MANN, Delbert (1920-2007)Biblio.com
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28288This American film and television director was only the third director to win both an Academy Award and a Cannes Palme d'Or for the same film "Marty" 1955; other films include "Desire Under the Elms" 1958 "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" 1960 "A Gathering of Eagles" 1963 and "David Copperfield" 1969. TLS 1p 8½" X 11" Los Angeles CA 1978 November 3. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar ARNOLD F. GATES 1914-93. Near fine. On "Richmond-Confederate Productions Inc." letterhead Mann chats with this friend from his days in New York in the 1950s. "I was involved in doing a television film during the early part of the summer" he writes "and then was off to Ireland where I spent the last two months preparing a film which unfortunately has collapsed because of a failure in the financing plans. So now I am back here not knowing for sure what I will be doing next but left free to try to catch up on my old correspondence! Maybe sometime we will be able to get the Robert E. Lee project off the ground. Money has been promised from various sources but as yet hasn't materialized. I have learned to count on nothing in this crazy business so it may happen with surprising suddenness or it may not happen at all." Signed simply "Del" in green marker. Mann directed a number of made-for-television movies around this time making it difficult to determine exactly which film he was filming "during the early part of the summer." And it seems this film involving General Lee never came to pass for nothing resembling this appears in the Mann filmography. An interesting letter. unknown
40989One of the very first female American psychologists Martin was denied admission by the University of Bonn because of her sex they bestowed an honorary degree on her later; she authored a dozen books "Salvaging Old Age" 1930 "Sweeping the Cobwebs" 1933 etc. taught at Stanford University and headed a mental health clinic in San Francisco that pioneered the treatment of the elderly and children. Large bold full signature in black ink on a heavy stock 5½" X 3¼" penny postcard n.p. n.y. postal cancellation from San Francisco on 31 January 1934. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates 19143-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Near fine. Faintly age toned. A seldom seen signature. unknown
17918This child prodigy played for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1898-1911; he also formed the Leon Marx String Quartette later the Leon Marx Trio. Bold signature heavy stock 3½" X 2½" n.p. Chicago IL n.y. 1906. Near fine. On a 2¼" X 1" slip bearing a printed musical staff neatly tipped to this heavy stock card Marx signs in full directly across the staff. Uncommon. unknown
28618Grandson of inventor Robert McCormick nephew of reaper inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick father of editors Joseph Medill McCormick and "Colonel" Robert R. McCormick -- this career diplomat joined the State Department in 1887 serving as U.S. ambassador to Austria-Hungary 1902 Russia 1902-05 and France 1905-07 although according to one journalist McCormick's "career as a dilettante diplomat took a backseat to his more serious pursuit of alcohol." Autograph Fragment unsigned on printed calling card heavy stock 3" X 1½" London England n.y. Near fine. Handsome italic "Mr. Robert McCormick" printed at center and beneath this McCormick has penned in brown ink in his small neat hand "Hotel Belgravia / Victoria Street S.W." Likely dates from early in his State Department career else a title such as "Ambassador" would have preceded his name. The card bears a heavy printed black border or "mourning rule" but since it's difficult to assign a date to this it's also difficult to determine what death in his family would have occasioned the mourning border. The Victoria Street area of southwest London is appropriate as it was chock full of foreign embassies and McCormick must have been on some State Department assignment there. Not signed alas but a most unusual item nevertheless. unknown
37837This American author photographer cinematographer and producer co-founded the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and the Whitney Museum of Western Art; as an explorer he led a group that attempted to prove a land bridge once existed between Alaska and Siberia; his numerous books include "Beyond the Frozen Frontier" 1936 and many titles about cowboys big game hunting and artists of the American West. TNS 1p 8½" X 11" New York NY 1940 October 4. Addressed to Arnold Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Near fine. On letterhead of "Courier Productions" a documentary film production company he founded McCracken tells an admirer he "deeply appreciated your very pleasant remembrance of my birthday as well as the nice things said about 'Beyond the Frozen Frontier'. Although I have no immediate plans for another book I have been flirting with a couple of ideas which may materialize." As indeed they did with "The Biggest Bear on Earth" published in 1943 and several other titles released in the '40s. Signed boldly in full. An exceptionally early example. unknown
