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1920033442New York: J. B. Lippincott Company 1920. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Photographs Drawings Maps And Plans Throughout. X 1131 Pp Ad At Rear. Red Cloth Gilt Contents Pages Are Front Endpapers. Second Edition Copyright 1916 And 1920. Some Rubbing All Gilt Still Brilliant Beginning To Fray At Lower Front Tip Hinges Cracked Between Two-Fold Frontispiece And The Title Page Binding Sound No Cracking To Endpapers. Ownership Signatures Of Hollywood Producer Milton Sperling On Front And Rear Endpapers. In 190-1920 All Of Los Angeles West Of Downtown Was Organized Into Oil Drilling Fields Mapped And Exploited. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover
1951006892Paris: Aux Editions Eliane Norberg. First edition thus. Signed De Luxe limited edition. Sumptuous full leather Artesian binding by Jacques Blanchet. From an edition of 202 number 72 of 180 printed on Velin d' Arches. Published Paris: Editions Eliane Norberg 1951. Folio 10 1/2" x 13 1/4" x 2 7/8" thick 302pp. illustrated with full page engraved plates and fine textual engravings from copper - all with tissue guards and two leather engravings cover and verso in 6 colors by Robert Fonta. Full dark blue satin morocco over 1/4" thick boards with chamfered corners and leather inner hinges attached to thick duplex flyleaves and gray leather pastedowns. Gilt block paneled titles on spine top edges tinted blue with gilt embossed edge design stamped into the page block. Front cover and verso decorated with unique six-color leather inset engravings by Fonta Signed on the half title by the Bazin: "Hommage amical / de l'auteur / Herve Bazin." Presentation copy to his publisher with a four paragraph typewritten A.L.S. by his wife Jacqueline mounted on free endpaper in which she writes about the color leather engravings and their signification to the situation of Arthur the unstable protagonist of the novel."Cuir chagrin noir dont la couleur evoque le triste bilan d'une vie de desequilibre." A novel of youth rebellion and a man's fractured life caught up in the penal system. The novel is semi-autobiographical based on the author's own experience in mental hospitals from 1937-1940 and was made into the film "Head Against the Wall" in 1959. Binding signed in the leather in gilt by Jacques Blanchet. Encased in a custom matching leather and felted slipcase that echoes the curve of the book. A beautiful exquisite production. Minor rub to a few areas of the spine else fine - binding tight text and plates clean and bright in a very good slipcase with some wear at the corners and edges. . Fine. Full-Leather. 1st. 1951. Aux Editions Eliane Norberg hardcover
1932031804Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company 1932. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 7 7/8" Tall. 367 Pp. Original Blue Cloth Gilt Endpapers With Illustration By Carlos Merida. First Printing 1932 Date On Title Page Seal On Coyright Page. Light Wear No Fraying Spine Gilt Partly Rubbed Away Hinges Cracked Small Bookstore Symbol Stamped On Front Endpaper. With A Loose Photograph With Text In White "From The Bookroom Of Nada And Carl" With Photo Of Home Library Shelving Wood Office Chair And Desk Probably Circa 1932. Per Wikipedia Carleton Beals 1893 - 1979 Was An American Journalist Writer Historian And Political Activist With A Special Interest In Latin America. He Was A Grandson Of Carrie Nation. A Major Journalistic Coup For Him Was His Interview With The Nicaraguan Rebel Augusto Sandino In February 1928. In The 1920S He Was Part Of The Cosmopolitan Group Of Intellectuals Artists And Journalists In Mexico City. He Remained An Active Prolific And Politically Engaged Leftist Journalist And Is The Subject Of A Scholarly Biography. In 1918 He Spent A Brief Period Of Time In Jail As A World War I Draft Evader. Upon Release He Decided To Go See The World And With What Little Money He Had Beals And His Wife Lillian Drove To Mexico. There He Founded The English Preparatory Institute In 1919 Taught At The American High School During 1919 To 1920 And Was On The Personal Staff Of President Carranza 1920. They Left Mexico In 1921 For Europe Where Beals Studied At The University Of Madrid And Then The University