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1.
[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
2.
[PORTRAIT
circa 1840
engraved
portrait of
Sir Samuel
Romilly
(1757-1818)
British
lawyer,
politician and
legal
reformer. From
a background
in the
commercial
world, he
became
well-connected,
and rose to
public office
and a
prominent
position in
Parliament.
After an early
interest in
radical
politics, he
built a career
in chancery
cases, and
then turned to
amelioration
of the British
criminal law.
Image approx.
5 x 4 in. plus
margins.
VG...............Min.
Bid $10
See above
3. [MIXED
MULTIPLE LOT]
Includes:
(1) [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.
(2) 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.
(3) [MICKEY
SPILLANE] Arthur
Florman (1917-2001)
Cinematographer.
He sends this
letter to
Mickey
Spillane
looking for a
job after
hearing of
Mickey's
upcomh TV film
series. Says
he was the
camerman who
shot the
screen test
for Mickey in
Newburgh.
He goes on to
compliment
Mickey. Dated
1955. 1p, 7 x
10-1/4 in.
Fine. (4) Vassar
Miller (1924-1998) was a writer and
poet. She
served as Poet
Laureate of
Texas
(1988-1989).
Three of her
books won the
annual poetry
prize of the
Texas
Institute of
Letters. In
1982 and 1988
Miller was
named Poet
Laureate of
Texas, and in
1997 she was
named to the
Texas Women's
Hall of Fame
by the
Governor's
Commission for
Women.
Signed typed
poem titled
"Precision",
1p. Approx. 7
x 10 in. VG
(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) Brenda
Kuhn (1911-1993)
the only child
of the famous
American
artist, Walt
Kuhn. Signed
1965 bank
check.
(7) David L. McDonald (1906-1997)
was an admiral
in the United
States Navy,
who served as
the 17th Chief
of Naval
Operations
from 1 August
1963 to 1
August 1967
during the
Vietnam War
era. Signed
3x5 card
mounted to
album page
with small
picture and
news
clippings................Min.
Bid $50
5. [POSTAL HISTORY] G.L. Newman - Archivist, De La Rue Company, London, England. TLS, 1963, 1p. To Jerry Crawford, Chief, Gropund Safety 17th Air Force, APO 12, U.S. Forces. He writes about a block of nine 10 cent blue postage stamps of Jefferson Davis. Apparently they made the printing plate for the stamps and shipped it to the United States but never heard anything back. They were never paid. Probably none were ever issued. Includes original envelope and a small reproduction of the 9 stamps. Interesting piece of postal history. VG...........Min. Bid $50
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6. [FILM] Clark Gable - unsigned Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10
7. [FILM] Humphrey Bogart - unsigned Movie Star Encyclopedia Card printed 1992; French description on verso, 5x 7 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10
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10. [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
11. [PORTRAIT] antique engraved portrait of Mark Akenside (1721-1770) English poet and physician. Image is approx. 4-1/2 x 3-3/4 in. plus margins. VG.........Min. Bid $10
See above
See his bio.
12. [PORTRAIT]
Antique engraved portrait of Oliver
Hazard Perry (1785-1819) was an American naval
commander, born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. A
prominent member of the Perry family naval dynasty,
he was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexander and United
States Navy Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, and
older brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Original engraved portrait,
image approx. 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. plus
margins. Some toning or
foxing...............Min. Bid $20
13. FREDERICK SOLOMONSKI (Solomon) (1899-1980) German Rabbi artist. This is his his page from the 1940/41 Almanac that fetched nearing 20 grand at Christie's. This page was always separate [never put into the Almanac because it has no stample holes]. It is handcolored just like the one in the Almanac. Everything is printed not ink signed, about 13-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. sheet size. Printed while he was at Camp Douglas Internment. The printed signed area is dated 1940 F.S. VG..........Min. Bid $150
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14. [JUDAICA] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist. He won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artists as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. Solomon handwritten sermon MAN REACHES FOR GOD, 5pp., given in 1950, 1953, and 1958 in Havana, Cuba..........Min. Bid $40
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15. [JUDAICA] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist. He won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artists as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. Solomon handwritten pencil sermon, 15pp., no date......Min. Bid $40
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16. [JUDAICA] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist. He won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artists as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. Typed manuscript - In The Wilderness of Modern Art, about 46 pages. Many handwritten corrections by Solomon. VG..........Min. Bid $45
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17. CONFERENCE OF JEWISH NATIONAL CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY, INC. 1957. Six pages..............Min. Bid $10
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18. [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 $40
19. [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. Approx. 16-1/2 x 10-1/2 in. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............Min. Bid $25
21. [CALAIS,
MAINE] From
the Papers of
Charles B.
Rounds,
Calais, Maine.
Group of 11
documents plus
one letter
written to
Rounds from
Kansas
City,
Mo. 1873, 3pp,
signed Geo. M.
Chase. These
date from 1869
to 1905.
Six of them
are signed by
Rounds [some
in the
text].
Charles B.
Rounds -
served in the
civil war and
was a noted
attorney and
judge from
Calais, Maine.
He was First
Lieut. in
Company D,
32nd Maine
Infantry.
Mustered April
19, 1864;
wounded in the
arm May 12th
at
Spottysylvania.
Rounds was at
Elmira, NY
guarding
prisoners of
war, having
been assigned
by Special
Order No. 164
July 20,
1864............Min.
