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1. Frank W. Clarke
(1847-1931) American scientist and chemist. Sometimes known as the
"Father of Geochemistry," Clarke is credited with determining the
composition of the Earth's crust. He was a founder of The American
Chemical Society and served as its President, 1901. Professor Clarke was
the first theorist to advance a hypothesis regarding the evolution of
elements. This concept emerged early in his intellectual career. His
"Evolution and the Spectroscope" (1873) appear in Popular Science
Monthly. It noted a parallel evolution of minerals, accompanying that of
plant life. Brief 1923 ALS, 1p. Scientific content. To Robert S. Woodward (1849-1924)
American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. 5 x 7-3/4 in. Fine................100-150
2. [OLYMPICS] Samuel Lee (1920-2016) American physician and diver. He was the first Asian American man to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States (the second Asian American to win a gold medal overall) and the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic platform diving. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. Fine..............80-120
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From Walt Kuhn Estate3. [ART] Maynard Walker (1896-1985). Walker, was the New York art dealer representating the Estate of Walt Kuhn's art work during this time. 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. Offered here are (1) Maynard Walker ALS, 1958, 2pp. To Brenda telling her to relax regarding Philadelphia. They were in talking stage with possible Walk Kuhn exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (2)List of 24 Walt Kuhn painting [1957] owed by Brenda Kuhn. The artist Walt Kuhn [her father] died in 1949. (3) Maynard Walker - 1962 ANS to Brenda saying that Fleishman has taken the Prendergast and will pay next week. Fleishman owned the Kennedy Galleries in NYC that would later represent the Walt Kuhn Estate. (4) Brenda Kuhn signed 1966 bank check. VG.........Min. Bid $50
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4. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Joseph Doe (1776-1860) In 1821, Joseph was elected Somersworth's representative to the Lower House of the New Hampshire General Court. He became one of the most articulate leaders of the Federalist Party and formed a party known as the "Doe-faces". In 1826, he was re-elected and became the chief spokesman in the state for the business community. He was an expert to whom special banking questions were referred. After serving seven terms in the House, Joseph was appointed Justice of the Peace & Quorum in January 1829. His political tradition defined the forces of moderation, which became his son Charles' constitutional principle. Joseph was supporting the last stand in New Hampshire on behalf of government by gentry. He gained the conviction that the democratic process could only survive if wedded to the rights of property and the protection of commerce. This was the political legacy that he passed on to his son Charles. Signed 1810 court document, 7-3/4 x 7 in. Foxing..............Min. Bid $10
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9. Joe Jefferson (1829-905),
was an American actor. He was the third actor of this name in a family
of actors and managers, and one of the most famous 19th century American
comedians. Beginning as a young child, he continued as a performer for
most of his 76 years. Jefferson was particularly well known for his
adaptation and portrayal of Rip Van Winkle on the stage, reprising the
role in several silent film adaptations. After 1865, he created no other
major role and toured with this play for decades. Signed document,
1898. Mounted 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG................40-60
10.
[MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) FILM] Beverly
Bayne (1894-1982)
American actress who appeared in silent films beginning in 1910 in
Chicago, Illinois, where she worked for Essanay Studios. Vintage 1925
photo, 5x7. VG. (2) Roger Nash Baldwin (1884-1981)
was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950.Many of the
ACLU's original landmark cases took place under his direction, including
the Scopes Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial, and its
challenge to the ban on James Joyce's Ulysses. Baldwin was a
well-known pacifist and author. Signed cover [not
postmarked]. Also signed by Karl Augustus
Menninger (1893-1990)
American psychiatrist and a member of the Menninger family of
psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger
Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. Fine. (3) [BUSINESS]
Sir Frederick J. Bramwell,
1st Baronet (1818-1903) British civil and mechanical engineer. He
became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873 and served as president of
the Institution of Civil Engineers between December 1884 and May 1886
and the president of the British Association for the Advancement of
Science in 1888. He was knighted in 1881 and created a baronet on 25
January 1889. Bramwell trained as an engineer and studied steam
propulsion. In 1843 he constructed a locomotive for the Stockton and
Darlington Railway; set up his own business concentrating legal and
consultative work (1853). He was the first engineer to practice as a
technical advocate and later was adviser to the London water
companies. ALS, 5 Great George Street, Westminister, S.W., 1887,
1p., to Balfour Brown. Re: not able to dine with
Brown. Excellent condition. About 5 x 8 in. (4) Brenda
Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt
Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (5) J.W. Cohen - President
& C/O The Wilcoh Co. TLS, 1957, to Rabbi Frederick Solomon.
(5) Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969) American author. Her
signature & handwriting on bank check register 1945. (6) Aaron
H. Cragin (February
3, 1821 – May 10, 1898) was an American politician and a United States
Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. CLIP SIGNATURE. LONG TEAR
REPAIRED ON VERSO........MIN. BID $50
11. [FILM] Susanna Foster [1924-2009] American film actress best known for her leading role as Christine. Signed, inscribed color 10x8 movie still photo. VG..........25-35
12. [ANTIQUE PRINT] 1878 woodengraving removed from Harpers, RECEPTION OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE AND THE MARQUIS OF LORNE ON THE LANDING AT HALIFAX, Nov. 25th, 1878. Image approx. 7-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. plus slim margins. VG.................Min. Bid $1.00
13. [FRANCE] Ambroise-Marie Carré OP (1908-2004) Catholic priest, author and member of the French Academy. Born in Fleury-les-Aubrais in Loiret, France, Carré studied at l'école Saint-Joseph and the collège Sainte-Croix de Neuilly before entering the Dominican order in 1926 and being ordained a priest in 1933. Not long thereafter, he was to edit, from 1936 until 1939, the Revue des Jeunes. Under the German Occupation, following the capitulation of the French government to the Nazis during the Second World War, Carré aided those persecuted by the Vichy government, regardless of their religion or ethnicity; for this, he was awarded the Légion d'honneur and the Croix de guerre. Both before and after the war, he preached many sermons and participated in conferences in France and abroad (especially in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and Belgium). He preached the Lenten sermons many times at Notre Dame de Paris, and in 1964, Paul VI called him to present spiritual exercises at the Vatican. He was elected to the French Academy on 26 June 1975, replacing Jean Cardinal Daniélou, a post he held until his death on 15 January 2004 at Ancourt, in France. BRIEF ALS, not dated, written on inside of Paul VI card. Identified as "Carre was very near the pope for a certain period. This is probably from Paul VI's trip to Jerusalem." Fine.........80-120
14. [ART] Stephen S. Kayser (1900-1988)
art historian, curator, lecturer, teacher. He received his doctorate in
philosophy at the University of Heidelberg in 1924. As editor and
feature writer for the Mannheimer Zeitung and then, later writing for
various newspapers in Berlin, he knew many of the luminaries in German
visual arts and music through the beginning of the Nazi era. Kayser and
his wife, painter Louise Darmstädter, left Germany for Czechoslovakia in
1935, where they spent three idyllic years before fleeing, with
Kayser’s parents, to the Netherlands. From there, the family emigrated
to the United States, living first in Cincinnati, then in New York and
finally settling in southern California.
Kayser was an associate professor in the Department of Art at San Jose
State College, when he was invited to help establish the Jewish Museum
in New York. Accepting the position, Kasyer turned his polymathic
knowledge of art, history, philosophy and culture, as well as a deep and
sympathetic understanding of Jewish customs, to the museum’s mandate to
“display and promote all forms of artistic expression in the Jewish
tradition–painting, sculpture, architecture, music and letters.” During
his more than fifteen years at the Jewish Museum, Kayser curated over
80 exhibitions, showcasing both the museum’s vast historical collection
and many contemporary artists, and oversaw the acquisition of important
collections. In 1962 he returned to southern California to join the
faculty of the University of Judaism and direct the visual arts
department of its School of Fine Arts. Kayser taught at the University
of California at Los Angeles College of Fine Arts, much of the time
involved in a program designed to integrate all art forms. Offered
here is a TLS, The Jewish Museum, 1955, 1-1/2pp., to Rabbi Fred Solomon
explaining why the museum is unable to mount exhibitions at that
time. Frederick Solomon (1899-1980) German
Expressionist artist. 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. VG..............100-150
15. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) NEW YORK] Amasa Dana (1792-1867) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Document Signed, NY Supreme Court, Tmpkins County, 3pp, signed as a judge. Approx. 8 x 12 in. VG (2) Edmund Valpy Knox (1881-1971), was a poet and satirist who wrote under the pseudonym Evoe. He was editor of Punch 1932–1949, having been a regular contributor in verse and prose for many years. ALS, 1932, 1p. He sends proofs "dated as you ask. I gathered there was some objection to the Kipling ..." About 5.5 x 7 in. VG. (3) [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. (4) Alfred Robert Tucker (1849–1914) Anglican Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa (covering the contemporary countries of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania), from 1890 to 1899, and Bishop of Uganda from 1899 to 1908. Following in the footsteps of his family, he became an artist, exhibiting at the Royal Academy. In 1913, a year before Bishop Tucker's death, Uganda's first theological college was formed. On his death, it was named Bishop Tucker Theological College. In 1997, it became Uganda Christian University. In 2004, the University's theology faculty was named "The Bishop Tucker School of Divinity and Theology." CLIP SIGNATURE, about 4 x 3/4 in. VG. (5) 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 $30
16. 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
17. Photo of NASA Astronauts with postage stamps affixed on it.......Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
18. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [OPERA] Ruby Mercer [1906-1999] Am. soprano. Signed album page. (2) Annie Fields (1834-1915) American writer. Fields was a forward-looking, philanthropic and multi-talented woman, who encouraged the talents of others even as she followed the good of the intellect. Although Fields often turns up in the pantheons of 19th century poetry, it is for her short sympathetic biographies that she is now remembered. ALS, 1910, 1p, laid to mounting page. With original envelope. (3) James Truslow Adams [1878-1949] American writer. TLS, 1941, 1p, recommendation for his wife's cousin's daughter. Quite lengthy. (4) MARQUESS OF BATH, The 6th (1905-1992) (Henry F. Thynne) British nobleman who in 1949 turned Longleat House, his financially distressed family's 16th-century home, into a tourist attraction, setting a precedent that was followed by a number of his peers. In the 1960s he introduced African wildlife in a safari park on the estate's grounds, it has become one of England's great attractions. TLS, 1987. (5) [ART/THEATRE] John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923) Victorian English historical and portrait painter as well as an accomplished theatrical costume designer. As his reputation grew, Lucas increasingly mixed in society circles, and became firm friends with the famous society portrait painter John Singer Sargent who was his almost exact contemporary. A portrait of Lucas executed by John Singer Sargent is displayed in Tate Britain . Towards the 1890s John Seymour Lucas executed a number of major works for prestigious public buildings or royal clients. These include: The Flight of the Five Members (Houses of Parliament), The Granting of the Charter of the City of London (Royal Exchange), Reception by HM King Edward VII of the Moorish Ambassador (Royal Collection), HRH the Prince of Wales in German Uniform (Royal Collection). ALS, 1916, 2pp., written on both sides. (6) William Hepworth Thompson (1810-1886) English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. ALS, 1873, 4pp. (7) [POETRY] Riccardo Bacchelli (1891-1985) Italian writer. SIGNED handwritten poem, 1975, written on both sides, inscribed. In Italian. Folds o/w FINE. (8) WARREN MAGNUSON (1904-1988) American Politician. He was a US Rep from the State of Washington from 1937-1944. He then served in the Navy during WW2. After the war he ran for the US Senate and was elected from 1944-1981. He was one the most powerful senators ever from his home state. SIGNED 8x10 portrait photogragh. (9) Richard Pike Bissell (1913-1977) American author of short stories and novels. One of which, 7 1/2 Cents, was turned into the Broadway musical The Pajama Game. This won him (along with co-author George Abbott) the 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical. He wrote a book about the experience called Say, Darling, which chronicled the ins and outs of a broadway musical production and featured characters based on those (such as Harold Prince) he worked with; this book was also turned into a musical, also called Say, Darling, in 1958. ALS, 1965, 1p, inquiring about a job for his son who was coming for the summer to Boothbay, Maine. Written to the owner of the Boothbay Theatre Museum. VG. (10) W.S. Lilly - British essayist. ALS, 1870, 2pp. (11) Madeline Vanderpool [d.1995] Am. Sculptor. Sig. [on verso] 3x4 photo of her 1934 bronze sculpture...........Min. Bid $100
19 . [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
20. [SPACE] WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015)
she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer
for NASA. From 1962 to 1965, Whisenhant, who was a native of Texas, was
the staff photographer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
During her tenure there she shot photos of astronauts, worked with CBS
newscaster Walter Cronkite on a story about astronaut John Glenn, and
photographed President John F. Kennedy. Growing up in Livingston, Texas,
Willene Whisenhant probably couldn't have imagined sipping lemonade on
Air Force One with the president. She most likely didn't think she'd be
the first woman ordained into an all-male club. And the idea of being
the first and only female photographer for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA), couldn't have possibly drifted into even
her wildest daydreams. Later on, Whisenhant learned that President John
F. Kennedy wanted her up front because, as he explained, when he first
met his wife, then Jacqueline Bouvier, she was a struggling photographer
and no one would give her a break. He therefore wanted Whisenhant to be
front and center. That same day, the president asked his men to take
the photographer up to Air Force One and give her some lemonade. Offered
here is an original vintage 1960s 8x10 photo showing Willene "Willy"
Whisenhant interviewing John Glenn. Willy is on the right side. She has
signed "W" bottom right which means she was the photographer of the
photo. Obviously her camera on setup on tripod/timer.
Fine...........200-300
21. [ART] Horace R. Burdick
(1844-1942) American artist born in East Killingly, Connecticut in
1844. Burdick went to Boston from Providence, Rhode Island in 1864 and
finally settled in Malden, Massachusetts in 1886. Burdick began his art
career in Providence in 1863, at the age of 19, where he was engaged in
retouching and coloring photographs. Burdick attended the Union Hall
School in Providence, The Lowell Institute in Boston, and the Museum
School of Fine Arts, Boston. Burdick's paintings hang in many public
buildings and his articles on art have been printed in various art
journals. As the oldest living member of the Boston Art Club, he was
honored by the group when his portrait of then President Coolidge was
placed on exhibition at the Club in 1927. As an active member of the
Boston Art Club, Burdick was a contemporary of numerous artists. The
Boston Art Club members mentioned in Burdick's private papers include:
John Joseph Enneking, John R. Key, Alfred Ordway, Frank H. Shapleigh,
William E. Norton, Scott Leighton, James Wells Champney, R. Swain
Gifford, Jean Paul Selinger and William F. Halsall. Offered here
is a collection of Burdick drawings, all unsigned. Many of the pages
show old damp stains. These were early drawings c. 1880. Provenance:
Burdick estate.............Min. Bid $50
22. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper lift off of MA-9. Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Cooper's Lift off - MA-9." NASA S-63-76-3. Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. Fine.............200-300
23. [SPACE] WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. From 1962 to 1965, Whisenhant, who was a native of Texas, was the staff photographer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. During her tenure there she shot photos of astronauts, worked with CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite on a story about astronaut John Glenn, and photographed President John F. Kennedy. Growing up in Livingston, Texas, Willene Whisenhant probably couldn't have imagined sipping lemonade on Air Force One with the president. She most likely didn't think she'd be the first woman ordained into an all-male club. And the idea of being the first and only female photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), couldn't have possibly drifted into even her wildest daydreams. Later on, Whisenhant learned that President John F. Kennedy wanted her up front because, as he explained, when he first met his wife, then Jacqueline Bouvier, she was a struggling photographer and no one would give her a break. He therefore wanted Whisenhant to be front and center. That same day, the president asked his men to take the photographer up to Air Force One and give her some lemonade. Offered here is an original color photo of James McDivitt (b. 1929) NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight during which Ed White performed the first U.S. spacewalk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first crewed flight test of the Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware. He later became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations and was the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager from 1969 to 1972. Whisenhant has written at the bottom "McDivitt." Provenance: from the files of Willene Whisenhant. VG...............100-150
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24. [RARE PHOTOGRAPH] vintage 1962 color photograph of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson delivering speech at Rice University on Sept. 12, 1962. He was introducing President Kennedy who was to given his famous Moon speech. This rare photo is signed "W" by the photographer who was - WILLENEWHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. From 1962 to 1965, Whisenhant, who was a native of Texas, was the staff photographer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. During her tenure there she shot photos of astronauts, worked with CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite on a story about astronaut John Glenn, and photographed President John F. Kennedy. Growing up in Livingston, Texas, Willene Whisenhant probably couldn't have imagined sipping lemonade on Air Force One with the president. She most likely didn't think she'd be the first woman ordained into an all-male club. And the idea of being the first and only female photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), couldn't have possibly drifted into even her wildest daydreams. Later on, Whisenhant learned that President John F. Kennedy wanted her up front because, as he explained, when he first met his wife, then Jacqueline Bouvier, she was a struggling photographer and no one would give her a break. He therefore wanted Whisenhant to be front and center. That same day, the president asked his men to take the photographer up to Air Force One and give her some lemonade. Except for some chemical surface faults in very good condition. The surface fauts only show when held at certain angle. Provenance: directly from the photographer who was living in Wells, Maine when she passed away. Offered here at a low estimate........................300-400
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25. [SPACE] John Glenn (1921-2016) was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at age 77. Before joining NASA, Glenn was a distinguished fighter pilot in World War II, China and Korea. Signed, inscribed b/w photo, 8x10. There is a edge tear bottom left side but it does not touch the signature..................100-150
26. [SPACE] John Glenn (1921-2016) was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at age 77. Before joining NASA, Glenn was a distinguished fighter pilot in World War II, China and Korea. Original vintage 1960s color 8x10 photo taken by WILLENEWHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. She has written Glenn at bottom of photo. VG.................100-150
27. [SPACE[ Roderick O. Middleton (1919-1978) Rear Admiral. Apollo mission director Office Manned Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1965-1967. Apollo program manager John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 1967-1969. Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 12, 1969-1970. Signed 1969 First Day Cover honoring First Man On The Moon. Signed on the verso..............50-75
28. [SPACE] Original pamphlet ASTRONAUT JOHN H. GLENN ORBITS THE EARTH FOR AMERICA, Feb. 20, 1962. The pamphlet was published after Glenn completed the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, and recounts details of the mission, along with some of Glenn's reflections on the experience and photographs of his training and recovery. Originally sold for 15 cents. Another example of this pamphlet was offered online at $1000 to $1500 but passed. Heavily illustrated. 12pp., approx. 10 x 7.5 in. VG. Years ago this pamphlet was priced at $95............Min. Bid $50
29. [ART] Alexander Pope (1849-1924) American artist, both in paint and wood carving, mostly of sporting and still life subjects. As a youth, he carved and sketched animals around his home in Massachusetts. In the 1860s, he worked for his family’s lumber business. Pope studied carving, painting, perspective, and anatomy with William Rimmer, an important romantic-baroque sculptor, painter, and influential teacher of many Boston artists. He published two sets of chromolithograph versions of his watercolor paintings: Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States (1878), and Celebrated Dogs of America (1882). From 1879 to 1883, Pope created many well-received carvings of game; Czar Alexander III of Russia acquired two of the carvings. Pope became a member of the Copley Society of Art of Boston after its founding in 1879. In 1893, Pope began painting animal portraits and, later, pursued a career as a portrait painter. He also painted trompe-l'œil works. Pope’s work is in many private collections and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the White House, the Brooklyn Museum, the M.H. De Young Memorial Museum and the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Offered here is an original photograph signed on the verso by Pope, approx. 3.5 x 2.5 in. Pope has written $600 as his price for the painting pictured. Minor dent on photo o/w VG. Provenance: Alexander Pope's personal papers..................100-150
30. [SPACE]
JOHN GLENN - Guest Speaker flyer 1972, 1p. About 8.5 x 11 in.
Postmarked space stamps affixed..........Min. bid $20
32. (BRITISH LITERARY NOTABLES) HENRY JAMES BYRON (1835-1884) Prolific Dramatist, editor, journalist, died at 49 of TB. ALS (1876) 3pp. ROBERT M. BOWYER NICHOLS (1893-1944) Writer, known as a War Poet of WW1, playwright. ALS (2pp) with envelope. SIR FRANCIS PALGRAVE (1788-1861) Historian. ALS (1859) in 3rd person. EDMUND C. BLUNDEN (1896-1974) Poet, Author, Critic. SIGNED presentation page from his 1929 book “Near & Far”. JOHN WILSON (Christopher North)(1785-1854) Scottish writer. ALS, 1p. SAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT (1860-1914) Scottish Novelist. TLS (trimmed)(1890) mounted to larger card. EDMUND HODGSON YATES (1831-1894) ANS with initials on note card................80-120
36. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Charles W. Tobey (1880-1953) Governor and US Senator from NH. Signed postmarked 1938 cover honoring 150th Anniversary of New Hampshire Ratified the Constitution June 21, 1788. Sticker addressed. VG.................50-75
37. [ART] Ynez Johnston (1920 – 2019) American painter, sculptor, printmaker and educator. Her artwork is modernist and abstract with a narrative of imaginative lands or creatures, and often featuring collage. Johnston was based in Los Angeles. Her work is featured in various permanent collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Spencer Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, Fullerton College, the McNay Art Museum, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and others. Johnston was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1952 for fine art, which allowed her travel to Italy. In 1955–1956 she was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant for painting and printmaking. Johnston was awarded the National Endowment for the Art (NEA) grant in 1976 and 1986. ALS, 1982, one full page about selling her work privately to a dealer [prices etc]. Fine.............100-150
38. [WOMEN] Jacqueline Cochran (1906-1980) American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She set numerous records and was the first woman to break the sound barrier on 18 May 1953. Cochran was the wartime head of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (1943–1944) (along with Nancy Love) which employed about 1000 civilian American women in a non-combat role to ferry planes from factories to port cities, and was later a sponsor of the Mercury 13 women astronaut program. Signed 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 card to which has been added a potrait.................80-120
39. Sir William Robert Knox-Johnston CBE RD (b. 1939) is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake, he won the second Jules Verne Trophy, for which they were also named the ISAF Yachtsman of the Year award. In 2007, at the age of 67, he set a record as the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world solo voyage in the Velux 5 Oceans Race. Signed 1 line ALS, 1988. Approx. 8 x 11 sheet.................50-75
40. [ART] Scott Leighton (1849-1898) American artist best known for horse racing, barnyard and landscape scene painting. Small watercolor done on album page, unsigned. We purchased the sketchbooks of Scott Leighton during the 1990s and sold most of the drawings to an art museum in Maine. Album page is approx. 6.5 x 4 in. Fine.............200-300
True story concerning our collection of Scott Leighton drawings. About 30 years ago we were doing a book show and had some of the Scott Leighton drawings on the table. A man asked about the prices and I said that if he bought X number of drawings the price would be X [can't remember exact price amounts], and if he purchased more the price per piece would be lower. He looked at me then asked "How many would I need to buy before they are free?" I did not know who this person was at the time but later we became friends. He was the director of a prominent national museum. Sorry but I won't give his name.