Of Rome. Back In Mexico He Became A Correspondent For The Nation Separated From His Wife And Became Romantically Involved With Photographer Tina Modotti's Sister Mercedes. In February 1928 Oswald Garrison Villard Editor Of The Nation Sent Beals To Nicaragua To Write A Series Of Articles. He Became Notable As The Only Foreign Journalist Who Interviewed General Augusto Sandino During Nicaragua's 1927-33 War Against Us Military Occupation. In All Beals Wrote Over 200 Magazine Articles For Publications Such As The New Republic And Harper's Magazine. Beals Also Wrote More Than 45 Books Including On History Geography And Travel. Some Of His Books Are Written For A Juvenile Audience. His Autobiography Glass Houses Was Published By J.B. Lippincott Company In 1938. In 1931 Beals Was Awarded The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship For Biographies. His Biography Subjects Included Porfirio Díaz Huey P. Long Roberto De La Selva Stephen F. Austin John Eliot Carrie Nation His Father Was Her Step-Son And Leon Trotsky. During His Career Beals Witnessed Mexican Revolutions Lectured On Shakespeare And Was Held Incommunicado By A Mexican General.10 His Travels Took Him To French Morocco Tunisia Algiers Greece Turkey The Soviet Union Germany And The Caribbean. He Was A Ford Hall Forum Speaker In 1936 And A Member Of The American Committee For The Defense Of Leon Trotsky In 1937. The Following Year Time Magazine Called Beals "The Best Informed And The Most Awkward Living Writer On Latin America." During The 1960S He Supported The Fair Play For Cuba Committee. Beals Was A Hero To The Young People Of Cuba. Carlos Mérida 1891 - 1985 Was A Guatemalan Artist And Naturalized Mexican Who Was One Of The First To Fuse European Modern Painting To Latin American Themes Especially Those Related To Guatemala And Mexico. He Was Part Of The Mexican Muralism Movement In Subject Matter But Less So In Style Favoring A Non-Figurative And Later Geometric Style Rather Than A Figurative Narrative Style. Mérida Is Best Known For Canvas And Mural Work The Latter Including Elements Such As Glass And Ceramic Mosaic On Major Constructions In The 1950S And 1960S. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover
19817This American track and field athlete specialized in the high hurdles a college star and record-setter who went on to compete in the 1932 Olympics where he earned silver in the 110-meter high hurdles event he later became head coach in track and field at University of Florida 1937-64. A bold signature in black ballpoint with inscription penned above "Best Wishes to Richard Laade" and credentials below "winner of silver medal / in 1932 Olympics in / 120 yard high hurdles" heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. Gainesville FL 1985 January 26. Fine. A concise summation of his claim to Olympic fame. With original envelope partly addressed by Beard. Accompanied by two scarce handsomely engraved mementos of the 1932 Olympics: First a printed admission ticket in blue and red ink heavy stock 3" X 2" for the "TRACK & / FIELD / Aug. 5 / 2:30 P.M. / GEN. ADMISSION / $2.00." Decorative border main title along top "Xth OLYMPIAD" ornate Olympic symbol with American shield at center. Very good. Bit of edgewear with minor border loss at upper right. Also a second printed admission ticket in brown ink heavy stock 4½" X 2½" ornate borders and scrolls for the "American Football / Olympic Stadium" on August 8 at 8p.m. Left margin specifies "STAIR / 23 / ROW / 63 / Seat / 107." Good plus. A tad age toned and mildly edgeworn more so along right margin which shows several small edge chips. Verso shows a seating chart for this stadium. An uncommon trio. unknown
29328St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees third baseman debuting in 1913 and retiring in 1918. Nice old-age signature in blue ballpoint 3" X 5" card n.p. n.y. Fine. Rather uncommon. unknown
29344St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees third baseman debuting in 1913 and retiring in 1918. Nice old-age signature in blue ballpoint heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1973 July 25 Fine. With original envelope. Rather uncommon. unknown