Bid $25
22. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Frank H. Simmons (1878-1936) American author. Nice 1917 TLS answering an autograph request. 1p. [2] William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as US Secretary of War and US Secretary of the Treasury before he ran for US president in the 1824 election. Offered here is a antique engraved portait, approx. 7x 4.5 in. Below is his engraved signature. (3) [ART] Leonard Wells Volk (November 7, 1828 – August 19, 1895) was an 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. Signed 1895 bank check. VG. (4) Samuel S. Lowery (1831-1912) American manufacturer and politician from New York. ALS, 1873, 1p. to Nelson K. Hopkins, NY State Comtroller. (5) Sec. of the Treasury, J.C. Spencer, signed in type 1844 printed gov. document, 17pp, re: public lands in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Miss., Mich., La., Ark. Document No. 210 for 28th Congress 1st Session. (6) William Platt Pepper (1837-1907) was the first vice-president of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (PMSIA) from 1876-1882, and president from 1882-1897. Lengthy ALS [1897] written on both sides. Numerous condition faults. Mentions Mrs. Cassatt [the famous artist ??]. (7) Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. Excellent art content about upcoming Walt Kuhn exhibitions including.........Phil Adams spent all day looking at Kuhn works and getting ideas. Signed Brenda as usual. Brenda had the habit of keeping ink signed copies of typed letters she sent. Philip R. Adams wrote about Walt Kuhn for the 1968 Kennedy galleries exhibition. Very good lot......Min. Bid $50
Douglas Volk artist 50 signed checks
23. [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 $200
24. [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 $25
25. [U.S. SENATE] 17 typed letters ink signed by the following US Senators: Harry F. Byrd Jr., Wallace F. Bennett, Arthur Capper, Simeon D. Fess, Samuel M. Shortridge, David A. Reed, Clarence D. Clark [light in sig.], Millard E. Tydings, George H. Moses, Guy D. Goff, Walter E. Edge, Quentin N. Burdick, William Cabell Bruce, James E. Murray, Jesse H. Metcalf, Carroll S. Page, H.D. Hatfield, Roscoe C. McCulloch. These dates 1901 - 1973. VG............Min. Bid $75
26. Folger McKinsey (1866-1950) was known as the Bentztown Bard when he served as columnist, writer and poet for the Baltimore Sun. A protégé and friend of Walt Whitman, McKinsey contributed his “Good Morning” column to The Sun five days a week from 1906 to 1948. In 1886, he invited Whitman to deliver his "Death of Abraham Lincoln" lecture at a banquet of the "Pythian Club," for which Whitman received $30. Offered here is an album page signed, Baltimore, may, 1918, on which he has written 4 lines of poetry. Approx. 7.5 x 4.5 in. VG................50-75
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27. [MAINE] Joseph E. Brennan (1934-2024) American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987 and in the United States House of Representatives for Maine's 1st congressional district from 1987 to 1991.[1] Brennan was a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission during the Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama administrations. TLS, 1987, 1p. To Gannett Publishing, thanks for a book THE NEW ABC's of MAINE. sent to him. 3 punch holes left edge............Min. Bid $10
28. President George W. Bush - unsigned Jan. 20, 2001 Inauguration cover plus Bush For President bumper sticker. Both are VG.................Min. Bid $10
29. [FILM] Jack Nicholson - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 8 x 10 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
30. [FILM] Jack Nicholson - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 8 x 10 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
31. [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
32. Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, saxophonist, bandleader, actor, and entertainer. He was the first male singer to rise from local radio broadcasts in New York City to national popularity as a "crooner". Offered here is a signed bank check, 1935 made out to Mickey Bloom who was a trumpet player with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Bloom has signed on the verso...................35-45
33. [BOOK] The NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, author was F. Andrew Michaux, illustrated with 121 hand colored lithographs, 1849. The plates are by Thomas Nuttall. Most all of the plate [prints] are in very good condition BUT these 3 vols. need to be rebound. Covers and spines are detached................6000/8000
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34. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & television Producers Association. Memo Documents signed "Gene", 1965, to ALL MEMBERS, of Society of Independent Producers. Ink Signed memos. Regarding SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG) SINGERS (ON SCREEN AND OFF SCREEN). Group of 5 all signed Gene. All very good condition.
Provenance: Personal papers of Milt Ebbins, Peter Lawford's agent/partner. 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."..................100-150
35. [PORTRAIT] Antique
engraved portrait of John
Jacob Astor (1763-1848) was a German-born American
businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and
investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur
trade monopoly, by exporting opium into China, and
by investing in real estate in or around New York
City. He was the first prominent member of the Astor
family and the first multi-millionaire in the United
States. Original engraved portrait,
image approx. 7-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. plus
margins. Some toning or
foxing...............Min. Bid $20
36. KING EDWARD VIII - DOCUMENT SIGNED Feb. 7, 1921. Appointment of an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Partly Printed Document Signed: "Edward P" as Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire, bearing stamped facsimile signature: "George R.I." of his father, King George V, 2p, about 7-3/4 x 13-3/4 in. Appointment for Major-General Charles John Bruce Hay (1877-1940) was born 18 May 1877 in Worcestershire. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1897, he served in the Tirah Expeditionary Force (1897-1898) and in Waziristan (1901-1902). Hay served in Mesopotamia during World War One (1914-1918). He became a major-general in in 1928 and retired from the Army in 1937. He was killed during The Blitz in 1940. He was made Commander of the British Empire Feb. 7, 1921.The front page is toned because it rested against a pamphlet in Hay's Elephant Folio Album [dismantled].....................Min. Bid $300
