a member of the Society of American Artists. Original etching, signed in the plate, c. 1879, image approx. 7 x 5 in. plus clean margins. Title is Coal-Pockets at New Bedford, Mass. VG................200-300
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61. [EARLY FILM]] Anita Page (1910-2008) American film actress who reached stardom in the final years of the silent film era. Page returned to acting sixty years later in 1996, and appeared in four films in the 2000s. She was the leading lady to Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, and Clark Gable (among others) and during the early 1930s, she was one of Hollywood's busiest actresses. ALS, 1982, 1p, 5 x 7 in. accompanied by unsigned photo showing her in her prime. VG................50-75
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62. [ART] Louise Jopling (1843-1933) English painter of the Victorian era, and one of the most prominent female artists of her generation. ALS, no date, 3pp, 4 x 5-3/4 in. Jopling exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She joined the Society of Women Artists (1880) and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (1891); she became the first woman to be admitted to the Royal Society of British Artists (1901). VG...............75-100
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63. [ART] Howard Fussiner (1923-2006) American artist. Hestudied at the Art Students' League; Hans Hofmann School, Cooper Union School of Art, 1947-1949, New York University,where he received a B.S. 1951 and a M.A. 1952. He also studied with Carl Nelson, Robert Gwathmey, Hale Woodruff. Offered here is an extraordinary lengthy 4 page typed letter dated 1972. All about Hans Hofmann. Artists mentioned include Allan Kaprow, Peter Kahn, Bill Holst, Nell Blaine, Amy Goldin the critic, Michael Loew, Irwin Honig, Jan Muller, Myron Stout etc. VG..............Min. Bid $100 firm
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64. [GERMANY] Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) German film director and actress. Hitler was in close collaboration with Riefenstahl during the production of at least three important Nazi films, and they formed a friendly relationship. Offered here is a receipt document from the Munich Agfa Co., issued to Leni Riefenstahl Product. She bought photo papers. She has signed with initials "L.R." and wrote "paid with Post check on 29.11.74". Approx. 8x12 in. VG..............80-120
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65. [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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66. Francis Elias Spinner (1802-1890) American politician from New York. He served as Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875, and was the first administrator in the federal government to employ women for clerical jobs. He served under Presidents Lincoln, Johnson and US Grant. He served from
March 16, 1861 – July 30, 1875. Offered here is a lengthy 8 page ALS written to Spinner from John C. Hopper, Secretary, Office of the National Revenue Reform Association. Dated Sept. 20, 1875. Spinner has docketed and dated on the verso of last page. VG...................100-200
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67. Burton Holmes (1870–1958) was an American traveler, photographer and filmmaker, who coined the term "travelogue". Travel stories, slide shows, and motion pictures were all in existence before Holmes began his career, as was the profession of travel lecturer; but Holmes was the first person to put all of these elements together into documentary travel lectures. Signed, inscribed soft cover A LIFE STORY, approx. 9 x 12 in. Published 1939. Good condition..................50-75
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68. [ART] JOSEPH LAUBER (1855-1948) American artist. Original etching , "Head of an Old Man" printed on fine nineteenth century laid paper and with full margins as published in 1881 by George Wistar Hodge Ritchie. It is signed and dated by the artist in the plate to the lower right. An American mural painter, etcher, sculptor, stained glass and mosaic artist, Joseph Lauber came to the United States at the age of nine. He studied art techniques in New York under Karl Muller, Walter Shirlaw and W. M. Chase. Joseph Lauber was a full member of the Mural Painters, New York Architectural League (1889), Artists' Fellowship Inc. (president), Salmagundi Club (1902) and the New York Etching Club. During his career Joseph Lauber was the recipient of many awards and medals, including awards at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893) and Atlanta (1895). Joseph Lauber also served as the long time Instructor of Art at Columbia University, New York City. In 1883 the Art Department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Boston, held a major exhibition of contemporary American art. Plate mark is approx. 5 x 3-1/2 in. Fine..................100-150
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69. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1] Pauline [Ducruet] Augustine [1781-1865] French painter of miniature paintings. She was the wife of the famous French artist of miniature paintings, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin. He married his pupil and assistant Madeleine Pauline Ducruet, some of whose works are often not easy to distinguish from his own. Offered here is a rare ALS, 1835, 1p, approx. 8 x 9". She speaks about miniatures. VG. [2]Virginie Demont-Breton [1859-1935] British artist. She was the daughter & student of Jules Breton; wife of painter Adrien Demont. She won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of Amsterdam in 1883. She was President of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptresses; she was named Officer of the Legion of Honor. ALS, no date, 2pp, excellent condition. In French. [3] FERNAND VANDEREM [b. 1864] Fr. literary man. He was a novelist & reporter. ALS, 1906, 1p. [4] Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David (1755-1839) French archaeologist and writer on art. ALS, Paris, 1819, written on both sides. Edge-tipped to another sheet. [5] BEATRICE BRETTY - famous French actress. ALS, [1932], 1p., to the actress Tania Fedor. [6] Pierre] ARTHUR PONROY [b. 1816] Fr. dramatist, poet, historian. Lengthy 4pp. ALS. Interesting content about literature. [7] HENRI TISOT - Fr. actor. ALS, Paris, 1959, on both sides. To Director of La Comédie-Française asking to forgive him for missing a show. In the comedy movie The Fuhrer runs amok by Philippe Clair, Henri Tisot stars stars socceras Hitler who challenges other European countries in matches. VG. [8] GEORGES DOUAY - Parisian man-about-town, theatre fan, and composer of songs and operettas. ALS, 1893, 1p. [9] César Campinchi (1882-1941) French statesman in the beginning of the 20th century. Campinchi was president of the Association générale des étudiants de Paris student organisation, a member of the Radical Socialist Party and deputy for Corsica from 1932 to 1940. He carried out the functions of the Keeper of the seals and presented the Campinchi proposal concerning the protection of minors in 1937. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7 in. Speaks about politics and Bernstein. Fine. [10] Nicolas Levasseur (1791-1871) French bass, particularly associated with Rossini roles. Levasseur was considered without rivals in his time, possessing a voice of remarkable beauty and grandeur. ALS, 1854, 1p., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG.........200-300
PENN. DOCUMENT ARCHIVE War of 1812 Veteran JAMES McCUNE (1771-1825) Shoemaker
70. [NAUTICAL AMERICANA] Offered here is a pair of early 19th century nautical receipts, each a 1p. MDS, related to the Brig Fountain out of Portland, Maine, 7 3/4" x 2 1/2" and 7 3/4" x 4", dated Portland August 22, 1825 and October 3, 1825, for Brimstone, ship bread, flour barrels, and Coopering Flour Barrels, one signed Horatio G. Cook and the other John Elder. Folds, minor edge wear, light toning-- overall quite good. An early document pair pertaining to this ship, the Brig Fountain was built in Portland, Maine around 1823, its owner being John Fox. Fox was a Maine shipowner, whose Privateer FOX was active during the Revolutionary War, and co-owned with Benjamin Titcomb (1726-1798). During the War, the FOX captured a letter of marque of 18 guns with a valuable cargo. The vessel was later taken to Boston where its arms and equipment were confiscated for Colonial use...................40-60
71. [NAUTICAL AMERICANA] Offered here is a pair of early 19th century nautical receipts, each a 1p. MDS, related to the Brig Fountain out of Portland, Maine, 7 1/4" x 3" and 8" x 3", dated Jan. 9, 1825 and Sept. 1 & 10, 1825, for clouts, nails, Twine, etc., both signed Charles & George Fox. One has light folds, minor edge wear, light toning/ staining-- quite good overall. An early document pair pertaining to this ship, the Brig Fountain was built in Portland, Maine around 1823, its owner being John Fox. Fox was a Maine shipowner, whose Privateer FOX was active during the Revolutionary War, and co-owned with Benjamin Titcomb (1726-1798). During the War, the FOX captured a letter of marque of 18 guns with a valuable cargo. The vessel was later taken to Boston where its arms and equipment were confiscated for Colonial use...............40-60
72. [FILM] Sam Flint (1882-1980) American actor. Flint appeared in more than 230 films, often as a judge, lawyer, military officer, senator, sheriff, chief of police, or doctor. Vintage signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Pin holes in corners............50-75
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73. [SCIENCE] David Eugene Smith (1860-1944) American mathematician, educator, and editor. He is considered one of the founders of the field of mathematics education. Signed booklet, RELIGIO MATHEMATICA, 16 pages, octavo. Reprinted in 1921. Presidential address delivered before the Mathematical Association of America. Two mounting traces on front edge o/w VG................50-75
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74. [FRANCE] LOI De La REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, No, 1546, Year VI (1798), 24 pages, 7-1/2 x 10". Concerns the creation of Income Tax during the French Revolution. Edges toned on last page..........100-150
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75. [TV] Lea Thompson (b. 1961) American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Marty McFly's mother in the Back to the Future trilogy. Signed/inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........20-30
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76. 1825 ALS Commonwealth of Mass. Secretary EDWARD BANGS Informs JOHN KEYES Concord. Offered here is a 1p. ALS (stampless cover, hand-carried), 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" (folded sheet), dated May 31, 1825, sent to John Keyes [Massachusetts State Senator], signed Edward D. Bangs (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), informing Keyes "... In compliance with the direction of the Legislature I hereby inform you that you have been elected, agreeably to the Constitution, a Counsellor to advise His Excellency the Governor..." Folds, otherwise excellent condition. JOHN KEYES (1787-1844), the oldest of five children born to Joseph Keyes and his second wife Sarah Boyden Keyes, moved to Concord in 1811. John Keyes was a lawyer, and served as postmaster, treasurer of Middlesex County, and a state representative and senator. He was the first in a line of prominent Concord citizens, active in the political, commercial, and social life of the town. John Keyes married Ann Stow Shepard, daughter of Timothy Shepard of Hopkinton, in 1815. EDWARD D. BANGS (1790-1838) attended Harvard College (1827) and was a noted attorney. He was the 6th Secretary of Massachusetts (1824-1836)..............50-75 Scan 1 Scan 2
78. [REV. WAR] Luke Drury (1737-1811) Patriot. He was a farmer and grist mill operator. He served as the town's constable, deputy sheriff, collector, assessor, selectman, and representative to the Massachusetts General Court. In 1757 he became a member of the town's militia during the French and Indian War. In 1773 Drury was a member of a Grafton committee organized to give bonds to the Indian trustees so that the town would come into possession of the tribe's "School Lots and meeting house with the four acres of Land by Sd. meeting house and Burying place." He captained the minute-men at the Lexington and Concord alarms and at Bunker Hill, and served the course of the Revolution. In 1786 Drury likely participated in Shay's Rebellion. He served on Worcester's "committee of the people" and may have participated in the attempt to take the Springfield arsenal. Imprisoned for his rebel activities "as a person dangerous to the state," in 1787, he was released and in June elected to the Massachusetts General Court. In early fall of that same year, Drury served on a committee of Hassanamisco Indian affairs. He removed to Marlborough in 1803, where he died in 1811. Offered here is a Manuscript Document [Deed] Signed by Drury on the front. The last 9 lines were also written by Drury. Signed on the back by Sam Bartlett (1752-1821) American patriot, and a noted silversmith from Concord, Mass. He was a founder of the Massachusetts Bible Society, a member of the Cambridge Humane Society, and also from 1795-1820 the elected Register of Deeds for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Deafened by cannon fire during the Boston massacre, he gave up his acedemic studies and became a smith. He worked from circa 1775 to 1795 as a silversmith in Concord Mass.. Although he worked in the town for two decades, Bartlett's most active period in Concord seems to have been between 1785 and 1795. With the aid of journeyman silversmith Joseph Lasinby Brown, of Concord, Bartlett executed communion silver commissions for three towns in Middlesex County, and produced domestic silver for resale and wholesale markets. At the end of the period, he was elected register of deeds for Middlesex County and moved to Cambridge, retiring from the role of silversmith. Bartlett marked 12 pieces of communion silver, including three flagons, one tankard and eight cups. About 25 pieces of Bartlett's domestic hollowware are known, including canns, porringers, creampots, and a unique miniature teapot. In addition, Bartlett marked teaspoons, tablespoons, ladles, and shoe buckles. Offered here is a 1820 Charlestown, Mass. document concerning Henry Van Voorhees of Charlestown Morocco manufacturer. Sam Bartlett has signed on the back as Register of Deeds, Middlesex County, Mass. Approx. 9 x 14.5 in. Very good condition..................600-800 77. [AVIATION] Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901-1960) American aviation pioneer. She was the only woman yet to hold simultaneous world records for speed, altitude, and distance for a female pilot. She has a very interesting biography including her connect to Amelia Earhart. In December 1930, she beat Charles Lindbergh's record time for a cross-country flight, completing the trip in 13 hours, 21 minutes. Offered here is a biographical sheet on which pens about 8 lines [not signed]. Approx. 6 x 8 in. VG............50-75
79. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] a week after his death in 1949, ART DIGEST referred to Walt Kuhn as "one of the most forceful, independent and self-disciplined painters of our time." That glowing evaluation is certainly just as valid today. [Written by Bennard B. Perlman, the art historian-author, from Baltimore]. Offered here are items from the Kuhn Estate in Maine. [1] Kennedy Galleries 1974 letter sending $3000 for month of June. At this time the Kennedy Galleries in New York was handling the Kuhn Estate and Brenda Kuhn received a monthly check of $3000 plus more if something sold. [2] Letter dated 1962 from attorney for Kuhn estate about Maine inheritane tax and a $125 bill for repairs to the painting "Landscape and Brook. [3] Dorsha Hayes (1897-1990) stage actress and dancer during the early 20th century. She was born in Galesburg, Illinois. She made her debut appearance in Pierre Loti's Daughter of Heaven in 1912. TLS, 1983, 1p. [4] Althea Bransom, neice of the noted artist Paiul Bransom. ALS, 1983, 1p. [5] Ruth M. Blaine - ALS, 1983, 2pp. about an UNSIGNED painting from the 1930s WPA project. She wants to know if Brenda thinks it is by Walt Kuhn. [6] Two letters, 1983, fromMaine Historical Society. 7] Brenda Kuhn (1911-1912) Co-manager, Kuhn Estate, New York City, 1949-1956; manager, Kuhn Estate, New York City, 1956-1966; Collection of Brenda Kuhn, Kuhn Estate, Cape Neddick, 1956-1966; founder, Cape Neddick Park, since 1965. President Kuhn Memorial Corporation, Cape Neddick, 1968-1975. Founder Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, since 1980. Brenda Kuhn has been listed as a noteworthy art historian by Marquis Who's Who. SIGNED 1967 bank check. [8] Thank you for donation card 1960, from Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine. [9] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) From 1969 to 1978 she was in charge of the art museum at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Later she moved north to Camden and was curator at the Farnsworth Museum. She was a close friend of Brenda Kuhn. 1p. ALS saying she was in Portland and saw "your father's paintings in the Barridoff [gallery' and the Museum." [10] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1985, 2pp. Mentions seeing painting by Walt Kuhn and Marsden Hartley. [11] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1984 on postcard - mentions Tea Party painting by Walt Kuhn "still puzzles me." [12] Synnove Haughom (1911-2005) ALS, 1984, 2pp. Talks about Port Clyde, maine and the church there says that "the Wyeths attend a different church - Ridge". The Wyeths, of course, were Andrew and Betsey Wyeth. [13] 2 page TLS from an attorney about the sale of a Kuhn painting titled "Brenda in Ogunquit." Price $75,000. [14] Brief autograph note dated 1983 re" birthday of a 3 year old child [Cape Neddick, Maine]. [15] Group of 3 Walt Kuhn gallery consignment sheets signed by 3 different artists 1986 & 87. [16] 2 misc. items. In all approx. 20 pieces. VG..............Min. Bid $75
80. MITZI GAYNOR - actress. Sig/inscribed 6x4 picture. VG...............Min. Bid $8
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81. 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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82. [ENGLAND] June 17, 1619 document, LIONEL WRIGHT, executor of the will of Richard Wright, deceased, lately collector of the imposition on tobacco, pays the balance outstanding for two years and 46 days ending Aug. 9, 1617. Richard Wright had also been paymaster of the forces in the Low Countries. Odd size - 15 x 1-1/2 in. On vellum..............Min. Bid $20
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83. [CONFEDERATE] Samuel McDowell Tate (1830-1897) North Carolina merchant, soldier, railroad official, and legislator, born in Morganton. Before the civil war he was involved with the Western North Carolina Railroad. In 1861, after the outbreak of war, Tate volunteered for service in the Confederate army and was appointed captain of Company D, Sixth North Carolina Regiment. Commissioned and promoted to the rank of major on 20 May 1862, he was advanced to lieutenant colonel on 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg. There he assumed command of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment after the death of Colonel Isaac E. Avery and led his troops up Cemetery Hill and in the battle on Seminary Ridge. Tate continued to command the Sixth regiment until the close of the war. When the Civil War ended, Tate made his way back to Morganton, where the stockholders of the Western North Carolina Railroad elected him to the presidency of the disorganized and bankrupt organization. Offered here is 1885 bill head document made out to Col. Tate [not signed by him]. 8-1/4 x 4-1/4 in. VG.............25-35 Min. Bid $10
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84. [ART] Morrie Turner (1923-2014) American cartoonist, creator of the strip Wee Pals, the first American syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters. During World War II, where he served as a mechanic with Tuskegee Airmen, his illustrations appeared in the newspaper Stars and Stripes. After the war, while working for the Oakland Police Department, he created the comic strip Baker's Helper. In 1970 Turner became a co-chairman of the White House Conference on Children and Youth. In 1967, cartoonist Bil Keane created the Family Circus character Morrie, a playmate of Billy and the only recurring black character in the strip, based on Turner. In 2003, the National Cartoonists Society recognized Turner for his work on Wee Pals and others with the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. Offered here is a First Day Cover, 1973, honoring American Revolution Bicentennial on which he does an ink drawing of "WEE PALS", signed. Great item. 6.5 x 3.5 in. Fine..............100-200
85. [MEDICINE] Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson FRS FRCP (1828-1896) British physician, anaesthetist, physiologist, sanitarian, and a prolific writer on medical history. He was the recipient of the Fothergill gold medal, awarded by the Medical Society of London in 1854 and of the Astley Cooper triennial prize for an essay in physiology. He was a close personal friend, and professional colleague, of John Snow. On Snow's sudden death he took over the final editing of Snow's draft On Chloroform and Other Anaesthetics and supervised its publication in 1858. Richardson was a sanitary reformer, who busied himself with many of the smaller details of domestic sanitation which tend, in the aggregate, to prolong the average life in each generation. ALS, 1877, 2pp., written to Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889) the Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. Fine.............100-150
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86. Mary Baird Bryan (1861-1930) wife of William Jennings Bryan. She was an American writer and suffragette. Mary Elizabeth would emerge as an important part of Bryan's career, managing his correspondence and helping him prepare speeches and articles. Mary passed the bar exam and learned German in order to help his career. ALS, not dated to Mr. Berger, 2pp. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. On page 2 she says "I was never so proud of Mr. Bryan as now. He possesses powers of strategy & management of which I was not aware."................Min. Bid $45
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87. [ART] Merv Slotnick [b. 1941] American artist living in Maine. His work is in many collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, China, Belgium, etc. His work has been included in exhibitions at New York University; Maine Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan; Central Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts Center, Mich.; All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73] which traveled to various colleges & universities in Michigan; Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus others. Abstract expressionist and printmaker Slotnick was born in Lansing, Michigan, and received degrees from Adrian College, Central Michigan University, with additional work at Michigan State University. Slotnick was one of only 50 artists invited to exhibit in 2003's 'SANCTUARY' Exhibition at the Nobel Peace Prize forum held in the U.S. to honor the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize. Two examples of Slotnick's work were exhibited in AMERICAN WORKS ON PAPER. The painter has also been honored to have had Virginia Mecklenburg (Head Curator, Painting & Sculpture, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian) selected one of his works on paper for inclusion in the 16th Visual Arts Association National. Offered here is an original signed color digital print, unlimited edition, image 6-1/2 x 4-3/8" plus margins. Overall 11 x 8.5. The Title: Marcel Duchamp. VG.................50-75
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88. George Mitchell (b. 1933) United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He has taken a leading role in negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East, being appointed United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (1995–2001) by President Clinton and as United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2009–2011) by President Obama. TLS, 1987, 1p. Sends editor thanks for sending a book. Signed George. VG...............25-35
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Douglas Volk artist 50 signed checks89. [ART] DOUGLAS VOLK [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Douglas was born to be an artist. His father was the famous sculptor Leonard Wells Volk and his mother Emily Barlow Volk was counsin to Senator Steven Douglas. At a young age Douglas showed an ability to draw and was taken seriously later studying with George Inness, and at age 14 took classes at the Accademia San Luca in Italy. In 1873 Volk went to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux Arts with the Master Jean-Leon Gerome. When he returned to the U.S. he began teaching at The Cooper Institute in New York and in 1886 was founder of the Minneapolis School Of Fine Art. In 1893 Volk was chosen for the selection committee at the Columbian Expo where he exhibited three paintings and the the gold medal, his first major award. In 1899 the National Academy granted him membership. His paintings hang in many important collections including the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Douglas Volk first ventured into Lincoln portraiture in 1908, and that canvas, reworked in 1917, eventually found its way into the National Gallery of Art. It also achieved a kind of anonymous familiarity between 1954 and 1968, when it was featured on the regular four-cent U.S. postage stamp. When in 1860, Lincoln sat in Leonard Volk's studio, a liittle child was running in and out. The great man took him on his knee and asked his name. It was Douglas. It was this boy, long grown to manhood who was the paint one of the most famous portraits of Lincoln. One of his Lincoln portraits hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Collection of 50 signed bank checks, dating 1896-1930.................Min. Bid $450
90. [FILM] Billy Bob Thornton (b. 1955- ) American actor. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35
See above91. Dick Van Patten (1928-2015) American actor, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television sitcom Eight is Enough. He began work as a child actor and was successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........25-35
92. [ART] Charles Henry White (1878-1918) was born at Hamilton, Ontario, and was educated partly in Europe and partly in the United States. He studied for a time at the Art Student League in New York City, working at illustrations and especially pen drawing. It was Joseph Pennell, the prominent American etcher, whom Mr. White met in Venice, Italy, in 1901, who induced him to take up etching. Original etching, plate signed, [1903], tissue guard still attached, image approx. 3-1/4 x 4-7/8" plus margins. VG.........50-75
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93. (HOLLYWOOD/ENTERTAINERS LOT) FRANCES H. STERNHAGEN (b. 1930) ALS (1982) 2pp with SIGNED inscribed 4x5 photo signed on verso. GEORGE GRIZZARD (1928-2007) Actor SIGNED pencil sketch portrait 7x9. CARLETON CARPENTER (b. 1926) Actor, Novelist. ANS on printed sheet that lists his novels. ROBERT STACK (1919-2003) Actor. SIGNED magazine photograph 8x10. BILL MACY (1922-2019) Actor. ANS (1901). CHITA RIVERA (b. 1933) Actress, Dancer, Singer. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. DANA ANDREWS (1909-1992) Actor. SIGNED inscribed 5x7 photograph. VICTOR BORGE (1909-2000) Danish Comedian, Pianist. SIGNED 5x7 card with unsigned 8x11 Hirshfeld print. CAROL BRUCE (1919-2007) Actress, Singer. ANS with her “initials” on personal stationary.............Min. Bid $75
94. [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
95. Matilde Serao (1856-1927) was a Greek-born Italian journalist and novelist. She was the first woman called to edit an Italian newspaper, Il Corriere di Roma and later Il Giorno. Serao was also the co-founder and editor of the newspaper Il Mattino, and the author of several novels. She never won the Nobel Prize in Literature despite being nominated on six occasions. ALS, 1907, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7 in. Not translated. Mentions Folies Bergère. VG.................100-150
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96. [ART] Arnold W. Brunner (1857-1925) American architect. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects after 1892 and was appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to the United States Commission of Fine Arts in Washington, D.C. Offered here is a 1923 bank check made out to Brunner, endorsed on verso by him. Check is signed by Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion established a summer artist colony in western Maine. VG..............50-75
97. [ART] WALT KUHN (1877-1949), American painter. After studying in many European countries, he helped organize the famous Armory Show (International Exhibition of Modern Art, New York City, 1913). He is noted chiefly for his vigorous studies of circus performers, chorines, and trapeze athletes. His Blue Clown (1931, Whitney Museum, New York City) is the most popular example of his work. He also did a number of brilliant still lifes, as well as designs for musical reviews. Kuhn helped introduce the techniques and theories of modern art to the American public and to many American artists. Offered here are twenty-seven handwritten letters- twenty-five [25] letters are from 1943, one is 1940 & the last is 1948, the year before Walt died. Most are two pages on 8 x 11 in. sheets. The majority of the letters were written from Ogunquit, Maine where the Kuhn's owned a home with a studio. At the end of 1948 he had a nervous breakdown. In some of his letters he starts to wonder about his mental abilities. Walts' letters run the gamut of town gossip to art gossip mentioning names of artists who summered in Ogunquit, war activity near Ogunquit off Boone Island, descriptions of the areas where he paints, his feelings about tourists, how his painting is going, his art patrons and dealers. A Colliers article about Walts' paintings is mentioned in a few letters and a copy of the article goes with the group. One letter is answering a question from a Chicago woman about a version of the 1913 Armory Show held there. The only archive of Kuhn's letters still in private hands......12,000-18,000
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98. [Americana] 4 Bills of Lading printed on one sheet, 1838 concerning goods being shipped by Rowland G. Hazard in New York harbor bound for New Orleans. Approx. 8-1/4 x 10-1/4 in. Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer from Rhode Island. He was educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington, New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest in mathematics. In 1819 he returned to Rhode Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling the company's products to planters in the southern United States, particularly Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. He spent winters in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. The activity that Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841. After he learned that a free African-American man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. He worked with Jacob Barker, then a New Orleans lawyer, to obtain freedom for nearly 100 people being held as slaves. The action later led to charges being filed against several public officials who were responsible for the illegal detentions. His involvement with abolitionist causes and in the Republican Party eventually caused his company to lose favor with its markets in the southern United States. This helped to prompt the Peace Dale mills' transition from making cheap cotton products to selling higher quality woolens. Hazard retired from the textile business in 1866 and invested in the Union Pacific Railroad. After Union Pacific fell into financial disarray and became a party to the Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872, Hazard spent much time dealing with the company's financial affairs. VG............Min. Bid $10
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99. [PORTRAIT] Lydia H. Sigourney (1791-1865) popular American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford". Most of her works were published with just her married name Mrs. Sigourney. Original antique engraved portrait of Sigourney, image approx. 3.5 x 4.5 plus wide margins. VG...........25-35Rare Pioneer Kentucky Document
100. [KENTUCKY] Very rare 1811 pioneer manuscript document from the Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky area signed by several interesting men. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12-1/2 in. Signed by the following on the front side: Wm. Withers, Ben Helm, James Crutcher, Christopher Bush, Samuel Stevenson, Adam Miller. Also signed on the verso by Christopher Miller and Daniel Waide. See some biographical information on these pioneers below.William Withers (1747-1821) born in Virginia he was a Revolutionary War veteran, having served as a Second Lieutenant in the Fauquier County Militia in the Company of Capt. Bronaugh. He came to Kentucky in 1793.