38323This Knight's Cross recipient was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace who claimed 58 downed aircraft in 110 missions -- including a record-breaking 9 four-engine bombers downed the night of March 14-15 1945. PS 6¼" X 4½" n.p. n.y. Fine. Matte finish black and white reprint of a WW2-era candid shot showing Becker in uniform chatting with a soldier while a group of soldiers in the background watch -- signed boldly by him in black fineline in a light area at lower left. A superb example signed later in life. unknown
39542This Lafayette College football star later played guard for three seasons with the Frankford Yellow Jackets their first NFL season 1924-25 and New York Giants 1925-26. ANS 1p 5 3/4" X 7 3/4" Wilkes-Barre PA 1977 June 2. Addressed to Richard C. Laade. Near fine. Cordial note to an admirer noting that "Lafayette College forwarded to me your request for my address" adding "Please note that the correct spelling is BEDNER" and enquiring "May I ask what is this for." Boldly penned and signed in blue ballpoint. With original envelope partly addressed by Bedner. Rather uncommon. unknown
30464Delegate to First and Second Provincial Congresses; lieutenant governor of South Carolina; member of the Continental Congress 1780-82. Party-printed DS 1p 12½" X 7½" Charleston SC 1773 August 10. Very good. Minor archival strengthening on verso; minor edge chips. Paper seal present. Attorney Bee ten a member of the Commons House witnesses a subpoena issued to Andrew Cunningham. Also signed by THOMAS KNOX GORDON South Carolina chief justice. Bee signs a second time simply "Bee" on the verso. Picturesque and interesting. unknown
37206Few 19th century clergymen achieved the level of household-name fame and influence as this renowned Congregationalist minister the most fiery of the fire and brimstone preachers; the brother of writer Harriet Beecher Stowe of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" fame Beecher too was an outspoken social reformer abolitionist and lecturer whose oratory made him wildly popular; pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn New York from 1847 on his meteoric popularity waned later in life only with a scandalous adultery charge brought against him. ANS 1p 4½" X 6" n.p. n.y. likely ca. 1880. Very good. Inoffensive mounting traces on verso. Arranges a meeting. In part: "I have put down in my book tuesday Decr 2d. for you. I shall leave N.Y. in the 8 o'clock a.m. train & stop at the Girard House. Unless sick I do not expect to miss a second time in one Season." Nicely penned. "Girard House" was a large and famous Philadelphia hotel. Accompanied by an outstanding 1860s vintage steel-engraved portrait heavy stock 5 3/4" X 9" engraved by J.C. Buttre of New York and titled "Eminent Opponents of the Slave Power" in ornate flowing type along the lower margin. Near fine. Fine head-and-shoulders portraits of 12 noted abolitionists each within a small oval border: John Quincy Adams at the top and beneath him the triumvirate of John Greenleaf Whittier Wendell Phillips and Charles Sumner; surrounding this quartette are clockwise from top William Lloyd Garrison Joshua R. Giddings Cassius M. Clay Benjamin Lundy Owen Lovejoy Gerrit Smith William Cullen Bryant and Henry Ward Beecher. A great pair. unknown
31521This Peruvian diplomat served as president of the General Assembly of the United Nations from 1959 to 1960. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled at the United Nations in New York on 23 October 1959 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Near fine. Single 4-cent "Trusteeship Council" stamp at upper right and large printed Artmaster cachet at left. No distracting recipient's name/address. Near the center above the postal cancellation Belaunde signs in blue ballpoint. Rather uncommon. unknown