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37. 5th Marquess of Lansdowne - DOCUMENT SIGNED 1919. Appointment of an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Partly Printed Document Signed: by Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (1845-1927), was a British statesman who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Bearing stamped facsimile signature of King George V, 2p, about 8 x 12-3/4 in. Appointment for Major-General Charles John Bruce Hay (1877-1940) was born 18 May 1877 in Worcestershire. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1897, he served in the Tirah Expeditionary Force (1897-1898) and in Waziristan (1901-1902). Hay served in Mesopotamia during World War One (1914-1918). He became a major-general in in 1928 and retired from the Army in 1937. He was killed during The Blitz in 1940. He was made Major in our Indian Army, Jan. 1, 1919. Very good condition................Min. Bid $200
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38. Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell GBE (1889-1977) was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (the founder of Scouting and co-founder of Girl Guides). Lady Baden-Powell became Chief Guide for Britain in 1918. Later the same year, at the Swanwick conference for Commissioners in October, she was presented with a gold Silver Fish, one of only two ever made. She was elected World Chief Guide in 1930. As well as making a major contribution to the development of the Guide/Girl Scout movements, she visited 111 countries during her life, attending Jamborees and national Guide and Scout associations. In 1932, she was created a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire by King George V. During 1915 and 1916, with World War I in progress, Olave assisted directly with the war effort in France. Offered here is a TLS, 1971, 2pp, replying nto an autograph request. Included is the envelope and a card picturing Olave Baden-Powell, on which she pens a few lines and date 1971. She apparently did not normally send out her autographs. This letter was to us shortly after we started collecting autographs. All are in very good condition......100-150
39. [AMERICANA] offered here is a Feb. 6, 1775 manuscript document receipt for payment from Capt. Robert Follett who was an interesting person. Robert Follett (1737-1780) was also a physician. He Commanded a company of Artillery at Kittery Point, Me., by return of Nov. 5, 1775. Was appointed Master of the Continental frigate, "Raleigh" Capt. T. Thompson, June 24, 1776; was discharged about Jan. 1, 1777. Approx. 7-1/4 x 5-3/4 in. Follett was from Kittery, Maine. VG............100-150
40. [US NAVAL] 3-1/2 letter dated Wilmington, Delaware, Sept. 2, 1869, to Capt. C.H.B. Caldwell. Charles Henry Bromedge Caldwell (1823–1877) was a United States Navy officer during the American Civil War. He commanded the Glaucus of the North Atlantic blockading squadron from 1863 till 1864, and the R. R. Cuyler, of the same squadron, from 1864 till 1865. He became captain, December 12, 1867, chief of staff of the North Atlantic fleet in 1870, and commodore on June 14, 1874, about 3-1/2 pages with naval content. The ink has lightened...............50-75
41. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste Billot (1828-1907, Paris) French general and politician. He pursued a brilliant military career under the Second French Empire. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War, at first as Chief of staff under general Laveaucoupet, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division integrated into 2nd Army Corps of general Frossard. Billot participated in the battles of Sarrebruck, Forbach where he was mentioned in dispatches, Borny and Noiseville. He managed to escape after the capture of Metz and put himself in the service of the Government of National Defence. He was promoted to colonel, then general de brigade and provisional generalde division. Chief of staff then commander of the 18th Army Corps, Billot was beaten at Beaune-la-Rolande on 28 November 1870. Confirmed as permanent general de brigade, he fought in the battle of Villersexel in January 1871. Offered here is a signed letter, 1882, 1p., to Ernest Amlemy Mouchez (1821-1892) was a French naval officer who became director of the Paris Observatory and launched the ill-fated Carte du Ciel project in 1887. VG................75-100
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42. [FRANCE] Louis-Apollinaire of the Tower of Pin-Montauban (1744-1807) was the first bishop of Nancy, then archbishop of Auch, and archbishop of Troyes. He was appointed by Napoleon Bonaparte Archbishop of Troyes in 1802 and was to administer an immense diocese which included Sens, Auxerre and Troyes. He was appointed on 30 September 1802, and his appointment was confirmed on 20 December 1802. ALS, 1789, written on both sides - signed at middle of 1st page. 6-1/4 x 7-3/4 in. VG...................100-150
43. [ART] Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Renowned Post-Impressionist painter, lithographer, and illustrator. Offered here is a superb lithograph and pochoir realized after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1927, published by Lautrec's friend and dealer Maurice Joyant for Floury, Paris. Size is about 7 x 8.5 in. plus margins. Signed in the plate. This is an original lithograph-pochoir. Stencil technique in visual art is also referred to as pochoir. While in London, Lautrec met and befriended Oscar Wilde. When Wilde faced imprisonment in Britain, Toulouse-Lautrec became a very vocal supporter of him, and his portrait of Oscar Wilde was painted the same year as Wilde's trial. After Toulouse-Lautrec's death, his mother, Adèle Comtesse de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, and his art dealer, Maurice Joyant, continued promoting his artwork. Fine condition........100-150
44. [ART] Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Renowned Post-Impressionist painter, lithographer, and illustrator. Offered here is a superb lithograph and pochoir realized after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1927, published by Lautrec's friend and dealer Maurice Joyant for Floury, Paris. Size is about 7.5 x 6 in. plus margins. Signed in the plate. This is an original lithograph-pochoir. Stencil technique in visual art is also referred to as pochoir. While in London, Lautrec met and befriended Oscar Wilde. When Wilde faced imprisonment in Britain, Toulouse-Lautrec became a very vocal supporter of him, and his portrait of Oscar Wilde was painted the same year as Wilde's trial. After Toulouse-Lautrec's death, his mother, Adèle Comtesse de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, and his art dealer, Maurice Joyant, continued promoting his artwork. Fine condition.....100-150
45. [PORTRAIT]
Antique engraved portrait of J ames Lawrence (1781-1813)
was an officer of the United States Navy. During the War of
1812, he commanded USS Chesapeake in a single-ship action
against HMS Shannon, commanded by Philip Broke. He is
probably best known today for his last words, "Don't give up
the ship!", uttered during the capture of the Chesapeake.