31630This Ohio clergyman and author of popular religious titles such as "Good Ministers of Jesus Christ" 1917 and "Making a Personal Faith" 1924 was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church elected in 1904; from 1890 to 1899 he was chancellor of the University of Denver. PS 7" X 9½" n.p. n.y. Near fine. A handsome head-and-shoulders sepia-tone portrait Bachrach of McDowell in later years signed large and bold near the bottom in black ink: "Ever Yours / William Fraser McDowell." Contrast nice though not superb. unknown
31161Renowned character actor whose eclectic variety of films stage and television productions spanned many decades; he appeared on Broadway in the 1930s on television in "The Twilight Zone" and in films such as "Rocky" and "Grumpy Old Men." PS 10" X 8" n.p. n.d. Fine. Lovely matte finish scene from "Tom Dick and Harry" 1941 showing Meredith with a bedridden Ginger Rogers and white-suited George Murphy and Alan Marshal boldly signed by Meredith in black fineline at center. Quite attractive. unknown
196132929Globe AZ: Dale Stuart King 1961. Hardcover. Illustrations by Harold A. Wolfinbarger Jr. Small 4to. Brown pictorial glazed cloth pictorial dust jacket. xii 307pp. Numerous illustrations line drawings map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear with several small edge chips mainly at head and tail of spine. First edition as tight and handsome as these matador's pants. Biographies of these famed Mexican bullfighters with a choice autograph addition: Tipped to the half-title page is a 3½" X 2" heavy card boldly signed and inscribed by one of this book's subjects in black ink: "afectuosamente de / su amigo / Manuel Capetillo." Capetillo 1926-2009 is the fifth matador profiled in this well-known chronicle pp. 75-87. Most unusual. Dale Stuart King hardcover
34794This Polish-born American theatrical photographer set up shop on Broadway in New York in the 1920s and in the '30s developed a compelling portraiture style that made him sought after on the East coast. PS heavy stock 5" X 7" n.p. n.y. Near fine. Undated ca. 1935 head and shoulders portrait of a dark-haired young women in typical Mitchell pose -- shoulders at left but facing rightward and head turned to the right. This subject has her hair parted in the middle and pulled tight; she gazes to her right viewer's left with the barest hint of a Mona Lisa smile. In the dark lower left corner Mitchell signs boldly in his usual white ink making for superb contrast. And in the light area at lower right the unidentified subject signs boldly in black grease pencil: "To Eddie / Tamara" also with superb contrast. While we haven't been able to identify the subject she is most likely an actress or perhaps a ballet figure. "Tamara" suggests Russian and Mitchell did photograph a number of Les Ballets Russes ballerinas. A lovely vintage piece signed by a premiere photographer. unknown
25833Rugged leading man whose many films include "The Story of G.I. Joe" "Cape Fear" "El Dorado" and much more. Color PS 8" X 10" n.p. n.y. Fine. Color glossy half-length portrait of an older Mitchum in full dress naval whites as Captain Victor "Pug" Henry in the 1983 television miniseries "The Winds of War" signed large and bold in black fineline across the lower portion of his uniform -- thus superb contrast. He gazes determinedly to the viewer's right unsmiling while behind him appears a World War Two era battleship's massive deck guns. A choice example. unknown
26890This popular and prolific English novelist is best known for children's books ranging from "A Very Simple Story" 1866 to "Behind the Scenes in a Schoolroom" 1914. ANS 1p 4½" X 7" n.p. 1902 December 20. Addressed to "Sir." Very good. Mild bit of age toning. On pale green letterhead Montgomery graciously informs an admirer "I have much pleasure in sending you the autograph you ask me for." Accomplished boldly in black ink in a fair hand as flowery as her fiction. From the collection of University of Chicago geology professor Albert Johannsen 1871-1962 author of "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" 1950 the definitive reference work and bibliography on the subject. Johannsen's original 8½" X 11" file folder bearing his printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label partly filled in by Johannsen accompanies this item. unknown