1927044798Richmond Virginia: The William Byrd Press Inc. Printers 1927. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Octavos. 623; 644 pages. Indexed at the rear of Volume II. Two volumes bound in original blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Moderate wear to the bindings. The bindings have some chips or abrasions in the cloth which seem to have been touched up with blue paint or coloring. This is more evident at the top edge of front cover on Volume II as well as on the side of its spine. Endpapers foxed. Text is toned but generally clean. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf of Volume I "To S. A. Ashe / with the author's esteem / Landon C. Bell / May 20 1929." Samuel A'Court Ashe 1840-1938 was a lawyer and a Confederate Captain in the Civil War. After the War he served in the North Carolina legislature and was a noted historian author and defender of the Confederacy. There is also a signed typed letter laid in loosely from Drewry McKee Smith to Captain Sam Ashe dated 1929. This is actually a copy of a letter to someone else that the sender signed and sent to Captain Ashe. Includes the original stamped envelope which is on browned paper. Unfortunately someone has stuck this in a folded and taped mylar sleeve and the envelop is stuck to the tape inside the sleeve. The books are NOT signed by Samuel A. Ashe. <br/> <br/> The William Byrd Press, Inc., Printers hardcover
15573Mild-mannered leading man of countless films from the 1930s and '40s later a fine character actor active into the 1980s. PS 8½" X 6½" n.p. n.d. Near fine. Glossy scene from the 1960 film version of the 1958 play for which Bellamy won his only Tony "Sunrise at Campobello" showing him as FDR with Greer Garson as Eleanor and HUME CRONYN 1911-2003 as Louis Howe. Bellamy and Cronyn each sign beneath their likeness. unknown
42483This American politician and diplomat represented New York in Congress 1881-88 served as U.S. Minister to Spain during the Spanish-American War and in 1906 was named president of the National Publicity Bill Organization which advocated campaign finance reform. Attractive and bold signature below a typewritten "Very sincerely yours" on a 4¼" X 1 3/4" slip n.p. n.y. Near fine. Though not dated the typed letter from which this was clipped shows a black mourning border on the left and right sides which likely dates it to the months following the death on October 20 1935 of his wife Jessie Robbins Belmont born 1858 -- who caused a scandal in 1899 when she divorced Henry T. Sloane and within hours of the divorce decree married Belmont. unknown
2010004324Triumph Books 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Authors. 1st Printing SIGNED by Leonard Marshall! GIFT QUALITY! WITH PHOTOS OF LEONARD MARSHALL AT BOOK SIGNING!! Signed on front end paper signature only. Both book and dust jacket in Mint Condition! Dust jacket is protected in an acid-free archival quality acetate cover. SG2 Triumph Books hardcover
24789This pitcher debuted in 1925 with the Cleveland Indians until 1926 also playing for the Philadelphia Phillies 1928-32 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 1933-35 Boston Braves 1936 and Cincinnati Reds 1938. Bold signature in blue ballpoint heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. n.y. Near fine. Large and nice late life example. unknown
14793Popular and durable star of countless films of the 1930s and '40s. PS 8" X 11" n.p. n.y. Near fine. Book photograph another image on verso a flat-finish black-and-white still scene set in Kenya from the 1947 drama "The Macomber Affair" depicting Gregory Peck as professional hunter Robert Wilson comforting a crouching Bennett as Margot Macomber. In a light area at lower left near her image Bennett signs boldly in black ink. Great image from the height of her fame signed later in life. unknown
26952Known as "Lord Beresford" this British admiral is remembered for his part in the bombardment of Alexandria in the Egyptain War of 1882 and the Nile expedition 1884-85. LS 1p 5" X 8" Chicago IL 1899 February 19. Addressed to Miss F. Maryanna Neumann. Very good. Moderately age toned with mounting traces at corners. "I have much pleasure in sending you my autograph" he notes signing large and bold. A nice example. unknown
21371Candice's father was America's leading ventriloquist in vaudeville in films on radio and on television for over half a century performing with everyone's favorite dummy Charlie McCarthy. Signed Postal Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Chicago Illinois on February 16 1973. Near fine. 8-cent "Pharmacy" stamp at upper left. NOT a First Day Cover but an imaginative collector had this cover cancelled in Bergen's hometown on his 70th birthday from the Chicago Philatelic Center which used an unusual pictorial cancellation. No distracting recipient's name/address -- but Bergen signs exceptionally large bold and attractive in blue fountain pen on the "sweet spot." Small portion of original transmittal envelope present. Accompanied by a superb 10" X 8" modern glossy photograph a film scene showing a suspicious Bergen and Charlie McCarthy dressed as a detective eyeballing a comely young lady who's wooing a smitten Mortimer Snerd. unknown