The quotation is still a popular naval battle cry, and was
invoked in Oliver Hazard Perry's personal battle flag,
adopted to commemorate his dead friend. Original engraved portrait,
image approx. 7 x 5-1/4 in. plus
margins. Some toning or
foxing...............Min. Bid $20
Original engraved portrait,
image approx. 7-1/4 x
5-1/4 in. plus margins. Some toning or
foxing...............Min. Bid $20
48. [ART] Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Renowned Post-Impressionist painter, lithographer, and illustrator. Offered here is a superb lithograph and pochoir realized after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1927, published by Lautrec's friend and dealer Maurice Joyant for Floury, Paris. Size is about 8-14 x 6 in. plus margins. Signed in the plate. This is an original lithograph-pochoir. Stencil technique in visual art is also referred to as pochoir. While in London, Lautrec met and befriended Oscar Wilde. When Wilde faced imprisonment in Britain, Toulouse-Lautrec became a very vocal supporter of him, and his portrait of Oscar Wilde was painted the same year as Wilde's trial. After Toulouse-Lautrec's death, his mother, Adèle Comtesse de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, and his art dealer, Maurice Joyant, continued promoting his artwork. Fine condition.............100-150
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49. [ART] Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC : original LITHOGRAPH, 1927. Plate signed monogram, from 1927 Henri Floury, ed. 175. Size 5-1/4 x 7 in. plus margins. In excellent condition. This is not a later reprint...........100-150
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50. [ART] Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Renowned Post-Impressionist painter, lithographer, and illustrator. Offered here is a superb lithograph and pochoir realized after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1927, published by Lautrec's friend and dealer Maurice Joyant for Floury, Paris. Size is about 8 x 6 in. plus margins. Signed in the plate. This is an original lithograph-pochoir. Stencil technique in visual art is also referred to as pochoir. While in London, Lautrec met and befriended Oscar Wilde. When Wilde faced imprisonment in Britain, Toulouse-Lautrec became a very vocal supporter of him, and his portrait of Oscar Wilde was painted the same year as Wilde's trial. After Toulouse-Lautrec's death, his mother, Adèle Comtesse de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, and his art dealer, Maurice Joyant, continued promoting his artwork. Fine condition..................100-150
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51. [ART] Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Renowned Post-Impressionist painter, lithographer, and illustrator. Offered here is a superb lithograph and pochoir realized after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1927, published by Lautrec's friend and dealer Maurice Joyant for Floury, Paris. Size is about 8 x 6-1/4 in. plus margins. Signed in the plate. This is an original lithograph-pochoir. Stencil technique in visual art is also referred to as pochoir. While in London, Lautrec met and befriended Oscar Wilde. When Wilde faced imprisonment in Britain, Toulouse-Lautrec became a very vocal supporter of him, and his portrait of Oscar Wilde was painted the same year as Wilde's trial. After Toulouse-Lautrec's death, his mother, Adèle Comtesse de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, and his art dealer, Maurice Joyant, continued promoting his artwork. Fine condition..................100-150
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52. [CIVIL WAR - NEWSPAPER] THE REBEL RAILROADS GIVING OUT; REBEL LOSSES AT SEA. Front page article from The San Francisco Evening Bulletin [newspaper], dated Thursday Evening, April 30, 1863, concerning the news of the war; of the Rumored Abandonment of Virginia; of three fine English Vessels being brought as priszes to port, and of the destruction of the Georgiana. Other news includes new Chippewa Treaty, in which the Indians are to be removed 120 miles further north, in the State of Minnespota. 4 large pages. Those old newspaper are very large 20 x 27 in. VG..............75-100
53. [CIVIL WAR - NEWSPAPER] TWO REBELS AND ONE FEDERAL SOLIDER KILLED - article in the Boston Morning Journal, July 1, 186. Arrival of more troops, skirmish in Alexandria, Union Movement in Western Texas. Other about the war and news of the day. 4pp. VG...............50-75
54. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL unsigned ink drawing, sheet size approx. 20 x 16 in. Some soft creases that could be ironed out o/w very good condition . In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED.....300-400
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54A. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL unsigned drawing, c. 1925-35, sheet size approx. 16 x 12 in. Vertical fold down the middle. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of George Luks and Mt. Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum, she was inspired by such school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED. VG..................300-400
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55. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL SIGNED watercolor, sheet size approx. 20 x 14 in. Part is much lighter.. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of Geolong school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG. NOT FRAMED........600-800
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56. [BANKING] Limerick National Bank, Limerick, Maine. Group of 15 bank checks, 1924-1926. VG..............Min. Bid $5
57. [GAME OF BRIDGE] Walter Hackett (1876-1944) was an American-British playwright. Several of his stage works (such as Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure, The Freedom of the Seas, The Regeneration, Hyde Park Corner, The Gay Adventure, 77 Park Lane, The Barton Mystery, It Pays to Advertise and Other Men's Wives) were adapted for film. He was married from 1911 until his death in 1944 to actress Marion Lorne. He was born in Oakland, California, and died in New York City. Offered here is a "neat" typed letter signed about playing bridge. Written from the Whitehall Theatre in 1930, 1p, 7-3.4 x 9-1/2 in. He makes a typo mistake at top typing Hackeet instead of Hackett. Trafalgar Studios, formerly the Whitehall Theatre until 2004, is a West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London. Built in 1930 with interiors in the Art Deco style, the theatre regularly staged comedies and revues. It was converted into a television and radio studio in the 1990s, before later returning to theatrical use. The theatre opened on 29 September 1930 with The Way to Treat a Woman by Walter Hackett, who was the theatre's licensee. VG...............80-120
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58. [FRANCE] French manuscript document signed, 5pp, 6.5 x 10 in. Pencil notation top of first page says 1640; when LOUIS XIII was King of France. 4-1/2 pp. VG................200-300
59. [AVIATION] Irv Burrows (b. 1928) test pilot. The first F-15 pilot. Irv Burrows began his flying career in New York when he was a teenager. In 1950, after serving in the Navy and graduating from Williams College, he continued his aviation career by being selected to attend Pilot Training in the United States Air Force. TLS, 1973, 1p. VG...............30-40
60. [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 $1.00 a buck
61. [EPHEMERA] Valley City Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan, 4-1/4 x 2-1/2 in. Fine...............Min. Bid $1.00 a buck
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63. [ITALY?]
Mystery document dated 1821, addressed
to Mon. Prince. Speaks about funeral's
of his Majesty's son in Sala, that
nothing was inscribed on the tomb
reminds us of the unhappy past. 1000
Masses to be celebrated here, 1000
masses in Vienna. 1p, approx. 8-1/4 x
10-1/2". UNSIGNED. VG.............80-120
65. [NOBEL
PRIZE] Matilde Serao (1856-1927)
was a Greek-born Italian journalist and
novelist. She was the first woman called to
edit an Italian newspaper, Il Corriere di
Roma and later Il Giorno. Serao was also the
co-founder and editor of the newspaper Il
Mattino, and the author of several novels.
She never won the Nobel Prize in Literature
despite being nominated on six occasions. ALS,
1907, 1p, 5-1/4
x 7 in. Not translated. Mentions Folies
Bergère. VG.................100-150
67. [FILM]
Jean Gabin -
unsigned Movie
Star
Encyclopedia
Card printed
1992; French
description on
verso, 5x 7
in.