15933Elizabeth "Bewitched" Montgomery's father was a popular leading man of the 1930s and '40s "Night Must Fall" "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" then turned to directing and politics. IPS 8" X 11" n.p. 1981. Near fine. Minor mounting traces on verso. Book photograph other images/text on verso a charming closeup mat-finish scene from an unidentified early film possibly the 1929 comedy "So This Is College" showing a really young Montgomery flirting with a besmitten young woman inscribed and signed along "All good wishes" and year in pale blue fineline in a light area at lower left. unknown
21788American maker of miniatures. PS 5¼" X 3½" n.p. 1933 September 12. Near fine. Handsome black and white picture postcard captioned "Ulm Cathedral / Miniature Model / Hall of Religion - A Century of Progress - Chicago." Card was neither stamped nor canceled; address portion is blank. A description at the top of the message portion tells Mrosek's tale. After giving some details on the famous cathedral in Wuertenberg Germany it gives the vital stats of Mrosek's creation: It "is hand carved from maple and holly wood. It contains 4300 pieces fitted together. It is 9 feet high 8 feet long 40 inches wide equipped with lights art glass windows and chimes. Seven years of painstaking labor were devoted." Below this Mrosek signs and dates it. A superb example of the miniature maker's art and an unusual Century of Progress artifact. unknown
22981This American sailor who served during World War Two lays claim to fame as being one of very few living persons ever pictured on a U.S. stamp -- his smiling visage appears among a group of swabbies pictured on the U.S. three-cent stamp issued in 1945 titled "U.S. Navy" Signed Postal Cover 6½" X 3½" n.p. n.y. Fine. NOT a First Day Cover but simply an envelope bearing a mint copy of this stamp neither addressed nor mailed. Across the center large and bold Mullen signs in black medium-point marker. Original transmittal envelope cancelled in Des Moines Iowa on 13 February 1976 also present -- as is a small article from a philatelic newspaper undated but circa 1976 picturing this stamp and a "To the Editor" letter from three of Mullen's grandchildren pointing out that the Iwo Jima flagraisers were not the only living persons pictured on a U.S. stamp. Mullen appears at the upper right corner of the group of sailors captured on this stamp his cap cocked jauntily. Highly unusual -- a fun little piece of philatelic history. unknown
26236This American comedian and actor of film television and radio won a special Oscar for the 1947 fantasy film "Bill and Coo" which he starred in and produced. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Very good. Superb half-length portrait of a cigar-waving Murray eyeballing Bob Hope who's holding up Murray's 1960 memoir "Life on a Pogo Stick." Murray inscribes the upper left area around his head in a funky blue ballpoint "Best regards / To Donald Burnell / from -- / Ken / Murray." Contrast good. A fun fun piece. unknown
15656All-around actor singer dancer and director of stage and screen; films include "Oklahoma" and "Three Sailors and a Girl." IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Fine. Striking matte finish scene from Oklahoma showing Nelson doing a rope trick boldly and largely inscribed in thick marker "To Terry / Fondly / Gene Nelson." Uncommon. unknown
25244Long-time "Cleveland Press" staff photographer. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Abilene Kansas on 1969 October 14 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single 6-cent "Dwight D. Eisenhower" stamp at upper right. Fine. At lower left in blue ballpoint Noble signs boldly. Small portion of original transmittal envelope present. Noble took this iconic informal closeup of a grinning Ike at the former president's Gettysburg office in 1963. Quite uncommon. unknown
31407This Military Intelligence Hall of Fame inductee was an Army general who served throughout the Spanish-American War Philippine Insurrection and World War One before being chosen by Pershing to oversee the American Expeditionary Force's intelligence operations -- making him America's first G2; he helped organize the Corps of Intelligence Police the army's first counterintelligence organization. Large bold and sloppy "Very cordially yours / D.E. Nolan. / Maj Gen U.S.A." 5½" X 2 3/4" Columbus OH 1931 June 17. Very good. Name/address of Nolan's command from 1927 to 1931 Headquarters Fifth Corps Area purple inkstamped at top edge along with typed date. Autograph material of this military intelligence pioneer is uncommon. unknown
31673This popular and influential English statesman served often as foreign minister and twice 1855-58 1859-65 as prime minister; he is mainly remembered for ending the Crimean War. Free-Franked Envelope a signed envelope front panel 4 3/4" X 3" Sligo Ireland 1824 September 6. Barely visible red postal inkstamp. Very good. Boldly addressed in Palmerston's handsome hand to Lady Gore Booth at Lissadeil Sligo. Signed with his usual "Palmerston" at lower left. Very attractive. Palmerston was secretary for war at this time. unknown