28976Uncle Miltie" a prolific comedian who began in vaudeville and became America's top television personality with "The Milton Berle Show" 1948-56. Color IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Near fine. Handsome half-length printed portrait wearing tuxedo and typically inane grin boldly inscribed and signed in a light portion at upper right in thickish black marker: "To Marshall / Bean / Love / Milton / Berle." A superb example. unknown
1986008530Washington D. C.: Mage Pub. First edition with an original color marker drawing signed by Franta bound in. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington D. C. Mage 1986. 4to 9 3/4" x 11 1/4" 143pp. 109 illustrations 50 in color plus original color drawing. Text in English and French. Fine in fine dust jacket. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 1986. Mage Pub unknown
13919This Chicago pianist -- no relation to Leonard -- debuted with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in January 1928 and proved a popular soloist; her gigs included a stint with the Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago one of the first all-female orchestras in the U.S. IPS Moffett 8" X 10" n.p. 1928 March 20. Near fine. A striking head-and-shoulders closeup in flapperish bobbed hair boldly signed and inscribed in black ink in a light portion at upper left: "To John G. Leiser / With kindest regards / Rae Bernstein / 3/20/28." Quite uncommon. unknown
17700005130No place: Le chev de Berny 1770. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo 49pp. 3pp. of Table 3pp. with mss. borders inkspot and inked names on flyleaf flyleaf and title leaves nicked at top edge parchment-backed sprinkled boards <br/><br/>This is a UNIQUE MSS. executed by Chevalier de Berny who after a military career became the master of a writing academy in Brussels. Rather few of his works have survived. These love poems are addressed to Louise Madame Messiery M. Le Baron de H . It incoporates French masonic ideas including p. 3 "L'Amour recu Franc macon" and p. 48 in "Reflexion sur L'Amour". Le chev de Berny hardcover
28824The long-time president of the International Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America 1907-48 was appointed U.S. senator from Tennessee by that state's governor at the death of Senator Nathan L. Bachman in 1937 to complete his term but served only until 1938 failing in his bid for election. Printed DS 4pp rectos only 8" X 10½" n.p. 1936 December 12. Very good. Light even age toning; tiny staple hole at upper left corner of each not affecting text. "Excerpts from speech of Major George L. Berry Coordinator for Industrial Cooperation" a mimeographed press release intended "For Release / Morning Papers." In this NBC radio broadcast Berry addresses President Roosevelt's Council for Industrial Progress. Huge bold full signature using what must have been an enormous-nibbed fountain pen near the top of the first page. Most unusual in this format. A tremendous example from the height of his fame. unknown
18451When the U.S. Navy Band was created by Act of Congress in 1925 this lieutenant was named its first leader; under his tutelage it played for many historic occasions such as Charles Lindbergh's return in 1927 from his trans-Atlantic flight and Admiral Richard E. Byrd's return in 1929 from his South Pole Flight; he founded the Navy School of Music in 1935 to help supply qualified musicians to the band. "Lieut Chas Beuter U.S.N / Leader U.S. Navy Band / Wash. D.C. / Regards" in bold blue fountain pen on a pale yellow 5½" X 4½" slip dated at bottom October 1929 in another hand. Very good. A small newspaper portrait of Beuter is affixed to the lower left portion not affecting writing. Interesting and unusual. This was signed at a Chautauqua meeting where Beuter gave a lecture or performance. unknown