45. [SPACE] A vintage original black and white portrait of John Glenn, Gus Grissom, and Alan Shepard in spacesuits in front of a Mercury-Redstone spacecraft. A black number photograph, with explanatory text stamped on the verso in purple/blue ink. The 3 Mercury Redstone pilots participated in Mercury's first manned space flights from the cape. Left to right is John Glenn, Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard. UNSIGNED as usual. Very scarce. Another example of this photo was offered at auction in 2020 with an estimate of $800-$1200 but it failed to sell. We believe this photo was taken by WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. Provenance: Willene Whisenhant collection. Fine..............400-600
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46. [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
47. Wilmington, Vermont document, 1798.........Min. Bid $10
48. FEDERAL UNION WORLD, 1941, 12pp..........Min. Bid $10
49. [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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50. [FRANCE] Count de Froissard - ALS, 1816, 1p, 6-1/2 x 8-1/4". Not translated. Identified as "was there around Napoleon in 1814. Speaks about the 1816 election." VG..........75-100
51. [GREAT BRITAIN] Henry John Temple, 3rd ViscountPalmerston, KG, GCB, PC, FRS (1784-1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period 1830 to 1865, when Britain was at the height of its imperial power. Signed address panel, sent to Sir Herbert Taylor, undated, marked PRIVATE. Taylor was most likely Sir Herbert Taylor (1775-1839) the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, serving Kings George III, George IV and William IV. About 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. Fine...............60-80
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52. [KUHN
ESTATE] The following from the Estate of Walt, Vera and Brenda
Kuhn. [1] a 4-1/2 x 3-1/4" photo of the Walt Kuhn home in Cape Neddick,
maine, taken by his daughter Brenda. [2] a 1989 Midtown Galleries
exhibition brochure for Walt Kuhn. [3] receipt for Walt Kuhn's
property tax bill, Wells, Maine, 1941. This would have been for
the house shown in the photo offered here. [4] Walter Hatch TLS,
1941, to Walt Kuhn, saying there was an error in in tax bill. All items
are directly from the Kuhn Estate...........100-150
53. (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...............Min. Bid $50
54. REPRESENTATIVES REPORT OF THE NINTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE ROYAL CLAN O.S.C. Held in Chicago, Illinois, June 28, 29, 30th and July 1st 1887. T.G. Fleming writes a 25 page handwritten report "To the worthy Chief, Officers and Clansmen of Clan Gordon No. 19, Hartford, Conn. Scottish Clans. VG..................100-200
55. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1895 Annual meeting, Springfield, Mass. Document signed by at least 25 members. Includes:
- Bernhard E. Fernow (1851-1923) was the third chief of the USDA's Division of Forestry of the United States from 1886 to 1898, preceding Gifford Pinchot in that position, and laying much of the groundwork for the establishment of the United States Forest Service in 1905. Fernow has been called the "father of professional forestry in the United States.
- Louis Prang (1824-1909) American printer, lithographer, publisher, and Georgist.[1] He is sometimes known as the "father of the American Christmas card".
- Bushrod Washington James, A.M., M.D. (1836–1903) American surgeon, homeopathist, writer, and philanthropist.
- Albert S. Bickmore (1839-1914) American naturalist and originator of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, becoming one of its founders.
- Worcester Reed Warner (1846-1929) American mechanical engineer, entrepreneur, manager, astronomer, and philanthropist. With Ambrose Swasey he cofounded the Warner & Swasey Company.
- Walter LeConte Stevens (1847-1927) well-known physics professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and, later, Professor of Physics at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
- Henry Farquhar (1851-1925) Career "G man", working for the US Coast Survey, census bureau, and other departments.
- Dr. Jefferson E. Kershner (b. 1854) Professor of Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, Franklin and Marshall College.
Plus others. Approx. 8-1/2 x 24 in. long. Needs alot more research. VG........200-300
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56. (RARE KENTUCKY PIONEER DOCUMENT) Indenture
1798 between John Vertees Sr., Stphen Rawlings, Armistead Churchill,
Robert Hodgens, William Kelso, James Crutucher, Isaac Morrison, Benjamin
Helm, Trustees of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. land granted to Edward
Rawlings. This document is actually signed by: Charles Helm, James
Moredock, Samuel Bush, John Vertees, Stephen Rawlings, Armistead
Churchill, William Kelso, James Crutcher, Ben Helm and Morris Miles.
Approx. 8-1/4 x 13 in. Separated at middle fold line [easy to repair];
expected edges faults. All of the sifnatures are on the verso.
RARE.................Min. Bid $200
Brief bio. on some of these signers:
Charles Helm (1777-1831) served in the Kentucky House in 1806, 1809-1811 and the Kentucky Senate from 1812-1816. He was also a veteran of the War of 1812.
Samuel Bush (1772-1812) became the Uncle of Abe Lincoln.
John Vertrees (1741-1803) he was a Captain solider in the Revolutionary War, one of 175 Virginia voluntees called by the Indians “Long Knives”, with George Rogers Clark in the conquest of the Northwest Territory (1778-9), fighting at Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Vincennes, Chilloocpthe and Pickaway; and was a captain of a company of soldiers with Col. John Floyd against Indians in 1782, following their incursions into Hardin and other counties in 1781.
Stephen Rawlings (1749-1830) Private Stephen Rawlings, served in the American Revolution from 18 July until 21 August of 1780. He was in a Militia under the command of Col William Linn, in Captain John Swan's Company. At this time, George Rogers Clark was the Commanding General. Stephen was on the payroll of the Jefferson Militia under actual service in repelling an invasion of the enemy Indians, the expedition against the enemy, under General George Rogers Clark, from the 21st of October 1782 until the 6th of November 1782.
James Crutcher (1755-1823) served as a corporal in Company 8, 2nd Virginia Regiment from June 1, 1777, to January 1778. He fought in the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown and wintered at Valley Forge in 1777-78 in his 2nd Virgina Regiment service.
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.
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.
58. [BRITAIN] 2 original engraved portraits of William IV (1765-1837)
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of
Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of
George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, becoming the
last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover. The
smaller one is 2-3/4 x 2-1/4 plus clean margins. Larger one is 4-1/4 x
3-1/2 plus margins. VG.............50-75
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63. (OPERA NOTABLES LOT) Christa Ludwig (1928) German mezzo-soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, Lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses and passions, and solos contained in symphonic literature. Her career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1990s. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant and distinguished singers of the 20th century. SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 portrait photograph. SIR Richard Lewis (1914 –1990) Welsh tenor. He made his operatic debut in 1939, and from 1947 onwards, sang at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera and at Covent Garden. He made his debut in the United States in 1955. Lewis made a number of recordings. ALS, 1p. DOLORA ZAJICK (1952) American Mezzo-Soprano. SIGNED 8x10 color photograph. GERMAINE ROGER (1910-1975) French Opera Star and Actress, he also began a career in film and will become popular operettas Vincent Scotto brought to the screen: Three Navy ( 1934 ) One of the Canebière ( in 1938 , where she interprets including The Most Beautiful Tango in the world, duet with Alibert ) Gangsters of Château d'If ( 1939 ). ALS, 1p (in French). HERBERT JANSSEN (1892-1965) German Baritone performed Wagner and appeared in all the major opera houses of Europe. The Nazi regime caused Herbert Janssen to leave Germany (1938). SIGNED Christmas Greeting Card. VG.............Min. Bid $5040-60
65A. Gladys Emerson Cook (1899-1976) perhaps best known for her delightful drawings of dogs, many of which were used as book illustrations. She also drew advertisements, including cat ads for Carter's Ink and Puss n' Boots products. She also painted and did many original prints. Cook studied at the New York Art Student's League with Anthony Thieme and Yarnall Abbott. She exhibited at The National Academy of Design, 1953-1945; NY Public Library, 1942; Library of Congress; National Arts Club, NYC; Society of Illustrators, 1945; Abercrombie and Fitch, NYC and Bronx Zoological Park, 1941. Offered here is a graphite drawing [pencil]. Unsigned. Guaranteed to be by Gladys Emerson Cook. The drawing itself is about 2-1/2 x 2 in. plus margins. VG..........40-60
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65B. Gladys Emerson Cook (1899-1976) perhaps best known for her delightful drawings of dogs, many of which were used as book illustrations. She also drew advertisements, including cat ads for Carter's Ink and Puss n' Boots products. She also painted and did many original prints. Cook studied at the New York Art Student's League with Anthony Thieme and Yarnall Abbott. She exhibited at The National Academy of Design, 1953-1945; NY Public Library, 1942; Library of Congress; National Arts Club, NYC; Society of Illustrators, 1945; Abercrombie and Fitch, NYC and Bronx Zoological Park, 1941. Offered here is a graphite drawing [pencil]. Unsigned. Guaranteed to be by Gladys Emerson Cook. The drawing itself is about 6-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. plus margins. VG..........80-120
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65C. Gladys Emerson Cook (1899-1976) perhaps best known for her delightful drawings of dogs, many of which were used as book illustrations. She also drew advertisements, including cat ads for Carter's Ink and Puss n' Boots products. She also painted and did many original prints. Cook studied at the New York Art Student's League with Anthony Thieme and Yarnall Abbott. She exhibited at The National Academy of Design, 1953-1945; NY Public Library, 1942; Library of Congress; National Arts Club, NYC; Society of Illustrators, 1945; Abercrombie and Fitch, NYC and Bronx Zoological Park, 1941. Offered here is a graphite drawing [pencil]. Unsigned. Guaranteed to be by Gladys Emerson Cook. The drawing itself is about 4-1/2 x 3 in. plus margins. VG..........50-75
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65D. Gladys Emerson Cook (1899-1976) perhaps best known for her delightful drawings of dogs, many of which were used as book illustrations. She also drew advertisements, including cat ads for Carter's Ink and Puss n' Boots products. She also painted and did many original prints. Cook studied at the New York Art Student's League with Anthony Thieme and Yarnall Abbott. She exhibited at The National Academy of Design, 1953-1945; NY Public Library, 1942; Library of Congress; National Arts Club, NYC; Society of Illustrators, 1945; Abercrombie and Fitch, NYC and Bronx Zoological Park, 1941. Offered here is a graphite drawing [pencil]. Unsigned. Guaranteed to be by Gladys Emerson Cook. The drawing itself is about 6-1/2 x 7 in. plus margins. Paper is wrinkled. Probably could be pressed out..........50-75
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66A. Gladys Emerson Cook (1899-1976) perhaps best known for her delightful drawings of dogs, many of which were used as book illustrations. She also drew advertisements, including cat ads for Carter's Ink and Puss n' Boots products. She also painted and did many original prints. Cook studied at the New York Art Student's League with Anthony Thieme and Yarnall Abbott. She exhibited at The National Academy of Design, 1953-1945; NY Public Library, 1942; Library of Congress; National Arts Club, NYC; Society of Illustrators, 1945; Abercrombie and Fitch, NYC and Bronx Zoological Park, 1941. Offered here is a graphite drawing [pencil]. Unsigned. Guaranteed to be by Gladys Emerson Cook. The drawing itself is about 6 x 8.5 in. paper size. Two bottom edge tears...........80-120
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66B. Gladys Emerson Cook (1899-1976) perhaps best known for her delightful drawings of dogs, many of which were used as book illustrations. She also drew advertisements, including cat ads for Carter's Ink and Puss n' Boots products. She also painted and did many original prints. Cook studied at the New York Art Student's League with Anthony Thieme and Yarnall Abbott. She exhibited at The National Academy of Design, 1953-1945; NY Public Library, 1942; Library of Congress; National Arts Club, NYC; Society of Illustrators, 1945; Abercrombie and Fitch, NYC and Bronx Zoological Park, 1941. Offered here is a graphite drawing [pencil]. Unsigned. Guaranteed to be by Gladys Emerson Cook. About 8 x 7.5 in. paper size............80-120
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66C. Gladys Emerson Cook (1899-1976) perhaps best known for her delightful drawings of dogs, many of which were used as book illustrations. She also drew advertisements, including cat ads for Carter's Ink and Puss n' Boots products. She also painted and did many original prints. Cook studied at the New York Art Student's League with Anthony Thieme and Yarnall Abbott. She exhibited at The National Academy of Design, 1953-1945; NY Public Library, 1942; Library of Congress; National Arts Club, NYC; Society of Illustrators, 1945; Abercrombie and Fitch, NYC and Bronx Zoological Park, 1941. Offered here is a graphite drawing [pencil]. Unsigned. Guaranteed to be by Gladys Emerson Cook. About 6-1/2 x 7-1/4 in. paper size............80-120
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66D. Gladys Emerson Cook (1899-1976) perhaps best known for her delightful drawings of dogs, many of which were used as book illustrations. She also drew advertisements, including cat ads for Carter's Ink and Puss n' Boots products. She also painted and did many original prints. Cook studied at the New York Art Student's League with Anthony Thieme and Yarnall Abbott. She exhibited at The National Academy of Design, 1953-1945; NY Public Library, 1942; Library of Congress; National Arts Club, NYC; Society of Illustrators, 1945; Abercrombie and Fitch, NYC and Bronx Zoological Park, 1941. Offered here is a graphite drawing [pencil]. Unsigned. Guaranteed to be by Gladys Emerson Cook. About 2-1/2 x 2 in. plus margins............40-60
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68. [FRANCE] 1769 ARRET, DE LA COUR DE PARLEMENT, concerning censorship by the Church, 6 pages, approx. 7 x 9 in. In very fine condition.............100-150
70. [WORLD WAR 2] Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Offered here is an unsigned autograph manuscript page dated 1 Nov. 1944, written on both sides, 8 x 10-1/2". These are notes he kept for himself. Rare! VG...............100-150
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71. [SCIENCE] Louis Agricola Bauer (1865-1932) American geophysicist, astronomer and magnetician. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1888, and he immediately started work for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. During 1895-1896, he was instructor in mathematical physics at the University of Chicago, after which he worked in various positions at different locations. The most important of these was as the first director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, which was established in 1904. In this position, he set up and carried out a large-scale program of two and a half decades to map the Earth's magnetic field on land and at sea in an attempt to provide accurate, up-to-date information about this important feature. Offered here is a 1896 bank check made out to Bauer and endorsed on the serso by him. The check is signed by R.S. Woodward. Robert Simpson Woodward (1849- 924) was an American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. VG................100-150
72. [FILM] Allen Jenkins (1900-1974)
American character actor and singer who worked on stage, film, and
television. Allen Jenkins was labeled the "greatest scene-stealer of the
1930s" by The New York Times. Offered here is a signed & inscribed
vintage sepia 8x10 photo. VG............50-75
74. [FRANCE] 1671 manuscript document, 3pp, written on thick vellum. Numerous signatures not researched. Approx. 7-1/4 x 10 in. VG.......................100-150
75. [FRANCE] Jean-Antoine Tinseau (1697-1782) French prelate. Tinseau earned a doctorate in theology from the University of Besançon and canon and vicar general of the Archdiocese of Besançon. In 1743 he became commendatory abbot of Bitaine and in 1745 Bishop of Belley. He was transferred to the diocese of Nevers in 1751. In 1760 Tinseau built a new episcopal palace and in 1762 he replaced by secular priests Jesuits at college and seminary. ALS, Nevers, 1782, 2pp, approx. 6-1/4 x 7-3/4". VG.........60-80
77. [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
78. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - a general catalog of autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine, List 158, published 1995. Contains 71 listings, some illustrated. At the rear listings 72-108 portrait engravings of Rev. Wat Generals [none illus.], followed by Lots 109-139 Biographies of Rev. Generals [all priced]. Everything is priced in this catalog. Interesting for research. VG......Min. Bid $20
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79. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - a general catalog of autographs issued by Joseph Rubinfine, List 130. Contains 89 priced listings, some illustrated. VG......Min. Bid $20
See above
81. (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
82. [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
83. (AFRICA) Bond for Compagnie Generale Des Comptoirs Africans, Paris 1927. Folio, with coupons, signed by company officials...............75-100
84.
[NEW MEXICO TERRITORIAL MINING] John Abbott, President. Stock
certificate signed, 1881, attractive mining vignette, 9.5 x 6.5 in.
VG.................75-100
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85. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] 1940 Stock Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company, 1950. Vignette at top center. About 11 x 7 in. VG..........Min. Bid $10
See above
86.
[MICKEY SPILLANE] Offered here are 2 letters sent to Spillane plus an
unsigned 8x10 photo of Spillane. All of these items come from
Mickey's personal collection. [1] Jim Henaghan (1911-1984)
journalist, screenwriter, novelist and columnist. Henaghan, who worked
for every major paper in Los Angeles, served as The Hollywood Reporter's
Rambling Reporter in the early '50's. Always candidly outspoken and
never one to cater to the industry's sacred cows, he wrote an article
concerning Preston Sturges' escapades with a nurse while confined in a
local hospital. Sturges, far from angry at the humorous reportage,
called Charles Feldman and convinced him Henaghan's talents could be
better put to use as a screenwriter. He worked as rewrite man at
Paramount working on property owned by the studio, and was responsible
for rewrites of what were to become "Sunset Boulevard" and "North to
Alaska." It was said of him..."he could take 'Stagecoach,' put it on
shipboard, and make it a good screeplay." Henaghan served as executive
vp of John Wayne's Batjac Prod. for seven years. From 1960-76, he lived
and worked writing feature articles on film and film personalities in
Europe. Henaghan wrote five novels in the Jeff Pride series, published
by Bantam Books and St. Martin's Press. He was a close friend of the
actor Robert Walker.
In her biography of Walker and Jones,
Star-Crossed, author Beverly Linet quotes Walker's friend Jim Henaghan,
who was not mentioned in official accounts of Walker's death, as saying
that he was present at the time of the events leading to Walker's death.
Henaghan stated that he stopped by Walker's house, where they played
cards, and Walker was behaving normally. Walker's psychiatrist arrived
and insisted that he receive an injection. When Walker refused, Henaghan
held him down in order for the physician to administer it. Walker soon
lost consciousness, and frantic efforts to revive him failed.
Offered
here is a lengthy 2 pages typed letter signed Jim, dated July 15, 1953.
Written to Mickey Spillane regarding contract details with Waye -
Fellows. That's John Wayne's company. Tattered
edges.
[2] Bob Fellows (1903-1969)
American film producer who was once a production partner with John
Wayne and later with Mickey Spillane. In 1952, Wayne and Fellows teamed
up to start their own production company, Wayne-Fellows Productions,
making (primarily) films starring Wayne, the first one being Big Jim
McLain (1952). The following year they produced Island in the Sky
(1953). Wayne had seen the venture as a way to produce and direct his
own film version of the battle of the Alamo. Eventually, Fellows
became embroiled in a complicated divorce from his wife, necessitating
the need to sell his half of the company. Wayne bought Fellows out and
started his own Batjac Productions. One of the Wayne-Fellows films was
Ring of Fear, featuring Mickey Spillane. Offered here is a July 15, 1953
typed letter signed Bob. Its basically about the same thing Henaghan's
letter was about. [3] Unsigned vintage 8x10 photo of Mickey
Spillane. Provenance: Estate of Mickey
Spillane.........100-200
87. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Sir. George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958) Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. He was awarded the Military Cross, when he assumed command of a group of American soldiers who had lost their officers during the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, and became the only official Australian photographer from any war to receive a combat medal. SIGNED CARD. Fine. (2) Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, PC (1774-1848), of The Grange in Hampshire, of Ashburton in Devon and of Buckenham Tofts near Thetford in Norfolk, was a British politician and financier, and a member of the Baring family. Baring was the second son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, and of Harriet, daughter of William Herring. ALS, no yr., 1p. (3) Henry Jephson (1798-1878) British physician & philanthropist. Signature clipped from 1839 document. (4) Ralph Shapey (1921-2002) was an American composer and conductor. ALS, 1997, 1p. (5) Joe Pesci (b. 1943-) actor, signed card. (6) Benjamin Henry Day Jr. (1838-1916) illustrator and printer, best known for his invention of Ben-Day dots. Signed 1902 bank check. (7) George Kennan (1845-1924) American explorer. AQS on card hearing his photo. Excellent example. Fine.........Min. Bid $50
88. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Ann Landers (1918-2002) Signed 7x5 color photo. (2) Achille Tomasi (1840-1885) accomplished tenor and music director. AQS 1881 bar of music. (3) Robert Morse (b. 1931-) Am. actor. TLS 1990. (4) Frederic Austin
(1872-1952) English baritone singer, a musical teacher and composer in
the period 1905–30. He is best remembered for his restoration and
production of The Beggar's Opera. Sogned page dated 1905. (5) Madge Kennedy (1891-1987)
was a stage, film and TV actress whose career began as a stage actress
in 1912 and flourished in motion pictures during the silent film era. In
1921, journalist Heywood Broun described her as "the best farce actress
in New York". ANS on card 1984. (6) George Speri Sperti
(1900-1991) Italian-American inventor who invented Preparation H
hemorrhoid medication. He also invented the Sperti Ultraviolet Lamp,
Aspercreme for pain relief, and KVa Power Meter..................Min.
Bid $50
89.
[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
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90. [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
See above
91. Payson Williston (1764-1856) First Minister at Easthampton, Ma. . Payson was born in West Haven CT. and was the son of Rev. Noah Williston and Hannah Payson. He entered the ministery under the teachings of Dr. Trumball of New Haven CT. and attend Yale College from 1779 through 1783. Before he entered college he spent a short spell in a Militia fighting in the Revolutionary war. Payson was licensed to preach at twenty one years of age, but did not settle into his final role of Pastor of Easthampton until he was twenty six. He became the first Pastor of Easthampton on Aug 13 , 1789, when he was ordained with his father present. He spent forty years as Pastor of Easthampton. In 1790 he married Sarah Birdseye, daughter of Rev. Nathan Birdseye of Stratford CT. Together they had five children; Maria, John Payson, Samuel, Nathan Birdseye and Sarah. In 1805 he traveled to the settlements in New York to teach his ministries and in 1833 at the age of seventy requested to be relieved of his duties as Pastor of Easthampton, which he was granted. Payson past on at the age of ninety two, on January 30th, 1856. Payson Williston, was the minister in Easthampton’s only church. Payson was a stern, old-fashioned New England preacher, with strong Calvinist leanings. Offered here is a 1846, 3pp, folded stampless letter from Payson Williston to his son Nathan B. Williston at Brattleboro, Vermont. Newsy letter about family - internesting to note about how Pneumonia was treated in one instance. Three pages plus postmarked afddress leaf. Postmarked Easthampton, Mass. VG...........300-500
92. [WORLD WAR 2] Dr. Ralph D. Bennett (1900-1994)
His career was varied and most distinguished. He served as a professor
of physics at M. I.T; as a naval officer, responsible for the Naval
Ordnance Laboratory in Washington; and director of the Vallecitos Atomic
Laboratory near Livermore, Calif., for the General Electric Co. He
subsequently became V.P. and director of research for Martin Marietta.