40774Maxfield Parrish's cousin who he used to use as a model became a bestselling novelist and children's book author a three-time runner-up for the distinguished Newbery Medal for "The Dream Coach" 1924 "Floating Island" 1930 and "The Story of Appleby Capple" 1950. ANS 2pp recto and verso heavy stock 5½" X 3 3/4" embossed correspondence card New York n.y. November 18. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 future Lincoln and Civil War Scholar. Fine. Send this admirer thanks for his birthday greeting. "Such a message is wonderfully warming and heartening." Handsomely penned in blue ink. Undated but likely mid-1930s. unknown
22672This American novelist and popular historian is best remembered for "Country Lawyer" 1939 a memoir of his attorney father's practice in rural New York and its sequel "The Big Family" 1941. Two Typed Letters Signed 7¼" X 10½" and 8½" X 11" Bridgeport CT 1948 January 30 and 1948 March 24. Addressed to Mrs. Madlener -- Elaine Madlener noted Chicago collector and office of The Manuscript Society. First letter is very good with mild age toning and small paper clip impression; second letter is slightly less with minor wrinkles and paper clip stain. Good content to this admirer who wanted some books signed. "I always feel highly complimented when readers want their books autographed" he remarks in the first letter "especially if the request comes after reading." Nice discussion of his current project: "I am in the throes of finishing a novel of old New York. It is the story of the Fabulous Forties when the Croton Aqueduct was being built. I have been reading the newspapers of the day through the microfilm until my eyes are quite ready for a vacation. Papers of that particular period were printed on stock which has become so brittle that they break all to pieces when handled and the microfilm has really saved them from extinction. The Aqueduct was under construction for ten years and I have been fortunate enough to get hold of diaries kept by an old fellow who was curator of a museum there during the time and who was also an enthusiastic member of the Aqueduct family -- which was fought tooth and nail by the well water enthusiasts." In the second letter he editorializes about. well editors: ".I had my editor here and we were polishing off the new copy. My work is pretty messy when it is first finished and it is full of erasures and interlineations. If the editor wants any changes and there was never an editor who didn't want some little change made I like to have it done before the final copy is typed. The printers are very bossy nowadays and they demand the most perfect copy. Then if there is to be serial consideration there has to be a copy for the magazines and another for the moving pictures." Insightful commentary from this noted author. Both letters bear bold full signatures. unknown
13929Jazz singer tenor saxist big band leader. IPS Bruno 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Fine. Handsome Bruno of Hollywood glossy half-length portrait of a young Pastor in white suit and tie boldly signed and inscribed in a light area at upper right in black fineline: "To Ken -- / Sincerely / and many thanks / Tony Pastor." A great example. unknown
22682Popular American clergyman author of "The Power of Positive Thinking" 1952 and other bestsellers. TLS 1p 7¼" X 10½" New York NY 1981 December 12. Addressed to Lt. Col. M. David Samples. Near fine. Gracious if routine thank-you note to an admirer: "It means a great deal to me to have you say that my ministry has been helpful and your expression of appreciation makes it an even more joyous experience for me." Sends Christmas greeting. Usual large bold signature. With original envelope. An appealing Peale! unknown
29321This British Whig politician was Viscount Normanby from 1812-31and rose to Earl of Mulgrave from 1831-38 when the Marquess of Normanby was created for him in 1838; he served as Governor of Jamaica 1832-34 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1835-39 Home Secretary 1839-41 British Ambassador to France 1846-52 and Minister to Tuscany 1854-58. Free-Franked Envelope 5" X 3½" n.p. London n.y. Very good. On a typical light grey envelope of the period bearing Normanby's black wax seal still present on the verso he signs a bold "Normanby" in brown ink at lower left addressing it to a "J. Horsley Pye / 10 Charlotte Street" in his usual challenging scrawl. Interesting piece. unknown
42572This notable Tennessean served with the 8th Tennessee Cavalry of the Confederate States Army during the Civil War afterward becoming an attorney and politician and serving several terms as a Democrat in Congress 1883-85 1889-93 1897-1905. A large and bold full signature and title "Commander In Chief / United Confederate Veterans" in black ink near the top of an 8½" X 11" sheet of his "Pierce & Fry" law firm letterhead Union City TN n.d. Near fine. Undated but from a collection gathered in the mid-1930s thus near the end of his long life. Unusual in this form-- interesting and attractive. unknown