BEN HELM (1767-1858) known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth.
MAJOR JAS. CRUTCHER - Pioneer. Came to Kentucky from Virginia with his father & family, arriving at the Falls of the Ohio in early 1780s, and later moved to Bardstown. In 1796, he moved to Elizabethtown and became one of the earliest merchants there. Served terms in the legislature and came close to being elected lieutenant governor. He was at the battle of New Orleans as aide to General Thomas, commander of the Kentucky troops. He was involved in the flatboat business and it was said that after delivering a cargo by flatboat to New Orleans, Crutcher would walk back to Kentucky. On these trips he carried his money in a close fitting deer skin vest which he wore under his shirt.
Christopher Bush Sr. (1730?-1813) he and his descendents played an important role in Hardin County history. He is said to have been born in Holland about 1730 Íand came to America circa 1750, and to Kentucky at the end of the Revolutionary War. His daughter, Sarah, was to marry Thomas Lincoln [Abraham Lincoln's father] after Nancy Hanks died. Abe was about 10 years old when Sarah became his step-mother, and she is credited with instilling in him the desire to make something of himself. Bush Sr. was illiterate therefore it appears that Crutcher signed for him.
Samuel Stevenson - came to Elizabethtown in 1806. He taught school at Hardin Academy for about 2 years. Considered a good teacher, he was afterwards a merchant and served a term in the Ky. State Legislature.
Adam Miller - he was captured by Indians, along with his brother Christopher in 1782. The raiding party which captured Adam and Christopher consisted of Delawares and Shawnees. Adam was taken by the Delawares, Christopher was taken by the Shawnees. Both were taken to Indian towns northwest of the Ohio River. After 7 years Adam was exchanged and returned to his family.
Christopher Miller - was about 15 years old when captured by Indians. He lived with the Shawnee Tribe for 14 years. Being an active young man, he soon became habituated to the manners and customs and mode of life of the Indians; dressed as they did and spoke their language as his native tongue, and by many it was thought doubtful whether he ever would be returned to the whites. He was in the same tribe with young Tecumseh and they in their youth were friends and playmates. Miller has told of "many a wrestle with Tecumseh." Adam Miller was serving as a spy for General Anthony Wayne in June, 1794. In what is now Drake County, Ohio, Adam was dispatched with a party of spies to bring in an Indian prisoner for questioning. The party found three Indians in camp, preparing a meal. They set out to kill two of the Indians and capture the third. They succeeded in the plan and Adam discovered the prisoner to be his long-lost brother Christopher. Christopher sulked and refused to talk for several days, but on the promise of release, agreed to join Wayne's army as a spy. He kept his word. Wayne sent him on an important peace mission to the Indians, promising him a reward from the government. The following is an account of that mission. After the defeat of General St. Clair the Indians let loose upon the Northwestern Territory. General Washington was distressed and it frustrated his plans for the safety of the thinly settled country in the North-west and it was determined to have a sufficient army to be led by Gen. Anthony Wayne but Congress and delayed the campaign for nearly two years. On the 14th day of August 1794, Gen. Wayne, having all things in readiness to move on the Indians, Wayne, under the instruction of Washington, decided to give the enemy a chance for peace before attacking. They had to find the right man to carry the white flag, and Christopher Miller being lately returned from the Indians and speeaking their language, Armed with a flag and this message Miller set out for the Indian camp, arriving at nightfall. In a few minutes his arrival was known all over the entire camp. Then it was, "Kill the runaway, burn him". Miller, knowing the character of Indians, showed no signs of fear but in a loud and defiant voice, in their own tongue, told them that he had brought a flag of peace and as for burning him they had better be a little careful as the Black Snake, meaning General Wayne, had 8 of their warriors in prison and if he was not returned safely in three days that their 8 men would be shot. Immediately a pow-wow was held in which it was determined that Miller should be burned at the stake in the morning. But Tecumseh, a young Shawnee chief, and a friend of Miller, changed their minds. The Indians sent back their answer with Miller. If Gen. Wayne \waited for ten days and then sent Miller to them again they would give him their decision but if Wayne advanced they would give battle. Miller reached Gen. Wayne with the answer on the 16th day of August 1794. General Wayne rightly concluded that the 10 days asked for by the Indians was simply a scheme to get time and having everything in readiness immediately set out against the Indian camp. Wayne obtained a complete victory, the loss on both sides was considerable. The battle was fought on the 29th day of August 1794. Christopher Miller was in that engagement.
Daniel Waide - came to Elizabethtown a few years after 1800. He kept the tavern at THE SIGN OF THE LION, built by Major James Crutcher about 1798.This document is in very good condition for its age. In 2015 another document signned by Christopher Miller sold at auction for $1,777 including buyer's premium. Our estimate..................600-800Scan 1
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101. [RUSSIA] Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (1798-1883) Russian statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the nineteenth century. Signed manuscript page, 1878 date, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. Not sure how to describe this [see scan]. VG........80-120
102. [PORTRAIT] John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) was an Irish orator, politician, wit, lawyer and judge, who held the office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland. Portait engraving, image approx. 5-1/2 x 7-1/4 in. plus margins. VG................Min. Bid $10
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103. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] Original 5-3/4 x 4-3/4 in. photograph of the Walt Kuhn painting YOUNG CLOWN, painted in ?................60-90
104. [FILM] Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999) Italian-American actor. He portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948). He also played a Native American shedding a tear about litter in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements, "Keep America Beautiful". Signed and inscribed newspaper clipping about Gen. george A. Custer. Approx. 6-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. VG.................25-35
105. [AMERICANA] The State of Maine imposes a $500 fine on the Town of Plymouth, Maine for not repaiting a road. Dated 1834, 1p, 7-3/4 x 12 in. VG................50-75
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106. [MUSIC] Elsa Clay - Assistant Executive Director of Composers and Lyricists Guild of America. TLS, 1964, 1p. to Milt Ebbins, informing Ebbins that Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, Adolph Green, Jule Styne etc. "....have been employed by at least one of the producers which as signed....." Includes list of composers. Fine.............40-60
107. [ART] Ilise Greenstein (1928-1985) American artist who first conceived The Sister Chapel, a larger-than-life collaborative art installation that paid tribute to heroic women. n 1974, artist Ilise Greenstein enlisted a group of twelve artists to help bring to life her vision of a hall of fame for women. The work’s title is an obvious reference to Michelangelo‘s fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but the figures enshrined in The Sister Chapel represent important women from history, religion, and myth, rather than Biblical figures. Greenstein was inspired to create the ambitious work, both by and for women, while studying the famous Vatican fresco. ALS, 1977, 1p. about trading minor works of art. VG..............Min. Bid $30
108. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] Offered here is a letter from Teresa Jabelmann to the noted artist Walt Kuhn, March 30, 1943, 2 pages. She was the wife of Otto Jabelmann (1892-1943). He was considered a mechanical genius, and the "hard-nosed ruler of the Union Pacific Railroad mechanical department. He led the team that developed The Big Boys locomotives. He died in Jan. 1943 while in England visiting England to investigate railway problems at the behest of W. Averell Harriman and concluded that British railways needed 1200 more locomotives. Apparently Otto was in poor health then and Teresa says in this letter ".....I did worry constantly as I knew Otto would never try and save himself in any way..." Envelope is included..............50-75
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109. Hulett C. Merritt (1872-1956) American real estate developer, investor, rancher and art collector. He sold real estate in his hometown of Duluth, Minnesota, developed Texas City, Texas with other businessmen, and invested in real estate in Los Angeles, California, where he built the Merritt Building. He was a director and large shareholder of U.S. Steel. As a majority shareholder of the United Electric and Power Company, he installed electricity and gas in 17 cities in California, including Santa Barbara and San Diego. He owned a large ranch in Tulare County. TLS, 1949, 1p. to the Editors of Who's Who In America. Interesting. VG................50-75
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110. [WRITERS] Mixed Lot: [1] Dorothy Canfield Fisher [1879-1958] reformer, writer. Signature. [2] J. G. Holland [1819-1881] Am. poet, novelist. Sig. w/sentiment. [3] Park Godwin [1816-1904] Am. journalist. Signature, 1866. [4] Glenway Westcott[1901-1987] Am. writer. Sig. presentation page from book. [5] John Hall Wheelock [1886-1978] Am. poet. Sig. in return address. [6] Benson J. Lossing (1813-1891) was a prolific and popular American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War and features in Harper's Magazine. He was a Charter Trustee of Vassar College. Signature DATED 1877. [7] Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT. [8] George V. Hobart [1867-1926] American Playwright. Signature with sentiment, New York, 1908. [9] William Henry Irwin (Will) (1873 - 1948) was a U.S. author, writer and journalist. For the Bohemian Club, he wrote the Grove Play The Hamadryads in 1904. Signature. [10] Rex Beach [1877-1949]. American writer. Fine SIGNATURE.............100-150
111. [MUSIC] Brian Farnon (1911-2010) Canadian born actor, known for The Spike Jones Show (1957). Jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........Min. Bid $10
112. [TV] Judith Chapman (b. 1951) American soap opera actress, best known for roles as Natalie Bannon Hughes in As the World Turns, Charlotte Greer on Ryan's Hope, Ginny Blake Webber on General Hospital, Sandra Montaigne on One Life to Live, Anjelica Deveraux Curtis on Days of our Lives, and as Gloria Abbott Bardwell on The Young and the Restless. Signed, inscribed 8x10 p[hoto. Several faults to photo surface................Min. Bid $10See above
113. [MUSIC] The Aguilars - Berkeley Musical Association flyer signed by 4 members, 1930. Approx. 5 x 11 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
114. [ART] Eugene-Abdre Champollion (1848-1901) French engraver and illustrator, pupil of Leon Gaucherel. Trained by Gaucherel and Edmond H_douin , Champollion masters the art of etching as well as most of the engraving techniques . He collaborated with the review Paris etching between 1873 and 1876, then with the Gazette des beaux-arts .He exhibited several times at the Salon of French artists and at the Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1900 . Offered here is an original etching called IN THE REIGN OF TERROR, c. 1893, not signed as usual, image approx. 10-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. plus margins. This was etched after a painting by Jessie MacGregor. VG.................100-150
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115. Quida [1839-1908] British novelist. Clip signature. Ink is light...........Min. Bid $8
116. [FILM] Horst Buchholz (1933-2003) German actor, remembered for The Magnificent Seven, in which he played the role of Chico,[1] and One, Two, Three and Nine Hours to Rama. He appeared in over sixty films during his acting career from 1952 to 2002. Signed 4x6 postcard picture. VG............35-45
117. [FILM] Jan Sterling (1921-2004) American actress. Most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same performance. Her career declined during the 1960s, however she continued to play occasional roles for television and theatre. Bold Signature ON VINTAGE ALBUM PAGE [1945]............25-35
118. [THEATRE] Tom Ewell (1909-1994) American actor. TLS, 1957, to Theatre Guild approving cast of a show............40-60
119. [THEATRE] Sir Charles Wyndham (1837-1919) Early in 1862 he made his first professional appearance in London, performing with Ellen Terry. Later in the year he went to America and since further stage work was not forthcoming, he returned to medicine. There was a shortage of surgeons in the United States, which was in the throes of the Civil War, and he volunteered to become brigade surgeon in the Union army. He served at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On one occasion he appeared in New York City with John Wilkes Booth. Offered is is a signed vintage photograph, approx. 3-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. On otherside of postcard. A few chips in the surface, one showing to the right of his head. That aside this is a nice item.................60-80
120. [MUSIC] Sir Walter Parratt KCVO (1841-1924) English organist and composer. From 1882 he the post of organist of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, Windsor. He became Heather Professor of Music at Oxford University in 1908, taking over from Hubert Parry. He had previously been Organist and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He became one of the foremost organ teachers of his day, with many important posts in Britain being filled by his students. He was knighted in 1892. In 1893 he was appointed Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria, and afterward held the same office under Kings Edward VII and George V. Signature with sentiment. Mounted............40-60
121. Gertrude Berg (1899-1966) was an American actress, screenwriter and producer. A pioneer of classic radio, she was one of the first women to create, write, produce and star in a long-running hit when she premiered her serial comedy-drama The Rise of the Goldbergs (1929), later known as The Goldbergs. Her career achievements included winning a Tony Award and an Emmy Award, both for Best Lead Actress. Signed & inscribed 3-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. photo. VG.............40-60
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122. [MUSIC] Theo Loevendier (1930 - ) Dutch composer and clarinet player. Loevendie studied composition and clarinet at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. Initially he concentrated on jazz music. As off 1968 he also wrote concert music, among which operas, concertos and chamber music. Several of his compositions won prizes. Starting 1970 Loevendie taught composition at several Dutch conservatoires. Among his many students were Svitlana Azarova, Matthias Kadar, Vanessa Lann, Peter van Onna, Robin de Raaff, Victor Varela, Sinta Wullur and Evrim Demirel. As a performer, he participated in the ensembles Consort, Brevisand the Theo Loevendie Quintet. In 2004, he founded a new group: The "Ziggurat Ensemble" - as he puts it himself: his dream-ensemble. It consists of a mix of western and non-western instruments: Er-hu, Viola da Gamba, Qanun, Voice, Duduk, Bass, Pan Pipes and Percussion. Loevendie is writing practically all the music for this young and enthusiastic team and in the relatively short time of its existence has celebrated many successes with it. AMQS from his work "Gassir, the Hero", approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/2". Two folds o/w VG. Written on both sides............50-75
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123. [THEATRE] Dorothy Stickney (1896-1998) American film, stage and television actress, best known for appearing in the long running Broadway hit Life with Father. TLS, 1979, 1p, 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 in. To Franklyn Lenthall, actor, and director of the Boothbay {Maine] Theatre Museum. She mentions her broken hip caused by a mugger. VG.....................50-75
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124. [MUSIC] James Conlon (b. 1950) American conductor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......25-35 125. William Robert Ware (1832-1915) American architect, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into a family of the Unitarian clergy. He received his professional education at Milton Academy, Harvard College and Harvard's Lawrence Scientific School. He is credited with designing the High Street Church in Brookline, Massachusetts while at the first firm he partnered, Philbrick and Ware, and Harvard's Memorial and Weld Halls, the Episcopal Divinity School campus at Harvard University, and the Ether Monument at the Boston Public Garden while at the second firm he partnered, Ware and Van Brunt. In 1865, Ware became the first professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1881 he moved to New York City and founded the School of Architecture at Columbia University, which began as the Architecture Department in the Columbia School of Mines. He retired in 1903. Clip Signature........20-30
126. [FILM] Esther Ralston (1902-1994) American movie actress whose greatest popularity came during the silent era. ALS, 1981, 1p...........35-45
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127. James Doohan (1920-2005) Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Signed 8x10 color photo as "Scotty" from Star Trek. VG...............40-60
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128. William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. He was the son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Though nearly 50 years old at the outbreak of the First World War, he was accepted as a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers and served in France until 1917. He wrote The Last Man In, a drama, produced 14 March 1910, at the Royalty Theatre, Glasgow, by the Scottish Repertory Company; and, with George Paston (i. e., Emily Morse Symonds), a farce, The Naked Truth, which was first played at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in April, 1910, and in which Charles Hawtrey played Bernard Darrell. ALS, 1934, 1p, addressed to Mr. Ellis D. Robb concerning the first edition of Maxwell's book ELAINE AT THE GATES. Maxwell recommends two London booksellers who may be able to supply Robb a copy. Approx. 7 x 8-3/4 in. A few spots near bottom................50-75
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129. [THEATRE] Johnstone Bennett [1870-1906] American stage actress. Signature on 6.5 x 4.5" slip...........20-30
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130. Edmund Blunden, MC [1896-1974] English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Signed in ink limited edition page [proof page] from the "hand-set edition of Near & Far," 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". Fine...........30-40
131. From the private collection of HENRI CORBIERE, the noted French art critic. The following are original drawing was sent to Corbiere. STEFAN WALLMARK (born 1912) signed pencil drawing dated 1972, 12 x 8.5 in..........50-75
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132. (American Literature Lot) Erich Wolf Segal (1937 –2010) author, screenwriter, and educator. He was best known for writing the novel Love Story (1970), a best-seller, and writing the motion picture of the same name, which was a major hit. TLS 1982. John Monk Saunders (1897 - 1940) novelist, screenwriter and film director. His screenwriting credits include Wings (1927), The Last Flight (which he adapted from his own novel Single Lady), and The Conquest of the Air (1936), which he also directed. Wings (1927), was the first film to ever win a Best Picture Academy award on May 16, 1929. He won an Oscar for Best Story for the writing of The Dawn Patrol. Saunders was married first to Avis Hughes from 1922 to 1927 then to the actress Fay Wray from 1928 to 1939, after suffering poor health he committed suicide in 1940. SIGNED note card. Irwin Shaw (1913 –1984) playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for his novels The Young Lions (1948) about the fate of three soldiers during World War II that was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970) about the fate of three siblings after World War II that was made into a popular miniseries starring Nick Nolte. SIGNED mounted Saturday Review Magazine cover to matte board in which he is on the cover. POOR CONTRAST. Euell Theophilus Gibbons(1911 –1975) Author, Natuartlist, outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets during the 1960s. SIGNED 8x10 photograph. Richard Gustave Stern (1928-2013) novelist, short story write. ALS, 2001. Benjamin Greenleaf (1786-1864) Publsiher and Educator – He published as series of mathematical text-books the “first” was his National Arithmetic, published in Boston in 1835. SIGNATURE, Bradford, Mass..............MIN. BID $40
133. [HOCKEY] Mike "Ritz, Rizzo" Eruzione (b.1954) American ice hockey player. He is best known as the captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous "Miracle on Ice" game, in which he scored the game-winning goal. SIGNED, and inscribed 5x7 photo from the 1980 Gold Game. VG.....................50-75
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134. [FRANCE] BISHOP OF CHARTRES [1717-1780, Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin de Rosset de Fleury]. He was Bishop from 1748-1780. Document Signed, Paris, 1778, 1p, approx. 6-1/2 x 8-1/4". About Madame de Vauldrey. VG...........100-150
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135. Addison Irving Bacheller (1859-1950) was an American journalist and writer who founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. ALS, 1929, 1p, to Darwin P. Kingsley, who was President of the New York Life Insurance Co. from 1906-1930. VG.................60-80
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136. [MUSIC] Burrill Phillips (1907-1988) American composer, teacher, and pianist. AMQS from "Scena da Camera" for Violin and Cello, 8-1/4 x 2-3/4". Wrinkled.....40-60
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137. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) Czech Opera . ALS, 1981...........35-45138. [FRANCE] Joseph Auguste Emile Vaudremer (1829-1914) French architect. He won the prix de Rome and designed several public buildings in France, particularly in Paris. He designed several typical 19th century buildings in Paris : lycées (including the Lycée Buffon), churches (including Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil, and Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge) and the Prison de la Santé. In 1867 he was elected to the seventh seat of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, architecture section, succeeding Alphonse de Gisors. ALS, 1882, 2pp, 4 x 5-1/4 in. VG..........80-120
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149. [CONGRESS] Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Offered here is an archive of letters & carbon copies, 1948 concerning appearl of Mr. Remo Rossi that his daughter, Inez Rossi, residing in Italy, be permitted to enter the United States for permanent residence. Two of the letters are signed by Philbin. About 43 pieces in this lot.................Min. Bid $35
141. [US SENATORS] TLSs by US senators: Wm. Spong, Harry F. Byrd Sr., Clifford Case, Charlie Goodell, John Sherman Cooper, Thomas Dood, Russell Long, 2 by John Sparkman, and Charles Percy. These date 1969-1972............50-75
142. STELLA ADLER (1902-1989) Actress, Director, Teacher. She opened the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting. Among those to study at the conservatory were Marlon BRANDO Robert De NERO, Warren BEATTY, and Candice BERGEN, Adler is viewed as one of the foremost influences on contemporary acting. TLS dtd 5/12/89 signed "Stella"................40-60
143. Dan Quayle (b. 1947) the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Quayle was also a U.S. representative from 1977 to 1981 and a U.S. senator from 1981 to 1989 from the state of Indiana. Signed 8x10 photo. VG............75-100
144. Jesse Column Dickey (1808-1891) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He served as quartermaster and later paymaster in the United States Army during the American Civil War. Signed endorement on the back of 1869 bank check made out to him. VG..................25-35
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145. [AMERICANA] Louisa James writes a 1857 letter from Philadelphia to her sister. 4pp. in ink. Black history content. "............I told him Cunningham had become so obnoxious to the neighbors by his intimacy with the negroes that unless he had him removed I had no doubt he would be driven from the neighborhood..........I don't feel he is anything but a stranger to our family........who may be doing an injury to the negroes........rich but selfish........so forward you must keep him in his place. VG...............50-75
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146. John Trumbull (1750-1831) American poet. ALS, signed J. Trumbull D Aty, 1p, 7-1/2 5-3/4 in. No date but c. 1789-1801. "Sir, Majr. Stuart has this moment received your Note relating to the prisoners Keyes & c ----but is too unwell to answer it -----I can see no other method, than for the Court to proceed to the tryal of some opther person, I to have it in Order that the person to whom the money was pass'd, attend the Court tomorrow Morning___" Soiled; toning overall; two pinhead holes affect very little................150-200
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147. [FRANCE] 1784 Manuscript Document signed Pierre Fabri, from Geneva. About Isaac Vernet and Boutin [had to do with Abraham Gradis, Jewish merchant]. Approx. 6-1/4 x 8". VG......75-100
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148. Margaret Deland (1857-1945) American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She is generally considered part of the literary realism movement. ALS, no date, 1p,, 5-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Fine...................60-80