Dr. Bennett was a man uniquely placed to bring about significant changes
in the way the Navy handled its research and development in those early
years. Having both a Captain's rank and a respected technical
background, he played a major role in the development of the
Military-civilian partnership at NOL, and saw its use accepted
universally in the rest of the Navy's R&D management. The Navywide
system of Commander/Technical Director management owes its origins to
Dr. Bennett. Offered
here is an ink signed memorandum from Bennett to Capt. L.W. Mckeehan,
Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Navy Yard, Washington DC, 8 December 1943,
2pp. Discusses, by
names, using certain people. Louis Mckeehan has written and signed
a response on page 2. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in. 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.
VG.................150-250
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93. 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
See above
94. [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
95. [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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Scan 496. [U.S. NAVAL] Capt. Paul Cassard (1891-1972) Navy officer who served in both World Wars. In 1941 Captain Cassard was the officer who welcomed Winston Churchill on the British battleship Duke of York off the Virginia Capes and escorted him to Washington for his conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was born in Prince Frederick, Md., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1913 and served in World War I with a destroyer force based in Queenstown, Ireland. In World War II he was as signed to the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington and to New York headquarters of the Eastern Sea Frontier. He retired in 1950, at which time he was president of the Navy board of review of discharges and dismissals. Offered here is a TLS, Navy Department, 12 April 1948, 1p. Written to Philip J. Philbin, US Congressman from Massachusetts. Cassard, at this time was President, Board of Review, Discharges and Dismissals. Concerns the discharge of Francis A. Gregg. This lot includes a TLS, March 18, 1948, 1p. from Congressman Philbin to Francis A. Gregg saying he has received enclosures from Admiral Colclough. At bottom of this letter is brief typed note signed in ink by Francis A. Gregg. PLUS 7 carbon copies of letters [retained copies] from Philbin concerning this case. Total 9 pieces. VG..............Min. Bid $25
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97. [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
See above98. 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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99. [WALT KUHN ESTATE] items from the estate of Brenda Kuhn, daughter of Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) famous American artist. Includes: Edmund Muskie 1968 TLS. Walt Kuhn's Wells, Maine property tax 1948 receipt. Photo of the Kuhn home in Cape Neddick, Maine up on the hill. Photo of later Brenda Kuhn building just down the road. Brenda Kuhn signed check 1967. Cape Neddick Park brochure featuring Walt Kuhn. VG.............Min. Bid $40
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100. [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
See above
101. [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
102. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [MUSIC] Thomas Harper Jr.
(1816-1898) English trumpet musician. He was the son of Thomas
Harper (1786-1853) the English trumpet player, playing in important
concerts of the day. ALS, 1857, 2pp, 4-1/2
x 7-1/4 in. He writes to Roger Kerrison saying the offer for payment is
not less than he has been getting for other concerts. Fine. (2) Joseph P. Lash (1909–1987)
was an American radical political activist, journalist, and author. A
close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, Lash won both the Pulitzer Prize for
Biography and the National Book Award in Biography for Eleanor and
Franklin (1971), the first of two volumes he wrote about the former
First Lady. The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of August 23, 1939
deeply shook Lash's growing leanings towards the Communist Party,
causing him to resign as executive secretary of the American Student
Union. Three months later he was subpoenaed to appear before the House
Un-American Activities Committee (colloquially known as the "Dies
Committee" after its chairman) to be questioned about his activities
with the American Student Union and the American Youth Congress. Lash
was a hostile witness on Nov. 11, refusing to cooperate with the
committee in its effort to obtain the names of members of the Communist
Party and to expound upon their influence. SIGNED 1p. typescript
from some unknown work. VG (3) WW II] EVELYN W. FARRAND. Assist.
to Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, Chairman of YOUNG AMERICA WANTS TO HELP,
operated under the auspices of the British War Relief Society, Inc.
Typewritten Letter Signed, New York, July 21, 1941, to Mrs. Burton
Musser, the president of the Utah British War Relief Society. One page,
4to. Sending three pages of information on projects for raising funds
for immediate aid of the children in Britain to the additional objective
of "crystalliz[ing] the sympathy of the youth of America for the youth
of Great Britain." Four pages total. (4) Mary Ella Reutershan (1921-2019) during
World War II she was a confidential secretary to President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. ALS, 1984 on postcard written to Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the artist Walt Kuhn. (5) Brenda Kuhn (1912-1993) a
founder of Cape Neddick Park [Maine], an art patron and historian. She
was the daughter of American artist Walt Kuhn. Signed 1963 bank check.
(6) Douglas Volk (1856-1935)American
portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the
Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the
founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He and his wife Marion
established a summer artist colony in western Maine.Signed 1923 bank check................Min. Bid $50
103. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Julius Rudel (b. 1921) American opera and orchestra conductor. Signed, inscribed 4x5 photo. VG (2) Salvatore Baccaloni (1900-1969) Italian operatic bass, often regarded as the greatest buffo artist of the 20th century. Signed card. (3) Camille Darville [1863-?] Dutch actress, singer. Signed card. (4) Julian Hawthorne [1846-1934] Am. writer, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Clip Signature. (5) 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. (6) 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. (7) 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 x 8 photo, dated
April 3, 2002. VG................Min. Bid $50
104. MYSTERY
LOT of about 86 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters;
documents; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk,
known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp,
and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1804. Good lot for eBay
sellers or those who like researching items.....150-250 Min. Bid $75
106. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL Ink drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it. ........50-75
See Bakshi drawing
107. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL Ink drawing, unsigned on 6-1/4 x 7-1/2 in. sheet. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it........50-75
See Bakshi drawing
108. 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
109. Gabriel Monod (1844-1912)
French historian, the nephew of Adolphe Monod. In 1876 he founded the
Revue Historique,[2] which rapidly became a great authority on
scientific education. ALS, 1908, 1p. 4-1/4 x 5-1/2......25-35
110. Justin Whitlock Dart Sr. (1907-1984) American businessman, considered the "boy wonder" of the drug store industry. In college Dart had played football for Northwestern University.
TLS (1970), brief 1p. Fine......35-45
111. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste-Léon Say (1826-1896)
French statesman and diplomat. One of the 19th-century's noted
economists, he served as French Finance Minister from 1872 until 1883.
Letter Signed 1878, 1p. 8-1/4 x 10-1/4. Written below [signed] are
4-5 lines by Henri de Gavardie (1823-1910) French politician.
VG...............50-75
112. [OPERA] Sherrill Milnes [b. 1935] Am. baritone. ISP, 8x10.......20-30
113. [ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949)
American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913,
which was America's first large-scale introduction to European
Modernism. Walt Kuhn is best remembered today for his key role in
planning the Armory Show. Ironically, a man who was in the forefront of
the modern movement and was seen as an advocate of adventurous new art
in 1913 came to be labelled, because of his on-going commitment to
representation, a conservative artist by future generations of art
historians. Nevertheless, he holds a place in American art history as a
skilled cartoonist, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor and painter.
Although he destroyed many of his early paintings, his works that remain
today are powerful and are a part of most major American art
collections. His portraits of circus and vaudeville entertainers are
some of the most memorable, confidently painted works of
twentieth-century American art. They are reminiscent of commedia
dell'arte actor portraits done by the French masters centuries earlier.
The Tragic Comedians (1916) in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum
and The White Clown (1929) in the collection of the National Gallery of
Art are intense, arresting images and are among his most respected
paintings. Offered here are some handwritten notes written by Walt Kuhn
on 2 pages. It begins with "On entering first gallery...." He
continues talking about the art he was viewing there, whereever that
was. Not dated but c. 1940-45. About 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. Beginning to
separate at some fold lines. UNSIGNED.
Rare!..............300-400...............one time Min. Bid $90
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114 [ENGLAND] Charles Lloyd (1784-1829),
Regius Professor of Divinity and Bishop of Oxford from 1827 to 1829.
Eventually he had to leave and took a job as a tutor to Lord Elgin's
children at Dunfermline. This didn't last long as he was asked to return
to Oxford to teach mathematics. One of his first jobs was to prepare
Robert Peel for his exams. Peel later became prime minister. Charles
Lloyd soon gained a reputation as an effective teacher. Address panel
signed Charles Oxford, postmarked 1829, a few months before he passed
away. Rex wax seal on backside. Fine................40-60
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115.
(GOVERNORS OF MASSACHUSETTS LOT) (1) JOHN HENRY CLIFFORD
(1809-1876) 21st Governor. ALS 1862, mounted to larger
sheet. (2) ALEXANDER HAMILTON BULLOCK (1816-1882) 26th
Governor. ALS 1866, mounted to larger sheet. (3)
ALEXANDER HAMILTON RICE (1818-1895) 30th Governor. ALS 1864,
mounted to larger sheet. JOHN VOLPE (1908-1994) 61st/63rd
Governor, US Sec of Transportation. SIGNED Dept of US Trans. print with 7
x 7 unsigned photograph. MICHAEL STANLEY DUKAKIS (1933) 65th and 67th
Governor. SIGNED 5x7 portrait photograph.............75-100
116.
[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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117. Malcolm Taylor Dougherty (pen name Malcolm Taylor) (1888-1989) author of boys' books and a poet. An archive of 10 ALSs dated 1983-1989, PLUS 7 Christmas cards, each with long notes written by him on them; plus a photo and funeral card. Interesting reflections by a centenarian. Most are signed "Doc." VG.......Min. Bid $40
118. [SPAIN-RAILROADING] Stock certificate for shares in the Seville-Xeres-Cadis Railroad Company, Spain, 1857. Textin Spanish and French. A pioneer Spanish railroad. With coupons. VG...................Min. Bid $50
119. (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE) FLOYD GIBBONS (1887-1939) celebrated War Journalist, correspondent, writer. SIGNATURE on CARD. DOMINICK J. DUNNE (1925-2009) Writer, novelist, journalist. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 portrait photograph. BARRY COMMONER (1917-2012) Writer, biologist, ecosocialist. SIGNED 5x7, inscr8bed photograph. LAURA BENET (1884-1979) Poet and sister of William Rose and Stephen Vincent Benet. ALS (1962) 4pp. ABIGAIL VAN BUREN (Pauline Phillips)(1918-2013) writer, columnist [Dear Abby]. TLS “Abby”...............80-120
121. [FRANCE] Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques. Baron de l' Aulne [1727-1781]. French administrator and economist. Intendant of Limoges (1761-74); minister of marine (1774); controller general of finance (1774-76); removed because of opposition to his Six Edicts. Member of the Physiocrats. As intendant, abolished the corvée, constructed roads and bridges, reformed interest rates, and distributed the burden of taxation more justly. As finance minister, introduced a rigid economy, abolished certain feudal privileges, and attempted to restore free trade in grain between the provinces. Best known works were Lettres sur la tolérance (1754) and Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses (1766). ORIGINAL ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of Turgot [1853], image approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. Engraved by W.T. Fry. UNSIGNED, of course. Very good condition..............Min. bid $10
122. [PORTRAIT] circa 1840 engraved porait of Sir William Jones (1746-1794) Anglo-Welsh philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indo-Aryan languages, which he coined as Indo-European. Jones is also credited for establishing the Asiatic Society of Bengal in the year 1784. Engraved after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The image is about 5 x 4 in. plus margins. VG.................50-75
123.
Rutland [Vermont] court documents regarding the case of Daniel Lincoln
vs Alanson Norton and Silas Stanley. Six documents dated around 1860.
VG.................Min. Bid $25
124. [FOREIGN MIXED LOT] mostly French autographs. Includes: (1) Alice Verlet (1873–1934)
Belgian-born operatic coloratura soprano active primarily in France.
She sang principal roles at the operas in Lyon, Nice, and Monte Carlo;
at His Majesty's Theater in London; at La Monnaie in Brussels; and at
the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique. In the United States, although not
entirely absent from the operatic stage, she was known primarily as a
concert singer and was a featured singer on Edison records. Large
signature on 7-1/2 x 6-1/4" slip. VG (2) Marthe Fiel
[1873-1949] French writer of novels for young people. She also wrote
under the pseudonym Claude Grey. Two ALSs, 1923 & 1944, each written
on both sides. Not translated. Red pencil notation marks on each. (3) Yvette Horner (b.
1922-2008) French accordionist. ALS, no date on 3x5 card. VG. On
the 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille occurred Horner
1989 with the Orchestre National de Jazz under the direction of Quincy
Jones she gave in the Palais des Congrès de Paris, a concert with
Marcel Azzola and the Orchestre Philharmonique Européen led by Hugues
Reiner. (4) Hazel Court (1926-2006)
English actress best known for her roles in horror films during the
1950s and early 1960s. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 5x7 photo. VG (5) Philippe Berthelot (1866-1934)
was an important French diplomat, son of Marcellin Berthelot. He was a
republican (as opposed to monarchists and the Far-right leagues at that
time). He entered the French diplomatic service in 1889 and joined
the foreign office in 1904. In 1920, he became secretary to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the rank of ambassador. After a
violent campaign of Far-right leagues he was forced to step aside from
1922-1925 because of his involvement in the scandal opposing Banque
Industrielle de Chine, controlled by his brother, and Banque d'Indochine
(linked to Paul Doumer). He was friends with, and important in
the diplomatic careers of, Paul Claudel and Saint-John Perse. ALS,
nd, 1-1/2 pages. Fine. (6) Robert R. Parrish
(1916 - 1995) American actor, film editor, film director, and writer.
He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for the 1947 film, Body
and Soul. Brief TLS, no date. (7) ALBERT BATAILLE [1856-1899]
judiciary journalist noted for his coverage of the Dreyfus Affair;
wrote a book on this important event in French history. AUTOGRAPH NOTE
SIGNED, 1893. Although not mentioned this is to the French poet Aime
Giron. Fine. (8) Francois Debret
[1777-1850] French architect. He designed the Théâtre de l'Académie
Royale de Musique. He was a controversial and overzealous restorer of
historic buildings. ALS, 1827, 2pp., plus address leaf. VG (9) Marie-Louis Marcellus (1795-1865)
French diplomat and writer. He published many works on Greece,
Palestine and Chateaubriand. Through his involvement the Venus de Milo
statue ended up in the Louvre Museum in Paris. News of the discovery of
the statue took longer than normal to get to the French ambassador. The
peasant grew tired of waiting for payment and was pressured into selling
it to Nicholas Mourousi, Grand Dragoman of the Fleet, working as a
translator for Sultan Mahmud II in Constantinople (present day Istanbul,
Turkey). The French ambassador's representative, Vicomte de
Marcellus, arrived just as the statue was being loaded aboard a ship
bound for Constantinople and seized the statue and persuaded the
island's chief citizens to annul the sale. Upon learning of the reversal
of the sale, Nicholas Mourousi presumably had the chiefs whipped and
fined. In 1821, Mourousi was executed by order of Sultan Mahmud II
in front of the arsenal in Constantinople. This was amidst massive
executions of Phanariote Greeks and the beginning of the Greek War of
Independence. Offered here is a brief ALS, no date, 1p. The
address leaf is addressed to Marquis de Belleval and bears a black wax
seal still in tact. Approx. 4-1/4 x 6-1/2". VG..................Min. Bid
$90
125. [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
126. American RAILROAD JOURNAL, Steam Navigation Commerce, Mining, Manufactures, Henry V. Poor, Editor, 1853, 32 pages, illus. Light staing, tears on back page etc. About 8-3/4 x 11 in...............Min. Bid $25
127. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 28 June 1791, 3-pages, signed inprint Duport for the King, 7-1/2 x 9-1/2". Very fresh condition..........50-75
128. [FRANCE] Alfred-Casimir-Alexis Williez (1836-1911) Bishop of Arras 1892-1911. ALS, 1904, 2 pages, approx. 5 x 8-1/4". Speaks of preparation for the great Catholic Youth Congress. Fine...........50-75
129. [ACTORS MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Sybil Jason (1927-2011) motion-picture child actress who, in the late 1930s, was presented as a rival to Shirley Temple. Signed, inscribed 4x6 lobby card reprint from the movie GREAT O'MALLEY starring Humphrey Bogart and Pat O'Brien. This was a 1937 film. Fine. (2) Henry Arthur Jones [1851-1929] English dramatist. AQS on 4-1/2 x 5-1/4" card. (3) Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) American actress. Signed 8x10 printed photo. VG. (4) Holly Hunter (b. 1958) American actress. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Academy Award for Best Actress, among other awards. Signed & inscribed 3x5 card. (5) Lois Moran (1909-1990) American film actress. She also had a brief affair with writer F. Scott Fitzgerald while he was married to Zelda Fitzgerald . He once remarked that she was "The most beautiful girl in Hollywood". She was also an inspiration for the character of Rosemary Hoyt in Fitzgerald's novel Tender is the Night (1934). ALS, 1977, written on both sides, 7-1/4 x 10-1/2". Signed "Lois". VG (6) Madge Bellamy (1899-1990) American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Her career declined in the sound era, and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s. In San Francisco in 1943, Bellamy was accused of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting (or shooting at) her wealthy lover Stanwood Murphy. The incident generated much publicity and effectively ended her already fading career. ALS. signed Madge B., 1973, 3pp. About writing her autobiography, and thanking the recipient for volunteering to help her. VG. (7) Richard Brooks (1912-1992) Hollywood film writer, director, producer. In the 1940s he wrote the screenplays for the critically acclaimed Key Largo and Brute Force. He won his only Oscar in 1960 for his screenplay for Elmer Gantry, although he was nominated for the films Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Professionals (1966), and In Cold Blood (1967). SIGNED 5 x 3-1/2 photo 1987. (8) Ann Sothern [1909-2001] American actress. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo. Accompanied by vintage sheet music from the film "let's Fall In Love" starring Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern. Both VG. (9) Liane Haid [1895-2000] Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star. Signed early postcard photo [leggy pose with cigarette]. VG..................Min. Bid $75
130. (20th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT) HANNIBAL HAMLIN GARLAND(1880-1940) Novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer SIGNATURE Mary Ellen Chase (1887 –1973) educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century. SIGNED card, inscribed(1958) LAURA BENET(1884-1979) Poet and sister of William Rose and Stephen Vincent Benet ANS(1962) with unsigned 8x10 photograph JAMES LEO HERLIHY(1927-1993)Novelist ,Playwright, actor known for his novels “Midnight Cowboy” others. SIGNATURE. SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS(1871-1958) Writer, Invesitgative journalism ALS(1957) WILLIAM ROSE BENET (1886-1950) Poet, Pulitzer Prize CLIPPED SIGNATURE from Address label, mounted to larger card HARRY STILLWELL EDWARDS(1855-1938) Journalist, novelist, poet SIGNATURE...........Min. Bid $50
131. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Daniel Waldron (1775-1821) was the fifth and last generation of his family to hold the substantial Waldron estate in Dover, New Hampshire. With his bankruptcy Dover realized a new life and economy as a center of textile manufacturing. Court document dated 1820 signed as Clerk. 8 x 12 in. Fine................75-100
132. [JUDAICA] Lilian Helen "Lily" Montagu, CBE (1873-1963) was the first woman to play a major role in Progressive or Reform Judaism. Her father, founder of Samuel Montagu & Co., was a self-made millionaire by 1871. He was a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900 as the MP for Whitechapel, a poor district of the East End of London. In 1907, Montagu was raised to the peerage as Baron Swaythling. She grew up in a pious Orthodox Jewish home, in an ethos of privilege and philanthropy, devoted to helping the poor and advancing Jewish institutions. Her eldest brother, Louis, was also a financier and political activist, founding the League of British Jews to lobby against the creation of the state of Israel. In 1893 she founded the West Central Jewish Girls Club (which subsequently merged into the Jewish Girls' Brigade). She was active in social improvement, particularly in respect to unemployment, sweat shops and bad housing. In 1901 and 1902, Montagu was to lay the groundwork for the establishment of the Jewish Religious Union in London. The Union set up the first synagogue in Liberal Judaism in the UK and helped found the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Following the retirement of Leo Baeck, Montagu served for a brief stint (1955–1959) in her 80s as president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, before handing the reins over to Solomon Freehof. TLS signed “Lily H. Montagu,” 1-page, 8 x 10, Feb. 8, 1939. A letter Dr. Frederick Solomonski, the noted Rabbi and German Expressionist artist. She is unable to help him for there are no openings there. Solomon was attempting to leave German during this period. VG..................100-200
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133. [AMERICANA] 1845 PRINTED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT, 84pp, 5-1/2 x 9 in. Message from the President of the US [John Tyler], signed in type. About Silas Reed, principal surveyer of Missouri and Illinois. VG........Min. Bid $20
134. [ACTORS] mixed lot. [1] Ruth Gordon [1896-1985] actress. Signed [in haste] 3x5 card. [2] Jonathan Silverman - Am. actor. Sig. 3x5 card. [3] Constance Booth [b.1944] Am. writer, actress; wife of John Cleese. Signature. [4] Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor. Signature on lined paper. [5] Dorothy Malone [b.1925] OSCAR winning actress. Sig. 3x5 card. [6] Eileen Heckart [1919-2001] OSCAR winning actress. Sig. card [lined side]. [7] Josh Hartnett - actor. Signed 3x5 card..........60-80
135. [18th Century Portrait] 1776 engraved portrait of Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1707-1791) English religious leader who played a prominent part in the religious revival of the 18th century and the Methodist movement in England and Wales. She founded an evangelical branch in England and Sierra Leone, known as the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion. Total size approx. 7.5 x 4.5 in. Condition is expected with this age. This originally was not printed on white paper. Rare!............50-75
136.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF STEUBEN, MAINE - 1868 printed letter from D.