Fine..............Min.
Bid $10
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above
68. [FILM]
Cary Grant -
unsigned Movie
Star
Encyclopedia
Card printed
1992; French
description on
verso, 5x 7
in.
Fine..............Min.
Bid $10
See
above
71.
Major Reginald Owens (1884-1928)
British Army
officer who
married Ruth
Baird Bryan in
1910. She was
elected to two
terms in the
U.S. House of
Representatives
and was the
first woman
appointed as a
United States
ambassador.
She was a
Democrat, who
in 1929 was
elected from
Florida's 4th
district as
Florida's
first female
U.S.
Representative.
In 1933, she
became the
first woman to
be appointed
as a U.S.
ambassador,
when President
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
selected her
as Ambassador
to Denmark and
Iceland. Offered here is a 1929
bank check
signed by
Douglas Volk
to Maj.
Reginald
Owen who has endorsed on
the verso.
Volk, of
course, was a
well-known
American
artist.
VG...............50-75
73. Diana Canova (b.1953) American actress, director, and professor. Offered here is a signed sketch, 8-1/4 x 5 in. VG.............50-75
75.
[FRANCE] Cécile Furtado-Heine, born Cécile Charlotte Furtado, was a
French philanthropist. She was born in Paris on March
6, 1821 and died on December 10, 1896. During the war
of 1870, Cécile supported the Red Cross and organized
an ambulance service for the repatriation of the
wounded. In 1884, she created an annuity for a
children's hospice in the 14th Arrondissement. The
street where this establishment is located has been
called Furtado-Heine Street since 1897. She financed
other establishments, including a nursery school in
the city of Bayonne and a nursery in Montrouge. ALS,
1874, 1p. VG............50-75
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76. [FRANCE] Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845-1904)
was a French astronomer and a discoverer of minor
planets. Some
sources give his middle name as Athanase. ALS,
1889, 1p. Fine..............50-75
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79. [CHESS] offered here is a 1966 UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION magazine that was once owned by Bobby Fischer. The ink handwriting on the inside page was written by Bobby. Also on page 125 Bobby has check marked 2 chess tournaments: the US Junior Open and the 4th Minneapolis Aquatennial Open. We own Bobby Fischer's former chess magazine collection. Originally we found 96 magazines signed by Fischer, which we sold years ago. Also many magazines had his handwriting in them, sometimes certain tournaments checked marked. VG........200-300
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80. [ART] Alexander Pope Jr. (1849-1924) was an American artist, both in paint and wood carving, mostly of sporting and still life subjects. He studied for a short time under the sculptor William Copley, and was one of America's popular gaming artists. Pope became a member of the Copley Society of Art of Boston after its founding in 1879. In the following years, his animal carvings became popular, with Czar Alexander III of Russia acquiring two of them. 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 a pencil drawing done by Pope when he was about 7 years old. On the back side is written "Drawn by Allee May 4th 1856." Approx. 4-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. Soiled. Removed from one of his scrapbooks which we own.............Min. Bid $75
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81. [FILM] Peter Lawford (1923-1984) actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and the brother-in-law of US president John F. Kennedy and senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he was a well-known celebrity and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films. In later years, he was noted more for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting; it was said that he was "famous for being famous" Offered here is his membership receipt for the Screen Actors Guild, 1964. About 6 x 3.5 in. Not signed by Peter. VG..............25-35
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82. [ENGLAND] SIR CHARLES EKINS (1768-1855) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and rose to the rank of admiral. CLIP SIGNATURE. 4-1/4 x 3 in. VG............25-35
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83. [MARYLAND] Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842) Maryland Govenor. Group 7 signed documents, 1837-38 like the one showing above in lot 16.......100-150
84. [THEATRE] Hollis St. Theatre, 1895-1918. Group of 9 programs & broadsides.........$20
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85. [THEATRE] 1907-1927. Group of 9 programs........$20
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86. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) Nick Faldo - golfer. Signed 5-3/4 x 8-1/3 color picture. (2) Archibald Campbell Tait (1811-1882) Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England and theologian. He was the first Scottish Archbishop of Canterbury. (3) Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902) Irish poet and critic. A 1861 postmarked-stamped envelope addressed by him but not signed. (4) Pandro S. Berman (1905-1996), also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer. Berman was the winner of the 1976 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Six of his films were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture: The Gay Divorcee (1934), Alice Adams and Top Hat (both 1935), Stage Door (1937), Father of the Bride (1950), and Ivanhoe (1952). Signed & inscribed 3x5 card. Fine. (5) Pierre Werner (1913-2002) Luxembourgian politician in the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) who was the 18th Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984. Signed 3-3/4 x 5-3/4 photo. Fine. (6) Elizabeth Rundle Charles (1828-1896) English writer. An 1867 stamped envelope addressed by her but not signed. (7) Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1896 bank check. (8) Wayne Gard (1899-1986) was a longtime editorial writer for the Dallas Morning News and President of the Texas State Historical Association. He was the author of seven volumes of Texana and southwestern history, including Frontier Justice and The Chisholm Trail, both published by the University of Oklahoma Press. TLS, 1951, 1p.Nice lot............$75
87. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers Association. Group of 2 typed letters signed "Gene", 1965, one to the actor Peter Lawford and the other to Milton Ebbins, Lawford's agent/partner regarding Lawford. Plus 3 ink signed memo documents sent to All members of the Society of INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS, which included Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Ebbins and Lawford. 1965 typed memo signed Gene. (2) Teresa Zylis-Gara (1930-2021) Polish operatic soprano who enjoyed a major international career from the 1950s through the 1990s. Signed 2-question page. (3) Alfred Griffin (or Griffith) Hatfield (1848 or 1850 – 1921) was a performer and minstrel show producer as Al G. Field . Signature 1906. (4) Dick Cheney - Vice President. TLS, 2002. Signature is likely autopen. (5) Dr. Michael DeBakey (1908-2008) DeBakey performed the first successful carotid endarterectomy in 1953. A year later, he pioneered techniques in grafts for the various parts of the aorta. DeBakey was among the earliest surgeons to perform coronary artery bypass surgery. A pioneer in the development of an artificial heart, he was among the first to use an external heart pump successfully in a patient – a left ventricular bypass pump. Signed 3x5 card. (6) Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American artist. Signed 1906 check. (7) Hon. Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1757-1847) was a Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807 and then the Archbishop of York until his death. Signed address panel. (8) Philip Philbin - US congressman from Mass. 1939 telegram from him & one to him. (9) Edwin M. Stanton - printed gov. document re: 100 Days Men. From Stanton in 1866, 5pp., signed in type as Sec. of War. (10) Jack Dempsey - unsigned vintage 1964 photo. (11) Danny Rogers (died 2021) Danny was in the motion picture industry for more than 42 years as a stuntman and stunt coordinator. He doubled Eric Estrada on CHIPS for 6 years. Danny was voted into "Stunts Unlimited" in 1974 (which he thinks is the top stunt origination in the business). He has done many motorcycle stunts, horse work and fight scenes. Danny has been an all around stunt performer over his many years in the business preforming stunts on some of the "top" movies such as; XXX, Titanic, Fast & the Furious, Pearl Harbor, Hildago, just to name a few. Unsigned 1985 Warner Bros. paycheck. (12) Group of 13 Limerick National Bank checks 1915-26. Limerick, Maine............$50
88. [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. Offered here are 11 court documents signed by Jos. Doe plus another that is damaged. These are dated 1818...............$95
89. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1] FERNAND VANDEREM [b. 1864] Fr. literary man. He was a novelist & reporter. ALS, 1906, 1p. [2] Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David (1755-1839) French archaeologist and writer on art. ALS, Paris, 1819, written on both sides. Edge-tipped to another sheet. [3 ] BEATRICE BRETTY - famous French actress. ALS, [1932], 1p., to the actress TaniaFedor. [4] Pierre] ARTHUR PONROY [b. 1816] Fr. dramatist, poet, historian. Lengthy 4pp. ALS. Interesting content about literature. [5] HENRI TISOT - Fr. actor. ALS, Paris, 1959, on both sides. To Director of La Comédie-Française asking to forgive him for missing a show. In the comedy movie The Fuhrer runs amok by Philippe Clair, Henri Tisot stars stars socceras Hitler who challenges other European countries in matches. VG. [6] GEORGES DOUAY - Parisian man-about-town, theatre fan, and composer of songs and operettas. ALS, 1893, 1p. [7] César Campinchi (1882-1941) French statesman in the beginning of the 20th century. Campinchi was president of the Association générale des étudiants de Paris student organisation, a member of the Radical Socialist Party and deputy for Corsica from 1932 to 1940. He carried out the functions of the Keeper of the seals and presented the Campinchi proposal concerning the protection of minors in 1937. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7 in. Speaks about politics and Bernstein. Fine. [8] Nicolas Levasseur (1791-1871) French bass, particularly associated with Rossini roles. Levasseur was considered without rivals in his time, possessing a voice of remarkable beauty and grandeur. ALS, 1854, 1p., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG.........Min. Bid $90
96.
[ART] Henry Macbeth-Raeburn RA (1860?1947)
Etching, THE TRAVELLERS, signed in the plate,
image approx. 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. plus
margins. VG................Min. Bid $10
97. [ART] Henry Macbeth-Raeburn RA (1860-1947) Scottish painter and printmaker. He was named after the Scottish portraitist Henry Raeburn, and in later life he changed his surname in devotion to the celebrated portraitist. It was also an advantage to distinguish himself from the many members of his artistic family. Macbeth-Raeburn exhibited at the Royal Academy in London from 1881 onwards, and was elected ARA in 1922 and full member in 1933. His diploma work, from 1921, was a mezzotint after Raeburn's 1793 portrait of Dr. Nathaniel Spens. ORIGINAL etching, plate signed, 1893, image approx. 3-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. plus margins. Fine..............50-75...............Min. Bid $10
98. ENTERTAINMENT] Tommy Sands (b. 1937) American pop music singer and actor. Working in show business as early as 1949, Sands became an overnight sensation and instant teen idol when he appeared on Kraft Television Theater in January 1957 as "The Singin' Idol". Signed sheet on which he draws a self-portrait [quickly]. Approx. 5-1/4 x 8 in. Fine...........Min. Bid $25
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99. [JUDAICA] Nelson Glueck (1900-1971) American rabbi, academic and archaeologist. He served as president of Hebrew Union College from 1947 until his death, and his pioneering work in biblical archaeology resulted in the discovery of 1,500 ancient sites. During World War II, Glueck used his intimate knowledge of Palestine's geography to help the Office of Strategic Services develop a contingency plan for a retreat from German field marshal Rommel's advance through Northern Africa. Rommel was stopped, however, and the plan was not needed. Glueck's scholarship led to personal relationships with many world leaders: he delivered the benediction at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961; and he was personal friends with many of the State of Israel's early leaders, including David Ben-Gurion, Abba Eban, Golda Meir, Henrietta Szold and Judah Magnes. His autograph signature written on slip with other handwriting on it..............25-35
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See his bio.