See above149. [NAZI PERSECUTION] the following letters are from the personal papers of Frederick Solomon (1899-1980). Dr. Frederick K. “Fritz” Solomon (originally Solomonski) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899. In 1938, when the synagogue he was serving at was torched by Nazis and he was subsequently summoned by the Gestapo, he fled Germany with his wife, Margot, and emigrated to England. While still in Europe, Solomon had studied art under the German-Jewish artists Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg and Eugene Spiro, and German expressionist Willy Jaeckel. In England, he continued his artistic career, exhibiting his religious and expressionistic work at various galleries throughout the country, including the Royal Academy and the Kensington Art Gallery in London, where he had a one-man show. His work is in the permanent collections of the Courtauld Institute, the Bazalel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Ben Uri Art Gallery St. John’s Wood, London (now incorporating the London Jewish Museum of Art). He was the curator of this latter gallery from 1943 to 1946. In 1954, Solomon left England to take up a position as rabbi for Temple Beth Ha Shalom in Williamsport, PA. After three years in Pennsylvania, he sought another position and, as a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, was appointed rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in the Vedado suburb of Havana, where he wrote sermons and hosted religious services for his congregation, a part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Solomon was also active in the Jewish Progressive movement, frequently communicating with representatives of The World Union for Progressive Judaism throughout the 1950s in an attempt to officially associate his congregation with the organization. Dr. Solomon left Havana in 1960 and relocated to Laconia, N.H., where he served as rabbi at Temple B’nai Israel until 1963. He and his wife then moved to Rochester, N.H. in 1963, where he opened the New English Art Gallery and Studio. In his later years, Solomon served as the chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Nathaniel Hawthorne College in Antrim, New Hampshire. He died in in 1980. Offered here is a collection of letters written to Frederick Solomon. It includes items sent to Solomon from The United Restitution Organization (URO) that was established in 1948 as a legal aid service to assist victims of Nazi persecution living outside Germany in making restitution and indemnification claims against Germany and Austria. The URO has served over 250,000 clients. It helped Jews, Roma, and other victims of Nazi crimes. At its most expansive, the URO maintained 29 offices in 15 countries around the world. British barrister Norman Bentwich was the chairman of the URO board from 1948 until his death in 1971, and Kurt May, a German-born lawyer who had fled the Nazis in 1934 after he defended a leading Social Democrat wrongly accused of being a Communist, served as its director from the early 1950s until 1990. INCLUDES a TLS, 1939 signed by Alexander J. Burnstein (1900-1980) Rabbi who was born in Kiev, Ukraine and, after making his way to the United States, graduated from Northwestern University. On December 1, 1938, upon the successful arrangement of this position by Cyrus Adler (who had presided over Burnstein's ordination less than a decade before), became the executive secretary of the Advisory Committee on Refugee Jewish Ministers from 1938 to 1942. Burnstein was one of two Jews, both rabbis (the other being Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel), who contributed to a volume celebrating the lifework of Reinhold Niebuhr.[20] Burnstein, a Jewish "admirer" of Niebuhr, wrote of his disagreement with Niebuhr in focusing on teshuvah rather than original sin in understanding human behavior. Also Else Bienheim (1905-1998) TLS, 1970, from the United Restitution Organization (URO). A lengthy TLS, 1937 signed LUDWIG KLAAR from Stockholm. Not translated. Leslie I. Edger (1905-1984) TLS, 1939, 1p. Bruno Buchwald - TLS, 1938, 1p. PLUS 8 others dating 1938-39. VG. Certainly worthy of research. There are Solomon papers in the collection of the Univ. of New Hampshire and Miami University in Florida...................200-300
150. [MUSICAL THEATRE] 1964 theatre program for THE STUDENT PRINCE starring Allan Jones. William Lewis & Elaine Malbin. Signed by 10 people: Hal Frank, Douglas Mellor, Elaine Malbin, Joe Ross, Frances Koll, Charles Caron, Tom Bate, Mary Stevenson, William James, and Hans G. Wurman. Approx. 9 x 12 in. VG.............50-75
151. [AMERICANA] 1847 Stampless Cover BOSTON, MA Clothes Business, Styles ALBERT FULLER & CO. Offered here is a wonderful 1+pp. ALS (stampless cover, with a red Boston postal cancel), 7 3/4" x 10" (folded sheet), dated Boston August 4th 1847, sent to Mess. Albert Fuller & Co. in Scotland, CT, simply signed A.F. & Co., a fine letter concerned with the making of clothes: "... 10 ps lay. plaid vesting to be made in three styles one third single breasted 42 one third half double breasted 50 we get for making & triming one third Double breasted 62... [much more]." Folds (very small breaks), otherwise very good................Min. Bid $10152. [FRANCE] c.1650 manuscript document on vellum, 1 page, approx. 10 x 5-1/4 in. Accompanied by some information. See scan below................80-120
153. [FILM] Louis Calhern (1895-1956) American stage and screen actor. For portraying Oliver Wendell Holmes in the film The Magnificent Yankee (1950), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Signed album page. Signed on the other side by Gladys Swarthout (1900-1969) American mezzo-soprano opera singer and actress. Approx. 6-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. VG...................50-75
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154. [FILM] Benjamin Bratt (b.1963) American actor, producer, and activist. Signed 10 x 8 photo. Fine..........25-35
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155. [PRESIDENT POLK] government document printed for the US Congress in1847 - from the President of the United States, James K. Polk. Ex. Doc. No. 11, FLOATING DRY DOCKS, 152pp., about 5-1/4 x 8-3/4 in. These are called Gov Docs. VG......Min. Bid $10
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156. [NAVY] Report of The Secretary of the Navy [Gideon Welles], printed government document, signed in type by Welles, Jan. 31, 1866, 64pp., 5.5 x 9 in. VG..............30-40
157. [OPERA] Elizabeth Harwood (1938-1990) English lyric soprano. She enjoyed an operatic career lasting for over two decades and worked with such conductors as Colin Davis and Herbert von Karajan. She was one of the few English singers of her generation to be invited to sing in productions at the Salzburg Festival and La Scala, Milan, as well as at the Metropolitan Opera. ANS, with envelope postmarked 1981. 7x9 in. Mail folds............20-30
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158. [MUSIC] George Crumb (b. 1929) American composer of avant-garde music. Signed 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 in. slip plus envelope addressed in his hand, signed in the return address portion. Two signed pieces. VG..........30-40
See above159. [MAINE] John Baldacci (b. 1955) the 73rd Governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. TLS, 1997, 1 full page, about cutting Medicare................20-30
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160. [ENTERTAINMENT LOT] includes: David Niven (1910-1983) signed card; Red Skelton (1913-1997) small photo signed on verso; Caesar Romero (1907-1994) signed 5x7 photo; Leon Belasco (1902-1988) autograph note signed 1982; Belita (1923-2005) signed & inscribed card; Don Beddoe(1903-1991) ANS; Lina Basquette (1907-1994) 4x5 photo signed on verso; Whitt Bissell (1909-1996) signed & inscribed card; Joyce Matthews (1919-1999) signed, inscribed stationary...........80-120
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161. Julian Hawthorne [1846-1934] Am. writer, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Clip Signature..........20-30
162. [PORTRAIT] antique engraved portrait of Thomas Say (1787-1834) the American entomologist, conchologist, and herpetologist. His definitive studies of insects and shells, numerous contributions to scientific journals, and scientific expeditions to Florida, Georgia, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and elsewhere made him an internationally known naturalist. Say has been called the father of American descriptive entomology and American conchology. He served as librarian for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, curator at the American Philosophical Society, and professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania. Image approx. 3-3/8 x 4-1/4 in. plus clean margins. Fine................Min. Bid $10
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163. [PORTRAIT] King William 4th (1765-1837) King of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Antique original engraved portrait. Approx. 2-3/4 x 2-1/4" plus wide margins. VG..........Min. Bid $10
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164. [FRANCE] Adolphe Perraud (1828-1906) French Cardinal and academician. His calling card as Le Cardinal Perraud on which he pens 13 lines on both sides. Accompanied by original envelope addressed to Edmond de Morsier. About reunion; mentions Leon XIII. Don't think he signed. VG.........50-75
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165. [GERMANY] Frederick III (1831-1888) German Emperor and King of Prussia for ninety-nine days in 1888, the Year of the Three Emperors. Signed Morning Address Panel, as Crown Prince. Right top corner of envelope has been removed, where stamp should be.............100-150
166. Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889) was an Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. ALS, dated 9 May, no year, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7-3/4. Very light foxing..........50-75 Portrait of S.C. Hall
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167. [FRANCE] Félicien Champsaur (1858-1934) French novelist and journalist. His first novel was the roman à clef Dinah Samuel (1882), said to present portraits of poet Arthur Rimbaud and actress Sarah Bernhardt. He went on to publish many novels, collections of articles, and other works, including Miss America (1885), Entrée de clowns (1886), Parisiennes (1887), Les Bohémiens (1887), Lulu (1888), L'Amant des danseuses (1888), La Gomme (1889), and Poupée Japonaise (1912), Nora, la guenon devenue femme (1929), a parody loosely based on the career of American dancer Josephine Baker. He died in Paris. ALS, 1909, WRITTEN ON POSTCARD. SPEAKS OF L'ABATTUIR. * ALSO letters to Alibert from Jean Royere, the poet [ALS 1911]; Julia Allard [1884-1940]; Eugene Hollande; and Leon Hennique. Very good condition. Certainly worthy of research...........100-150
168. [BASEBALL] James Cory Snyder (b.1962) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1986 to 1994. Snyder's best season came in 1987 with the Indians when he hit 33 home runs, and had 82 Runs Batted In. SIGNED & INSCRIBED COLOR 8X10 photo. VG.............20-30
169. [GOLF] David Stockton (b. 1941) American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. SIGNED COLOR 8X10 PHOTO. VG...........25-35
170. [MUSIC] Eula Beal (1919-2008) American contralto. During her relatively short touring career, she performed with distinguished collaborators not only in concert but also in Concert Magic, a 1947 film billed as "the first motion picture concert." Touring the United States as a concert contralto in the 1940s, she appeared with orchestras including the Phoenix Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. With the latter ensemble, she performed in two works by Gustav Mahler: his Eighth Symphony, under Eugene Ormandy at the Hollywood Bowl, and Kindertotenlieder. Beal's operatic appearances included interpretations of Erda in Wagner's Siegfried and the innkeeper in Boris Godunov with the San Francisco Opera during the 1948 season. She also sang at Radio City Music Hall and the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Pops. Signed program, 6 x 9 in. Tape remains at two corners...............40-60
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171. [MUSIC] Dalton Baker (1879-1970) Baritone, teacher, choir conductor and organist, born in England. Baker emigrated to the USA in 1913 and moved to Canada in 1914 as the first organist-choirmaster at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto. Signed musical quote "Is not his word like a fire?, from Felix Mendelssohn's opera "Elijah." About 3-3/4 x 3-1/2 in. Includes postcard photo of Baker. VG......50-75
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172. [MUSIC] Johannes Wolff (1869-1947) German musicologist, Medieval music expert, violinist. His close friend John Singer Sargent, the American artist, painted him with a celebrated portrait. Signature with sentiment.........25-35
173. [COLONIAL MAINE] small manuscript document, Kittery, Maine, dated 1781, paying Capt. Roger Mit(chell), signed by Charles Chauncy (1729-1809) he was the nephew of Sir William Pepperell (1696-1759). The right side is partially missing. Approx. 4 x 4-1/4 in. Signed 1782 on verso by Capt. Roger Mitchell (1742-1817). Expected age wear.............50-75
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174. [SILENT FILM] Nellie Parker Spaulding (1870-1945) American silent film actress who appeared in at least 37 films between 1915 and 1925. Born in Machias, Maine, she was 45 years old when she obtained her first film part, as 'Aunt Sally' in The Flying Twins (1915). Originally billed as 'Eleanor Spaulding', she was using the more informal 'Nellie' by 1918. She most often played mothers, aunts, or older women, such as "Mrs. Peniston" in the first filmed version of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1918). Spaulding worked for various production companies, but her last role (in 1925) was in an MGM picture. Signed picture postcard, 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 in. VG........25-35
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175. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Isaac A. Hill (1827-1903) Probate Court Register; he was the son of Isaac Hill, the governor and US Senator. Document Signed, 1873, about 7.5 x 9.5 in. VG.............25-35
176. [MUSIC] Jack Jones [b. 1938] American jazz and pop singer. He was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1960s. Signed 1993 contract to appear in Dearborn, Michigan for $12,500. Jones signs with initials...........30-40
177. [AMERICANA] Nathaniel Adams (1756-1829) served as private and corporal in the Worcester county militia. He was a surveyor and civil engineer from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and clerk of the Superior Court from 1787 until his death. Justice of the Peace in Rockingham County, NH 1789-1806; First president of the Athenaeum 1829. Founder of the New Hampshire Historical Society & Portsmouth Library. Offered here is a 1824 document signed as Clerk. Land sale between Nath. A. Haven & John Haven. Some light spots o/w VG.................Min. Bid $25
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178. [FOOTBALL] Ara Parseghian (1923-2017) American collegiate football coach. He served as head coach for three teams, most notably the University of Notre Dame team from 1964-1974. During his 11 seasons as head coach of the Fighting Irish (known popularly as "the Era of Ara"), he compiled a 95-17-4 record, for a .836 winning percentage, making him the most successful Notre Dame coach of the modern era. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............Min. Bid $20
179. (STUART SYMINGTON) (1901-1988), Senator from Missouri, First Secretary of the Air Force, appointed by Truman. LS written by his cousin Stuart Symington Goode, a lawyer and socialite, to prominent newsman Ray Tucker December 9, 1952. Extremely interesting political commentary and considerable discussion, sometimes very unflattering, about his cousin...........35-45
180. [FRANCE] Auguste Armand Ghislain Marie Joseph Nompar de Caumont de LLa Force (1878-1961), 12th Duke of La Force, was a French duke and historian. Specialising in the 17th century (he was himself a descendent of the 1000-year-old Caumont de la Force family), his work allowed him to reconstruct events in which his ancestors had taken part. He was elected a member of the Académie française on 19 November 1925. ALS, [1899?], 1-1/2 pages. VG.............50-75
181. Benjamin Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865 founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990. Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906. VG...........50-75
182. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 1962. TWO letters written in 1962 between Brenda Kuhn and William E. Woolfenden. Mostly about the Montress Gallery and the Armory Show 50th Anniversary Exhibition. William E. Woolfenden, who made it his mission to gather every artifact, photograph, scrap of paper and taped recollection he could about American artists, collectors, curators and dealers, was the director of the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art. Mr. Woolfenden, who was born in Detroit and had bachelor's and master's degrees from Wayne State University, went to work for the Detroit Institute of Arts and was its director of education when the museum's director, Edgar P. Richardson, had an idea that would change both their lives. Mr. Woolfenden, who was associated with the archives from the beginning, was named assistant director in 1960, and after Mr. Richardson's retirement from the museum, he became the archives' first full-time director. During the next 19 years Mr. Woolfenden, who made Manhattan his headquarters, built what had begun as a modest depository into the world's largest archive devoted to American art, a treasure trove for scholars. The letter from Woolfenden was signed by his secretary. Brenda Kuhns letter was her signed retained COPY as was her practice when sending letters.......200-300 Min. Bid $50
183. [SCIENCE] Charles Frederick Marvin (1858-1943) American meteorologist. He was born at Putnam, Ohio. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1883, and was appointed to the United States Army Signal Corps of the United States Army. On July 1, 1891, an Act of Congress created the Weather Bureau from the signal service. All the men and duties relating to weather were transferred from the War Department. He became professor of meteorology in 1903 in the Weather Bureau, and chief there in 1913. Marvin conducted important experiments for determining the amount of moisture in the air, invented instruments for automatically measuring and recording rainfall, snowfall, etc., and produced other advancements during the time when man first began the employment of powered aircraft. Marvin wrote numerous pamphlets and papers published by the Weather Bureau. He contributed to the New International Encyclopedia. Offered here is a 1905 autograph note signed, written in the 3rd person, accepting invitation from National Academy of Sciences. 5-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Fine..................75-100 184. John Gould (1908-2003) American humorist, essayist, and columnist who wrote a column for the Christian Science Monitor for over sixty years from a farm in Lisbon Falls, Maine. He was published in most major American newspapers and magazines and wrote thirty books. SIGNED, inscribed 10 x8 photo, dated April 3, 2002. VG...........40-60
185. J.P. Morgan Jr. (1867-1943), also known as Jack Morgan, was an American banker, finance executive, and philanthropist. Morgan Jr. inherited the family fortune and took over the business interests including J.P. Morgan & Co. after his father J. P. Morgan died in 1913. Document Signed, J.P. Morgan & Co., NY, 1896, 1p. To J.A. Barnard, Indianapolis, re: check $1673.75. Barnard was a railroad man. VG...............Min. Bid $50
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186. Oliver North (b. 1943) American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel. He was convicted in the Iran–Contra affair of the late 1980s but his convictions were vacated and reversed, and all charges against him dismissed in 1991. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG..............30-40
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187. [THEATRE] Sam Bernard (1863-1927) was an English-born American vaudeville comedian who also performed in musical theatre, comic opera and burlesque and appeared in a few silent films. Signature dated 1900. Not attractive. Approx. 5 x 2-3/4 in. Laid down. Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum, Boothbay, Maine............Min. Bid $8
188. [FILM] Eileen Heckart ( 1919-2001) American actress of film, stage, and television. Primarily known as a character actress, her career spanned nearly 60 years. SIGNED 3X5 card. VG............20-30
189. [MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (1923-2016) American composer of classical music, and the University of Michigan's Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra. AMQS on 3x5 card. VG.........50-75
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191. [FROM MELVILLE INGALLS FILES] small archive: [1] Melville Ingalls [1842-1914] TLS, 1900, 1p., to J.A. Barnard. [2] John T. Dye - 1900 TLS, 1-1/2 pp. re: estate of Abbie Ingalls, who was the grand-daughter of Melville Ingalls. [3] John Alfred Barnard (b. 1861) TLS, 1900, 1p. Barnard, John Alfred, Ex-General Manager Peoria & Eastern Ry. Address Indianapolis, Ind. Born Aug. 27, 1861, at Grenville, Que. Educated at the Galt Collegiate Institute at GaIt, Ont. Entered railway service 1878 as stenographer in general superintendent's office Kansas City St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Rd. since which he has been consecutively clerk in assistant and. general superintendents' offices; engineer's, auditor and assistant treasurer's offices; clerk in general manager's office Hannibal & St. Joseph Rd; clerk treasury department Chicago Burlington & Quiney Rd at Chicago, Ill.; one year assistant paymaster same road; 1887 to April 1889, purchasing department Ohio & Mississippi Ry at Cincinnati, O.; April to Oct. 1, 1889, purchasing agent same road; Oct. 1, 1889. to March 1, 1890. general manager Ohio Indiana & Western Rd; March 1, 1890 to July 1, 1891, assistant general manager Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Ry; July 1, 1891 to Feb. 1905. general manager Peoria & Eastern Ry (Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Ry Co., lessee); March 1900 to March 12, 1901, also vice-president Peoria & Pekin Union Ry; March 12, 1901 to March 10, 1903, also president Peoria & Pekin Union Ry. Plus other pages................200-300 Min. Bid $35
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192. [THEATRE] Victor Mapes (1870-1943) American playwright. Brief ALS, 1907, 1p. VG.......25-35
193. [LAW] John Augustus (1785 -1859) Boston boot maker who is called the "Father of Probation" in the United States because of his pioneering efforts to campaign for more lenient sentences for convicted criminals based on their backgrounds. Brief ADS, Boston, 1821. "Mr. Wm. Barry Sir please deliver the bearer one Hat & charge the same to your acc." 8 x 2-3/4 in. VG...........75-100
194. [LABOR] David Dubinsky (1892-1982) American labor leader. He served as president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) between 1932 and 1966, took part in the creation of the CIO and was one of the founders of the American Labor Party and the Liberal Party of New York. Signed 1977 FDC. Clean. VG............50-75
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195. [FILM] Gregory Hines [1946-2003] American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer. TLS, 1981, 1p. VG.........25-35
196. [GOLF] Raymond Floyd [b. 1942] American golfer. Signed, inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG......25-35
197. Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney (1902-1980) Democratic Party politician from Oklahoma. He represented Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until 1951, and represented Oklahoma in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969. He was voted by the Senate pages as "the nicest Senator." TLS, 1966, 1p. Re: inefficiencies in the postal service. VG................25-35
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198. [ACTORS] actors - 4 portrait cards: Emil Jannings, Jackie Coogan, Erich Von Stroheim & Montgomery Clift.......Min. Bid $12
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199. [ACTORS] actors - 2 portrait cards: James Dean & Natalie Wood.............Min. Bid $9
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200. [ACTORS] actors - 2 portrait cards: ClarK Gable & Marilyn Monroe............Min. Bid $9
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201. [MUSIC] Rene Clemencic (1928 - ) Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player. AMQS from his famous "Kabbala Oratorio." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4". VG..........50-75
202. ROBERT S. DILLON (1929- ) American Diplomat. He was US Ambassador to Lebanon (1981-1983)It was during this time during the War there and dealt with the crises there impeccably. Onn the morning of Sunday, October 23, 1983, a heavy truck, loaded with explosives rammed into the building that housed the Battalion Landing Team (BLT) of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) The truck detonated immediately. The building was destroyed and 220 U.S. marines, 18 sailors and 3 soldiers housed there were killed in the ensuing explosion TLS dtd 5/12/1983 as Ambassador, with signed/inscribed 5x7 portrait photograph (2 items). The photo is signed in dark area therefore poor contrast.........................25-35
203. [Country Music] Charlie Pride (1934-2020) American country music singer. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo..........50-75
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204. [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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205. [THEATRE] George Edward Wade (1869-1954) better known by his stage name, George Robey, was an English music hall comedian and star. He was marketed as the "Prime Minister of Mirth". SIGNED postcard photograph with sentiment dressed as the Queen of Hearts. Mounting traces on verso. VG.............40-60
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206. [FILM] Ricardo Cortez (1900-1977) American actor. Unsigned vintage 1925 photograph, 5x7 in. The signature is printed. VG................Min. Bid $9
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207. [BALLET] Dame Merle Park (b. 1937) prima ballerina. She joined the Royal Ballet in 1954 and became a soloist in 1958. In her career, she was partnered by Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Dowell, Mikhail Baryshnikov. Signed color 5x7 photo. VG.............40-60
208. [NOBEL] THOMAS CECH - American Chemist. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discoveries about the catalytic properties of RNA. SIGNED 4x6 photograph............25-35
Ellis Island Designs 209. Edward L. Tilton (1861-1933) American architect, with a practice in New York City, where he was born. He specialized in the design of libraries, such as the Olean Public Library and Mount Pleasant Library (Washington, D.C.), two of about a hundred libraries, many of them Carnegie libraries, that he designed in the United States and Canada, and structures for educational institutions. He and the partner that he met in Paris, William A. Boring, won a competition in 1897 to design the first phase of new buildings for the U.S. Immigration Station on Ellis Island in New York Harbor : the Main Building (1897-1900), Kitchen and Laundry Building (1900-01), Main Powerhouse (1900-01), and the Main Hospital Building (1900-01) were all constructed to their designs before the formal partnership was amicably dissolved in 1904. The two architects continued to share an office. A RARE DOCUMENT SIGNED, Dec. 27, 1923, concerning construction supplies for the Knight Memorial Library in Providence, Rhode Island, for $8,579.23. One page plus 2 additional pages of figures.......100-150
210. [MUSIC] JEFF VON DER SCHMIDT is Conductor and Founding Artistic Director of Southwest Chamber Music. A two-time Grammy Award-winning conductor, he has led numerous performances of standard 20th century composers as well as world and local premieres of new work. Mr. von der Schmidt has received six Grammy nominations, including consecutive 2003 and 2004 Grammy Awards as conductor for the Complete Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez Volumes and 2. His performance was nominated for Best Classical Album in 2005 for the Complete Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez, Volume 3 by both mainstream and Latin Grammys. Recent projects include leading cultural exchanges at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, featuring Aura, a major new composition by Grawemeyer Award-winning composer Chinary Ung; and a complete cycle of the chamber music of Carlos Chávez with Southwest Chamber Music and the Tambuco Percussion Ensemble at the UNAM Center in Mexico City in May 2007. His successful 2003 performance at the Library of Congress, with soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson in Richard Felciano’s An American Decameron, was greeted with a standing ovation. He has led cycles of the Los Angeles works of Arnold Schoenberg at Cooper Union in New York City and at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, where Southwest Chamber Music was the first American ensemble to perform at the Center since its relocation from the University of Southern California. Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros. pay check. VG..............25-35See check
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211. [MUSIC] Charlotte Mellot Joubert - French Opera singer, noted on the world stage at the turn of the century. Made early recordings. ALS on 4-1/4 x 2-3/4" card, dated 1934. Written on both sides. Includes envelope. VG..........35-45
212. [SPACE] Gerald "Jerry" Carr (b. 1932) American astronaut. Signed, inscribed color litho. portrait in space suit, Sky Lad III. VG..........35-45