Brastow asking that a list of the names and ages of all the orphans of
soldiers and seamen of your town be sent to the Governor at Augusta or
to Brastow. Stamped address portion................Min. Bid $10
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137. [SPACE] WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. From 1962 to 1965, Whisenhant, who was a native of Texas, was the staff photographer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. During her tenure there she shot photos of astronauts, worked with CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite on a story about astronaut John Glenn, and photographed President John F. Kennedy. Growing up in Livingston, Texas, Willene Whisenhant probably couldn't have imagined sipping lemonade on Air Force One with the president. She most likely didn't think she'd be the first woman ordained into an all-male club. And the idea of being the first and only female photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), couldn't have possibly drifted into even her wildest daydreams. Later on, Whisenhant learned that President John F. Kennedy wanted her up front because, as he explained, when he first met his wife, then Jacqueline Bouvier, she was a struggling photographer and no one would give her a break. He therefore wanted Whisenhant to be front and center. That same day, the president asked his men to take the photographer up to Air Force One and give her some lemonade. Offered here is a lithograph picture of Deke Slayton one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts, and became NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Crew Operations, and was responsible for NASA crew assignments.. Whisenhant has written at the bottom "Slayton." Provenance: from the files of Willene Whisenhant. VG...............100-150
138. [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
139. [ART] Lawrence B. "Larry" Salander (born 1949) is a former New York City art dealer. His company, the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, was cited by the Robb Report in 2003 as the best gallery in the world. By late 2007, Salander had been sued by numerous customers and business partners who claimed that Salander and his company had defrauded them. In November 2007, Salander filed for personal bankruptcy, listing John McEnroe among his creditors. Offered here is a letter dated 1984, 1p, sending money to the Estate of Walt Kuhn for a Kuhn painting sold for $35,000 to Tommy LiPuma. Tommy LiPuma (1936-2017) was an American music producer. He received 33 Grammy nominations, 5 Grammy wins, and his productions sold over 75 million albums. LiPuma worked with many musicians, including Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, George Benson, Phil Upchurch, Al Jarreau, Anita Baker, Natalie Cole, Claudine Longet, Dave Mason, the Yellowjackets, the Sandpipers, Michael Franks, Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Ben Sidran, The Crusaders, Joe Sample, Randy Crawford and Dr. John. Signed Lawrence. An interesting piece of art history. File holes otherwise very good..........100-150..............Min. Bid $35
140. [NAVAL HISTORY] Admiral George James Perceval, 6th Earl of Egmont (1794-1874), known as the Lord Arden between 1840 and 1841, was a British naval commander and Tory politician. Egmont left Harrow school and was commissioned into the Royal Navy as a powder monkey in August 1805 and fought in the H. M. S. Orion in the Battle of Trafalgar the same year, aged eleven. During the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816 he commanded the H. M. S. Infernal. He was promoted to rear-admiral on 27 August 1851, to vice-admiral in 1857 and to admiral in 1863. ALS, 1874, 3pp, about 4-1/4 x 7 in. VG...............75-100
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141. [PORTRAIT] original 1814 engraved portrait of Robert Southey (1774-1843) English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey had begun as a radical, but became steadily more conservative, as he acquired respect for Britain and its institutions. Other romantics, notably Byron, accused him of siding with the establishment for money and status. He is principally remembered as author of the poem After Blenheim and the original version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Image area itself is approx. 4 x 3 in. plus name & margins. Slightly toned..................25-35
142. 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
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143. (AMERICAN THEATER LOT) Georgia Caine (1876 –1964) who performed both on Broadway and in over 80 films in her 51 year career. SIGNED large Card. Arthur Hiller Penn (1922 –2010) American director and producer of film, television and theater. Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1960s such as The Chase and Bonnie and Clyde. SIGNED, inscribed 4x5 photograph. Wilson Barrett (1846 –1904) English manager, actor, and playwright. He presented and acted many works in America. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever. A Quote SIGNED, with unsigned postcard portrait photograph. Selma TAMBER (1907-1991) Producer - produced several Broadway and Off Broadway shows, including "Boccaccio 70" and "Viva Madison Avenue." She also managed artists like Hanya Holm, the choreographer of "Kiss Me, Kate," "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot," and helped further the careers of the composers and lyricists Richard Adler and Stephen Sondheim. Tamber was born in New York City. In the 1930's, she supervised various Broadway musicals as the head of the department of composers and arrangers for the music publisher Chappell-T. B. Harms, where she worked with composers like George Gershwin and Cole Porter. . ALS, 1982. William Jermyn Conlin (1831 –1891) better known by his stage name William J. Florence, actor, songwriter, and playwright. A QUOTE SIGNED February 1879. Jean Dalrymple (1902 –1998) theater producer, manager, publicist, author and playwright who was instrumental in the founding of New York City Center and is best known for her productions there. SIGNATURE 1960................80-120
144. [Gen. Richard Delafield] 1880 document, New York, Receipt from Trustees of the Estate of Richard Delafield deceased, from Harriet [wife], Susan and Albert. Richard Delafield (September 1, 1798 – November 5, 1873) was a United States Army officer for 52 years. He served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy for 12 years. At the start of the American Civil War, then Colonel Delafield helped equip and send volunteers from New York to the Union Army. He also was in command of defenses around New York harbor from 1861 to April 1864. On April 22, 1864, he was promoted to Brigadier General in the Regular Army of the United States and Chief of Engineers. On March 8, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Delafield for appointment to the grade of brevet major general in the Regular Army, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on May 4, 1866, reconfirmed due to a technicality on July 14, 1866. He retired from the US Army on August 8, 1866. He later served on two commissions relating to improvements to Boston Harbor and to lighthouses. He also served as a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Approx. 7-1/4 x 3 in. Very fine..............25-35
145. 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
Made Lasting Impression On Theodore Roosevelt
146. [FRANCE] Charles Wagner (1852-1918) French reformed pastor whose inspirational writings were influential in shaping the reformed theology of his time. He graduated from the Sorbonne in 1869; and studied theology at Strassburg and Göttingen. He was the pastor of a small parish in the French province of Vosges until 1882, when he went to Paris, and there opened a Sunday school and later began preaching. The publication of his book Jeunesse ("Youth") in 1891 marked him as a leader in the ethical movement in France and his influence continually increased. Besides serving as pastor to a large congregation, he took an active part in many philanthropic and charitable undertakings, and in this work came into cordial relations with men of all shades of religious belief. Of his publications, The Simple Life attracted particular interest in the United States and was widely commended by religious and ethical leaders. In the fall of 1904, Wagner visited the United States. He was invited to preach at the White House by Theodore Roosevelt on whom The Simple Life had made a lasting impression. Wagner made numerous addresses and gained material for his book My Impressions of America (1906). Two ALSs, 1917 & 1918, plus small signed & inscribed picture portrait dated 1918; also envelope. All fine........80-150
147. Amy Leslie (1855-1939)
American actress, opera singer, and drama critic who was the first wife
of Frank Buck. Her personal calling card on which she has written 4
words [not signed]. 3-1/8 x 2-1/4 in. VG.............20-30
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148. [THEATRE] Lucille Spinney - American actress. Clip signature [mounted] 1-3/4 x 1-1/2 in. Provenance: Boothbay Theatre Museum collection [Maine - closed].............Min. Bid $8
149. [MICHIGAN] William A. Comstock (1877-1949) American politician as the 33rd Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. Signed photo, 8-3/4 x 11-1/2 in. Condition: soft surfave crease line; outer edge tear on right affects nothing........25-35
150. [CABINET] Cyrus Vance Sr. (1917-2002) United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Signed & inscribed color 5x7 photo plus TLS, 1977. Fine.............50-75
151. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Stewart Edward White (1873-1946) American author. Signed, inscribed card. (2) John D. Long (1838-1915) Sec. of the Navy [1897-1902] and Gov. of Mass. Signed card 1897. (3) Douglas Volk (1856-1935)
American artist known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on
postage stamp. Signed & inscribed 1908 stationary sheet. (4) John Swanwick Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury GCB (1872-1950) British economist and public servant. Signature. (5) Ed Koch (1924-2013)
Mayor of NY City. TLS, 1971 as US congressman. (6) William McFee
(1881-1966) American writer of sea stories. ANS
1940...............Min. Bid $50
152. [ART] Edward Scriven (1775-1841) English engraver of portraits, in the stipple and chalk manner. Scriven was the pre-eminent engraver of his generation, with 210 portraits ascribed to him by the National Portrait Gallery. Offered here is a 19th original engraved portrait of Madame De Stael, image area is approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. This print is in better condition than the same print is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in England. VG...............25-35
153. [PORTRAIT] Simon Kenton (1755-1836) was a US frontiersman and soldier in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. He was a friend of Daniel Boone, Simon Girty, Spencer Records, Thomas S. Hinde, Thomas Hinde, and Isaac Shelby. He served the United States in the Revolution, the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812. Surviving the gauntlet and ritual torture, in 1778 he was adopted into the Shawnee people. He married twice and had a total of ten children. Offered here is an original engraved portrait of Kenton, mid-1800s, image about 4 x 3-1/4 in. plus margins. VG...............Min. Bid $10
154. [PORTRAIT] Joseph Story (17791845) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1812 to 1845. Offered here is an original engraved portrait of Story, mid-1800s, image about 4-1/4 x 3-1/4 in. plus margins. VG...............Min. Bid $10
155. [ART] William Henry Mote (1803–1871) British stipple and line engraver, primarily known for his portraits. He produced etchings for reference books, as well as original etchings. Mote became a member of the Royal Academy in his twenties and his portraits hang in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Offered here is a 19th original engraved portrait of Charles Carroll Of Carrollton (1737 1832) American Delegate To The Continental Congress And Senator Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence. The image area is approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. VG...............25-35
156. [MUSIC] Bobby Short (1924-2005) American cabaret singer and pianist. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Very nice. VG...........40-60
157. Brian Blessed (1936 - ) is an English actor, known for his sonorous voice and "hearty, king-sized portrayals". Signed 3x5 photo. VG.........25-35
158. [FILM] Debra Paget (born 1933) is an American actress and entertainer. She is perhaps best known for her performances in Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1956) and in Love Me Tender (1956) (the film debut of Elvis Presley), and for the risque (for the time) snake dance scene in The Indian Tomb (1959). Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo PLUS ANS on separate sheet.................40-60
159. [FILM] Eleanor Parker (1922 –2013) American actress who appeared in some 80 movies and television series.[1] An actress of notable versatility, she was called Woman of a Thousand Faces by Doug McClelland, author of a biography of Parker by the same title.At the age of 18, Parker was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941. She was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1950s, for Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951) and Interrupted Melody (1955). Her role in Caged also won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. One of her most memorable roles was that of Baroness Elsa Schrader in the 1965 musical The Sound of Music. Signed inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.............35-45
160. [FILM] Joyce Compton (1907 - 1997) American actress. Among her films were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Rose of Washington Square, They Drive by Night, Christmas in Connecticut, Mildred Pierce, The Best Years of Our Lives, and Sorry, Wrong Number. ALS, 1966, written on both sides to a fan. Nice letter. VG..........40-60
161. [FILM] Lew Ayres (1908-1996) American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr. Kildare in nine movies. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60
162. Kim Hunter (1922- 2002) American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire. Lengthy TLS, 1980, signed Kim, 1p. Fine.........35-45
163. James Curtis Hepburn (1815-1911) American physician, translator, educator, and lay Christian missionary. He is known for the Hepburn romanization system for transliteration of the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet, which he popularized in his Japanese–English dictionary. Signed handwritten poem that was by Henry Van Dyke, remobed from 1902 autograph book. Approx. 7.5 x 5 in. Fine.................50-75
164. BRITISH THEATRE - 7x8 in. sheet SIGNED by many British Theater Stars, among them MARIE LOHR (1890-1975), Clive Currie (1877-1935), Marjorie Playfair, Basil Foster (1882-1959), Elizabeth Allan (1908-1990), Michael Shepley (1907-1961), Alice O' Day (d. 1937), plus others. Signed on both sides...........40-60
165. [CABINET] John D. Long (1838-1915) Sec. of the Navy from 1897-1902. Signed card, 4-1/4 x 2-1/2 in. VG...................25-35
166. [CARTOON] Bill Crawford (1913-1982) American editorial cartoonist. His cartoons were distributed to more than 700 daily newspapers. He was an active member of the National Cartoonists Society, serving as its president and vice-president. In addition to his cartoon work he illustrated more than 20 books, including The Zebra Derby by Max Shulman and Milton Berle's Out of my Trunk. OFFERED HERE IS AN ORIGINAL SIGNED cartoon drawing; plus TLS and a brochure done for an exhibition of his work. VG..............80-120
167. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage litho. photo of astronaut Alan Shepard. Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Shepard." Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. WILLENE WHISENHANT (1930-2015) she was a renowned photographer who was the first female photographer for NASA. From 1962 to 1965, Whisenhant, who was a native of Texas, was the staff photographer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. During her tenure there she shot photos of astronauts, worked with CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite on a story about astronaut John Glenn, and photographed President John F. Kennedy. Growing up in Livingston, Texas, Willene Whisenhant probably couldn't have imagined sipping lemonade on Air Force One with the president. She most likely didn't think she'd be the first woman ordained into an all-male club. And the idea of being the first and only female photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), couldn't have possibly drifted into even her wildest daydreams. Later on, Whisenhant learned that President John F. Kennedy wanted her up front because, as he explained, when he first met his wife, then Jacqueline Bouvier, she was a struggling photographer and no one would give her a break. He therefore wanted Whisenhant to be front and center. That same day, the president asked his men to take the photographer up to Air Force One and give her some lemonade.Fine.............100-150
168. [MUSIC] Arthur Butterworth (b. 1923) English composer, conductor and teacher. His works include six symphonies, the sixth having its première in St Petersburg by St Petersburg State Capella Orchestra on 15 November 2009. In the summer of 2008 Butterworth returned to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to conduct a recording of his Fourth Symphony (1986) and his Viola Concerto (1988) with the English viola player, Sarah-Jane Bradley. He has also composed eight concertos, several other large orchestral scores and a considerable amount of 'serious' music for brass (almost totally neglected by the brass band movement). At 87 he is still active as a composer and an occasional conductor (August 2010). Signed, inscribed 1-page copy of part of his Fourth Symphony. Signed on front and verso, 2011. One middle fold. VG..........50-75169. [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 8 in. VG...................Min. Bid $15
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170. Mary Holden Coggeshall Seward (1839-1919), commonly known as Mary C. Seward, was an American poet, composer, and prominent parliamentarian serving humanitarian and woman's club movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A number of her works were published under the pseudonym "Agnes Burney", including several developed in collaboration with her spouse, Theodore F. Seward, an internationally known composer and music educator in his day. She became a groundbreaking advocate for the care and education of blind babies and young children during her later years, serving as president of the department for the blind of the International Sunshine Society. AQS, 7-3/4 x 5 in. Extracted from the pages of a 1902 Autograph Calendar book recovered from Orange Memorial Hospital, New Jersey. Seward has written 8 lines, titled Serenity. Fine.............80-120
171. Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1934) German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Brief TLS, 1920, 1p, 4-3/4 x 7-3/4 in. Sends autograph. Mounting traces on verso.......50-75
172. [PRINTING PRESS] Peter Smith (1795-1824) American who designed and changed the way printing was made by developing a hand printing machine, which changed the course of printmaking. Rare clip signature [mounted]. About 2-1/4 x 1/2 in. mounted.........50-75
173. [MUSIC] Arthur Lloyd [1839-1904] Scottish singer, songwriter, comedian. Clip. signature.............Min. Bid $10
174. Henry M. Baird (1832-1906), American historian and educationalist. He is best known as a historian of the Huguenots. SIGNATURE with sentiment on card 1885.......20-30
175. Ben Turner [1912-1966] American painter. Signature...........20-30
176. [OPERA] Armand Tokatyan [1894-1960] tenor. Sig. inscribed 1942.............Min. Bid $10
177. [FRANCE] Gilbert-Louis Duprez (1806-1896) French tenor, singing teacher and minor composer who famously pioneered the delivery of the operatic high C from the chest (Ut de poitrine, as Paris audiences called it). He also created the role of Edgardo in the popular bel canto-era opera Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835. ALS, 1842, 1p. approx. 5 x 8 in. VG.................50-75
178. [FRANCE] Joseph-Philippe Simon, called Lockroy (F1803-1891) French actor and playwright. ALS, not dated, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG..............50-75
179. [FRANCE] Jules Charles-Roux (1841-1918) manufacturer, shipowner and French politician. The death of his father, he took over the management of the factory that completely modernized. In 1877, he teamed with his brother Charles Canaple and two, they manage to represent 10% of the Marseille production end of the century. It is named that year director of the Banque de France to Marseille in 1877, along with Gustave Luce and Joseph Bonnasse . He led an active struggle for the recognition of the profession of soap manufacturer. He also won several international awards and medals coming devote his business. In the year 1900 , he crowns his career by going to chair several shipping companies, including the General Transatlantic Company, which he rectifies the situation in 1904. He also exercises the chairmanship of several other companies linked with maritime transport (shipyards, banks and insurance companies), the Marseilles Company steamship Fraissinet and C ie, Building and Ateliers de Provence, the Building Workshops and Saint-Nazaire , the Building Society Levallois-Perret, of "The Land-Transport» Marine Insurance Company, and then became president of the Central Committee of France Shipowners from 1910 to 1917. ALS, 1905, 4 full pages...............80-120
180. [RELIGION] Charles-Francois Turinaz [1838-1918] Catholic Archbishop. Extremely long ALS, 1902, 4 very full pages. Fine. Not translated.........80-120
181. Albert C. Ritchie (1876-1936) Maryland's ongest-serving governor, with almost 15 years of service (14 years, 11 months, and 27 days) and a record four terms. TLS, 1927, as governor, 1p. 8.5 x 11 in. Includes envelope. VG..............25-35
182. [MUSIC] David Rubinoff (1897-1986) Russian-born violinist who was heard during the 1930s and 1940s on various radio programs playing his Stradivarius violin. He also performed in theaters, clubs and schools, and he gave several concerts at the White House during the 1940s. TLS, 1933, 1p. Probably an ink signed form letter sending his autograph. Minor faults........35-45
183. [MUSIC] Ivan Erod (b. 1936) Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist. AMQS on 6x4 card. Fine........60-80
184. Sir Frederick McCoy, KCMG, FRS [1817-1899] Irish palaeontologist and museum administrator, active in Australia. Last 4 pages of an ALS, no date. Ink has lightened on last name. Mounting trace along edge on last page. Very small punchhole............30-40
185. [MICKEY SPILLANE] Mickey Spillane (1918- 2006) American crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself. Offered here are 3 letters written to Mickey Spillane. (1) Stan Purdy (1926-2010) at age 16 he was admitted into the American Federation of Musicians. While in college he founded the "Stan Purdy Orchestra" and toured the East Coast collaborating with musicians like Duke Ellington, Bucky Pizzarelli, Lou Mecca, and Maynard Ferguson. In Hollywood, he composed and conducted the music for "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer," an album based on Spillane's mystery book characters. The music consisted of an orchestral suite with narration done by Spillane. Released through John Wayne's Batjac Productions, the music was also scored for Ring of Fear, starring Spillane, Pat O'Brian, and the Clyde Beatty Circus. In New York, Stan conducted and arranged studio orchestras for many well-known jazz and dance-band musicians as well as string players from the New York Philharmonic. ALS, 1954, 1p. 8.5 x 11 in. Signed Stan. Unable to reach Mickey by phone to discuss subjects of importance. Will keep trying. (2) Stan Purdy (1926-2010) long 2 page typed memo dated same day as letter. Subject: Liv Lowry. This really important content about the contract regarding Purdy & the Mike hammer album. Signed Stan. (3) Richard (Dick) Irving (1917-1990) was the primary producer of the MIKE HAMMER show on TV. His company was Revue Productions, which filmed many early television series on the lot (including early episodes of Leave It To Beaver). TLS, 1955, signed Dick.1p. All are very good condition.............200-300
186. [SCIENCE] James McKeen Cattell (1860-1944) American psychologist, was the first professor of psychology in the United States, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, and long-time editor and publisher of scientific journals and publications, most notably the journal Science. He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public (or SSP), from 1921–1944. The New York Times hailed him as "the dean of American science." Yet Cattell may be best remembered for his uncompromising opposition to American involvement in World War I. His public opposition to the draft led to his dismissal from his position at Columbia University, a move that later led many American universities to establish tenure as a means of protecting unpopular beliefs. Offered here is a ALS, written in the 3rd person to Robert S. Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. Diller and his wife accept invitation from Woodward to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences. All of the handwriting is by Cattell. Approx. 3-3/4 x 6 in. Very good. Provenance: Estate of Robert S. Woodward' s summer home in New Hampshire...............Min. Bid $50
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187. Mike Connors (1925-2017) American actor best known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series, Mannix. In the 1959–1960 television season, he had played a crime-fighting investigator known only as "Nick" in another CBS series, Tightrope. Signed, inscribed 8 x 10 photo. VG............40-60
188. [FILM] Henry Armetta (1888-1945) was an Italian-born American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, starting in silents around 1915 to 1946, when his last film Anchors Aweigh was released posthumously. Signed & inscribed vintage 8 x 10 sepia photo. VG.........50-75
189. Roland Douglas Sawyer (1874-1969) was a Congregationalist minister and Massachusetts state legislator. He is best remembered as one of the leading Christian socialists of the first decade of the 20th century and as the author of an array of self-published books and pamphlets on genealogy and the local history of New England. In 1898, Sawyer took a position as a pastor at Hope Chapel in Brockton, Massachusetts, the first of four Congregational churches he would head. In about 1907, the previously conservative Sawyer began to gain an interest in Christian socialism, a growing movement in that day. Sawyer joined the Socialist Party of America and ran for Governor of Massachusetts on the Socialist ticket in 1912. Running as a Democrat in the fall of 1913, Sawyer ran for the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature. Unlike his previous electoral experiences, this time Sawyer won his race for office. He ran for re-election and won every two years thereafter for more than a quarter century, sitting in the Massachusetts General Court until 1941. Sawyer took an interest in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two anarchists accused of murder in conjunction with a 1920 armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts, and was active in the unsuccessful campaign to win the pair a stay of execution and a new trial. In the Massachusetts General Court, Sawyer was regarded as a crusader against political corruption. Group of 4 postcards sent to family in Kingston, NH, 1898-1926. One has minor corner fault..............Min. Bid $40
190. [MEDICINE] Sir Frederick Treves (1853-1923) prominent British surgeon, and an expert in anatomy. Treves was renowned for his surgical treatment of appendicitis, and is credited with saving the life of King Edward VII in 1902. He is also widely known for his friendship with Joseph Merrick, dubbed the "Elephant Man" for his severe deformities. CLIP SIGNATURE, 2-3/4 X 1-3/3 in. mounted to large paper.............150-200
The following are signed stock certificates, each with biographical information. Winner pays full amount of their top bid. Min. Bid on each is $10
191. Ruth D. Wilson - author. West Indies Sugar Corporation. See this
192. Watson L. Savage - M.D. The North American Edison Co. See this
193. Karl Mundt - senator. West Indies Sugar Corporation. See this
194. Leroy Maeder - physician. North American Light & Power Co. See this
195. Jas. J. Minot - stock broker. West Indies Sugar Corporation. See this
196. Laurence M. Marks - business. West Indies Sugar Corporation. See this