100. [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. New Hampshire court document, 1818, Somersworth, signed by Doe as Justice of the Peace. VG.................50-75
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101. [CHESS] 2 German chess magazines once owned by Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. These are dated 1968. Provenance: These chess magazines were once owned by Bobby Fischer. We bought Bobby Fischer's 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 his library. VG.................100-150
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102. [MIXED MULTIPLE LOT] includes: (1) [FILM] [James Poe] (1921-1980) American film and television screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the movies Around the World in 80 Days for which he jointly won an Accademy Award in 1956, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lilies of the Field, and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?. He also worked as a writer on the radio shows Escape and Suspense, writing the scripts for some of their best episodes, most notably "Three Skeleton Key" and "The Present Tense", both of which starred Vincent Price. Offered here is a 1967 bank c heck made out by James Poe HOWEVER, someone at some time has torn his signature away. Nothing on verso. He has written on front "Am ExpChex - Horses". Since there are no cancellation marks it is assumed the check was never used and the torn away signature was like a cancel??? Odd item. (2) [NEW YORK SUPREME COURT] Anson Cary (1764-1842) came from Windham, Ct., to Union, Broome county, where he resided for a short time, and then departed for Oxford in 1792. He came up the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers in a canoe paddled by an Indian named Seth, and took up the lands owned by the Charles A. Bennett estate. Mr. Cary was a Revolutionary pensioner, having entered the army at the age of 16 and served in three campaigns of the war. He was a very large and obese man, and was the first blacksmith to locate in Oxford. He worked at his trade and carried on his farm a great many years, and was also famous as a pettifogger before Justice’s courts. He held the office of justice of peace, was appointed sheriff of the county March 1, 1805, and for a considerable time one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Offered here is 1811 New York Supreme Court document signed by Anson Cary as judge. Approx. 7.5 x 9 in. VG. (3) [MUSIC] Elsa Clay - Assistant Executive Director of Composers and Lyricists Guild of America. TLS, 1963, 1p. to Milt Ebbins, informing Ebbins that Erroll Garner is now a member in good standing the Guild. (4) [MICKEY SPILLANE] Bud Yorkin (1926-2015) American film and television producer, director, writer, and actor. Known for The Tony Martin Show, Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, All In The Family, Maud, Sanford and Son, etc. He was a partner with Norman Lear. In 2002, Yorkin was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. TLS, 1956, 1p. to Mickey Spillane. Approx. 8.5 x 11 in. VG. (5) Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer from Rhode Island. He was educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington, New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest in mathematics. In 1819 he returned to Rhode Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling the company's prodent winters in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. The activity that Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841. After he learned that a free African-American man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. He worked with Jacob Barker, then a New Orleans lawyer, to obtain freedom for nearly 100 people being held as slaves. The action later led to charges being filed against several public officials who were responsible for the illegal detentions. His involvement with abolitionist causes and in the Republican Party eventually caused his company to lose favor with its markets in the southern United States. This helped to prompt the Peace Dale mills' transition from making cheap cotton products to selling higher quality woolens. Hazard retired fromucts to planters in the southern United States, particularly Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. He sp the textile business in 1866 and invested in the Union Pacific Railroad. After Union Pacific fell into financial disarray and became a party to the Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872, Hazard spent much time dealing with the company's financial affairs. Offered here is a Providence, RI document signed, 1839, about 8 x 3-3/8 in. Cancel hole over signature which is blurred.................Min. Bid $50
103. [INDIANS] 1892 printed government document from the Sec. of the Interior, John W. Noble - Statements prepared by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 9pp. VG...............Min Bid $8
104. [FOREST RESERVES] 1898 printed government document from the Sec. of the Interior, C.N. Bliss - 16pp. VG...............Min Bid $8
105. [PORTRAIT] of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1678–1743),
Scottish soldier. Image is approx. 7 x 6 in. plus
margins. Foxing..................25-35
106. [TV] Chester L. Migden (1921-1999) former executive director of the Screen Actors Guild who helped devise the principle of paying actors residuals for television reruns. At SAG, Migden — known to his friends as Chet — negotiated contracts for performers in films, TV and commercials, as well as all agency franchise agreements. The gains and benefits he negotiated remain the cornerstone of the guild’s collective bargaining agreements. In 1974, when Migden first served as SAG’s chief negotiator, he sat down across the table from Lew Wasserman, who at the time represented the producers, and achieved a breakthrough by establishing TV residuals in perpetuity. Offered here are 3 TLSs, 1962, all to Chrislaw Productions. In 1961, Peter Lawford and his manager Milt Ebbins formed Chrislaw Productions, which was named after Peter's son Christopher. It signed a three-year deal with United Artists to make three features and two TV series for $10 million. William Asher was to be executive producer. Their first project was to be a remake of the old silent film The Great Train Robbery. Half a million dollars instead went toward the 1963 action film Johnny Cool starring Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery. Fine conditions......75-100Probably more lots will be added to this auction before Saturday so come back and look.
107. [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Charles Edward Courtney (1849-1920) American rower and rowing coach from Union Springs, New York. A carpenter by trade, Courtney was a nationally known amateur rower. Courtney never lost a race as an amateur and finished a total of 88 victories. CLIP SIGNATURE. (2) Douglas Volk [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Signed 1910 bank check. (3) Anne Campbell (1852-1935) signed 14 line handwritten poem. (4) Ida Mulle - singer/dancer. Signed card 1926. (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, 1911. (6) Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Signed 1946 Maintenance Service Agreement. (7) BRENDA KUHN (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. Signed 1965 bank check..........Min. Bid $50
108. [ACTORS] actors - 2 portrait cards: James Dean & Natalie Wood.............Min. Bid $20
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109. [ACTORS] actors - 2 portrait cards: ClarK Gable & Marilyn Monroe............Min. Bid $20
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110. Artemas Ward Jr. (1762-1847), like his father, Artemas Ward, was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He served in the Thirteenth Congress and Fourteenth Congress (1813–1817). He was a member of the Federalist Party. He was a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers from 1810 to 1844. Document signed on the verso, 1830. Approx. 8-1/2 x 13-3/4 in. VG...............25-35
The following theatrical items are form the former Boothbay Theatre Museum in Boothbay, Maine.