213. Conrad K. Grieb (1905-1991) was the author of Uncovering the Forces for War. In the late 1930s he was office manager of Seward Collins's American Review Bookshop in New York. During the war he served with the United States Coast Guard. His book "Uncovering the Forces for War" was a unabashedly pro-German survey of the undercover forces for war: British World Empire, World Finance, and their constant companion, Organized World Jewry. The book was published by Grieb under his Examiner imprint and distributed widely among the remnants of the post-war American far right. Grieb later authored American Manifest Destiny and the Holocausts. Offered here is a full page 1949 TLS to George Andrews Moriarty (1883-1968) American genealogist. Moriarty went to work for the U. S. State Department in the foreign service, and served in consular and secretarial roles in Fiume, Italy; Mexico City; and Guatemala. He returned to Harvard once again to study law, and received his LL.B. in 1916. He practiced law in Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts for over a decade, which time also included a year in the U.S. Army at the end of World War I when he was a captain in military intelligence. In 1927 he ended his career in law and devoted the remainder of his life to historical and genealogical pursuits. In 1986 the National Genealogical Society instituted a Hall of Fame for individuals that had made significant strides in the field of genealogy. In 1990 G. Andrews Moriarty was inducted into that prestigious group, having been nominated by the Genealogical Society of Utah and the American Society of Genealogists. Moriarty was known to be anti-semitic per Maine State Police and a Nazi sympathizer. MORIARTY was deeply interested in the threat of Communism in the United States. He added he believed the Jewish people were behind the Communist Party over the whole world and were using the Russians and the Communist Party to eventually gain mastery over all the world's people. He stated he was desirous of ascertaining who the sender of certain literature was and would cooperate with the FBI in every way. He stated further he would recontact writer in the event he receives any more literature, particularly if a return address accompanies the literature. Offered here are many items from the personal papers of G. Andrews Moriarty. RARE! VG...............Min. Bid $30
214. [MUSIC] ROBERT WARD (1917- 2013) American Composer/Pulitzer Prize - His large and distinguished musical creation has,in large measure, been commissioned by the New York City Opera, Broadcast Music. Inc., the New York Philharmonic, the Friends of Dumbarton Oaks, the Juilliard Musical Foundation. and many others. His opera, THE CRUCIBLE, based on the play by Arthur Miller, won both the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Music Critics Circle Citation for the same year. ANS ny, nd. MENTIONS HE'S WRITING HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Two pieces of paper residue near one edge which doesn't affect text...........25-35
215. (BRITISH RELIGIOUS NOTABLES LOT) WILSON CARLILE (1847-1942) Evangelist who found the Church Army and was Prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral. SIGNED card. CHARLES THOMAS LONGLEY (1794-1868) Archbishop of Canterbury (1862-1868). ALS (1863). ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHSON BOYD (1825-1899) Minister at St.Andrews, Author, Writer. ALS (1879). DR. HUGH SINGLETON (1851-1934) Roman Catholic Lord Bishop of Shrewsbury. SIGNED postcard photograph (1905). FREDERIC WILLIAM FARRAR (1831-1903) Church of England cleric, author. SIGNATURE. VG..............75-100
216. Preston Foster (1900-1970) American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. Signed, inscribed yellow card, 5x4 in. One fold line down the middle...............25-35
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217. [FILM] Catherine Deneuve (b. 1943) French actress. Signed color photo, 4-1/8 x 5-7/8 in. Fine...........35-45 See above 218. Lawrence F. Abbott (1859-1933) American editor and writer, son of Lyman Abbott. In 1891 he became president of the Outlook Company. As well as being a close friend to Theodore Roosevelt, throughout almost his whole life, he also served as secretary to Theodore Roosevelt during the latter's tour of Europe and Africa (1909–10), and edited Roosevelt's African and European Addresses (1910). He was the author of an article on Theodore Roosevelt in the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), and of Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt (1919) and The Story of NYLIC (1930). Signed & inscribed 4-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. card, dated 1921. Attractive and fine...............25-35
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219 [FILM] Ralph Bellamy (1904-1991) American actor whose career spanned 62 years on stage, film, and television. During his career, he played leading roles as well as supporting roles, garnering acclaim and awards, including an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for The Awful Truth (1937). Offered here is a signed sketch [a comical self-portrait], 5-1/4 x 8 in. He made the sketch but apparently didn't like it so he added NOT before the first name. VG.............50-75
See above220. [TAFT-HARTLEY BILL] Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. In 1942, as the Democratic nominee, Philbin was elected to the 78th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1971). At the very end of the 91st United States Congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, due to the death of L. Mendel Rivers on December 28, 1970. Offered here are 3 typed pages of a speech made before congress against passage of the Taft-Hartley Bill. All of the ink notationa & handwriting on the pages was made by Philbin. Also included is the same typed speech without his handwriting. VG.............Min. Bid $50
221. [TAFT-HARTLEY BILL] Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. In 1942, as the Democratic nominee, Philbin was elected to the 78th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1971). At the very end of the 91st United States Congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, due to the death of L. Mendel Rivers on December 28, 1970. Offered here are 4 typed pages of a speech made before congress. Appears to be about military pay [Bill H.R. 5007, circa 1950]. All of the ink notationa & handwriting on the pages was made by Philbin. Also included are 3 clean typed copies of the speech without his handwriting. VG.............Min. Bid $50
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222. Mystery Lot of 9 documents, dated 1828 - circa 1950. You do the research. Conditions mostly VG..........Min. Bid $15
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Scan 5223. [MUSIC] Paul Anka (b. 1941) Canadian singer, songwriter and actor. Anka became famous with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...............30-40
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224. Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Stamped postmarked Boston July 14 [no yr] envelope addressed in her hand to Mrs. Mary E. Stearns Care of George L. Stearns, 129 Milk St., Boston, Mass. NOT SIGNED. Mary Elizabeth [Preston] married George Stearns in 1843. George L. Stearns (1809-1867) was an American industrialist and merchant in Medford, Massachusetts, as well as an abolitionist and a noted recruiter of black soldiers for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Approx. 5.5 x 3 in. VG and Scarce!................80-120
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225 . [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895) American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of American President Abraham Lincoln. In 1857, he settled in Chicago, where he helped to establish the Academy of Design and was for eight years its head. In 1860 he made a life mask of Lincoln, of whom only one other was ever made (by Clark Mills in 1865). In the early part of spring in 1860, during Abraham Lincoln's visit to Chicago, Volk asked him to sit for a bust. When Lincoln agreed, the artist decided to start by doing a life mask. Lincoln found the process of letting wet plaster dry on his face, followed by a skin-stretching removal process, "anything but agreeable." But he endured it with good humor, and when he saw the final bust, he was quite pleased, declaring it "the animal himself." Volk later used the life mask and bust of 1860 as the basis for other editions, including a full-length statue of Lincoln. OFFERED HERE: Signed 1895 National Bank of Illinois bank check, approx. 3 x 6.25 in., star & one other cancellation. Very good condition...................100-150
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226. [FILM] Butterfly McQueen (1911-1995) American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in film in 1939 as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid, in the film Gone with the Wind. She was unable to attend the movie's premiere because it was held at a whites-only theater. Often typecast as a maid, she said: "I didn't mind playing a maid the first time, because I thought that was how you got into the business. But after I did the same thing over and over, I resented it. I didn't mind being funny, but I didn't like being stupid." She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, and then moved to television acting in the 1950s. Photocopy picture of her in role as Prissy. The signature is printed but she has added "as Prissy of G.W.T.W." 8.5 x 11 in. VG..........50-75........Min. Bid $20
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227. [ART] James Fenwick Lansdowne (1937-2008) An important Canadian painter, illustrator, printmaker and author, James Fenwick Lansdowne was born in Hong Kong, China and died in Victoria, Canada, where he had lived since 1940. His bird paintings and prints have been the subject of exhibitions at numerous important venues such as the Beijing Museum of Natural History, China; the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; the National Audubon Society, New York City; the National Geographic Society, New York City; the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Offered here is an original signed ink drawing of a bird, dated 1980. Drawn on 8 x 10 in paper. Unobtrusive middle fold mark. Fine............200-300
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228. [FILM] Joan Fontaine (1917-2013) British-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". Signed portrait print, 8 x 10.5 in. VG..............50-75
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229. [FRANCE] 1671 manuscript document, 3pp, written on thick vellum. Numerous signatures not researched. Approx. 7-1/4 x 10 in. VG.......................100-150
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230. [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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231. [ENGLAND] Sir Nicolas C. Tindal (1776-1846) celebrated English lawyer who successfully defended Queen Caroline at her trial for adultery in 1820. ALS, 1836, written on both sides of 7x9 in. sheet. Light toning; old mounting remains along one edge on back do not affect text......50-75
232. [BRITISH] Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark (1793-1863) British Whig politician. Waterpark was the son of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark, and his wife Juliana (née Cooper). He succeeded his father in the barony in 1830 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. The same year he was instead elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Knaresborough, a seat he held until 1832, and then sat for Derbyshire South from 1832 to 1835. He remained out of the House of Commons for nearly twenty years but returned in 1854 when he was elected for Lichfield, and sat for this constituency until 1856. Apart from his political career he was also a Colonel in the Derbyshire Militia. SIGNED "WATERPARK" ADDRESS PANEL DATED JUNE 30, 1831....................20-30
233. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL pencil drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. Fine. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it................50-75
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234. [ART] William Henry Shelton (1840-1932) American painter, etcher and illustrator, best remembered for his military art, most specifically his scenes from the American Civil War. W. H. Shelton, in fact, served in a New York State regiment during the conflict and thus his etchings and drawings are based upon actual experiences. He participated as an artillery commander in the Battle of the Wilderness, where he was badly wounded and taken prisoner by the Confederates. As well as producing a number of fine etchings, Shelton also contributed many illustrations to leading periodicals such as Harper’s during the 1870’s and 1880’s. He was a full member of the New York Etching Club and served as the Librarian for the influential New York arts association, the Salmagundi Club. During his career, W. H. Shelton exhibited at such institutions as the Brooklyn Art Association, the Boston Art Club, the Pennsylvania Academy and at the Art Institute of Chicago. Offered here is his original c. 1883 etching, Artillery Sergeant, image approx. 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. Plate signed. Fine...................150-200
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235. Hans Baur (1897- 1993) Adolf Hitler's pilot during Hitler's political campaigns of the early 1930s. He later became Hitler's personal pilot and leader of the Reichsregierung squadron. Apprehended by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II in Europe, he was imprisoned in the USSR for ten years before being extradited to France on 10 October 1955, where he was imprisoned until 1957. He died in Herrsching, Bavaria, in 1993. Lengthy ALS written on postcard, 1976, to Dr. B.C. West. Those of you who have been in autographs for years will remember B.C. West. VG............200-300
236. [WORLD WAR II] Major Everett E. Worrell, Jr. (1923-2015) World War 2 pilot who flew 35 combat missions in Europe, with his crew coming back uninjured from every single mission. He flew multiple aircraft in World War II including: B-17 bomber, Vultee BT-13 Valiant, B-25 Mitchell (Bomber), and the British de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito. The veteran served as a flight commander with the 381st Bomb Group. He had a special duty as an adjutant, overseeing the American Rest Homes in England or "Flak" houses. Signed postcard photo. 7x 5 in. Fine...............25-35
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237. (Assorted Document Lot) includes: (1) Italian Letter dated 1838, not translated, signed “Giacomo d’Anofrio”. (2) SIGNED document of Samuel Merrill (1792-1855), early leading banker of Indiana , signed bottom of half document dated May 20, 1834. (3) Colonial document of Topsfield, Mass. In 1772, signed by Matthew Standly, in 1772 and by Thomas Baker, John Howe, later signed in 1784 by Nathaniel Saltonstall and Michael Sewall in the transfer of land. (4 & 5) Two French Docuements signed, about 1700’s, not translated. (6) SIGNED transatlantic document which is a ALS, dated August 26, 1873 on Compagnie Generale, Transtatlantique stationary. (7) DS, Col. William Fernald, dated april 14, 1820, making Allen Crofs Sergeant in the Firfth Regiment in the Brigade and 1st Division in the Milita of Mass. All are VG...............100-200
238. Maine Paper - approx. 85 old documents, the earliest being 1834 - to about 1935. Receipts & business & legal paper. Needs research. Varied conditions.................Min. Bid $60
239. [COLONIAL] John Hancock (1737-1793) American patriot, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Offered here is a 1783 manuscript document. Ebenz. Winter Caless pays John Hancock. The docket handwriting on the backside was written by Hancock. Some loss of paper well away from Hancock's endorsement on the verso. Approx. 7-3/4 x 3-1/2 in.......Min. Bid $350
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240. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Louisa Eldridge (1829-1905) American actress also know as Aunt Louisa. As a member of New York's Union Square Theatre company, she specialized in playing older women. C;op signature 1898. (2) Lloyd "Sunshine" Olen Parker (1927-1999) American actor. He appeared in 25 films between 1959 and 1994. He is best known for his roles as Emmet in 'Road House' and Edgar Deems in 'Tremors." He typically played minor roles as either a bum or an old codger. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck. (3) Konstantin G. Fedoseev - TLS, Russian Embassy in Washington DC. TLS, 1956, 1o. Says that Mrs. Senuita does not wish to leave the Soviet Union for the US. (4) Bea Wain (1917-2017) American Big Band-era singer and radio personality born in the Bronx, New York City. She had a number of hits with Larry Clinton and his Orchestra. After her marriage she and her husband became involved in radio, helming a show titled "Mr. and Mrs. Music". Card signed and inscribed by Bea and her husband Andre Baruch(1908-1991) French-American film narrator, radio announcer, news commentator, talk show host, disc jockey and sportscaster. (5) Job Lyman (1781-1870) Vermont politician, attorney and banker who served as Vermont's State Auditor. Signed 1812 Vermont Supreme Court document, 7.5 x 12.5 in. VG. (6) Thomas Gray Fleming - signed printed poem, 1909. (7) Sudie Bond (1928-1984) American actress on film, stage, and television.......Min. Bid $50
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241. [GEORGE WASHINGTON] 2 antique engravings: (1) Washington's House, Mount Vernon. Image approx. 4-3/4 x 7-1/4 plus margins. (2) The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon. Image approx. 7 x 4 plus margins. VG.........50-75
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242. Floyd Dell [1887-1969] Am. journalist, novelist. In 1908 Dell moved on to Chicago where he became editor of the Friday Literary Review and a leader of the Chicago Renaissance. In his position at FLR, Dell promoted the work of Theodore Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson, Carl Sandburg and other Chicago writers. Relocating to New York in 1913, Dell became managing editor of Max Eastman's radical magazine The Masses, and a leader of the pre-war bohemian community in Greenwich Village. Nice CLIP SIGNATURE.............40-60
243. [VERMONT] Benj. Swan (1762-1839) was an American merchant, banker and politician. He was an important political figure in Vermont and served as State Treasurer.A Federalist, Swan served in local offices including Postmaster. He served as Justice of the Peace when holders of that office still heard court cases. He was also active in the militia, and achieved the rank of Major.In 1796 Swan was appointed County Clerk, an office in which he served until his death. Swan was elected Vermont State Treasurer in 1800. He served until 1833, and is the state's longest-tenured Treasurer. This is an original document, dated Woodstock, 1811, a double sided writ for non-payment of debts....signed twice on the front by Benjamin Swan and once on the back side. Document is 9-3/4 x 15 in. Also signed by Job Lyman (1781-1870) was a Vermont politician, attorney and banker who served as Vermont's State Auditor. Overall very good condition................100-200
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Scan 2244. 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
245. [COLONIAL] James Otis Jr. (1725-1783) was an American lawyer, political activist, pamphleteer, and legislator in Boston, a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly, and an early advocate of the Patriot views against the policy of Parliament which led to the American Revolution. His well-known catchphrase "Taxation without Representation is tyranny" became the basic Patriot position. ALS, Boston, 1763, 1p. money transfer. Approx. 7-1/4 x 5 in.Nunerous old tape repairs detract..................Min. Bid $200
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246. MYSTERY LOT of 7 items, dating from 1840 to 1930............Min. Bid $15
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247. MYSTERY LOT of 7 items, dating from 1785 to 1962............Min. Bid $15
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248. MYSTERY LOT of 15 items, dating from 1889 to 1996............Min. Bid $25
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249. MYSTERY LOT of 13 items, dating from 1820 to 1984............Min. Bid $25
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250. MYSTERY LOT of 11 items, dating from 1828 to 1981............Min. Bid $25
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251. MYSTERY LOT of 10 items, dating from 1842 to 1985............Min. Bid $25
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Scan 5252. [MUSIC] Franz Kullak (1844-1913) German composer and pianist. ALS, Berlin, 1875, 1p, 4.5 x 7". VG..........50-75
253. [MUSIC] Emanuele Bucalo (1864-1941) Italian opera star - considered one of the greatest baritones of his time. ALS, Milan, 1904, 1p. Not translated. VG........50-75
254. MYSTERY LOT of 12 items, most are 19th century............Min. Bid $20
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255. J.C. Wise [b.1881] Am. historian. TLS, no date.........20-30
256. JUSTIN W. DART Jr. (1930-2002) American Activist and advocate for the disabled. Close associate of Pres. and Mrs. Reagan, part of Reagan’s “Kitchen Cabinet”. TLS (1970), brief 1p. Fine......35-45
257. [THEATRE] Edward Terry (1844-1912) English actor, who became one of the most influential actors and comedians of the Victorian era. ALS, 1878, 2pp, declining a group to have a copy of a certain letter. This is a retained copy of Terry's letter written in his hand.........40-60
258. [OPERA] Sherrill Milnes [b. 1935] Am. baritone. ISP, 8x10.......20-30
259. [MUSIC - FILMS] José Iturbi Báguena (1895-1980) Spanish conductor, pianist and harpsichordist. He appeared in several Hollywood films of the 1940s, notably playing himself in the musicals Thousands Cheer (1943), Music for Millions (1944), Anchors Aweigh (1945), That Midnight Kiss (1949), and Three Daring Daughters (1948), his only leading role. TLS, 1977, 1p. to the Mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley, saying he will not be able to attend The Jewish National Fund meeting. Envelope is included. VG...............60-80
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260. Nell Carter (1948-2003) American singer and actress. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........40-60
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261. [THEATRE] Florence Williams (1910-1995) American actress. She played many parts in summer stock, where she met future husband scenic designer Leon Whitten, and eventually landed on Broadway performing opposite legendary actress Lillian Gish. Florence left New York and her entertainment career behind in 1973, retiring with her husband to a quiet life in Rockport, Maine. Although she received many invitations to participate in community theater, Florence felt that she was too old to resume acting and politely declined. However, to keep herself active, she joined a local acting workshop at age 81. Encouraged by her peers, an initially reluctant Florence ultimately participated in The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman show based on the life of poet Emily Dickinson. Using the professional name Florence Marshall, she performed her show nationally for the public in a series of benefits for nursing homes and abused children. Florence continued to involve herself in local Maine theater productions until 1992, two years before her death at age 84. Offered here are 2 ALSs, 1980 and 1986, plus a Camden, Maine theatre program. Written to Franklyn Lenthall (1919-2001) director of the Boothbay Playhouse, Boothbay, Maine, and from 1975 to 1990 he managed the Boothbay Theater Museum which contained the nation's largest private theater collection. VG..........Min. Bid $25
262. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers Association. Group of 2 typed letters signed "Gene", 1965, one to the actor Peter Lawford and the other to Milton Ebbins, Lawford's agent/partner regarding Lawford. Plus 3 ink signed memo documents sent to All members of the Society of INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS, which included Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Ebbins and Lawford. Total of 5 ink signed by Arnstein..........Min. Bid $25
263. US NAVAL] Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. OFFERED HERE: A signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN". VG.................50-75
264. [FILM] Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35
265. [NASA] Vance Brand - American astronaut. Signed 3x5 card.............Min. Bid $12
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266. [FILM] Don "Red" Barry (1912-1980) American film and television actor. He was nicknamed "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 1940 film Adventures of Red Ryder; the character was played in later films by "Wild Bill" Elliott and Allan Lane. Barry went on to bigger budget films following Red Ryder, but none reached his previous level of success. On July 17, 1980, Barry shot himself in the head at his home, shortly after police had left the residence after investigating a domestic dispute.[5] He was estranged at the time from his second wife, Barbara, with whom he had two daughters. Offered here is a Warner Bros. check dated 1984 paying DECEASED Donald Barry $191.29, endorsed on the verso by Barbara Barry. Therefore not actually signed by Red Barry. Fine.................Min. Bid $10
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268. Eric McCormack (b.1963) Canadian-American actor and singer known for his role as Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace, Grant MacLaren in Netflix's Travelers and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the American crime drama Perception. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35
269. [MUSIC] Wolfgang Wagner (1919- 2010) German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966. From then on, he assumed total control until he retired in 2008. Signed 4-1/4 x 5-3/4", dated 1992. VG.......30-40
270. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Emmanuel des Essarts (1839-1909); Henri Bernstein (1876-1953); Bertrand-Theobald-Joseph Lacrosse (1796-1865); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
271. Teófilo Braga, in full Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes. (1843-1924). Portuguese scholar and writer. Professor, Lisbon (1872 ff.); wrote prolifically on literature, history, politics, etc.; noted controversialist, and anticlericalist republican. Head of provisional government (1910-11) after dethronement of King Manuel; interim president of Portugal (1915). Author of Visa~o dos Tempos (1864), História da Poesia Popular Portuguesa (1867), comprehensive História da Romantismo en Portugal (1880), A Arcádia Lusitana (1899), etc. Signature on card (stamp dated 1916)..............40-60
272. [AMERICANA] Alexander Ladd (1784-1855) Merchant ship owner from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was also a state legislator and Proprietor of the P{ortsmouth and Concord Railroad. Manuscript document signed twice on page 2. Also signed by Robert G. Neil and Lory Odell (1801-1883) Judge. This document concerns the Estate of Nathaniel A. Haven. Approx. 7-1/2 x 12-3/4 in. VG.........Min. Bid $18
273. William Duren (1810-1888) he came from Waterville, Me., about 1827; engaged in lumbering and trade; has served as representative and senator in the Legislature of Maine, and as mayor of Calais, Maine 1872-75. DOCUMENT SIGNED, Calais, Maine, 1865. Land sale. Also signed by Levi Lincoln Lowell (1805-1880) [signed twice]. Approx. 8-3/4 x 13-1/2 in. Very fine condition...............25-35274. [ENGLAND] John Mason Good (1764-1827) English writer on medical, religious and classical subjects. In the autumn of 1784, he began to practise as a surgeon at Sudbury in Suffolk. There he was an acquaintance of Nathan Drake, a fellow writer and student of Shakespeare. n 1794 John Good became a member of the British Pharmaceutical Society, and in that connection, and especially by the publication of his work, A History of Medicine (1795), he did much to effect a greatly needed reform in the profession of the apothecary. OFFERED HERE is clip signature. Accompanied by a clip signature of Nathan Drake (1766-1836) English essayist and physician. Drake's works include several volumes of literary essays, and some papers contributed to medical periodicals, but his most important production was Shakespeare and his Times, including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on his Genius, and Writings; a new Chronology of his Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets; and a History of the Manners, Customs and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry and Elegant Literature of his Age (2 vols., 1817). Click below to see portrait of Nathan Drake, which does NOT come with this lot. Two signatures..................Min. Bid $10
Portrait of Nathan Drake
275. Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - 1933) British novelist. Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N. Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues. Under the pseydonym Alice Stuyvesant she wrote "The Hidden House" serialised in The Cavalier 1913-1914. Alice apparently said of her husband "Charlie Williamson could do anything in the world except write stories": she said of herself "I can't do anything else." She continued to write after her husband's death in 1920. ALS, no year, 3 full pages. To Miss Marshall [journalist]. Nice content............50-75
276. [VERMONT] J.A. Randall - signed 186? Vermont document, 7-3/4 x 3 in..............Min. Bid $1
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277. [GREAT BRITAIN] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, KG, GCB, PC (1804-1884), known as The Lord Cowley between 1847 and 1857, was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to France between 1852 and 1867. ALS, Paris, nd, 1p, 4-1/4 x 7-1/8 in. Fine.....50-75
278. [NUCLEAR HISTORY] William E. Ogle (1918-1984) American physicist. In 1944, Ogle went to work on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. He stayed on after the war to work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for more than 25 years, and worked on every nuclear test in Nevada and in the Marshall Islands during that time. During Operation Ivy, the first American hydrogen bomb test, Ogle served as scientific commander. AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE glued to large album page with magazine article glued around his autograph.......................50-75
279. [WORLD WAR I] William Jason Mixter, M.D. (1880-1958) prominent American surgeon. By the early 1930s, Mixter was considered to be one of the nation's leading experts in spinal surgery, and he went on to become the first chief of the neurosurgery department at Massachusetts General Hospital. He served in the U. S. Army in both world wars. In 1934, at the age of 54, Mixter and Joseph S. Barr published an article on the intervertebral disc lesion in the New England Journal of Medicine. That article fundamentally changed the popular understanding of sciatica at that time, and for this work Mixter is generally credited by his contemporaries as being the man who best clarified the relation between the intervertebral disc and sciatica. Mixter and Barr's landmark report helped to establish surgery's prominent role in the management of sciatica at the time. Over the next few decades, discectomy surgery increased in popularity tremendously, and some refer to that period as the "dynasty of the disc." Offered here are 5 items circa 1915 while Dr. Mixter was serving overseas. Two are documents plus a photo of him plus 2 other small photos. VG................100-150
280. James Carnahan (1775-1859) American clergyman and educator who served as the ninth President of Princeton University. ALS, Princeton, 1826, 1p, 7.5 x 9.5 in. To G. D. Wall saying that he has engaged Richard Stockton as his counsel. Garret Dorset Wall (1783-1850) was a military officer and Senator from New Jersey. He was elected as Governor of New Jersey. VG...................75-100
281. [SPANISH - AMERICAN WAR] group of 6 color stereoview cards of fighting ships. VG..............50-75
282. [TOWN VIEW] Washington from Arlington Heights, steel-engraving, 1872. Image approx. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4. Minor faults will not show when matted & framed. Attractive print..............25-35
283. First Light Infantry of Providence, Letter sent from L.C. Warner, April 26, 1859, 1p. about 5 x 7-3/4 in. VG.......25-35
284. Ted Lewis (1890-1971) American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He fronted a band and touring stage show that presented a combination of jazz, comedy, and nostalgia that was a hit with the American public before and after World War II. He was known by the moniker "Mr. Entertainment" or Ted "Is Everybody Happy?" Lewis. Signed & inscribed vintage photo, 8x10. There are 3 edge tears & small hole top edge...............50-75
285. [MARYLAND] Francis Thomas (1799-1876) Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland. Collection of 4 Documents signed, 1844. Appointing District Justices. Approx. 10-1/4 x 16-1/4 in. Expected folds o/w VG...................Min. Bid $100
286. [OPERA] Emma Howson (1844-1928) Australian opera singer and actress primarily known as the creator of the principal soprano role of Josephine in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore. Signed 4-1/4 x 3-1/4 card. VG.........25-35
287. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL pencil drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. Fine. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it................50-75
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288. [RACING] Michael Andretti (b. 1962) American semi-retired auto racing driver and current team owner. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series and amassed 42 race victories, the most in the CART era and fourth-most all time. Signed color magazine picture, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in. Two fold lines...............25-35
289. [MUSIC] Fats Domino (1928-2017) American pianist and singer-songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Signed 6 x 4 in. card. Fine..................50-75
290. [FRANCE] Paul Bastid (1892-1974) French lawyer and politician. Attached to the Radical Party, he was a member of the Cantal , Minister of Commerce under the Popular Front and representing radicals National Council of the Resistance , before heading L'Aurore. In 1941, the Vichy government dismisses the mandate of General Counsel. Paul Bastid while campaigning in the Resistance and the General Committee of studies (CGE), was formed in 1942 in Lyon, at his home. In 1943, he is the representative of the radical party in the National Council of Resistance and writes articles for the underground press. ALS, 1971, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. About a presentation at the Academy. Fine............75-100
291. [FRANCE] Louis-Lucien Klotz (1868-1930) French journalist and politician. He was the French Minister of Finance during World War I. Brief ALS, no date,, 1p, to Lucien Bauzin (1881-1971) French lawyer, newspaper man, politician, who was Klotz's chief of cabinet and was vice-president of the Radical Socialist Party. Includes, ALS, 1911, 2pp, by Bauzin to Klotz. VG...........60-80
292. [SCIENCE] Mathias-Marie Duval [1844-1907] French professor of anatomy and histology born in Grasse. He was the son of botanist Joseph Duval-Jouve (1810-1883). Duval is remembered for research involving placental development in mice and rats, and was the first to identify trophoblast invasion in rodents. With Austrian-American gynecologist Walter Schiller (1887-1960), Schiller Duval bodies are named, which are structures found in endodermal sinus tumors. ALS, 1889, 1p, about 5 x 8". Fine............50-75
293. [FRANCE] group of French autographs: [1] Édouard Alphonse Lefebvre Béhaine, Count Pigneaux (or Pigneau) is a diplomat, French (1829-1897). He was Ambassador of France to the Holy See , Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague and Secretary of Embassy ( Berlin and Rome ). He talked with his cousins Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, a rich correspondence of nearly 300 letters in almost 40 years. ALS, 1888, 3-1/2 pp. [2] Jean Charles Meissonier (1848 - 1917) French painter, son of the Master. ALS, Paris, 1893, 2pp. [3] Jean d'Esparbes (1899-1968) Fr. artist. ANS written on both sides of his personal calling card. Fine. [4] Louis Marsolleau (1864-1935] writer of songs. ALS, Paris, 1896, 2pp. [5] Camille-André Lemoyne, born in Saint Jean d'Angely (1822-1907) poet and novelist . ALS, 1p. plus envelope. [6] Emile Berr (1855-1923) Fr. journalist. ALS, nd., 1p. [7] Charles Borel-Clerc, pen name of Charles Clerc, was a French composer. My apple performer Maurice Chevalier (1936), Oh! If you knew my hen (1938) and Walk Ménilmontant (1941), three of his biggest hits. TLS, 1934, 2pp............150-250
294. [FILM] Edmund Lowe (1890-1971) American actor. Signed & inscribed slip........25-35
295. Liz Smith [1923-2017] American gossip columnist. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. VG......25-35
296. James Harlan (1820-1899) was an attorney and politician, a member of the United States Senate, a U.S. Cabinet Secretary at the United States Department of Interior under President Andrew Johnson, and a Federal Judge. CLIP SIGNATURE. VG.............25-35
297. [WASHINGTON] Early 19th century engraving of George Washington by W. Humphreys from a picture by Gilbert Stewart, printed at London by William Mackenzie. Fine, measures x 4 in. plus margins...............25-35
298. 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.................35-45
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299. Bob Dole - a 1987 typed 4 page letter sending two Preferred Tickets to his for formal announcement to run for President of the United States. His signature is, of course, printed. One of the tickets is included here. All are in fine condition.........Min. Bid $15
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300. [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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301. [FRANCE] Jean-François de Hercé (1776-1849) was a dignitary of the Catholic Church and French politician, mayor of Laval then bishop of the diocese of Nantes. ALS, 2pp, approx. 8-1/2 x 13". VG. He played a role in the 1848 Revolution...........100-150
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302. [FILM] Clive Clerk (1945-2005) successful dancer, actor, and artist, known for his roles in Send Me No Flowers (1964), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Billie (1965). He was married to actor Thomas Tryon 1970-1973. Following "A Chorus Line," he changed his name to Clive Wilson and worked professionally as an abstract painter artist. His work was displayed in galleries on both the East and West coasts. SIGNED 1965 contract for his role of Ted Chekas in the movie BILLIE starring Patty Duke. Also signed by H. Bud Otto (1934-2001) casting director. He is known for his work on WarGames (1983), Copycat (1995) and Short Circuit (1986). Includes a 2-page Rider also signed by Clive Clerk. 2 signeds document...................100-200................Min. Bid $40
303. Admiral George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, PC [1720-1795] British peer, naval officer and politician. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1739 and in 1742 was promoted to be commander of the Terrible bomb. In the course of 1743 he was appointed acting captain of the Kennington of 20 guns, and was officially confirmed on 19 August 1744. He commanded her in the Mediterranean till 1745, when he was advanced to the Salisbury of 50 guns. This ship, as part of the Western Fleet under Hawke and Boscawen, initially patrolled the Bay of Biscay during the War of Austrian Succession. Its ship's surgeon was James Lind, who conducted his experiments on scurvy during such a patrol in 1747. The war ended in 1748. About this time Edgcumbe was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Salisbury appears in the background. Signed address panel............40-60
304. [FILM] "Dino" DE LAURENTIIS [1919-2010] Italian film producer. SIGNED 3X5 CARD........25-35
305. [FILM] John L. Russell Jr. (1905-1967), sometimes credited as Jack Russell, was an American cinematographer who was known for his work on films like Psycho (for which he earned an Academy Award nomination) as well as his extensive work on TV. Offered here are 3 items: [1] His signed 1965 contract for the movie BILLIE starring Patty Duke, 12 legal size pages, signed by Russell and Milt Ebbins on the last page. [2] Unsigned carbon copy of Ebbins letter to Russell. [3] Memo from Ebbins, ink signed with his initials, to John Bowman about Russell's contract. All VG...........100-200.......Min. Bid $40
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306. Lorenzo Marrett (1816-1887) was born in Standish, Maine and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1838. He practiced law with a specialty in the administration of estates. He joined the Board of Aldermen in 1849 and was active in local and state politics. ALS, East Cambridge, 1857, 3 pages, 4-3/4 x 7-3/4 in. Includes original envelope [stamp removed]. VG........Min. bid $10
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307. [TV] Denver Pyle (1920-1997) American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing Uncle Jesse in The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985). Signed photo card picturing him in his role as Briscoe Darling", the gruff patriarch of a clan of musical hillbillies, on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show. 2.5 x 3.5". Fine..........25-35
308. [MUSIC] Ferdinand Q. Dulcken (1837-1902) German concert pianist and composer. ANS, no date, not translated. Approx. 6-3/4 x 3". VG...........40-60
309. Sidney Sheldon (1917- 2007) American writer and producer. TLS, 1991, 1p. Giving advice. VG............30-40
310. Jacob K. Javitis (1904-1986) United States Senator from New York from 1957 to 1981. Brief TLS, 1980, plus unsigned photo. VG................Min. bid $10
311. [MUSIC] Maryan Rawicz (1898-1970) Polish Pianist. Sig. inscribed.........20-30
312. [Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN INTEREST] Charles Selby (c. 1802 – 1863) was a 19th-century English actor and playwright, and translator of many French plays (often without attribution, not uncommon at the time).
Among his works was The Marble Heart (1854), a translation of Théodore Barrière's Les Filles de marbre. The play is best known today for a 9 November 1863 performance in Washington, D.C., where President Abraham Lincoln watched John Wilkes Booth, playing the villain Raphael. Booth directed some of his threatening lines directly to Lincoln, causing one of Lincoln's party to remark "he looks as if he meant that for you." Lincoln agreed, noting "he does look pretty sharp at me, doesn't he?" ALS, Covert Garden, 1844, 3pp, about 3-7/8 x 5 in. VG....................100-150
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Pallbearer For Nathaniel Hawthorne
313. Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886] American essayist and critic. He was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1819. For a time, he was the main literary critic for Philadelphia-based Graham's Magazine. Later, in 1848, he became the Boston correspondent to the Literary World under Evert Augustus Duyckinck and George Long Duyckinck. Historian Perry Miller called Whipple "Boston's most popular critic". Whipple was a close friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne. After Hawthorne's death in 1864, Whipple served as a pallbearer for his funeral alongside Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Thomas Fields, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Whipple's close relationship with other Boston-area authors occasionally tinted his reviews. Edward Emerson later noted, "No other member of the Saturday Club has ever been more loyally felicitous in characterizing the literary work of his associates." Clip Signature...........25-35
314. [SCIENCE] Emile Hilaire Amagat (1841-1915) French physicist. His doctoral thesis, published in 1872, expanded on the work of Thomas Andrews, and included plots of the isotherms of carbon dioxide at high pressures. Amagat published a paper in 1877 that contradicted the current understanding at the time, concluding that the coefficient of compressibility of fluids decreased with increasing pressure. He continued to publish data on isotherms for a number of different gases between 1879 and 1882, and invented the hydraulic manometer, which was able to withstand up to 3200 atmospheres, as opposed to 400 atmospheres using a glass apparatus. In 1880 he published his Law of Partial Volumes. Amagat was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences on 9 June 1902. A unit of number density, amagat, was named after him. He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society of London in 1897. The French Academy of Sciences gave him the posthumous award of the Prix Jean Reynaud for 1915. Offered here is a ALS, Paris, 1891, 1p, approx. 5 x 8 in., not translated. Fine...............100-150
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315. [ART] Louise Jopling (1843-1933) English painter of the Victorian era, and one of the most prominent female artists of her generation. Jopling exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She joined the Society of Women Artists (1880) and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (1891); she became the first woman to be admitted to the Royal Society of British Artists (1901). ALS, no date, 4pp, approx. 4 x 6 in. Mounting traces along edge on last page. VG...............75-100
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316. James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) American writer and historian. He was a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three-volume history of New England is well regarded by scholars. He coined the phrase "American Dream" in his 1931 book The Epic of America. TLS, London, 1932, 1p. Declines invitation to speak. 6 x 8 in. Fine..............40-60
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317. [BRITAIN] Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, Baron Barber (1920- 2005) British Conservative politician who served as a member of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Barber was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Edward Heath in 1970 after the early death of Iain Macleod, serving in that capacity until 1974. He became Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank after retiring from front-line politics in 1974, and served from 1974 to 1987. SIGNED 6 x 8 PHOTO............25-35
318. [BALLET] SIR FREDERICK W. M. ASHTON (1904-1988) British Ballet Star and Choreographer Founder of the Royal Ballet in London, also director and choreographer of opera, and film ALS,no yr., 2pp.............50-75
319. [MUSIC] Jan Wilhelm Morthenson [b. 1940] Swedish composer of orchestral and electro-acoustic music. AMQS from his "Coloratura III and IV, dated 10/17/66. Approx. 3x5. VG..........50-75
320. Jasper Yeates (1745-1817) was a lawyer and judge from Pennsylvania. He was born in Philadelphia into a prominent family, and was sent to the Inns of Court in England for his legal training. He became a resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he sided with the Patriot cause. In 1776, he served as a commissioner to investigate Native American affairs in Pittsburgh. After the Revolution, Yeates was a delegate to the Pennsylvania convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1787. He served as a justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1791 until his death in 1817. A Federalist, he was appointed by the Washington administration in 1794 to serve on a commission sent to negotiate an end to the Whiskey Rebellion. The Jasper Yeates House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Offered here is a small document dated 1782, written out by Yeates, signing his name in the text. This is a receipt. There are signatures of others on both sides. This looks like it was removed from a larger document. Approx. 6 x 2-1/4". VG...........50-75
321. [FILM] BILL WILLIAMS (1915-1992) Actor. SIGNED inscribed 3x5 photograph. VG............40-60
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322. [MUSIC] Sigmund Spaeth [1885-1965] musicologist who traced the sources and origins of popular songs to their folk and classical roots. Presenting his findings through books, lectures, liner notes, newspapers, radio and television, he became known as The Tune Detective. ANS, 1940, 1p. stating his favorite composer was Brahms. G+..........30-40
323. [FILM] Edmund Lowe (1890-1971) American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film. Signature with sentiment, approx. 4 x 2-1/4 in. VG................25-35
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324. (BRITISH LITERATURE LOT) SIR PHILLIP GIBBS (1877-1962) Journalist, Novelist. ALS (1928). RALPH HAMMOND INNES (1913-1998) Author, Novelist of over 30 books, as well as children’s books and travel books. ALS. ARNOLD WESKER (b.1932) Playwright. SIGNED card (1992). ROBERT CHALMERS (1802-1871) Scottish Journalist, editor, publisher highly popular in Victorian/Scottish circles. SIGNATURE, mounted to larger sheet with photograph of him and his famous brother William (1800-1883). EDWARD RICHARD RUSSELL, 1st Baron Russell of Liverpool (1834-1920) Journalist, Politician. ALS on pc (1883)(signed twice). SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH (17650-1832) Historian, Jurist, politician considered one of the most cultured men of his time. Clipped SIGNATURE. MARTIN DONISTHORPE ARMSTRONG (1882-1974) Poet, writer, Novelist. ALS (1930) 2pp.............80-120
325. [HOLLYWOOD/ENTERTAINERS LOT) HOPE HAMPTON (1897-1982) Actress in Silent Screen, socialite. SIGNATURE, on verso is WALTER KING (1899-1984) Actor. RANDY QUAID (1950) Actor. TLS. JESSE WHITE (1917-1997) Actor. SIGNED inscribed (2) 8x10 printed photographs. JACK PEARL (1894-1982) Actor and early star of Radio. SIGNED inscribed card. BEATRICE KAY(1907-1986) Actress. TNS (1974). BUDDY EBSEN (1908-2003) Actor, Dancer. SIGNED 8x10 photograph as Jed Clampett. MAX BAER JR (1937) & BUDDY EBSEN, SIGNED 8x10 photograph with Clampett Family. G-VG..............Min. Bid $50
326. (AMERICAN FILM STARS LOT) John Phillip Law (1937-2008) SIGNED 5x7 photograph – Betty FURNESS (1916-1994). TLS dated May 16, 1990 - Richard Maximillian Ney (1916- 2004) ALS 1992, with SIGNED, inscribed 4x4 photograph - Eddie Mayehoff (1909 –1992) TLS, 1990, with SIGNED print stock photograph, inscribed (folds) - Peter Lind Hayes (1915-1998-) &. Mary Healy (1918- ) ANS, by both on postcard, with Norman Rockwell portraits of them on front - Harold John Russell (1914 2002) SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph (signed in dark area in red ink) - Nina Foch (1924- 2008). Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph...........Min. Bid $50327. Albertus Christiaan van Raalte (1811-1876) 19th century pastor in the Reformed Church in America. He led the Dutch immigrants who founded the city of Holland, Michigan in 1846 and played an important role in establishing the school that would become Hope College. Signed Autograph Card, dated Chicago, 1872......25-35
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328. Edmund Blunden [1896-1974] English, poet, author. Signed Presentation/edition page from his book "Near & Far" 1929. Fine.............25-35
329. [MUSIC] Peter Paul Fuchs (1916-2007) Austrian born conductor and composer. Signed 3x4 in. photo. Fine.......40-60
330 . JOHN MASEFIELD (1878-1967) English Poet Laureate (1930-1967) SIGNATURE, with sentiment mounted to larger sheet......30-40
331. [LARGE LOT] Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. He graduated in 1920 and from Columbia University Law School, New York City, in 1924. He served in the US congress Signed as Secretary of the Board of from 1943-1971. Large misc. lot of about 107 pieces including 18 signed letters to Philbin.................Min. Bid $35
332. [FRANCE] group of French autographs: [1] Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire (1834-1923) magistrate and French writer. As a prosecutor about the Court of Appeal of Paris , he drew up an indictment against the General Boulanger . He resigned when the Dreyfus affair came before the criminal chamber of the Supreme Court (1899) and campaigned against the Dreyfus. He is known as a writer under the pen name "Jules Glouvet", "Jules Glouvet" and "Lucia Herpin." The guide Paris-Paris, who considers 1899 as a "reputation of Parisian life," says that he "is a journalist in a fit of bad temper". ANS, written on both sides of his calling card. [2] Louis-François Du Bois (first written Dubois) was born in Lisieux on 16 November 1773 and died in Mesnil-Durand on 9 July 1855, was a historian, poet, translator, scholar, agronomist, politician and administrator. ALS, 1843, 1p. [large stains]. [3] Alexandre Mercereau (1884-1945) writer and poet. ALS, 1907, 3pp. [4] Alphonse Lemerre (1838-1912) Fr. editor. ALS, nd, 2pp. [5] Alphonse Huillard-Breholles (1817-1871) historian. ALS, Paris, 1869, 3pp., signed H.B. [6] Charles Mere ( 1883-1970) French film director, screenwriter and playwright. ALS, 1967, 2pp., about his play 'Les Trois Masques'. [7] Emile Berr (1855-1923) Fr. journalist. ALS, 1896, 1p.................150-250
333. [POETRY] John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978) American poet. He was a descendant of Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College. He wrote fourteen books of poetry and was co-winner of the 1962 Bollingen Prize. As an editor, he is noted for discovering young poets like May Swenson and James Dickey. Signed paper below affixed portrait. Very neat. Overall 6.5 x 9.5". VG..........40-60
334. [MEDICINE] George Crile [1864-1943]. American surgeon; a founder and first director (1921-40) of Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Conducted pioneering research into shock, surgical trauma, resuscitation, etc. SIGNED/INSCRIBED card with sentiment..........25-35
335. [GREAT BRITIAIN] Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster PC (1855-1909), known as H. O. Arnold-Forster, was a British politician and writer. He notably served as Secretary of State for War from 1903 in Balfour's Conservative government until December 1905. ALS, 1907, 3pp. VG...............30-40
336. [FILM] Richard Crenna [1926-2003] actor. Signed typed agreement dated 1965. "Kay Gardella, TV Editor of the New York Daily News, has my permission to attribute food recipes to me in a new cookbook featuring recipes of TV personalities she is authoring." VG..........30-40
337. [FILM] Tom Tully (1908-1982) American film actor. He received an Academy Award nomination for the role of the first commander of the "Caine" in 1954's The Caine Mutiny, with Humphrey Bogart. Signature..........20-30
338. Henry Parke (1790–1835) was an English architect and draughtsman. Parke exhibited at the Royal Academy drawings of an Interior of a Sepulchral Chamber, 1830, and Temples in the Island of Philæ, 1831. He designed a house in Queen Square, Westminster, facing on St. James's Park. He is said also to have largely designed the medal presented by some architects of Great Britain to Sir John Soane; from the die of this medal the Soane medallion prize of the Royal Institute of British Architects was reproduced. Rare ALS, July 5, no year, 1p. 4-1/4 x 17 in. VG..............50-75
339. Edward Linley Sambourne (1844-1910) English cartoonist and illustrator most famous for being a draughtsman for the satirical magazine Punch for more than forty years and rising to the position of "First Cartoonist" in his final decade. ALS, 1886, 1p. 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. VG...............50-75
340. Theodatus Garlick (1805-1884) American surgeon and sculptor. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Garlick was one of the world's first plastic surgeons. Along with colleague H.A. Ackley, he was known for successfully artificially propagating trout and other fish. He was also a talented fine art sculptor. It has been suggested that Garlick made the first daguerreotype photograph taken in the United States, and later the first daguerreotype taken in the shade. Rare ALS, Cleveland, 1867, to E.A. Brown. Some sort of financial matter. One page, 7.5 x 9.5 in. Envelope is included. This is another item just recently discovered amongst of holdings after many years. VG..................200-300
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341. HENRY MORGAN (1915-1994) Comedian, Radio and Television personality. DS, agreement (1965).............35-45
342. [MUSIC] Tristan Keuris (1946-1996) Dutch composer. Rare AMQS from his "String Quartet No. 2", dated 1994, inscribed.........40-60
343. Jarmila Novotna [1907-1994] Czech soprano. Signature in return address clipped from envelope........20-30
344. [ENGLAND] Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden GCB PC (1814-1892) British Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884. ALS, 1889, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. VG......40-60
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345. [ENGLAND] Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863) English glassware manufacturer and politician. His main interest lay in the chemistry of glass-making. In 1819, he took out his first patent for the manufacture of "sulfides" or Cameo Incrustations. Pellatt originally called them "Crystallo-Ceramie," reflecting their French origin. The process involved the embedding of ceramic figurines into the glass sides of paperweights, jugs, decanters, etc., by cutting a hole in the hot glass, sliding in the insert, and resealing the glass afterward.