197. [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
198. John Calvin Stevens (1855-1940) American architect who worked in the Shingle Style, in which he was a major innovator, and the Colonial Revival style. He designed more than 1,000 buildings in the state of Maine. TLS, Portland, Maine, 1925, 1p, re: reserving a book for him. VG.............100-150
199. [MARYLAND] Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (1922- 2010) Republican member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland. GROUP OF 5 TLSs, 1965-78, each 1p. All to the President of a financial corporation discussing minimum wage, Federal Trade Commission, etc. All very good condition..........50-75
200. [WEST VIRGINIA] John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV (b.1937) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985. He was the 29th Governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985. As a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he is the only current politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefeller family and the only Democrat in what has been a traditionally progressive Republican dynasty. Document signed, 1969, 2pp, 8.5 x 13 in. He signs as the Sec. of State for West Virginia, a Certificate, a finance company...............50-75
201. Alain Peyrefitte (1925-1999) was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. He became a member of the Académie française in 1977. On 15 December 1986, he survived an assassination attempt by members of Action Directe (AD) in front of his house. The driver of his car was killed in the bomb attack. SIGNED 4-1/2 x 6-3/4 in. photo. Fine.................60-80
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202. [FILM LOT] includes: (1) Glenn Randall, Jr. is a stuntman and actor who played the Second German Mechanic uncredited in Raiders of the Lost Ark in addition to being the main stunt coordinator. As coordinator, he was responsible for mainly supervising the horse riding scenes with Harrison Ford as well as the famous truck chase in the desert. Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck 1985. (2) Joe Pronto is known for his work on Cloak & Dagger (1984), Shaft (1971) and What's Up, Doc? (1972). Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck 1985. (3) Joe Rainer - actor. Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck 1985. (4) Gregory Prestopino is known for his work on The Last Starfighter (1984), He's Just Not That Into You (2009) and Pretty Woman (1990). Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck 1985. (5) Guillermo Vera is a Paraguayan actor and director. In Spain, where he studied acting and direction, he work as extra in many films like: "55 Days at Peking" (1963), as actor in films like "El Llanero" (1963), "Le tre spade di Zorro" (1963) y "El Hombre de la diligencia" (1964). In Paraguay he was directed many documentaries and the super production. SIGNED 1985 Bros. Bros paycheck..............MIN. BID $25
203. Margaret Deland (1857-1945) American writer. TLS, 1935, 1p. VG.................30-40
204. [ENGLAND] George Willmer - collector of the new imposition of 3d. in the pound of goods and merchandise imported or exported by foreign merchants, pays a sum collected since Michaelmas 1617. Dated July 25, 1618. On vellum, approx. 13 x 1-5/8 in. VG...............50-75
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205. [WOMEN] Emma Stone Lawrence Blackwell (1851-1920), sister-in-law of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, who married George W. Blackwell; she became a school teacher, later worked for “The Woman’s Journal,” she was Lucy Stone’s niece, one-time president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association's New Jersey chapter; she was a founder of the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association (NJWSA) and attended its initial meeting in February 1890. She served as its recording secretary in 1894-95. She served as the NJWSA secretary in 1900, historian in 1903, and president in 1905-07. Offered here is a 1907 ALS, 2pp. signed "Emma". Written to her father Henry Lawrence. Fine.........50-75
206. [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
207. Group of payroll checks from WARNER BROS. 1980s made out to various people. None are actually signed by the person. Here are some of the names found at Wikipedia: Ken Wild [bass player]; Sudie Bond [actress]; Bill McEuen [manager of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - paid $9,999.98]; plus 3 others. All very good condition.........Min Bid $12
208. [TV] Chris Cluess is a producer and writer, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), MADtv (1995) and Night Court (1984). Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros. pay check. VG........Min. Bid $10
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209. Christie MacDonald Jefferson (1875-1962) Canadian-born American musical comedy actress and opera singer. She was perhaps best remembered as the Princess of Bozena in the 1910 operetta Spring Maid. The 1913 musical Sweethearts specifically was written for MacDonald by composer Victor Herbert. She retired from the stage after appearing in a 1920 revival of the musical comedy Florodora. She was married first to William W. Jefferson, a son of the famous actor Joseph Jefferson, in 1901 and ended in divorce several years thereafter. ALS, April 4th [no yr], 2pp, 5-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Scarce! VG..............50-75
210. Marcel Alexandre Bertrand [1847-1907] French geologist who was born in Paris. He was a student at the École Polytechnique, and beginning in 1869 he attended the Ecole des Mines de Paris. Beginning in 1877 he performed geological mapping studies of Provence, Jura Mountains and the Alps. In 1886 he became an instructor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines, and in 1896 was appointed a member of the Académie des sciences. He was the son of mathematician Joseph Louis François Bertrand [1822-1900]. Bertrand was a founder of modern tectonics. He is remembered for the orogenic "wave theory" of mountain-building and his introduction of the nappe hypothesis (nappe de charriage). His wave theory described a build-up of massive folds of earth taking place over successive geological eras, called the Caledonian, Hercynian and Alpine periods of orogeny. Later he added a fourth event called the Huronian orogeny, which took place in Precambrian time. ALS, 1894, 1p, 4-3/8 x 7 in. VG.............75-100
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211. [TV] Robert Urich (1946-2002) American film, television and stage actor and television producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, Urich starred in a record 15 television series. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60
212. [ENTERTAINMENT] Ed Asner (1929-2021) American actor, voice actor and a former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is primarily known for his role as Lou Grantduring the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same leading character in both a comedy and a drama. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............40-60
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213. 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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214 [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
215. [SCIENCE] Jules Tannery (1848-1910) French mathematician. Tannery discovered a surface of the fourth order of which all the geodesic lines are algebraic. ALS, Paris, 190?, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Fine................75-100
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216. [FRANCE] CHARLES BUET [1846-1897] Fr. novelist & dramatist. ALS, 1886, 1p.....50-75
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217. Adolphe Desbarrolles (1801-1886) was a French artist. He is considered the father of modern chiromancy, aka palmistry or palm reading, a form of divination. A friend of Alexandre Dumas he accompanied Dumas in many of his travels abroad. Offered here is a ALS written from Hatie in 1874, 2-1/2 pp. Not translated. 6 x 8-1/4 in. Not translated. Content not identified. VG...........80-120
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218. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1] Armand Carrel (1800-1836) French journalist and political writer. He had a deep admiration for the great generals of Napoleon , and his uncompromising spirit and independent views marked him as a leader. Entering the army as sub-lieutenant, he took a secret but active part in the unsuccessful Belfort Conspiracy. At the outbreak of war with Spain in 1823, Carrel, whose sympathies were with the liberal cause, resigned, and succeeded in escaping to Barcelona. He enrolled in the foreign legion and fought gallantly against his former comrades. The legion was compelled to surrender near Figueres , and Carrel was taken prisoner by his former general, Damas. There was considerable difficulty about the terms of his capitulation, and one council of war condemned Carrel to death. The sentence was not carried out, and he was soon acquitted and freed. ALS, no date, lengthy 1p., 6-3/4 x 9-1/4 in. VG. [2] JACQUES NORMAND [b.1848] Fr. writer, poet & playwright. ALS, 1888, on both sides. [3] REBE DE PONT-JEST [1830-1904] Fr. writer. ALS, 1878, 1p, 8vo. Fine [4] Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (1859-1940), French dramatist and man of letters. As a writer, Lavedan contributed to various Parisian papers a series of witty tales and dialogues of Parisian life, many of which were collected in volume form. In 1891 he produced at the Théâtre Français Une Famille, followed at the Vaudeville in 1894 by Le Prince d'Aurec, a satire on the nobility, afterward re-named Les Descendants. ANS, no date. [5] Joseph-Marie JOUANNIN [1783-1847] Fr. writer. ALS, no date, not translated. 1-page. [6] B. Noric - French painter. ALS, no date, written on card to M. Hubert, director of magazine Le Monde Illustre. [7] Mlle Cécile Charlotte Furtado (1821-896) was chiefly known for her philanthropy in the areas of medicine, education, and religion. During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, she supported the Red Cross and the ambulance services; and in 1895 she bequeathed her villa in Nice as a hospital and sanatorium for wounded and convalescent soldiers. In 1884 she founded and endowed an orphanage in the 14th Arrondissement on the street which was renamed Rue Furtado-Heine in her honour after her death, as well as similar children’s establishments in Bayone and Montrouge. She was a generous donor to the Institut Pasteur, and her commemorative bust still adorns the halls of the Institute. Mme Furtado-Heine also generously contributed to numerous Jewish charities and benevolent organisations; and financially supported the building of new synagogues in France and Belgium. Her charitable and philanthropic endeavours were recognised by the Government of France, and in 1896 she became the Officer of the Legion d’Honneur, a distinction very rare for a woman in the nineteenth century. Letter Signed, nd, 2pp. [8] Alfred Le Roux (1815-1880) Commerce Minister. ALS, 1867, 2pp. [9] Arthur Levasseur (1875-1955) French politician. ALS, 1925, 1p. [10] Henri-Leon Camusat de Riancey [1816-1870] politician and writer. ALS, nd, 1p.............200-300
219. [FRANCE] Beautiful French document 1715 with large ornate revenue stamp at top. Lengthy 4 pages, 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 in. Three ornate signatures on last page. 1715 was the fist year of the reign of King Louis XV. VG.................100-200
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220. [PORTRAIT] Thomas H. Benton (1782 – 1858), nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a United States Senator from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as Manifest Destiny. Benton served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms. Original engraved portrait c. 1862. Image 7-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. VG................Min. Bid $10
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221. [PORTRAIT] original engraved portrait of John Trout Greble (1834-1861 in Virginia) was a soldier in the United States Army and the Union army in the American Civil War. He was killed at the battle of Big Bethel, and was the first graduate of the United States Military Academy to be killed in the war. Overall page size is 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 in. VG................25-35
222. [PORTRAIT] original engraved portrait of Henry W. Halleck (1815-1872) Halleck served as the General in Chief of the Armies of the United States from 1862 to 1864. Overall page size is 10 x 7 in. VG................25-35
223. [THEATRE] Mary Anne Orger (1788-1849) she was a leading actress, playwright and the mother of the composer Caroline Reinagle in her role as Flippanta in THE CONFEDERACY. Original 1821 engraving, about 4.5 x 7 in. total size. VG...............Min. Bid $10
224. [PORTRAIT] Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) English labouring-class poet, whose work is appreciated in the context of other self-educated writers, such as Stephen Duck, Mary Collier and John Clare. Original engraved portrait c. 1801. Image 3-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. plus wide margins. Scarce image. VG................Min. Bid $15
American Physicist Louis W. McKeehan
225. [SCIENCE - WAR] The following are from the papers of the American physicist Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Offered here is a hand-drawn graph by McKeehan, dated 11 Oct. 1943, 1p, about 8 x 10.5 in. About EXPLOSIVES. Everything is in the hand of McKeehan. VG.................75-100
226. [BOBBY FISCHER] Robert James Fischer (1943- 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Offered here are 2 items once owned by Fischer. We bought his chess magazines at the Fischer Auction held in NY at Swann's Auction. Back around 1968 Fischer arranged thru a book dealer to sell his personal library because he needed money. The Brooklyn Library purchased in library. Years later Swann's sold many items from the libraries collection. Offered here are 2 items: (1) A 1968 softcover brooklet titled FROM THEORY TO ACTION, 64pp. 8-1/2 x 10-3/4 in. (2) A 1961 page from a chess publication. Fischer subscribed to CHESS ARCHIVES EDITIONED BY DR. MAX EUWE. They would mail to Fischer on some regular schedule multiple page of chess games. These would then be assembled in a notebook. One page included here............50-75
227. [ENTERAINMENT] a 1961 contract signed by Peter Lawford [the actor] of Chrislaw Productions Inc. and Billy Asher [employee]. 11 pages, signed at conclusion by Lawford and Asher. You already know who Peter Lawford is - Bill Asher (1921-2012) was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom. Included here is a carbon copy of another letter plus a copy of a contract with William Asher. VG..................300-400
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228. [ART] Three ink drawings of men, each signed F.B.B.. These date to around 1900. Stiff paper. About 4x4 to 6.5 x 5 in. Fine..................Min Bid $20
229. Archibald Cox Jr. (1912-2004) American lawyer and law professor who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy and as a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal. During his career, he was a pioneering expert on labor law and was also an authority on constitutional law. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Cox as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century. TLS, 1994, 1p. Fine....................50-75
230. [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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231. [THEATRE] Aline MacMahon (1899-1991) American actress. Her career began on stage in 1921. She worked extensively in film and television until her retirement in 1975. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dragon Seed (1944). Document Signed, The Theatre Guild Inc., NYC, 1945, 1p. Signed contract to act in radio performance of "Storm Over Patsy", for run of an hour, and she will be paid $750. VG............50-75
232. [BOOK] MAYORS OF BOSTON, printed 1914, illustrated, 48pp. begins with Boston's 1st mayor, John Phillips [1822] and ends with George Albee Hibbard 35th Mayor 1908-09. Soft-cover, 6x9 in. VG.................25-35
233. [SCIENCE] Hugo von Mohl (1805-1872) German botanist from Stuttgart. He was the first person to use the word "protoplasm". ALS, Paris, no yr., 1p, approx. 4-3/4 x 7 in. Fine.................75-100
234. [PORTRAIT] 19th century engraved portrait of Bolivar (1783-1830) the Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. The image is about 5x4 in. plus margins. Fine...................25-35
235. Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) English novelist, a prolific writer of best-selling genre fiction, featuring glamorous characters, international intrigue and fast action. Notably easy to read, they were viewed as popular entertainments. He was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1927. ANS, no date, to Miss Marshall who was a journalist. 5-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. Fine................40-60
236. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Alice Carrick Skinner (1875-1961) she was an expert on and writer about antiques in the early 20th century and a contributing editor of "Antiques" magazine in the 1930s. In particular she was an expert on American silhouettes. Her collection was donated to the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. As Alice Van Leer Carrick, she was the author of several books on the subject including "The Next-To-Nothing House" (1922). This book recounted her finding inexpensive antiques to furnish the historic Webster house on the campus of Dartmouth College where she lived for decades. Other books included the "Collector's Luck" series describing journeys abroad with family and friends on antiquing expeditions, "Christmas in Our Town," and "A History of American Silhouettes." Her books convey her personality, charm, and enthusiasm. ALS, Webster Cottage, Hanover, New Hampshire, no date, 4pp. to Mrs. Marshall who was a journalist. A long letter suggesting a visit from Mrs. Marshall for an interview. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4. VG..............50-75237. GREAT FALLS, NEW HAMPSHIRE - group of 9 documents, receipts for Cyrus Freeman, 1871-1878. VG...............25-35
238. [SCIENCE] Lewis Boss (1846-1912) American astronomer. He served as the director of the Dudley Observatory in Schenectady, New York. Boss is noted for his work in cataloguing the locations and proper motions of stars. He also led an expedition to Chile in 1882 to observe the transit of Venus, and catalogued information concerning cometary orbits. His most significant discovery was the calculation of the convergent point of the Hyades star cluster. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1905. ANS, 1908, written in 3rd person. Accepts invitation from Dr. Robert S. Woodward (1849-1924) the American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. 4-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. Fine..............50-75
239. [HARRY TRUMAN] 1949 document nominating Karl L. Rankin of Maine [diplomat] signed by fasc. signature. Signed in ink by Dean Acheson, Secretary of State. Karl Rankin (1898-1991) was an American diplomat from Wisconsin. In 1949 Rankin was promoted to U.S. Consul General in Canton, China; and also became Consul General in Hong Kong from 1949 to 1950. Rankin was appointed U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of China, based in Taipei, from 1950 to 1953, before being named Ambassador from 1953 to 1957. Finally, Rankin returned to Yugoslavia, serving as U.S. Ambassador from 1957 to 1961. FRAMED. Full size 16-1/4 x 12-1/4 in. VG.........Min. Bid $200
240. [CHEMISTRY] Antique wood-engraved portrait of Jons Jacob Berzelius(1779-1848) Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. Berzelius became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1808 and served from 1818 as its principal functionary. He is known in Sweden as the "Father of Swedish Chemistry". Berzelius Day is celebrated on 20 August in honour of him. Original engraving c. 1836, paper size approx. 8 x 5 in. which includes margins. Very good condition. Scarce!. Provenance: Katherine Ebert Print Collection. She was a print specialist-author................75-100
241. [GERMANY] a pair of antique wood-engraved portraits. (1) Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (1770-1846) In 1805, he started to collect objects of art. In 1811–1821, he travelled in different countries. It was during these years that the main part of his collection was formed. Nagler collected paintings, drawings, prints, coins, medals, ethnographic objects and Egyptian antiquities. In 1835, he sold the main part of his collection (but not paintings) to the state. Old master prints from his collection became a very important part of the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin. After Nagler’s death in 1847 the rest of his collection, including paintings, drawings and old master prints, was sold in Berlin. (2) Also a portrait of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter (1763-1825) German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. Paper size for each is about 8 x 5 in. These date to c. 1836. Scarce.............75-100
242. [MEDICINE] antique wood-engraved portrait of Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) German physician, best known for creating the pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine called homeopathy. Paper size is about 8 x 5 in. c. 1836. Scarce.............75-100
243. [GERMANY] antique wood-engraved portrait of Gottlieb Hufeland (1760-1817) was a German economist and jurist. Paper size is about 8 x 5 in. c. 1836. Scarce..........50-75
244. [MUSIC] antique wood-engraved portrait of Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (1786-1826) German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper (German Romantic opera). Paper size is about 8 x 5 in. c. 1836. Scarce..........50-75
245. [1855 View of Philadelphia] original 1855 engraving by Wellstood, image approx. 5 x 7.5 in.plus margins. VG for its age............25-35
246. [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
247. Daniel Alden Reed (1875-1959) American football player, coach, and U.S. Representative from the state of New York. Reed was attorney for the excise department of New York from 1903 to 1909. He served in the House of Representatives as a Republican from 1919 until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1959. During World War I he was one of the commissioners sent to France by the federal government to study the ongoing food shortage in preparation for a U.S. lecture tour on the importance of food conservation. After playing football at Cornell University, Reed coached at the University of Cincinnati, Pennsylvania State University, and his alma mater. From 1899 to 1900 he coached at Cincinnati, and guided the Bearcats to an 8–6–1 record. He coached at Penn State in 1903, compiling a 5–3 record. From 1910 to 1911, he was the head coach at Cornell, where he led that team to a 12–5–1 record. Offered here are 9 letters, dating from 1899 to 1913. Seven are bu Reed and 2 are letters sent to him. Includes 8 envelopes.......100-150
248. [DESERT STORM WAR] Original Kuwait Quarter Dinar note captured from Iraqi soldiers who had previously stolen this note from the Kuwaitis. When the Iraqi soldiers surrendered during Desert Storm this note was found on one of them. This csarce note bears the official MINISTRY OF DEFENCE handstamp. Few of these exist. About 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG.............100-150
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249. [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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250. [FILM] BILL WILLIAMS (1915-1992) Actor. SIGNED inscribed 3x5 photograph. VG............40-60
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251. [FILM] The Wynne family - 8 x 10 photo including Ed Wynn, Keenan, and his two sons around a birthday cake. c. 1950s. 10 x 8 in. VG for its age. Provenance: once owned by actor Van Johnson. ........50-75
252 [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Maurice Nathan Eisendrath (1902-1972) was a leader of American Reform Judaism, the head of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations from 1943 until his death, an author, and an activist, particularly active in the U.S. Anti-war Movement of the 1960s. The Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Reform Movement, is named in his honor. Offered here is a TLS, 1961, signed Maurice. 1p. approx. 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 in. To Rabbi Frederick Solomon, who was also a noted painter. VG. (2) [FILM-MUSIC] Evelyn Case (1906-2006) She began singing in San Antonio before pursuing a singing career in New York City under the name of Evelyn Case, singing in operas, musicals, and on numerous radio broadcasts. She appeared in a few film shorts, notably as the lead in a Roy Mack short, "Projection Room" (1939), which seems to have also been the first film appearance for a teen-aged Gower Champion. When "Projection Room" came out, her hometown paper said it was her fourth film appearance. For several years she was a featured soloist at Radio City Music Hall. During World War II she toured the British Isles for the USO. She sang in the first opera televised by NBC, "La Boheme." In 1951 she married George F. Handel and the they lived in New York City and spent winters in Boerne, Texas. After his death she settled in Texas, living at Boerne and San Antonio. In 1971 she married Henry Stearns, a rancher. She became an ardent painter, exhibiting and selling landscapes of scenes from around Boerne. Signed & inscribed vintage c. 1940 photograph, 8x10 in. Mounting traces on verso; creasing on front. (3) [GREAT BRITAIN] Robert Sherard, 6th Earl of Harborough and Baron Harborough, 8th Baron Sherard (1797–1859). Signed address panel postmarked 1827, about 4-3/4 x 3 in. (4)
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. (5) Henry Bowen Anthony (1815-1884) newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the Providence Journal. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving between 1849 and 1851 as a member of the Whig Party. CLIP SIGNATURE...............Min. Bid $50
Douglas Volk artist 50 signed checks253. [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 $399
254. [ARTISTS MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Stephen James Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher. Original etching, "Mrs. Nicklin", from a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Stuart painted the portrait of Mrs. Nicklin about 1795, when she was in her thirtieth year. She was one of Philadelphia's celebrated beauties, the wife of Mr. Philip Nicklin, and the daughter of Chief-Justice Benjamin Chew. This plate shows notable characteristics in Mr. Ferris's method of etching, he believing in finish, and striving to obtain depth of tone and suggestion of color by close and careful working. Image 7-1/4 5-1/2" plus fairly clean marhins. Top left corner is soiled. (2) Wendell D. Volk (1884-1953) American artist. Signed 1943 bank check. Born El Paso, TX, buried Arlington Natinal Cemetery. He was a printmaker and woodcarver, married Jessie J. McCoig, also an artist (1904-2005). The Douglas Volk family built a rustic Tudor cottage, “Hewnoaks,” on the shores of Kezar Lake in Center Lovell, Maine. [Stephen A.] Douglas Volk was the son of Leonard [W.] Volk, who was famous for his many life casts of Abraham Lincoln. S.A. Douglas Volk studied in Paris and Italy. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design in New York and was a founder of the Minneapolis School of Fine Art. He participated in the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition and taught at the New York Society for Ethical Culture established by Felix Adler, where he met Karl von Rydingsvärd. He married Marion Larabee in 1881 and two of their children were dau. Marion and son Wendell. Daughter Marion helped Mother Marion run the Sabatos Studio, which produced woven and printed textiles. Wendell was also a weaver and learned woodcarving from Karl von Rydingsvärd. Wendell’s wife Jessie left Hewnoaks, lock, stock, and barrel, to the University of Maine. Hewnoaks was the heart of an Arts and Crafts community. Marion Volk decided to improve upon a generations-old native tradition of making “drawn” rugs and with the help of her son Wendell and daughter Marion she began Sabatos Handcrafts in 1901. The Volks gathered together residents of Center Lovell, who then carried out every part of the rug-making process. Twenty years later the Volks began producing block-printed textiles. The rugs and printed panels are extremely rare today. VG (3) RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL drawing, not signed, 1980. Approx. 9 x 11.5 in. paper size. VG (4) 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. (5) 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. (6) 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, 1907. VG.....Min. Bid $50