111. [THEATRE] 2 THEATRE ITEMS, NOT DATED..................MIN.BID $1.00
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112. [THEATRE] Hollis St. Theatre, 1889. Approx. 5-3/4 x 9 in. A page removed from a program...........Min. Bid $1.00
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113. [RELIGION] 2 brief ALSs by: [1] Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900) American Congregational clergyman. Closely cropped on both sides. Signature value only. [2] Theodore Ledyard Cuyler (1822-1909) American Presbyterian minister and writer. ALS on postcard dated 1875..............Min. Bid $10
114. [RARE CHESS] Offered here a are 3 Russian chess publications dated, 1961, 1963, 1966. These were once owned by Bobby Fischer. We bought Bobby Fischer's 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 his library. Years later they sold off items from their Fischer collection. VG............100-150
115. [AMERICANA] 3 old ALMANACKs, 1822, 1843, 1844. Rough conditions..............25-35
116. Darmouth College 1902 SING OUT , Rollins Chapel, 4pp. About 3-3/4 x 4-1/2 in. VG............Min. Bid $10
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117. [ART] Robert Andrew Parker (1927-2023) was an American painter and watercolorist who was widely known for illustrating magazines, album covers, and books for over 70 years. Afflicted by macular degeneration in his later years, he nevertheless managed to continue working well into his 90s. Parker received the 1970 Caldecott Honor for his work in Pop Corn and Ma Goodness by Edna Mitchell Preston. Parker illustrated numerous magazine to include The New Yorker, Playboy, Penthouse, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Esquire, Time and other magazines. Offered here is a signed 6 x 4.5 in. esxhibition card, dated 1970. For his exhibition at the Terry Dintenfass Gallery in NYC. This particular card was signed for Merv Slotnick [artist]. Robert & Merv corresponded back in the 70s. Fine condition............50-75
118. [GOV. DOCS] 2 printed government documents: (1) From President R.B. Hayes 1880, 2pp. (2) Benj. Harrison 1890, 5pp.............Min. Bid $10
119. [GOV. DOCS] 2 printed government documents: From President Millard Fillmore, both 1852, total 7pp..............Min. Bid $10
120. [FRANCE] Pierre Louis Parisis - Roman Catholic bishop of the Bishopric of Langres from 1835 to 1851. He was one of the strongest right wing figures in the French Catholic Church of his era. In 1847 he formed the Archconfraternity of Reparation for blasphemy and the neglect of Sunday to promote Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ. He is also noted for his efforts within the Assembly of 1848 for establishing the ecclesiastical college of St. Dizier and for his discussions concerning the educational reforms. He was a member of the commission which prepared the draft project for the Falloux Laws increasing the Catholic clergy's influence in French education. ALS, 1856, 1p, 7x9 in. Addressed to De Loisne. Not translated. VG............75-100
121. [BELGIUM] Camille LEMONNIER (1844-1913), Belgian novelist and art critic, founder of the Belgian literary renaissance. Most of his fiction was influenced by the work of the French writer Émile Zola, and is frank and naturalistic in its descriptions of characters and analysis of their behavior. His first successful novel was Un mâle (1881), a vivid description of a rural setting; Le petit homme de Dieu (The Little Man of God, 1902) is considered one of his best works. Among his writings on Belgian art is Histoire des beaux-arts en Belgique (1887). ALS [APPEARS TO BE ONLY THE LAST PAGE SIGNED]............40-60
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122. [FRANCE] François-Xavier-Joseph Droz (1773-1850) was a French writer on ethics, political science and political economy. Droz's own legal studies led him to Paris in 1792; he arrived the day after the dethronement of King Louis XVI of France, and was present during the massacres of September. On the declaration of war he joined the volunteer battalion of the Doubs, and for the next three years served in the Army of the Rhine. Discharged on health grounds, he obtained a much more congenial post in the newly founded école centrale of Besançon; and in 1799 he made his first appearance as an author by an Essai sur l'art oratoire (Paris, Fructidor, An VII.), in which he acknowledges his indebtedness more especially to Hugh Blair. As he advanced in life, Droz became more and more decidedly religious. Handwritten page, 1806, from his hand but not signed. Approx. 8 x 10 in. VG. Rare!..............100-150
123. [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
124. [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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Two Important Catholic Personalities
125. [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
126. [FRANCE] a 1788 2-page document signed, from Dreux, France to Nantes, France.................80-120
127. [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
128. [SCIENCE] Émile Hilaire Amagat (1841-1915) French physicist. In 2016 Polish film Marie Curie, Amagat was played by Daniel Olbrychski. ALS, 1904, 1p. Fine...............50-75
129. MYSTERY LOT of about 15 autograph signature. Not identified. For those who like to do the research. Good luck...........Min. Bid $10
130. Max von Sydow (1929-2020) was a Swedish actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television series in multiple languages. Capable in roles ranging from stolid, contemplative protagonists to sardonic artists and menacing, often gleeful villains, von Sydow received numerous accolades including honors from the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. He was nominated for two Academy Awards: for Best Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1987) and for Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011). Offered here is soft-cover pamphlet THE WORKING WOMANS BUYING & RESOURCE GUIDE YO BOSTON 1980-1981. Small note inside says: Autograph of Max Von Sydow - met at Nick's during Jane Fonda interview, Dec. 15, 1980......30-50
131. [ART] Clarkson Frederick Stanfield RA RBA (1793-1867) was a prominent English marine painter, often inaccurately credited as William Clarkson Stanfield. He was briefly apprenticed to a coach decorator in 1806, but left owing to the drunkenness of his master's wife and joined a South Shields collier to become a sailor. In 1808 he was pressed into the Royal Navy, serving in the guardship HMS Namur at Sheerness. Discharged on health grounds in 1814, he then made a voyage to China in 1815 on the East Indiaman Warley and returned with many sketches. An accident forced Stanfield to leave active service, but during his voyages he had acquired considerable skill as a draughtsman. In August 1816 Stanfield was engaged as a decorator and scene-painter at the Royalty Theatre in Wellclose Square, London. Along with David Roberts he was afterwards employed at the Coburg theatre, Lambeth, and in 1823 he became a resident scene-painter at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where he rose rapidly to fame through the huge quantity of spectacular scenery and (moving) dioramas which he produced for that house until 1834. Meanwhile, Stanfield developed his skills as an easel painter, especially of marine subjects; he first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1820 and continued, with only a few early interruptions, to his death. Offered here is an envelope hand-addressed, and signed, by Stanfield. Approx. 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG.......75-100.........Min. Bid $25
132. [THEATRE] Richard Harris - signed Camelot Playbill 1985. VG.......100-150
133. [THEATRE] 1977 PLAYBILL SIGNED by JOSE FERRER, LEN CARIOU, BEN MASTERS, and KATE REID. VG.............50-75
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