Pellatt became the most famous and successful producers of sulfides in England from 1819 to the mid-century rivalled only by Baccarat in France. He described their manufacture in a book on glass-making entitled "Curiosities of Glassmaking" published in 1849. After his retirement around 1850, the glass-works went into decline in the hands of his brother Frederic. ALS, 1857, 2pp, 4-1/2 x 7-3/4 in. The edge is laid to backing sheet which doesn't allow the front page to show fully..................50-75
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346. [THEATRE] OTIS SKINNER (1858-1942) American Actor - His first stage appearance was at the Philadelphia Museum in 1877 in Woodleigh.and made his New York City debut in 1879. During the next five years he developed a classical repertory and a successful acting style, first with Edwin Booth, at Booth's Theatre, and then, for three years, with Lawrence Barrett. In 1884 he joined Augustin Daly's company at Daly's Theatre, remaining with it for four years. He made his London debut in 1886 with Daly's company. After two years with the Booth-Modjeska company, he became, in 1892, leading man opposite Helena Modjeska. In 1903 he starred with Ada Rehan. By his own estimation he appeared in 16 plays of Shakespeare, "acting therein, at various times, 38 parts." In addition to his Shakespearean roles, Skinner's chief successes were in Kismet, which he played between 1911 and 1914, and Blood and Sand (1921), in which he played the matador, Juan Gallardo. Skinner was active in the theatre until his death. He was the author of Footlights and Spotlights (1924) and Mad Folk of the Theatre (1928). SIGNATURE with sentiment dtd 1922.....20-30
347. [SCIENCE] Alfred Newton [1829-1907]. English zoologist. First professor of zoology and comparative anatomy, Cambridge (from 1866); edited journals Ibis (1865-70), Zoological Record (1870-72); author of Dictionary of Birds (1893-96), etc. ALS, 1902, 2pp.............50-75
348 (British Literature) Lady Margaret Sackville (1881-1963) poet and children’s author. ALS, nd, 3pp. Henry Wickham Steed(1871-1956)) journalist and historian. He was editor of The Times from 1919 until 1922. Appointed by Joseph Pulitzer as Paris correspondent for the New York World, Steed joined The Times in 1896 as a foreign correspondent, working briefly out of Berlin before transferring successively to Rome ( from 1897 until 1902) and then Vienna (1902–13). In 1914 he moved to London to take over as foreign editor of The Times. TLS 1928. Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890- 1973) Novelist who wrote many short stories, plays, memoirs, biographies and literary criticism. Quote SIGNED, from the Marx Brothers. Henry Major Tomlinson (1873-1958 1958) writer and journalist. He was known for anti-war and travel writing, novels and short stories, especially of life at sea. SIGNED presentation title page from his book “Gallions Reach” (1927). Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873 - 1935) American-born British writer. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her best-selling novel Tante was made into a 1919 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. ALS, 2pp. Al Alvarez (1929--) poet, novelist, essayist and critic, ANS, 2000. Richard Pryce (1864-1942) Novelist, Dramatist, ALS, 1913, 2pp...........100-150
349. [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..............40-60
350. Elden le Roy Auker (1910- 2006) American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball noted for his submarine pitching style. Signed card................20-30
351. Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. (1912-1989) was a United States judge and an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Supreme Court. TLS, 1981, 1p. "...One who approaches any undertaking obsessed with his expectation of personal gain is unlikely to contribute much to society..."..........35-45
352. [OPERA] Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960) Spanish operatic singer, a lyric soprano and a tireless and effective fundraiser for the Metropolitan Opera. An envelope partly addressed by her but not signed. The signature in a return address written on back of was not written by her. 3-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10
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353. Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891) English political activist and atheist. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted. 2-3/4 x 1-1/2 in.................25-35
354. [THEATRE] Frederic De Belleville (1855-1923) Belgian born American stage actor. He began his career in 1873 in London and arrived in the United States in 1880. An early newspaper account records him as starring in a play False Friend for A. M. Palmer. Was long a leading man on the stage to Clara Morris, Rose Coghlan, Mrs. Fiske and Viola Allen. De Belleville appeared in three silent films. SIGNATURE on 3-1/4 x 2 in. card. VG.................25-35
355. Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, PC, FRS (1812-1895) English lawyer and politician. He served twice as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. ALS, 1860, 1p. about 4 x 6 in. ................35-45
356. MICHAEL DEBAKEY - famous heart surgeon. Signed card. Nice.........20-30
357. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT............20-30
358. [OPERA] CESARE SIEPI (1923- ) Italian Basso - He was based mainly at La Scala and from 1950 at the Metropolitian Opera in New York. He is particularly noted for his Mozard roles, and with the Italian repertory, especially Don Giovanni and Mefistofele. He is condidered one of the greatest Bassos after WW2. He created Nonno Innocenzo in Pizzetti's L"Oro. SIGNED Christmas card dtd 1991...............25-35
359. [NOBEL PRIZE] Karl Alexander Müller (b.1927) Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials. Signed 7 x 5 in. photo. VG...............50-
360. [FRANCE] 1698 document from Normandy, France, written on vellum, ornate signatures. Nice ornate stamp at top. City of Caen. Approx. 7-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. No researched. VG................100-200
361. Ernest Harold Baynes (1868–1925) American naturalist. He was "the closest thing New England, and the world for that matter, will ever get to a real-life Doctor Dolittle; all sorts of New England birds and animals–foxes, wolves, chickadees, bears and bison were known to roam around and in and out of his house." He treated animals like friends, but unlike Doolittle, never claimed to talk to them. He was instrumental in bringing to public attention the near demise of songbirds and of the bison. He founded the American Bison Society, of which President Teddy Roosevelt was honorary chairman. SIGNATURE clipped away from letter. About 5-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG..............50-75
362. Vassar Miller (1924-1998) was a writer and poet. She served as Poet Laureate of Texas (1988-1989). Three of her books won the annual poetry prize of the Texas Institute of Letters. In 1982 and 1988 Miller was named Poet Laureate of Texas, and in 1997 she was named to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by the Governor's Commission for Women. Signed typed poem titled "Precision", 1p. Approx. 7 x 10 in. VG...................50-75
363. [AMERICANA] Augustus Moore writes a 1833 letter from Charleston, South Carolina to his sister Lydia Moore in Frankfort, Maine. One full page + 1/2 page on address side which is postmarked [light now]. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. VG...............50-75
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364. (AMERICAN THEATER LOT) includes: (1) Susan Strasberg (1938 –1999) widely praised performance as a teenager in Picnic, Strasberg originated the title role in the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank and was nominated for a Tony Award at the age of 18. SIGNATURE, with sentiment clipped from Play Program. (2) Dorothy Stickney (1896 – 1998) actress best known for appearing in the long running Life with Father. SIGNED full Playbill Theater book from “Pippin” 6/15/73. (3) MARY K. TAYLOR (? -?) actress who appeared with May Irwin and also on Broadway from 1906 to 1910. ALS 1908. (4) ARTHUR GARRELS (?-?) American Actor. He appeared on Broadway in 2 plays in 1901. He worked with Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. SIGNED Cabinet Photograph on front ANS on verso, dated May 1901 and mentions working with Goodwin and Elliott. (5) Gus Rogers (1869–1908) and Max (1873–1932) Solomon]. Known as “The Rogers Brothers”. The brothers, both of whom were born in New York, began to perform together in 1885 and soon became favorites at Tony Pastor's, with their “Dutch” dialect routines. When Weber and Fields rose to popularity but refused to cooperate with the Theatrical Syndicate or Trust, SIGNED CARD 1901 bu Gus. (6) John Forsythe, Staats Cotsworth, Carol Cole Playbill signed by the 3 from the 1968 play “Weekend” by Gore Vidal. (7) Henry Eugene Abbey (1846 –1896) theatre manager and producer. During the 1870s - 1890s, he managed such prominent Broadway theatres as Booth's, Wallack's, and the Park Theatre, Abbey also had the distinction of being the first manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company, which opened for its inaugural season in 1883. He managed the tours of Adelina Patti, Francesco Tamagno and the London Gaity in America, and he introduced Sarah Bernhardt to America. He opened Boston's Park Theatre in 1879. He also opened Abbey's Theatre in 1890, one of the first theatrical managers to present expensive shows outside of the major cities. He resigned after a financially unsuccessful first season, but was re-hired in 1891, along with John B. Schoeffel and Maurice Grau. He continued in this capacity until his death in 1896-- RARE SIGNED cabinet photograph on verso. (8) George White (1892-1968) producer, actor, director his George White’s Scandals ran from 1919–1939, modelled after the Ziegfeld Follies. The "Scandals" launched the careers of many entertainers, including W.C. Fields, the Three Stooges, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Bert Lahr, and Rudy Vallée. Louise Brooks, Alice White, and Eleanor Powell got their show business start as lavishly dressed (or underdressed) chorus girls strutting to the "Scandal Walk". Much of George Gershwin's early work appeared in the 1920-24 editions of Scandals.George White's Scandals is also the name of several movies set within the Scandals, all of which focus primarily on the show's acts, with a thin backstage plot stringing them all together. The best known of these was 1934's George White's Scandals written by Jack Yellen, which marked the film debut of Alice Faye.Notable Flapper-era cartoonist and designer Russell Patterson worked on Broadway on a number of productions in various capacities, including George White's Scandals of 1936 as Scenic Designer. SIGNATURE mounted on presentation page...............100-150
365. [ACTORS] multiple lot of signatures includes: (1) slip signed on one side by Edith Coates (1908-1983) English operatic mezzo-soprano. A highly gifted actress with a striking stage presence. Also signed by Powell Lloyd (1900 – 1987) was an English operatic tenor and opera director and producer. Signed on verso by Carmen Del Rio. (2) Joanne Farrell signed card. (3) Alan Bates (1934-2003) signed card. (4) Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974) American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. Signature. (5) Sam Wanamaker, CBE (1919-1993) American actor and director who moved to the United Kingdom after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist sympathies. Signature. Also signed on verso but can't ID. (6) Pat Boone - signed & inscribed. Signed on verso by Paul Carpenter (1921-1964)
Canadian actor and singer. (7) Dan Duryea (1907-1968) American actor in film, stage, and television. Known for portraying a vast range of character roles as a villain, he nonetheless had a long career in a wide variety of leading and secondary roles.................Min. Bid $50
366. [FILM] Charlotte Rampling OBE (b.1946) English actress, model, and singer, known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model and later became a fashion icon and muse. Large signature on 6-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. page. sIgned 1977. Signed on the verso by Jean-Marc Cerrone (b.1952) French disco drummer, composer, record producer and creator of concert shows. Cerrone is an influential producer of 1970s and 1980s disco songs. Both autographs were obtained IN PERSON at some music store in Paris in 1977. It was the kind of music store that well known musicians visited then. Fine.........50-75
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367. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Leverett Saltonstall [MA]; A. Willis Robertson [VA]; Jennings Randolph [WV]; Claiborne Pell [RI]; John O. Pastore [RI]; Maurine Neuberger [OR]; Joseph O'Mahoney [WYO]; James E. Murray [MT]; Karl E. Mundt [SD]; Frank E. Moss [Ut]...........Min Bid $45
368. US Senators - 5 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Homer E. Capehart [Ind]; John Marshall Butler [Md]; Wallace F. Bennett [Ut]; Quentin N. Burdick [ND]; Styles Bridges [NH]..........Min. Bid $25
369. [BUSINESS] Frederick Fraley (1804-1901) American businessman, politician, and civic leader from Pennsylvania. He was involved in several successful businesses and served on the Philadelphia City Council and as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate. He was one of the founders of the Franklin Institute and one of the first directors of Girard College in Philadelphia. He worked for seven years as secretary of the American Fire Insurance Company and for twenty-three years as president of the Schuylkill Navigation Company. He also worked for the Western Savings Fund Society and as president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. He was associated with the Philadelphia Board of Trade and served as president of the National Board of Trade. In 1824 he was one of the founders of the Franklin Institute and served as treasurer for many years. In 1847, he became one of the first directors of Girard College. In 1853 Fraley became a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. He also worked as president of the Western Saving Fund Society. In 1880, he received an honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of the Union League of Philadelphia. For the last twenty-one years of his life Fraley was the president of the American Philosophical Society. Document Signed, American Fire Insurance Co., 1842, approx. 5-1/4 x 4 in. The ink is a little light...........Min. Bid $25
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370. (BRITISH THEATER NOTABLES LOT) DAME MADGE KENDALL (1848-1935) Actress. SIGNED CARD (1889). WILLIAM H. KENDALL (1848-1917) Actor. SIGNED CARD (1894) KATE RORKE (1866-1945) Actress, debut 1878 Geroge Bernard Shaw’s 1st “Candida” and 1st actress ever to smoke on stage. ALS (1892) 2pp. LAWRENCE GROSSMITH (1877-1944) Actor. The last of of the prominent acting family appeared in early Sherlock Holmes films and was brother in law of Vernon Castle. SIGNATURE ELEANOR ROBSON (1879-1979) Actress. SIGNED CARD (1903). EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON (1875-1955) Actress. ALS (1903) 2pp. GRACE ARNOLD (1899-1979) Actress. AQS from “Brewster’s Millions” (1908). WILLIAM FAVERSHAM (1868-1940) Actor. SIGNATURE (1930)...............80-120
371 [POSTAL HISTORY] John A. Cobb - Cobb led the Legion Guards in the 16th Georgia Infantry, Confederate Army. Group of 3 postmarked envelopes all addressed by John A. Cobb to Mrs. Howell Cobb, wife of HOWELL COBB (1815-1868) American political figure. A southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851–1853) and as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860). Cobb is, however, probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. Delegates of the Southern slave states declared that they had seceded from the United States and created the Confederate States of America. These date 1866, 1867 & 1889..........75-100
372. [POSTAL HISTORY] Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882) American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen. Offered here is an envelope in the handwriting of Dana. The pencil signature at top was not written by Dana. 5 x 2-3/4 in. VG...........35-45
373. Henry Beadman Bryant (1824–1892) was an author and co-founder and namesake of Bryant & Stratton College and Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 4 x 2-1/4 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10374 [ART] S.A. Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait painter and the son of noted sculptor Leonard Volk. Best known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one of which hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House. He was named after his mother's cousin (Abraham Lincoln's political rival) Stephen A. Douglas.Offered here is a bank check signed by Douglas Volk, 1924. VG.................25-35
375. [AMERICANA] Freegift Vandervoort (1844-1929) was a prominent lawyer in Carrigo Springs, Texas; Union Veteran. Offered here is a letter to John E. Boos [famous Lincoln collector]. Says he was in an adjoining county and planned to go to the Lincoln-Douglas Debate but did not. Letter is dated 1917, 1p, 6.5 x 9 in. VG..............35-45379. [BASEBALL] Charles Ruffing - 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..........Min. Bid $10
376. [FRANCE] Medieval Document from 1366 on vellum, 1 page, approx. 8 x 6.5". Quite fresh condition. See small slip [scan 2] identifies as being from Montils...........200-300
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377 [SCIENCE] Claude-Louis Mathieu or Louis Mathieu (1783-1875 in Paris) French mathematician and astronomer who began his career as an engineer. He worked with the Bureau des Longitudes and tried to determine the distance of the stars. Awarded the Lalande Prize twice, in 1808 and 1815. ALS [1871], 3 full pages, approx. 5 x 8 in. VG.............60-80
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380. [AMERICAN NAVAL] Commander John Mitchell Hawley - a native of Northampton, Mass., a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the town. He made his home here until he was appointed to the Naval Academy, from which he was graduated in 1868. In 1869 he was made an ensign, in 1870 a master, and in 1874 a lieutenant, and from the time of his graduation until 1887 he rendered valuable service in several coast survey expeditions and in the hydrographic office. From 1887 to 1890 he was executive officer of the Nipsic, one of the United States fleet sent to Apia, Samoan islands, during the uprisings in 1889. The American, British and German fleets in the bay were overwhelmed by a fearful hurricane which swept the islands in March, 1889, and the Nipsic was one of the two or three vessels that escaped total destruction. Commander Hawley received a vote of thanks from the Legislature of Massachusetts for rare courage and ability displayed during the hurricane, and was commended to the Navy Department by Rear Admiral Kimberley, '"for zeal and energy in getting the Nipsic afloat after -she was beached. He had entire charge of this work, and to his efforts, in a large measure, is due the fact that the Nipsic is now afloat without more serious injury." In 1894 he was promoted to be lieutenant-commander and in 1896 was ordered to duty as assistant to the chief of the Bureau of Navigation, having charge of enlisted men. During the Spanish-American war, he was engaged in recruiting men from the west for the navy, having charge of three parties who secured nearly two thousand men for the service. He was promoted to commander March 3, 1899, and in May was ordered to the command of the Hartford, Admiral Farragut's old flagship, which is to be used as a practice-ship. Offered is is a 1p. typed letter, undated but c. 1889, from John M. Hawley [signed only in type], sent to Lieut. Henry W. Lyons offering his testimony if desired. The dockets in pencil are in Lyon's hand. VG............100-150 Min. Bid $25
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381. [EISENHOWER] offered here is a youthful color photo of Julie [Nixon] and David Eisenhower. Mounted to about 8 x 10, signed & inscribed on the mount. Julie signs the inscription and David add's his first name. Youthful pose. VG...............100-150
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382. (American Hollywood Stars Lot) Gwen Verdon (1925 –2000) actress and dancer who won four Tony awards. She is also strongly identified with her husband, director–choreographer Bob Fosse. ALS. Don Beddoe (1903 –1991) character actor who appeared in dozens of films, stage and TV roles from the 1930’s. ALS. Nedra Volz (1908 –2003)film and television actress. She started as a toddler in Vaudeville and became well known on TV . SIGNED, inscribed card. John Raitt (1917 –2005) actor and singer best known for his performances in musical theater and film. SIGNED Lakewood playhouse program (Maine). Roger Pryor (1901-1974) Actor. Slick, devilishly handsome leading man Roger Pryor was the son of prominent composer/bandleader Arthur Pryor. SIGNED contract dated 1936, 2pp. Joe Frank Cobb (1916 –2002) child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929. SIGNED FDC honoring Grand Coulee Dam. Blanche Yurka (1887 –1974) theatre and film actress. SIGNATURE on card. Elissa Landi (1904 –1948) Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. SIGNED, inscribed sheet with a Mayor dated February 21, 1941. RICHARD ARLEN (1898-1976) Actor Film and Television He started out in Silent film. SIGNED 5x7 portrait photo (early) signed in dark area...............80-120
383. [NOBEL PRIZE] Luis W. Alvarez (1911-1988) American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for development of the hydrogen bubble chamber enabling discovery of resonance states in particle physics. The American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvarez was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century." Signed 3x5 card. Fine..........50-75
384. BAILEY WILLIS (1857-1949), noted geologist; subject of an Argentine biography as a result of his surveys for a railroad across the Andes; a glacier wall in Mt. Rainier Park is named for him; son of Nathaniel Parker Willis, editor and writer. His papers are in the Huntington Library in Pasadena, CA. A collection of 3 letters - two ALS plus an LS - all to E. H. Frost re books and maps..............75-100
385. SAM JONES - Hall of Fame basketball player with Boston Celtics. 2 signatures - one on a 3 x 5 card ("Kindest Regards"); the other on the faded program of a 1972 high school basketball luncheon. The program is badly faded; the signature is not..........25-35
386. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902-1985) United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was considered as a Presidential running mate, most significantly in 1952 by Dwight Eisenhower. Later, largely due to Ike's advice and encouragement, he ended up being chosen as the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 presidential election alongside incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon. The Republican ticket narrowly lost to Democrats John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Signed typescript from "The Storm Has Many Eyes." One page, boldly signed, 8.5 x 11 in. VG...............50-75
387. [Scottish] Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832) Scottish jurist, politician and historian. He is said to have been one of the most cultured and catholic-minded men of his time. 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. Signed address panel dated 1819......20-30
388. [MUSIC] Rainer Midel - Conductor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG......25-35
389. [MUSIC] Dame Moura Lympany (1916-2005) English concert pianist. Signed The Civic Music Association program. VG.............25-35
390. [SPACE] CLYDE TOMBAUGH (1906-1997) American Astronomer. He was the final discoverer of planet PLUTO after many years of research. When he was 22 he had a home-made 9 inch reflector that he used to makde drawings of Saturn and Jupiter from. After sending his pictures to Lowell Observatory for critique, he was immediately offered a position as astronomical photographer. Later, his research gained him another position as researcher, and his goal was to find the infamous Planet X, which would later be Pluto. Finally, on March 12, 1930, Pluto was discovered. Afterwards, he continued to discover a comet, five open clusters, globular cluster, and a supercluster of galaxes stretching from Andromeda to Perseus - ANS dtd 3/23/1994 regretting he has no photographs...........50-75
391. [FRANCE] Pierre Brisson [1896-1964] long-time editor of Le Figaro. ALS, 1962, 1p., written on Le Figaro letterhead. To Mrs. Robert Kemp speaking about her husband, who was an important critic. Fine...........50-75
392. [NOBEL PRIZE] George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham Kt OM PRS FRSE (1920-2002) British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. Signed printed 6 page article by Porter. 8 x 11.5 in. VG.............50-75
393. [NOBEL] Nils K. Stahle - Stahle served as Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation from 1948-1972. During this period he communicated with and created ceremonies for Nobel Laureates such as T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Albert Schweitzer, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Linus Pauling, John Steinbeck and Martin Luther King to name a few. The distinct signature in this letter compares perfectly with those on letters to these Laureates. TLS, 1965, 1p, 8.25 x 11 in. To Monsieur Jean Bouscarle. Good condition. Very uncommon................75-100..................Min. Bid $25
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394. [NOBEL] Paul A. Samuelson (1915-2009) American neoclassical economist. Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1970, the second year of the Prize. Signed 3x5 card [on lined side]...........20-30
395. (HOLLYWOOD/ENTERTAINERS) ABBE LANE (b.1932) Actress/Singer. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. BESS MEYESON(1924-2014) TV Personality, Miss America (1945). SIGNED 5x7 photograph and CARD. JOEY BISHOP (1918-2007) ANS with initials only. JB CRAWFORD KENT (1881-1953) British Actor who started in Silents in 1915. SIGNED inscribed album page. ALEC McCOWEN (1925) British Actor ALS (1980) 2pp. EVELYN LAYE (1900-1996) & FRANK LAWTON (1904-1969) British Actors. SIGNED postcard size (trimmed) portrait photograph. MARY TREEN (1907-1989) Actress, Dancer and Singer. ALS(1971). VIRGINIA FOX ZANUCK (1902-1982) Actress, daughter of William Fox of Fox Film Corp. and wife of Darryl F. Zanuck. She appeared in early silent films from 1915-1923). ALS (1939) 3pp (tape stains on pages signed “Virginia”. Joe Loss (1909-1990) British musician popular during the British dance band era, and was founder of the Joe Loss Orchestra., signature.................80-120
396. [THEATRE] Charles Kelly (1839–1885) English actor/journalist and husband of actress Ellen Terry. Charles and Ellen met while appearing in Reade's plays, but they separated in 1881. Signature with inscription, Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, 1870, approx. 4 x 4 in. VG..................20-30
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397. [PORTRAIT] antique engraved portrait of Benj. F. Butler, a major general of the Union Army. Page size approx. 8-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. This would work well if framed with an autograph...............Min. Bid $10
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398. [MUSIC] Stephen Gunzenhauser - American conductor. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo, 1983. VG..........25-35
399. [FRANCE] Dr Leon SIMON (1798-1867) He founded together with Dr Paul Curie (grandfather of Pierre Curie), the first Medical Homeopathical Magazine of Paris. ALS, [1856]. 2+ pages, 4-1/4 x 6-1/4 in. VG.............50-75
400. [ART] Mervin Jules (1912-1994) American painter & printmaker. Jules' woodcuts are represented in numerous collections. He was a teacher of art at the Fieldston School, the Museum of Modern Art (1943-46), the Baltimore Educational Alliance, the Veterans' Art Center and at Smith College. After teaching at Smith College from 1946-1969, in 1969 he became Chair of the Art Department at the City College of New York. He kept a studio in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he died. Brief 1981 ALS, 1p., about selling his prints. VG...............Min. Bid $20
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401. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) John Moore (1730-1805) Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England. Six hnadwritten lines in his hand, signature & 1799 date removed from some letter and laid to page. (2) John Davis (1787-1854) Gov. of Mass. & US senator. Small closely cropped clip signature. (3) James Cameron Mackenzie (1852–1931) was an American educator and Presbyterian minister, born in Aberdeen, Scotland. TLS, 1896. (4) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) a founder of Cape Neddick Park, Cape Neddick, an art patron and historian. She was the daughter of American artist Walt Kuhn. Signed 1966 bank check. (5) James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Jr. (189-1934) American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to a single term as the 27th governor of California from January 6, 1931, until his death on June 2, 1934, at the height of the Great Depression. Previously, Rolph had been the 30th mayor of San Francisco from January 8, 1912, until his resignation to become governor. Rolph remains the longest-serving mayor in San Francisco history. Signed 1933 cover with cachet for Ground Breaking Ceremony San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, July 9, 1933. Pictures Rolph, FDR & Hoover. RARE! (6) Unsigned color photo of Ronald Reagan as President. (7) Daniel W. Bell (1891-1971) American civil servant and businessman. He was acting director of the Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) from September 1, 1934, until April 14, 1939. (8) Interesting printed US senate government document dated 1842 - Report submitted to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims regarding John Polhemus's petition claim made in 1792 but apparently lost. Polhemus was made Major at Valley Forge by George Washington. 7 pages [unsigned]. (9) Charles Riborg Mann (1869-1942) American physicist. TLS, 1906, 2pp. to Prof. Robert S. Woodward. (10) Nice engraved portrait of James Warren Nye (1815-1876) Governor of Nevada Territory and a United States Senator from Nevada..............Min. Bid $50
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[MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) 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. ALS, 1860, 1p. (2) Edwin Francis Edgett (1867-1946) Literary Editor, Boston Evening Transcript. Lengthy TLS, 1930. (3) J. Lister Hill (1894-1984) US Senator from Alabama. Unsigned envelope bearing his printed Free Frank as a congressman, postmarked 1929. (4) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. Unsigned checking register filled out by her. (5) Dr. Darrell Bills - Research Technician who assisted in taking cardiograph of Namu's heart beat at Seattle Aquarium. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) William Warfield - 2 page ALS with cover, American Legation Sofia. (6) Max G. 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. (7) Philip J. Philbin - US congressman from Mass. 1946 telegram sent by him [signed in type]. (8) Edwin M. Stanton - Sec. of War. Printed 1866 gov. doc. re: Illinois Central Railroad, 4pp. Signed in type. (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. 1877 bank document, not signed by Bunn. (10) G. William Miller (1925-2006) Sec. of the Treasury under Carter. SIGNATURE. (11) JOHN MCLEAN (1791-1830) Representative and a Senator from Illinois. Original engraved portrait by W.G. Armstrong after painting by Thomas Sully. His last name is misspelled under the engraving.........Min. Bid $50
403. Joseph Barnes (1817-1883) American physician and the 12th Surgeon General of the United States Army (1864–1882). On August 22, 1864, he was advanced to the position of Surgeon General, with the grade of Brigadier General and on March 13, 1865, he received the brevet of major general for faithful and meritorious service during the war. On April 14, 1865, at the time of the assassination of United States President Lincoln and the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward, Barnes attended the death bed of Lincoln and ministered to the successful restoration of Seward.