255. [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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256. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Glenn Frank 1887-1940) president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and The Century Magazine's editor-in-chief. TLS, 1922. (2) Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834-1924) the 41st Governor of Vermont, was a Republican Party politician, a teacher, a lawyer and an American Civil War veteran. Small 1866 document signed on front & back. (3) Renee Oriana Haynes (1906-1994), also known as Renée Tickell was a British novelist and psychical researcher. Signed typescript THE EVIL EYE. Signed on 3rd page. (4) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1966 bank check. (5) 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. (6) Printed government document dated 1867, signed in type by Sec. of War Edwin M. Stanton - SURVEY OF ROCK AND ILLINOIS RIVERS, 1 page. (7) Boston & Maine Railroad 1925 memo, 1 page. (8) Vermont court document 1851. (8) Myron Cohen (1902-1986) American comedian and raconteur. Unsigned vintage 8x10 photo taken by Harry Adler. (9) Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) American illustrator of Russian origin active in the United States, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs. Original wood-engraving print removed from publication. About 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. (10) Charles H. Townsend (1859-1944) American zoologist and naturalist who served as the director of the New York Aquarium, from 1902 to 1937. Brief ALS, 1923. (11) Two telegrams to congressman Philip Philbin (12) Four bank checks. (13) Unsigned photo - can't remember who but music related. (14) Letter 1872 to Singer Sewing Machine Co................Min. Bid $50
257. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Lord Sundridge, George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll, GCH, PC (1768-1839), styled Earl of Campbell from 1768 to 1770 and Marquess of Lorne from 1770 to 1806, was a Scottish Whig politician and nobleman. Signed address panel 1822. (2) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1964 bank check. (3) George Bicknell (1815-1891) Congressman from Indiana. ALS, 5-1/4 x 8-3/4 in. VG. (4) Louisana State Lottery ticket 1893. (5) Robert Shapiro - American film producer who was the president of theatrical film production at Warner Bros. Warner bros. 1985 paycheck [not signed by him]. (5) Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Theatre" by critic Alexander Woollcott. Offered here is her monogrammed [blank] correspondence card. Fine. (6) Jack Dempsey- boxer. Unsigned vintage 1964 photo. (7) Ross R. Mowry (1882-1957) State senator from Iowa. At the time of his death, Mr. Mowry was considered to be probably the greatest historian living in Jasper County. He was a political consultant to Herbert Hoover. U.S. district attorney, appointed by President Coolidge [1924-32]. Prosecuted Keith Collins & Fred Poffenbarger for 2 million dollar train robbery at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and secured their conviction in 1925. Signed 1922 court document. (8) Douglas Dillon (born Clarence Douglass Dillon; 1909- 2003) American diplomat and politician, who served as U.S. Ambassador to France (1953–1957) and as the 57th Secretary of the Treasury (1961–1965). Signed 1975 FDC honoring Banking. Slso signed by Ronald T. Regan - Sec. of the Treasury PLUS unidentified signature. (9) Rev John Home FRSE (1722-1808) Scottish minister, soldier and author. Original 19th century engraved portait [unsigned]. (10) James Roosevelt (1907-1991) American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secretary to the President for his father and was later elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California. He received the Navy Cross while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. Signed card as congressman. Henry M. Teller (1830-1914) American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Dawes Act, intended to break up communal Native American lands and force assimilation of the people, accurately stating that it was directed at forcing the Indians to give up their land so that it could be sold to white settlers. Among his most prominent achievements was authoring the Teller Amendment which definitively stated that, following the Spanish–American War, the U.S. would not annex Cuba, rather that the purpose of their involvement would be to help it gain independence from Spain. CLIP SIGNATIURE [mounted]...............Min. Bid $50
258. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Fern Barry (1901-1981) actress best known for The Rifleman (1958), 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and Perry Mason (1957). Warner Bros. paycheck 1984 made out to Fern Barry Deceased. Endorsed verso by Lester R. Berry [?] (2) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1967 bank check. (3) Ralph Bernal (1783-1854) was a British Whig politician and art collector. Signed address panel postmarked 1829. (4) Henry White Warren (1831–1912) was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop and author. CLIP SIGNATURE. (5) Lyman J. Abbott (December 18, 1835 – October 22, 1922)[1][2] was an American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author. SIGNED CARD mounted. (6) John Townsend Trowbridge (1827-1916) American author. (7) Philip J. Philbin (May 29, 1898 – June 14, 1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Western Union telegraph sent 1946 type signed. (8) Lester M. Jacobs - President Temple B'Nai Israel, TLS 1956. (9) David Paul Brown - author, lawyer. Clip signature dated 1842...............Min. Bid $50
259. [SCIENCE] Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910) American scientist and engineer. Brief ALS, 1909, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. Provenance: Paul Richard's collection. VG...............100-150
260. Mystery Document dated 1809 from Itally, signed, 1p, 8 x 11.5 in. Looks like old grape stains.......Min. Bid $10
261. [PHOTOGRAPHY] 2 original color photographs of Frank Sinatra at the Columbus Day Parade in New York City. The photographs were taken Frank Mastro, the famed celebrity photographer probably best remembered for his photos of Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra. Approx. 5 x 3-1/4 in. Unsigned. Fine..........Min. Bid $50
262. [FRANCE] 1668 manuscript document on vellum, with Order of Malta mark. Speaks of d"Abema, Cussac and De Lassus. Approx. 12 x 7 in. Oornate signatures. Less than very good...................75-100
263. Pat Brown (1905-1996) American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney for San Francisco, and he was later elected Attorney General of California in 1950 before becoming the state's governor in 1959. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo, 1990. VG.....................50-75
264. Marion Barry (1936- 2014) American politician who served as the second and fourth mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG..............50-75
265. [MARYLAND] Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842) Maryland politician that served in a variety of roles. The zenith of his career was being the 24th Governor of the state from 1836 to 1839, when he was selected to serve three consecutive one-year terms by the Maryland General Assembly. Veazey was the last Maryland governor to be elected in this fashion and also the last Whig Party member to serve as Maryland governor. The governor vehemently and firmly believed in slavery, advocated for a general system of education throughout the State, and expressed a great deal of interest and concern over the matter of internal improvements. DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1838, appointment of Coroner of Frederick County. Approx. 12-3/4 x 7-3/4 in. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition...............100-150.......Min. Bid $35
266. [SCIENCE] William John McGee, LL.D. (1853-1912) American inventor, geologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist. While largely self-taught, McGee attended a rural one-room schoolhouse north of Farley, Iowa during the four winter months from about 1858 to 1867. He devoted his early years to reading law and to surveying. He invented and patented several improvements on agricultural implements. He was appointed geologist for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1881. In 1884 McGee authored the article Map of the United States exhibiting the present status of knowledge relating to the areal distribution of geologic groups for the USGS Journal. While with the USGS, McGee travelled to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1886 for the purpose of studying the earthquake disturbances in its vicinity. McGee was ethnologist in charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1893 to 1903. In 1895, he explored the Isla del Tiburón, Gulf of California, home of the Seri Indians. In 1904 he was chief of the department of anthropology that organized the "Anthropology Days" at the 1904 Summer Olympics / Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the 1904 World's Fair. In 1907 he was appointed a member of the Inland Waterways Commission by President Roosevelt. His other prominent positions were: acting president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897–1898); president of the American Anthropological Association (1902–1912); and president of the National Geographic Society (1904–1905). Excellent TLS, 1895, 2pp. to Professor Robert S. Woodward. 8 x 10.5 in. VG..............100-200
267. Mystery Lot of 9 documents, dated 1828 - circa 1950. You do the research. Conditions mostly VG..........Min. Bid $15
268. [POSTAL HISTORY] Paul Du Chaillu (1831-1903) French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of Scandinavia. A 1895 envelope addressed in the hand of Du Chaillu but not signed by him. Approx. 5 x 4 in..........40-60
269. [AMERICANA] Ephraim Cooke (1756-1824) - document signed, Cambridge [Mass.], 1790, signed as tax collector. Nathan Fessenden pays his property tax. Nathan Fessenden (1749-1797). He was a member of Capt. Parker's Co. of Minute Men at the Battle of Lexington. Approx. 7-1/4 x 2-1/2 in. Small holes in middle.................75-100
270. [FILM] Dominic Frontiere (1931-2017) American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist. He is known for composing the theme and much of the music for the television series The Outer Limits. At age twelve, he played a solo recital at Carnegie Hall. After a period with a big band in the late 1940s and early 50s, Frontiere moved to Los Angeles, where he enrolled at UCLA. He eventually became musical director at 20th Century Fox. He scored several films under the tutelage of Alfred and Lionel Newman, while also recording jazz music. An association with director and producer Leslie Stevens led to several projects, such as his innovative blend of music and sound effects for The Outer Limits. He scored several iconic themes of the '60's such as The Rat Patrol, Branded, The Flying Nun, and for producer Quinn Martin The Invaders, The Fugitive, and Twelve O'Clock High. After scoring for TV shows, he went on to compose the music for the Clint Eastwood film Hang 'Em High. The title theme for that movie became a top-10 hit for the group Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He also composed the soundtrack to the 1971 motorcycle documentary On Any Sunday, which featured Steve McQueen and was directed by Bruce Brown. Frontiere became head of the music department at Paramount Pictures in the early 1970s, where he again worked on television and film scores, while concurrently orchestrating popular music albums for, among others, Chicago. Examples of Frontiere's sweeping, cinematic orchestrations appear in the opening and closing songs of the 1977 album Nether Lands by Dan Fogelberg. He won a Golden Globe for the score to the 1980 film The Stunt Man. He also composed a jingle for the studio's television division. In 1986, Frontiere was incarcerated for nine months in a federal penitentiary after scalping tickets to the 1980 Super Bowl, which he obtained through his then-wife, Los Angeles Rams owner Georgia Frontiere. He was estimated to have scalped as many as 16,000 tickets, making a half million dollars in profit that he failed to report to the Internal Revenue Service. Frontiere pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year and one day in prison, three years probation, and fined $15,000 for failing to report income from the sale of the tickets and for lying to the IRS. Georgia Frontiere filed for divorce shortly after Dominic's release from prison. OFFERED HERE is a 1965 contract for composer for the movie BILLIE starring Patty Duke. Also signed by Milton Ebbins (1912–2008) Film executive, songwriter ("Yale Blues", "Basic Boogie") and composer. Ebbins helped produce JFK’s 1961 Inaugural Ball and the subsequent 1962 JFK Anniversary Gala. In May of 1962, Ebbins escorted a very late Marilyn Monroe to Madison Square Garden where she famously — and breathlessly — sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” He was also the man that Lawford called after speaking to Monroe the night of her death in August of 1962. Ebbins was one of the few allowed inside the White House after the JFK assassination. As the link between Washington and Hollywood, Ebbins helped Kennedy family patriarch and former ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy navigate through the movie business, not only keeping him apprised of his son-in-law’s career moves but at one point advising him against purchasing United Artists’ movie studio. At the time of his death, Ebbins was working with his friend, actor Bill Paxton, on an HBO project about the Kennedy assassination. Ebbins music career began in 1936, he formed his own orchestra, then became music director at CBS, and went to New York in 1938, joining an advertising agency's radio department. He also had been a road manager for the Jack Jenny and Count Basie orchestras, and then a personal manager. He left his career as bandleader and became a talent manager, rising to become one of Hollywood’s top personal managers, guiding the careers of Count Basie, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstine and singer Vic Damone. Because of Ebbins’ musical background and his adeptness at arranging scores, he had a knack for picking hit songs for his clients. He also represented actresses Elizabeth Montgomery and Patty Duke, comedian Mort Sahl and actor Peter Lawford, who Ebbins managed for 35 years. Signed in the final page 11. Fine condition....................200-300
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271. [ART] Robert Adams (1917-1984) English sculptor and designer. While not widely known outside of artistic circles, he was nonetheless regarded as one of the foremost sculptors of his generation. In a critical review of a retrospective mounted by the Gimpel Fils gallery in London in 1993, Brian Glasser of Time Out magazine described Adams as "the neglected genius of post-war British sculpture",[2] a sentiment echoed by Tim Hilton in the Sunday Independent,[3] who ranked Adams' work above that of his contemporaries, Ken Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick and Bernard Meadows. Nice ALS, 1978, 1p., 8 x 9-3/4 in. plus envelope. Re: selling drawings. Fine example.........100-150
272. [SOMERSWORTH, NH] archive of documents from the Rollins Family, dating from 1807-1841. Includes Andrew Rollins (1770-1833), Daniel Rollins (1794-1879), Ichabod Rollins (1769-1843), and John Rollins. Andrew represented Somersworth in the New Hampshire Legislature from 1816 - 1820. Others person included: Harper Ricker, Josiah Bean, James Richardson, Samuel Roberts, Benjamin Carter etc. Generally very good condition. 12 documents................Min. Bid $75
273 [COLONIAL] William Vaughan (1703-1746) He graduated from Harvard College in 1722. Circa 1735, he was a ship's Captain, and captured pirates of the Caribbean. He served in the England U.K. Royal Army 1745-1746 attaining Colonel U.K. Army Colonel William Vaughan served in a New England colonial force, aided by a British fleet, during the Siege of Louisbourg, in 1745, when they captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island), during the War of the Austrian Succession, known, in the British colonies, as King George's War. He died circa December, 1746, in London, England, where he went after the Battle of Louisbourg, and became ill. He was buried in New Hampshire. Colonel William Vaughan was a chief organizer of the Louisbourg expedition and son of Lieutenant Governor Vaughan of New Hampshire province. Offered here is a 2-1/2 page document dated 1727, signed by Mark Hunting[twice]. Also signed twice by Eleazer Russell. We believe that it is a later 18th century copy of William Vaughan selling property to George Walker. Very good condition esp. for its age.................200-300
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274. [MULTIPLE MIXED LOT] includes: (1) National Tea Co. 1940 stock certificate. (2) Martin Armstrong (1882-1974) English writer and poet/ ALS, 1925, 2.5 pp. (3) Ted Noose (1930-2010) actor. Unsigned Warner Bros. paycheck. (4) Colleen Walker (1956-2012) American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. (5) A 1950 telegram from Congressman Philip J. Philbin of Mass. (6) Vintage 1906 stereopti can card of the San Francisco Earthquake. (7) Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale (1883 – 1967) English actress, lecturer, writer, and suffragist. Card signed in pencil 1921. (8) Small antique engraving of William 4th. (9) Emerson Hough (1857-1923) American author best known for writing western stories and historical novels. Signed card 1916. (10) Rabbi Louis I. Engelson - TLS 1956 to Rabbi Fred Solomon. (11) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Signed 1965 bank check. (12) The White House envelope postmarked 1925. Ink signature on verso reads G. Coolidge [probably a secretarial signature].......Min. Bid $35
275. [AIR FORCE] Edward Air Force Base cover, postmarked Mar. 4, 1976. Signed by the test pilots Geo. Larson and C.C. Bock Jr. This cover was carried on that test flight 3 March 76. This test flight was for the initial operational flight test and evaluation of the B-1 bomber. George W. Larson (1940-2008) US Air Force pliot. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1962. He retired in 1992 as a U.S. Air Force Major General. From August 1972 to July 1978 he served with Strategic Air Command’s 4200th Test and Evaluation Squadron representing Strategic Air Command (known as SAC) in initial operational flight test and evaluation of the B-1. He eventually amassed more than 5,000 flying hours in 38 different Air Force aircraft. Charles C. Bock Jr. (1940-2008) Col. Bock had a long and distinguished United States Air Force career as a bomber pilot, fighter pilot, test pilot, and a military astronaut designee. Col. Bock flew 51 combat missions with the 90th Bomb Squadron in Korea and 52 combat missions with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing in Vietnam. THIS B-1 Flight cover was carried on this flight. RARE!..............300-400..........Min. Bid $75
276. [SPILLANE] James B. O'Connell - Editor of Cavalier Magazine 1952-1958. In its original format, Cavalier was planned by Fawcett to feature novelettes and novel excerpts by Fawcett's Gold Medal authors, including Richard Prather and Mickey Spillane. TLS, 1956, 2pp, to Spillane offering a couple of ideas for non-fiction pieces. Interesting content. Front page shows some wear....................50-75
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277 [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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278. John Meredith Read, Jr. (1837-1896) was a United States diplomat and author. Read was president of the social science congress at Albany in 1868, and vice president of the one at Plymouth, England, in 1872. He wrote Historical Enquiry concerning Henry Hudson, which discussed Hudson's origins, and the sources of the ideas that guided that navigator (Albany, 1866). Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne, and Savoy; from Roman Times to Voltaire, Rousseau and Gibbon was published in 1897. He also made contributions to current literature, including Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, published in 1892. ALS, Albany NY 1874, 1p. , about 8 x 10 in. To NYS Compyroller Nelson K. Hopkins. VG................25-35
279. [NAVAL] William Robert Anderson (1921-2007) was an officer in the United States Navy, and a U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1965 to 1973. Anderson's service in World War II was distinguished. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and participated in a total of eleven combat submarine patrols. Anderson was selected by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover to be the second commanding officer of the first nuclear submarine to be placed into service, the USS Nautilus and was its commander from 1957 to 1959. Anderson and his crew received international notice when the Nautilus became the first submarine to sail successfully under the polar ice cap surrounding the North Pole. After completing his tour as commander of the Nautilus, Anderson became an assistant to Admiral Rickover. TLS, 1958, 1p., about 8x6 in. Top corners cropped off. Includes copy of letter to President Eisenhower................50-75
280. (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)...............Min. Bid $50
281. [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..............Min. Bid $300
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282. [France] Misc. group of items from France. Worthy of research, many are accompanied with biographical information in either English or French. [1] Maurice Donnay [1859-1945] dramatist. Signature. [2] Rene Cagnat [1852-1937] historian. ALS, 1896, 2pp. [3] Auguste Chavannes [1810-1879] Zoologist. ALS, 1867, 1p. [4] Jean-Marie Magnaud [1848-1926] jurist, feminist pioneer. ALS, 1906, 1p. [5] Amable Pierre Floquet [1797-1881] historian, ALS, 2pp. [6] Henri Leroy-Beaulieu [1842-1912] publicist and historian. His signature on page from book. [7] Emile Perrin [1814-1885] Director of Paris Opera. ALS, 1878, 2pp. [8] Pierre De La Gorce [1846-1934] historian. ALS, 1p. [9] Charles Laubry [1872-1960] physician. ALS, 1p. [10] Charles Louvet [1806-1882] Minister of Commerce. ALS, 1p..........200-300
283. [MAINE] Kenneth M. Curtis (b.1931) American attorney, Democratic politician, and diplomat. He was the Maine Secretary of State from 1965-1966, the Governor of Maine from 1966-1974, and the United States Ambassador to Canada from 1979 to 1981. TLS, 1966, 1p., to Brenda Kuhn. Also included is a ANS sending thanks. 2 pieces.........25-35
284. Sidney Kilner Levett-Yeats CIE (c. 1858–1916), an English novelist known professionally as S. Levett-Yeats, was the descendant of an old English trading family with connections to British India. S. Levett-Yeats became a soldier with the Indian Army and later joined the Indian Civil Service as a low-level bureaucrat. Inspired by the example of other ambitious Anglo-Indian writers like Rudyard Kipling, Levett-Yeats turned out a series of Victorian potboilers, often set in Europe, that earned him a place on the bestseller lists of the day. CLIP SIGNATURE............20-30
285. [MUSIC] The McGuire Sisters were a singing trio in American popular music. The group was composed of three sisters: Chistine, Dorothy and Phyllis. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo, probably only signed by Phyllis. Comes with TLS signed by Phyllis. Both Fine...............25-35
286. [SHOW BIZ MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Clint Eastwood - SP likely secretarial. (2) Hal Hollingshead - signed 1984 Bros. Brps. paycheck. (3) Lolita Rios - unsignmed Bros. Bros. 1985 check. (4) Cinema Fantasy Banknote. (5) Mamie Van Doren autograph. (6) Sinatra unsigned. (7) Denzel Washington - the ink signature on this doesn't look authentic. (8) Peggy Fears - actress, singer, signed newspaper clipping. (9) plus 7 misc. items that need some research.............Min. Bid $25
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287. [GERMANY] ALEXANDER von KLUCK (1846-1934) German general during World War I. He enlisted in the Prussian army in time to serve in the seven-week Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and the Franco-Prussian War, where he was wounded twice in the Battle of Colombey-Neuilly, and awarded the Iron Cross (second class) for bravery. He was made a general of infantry in 1906, and in 1913 was appointed Inspector General of the Seventh Army District. With the outbreak of World War I, Kluck was placed in command of the German First Army. According to the Moltke revisions of the Schlieffen Plan, the First Army was part of the strong right wing and positioned on the outer western edge of the German advance through Belgium and France. Offered here is a envelope addressed by him with his signature on the verso in return address. About 6 x 4-3/4 in. VG...............25-35
288. [JEWISH] 1956 letter to Rabbi Frederick Solomon (1899-1980) the German Expressionist artist. Signed by Rabbi Louis I. Egelson (1885 -1957) administrative secretary of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Sidney L. Regner (1903-1993) Reform rabbi and organizational executive. A lifelong peace activist, he was elected vice president of the Jewish Peace Fellowship in 1980. Richard N. Bluestein - of Hebrew Union College. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in. VG..............25-35
289. Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956) English artist and occultist who worked as both a draughtsman and a painter. Influenced by symbolism and art nouveau his art was known for its clear use of line, and its depiction of monstrous and sexual imagery. In an occult capacity, he developed idiosyncratic magical techniques including automatic writing, automatic drawing and sigilization based on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self. CLIP SIGNATURE about 3-1/4 x 1-1/2 in. 1946..................25-35
290. [US SENATORS LOT] Typed signed letters from US Senators to Vernon L. Talbertt, Chief Messenger, Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Includes Pete Williams 1919-2001) NJ. Russell B. Long (1918-2003) La. Carl T. Curtis (19005-2000) Neb. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (1903-1960) Mo. Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) ILL. Ernest Gruening (1887-1974) Alaska Gov. & Senator. These date 1960-1961. All have mounting traces on verso with slight show-thru..................Min. Bid $35
291. [US SENATORS LOT] Typed signed letters from US Senators to Vernon L. Talbertt, Chief Messenger, Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Includes: Frank Church, Edward V. Long, Theodore Francis Green, Vance Hartke, George Smathers, Bill Proxmire. These date 1960-1961. All have mounting traces on verso with slight show-thru....Min. Bid $35
292. [US SENATORS LOT] Typed signed letters from US Senators to Vernon L. Talbertt, Chief Messenger, Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Includes: Paul H. Douglas, Stephen M. Young, George D. Aiken, Milton R. Young, Thomas H. Kuchel, & Jennings Randolph. These date 1960-1962. All have mounting traces on verso with slight show-thru....Min. Bid $35
293. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) English composer, conductor and pianist. Signed album page, 1908. (2) (PUBLISHING) ALS, 1883 from W.S. Washburn at J.B. Lippincott & Co. to Austin Allibone, forwarding a letter. (3) Robert R. Howison (1820-1906) author of Virginia history. Clip signature. (4) Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) American Republican politician from Logan County, West Virginia. He served a term as the 14th Governor of the state, in addition to one term in the United States Senate. Hatfield was nephew to Devil Anse Hatfield, leader of the Hatfield clan. TLS 1930 as USS. (5) Murat Halstead (1829-1908) American newspaper editor and magazine writer.[1][2] He was a war correspondent during three wars. Brief ANS on small card 1887. (6) Allan Jones (1907-1992) American actor and tenor. He is best remembered as the male romantic lead actor in the first two films the Marx Brothers starred in for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, A Night at the Opera (1935) and A Day at the Races (1937), as well as the film musicals Show Boat (1936) and The Firefly (1937).Signed 3x5 card. (7) Diane Sawyer - journalist. Signed 3x5 card..............Min. Bid $50
294. [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
295. [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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296.