The morning after Abraham Lincoln's death, three Army Medical Museum pathologists entered the White House to perform an autopsy on Lincoln's body. Overseen by Barnes, the autopsy was conducted by Colonel Joseph Woodward and Major Edward Curtis. The autopsy began at 11 a.m. on April 15, 1865. In 1881, during the long struggle of President James A. Garfield to live after being shot, Barnes was one of the surgeons who for weeks served in the chamber of the dying president. Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE on 5 x 2 in. slip. VG..............Min. Bid $125
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404. [HANS HOFMANN] Burton Hasen (1921-2007) Paris-trained artist whose widely seen work was tinged with Cubism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. A long time teacher at the School of Visual Arts, Hasen's canvases and prints hang in the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and the National Academy of Design. Offered here is a great 1972 letter, 2 pages. Hasen talks about studying with Hans Hofmann. He talks about the importance of Hofmann but how important to him was what he learned from all of the other artist studying there with him. He mentions artists like Larry Rivers, Mondrian, Albers, Peter Kahn. Basically he's saying that while he learned a great deal in case from hans Hofmann, he learned more after class from his fellow students probably drinking beer in a local bar or some studio. Lenthy 2 page letter................Min. Bid $90
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405. [ART] Dudley Hardy, RI, ROI, RBA, RMS, PS, (1867-1922) English painter and illustrator. In 1885 Hardy began exhibiting at the Royal Academy, an association that lasted to his death. Hardy's illustrative work is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED, 1903, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 in...........50-75
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406. [ART] Madeline Marrable (1833-1916) was a prolific London based watercolourist and oil painter specialising in landscapes with a preference for mountains and snowscapes. She traveled widely to places including Austria, France, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland and Venice. In 1886, Marrable was elected as the first President of the Society of Lady Artists (SLA), formerly the Society of Female Artists (SFA) and since 1899 is now known as the Society of Women Artists (SWA), she retired from the presidency in 1912. CLIP SIGNATURE, 4-1/4 x 1 in. VG..............25-35
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407. [WORLD WAR I] Henry Mackinnon (1852-1929) British Army General during World War I. He was later appointed Director of Auxiliary Forces in 1905 and Director General of the Territorial Force in 1908.[2] He was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Western Command in 1910; he retired in 1916. CLIP SIGNATURE, about 4-1/2 x 1 in. VG..............25-35
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408. [BRITISH NAVAL] Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet (1770-1832) British Vice-Admiral. Very interesting British naval career [see wikipedia link below]. CLIP SIGNATURE, about 3 x 1 in. VG............25-35
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409. [ART - WALT KUHN ESTATE] 1927 Invitation card to Walt Kuhn Exhibition at Grand Central Art Galleries. On the verso is an original color drawing that we assume was drawn by Kuhn's daughter Brenda when she was 16 years old. Approx. 6 x 3.5 in. VG..............75-100
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[ART - WALT KUHN ESTATE] 1947 Whitney Museum of American Art document - Received from Walt Kuhn, 112 East 18th Street, The Green Pom Pom, for 1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1947-1948. Mostly likely Walt himself wrote in pencil "After 12". About 5 x 7-3/4 in. Condition : see scan. This painting is now in the collection of The Butler Institute of American Art. It was painted by Walt Kuhn in 1944................100-150
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411. [ART - WALT KUHN ESTATE] Alfred M. Frankfurter (1906-1965) Editor of the Art News during the critical years of Abstract Expressionism. After free-lancing as an art critic for two years, Frankfurter was named editor in 1936 of the Art News, America's oldest art magazine. Under his leadership, he turned the journal into a seminal source for art information and criticism. His importance lies in his editorship of an art journal developing at the same time as the New York art scene itself. The French government made him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for his services to French art. TLS, Art News, 1941, 1p, to Walt Kuhn. For some unknown reason he writes to Kuhn about a problem he was having with Richard L. Rideout, an art dealer. Walt Kuhn has written on the received envelope "Frankfurter - Rideout". Frankfurter has included a copy of his 2 page letter to Rideout. This letter details the problem Frankfurter has with Rideout. It begins with a $20 loan never repaid........................100-150
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412. [ART] Mary Lucier (b. 1944) American video artist. Concentrating primarily on video and installation since 1973, she has produced numerous multiple- and single-channel pieces. Mary Lucier has presented solo exhibitions at different venues all around the world. Among those are The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the TV Gallery in Moscow , San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, and the Media Test Wall at MIT. Signed 1985 exhibition brochure. Fine.............25-35
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413. [THEATRE] Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797-1882) English actor-manager and dramatist. Webster was the lessee of the Haymarket from 1837 to 1853; he built the new Adelphi Theatre (1859); later the Olympic Theatre, Princess's Theatre, London and St James's Theatres came under his control; and he was the patron of all the contemporary playwrights and many of the best actors, who owed their opportunity of success to him. He wrote, translated or adapted nearly a hundred plays. As a character actor he was unequalled in his day. Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE 1831, approx. 7 x 2 in. VG. Great example!.................25-35
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414. Edward Harold Begbie (1871–1929), also known as Harold Begbie, was an English author and journalist who published nearly 50 books and poems and contributed to periodicals. Besides studies of the Christian religion, he wrote numerous other books, including political satire, comedy, fiction, science fiction, plays and poetry. Signed 4.5 x 3.5 in. card.........Min. Biid $5
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415. [SILENT FILM] Renée Adorée (1898-1933) was a French actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. Born Jeanne de la Fonte[1] in Lille, she was the daughter of circus artists and by age five was performing with her parents. In her teens, she began acting in minor stage productions and toured Europe with her troupe. She was performing in Russia when World War I broke out and fled to London. She is most famous for her role as Melisande in the melodramatic romance and war epic The Big Parade (1925) opposite John Gilbert. It became one of MGM's all-time biggest hits and a film that historians rank as one of the best of the silent film era. In The Mating Call, a 1928 film produced by Howard Hughes, Adorée had a very brief swimming scene in the nude that caused a significant commotion at the time. Offered here is a vintage 1920s UNSIGNED 5x7 in. sepia photograph. VG.............Min. Bid $10
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416. Sir Richard Temple, 2nd Baronet CB, CIE (1850-1931) British Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and an anthropological writer. Brief ALS, 1883, 1p. 4-1/4 x 7 in. There is a tear in the middle but no loss of paper. Ink has lightened some..............Min. Bid $4
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417. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Jack Dempsey - Boxing Champion. Original c. 1964 vintage UNSIGNED 8x10 photographer of Dempsey in business suit, photographer A. Bryce Currie. VG.........Min. Bid $10
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418. [MAINE] Capt. Elisha Goodwin (1776-1842) farmer, shipbuilder, selectman of the town Eliot, Maine. Document signed, 1814, as tax collector. Maine was part of Massachusetts then. Approx. 7-1/4 x 2 in. VG.....................25-35
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The following lots are offered QUICKLY with low estimates for several reasons. Running out of time - have no idea of exactly what the item is, who might have signed it. Offered for those who like doing the research/discovery.
419. Handwritten poem from 19th century, 4 full pages..........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
420. Manuscript document dated 1796, about 6 x 3 in.......Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
421. Photo of NASA Astronauts with postage stamps affixed on it.......Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
422. Wilmington, Vermont document, 1798.........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
423. House of Rep. FREE TRADE 1858 gov. doc, 24pp.......Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
424. FEDERAL UNION WORLD, 1941, 12pp..........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
425. Palmer Austin ALS, 1855, Boston, 1p..........Min. bid $10 CLICK here
426. Three document, stock sales, 1899-1900.......Min. Bid $5 CLICK here
427. Capt. John Cowdon, 1881 gov. doc...........Min. Bid $3 CLICK here
428. Hon. Justin S. Morrill [Vermont] speech 1869, 16pp........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here
429. Handwritten 1p. poem, 19th century.........Min. Bid $10 CLICK here
430. Looks like a postcard signed by many persons [?].......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
431. Signed 1912 - signed card.............Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
432. 1970 cover signed [think it is music]. Fine........Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
433. Signed card [?]. Fine..........Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
434. [MUSIC] cover signed once or twice [?].......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
435. Harry Liedtke (1882-1945) German film actor. Signed postcard photo......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
436. Bobby Franco - actor. Signed postcard photo.....Min. Bid $8 CLICK HERE
437. 1944 COVER SIGNED - looks very interesting.........Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
438. AUSTRIA - CORRESPONDENCE 1854 gov. doc., Franklin Pierce. ......Min. Bid $10 CLICK HERE
439. [ART] Stephen James Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher. Original etching, "AN EASTERN PRINCESS", from a painting by J.G. Jacquet. Image 8-1/8 x 4-3/4" plus margins which are fairly clean with only the slightest signs of age.............80-120.................Min. Bid $25
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440. [NAVAL HISTORY] Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Offered here is an ink signed memo dated 3 Sept. 1946, JOINT TASK FORCE ONE [Navy Department], Washington DC. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. VG..............100-150
441. Emma Stone Lawrence Blackwell (1851-1920), the niece of Lucy Stone, married George Washington Blackwell in 1875. They had two children, Howard Lane Blackwell and Anna Blackwell Beldon. Emma was active in reform movements, including women’s suffrage. Their son, Howard Lane Blackwell (1877-1972), earned three degrees from Harvard University, including a Ph.D. in physics. He married Helen Electa Thomas (1880-1972) in 1907 and they lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with their three sons. ALS, no date, 2pp. to her father, 5 x 8 in. Good................50-75
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442. [THEATRE] Jane Coombs (1842-1901?) The daughter of a socially prominent New York family, Jane Coombs sought out the renowned actress Clara Fisher Maeder for instruction in acting. It was Maeder who connected her with Fred Niblo and other New York producers enabling her sudden emergence as a favorite on the eve of the Civil War. During the 1870s, Coombs may have been the most highly esteemed tragedienne regularly appearing on the American stage. She embodied for many an ideal of feminine dignity. It is not approach to exaggeration to say she is the most beautiful woman on the American stage," wrote an 1880 critic for the New York World. While her preeminence was challenged by Mary Anderson in the 1880s, Coombs enjoyed the highest approbation when performing the roles of the standard repertory from Shakespeare to Sheridan as her troupe toured the continent well into the 1890s. Of contemporary roles, her most famous was Lady Dedlock and Hortense in the stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Bleak House." Offered here is a signed card, about 3 x 2 in. VG...............50-75
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443. Arthur A. Ross (1920-2008) American film and television screenwriter, best known for co-writing The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG...............Min. Bid $5
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444. Exhibition of Art Work by Walt Kuhn at the Walt Kuhn Gallery, at Cape Neddick Park, Maine, approx. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. Lists 11 oil paintings, 1 watercolor and 1 drawing, each with a price. 3 pages; no illustrations. Accompanied by a 1966 bank check signed by Brenda Kuhn. VG.............50-75
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445. George Lunt (1803-1885) was an American editor, lawyer, author, and politician. George's ancestor, Henry Lunt, was one of the original settlers of Newbury (1635). His grandfather's exploits with John Paul Jones were chronicled by James Fenimore Cooper. George Lunt was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Harvard College in 1824, with special distinction in Greek, studied law, and began practice in Newburyport in 1827. In earlier life Mr. Lunt was an active member of the Whig party, and in its interests was distinguished as a public speaker. On the dissolution of that party he became a Democrat. He was elected successively representative for Newburyport and senator from Essex County in the legislature, was an active member of the convention that nominated General Zachary Taylor for the presidency, and was appointed United States District Attorney for Massachusetts under Taylor's administration. He eventually resumed the private practice of his profession, devoting his leisure to literary pursuits. When the Whigs dissolved, he joined the Democrats. Prior to and during the Civil War he was editor of the Boston Courier in conjunction with George S. Hillard. He opposed policies which would estrange the South and defended slavery. When he returned to the practice of his profession, he appeared frequently in the state courts, and was counsel before congressional committees in reference to French claims, preparing a bill and efficiently pressing it for the action of congress. Mr. Lunt's later years were marked by labors in behalf of harbors of refuge, notably at Scituate, Massachusetts, on the south shore of Boston bay. By persevering effort he succeeded in securing very considerable appropriations from congress to this end. He was a man of firm convictions in both political and religious matters, and fearless and manly in their expression. As a writer his style was marked by strength, dignity, and grace. Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 6 x 2 in. VG...............25-35
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446. [ENTERTAINMENT] Nedra Volz (1908-2003) American actress. Born in Montrose, Iowa, she began her career in the family tent show, and appeared in vaudeville as a toddler (called "Baby Nedra"). In the early 1930s, Volz was featured vocalist with Cato's Vagabonds, a Des Moines, Iowa, big band that briefly enjoyed national popularity. Cato never made records, but Nedra managed to appear on exactly one 78 side, with Will Osborne's orchestra in 1933. Beginning with an episode of Good Times in 1975, she became a well-recognized supporting character actress, primarily on television and also in feature films. Offered here is a 3x5 card on which she has written about 13 lines and signed. VG..............Min. Bid $7
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447. [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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448. [ART] Francis Pasquier (1901-1969) French painter. He was a landscape, marine and genre painter, poster designer and illustrator. ALS. 1953, 1p. Not translated. 8x10 in. VG................25-35
449. (MAINE) JOCK [John R. McKernan, Jr.] - Gov. & U.S. congressman from Maine. Group of 7 TLSs, 1983-90, all signed Jock. 2 have punch holes along edge. VG..............Min. Bid $35
450. [MUSIC] Henry Russell (1812-1900) English pianist, baritone singer and composer. In an eventful life on both sides of the Atlantic, Russell wrote the songs "A Life on the Ocean Wave" and the tune to George Pope Morris's poem Woodman, Spare that Tree while living in the United States from 1835 to 1841, before settling in London to produce musical extravaganzas until he retired in 1857. Many of his songs championed social causes like abolition, temperance, and reform of mental asylums. CLIP SIGNATURE with sentiment...................25-35
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451. [ART] Charles Heath (1785-1848) English engraver, currency and stamp printer, book publisher and illustrator. Heath was the illegitimate son of James Heath, a successful engraver who enjoyed the patronage of King George III and successive monarchs. Heath owned a large studio, and a great deal of the work signed "Heath" is not actually by him; nevertheless he was very prolific. Charles Heath believed that custom entitled engravers to make and keep a limited number of impressions of their work. When he was sued by the publisher, John Murray, in 1826, as a result of having made and kept such impressions, he relied on that supposed custom, but, in 1830, a jury denied its existence. Then, in 1831, the judges of the Court of King's Bench held that his conduct had been unlawful at common law, though not a breach of the Prints Copyright Act 1777. Offered here is an original engraving c. 1827, image about 6-1/2 x 4-3/4 in. plus margins. VG..............40-60
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452. William Arthur Purtell (1897-1978) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Connecticut in the United States Senate in 1952 and from 1953 to 1959. His family was poor, his father and mother being tobacco workers. He dropped out of school at 15 and worked as a janitor, water boy, and car checker for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. During World War I, he served with the radio section of the U.S. Army Expeditionary Force in France, being discharged as a corporal in 1919. After working as a salesman from ten years, Purtell co-founded the Holo-Krome Screw Corporation of West Hartford in 1929 and served as its president, treasurer, and general manager until 1952. He was also director of the Hartford Red Cross and one of the executive directors of the Connecticut State Prison. Signed 1931 cover honoring Wethersfield, Ct............Min. Bid $10
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453. Shirley Booth (1898-1992) American stage, film, radio, and television actress. Offered here is a sketch on which she writes it is of her cat Carrie; and says she is now legally blind, Sorry Shirley Booth. 8 x 5-1/4 . VG...........50-75
454. [POSTAL HISTORY] Henry Wilson (1812-1875) was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) and a senator from Massachusetts (1855–73). Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. Hand addressed envelope, 5-1/4 x 3 in. Torn along top edge....................50-75
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455. [FILM] vintage 1960 movie still photograph from the film ON THE WATERFRONT, showing Lee J. Cobb. Marlon Brando is not pictured in this scene. 10x8 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10
456. Richard Rovere (1915 – 1979) American political journalist. During the Great Depression, he joined the Communist movement and wrote for the New Masses. In 1939, as a result of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, he broke with Stalinism and became an anticommunist liberal. Signed 3x5 card dated 1978. VG..............Min. Bid $9
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457. [FILM] Jack Nicholson - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 8 x 10 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
458 [FILM] Marlon Brando - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 10 x 8 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
459. [FILM] Jack Nicholson - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 8 x 10 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
460. [FILM] original c. 1949 movie still photo from the film THE HASTY HEART starring Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal. 10 x 8 in. Unsigned. VG................Min. Bid $8
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461. [ART] Henry Macbeth-Raeburn RA (1860?1947) Etching, THE TRAVELLERS, signed in the plate, image approx. 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. plus margins. VG................Min. Bid $10
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462. [IRELAND] Very Rev Dr William Connor Magee DD DCL (1821-1891) was an Irish clergyman of the Anglican church, Bishop of Peterborough 1868–1891 and Archbishop of York for a short period in 1891. In 1868 the question of the disestablishment of the Irish church came to the fore, and Magee threw himself into its defence with his usual energy and vivacity. The success of his orations caused Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli to offer him the bishopric of Peterborough, England. Mounted address panel signed by Magee, postmarked 1871. Approx. 4-1/4 x 2-1/4 in. VG........Min. Bid $10
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463. [NASA] group of 6 covers postmarked 1962-1983. VG................Min. Bid $25
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464. 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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465. [MAINE] Henry Richards (1848-1949) He married Laura Elizabeth Howe, daughter of Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe. They married in Boston on June 17, 1871. Reverend James Freeman Clark officiated the ceremony, which took place at Church of the Disciples Unitarian. In 1876, they moved to Gardiner, Maine. In 1900 the Richards Paper Company was consolidated with International Paper Company, which purchased the property in Gardiner. At this point Henry worked as an architect during the winters while his summers were spent carrying on a boys camp at a property they purchased on Great Pond in Belgrade, Maine. That camp was known as Camp Merryweather and it was the very first camp for boys opening in 1900. Henry was very involved locally, serving as chairman of the Gardiner school board, trustee of Gardiner Water District, director of the Public Library of Gardiner (he even designed the building), and a member of city council. He was also a vestryman for some year at Christ Church. TLS, 1899, 1p. Re: bonds to pay off debt. VG...............Min. Bid $15
466. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Stephen Alonzo Schoff (1818-1904) American engraver and etcher in New York and Boston. Original antique engraved view of FRANCONIA NOTCH, WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Image is approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. plus margins. There is a large water stain over the top-right portion otherwise in excellent condition...............Min. Bid $10
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467. [FILM] Helen Walker (1920-1968) was an American film actress of the 1940s and 1950s. Walker's film debut came in 1942's Lucky Jordan, a comedy about a gangster (Alan Ladd) who ends up drafted in the Army, where Walker's character reports him AWOL. In the farce Brewster's Millions, her sweetheart inherits $8 million, but can't keep it unless he can spend a million of it within a specified time. Walker also played the romantic interest of Fred MacMurray in the popular comedy Murder, He Says in 1945. UNSIGNED vintage 8x10 photo. VG...............Min. Bid $10
470. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) John Scott Williams (1897-1976) artist known for mural painting, illustration, etching. ALS, 1960. (2) Rene Le Vant (b.1947) actor, known for Rocky II (1979), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) and The Incredible Hulk (1977). Unsigned 1984 Warner Bros. pay check. (3) Jeff Melman (b. 1947) American television director and producer. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. pay check. (4) Danny Rogers (d. 2021) Danny has been in the motion picture industry for the past 42 years as a stuntman and stunt coordinator. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. pay check. (5) Alice Playten (1947-2011) was an American actress and voice actress. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. pay check. (6) John Riker Brady (1822-1891) American judge, a Justice of the New York Supreme Court, and best known for administering the presidential oath of office to Chester A. Arthur. He served as president of The Lambs from 1888 to 1890, and was first nontheatrical person to serve as shepherd. CLIP SIGNATURE. (7) Charles R. Buckalew (1821-1899) US Senator from Penn. during the civil war. Ink Free Frank signature on front portion of cover. (8) Printed 1840 gov. doc. Re: Pensions. 1p. (9) Robert Michaelis (1878-1965) French-born actor and singer who worked in musical theatre, mainly in England, but he also made appearances on Broadway. SIGNATURE. (10) Francis E. Walter (1894-1963) Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Walter was a prominent member of the House Un-American Activities Committee from 1951 to 1963. His printed Free Frank on congress of US envelope postmarked 1962. (11) Isaac H. Doutrich (1871-1941) US congressman from Pa. Printed Free Frank of 1932 postmarked envelope. (12) Godlove Stein Orth (1817-1882) United States Representative from Indiana and an acting Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. SIGNATURE. (13) Sir John Soane RA FSA FRS (1753-1837) English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the Royal Academy and an official architect to the Office of Works. He received a knighthood in 1831. Original 1813 engraved portrait. (14) DOUGLAS VOLK (1856-1935) Portrait Painter. DS, a check dated 1922................Min. Bid $75468. [FILM] Lynn Bari (1913-1989) was a film actress who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in roughly 150 movies for 20th Century Fox from the early 1930s through the 1940s. UNSIGNED vintage 8x10 photo. VG...............Min. Bid $10
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469. [FILM] Claire Trevor (1910-2000) American actress. She appeared in 68 feature films from 1933 to 1982,[2] winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo (1948), and received nominations for her roles in The High and the Mighty (1954) and Dead End (1937). Trevor was billed first for Stagecoach (1939); her profile was higher than John Wayne's at the time. UNSIGNED vintage 8x10 photo. VG...............Min. Bid $10