[FRANCE] Jacques Salomon Hadamard (1865-1963) French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations. ALS, (1954), 2pp. with envelope. Fine............80-120
297. Dr. Rhoda Bubendey Metraux (1914–2003), was a prominent anthropologist in the area of cross-cultural studies, specializing in Haitian voodoo and the Iatmul of New Guinea. She collaborated with Alfred Metraux, on mutual studies of Voodoo in Haiti. During World War II, Dr. Metraux headed the section on German morale for the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Rhoda Metraux was also an important professional and personal partner of Margaret Mead (1901–1978). Together with Mead, she wrote several books and many articles on major issues from the 1950s to the late 1970s. As a contributing editor to Redbook magazine for well over a decade, both wrote many articles on contemporary issues that later formed the basis of a number of books including A Way of Seeing. Margaret Mead and Rhoda Metraux were in fact a close-knit professional team whose work greatly influenced American anthropology in the late 20th century. They shared a house in Greenwich Village in New York from 1955 to 1966 and an apartment on Central Park West from 1966 until Mead's death in 1978. ALS, 1991, signed Rhoda, mentions Margaret Mead, written to the author Irvine Millgate. Fine........75-100
See above
298. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS, No. 266, 1810, 8pp., concerning the Pope subject to the Emperor, signed in type Napoleon. Approx. 5 x 7-1/2". VG...........100-150
See front page
299. [FILM] Liza Minnelli (b. 1946) American actress and singer, best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in Cabaret (1972), the film Arthur (1981), several hit albums and many other film and television appearances. She is famous for her energetic stage presence and her powerful alto singing voice. She is the daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG. THIS APPEARS TO BE SECRETARIAL.........?
300. [ENTERTAINMENT] Perry Como (1913-2001) American singer and television personality. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..............30-40
301. PETER BROWN (1935-2016) American actor best known for his four-year role as young Deputy Johnny McKay opposite John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop in the 1958 to 1962 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Lawman and as Texas Ranger Chad Cooper on NBC's Laredo from 1965 to 1967. SP, 4x6. Signed 1997............Min. Bid $10
302. [FILM] Dorothy Malone (b.
1925) Academy Award-winning actress American. DOCUMENT SIGNED, a
contract dated April 23, 1979, 4pp., a one year contract with
Contemporary-Korman Ltd. Also signed by Tom Korman of the famous agency.
Signed on last page. VG...........75-100
303. [MUSIC] Elis Pehkonen (1942 - ) English composer. AMQS from his "Russian Requiem" Closing Theme, 3rd movement. Approx. 9 x 4"/ VG............50-75See AMQS
304. [MUSIC MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes:
(1) Annie Louise Cary (1842-1921) American singer. Signed card, 1899,
with envelope (2) 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+. (3) Peter
Paul Fuchs (1916-2007) Austrian born conductor and
composer. Signed 3x4 in. photo. Fine. (4) Frederick Martin Reiner
(1888-1963) was a prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music.
Signed album page. (5) Joseph Schuster [1903-1969] Russian Cellist. Sig.
card. (6) William Kraft (b. 1923) American composer.
His works have been performed by many major American orchestras as well
as those in Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Israel, and the
USSR. Mr. Kraft’s Contextures: Riots – Decade ’60 (1967) has been
choreographed and performed by both the Scottish National Ballet and the
Minnesota Dance Company. In 1986, United Air Lines commissioned a work
expressly to accompany a lumetric sculpture by Michael Hayden titled
Sky’s the Limit, for their pedestrian passageway at Chicago-O’Hare
International Airport. In November 1990, Mr. Kraft was inducted into the
Hall of Fame of the Percussive Arts Society. AMQS dated
1983 from his composition "MOMENTUM." 6x4 in. Fine. (7) FRANCES
ALDA [1883-1952]. New Zealand operatic soprano. Made debut at
Opéra-Comique (1904); at Metropolitan Opera, New York (1908-29); m.
(1910; div. 1928) Giulio Gatti-Casazza. Author of Men, Women, and Tenors
(1937). SIGNATURE on card dated 1932. (8) Leonard Slatkin [b. 1944]
American conductor. TLS, 1989. (9) Harriet Kendall (1857-1933) English
composer. ALS, 1889, 4pp. (10) Lanny Ross (1906-1988) American singer,
pianist and songwriter. Signed 5x7 photo. VG. (11) Rainer Midel -
Conductor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG (12) Dame Moura Lympany
(1916-2005) English concert pianist. Signed The Civic Music Association
program. VG. (13) Leslie Bassett (b. 1923) American composer of
classical music. He received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his
Variations for Orchestra. AMQS from his " Variations for Orchestra." On
8.5 x 5.5" sheet. Written in pencil. VG. (14) WILLY EICKEMEYER
[1879-1925] German composer & pianist. CLIP SIGNATURE. (15) Gladys
Swarthout [1900-1969] Am. opera star. Pencil
signature...............Min. Bid $100
305. [ART] Tony Palazzo (1905-1970) artist; best known as an illustrator and author of children's books. Mr. Palazzo was a former art director of Esquire, Coronet, Collier's and Look magazines and had taught art at Pratt Institute and the New School for Social Research. Offered here is a collection of 15 Christmas / Season's Greetings card designed by Tony. Three por 4 are likely original prints; at least one is pencil signed by Tony. Scans upon request..........100-150
306. [FILM] June Allyson (1917-2006) American actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......40-60
See above307.
308. Edgar Fawcett (1847-1904) was an
American novelist and poet. Offered here is a typed vintage manuscript
of his PLAY IN FOUR ACTS - THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. Approx. 117 pages.
There is another copy of this play in the Harry Ranson Center,
University of Texas. VG...............100-150
NOTE:
The following chess lots were once the proiperty of the great chess
player, Bobby Fischer. He collected these when he was living at 560
Lincoln Pl., Brooklyn, NY c. 1955-1965. If you have any friends or
family members who play chess these would be a great gift, esp. if
framed.
309. [CHESS] 1965 printed page of chess once owned by Bobby Fischer. Approx. 5-3/4 x 9 in. Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) American chess Grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time. Provenance: Robert "Bobby" Fischer - Brooklyn Library - Swann's Auction - East Coast Books. In the late 1960s Fischer is said to have needed money so he sold his chess library to the Brooklyn Library, who then sold off some of their holding at auction in NYC, some 25 years later. Rare!. Fine................Min. Bid $10
310. [CHESS] 1965 printed page of chess once owned by Bobby
Fischer. Approx. 5-3/4 x 9 in. Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) American chess
Grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the
greatest chess player of all time. Provenance: Robert "Bobby" Fischer -
Brooklyn Library - Swann's Auction - East Coast Books. In the late
1960s Fischer is said to have needed money so he sold his chess library
to the Brooklyn Library, who then sold off some of their holding at
auction in NYC, some 25 years later. Rare!. Fine................Min. Bid
$10
311. [FRANCE] Adolphe Perraud (1828-1906) French Cardinal and academician. Three ALSs, 1878, 1894, and 1904, total 11 pages........100-200
312. Evelyn Laye, CBE (1900-1996) English actress who was active on the London light opera stage, and later in New York and Hollywood. She made her first stage appearance in August 1915 at the Theatre Royal. Laye made her Broadway debut in 1929 in the American première of Noël Coward's Bitter Sweet[3] and appeared in several early Hollywood film musicals. Offered here is a signed 3.5 x 5.5 photo. She writes ANS, 1983 on the verso. VG...............30-40
313. [THEATRE] Henry Clay Barnabee -
American actor, well-known in his time, particularly for playing the
role of the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1891 London production of Robin
Hood. He was a leading member of the Bostonians. The Boston Ideal
Opera Company, later The Bostonians, was a comic opera acting company
based in Boston from 1879 through 1905. Offered here is a NEW ORLEANS
PRESS CLUB Visitor's card, dated 1899, given to H.C. Barnabee. Issued by
J.M. L. Byrd. On the back of the card is written "Press Club
boat. Byrd." 3-3/4 x 2-1/4 in. VG................25-35
See above
See Bostonian
314. (AMERICAN POLITICIANS/PUBLIC SERVANTS LOT) 1. (HENRY) STYLES
BRIDGES (1898-1961) US Senator from NH, Pres. Pro Tempe of the Senate,
ran for President in 1944. TLS (1946) concerning the Selective
Service Act. 2. PAUL C. WARNKE (1920-2001) Diplomat. SIGNED
CARD. 3. WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON (1853-1937) US Senator from
Nebraska. SIGNED vintage 5x7 photograph in photo folder. 4.
THURLOW WEED (1797-1882) New York Political Boss. SIGNATURE. 5.
THOMAS TURLOCK (1820-1883) Governor of NH. SIGNATURE clipped from
document as NH Sec. of State. 6. NANCY TUCKERMAN – White
House Staff coordinator, and Assistant and best friend to Jacqueline
Kennedy. TLS (1984). 7. ED KOCH (1924-2012) US Rep, Mayor of
NYC. TLS (2001)..........Min. Bid $50
315. [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 & 1987. [16] 2
misc. items. In all approx. 20 pieces. VG..............Min. Bid
$75
316. PITTSBURGH, PA. - Sinking
Fund Commission of the City of Pittsburgh. File folder containing over
60 documents & letters, 1940s - 50s. Over 70 pages. Many signatures,
mostly city officials. Who knows what this is?..........50-75
317. MARYLAND CONGRESSMEN - A collection of 44 LS's written by
House of Representative members from Maryland. Included are Michael D.
Barnes (19), Stephen W. Gambrill (1), Gilbert Gude (6), Steny Hoyer (2),
DeWitt S. Hyde (2) Gladys Spellman (2), and Newton Steers 12). Content
is routine, mostly responding to constituent letters about specific
proposed legislation. Dates range from 1929 to 1985. Steny Hoyer was
House Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011. He is currently House Minority
Whip.........Min. Bid $100
319. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Laura Spencer Porter - American short story writer. Very popular in Harper's Magazine and the New England Magazine at turn of century into 1920s. ALS, NY, 1901, 2pp. VG. (2) Carl Hayden [1877-1972] US senator [Ariz.] TLS, 1964, 1p. (3) Leonard Merrick [1864-1939] British Playwright. Clip signature. (4) Charles Doughty [1843-1926] English poet. Clip signature. (5) Alfred Henry Lewis [1857-1914] American journalist and novelist. Signed card.........Min. Bid $25
320. Diana Canova (b.1953) American actress, director, and professor. Offered here is a signed sketch, 8-1/4 x 5 in. VG.............50-75
See above
321. [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) distinguished Italian tragedienne, who was often referred to as the Marquise. Front portion of a postmarked envelope addressed in her handwriting but not signed by her. Approx. 4-3/4 x 2 in. Fine.............25-35
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322. [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
323. [US PRESIDENT] Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American educator and politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Offered here is a mounted photograph bearing an ink signature which I believe was signed by autopen. Overall size 11 x 13-3/4 in. VG...............100-150
324. [FRANCE] Charles-Robert Boutin (1722-1810) noted French lawyer. He was successively deputy of the Attorney General of the Parliament of Paris ( 1741 ), adviser to the first chamber of requests (February 5, 1743), master of requests (February 17, 1749), president of the Grand Council (April 19, 1754), King's Commissioner to the Compagnie des Indes ( 1756 ), Intendant of Bordeaux (1758 - 1766 ). In 1762, with Querdisien Tremais, he interfered with Canada's Intendant BIGOT's operations with the Jewish merchant Abraham Gradis and with Biot's dishonest fur trade in Canada. Offered here is a 1783 manuscript document concerning Boutin's garden and work done by Maingot, Master Sculptor. Not signed. Approx. 8 x 12.5 in. VG.............100-150
See above
325 [FILM] Sandy Dennis (1937-1992) American theater and film actress. In 1966, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Signed & inscribed lobbycard from the film "Up The Stair Case". 14 x 11. VG......................75-100
326. FRITZ HOCHWALDER - important Swiss dramatist. TLS, 1962 - not translated. Together with a contract signed by Suzanne Arnoux & R. Thieberger, concerning his play SUR LA TERRE COMME AU CIEL. Both very good............75-100
327. [AVIATION] Bernt Balchen (1899-1973) was a pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader. A Norwegian native, he later became a U.S. citizen, and was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. His service in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II made use of his Arctic exploration expertise to help the Allies over Scandinavia and Northern Europe. After the war, Balchen continued to be an influential leader with the U.S. Air Force, as well as a highly regarded private consultant in projects involving the Arctic and aviation. Signed special cover [type addressed] honoring International Geophysical Year 1957-1958..........50-75
See above
328. [SCOTTISH] Misc. Lot comprised of: 1. Robert Anderson (1750- 1830) Scottish author and critic. For several years his attention was occupied with his edition of The Works of the British Poets, with Prefaces Biographical and Critical (14 vols. 8vo, Edin., 1792-1807). Autograph Manuscript Poem signed, 1-1/3 pages of his poem "Jacep the Peyper." 2. W.G. Blackie Murdoch (1880-1934) Scottish art critic, author. ALS, 2pp, mentions Whistler the artist. 3. Thomas Ryburn Buchanan (1846-1911) Liberal politician. Clip signature. 4. Sir Theodore Martin (1816-1909) Scottish poet. ANS [trimmed]. Each accompanied by biographical sheet.......100-150
329. [FRANCE - MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Madame de Thebes - French palmist and prophet. She was born in 1845 and died in 1916. She carried on a business as a palmist at her salon in the Avenue de Wagram in Paris, and each year at Christmas published prophecies which enjoyed a wide circulation. She was said to have predicted the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War. ALS, no date, 4pp., to the photographer Seschamps about photography. (2) Emile Fabre (1869-1955) French dramatic author and general administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1915 to 1936. ALS, no date, 1p. approx. 4.5 x 6.5". VG. (3) Pierre Dux (1908-1990) one of the most important theatre & film French actors. He appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990. ANS, 4 lines with 1985 postmarked envelope addressed to Felix Bonagi, Paris. VG. (4) Louis Bourdeau (1824–1900) French author of various scientific, technical and academic subjects. Coinage of the word praxeology is often credited to Louis Bourdeau, author of a classification of the sciences, which he published in his Théorie des sciences: Plan de Science intégrale in 1882. However, the term was used at least once previously (with a slight spelling difference), as far back as 1608, by Clemens Timpler in his Philosophiae practicae systema methodicum. ALS, 1893, 2pp. Blue pencil notations and 2 file punch holes. (5) Albert Delpit [1849-1893] Fr. writer. ALS, no yr., 2-1/2 pp, 5x8 in. VG. Speaks of his novel and play..................Min. Bid $50
330. 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
331. Part of the MANHUNT Detective Story Monthly magazine, 1952, containing Mickey Spillane's EVERYBODY'S WATCHING ME. Contains only Spillane's story, pages 81-93 plus covers. From Mickey Spillane's personal collection. VG..........50-75
332. [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
333. [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
334. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg - American actress. Signed American Film magazine, Dec. 1985. Signed on cover picturing her, in silver ink. VG.........Min. bid $10
335. 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
336. [MUSIC] John Thomas (1795-1871) Welsh, born in Carmarthen, musician, poet and schoolmaster who taught in Machen and Merthyr before moving to the Pontypridd district in 1850. From his time in Merthyr he pioneered choral music in Wales, leading his own choirs to success in eisteddfodau in the 1830s. He was also an essayist on Welsh music and culture, winning awards at eisteddfodau in 1838 and 1840, and in 1845 published Y Caniedydd Cymreig, a collection of airs with English and Welsh words. ALS, 1875, 2pp. To Mr. Planché, probably James Robinson Planché (1796 – 1880) the British dramatist. Thomas is anxious to set up a meeting about "a Libretto...", approx. 4-1/2 x 7". VG........Min. Bid $25
337. [THEATRE] 1958 program starring Sana Andrews & Anne Bancroft in TWO FOR THE SEESAW. VG..............Min. Bid $5
338. [JOHN F. KENNEDY] JFK & THE MOB, People Magazine issue, Feb. 29, 1988. Unsigned. VG........20-30
339. [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
340. [From Walt Kuhn Estate] Gift from Kuhn to Whitney Museum of American Art. Receipt from the Whitney Museum of American Art to Walt Kuhn, dated Jan. 29, 1946. receoved from Walt Kuhn LONGHORN MUSEUM & WESTERN CAFE. Approx. 5 x 7-3/4 in. The handwritten notes on the verso are most likely by Walt Kuhn. Poor condition; beginning to separate at fold.........200-300
341. [NASA] group of 6 covers postmarked 1966-1982. VG........60-80.........Min. Bid $20
342 [NASA] group of 6 covers postmarked 1975-1982. VG..................60-80..................Min. Bid $20
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344. Deborah Raffin
(1953-2012) American model, film and television actress. Offered here is
a signed & inscribed sketch, 8-1/4 x 5 in. The
signature in yellow is hard to see. VG.............50-75
345. The 3 Laycock Girls, antique photograph. Fine............Min. Bid $10 CLICK here to see
346. [WW 2 NAVAL] WILLIAM H.P. BLANDY (1890-1954), known to friends as "Spike", was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He participated in the occupation of Veracruz, Mexico in 1914 and served on board the battleship USS Florida (BB-30) (BB-30) with the British Grand Fleet during World War I. During World War II he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance from 1941 to 1943. Here he had a controversial role in the infamous torpedo scandal involving the initially practically useless Mark 14 torpedo, and the long delays incurred on the work testing and launching the electric Mark 18 torpedo. In December 1943 he became Commander, Group 1, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, and commanded the pre-invasion bombardment group during the campaign for Iwo Jima. Offered here are 2 document from the personal files of Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other universities - anxious to shed the military connection as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Captain Louis W. McKeehan, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while attached to the Research and Development Section, Bureau of Ordnance, from the outbreak of hostilities in 1941 to March 1944. These are: (1) Nov. 10, 1942. McKeehan has written at bottom "Mines Development". (2) Oct. 22, 1943 Bureau of Ordnance Circular Letter, 4pp. - printed, signed Blandy in type. Both VG...............50-75
347. [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.............Min. Bid $25
348 [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
349. [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
350. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL Ink drawing, unsigned on 6-3/4 x 8 in. sheet. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it...............150-250
351. [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
352 [MILITARY] James L. Edwards (1786-1867) was born in Petersburg, Virginia. He served with the U. S. Marines during the War of 1812 and was awarded a medal for bravery. In 1816, he began working as a clerk in the War Department. He eventually became the principal pensions clerk, where he was responsible for many of the pensions granted to veterans of the Revolutionary War. When the Pension Office was created in 1833, Edwards became the first Commissioner of Pensions. He held this post until retiring on November 27, 1850. Offered here is a ALS, Pension Office, 1847, 1p., written to Hon. Howell Cobb, House of Representatives. Cobb 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. This letter concerns the case of Mrs. Alice B. Alden, widow of the late Rev. Charles H. Alden, Chaplain in the Navy. Apparently Alden died in the line of duty. Obviously this letter has some condition problems BUT all of the text is there..................80-120
353. [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
354. [ART] RUDY POZZATTI - noted American printmaker [listed everywhere], original wood engraving, signed in the block. A commissioned print to commemorate the Inauguration of John Stephen Bailey as the 4th President of Nasson College [Springvale, Me.], 1970. Image is 5 x 4, sheet 10-1/4 x 7. Fine condition.............25-35
355. 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
356. [NASA] group of 8 covers postmarked 1983. VG.................Min. Bid $20
357. [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
358. [POLITICAL EPHEMERA] Can America Be
Saved? Offered here is a 4x6 in. card feathering Kenneth Goff & Don
Lohbeck. Kenneth Goff (1914-1972) was an anti-Fluoride, Christian
Identity, anti-Communist minister. He was the 1944 national chairman of
Gerald L. K. Smith's Christian Youth for America. Donald Lohbeck
(1917-1999) Self-employed as a musician in St. Louis then briefly worked
as an organizer for the America First Committee. He was "subversive
activity and tendency" which was based upon information received from
G2-Army Intelligence that portrayed him as "pro-Nazi" [per FBI].
Arrested with Kenneth Goff for placing placards around front lawn of
Russian Embassy in Washington DC. Lohbeck was Editor of Christian
Nationalist Crusade magazine The Cross and the Flag (1947-1948). In 1951
Lohbeck ran for U.S. House of Representatives from the 11th
Congressional District in Missouri on Christian Nationalist Crusade
ticket. In 1952 Lohbeck ran for Governor of Missouri on Christian
Nationalist Party ticket. VG..................Min. Bid $25
359. [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
361. [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..............25-35
363. [FRANCE] Georges Lecomte (1867-1958) French novelist and playwright, who also wrote literary, historical and artistic studies. In 1924 he was elected to the Académie française, of which he became perpetual secretary in 1946. He was also director of the École Estienne. He died in Paris. ALS, 1925, 1p., approx. 5-1/2 x 6-3/4 in. To Hugues Le Roux the monument of Jean Julien in Ville d'Avray. VG.............75-100
364. [BASKETBALL] The Harlem Wizards - color 8x10 photo signed by 3 members. VG...................25-35
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365.
[FILM] Burt Lancaster, Evie Johnson, Van Johnson, and Dan Duryea being
presented to the Queen of England, the Dowager Queen, mother of Queen
Elizabeth II. Dated 1952 on verso. 10 x 8 in. From the personal collection of the actor Van Johnson. VG for its age.........150-200
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366. Oliver North (b.1943)
American political commentator, television host, military historian,
author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel.
Signed, inscribed photo, 8x10. Fine.................25-35
367. George H.W. Bush (1824-2018) 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo [auto=pen signature]. Fine................50-75
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368. Rudy Vallée (1901-1986) American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed bank check, 1935. VG.................25-35
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369. Daryl Gates (1926-2010) Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1978 to 1992. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. Fine..............25-35
370. Edward Michael Davis (1916-2006) was the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1969–1978. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. Dated 1975. Fine...............25-35
371. Willie L. Williams (1943-2016) was the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1992 to 1997, taking over after chief Daryl Gates' resignation following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Williams was the first African-American Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department and the first African-American Chief of the LAPD. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. Fine..............25-35
372. Boots Randolph [1927-2007] saxophone player "Yakety Sax." ISP, 8x10.....25-35
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373. [FRANCE] Eugene Marcel Prevost (1862-1941) French author and dramatist. In 1909 he was elected to the Academie française. ALS, 1896, 2-1/2 pp. 4-1/4 x 7 in. VG............75-100
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374. [WOMEN] Norma G. Zarky (1917-1977) was a prominent lawyer in Los Angeles, active in the fight for abortion rights and other civil rights. She co-authored a number of briefs with Rauh on civil rights cases during the 1950s. In 1954, during the McCarthy Era, the Department of Justice sought to fire her husband, Hilbert Zarky from his position with the Department, based primarily on Norma's very brief involvement with Communism when she was an undergraduate in the mid-1930s, along with such "crimes" as their belonging to a liberal book club and being at meetings attended by "suspect" individuals. After she and her husband filed numerous declarations from friends and prominent individuals regarding their loyalty to the United States, he was reinstated to his position. In 1961 she joined the law firm of Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, where her husband worked, becoming the firm's first woman partner in 1968. At Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, she practiced primarily in the field of entertainment law. Zarky was the first woman to serve as President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and was a founding member of Women in Film. She was also a recipient of Women in Film's first Crystal Award, "given to honor outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work in film, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. In 1979, Women in Film established The Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award, which "is presented to individuals who, like Ms. Zarky herself, have demonstrated enlightened support for the advancement of equal opportunity for all and devotion to the improvement of the human condition." Offered here are 5 letters concerning Bill Asher (1921-2012) the American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series. He was married to Elizabeth Montgomery. With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and was hyperbolically credited in one magazine article with "inventing" the sitcom. INCLUDES: 1963 TLS signed by Norma G. Zarky, to Milt Ebbins, Chrislow Productions; Milton Ebbins carbon copy replying; another ink signed 1962 TLS from Zarky to Ebbins re" Billy Asher Employment Agreement; a 1963 letter from Ann Swartz, Secretary to Zarky concering Asher; plus a 1963 copy of letter Asher. So there are 2 ink signed tped letters from Norma Zarky. VG.....................100-150
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375. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. Signed 1935 bank check, accompanied by vintage sheet music for OLD NEW ENGLAND MOON. The check is made out to, and endorsed on the by James Hanson (1904-1973) who was a trumpet player in Rudy Vallee's band. Jim's playing became nationally famous and he was featured in national advertisements for the Conn Symphony Special trumpet in those days. When Rudy went to Hollywood, Jim stayed East and joined Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians...........80-120................Min. Bid $30
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376. [ART] Bashka Paeff (1889-1979) was an American sculptor active near Boston, Massachusetts. Bashka Paeff was known as the Subway sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition. Today Paeff is perhaps best known for the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire into Kittery, Maine. Its creation was marred by some political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his replacement, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the piece as overly pacifist. Minor changes accommodated both men, and the revised sculpture was installed in 1926 in what is now called John Paul Jones Memorial Park. Original photograph taken by Paeff of Professor James Geddes of Boston University. VG................80-120
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377. Gabriel-Marie Garrone (1901-1994) Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education. Signed card 6-1/4 x 4-1/2 in. Fine..............50-75
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378. [THEATRE] GERALD SAVORY [1909-1996] English playwright and screenwriter specialising in comedies. His earliest work in the film industry was as a dialogue writer for director Alfred Hitchcock's Young and Innocent (1937). He spent some time in the United States in the 1940s writing for film and television and became an American citizen. From 1964 to 1965 he was writer, producer and production manager for Granada Television, producing five episodes of ITV Play of the Week; adapting Saki, J.B. Priestley, Noël Coward and Tennessee Williams for television. He then joined the BBC first as then Head of Serials, then Head of Plays. He notably produced five episodes of the thoroughly panned Churchill's People (1975–76) and six of the eight episodes of Love in a Cold Climate for Thames Television in 1980. TLS, San Francisco, c. 1930s, 1p, 8vo. Mentions two of his plays: UPPER BIRTH and LOVE WENT A-RIDING. To Roland Young, the noted actor who played Topper.............50-75
379 [MUSIC] Paul-Bernard Barroilhet (1810-1871) French operatic baritone. He began his career in Italy during the early 1830s, performing under the name Paolo Barroilhet and making a name for himself as an exceptional singer, particularly in Naples. He returned to France in 1840 to join the roster of artists at the Opéra National de Paris, where he performed under his birth name. However, he left the Paris Opera in 1847 after differences with the company's management. The by now wealthy Bairrolhet elected to withdraw completely from the stage and he found a new vocation as a painter and art collector. He came out of retirement briefly for appearances in Madrid in 1851–1852, performing Don Carlo in Ernani. Barroilhet is best remembered today for originating roles in several operas by Gaetano Donizetti and Fromental Halévy. For Donizetti he created Eustachio de Saint-Pierre in L'assedio di Calais (1836), the Lord Duke of Nottingham in Roberto Devereux (1837), Alfonso XI of Castile in La favorite (1840), and Camoëns in Dom Sebastien (1843). The Halevy roles he created include King Lusignan in La reine de Chypre (1841), the title role in the premiere of Charles VI (1843) and Mirobolante in Le lazzarone, ou Le bien vient en dormant (1844). Other world premières in which he sang include Saverio Mercadante's La vestale (Publio) and Elena da Feltre (Guido), Il Conte di Chalais by Giuseppe Lillo, Richard en Palestine by Adolphe Adam and Marie Stuart by Louis Niedermeyer. He also sang the title-role in the pasticcio opera, Robert Bruce, in which Niedermeyer had adapted music from various operas by Rossini. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4"............100-150
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See his portrait380. Benjamin Osgood Peirce (1854-1914) American mathematician and a holder of the Hollis Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard from 1888 until his death in 1914. Dictated Letter, Cambridge, Dec. 22, 1904, 1p. to Professor Woodward. Robert S. Woodward (1849-1924) American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. Diller and his wife accept invitation from Woodward to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences. All of the handwriting is by Joseph S. Diller. Approx. 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 in. Very fine. Provenance: Estate of Robert S. Woodward' s summer home in New Hampshire...........Min. Bid $25
381. [BANKING] Timothy Wiggin - London banker. Timothy Wiggin's name turns up several times in Ralph Waldo Emerson's diary for 1833. Wiggin was Longfellow's London banker, and it has been conjectured that he served a like purpose for Emerson. Wiggin's bank was also active in the China Trade, etc. Offered here is a clip signature, approx. 5 x 1-3/4 in. VG..............Min. Bid $12
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382. [FOOTBALL] Steve Grogan (b. 1953) former American football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for sixteen seasons and spent the entirety of his career with the New England Patriots. He was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame in 1995. Signed 3x5 card. Fine.................Min. Bid $8
383. Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton (1878–1961) was an American historian of the South, author, and the founder of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he spent most of his academic career. He published books and articles about the history of Reconstruction but his most influential role was as an archivist, collecting manuscripts from around the South that form the core of the Southern Historical Collection. TLS, 1943, 1p, to Peter Brannon, Department of Archives and History, State of Alabama. VG................60-80
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384. [FILM HISTORY] Bill Asher (1921-2012) American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom. Typed memo signed "B", June 21, 1963, To Peter Lawford [the actor], about motion picture submissions. Mentions 4 film including CATCH 22. Very good condition...........100-150 Min. Bid $35
See picture of Bill Asher pictured with his wife, Elizabeth Montgomery
385. Lilian Bowes Lyon (1895–1949) was a British poet. She was the first cousin of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. During the First World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon helped at Glamis Castle (owned by her uncle) which became a convalescence home for soldiers. Her brother Charles Bowes Lyon was killed in the war on 23 October 1914, inspiring her poem "Battlefield" which was later published in "Bright Feather Fading". After the First World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon studied for a time at the University of Oxford and then moved to London. She was independently wealthy. In 1929, she met the writer William Plomer CBE and through him, Laurens van der Post. bb She published two novels, "The Buried Stream" (1929) and "Under the Spreading Tree" (1931) but thereafter focused on poetry. She published six individual collections with Jonathan Cape and a "Collected Poems" in 1948. Her "Collected Poems" contains an introduction by C. Day-Lewis who noted the influences of Emily Dickinson, Hopkins and Christina Rossetti. Her verse appeared in many periodicals and anthologies including "The Adelphi", "Country Life", "Kingdom Come", "The Listener", "The London Mercury, "The Lyric" (USA), "The Observer", "Orion", "Punch", "The Spectator", "Time and Tide and "Poetry" (USA). During the Second World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon moved to the East End where she used the Tilbury Docks unofficial air raid shelter and assisted with nursing the injured. She also had several amputations due to thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's Disease), losing toes, a foot, her lower legs and eventually both her legs below her hips. She returned to her home in Kensington and continued to write poetry despite the thromboangitis obliterans beginning to affect her hands. These poems, found amongst William Plomer’s papers at University of Durham, were published in "Uncollected Poems" by Tragara Press. ALS, 1935, 2pp, approx. 7 x 9 in. VG.............75-100
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386. [RELIGION] Mystery Document Signed. Approx. 12 x 8" on paper. Appears to be from Italy or Spain of religious content. We have just received the following information about this document. It says - This is a fairly routine document issued IN THE NAME of Archbishop Francesco Saverio Mastrilli, C.R., of Taranto Italy (1699-1777). It has something to do with the Congregation of the Universal Inquisition, now known as the Propagation of the Faith. It probably was the granting of church approval for publication of a book or some dispensation/approval. See scan below. Certainly worthy of research..........100-150
387. [MARYLAND] Paul Sarbanes (b. 1933) a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. Group of 3 TLSs, 1977-80, 1p. each. To the President of a financial company, regarding various bills......40-60
388. [THEATRE] antique engraving of the actor Edwin Forrest (1806-1872) prominent nineteenth-century American Shakespearean actor. His feud with the British actor William Macready was the cause of the deadly Astor Place Riot of 1849. In this print he is Hamlet. The engraver was John Chester Buttre (1821-1893) American steel-plate engraver and lithographer, responsible for some 3,000 engraved portraits of American political, naval and military personalities. He published "The American Portrait Gallery" in 3 volumes (1880–81) with text by his daughter, Lillian C. Buttre. Overall size 8.5 x 11 in. Stun-toned line above image & soft crease....................25-35
389. [POSTAL HISTORY] Levi P. Morton (1824-1920) the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as United States ambassador to France, as a US representative from New York, and as the 31st governor of New York. Offered here is a postmarked envelope. 1900, hand-addressed by Morton [not signed] to Lola Greene Baldwin (1860-1957) who was one of the first policewomen in the United States. In 1908, she was sworn in by the City of Portland, Oregon as Superintendent of the Women's Auxiliary to the Police Department for the Protection of Girls (later renamed the Women's Protective Division), with the rank of detective. Approx. 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. VG...............50-75
390. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original photograph taken in 1910 of Laura Jean Libbey (1862-1924) the American writer. Over fifteen million copies of her books were published. This vintage photograph was taken by Luther S. White [NYC] in 1910. Paper size 9.5 x 6.5 in. VG.................75-100
391. [FRANCE] a 1788 2-page document signed, from Dreux, France to Nantes, France.................80-120
392. [BASEBALL] Early vintage real photo [postcard]. Player & date unknown. Soft top right corner crease; small bottom left corner chip missing..................Min. Bid $10
Two Important Catholic Personalities
393. [RELIGION] Pierre Simon de Dreux-Breze (1811-1893) Priest since 1825 , Vicar General and Canon Emeritus of Paris, he distinguished himself as a preacher, and was appointed Bishop of Moulins October 28, 1849, by the President of the Republic Called to Rome by Pope Pius IX on 7 January 1850, it was dedicated to Our Lady of Paris on 14 April and took possession of his see on 1 May. Near Dom Prosper Gueranger, he established the Roman rite in his diocese a pastoral letter by the 21 November 1853 and was a promoter of the Gregorian chant. [internet translation]. ALS, not dated, 3 full pages, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". On the verso of page 3 is an ALS by Xavier de Ravignan (1795-1858) French Jesuit preacher and author. Educated in Paris, he resigned his army commission to study law. Auditor of the royal court. Deputy attorney-general by 1821. Entering a Sulpician monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus, he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went to Notre Dame, where his logic, serenity, and zeal won souls by the hundreds. Superior of his brethren at Bordeaux from 1837 to 1842, and at Paris from 1848 to 1851. He preached throughout France and in Rome, Belgium, and London. His calm, eloquent De l'Existence et de l'Institut des Jesuites of 1844, vindicating the Society, sold 25,000 copies in one year. However, the Jesuits' strife continued until they were forced to disband for a time in France. Despite painful controversy with his superiors and imputations from other quarters, he remained loyal to his order. In 1854 he brought out Clement XIII et Clement XIV, a dispassionate treatise, of no great literary merit, on the defender and the suppressor of the Jesuits. He steadfastly refused preferment, even the archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other works. He died a saintly death, and thousands followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to his grave. VG..........200-300
394. [LOT OF ACTORS & ENTERTAINERS] includes: (1) 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 (2) EMIL SITKA (1914-1998)
American Actor. He spent many years as a comic foil for the Three
Stooges, from 1957-1965, first appearing with the Stooges in Half-Wits
Holiday. He himself was about to become a Stooge in 1975 when Moe Howard
passed away and broke up the trio forever. Sitka started out working
odd jobs in mid-'30s Hollywood to support his family. Tiny acting roles
were among those jobs. Sitka continued to appear in over 500 short films
working with some of Hollywood's brightest stars, including Lucille
Ball, Milton Berle, and Red Skelton. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 card. (3) Joseph Edgar Howard (1878-1961)
Broadway composer, lyricist, and librettist. A famed member of Tin Pan
Alley his credits, along with wife and composer Ida Emerson as part of
the song writing team of Howard and Emerson whose hits include Hello Ma
Baby, and Broadway tunes like The District Leader. Clip Signature,
1944. Fair condition. (4) Forrest Orr (1899-1963)
American actor who performed on stage from 1907-45. ALS, NY, no date,
2pp, Mentions "I played, with Katherine Hepburn in Philadelphia
Story..." VG. (5) 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 (6) Suzy Parker (1932-2003)
American model and actress active from 1947 into the early 1960s. Her
first film role was in Kiss Them for Me (1957), opposite Cary Grant and
blonde-bombshell, Jayne Mansfield. In Kiss Them for Me, Parker's
character is the main interest of Cary Grant's character. Signed
3x5 card. (7) Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982. (8) EDDIE PEABODY (1902-1970)
Entertainer, singer and known as “King of the Banjo” TLS, 1995, 1p.
Says Chicago audiences have always been kind to hom. Nice example. (9) BERNARD RANDS (b.
1934) composer of contemporary classical music. Signed 16 page catalog
of his work. Signed on front cover. 5.5 x 8.5". Fine. (10) Shannon Day (1896
- 1977) American silent film actress who appeared in supporting
parts in numerous productions. She also performed on the Broadway stage
as a teenager. Her career did not survive the sound era. Her first film
was Cecil B. DeMille's Forbidden Fruit. Signed card, approx. 3-1/2
x 2-1/4", with envelope, 1921. (11) FLORENCE STANLEY (1924-2003)
American Actress. She launched her career on Broadway and was a regular
on television shows including "Barney Miller," She appeared on Broadway
in "Fiddler on The Roof," "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" and was in
the Manhattan Theater Club's "What's Wrong with This Picture?" before
heading to Hollywood. Her TV appearances include Judge Margaret Wilbur
on "My Two Dads" and Bernice Fish on "Barney Miller," as well as
numerous guest roles on shows including "Dharma & Greg" in 2002.
SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with sentiment. (12) Will Rogers, Jr. [1911-1993],
was the son of legendary humorist Will Rogers [1879-1935] and his wife,
the former Betty Blake [1879-1944]. He was a Democratic Congressman
from California from January 3, 1943 until May 23, 1944, when he
resigned to return to the United States Army. Rogers had several other
careers, notably as a newspaper owner/publisher, an actor, writer, and a
political commentator. Signature in return address clipped from
envelope. (13) Ossie Davis (1917-2005) actress. Clip signature.................Min. Bid $90
395. [WRITER'S MIXED LOT] includes: (1) 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 1p. typescript of
his poem "To You, Perhaps Yet Unborn, That Some Day May Read These
Rhymes." (2) EDGAR FAWCETT (1847-1904) American writer. Clip signature. (3) Edna Bryner [1866-1967] American writer. Signature, 1929. (4) Brander Matthews (1852-1929}
Am. writer and educator. Matthews was the first U.S. professor of
dramatic literature. From 1892 to 1900 he was professor of literature at
Columbia, and thereafter held the chair of dramatic literature. His
influence was such that a popular pun claimed that an entire generation
had been "brandered by the same Matthews". ALS, 1918, written on both
sides. Re: why doesn't the Dunlap Society pay its debts? (5) Sir Hall Caine [1853-1931].
English novelist. Secretary to Dante G. Rossetti (1881-82). Author of
Shadow of a Crime (1885), Son of Hagar (1886), The Deemster (1887), The
Bondman (1890), The Manxman (1894), The Christian (1897), Eternal City
(1901), Prodigal Son (1904), The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1913), The Master
of Man (1921), and Life of Christ (1938). Signed card. (6) Harold MacGrath [1871-1932] American writer. Signature. (7) Henry Major Tomlinson [1873-1958] British novelist. Fine signature. (8) HENRY DENKER (1912-2012)
American Playwright/Novelist/Screenwriter. His plays are: A Case Of
Libel, A Far Country, Horowitz and Mrs. Washington, The Second Time
Around, Time Limit, Venus At Large, What Did We Do Wrong, many books and
screen plays. Signed 8x10 photo. Signed in dark area- poor contrast.
(9) LOUIS ADAMIC (1899-1951) American Author, translator. TLS (1938) 1p. Signature is dark but letter's typed text has lightened. (10) HARRIET DOER (1910-2002
) American Author/Short Story Writer. She started very late in
life. In 1982, she won the Henfield Foundation Award for a group
of short stories which led to the publication of her first novel, Stones
for Ibarra, two years later. Written under a National Endowment for the
Arts grant, the book went on to win the American Book Award for First
Fiction. In 1990, she published a book of short stories, Under an Aztec
Sun. Her second novel Consider this Senora was released in 1993. In
1995, she published another collection of short stories, Tiger in the
Grass: Stories and other Inventions. SIGNATURE/inscribed with unsigned
5x7 portrait photograph. (11) ROBERT FITZGERALD (1910-1985)
American Poet/Critic/Translator. He started out as a reported for the
New York Hearald Tribune, then worked as a writer for Time Magazine. His
poetry is collected in "A Wreath for the Sea(1943),In the rose of
Time(1956), Spring Shade(1971). Translated The Odyssey, The Iliad, and
The Aeneid. SIGNATURE/inscribed with sentiment on Harvard University
Stationary, dtd 5/27/73..................Min. Bid $70
396. [FOREIGN MIXED LOT] includes: (1) [MUSIC] Anton van Rooy [1870-1932]
Dutch bass-baritone. He had a voice of enormous proportions and is most
remembered for his association with the music dramas of Richard Wagner,
especially the Ring Cycle, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg and Parsifal.
ALS, no date, 2pp, about 4-3/4 x 6-1/2". Written in pencil. Not
translated. Wrinkled. (2) [CINEMA] Édouard Molinaro (b. 1928) is a French film director, actor. SIGNED & INSCRIBED sheet to which is mounted his picture. (3) [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 (4) Louis
Antoine François de Marchangy (1782-1826)
French lawyer, author and politician. He was a passionate supporter
first of Napoleon and later of the Bourbons, and an impressive force in
the courtroom. He was a Deputy from 1822 to 1824. In 1813 he
published his first work, la Gaule poétique, a two-volume study of the
history of France in terms of its poetry, speeches and beaux-arts. This
book made his reputation. Six editions were published between 1813 and
1826. ALS, no date, brief 1p, 4-3/4 x 7-1/4 in. PLUS a lengthy 1p.
letter by Countess de Marchangy. (5) [FRANCE - MUSIC] Aimable Antoine-Elie-Elwart was
a composer , musicologist and French musicologist born in 1808 and died
in 1877. ALS, 186?, 1p, 5x8 in. VG. (6) [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue (1801-1872)
French historian and biographer. He became editor of the Quotidienne,
and was afterwards connected, either as editor or leading contributor,
with the Temps, the Messager des Chambres, the Revolution de 1848 and
other papers. ALS, no date, 1p...............Min. Bid $50
397. [FRENCH MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau (1857-1934)
French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in
French opera. In 1887, he produced his first opera, Kérim.
The following year, Bruneau met Émile Zola, launching a collaboration
between the two men that would last for two decades. Bruneau's 1891
opera Le rêve was based on the Zola story of the same name, and in the
coming years Zola would provide the subject matter for many of Bruneau's
works. Bruneau was decorated with the Legion of Honor in
1895. Five lines written in his hand on his calling card. Not
signed. VG. (2) Emmanuel Roblès (1914-1995)
Algerian-French author. He was elected a member of the Académie
Goncourt in 1973. SIGNED/INSCRIBED [on the back] 5x7 photograph which he
dates [19]91. Fine. (3) Henry de GORSSE [1868-1936] Fr. dramatist. ALS, no date, 1p. Speaks about his play. Not translated. Fine. (4) Jules Lemaitre
(1853-1914) French critic and dramatist. Lemaître was born
in Vennecy, Loiret. He became a professor at the University of Grenoble
in 1883, but was already well known for his literary criticism, and in
1884 he resigned his position to devote his time to literature. He
succeeded Jean-Jacques Weiss as drama critic of the Journal des Débats,
and subsequently filled the same office on the Revue des Deux Mondes.
His literary studies were collected under the title of Les Contemporains
(7 series, 1886-1899), and his dramatic feuilletons as impressions de
théàtre (10 series, 1888-1898). His sketches of modern authors
show great insight and unexpected judgment as well as gaiety and
originality of expression. He published two volumes of poetry: Les
Médaillons (1880) and Petites orientales (1883); also some volumes of
contes, among them En marge des vieux livres (1905). Two brief
ALSs, written on 4.25 x 3.25" cards plus signature with 2 lines on small
slip. (5) Auguste Nicholas Cain (1822-1894)
was a noted French sculptor known for his portrayals of wild and
domesticated animals. ALS, no date, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. VG......Min. Bid $50
399. [ACTORS MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Robert Culp (1930-2010) Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo 2002. (2) Dick Gregory (1932-2017) Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. Signed in bark area [poor contrast]. (3) Cass Daley (1915-1975) Signature, inscribed. (4) Mischa Auer (1905-1967)
Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s.
He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in
many of the era's best known films. He was nominated for the Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 for his performance in the
screwball comedy My Man Godfrey, which led to further zany comedy roles.
He later moved into television and acted in films again in France and
Italy well into the 1960s. SIGNATURE, INSCRIBED. (5) Baby Sandy (born
January 14, 1938), real name Sandra Lea Henville, is a former American
child film actress. She performed in her first film at the age of 15
months. She was considered "Universal Pictures' wonder baby" and their
answer to Shirley Temple. Signed card. (6) Joyce Compton (1907-1997) great long career. ALS, 1984, 3pp................Min. Bid $50
400. [ACTORS MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Edward Herrmann (1943-2014)
American actor, director, and writer. He was perhaps best known for his
portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the miniseries Eleanor and
Franklin (1976). Letter sheet THE LENOX HOTEL signed & inscribed.
(2) Viola Dana (1897-1987)
American film actress who was successful during the era of silent
films. She appeared in over 100 films, but was unable to make the
transition to sound films. SIGNATURE. (3) Burt Reynolds (1936-2018) Signed, inscribed photo. (4) Ivy Close (1890-1968) British Silent Screen Star. Signature. (5) Violet Vanbrugh (1867-1942)
British actress. Signature 1894. (6) Julie Bishop (1914-2001)
American actress. A reigning Queen of "B" pictures throughout the
1930s. ALS, 1990, 2pp. ................Min. Bid $50
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