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471. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Carleton S. Coon (1904-1981) American anthropologist. A Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, lecturer and professor at Harvard University, he was president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Signed card. (2) Claude M. Fuess (1885-1963) American author, historian, educator, and Headmaster of Phillips Academy Andover from 1933 to 1948. TLS, 1946, 1p. (3) Jacob Bunn (1831- 1920) American corporate leader, financier, industrialist, and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. 1877 Second National Bank document issued to him but not signed. (4) Skip Ward (1932-2003) producer & actor. Warner Bros pay check, 1985, endorsed on verso by Ward. (5) Melvin Price (1905-1988) Illinois Congressman. Signed card. (6) [CIVIL WAR] Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164, July 20, 1864. Signed Calais, Main, 1890 bank check. (7) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. Signed 1946 bank check. (8) Clinton B. Sears, before becoming a Cadet, enlisted as a Private, Aug. 20, 1862; discharged, Sep. 16, 1863. Served as Corporal and Color-Sergeant, 95th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers; on detached service in Army of the Cumberland during first six months' service; in Battle of Richmond, Ky., under General Nelson, and in Crittenden's Corps, was in the Battle of Perryville, or Chaplin Hills, Ky., and Stone River, Ten.; returned to duty with Regiment in Feb., 1863, and under General Indicates a West Point graduate and gives his Class.Sherman in the 15th Corps participated in the campaign against Vicksburg, being in the Battle of Jackson, Mis., in both Assaults against Vicksburg, May 18 and 22, and in the second Attack on Jackson, Miss. Signed album page as Capt. (9) Harry S. Hatch signed membership card for Sons of Veterans, Geo. A. Custer Camp.......Min. Bid $50
472. [WALT KUHN ESTATE] Aunt Margaret writes to Walt Kuhn 1920 from Jamaica, NY, 1p. saying that Walt's father says he thinks he would be better off staying in a hospital. She says that Walt should make the decision. Includes original envelope addressed to Mr. Walter Kuhn, Canoe Place, Good Ground, L.I. Walt Kuhn has written in pencil on the envelope. Signed bank check by Brenda Kuhn included. VG...............50-75
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473. [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
474. SONS OF VETERANS, U.S.A. - George A. Custer Camp No. 11, Mass., 1907. About 7 x 3.5 in............Min. Bid $4
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Bill of Sale For $75,000 Walt Kuhn Painting475. [ART] Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. Typed Document signed by Brenda Kuhn, an AGREEMENT AND BILL OF SALE, for a painting by Walt Kuhn titled "Brenda in Ogunquit." The painting was 50 x 30 in., sold by the Midtown Galleries in New York for the Kuhn Estate. The document has the signature of a Notary Public, dated 1989. VG......100-150......Min. Bid $25
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476. Emma Speed Sampson author who wrote the last 5 books from The Bluebird Books series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. Signature, inscribed [pencil] 1923...........Min. Bid $1
477. [ART] Salvatore Grippi (1921-2017) important American artist. One of the underrepresented figurative expressionist members of the New York School featured in Herskovic’s book is Salvatore Grippi, who was born in 1921 in Buffalo. After participating in the major invasions in Europe during World War II, Grippi came back to New York and attended the Art Students League under the G.I. Bill from 1945 to 1948. From 1951 to 1953, Grippi was at Atelier 17, the famous printmaking studio run by British artist Stanley William Hayter, who taught printmaking to Pollock and Rothko, among many other abstract expressionists. Grippi would later contribute an etching to the well-known portfolio Twenty-One Etchings and Poems [1958], including work by such artists and poets as Frank O’Hara, Franz Kline, Grippi’s brother Peter Grippe, and Dylan Thomas. From 1953 to 1955, Grippi worked in Florence, Italy, with the support of a Fulbright Scholarship. He taught for several years at the Cooper Union Art School before moving to California to teach at Pomona College. In 1968, Grippi was asked to start the art department at Ithaca College and taught there until 1991. Grippi, who worked and exhibited alongside the likes of de Kooning, Nevelson, and Kline during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s. In 2011, he was honored with a solo retrospective at Cornell University's Johnson Museum of Art. He was a significant figure in postwar abstraction and his work from this period has graced the walls of MoMA, the Whitney, and the Met but has seldom appeared at auction. Offered here is a graphite drawing, not signed, approx. 4-3/4 x 4-1/4 in. VG. Providence: Grippi Estate............Min. Bid $50
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478. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Florence Morse Kingsley (1859-1937) American author of popular and religious fiction. Signature on 3.5 x 2.5 in. card which has darkened somewhat. (2) Dee Barton (1937-2001) American jazz trombonist, big band drummer, and prolific composer for big band and motion pictures. Barton is known for his horror-esque style of composing in action thriller films. He created the soundtrack to the Clint Eastwood films Play Misty for Me, and the eerie soundtrack to the 1973 film High Plains Drifter. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG. (3) [AMERICANA] three 1840 manuscript documents dated 1840. Shipping goods from New York to New Orleans. Each about 7.5 x 10 in. These are from the Roland G. Hazard papers. VG (4) George Rice Carpenter (1863-1909) was a noted educator, scholar and author. SIGNATURE, approx. 5 x 2.5 in. VG. (5) John Middleton Murry (1889-1957) English writer. He was a prolific author, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married in 1918 as her second husband, for his friendship with D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot, and for his friendship (and brief affair) with Frieda Lawrence. Following Mansfield's death, Murry edited her work. ALS, 1932, 1p., 4-1/4 x 7 in. VG. (6) [IOWA] William B. Allison (1829-1908) US Congressman and Senator from Iowa. By the 1890s, Allison had become one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the Senate. Three different Republican presidents asked Allison to join their Cabinet, but Allison declined each offer. A significant number of delegates supported his presidential nomination at the 1888 and 1896 Republican National Conventions. CLIP SIGNATURE on 3 x 1 in. slip. VG. (7) Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. He graduated in 1920 and from Columbia University Law School, New York City, in 1924. He served in the US congress from 1943-1971. Offered here are 3 Western Union telegrams from Philbin & 13 to the congressman. Mostly VG. (8) Joseph E. Brennan - TLS, no date, 1p, as Gov. of Maine. VG (9) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1966 bank check. ..............Min. Bid $65
479. [PRISON REFORM] RARE letter by LOUIS DWIGHT (1793-1854) American Philanthropist. He graduated from Yale in 1813, and Andover Theological Seminary in 1819. He was prevented from preaching because of weak lungs, caused by inhaling a gas during a college chemical lecture. In 1824 he married Louisa Willis, sister of N.P. Willis, the poet. In that same year [1824] he embarked on a six month horseback ride for his health distributing Bibles among prison inmates in various states. The abuses that became known to him led to the formation in 1825 of the Prison Discipline Society, of which he was the practical manager until his death, effecting many needed reforms. In 1846 he visited Europe and inspected prisons there. The 29 annual reports published by Dwight contained a vast amount of valuable information not to be found elsewhere. Offered here is a ALS, Andover [Mass], 1822, 4pp. Written to Rev. Alfred Ely (1778-1866) who was born in West Springfield, MA. Ely worked as a clerk in Springfield and Hartford, CT before graduating from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1804. In 1806, Alfed Ely was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Monson, MA, where he remained until his death in 1866. Ely was named as a trustee in the founding charter of Amherst College and served as a trustee from 1825 to 1854. Excellent content letter. VG..................200-300
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480. [NAVAL HISTORY] Samuel Smallcorn (c.1735-1793) Revolutionary War Naval Gunner and First Lieutenant. Appointed Gunner, Aug. 12, 1776, of the Continental frigate "Raleigh," Capt. Thomas Thompson, at wages of $15 a month. He did not remain on her long, as on Sept. 30, 1776, he was First Lieutenant of the brigantine "Reprisal," a privateer, then lying at Boston, Capt. John Wheelright; she was of about seventy tons, carried eight carriage guns (three pounders) and ten swivels, and seventy men, also provisioned for a cruise.Capt. Samuel Smallcorn married Jane Moore, Dec. 11, 1785, at Kittery, both residents. Offered here is a Signed document, Kittery (Maine), Feb. ? 1775, approx. 6 x 7-1/4 in. This is a receipt signed by Smallcorn who receives payment from Capt. Robert Follett who was also an interesting person. Robert Follett (1737-1780) was also a physician. He Commanded a company of Artillery at Kittery Point, Me., by return of Nov. 5, 1775. Was appointed Master of the Continental frigate, "Raleigh" Capt. T. Thompson, June 24, 1776; was discharged about Jan. 1, 1777. Also signed by others on verso. VG..............Min. Bid $100
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481. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore of Mass. ORIGINAL drawing, not signed, c/ 1980. This is a Gloucester Harbor scene. Paper size approx. 9 x 7 in. VG................50-75
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Original Etching By German Expressionist 482. [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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483. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. Signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN." VG. (2) Gene Arnstein - VP of Society of Independent Producers. Ink signed 1965 memo. (3) Souvenir Map of World's 1940 Fair. (4) E.B. Rideout - Meteorologist. TLS, 1937. (5) Dr. Jose C. Montero - assisted in removal of a live shell from a soldier's body during the Spanish Civil War. Signature. (6) Singer Sewing Machine 1871 letter. (7) Philip Philbin - Mass. congressman. 1944 telegram. (8) Post Offices in Vermont - 1850 printed gov. doc. (9) Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) Springfield businessman, friend & pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral. 1872 letter to Bunn [not signed by him].First National Bank of Elgin. (10) [CIVIL WAR] Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164, July 20, 1864. Calais, Maine, 1905 bank check. The signature is not Rounds - its an estate signature...........Min. Bid $50
484. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Robert Henry Goldsborough (1779-1836) US Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) Geo. R. Dennis (1822-1882) Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) John S. Spence (1788-1840) Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (4) William D. Merrick (1793-1857) Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) James B. Groome (1838-1893) Gov. and Senator from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. (6) Edwards Amasa Park (1808-1900) American Congregational theologian. Park was one of the most notable American theologians and orators. He was the most prominent leader of the new school of New England Theology. Signature on envelope. (7) George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) was a prominent American politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1877 to 1904 who belonged to an extended family that became politically prominent in 18th- and 19th-century New England. DS, receipt dated 1904 a couple months before he died. (8) Jimmy Carter - Jan. 20, 1977 Inauguration cover, not signed............Min. Bid $40
485. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) S. Ward Loper - Curator, Museum Westleyan University. Brief ALS 1896. Soiled. (2) DOUGLAS VOLK (1856-1935) Portrait Painter. DS, a check dated (1909, made out to, and endorsed on verso by Alfred L. Seligman (1864-1912) sculptor. (3) Limerick Nation Bank [Maine] 3 checks, 1920. (4) Paul Reid Roman (1936-1991) actor. Warner Bros. pay check to him [not signed on back] 1985 . (5) Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (1914-2005) American actor, voice actor and bass singer known as the booming voice behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was also the uncredited vocalist for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from the classic Christmas television special, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Unsigned Warner Bros. pay check 1985. (6) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1958 bank check. (7) Charles Reade (1814-1884) English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. Stamped envelope addressed by Reade [not signed], 1857. Soiled. (8) Secretary of the Treasury 1836 printed gov. doc. signed in type by Levi Woodbury. (9) Edwin Whitefield (1816-1892) was a landscape artist who is best known for his lithographed views of North American cities and for a number of illustrated books on colonial homes in New England. Original lithograph from c. 1880.................Min. Bid $35
486. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) US Sec. Navy 1840 printed gov. doc signed in type by J.K. Paulding. 2pp. (2) Bill of Lading, goods being shipped by R.G. hazard from Boston to New Orleans inn1841. (3) New Hampshire 1809 document about property tax. (4) RETREAT FOR THE INSANE, Hartford, Ct. 1823 document. (5) Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. 1868 bank document, not signed by Bunn. (6) Sheet signed by ? Buchanan, 2nd Comptroller US Treasury and E.B. French, Auditor US Treasury. (7) Print of US Treasury building in Washington DC. (8) Group of 4 Limerick National Bank checks [Maine] 1925. ....Min. Bid $25
487. [SHOW BIZ] includes: (1) John Schneider (b. 1960) actor best known for The Dukes of Hazzard. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. (2) Warner Baxter (1889-1951) American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter became known for his role as the Cisco Kid. Unsigned color photo. The following are 1984 & 1985 Warner Bros. paychecks. None are signed (endorsed) on verso. (3) R.B. MITTLEMAN (4) Michael J. London - actor, known for Police Story (1973), ER (1994) and Falcon Crest (1981). (5) Robert C. Lindsley {b. 1949) English stage and TV actor. (6) Mugwump Prods. (7) R.L. Getchell (8) Heather Skillman (9) John A. Fegan Jr. - editor, producer. (10) Lee Barton is an actor and director, known for A Debt in the Life (2009), Let It Bleed (2016) and Scramble (2017). (11) Todd Basse - actor, known for Mitchell (1975), Gunsmoke (1955) and Run, Joe, Run (1974). (12) Brooke Baxes - actress, known for Friends (1994), Monkeybone (2001) and The Price Is Right (1972)................Min. Bid $40
488. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Karl E. Mundt (1900-1974) US Senator from South Dakota. TLS, 1964. (2) Red Adair (1915-2004) American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the highly specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping oil well blowouts, both land-based and offshore. Signed, inscribed 5 x 6-3/4 in. color photo. Signed twice [contrast isn't very good because photo is darker]. (3) Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the noted American artist Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (4) C. Delano - Sec. of the Interior. Signed in type 1875 printed gov. document, INDIAN SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA. (5) Douglas Volk - artist known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp. Signed 1906 bank check. (6) James Edward Murray (1876-1961) US Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961. (7) Tony Lavelli (1926-1998) NBA player. Sig. inscribed 3x5 card. (8) George Mitchell - US Senator from Maine. TLS, 1985, signed George. Thanks publisher for sending him a book. (9) Group of 26 Limerick, Maine bank checks c. 1917. (10) [ILLINOIS-LINCOLN] Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him. Approx. 5.5 x 7.5 in. VG..................Min. Bid $50
489. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Edward Jordan (1820-1899) American lawyer who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury. LS, Treasury Department, 1866, 2pp. Much mounting trace along left edge. (2) James L. Edwards - clip signature. He was Commissioner of Pensions [1836]. Signed on other side by Joseph Healy [1836] US congressman from New Hampshire. (3) Seaman Block Jacobs(1912-2008) American screenwriter. He wrote episodes for several TV shows, such as The Addams Family, The Lucy Show, I Dream of Jeannie, F-Troop, The Andy Griffith Show, Here's Lucy and Diff'rent Strokes. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1978 for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special for The George Burns One-Man Show in 1977. Warner Bros. 1884 check for him [not signed on back]. (4) Maude Raymond - signed card dated 1910. Think she was a dancer. (5) James E. Carter Inauguration cover [not signed] postmarked Annapolis, MD, Jan. 20, 1977. (6) Shirely O'Hara - wife of the noted artist Eliot O'Hara. ALS, 1932, 2pp. (7) Gordon Dorrance (b. 1890-?) publisher, author. TLS, 1936, 1p, ro the noted cartoon Wally Wallgren. (8) Philip Philbin - US Congressman from Mass. Group of 5 carbon copy typed letter [not signed]. (9) Chancery of New Jersey court document, 1907. (10) Printed 1852 gov. doc. in the US Senate re: land claim in Louisiana, 1p. (11) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (12) [CIVIL WAR] Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164, July 20, 1864. Signed Calais, Maine promisory document, 1901. Lines drawn over signature means paid. (13) Unidentified clip signature 1864 from Treasury Dept. (14) Socialist Labor Party - Who Speaks For Socialism. 4 page handout. ? date. (15) Styles Bridges (1898-1961) 63rd Governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career in the United States Senate. US Senate envelope bearing printed Free Frank signature, postmarked 1947................Min. Bid $75
490 [PORTSMOUTH NH] Col. Otis Baker (1727-1801) He served during his life as: Colonel, Representative, Judge, Court of Common Pleas; Man of Committee of Safety (1776-77); Muster and Company Pay Master, 1776, 1777, 1778 (War years). Offered here is a 1773 document concerning land in Portsmouth, NH. Concerns Thomas W. Waldron, his wife Constant and son William. It appears that all of the handwriting is by Otis Baker, Justice of the Peace. Thomas Westbrook Waldron was a prominent political figure in Dover, New Hampshire and a military officer that fought in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He later became a commissioner at Albany, New York and then a Royal councillor in 1782. During the American Revolution, Waldron abandoned his loyalist friend, New Hampshire Governor John Wentworth (governor) to become a patriot of the United States. He became a captain in the New Hampshire militia in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He commanded one of the whale boats that landed under fire from the Fortress. His correspondence from Louisbourg to his father gives a rare glimpse of life after the Siege. His letters to his father describe with some bitterness that the spoils of war did not go to New Englanders and rightly predicted that the men would be "Lul'd along" into occupying Louisbourg through the winter. Waldron is critical of General Samuel Waldo, referring to him as "Duke Trinkelo". Approx. 6-1/2 x 14+ in. Written on both sides. As you can see the top edge is very damaged..................200-300
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491. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) 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. (2) Douglas Volk -American artist. Signed 1923 bank check. (3) Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. Signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN." VG (4) Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, (1731-1806) served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain for fourteen years and under four Prime Ministers. Antique engraved portrait, about 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 in. (5) Charles Clayton Morrison(1874–1966) American Disciples of Christ minister and Christian socialist. TLS 1926, 1p. (6) Hugh Cecil (1869-1956), styled Lord Hugh Cecil until 1941, was a British Conservative Party politician. Signed card. (7) James R. Whiting (1803-1872) American lawyer and politician from New York. ANS 1866. (8) S.G. Winchester - clip signature 1835. (9) John E. Jacob (b. 1934) U.S. civil rights leader. He served as the president of the National Urban League between 1982 and 1994. Signed 4-3/4 x 4-3/4 in. photo. Signed in dark area so poor contrast. (10) Ashbel Green, Jr. (b. 1811) signature..........Min. Bid $50
492. [ART] Judith Zilczer - American art historian and former museum curator. She is known for her work with artists such as Horace Pippin, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Willem de Kooning, and Richard Lindner. Zilczer was interested in the connections between music and art, which she described as "the mystical strain of artistic synesthesia." She curated an exhibit titled "Visual Music: Synaesthesia in Art and Music Since 1900".[4][5] Zilczer served at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in various capacities from 1974-2003. From 1992 to 2003, she was Curator of Paintings. Her papers are held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. TLS, Sept. 20, 1983, 4pp. To Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the artist Walt Kuhn. She thanks Brenda for granting her permission to study the restricted Walt Kuhn Papers in the Archives of American Art. Excellent art content letter. Also includes a signed 1962 Brenda Kuhn bank check. Fine......80-120......Min Bid $25
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493. [FILM & THEATRE ACTORS LOT] includes: (1) Joel Siegel (1943-2007) American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over twenty-five years. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG. (2) John A. Stevens (1844-1916) American playwright, actor, and theatre manager, best known for playing the title part in The Unknown. CLIP SIGNATURE. (3) Dennis McGovern (1944-2003) actor. ALS on 1981 Season's Greetings. (4) Blake Edwards (1922-2010) American filmmaker. He is best-known films include Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and 10, Victor/Victoria, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British actor Peter Sellers. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG. (5) Joan Didion (b. 1934) writer of screen plays including A STAR IS BORN. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG. (6) John Tresahar - 19th c. English actor. CLIP SIGNATURE. (7) Christiane Schmidtmer (1939-2003) German born actress. She was the beautiful mistress of José Ferrer in Ship of Fools (1965), but most people will remember her as the evil wardress in the exploitation women-in-prison film, The Big Doll House (1971). Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo dated 1985. (8) Harry Conor (c. 1856 – 1931) American comic actor, best known for playing the role of Welland Strong in A Trip to Chinatown. CLIP SIGNATURE, 1902. (9) PLUS group of 7 unidentified clip signatures of early actors from the collection of the former Boothbay Theatre Museum in Maine. 15 pieces in all.............Min. Bid $50
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494. [WALT KUHN] Maynard Walker (1896-1985) American art dealer in New York City for nearly 40 years who was among the first to show the works of leading American regionalist painters. In 1933, while working at the Ferargil Gallery in New York, Mr. Walker organized an exhibition for the Kansas City Art Institute that for the first time brought together the work of the regionalist painters Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry. After Mr. Walker opened his own gallery, at 108 East 57th Street, in 1935, these artists joined him and showed regularly there. The gallery was also among the first to show the work of George Grosz, the German painter and caricaturist, who moved to the United States in 1932. The gallery moved to 117 East 57th Street after the war. Offered here is a 1958 letter on which he has written 5 lines plus signature. This is a copy sent to Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the artist Walt Kuhn. Walker had written to Harold Korzenik saying that there is not enough art work by Kuhn to have an exhibition. Harold Korzenik, a Brooklyn civic leader and counsel to the United Knitted Outerwear Association, the National Textile Processors Guild, the Knitwear Employers Association and the Knitwear Manufacturers Council. Walker says "So soup - We can't afford to participate in such stuff......" Envelope is included. During the 1950s and early 60s Maynard Walker was handing the estate of Walt Kuhn. VG...........75-100....Min. Bid $25
495. The 3 Laycock Girls, antique photograph. Fine............Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
496. Oriental original watercolor, signed, 10.5 x 9.5 in. VG.....Min. Bid $10 CLICK here
497. [BRITISH] Richard Whately (1787-1863) English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. He was a leading Broad Churchman, a prolific and combative author over a wide range of topics, a flamboyant character, and one of the first reviewers to recognise the talents of Jane Austen. Signed address panel, addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury, postmarked 1840. Stain on front is from the red wax seal. Approx. 4-3/4 x 3 in. Large hole on front does not detract...............25-35
498. [DEMOCRAT PARTY] Dorothy S. McAllister (1899-1983) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, she was one of the most important women on the Democratic National Committee. From 1937 to 1941, during the second administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. McAllister served as the director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. In this capacity, she gave speeches throughout the country in support of the New Deal and Roosevelt. She was also strongly involved in the Division's "Reporter Plan," a system designed to make the average citizen more aware of policies and activities of the Roosevelt Administration. Mrs. McAllister resigned her political positions when President Roosevelt appointed her husband a federal judge. Soon thereafter, she accepted a Presidential appointment to the Volunteer Participation Committee in the 6th Army Corps Area Office of Civilian Defense. After World War II, her involvement in civic affairs was primarily on the state and local level. Offered here is a 1938 TLS with good political content, 1p. 8.5 x 11 in. VG...............50-75
499. MAINE] George Mitchell (b. 1933) served as a United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. TLS, 1992, 1p, 8.5 x 11 in. VG..............25-35
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500. [HOLLYWOOD] Original vintage photograph taken by John E. Reed who was a Hollywood photographer who specialized in this type of photography. While a fair number of the famous walked through his studio doors, plenty of hopefuls also had their pictures taken by Reed. This 8x10 photo is signed & inscribed by Sondra Johnson on the back side. VG.................Min. Bid $25
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