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a49191NY 1943 Park-Bernet. Auction catalogues. 3 volumes complete. 4to. 94pp. 129pp. 122pp. facsimile illustrations wraps. VG light cover wear; light frayng of cover edges. No owner marks. Complete set in 3 volumes. . paperback
H4063Very Good. Dated Novemberr 23 1944 on Peace News letterhead Murry writes: Dear Miss Cope I am sorry but in these days it is a physical impossibility for me to make a journey to Cambridge without an inordinate expenditure of time. In more spacious days with plenty of petrol it was comparatively easy for me to pick up a train at Thetford which is 10 miles away. I can't do it now. That makes it an immensely round-about journey for which at the moment I have neither the time nor energy. Yours sincerely J. Middleton Murray. . Very good some light wrinkling and creasing. Both this letter and T. S. Eliot's which we have cataloged recently both employ not just the 'Oxford two spaces' after periods but seem to add a third space. We suggest this to be the subject of someone's dissertation: 'The Development of the "Oxford Three-Space" Among English Literary Personages of the 1930s and 1940s.'. unknown
1964H4056London: Royal Opera House 1964. Paperback. Very Good. Program from 1964 in wraps ca. 25 pp illustrated light wear signed on the cover Jones played Leonora thank you note from her is 6 lines long signed in full. This was a very significant performance in Jones's career as she stood in for Leontyne Price for the role of Leonora and her career took off after that. Royal Opera House paperback
194128256Croton-on-Hudson 1941. Brief 1-pp TNS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson notepaper addressed to a "Miss Mendham" dated March 30 1938. Old folds; holograph additions in Eastman's hand; Very Good. "I shall be delighted to have you use some of my poems in your Verse Speaking Festival.perhaps the poem called "Battle Fields" in my volume "Kinds of Love" would be appropriate." Adds three further suggestions in holograph beneath signature: "The Sing Sing Alarm" "Isadora Duncan" "To Live in Summer" unknown
20938One of the great unsung American inventors and timepiece pioneers was this New Jersey watchmaker who held more than 40 patents but is remembered for the "calculagraph" a device that records times and calculates the difference; one of its first uses was in 1894 in New York where it recorded the length of telephone calls and impressed AT & T so much they installed it nationwide; his other inventions include a watch winding system that resulted in watches being wound by their stem instead of with a key and a revolutionary method for making enamel watch dials. TNS 1p 8½" X 11" New York NY 1933 October 16. Addressed to Mary B. Day librarian at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Near fine. On ornate Calculagraph Company letterhead featuring at the bottom a faint engraving of the calculagraph machine being used with its slogan "It Makes No Clerical Errors" Abbott graciously notes: "It gives me great pleasure to comply with your request and I am sending in the same mail for filing in your library a copy of the pamphlet entitled: 'Watches and Men'." Large bold signature. Uncommon. unknown
31715Influential Congregational clergyman and author who co-edited "Christian Union" with Henry Ward Beecher and succeeded Beecher as pastor of Brooklyn's famed Plymouth Congregational Church. ANS 1p 5" X 8" Cornwall-on-Hudson NY n.y. 1878 November 25. Addressed to showman P.T. Barnum 1810-91. Very good. Lightly age toned. Intriguing if brief: "Your letter respecting Popular Amusements was received too late for this week's issue. It will go in next week & the papers shall be sent as requested." In Abbott's 1922 book "Silhouettes of My Contemporaries" he devotes a chapter to Barnum of whom he was a great admirer. In 1878 Abbott wrote Barnum requesting information about Tom Thumb and on 5 October 1878 received a cordial note in reply from Barnum. Meanwhile in the November 6th and 13th issues of "Christian Union" Reverend Samuel Scoville published a two-art article titled "The Christian View of Popular Amusements." Barnum took issue with some of this Congregationalist minister's views and in the December 4th issue his rebuttal titled simply "Popular Amusements" was published in "Christian Union." This letter then is the magazine's initial response to Barnum's reply to Scoville's criticisms. The article was republished a number of times in other publications and also found its way into Barnum's 1880 autobiography "Struggles and Triumphs; or Forty Years' Recollections. unknown
22376This German pianist and opera composer served as court pianist at Weimar; his compositions include the verismo-style opera "Tiefland" 1903 and "Die toten Augen" 1916 as well as a symphony piano concertos and string quartets. AQS irregular 6½" X 3½" Bremen Germany 1895 January 8. Good only. Cut in an irregular shape with some age spots; heavy mounting traces on verso. Large and bold signature near upper left and below this a quite small place and date; to right of this is an unattributed quotation in German: "Die Menschen sind alle dem Bosen ergeben; wohl Dem der den Kampf besteht." Interesting despite flaw. unknown
22831The one-time silent film child star found fame again in a far different media -- television -- when he played Officer Frank Smith on Jack Webb's "Dragnet" 1952-59. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.y. ca. 1960. Very good. Light scotch tape stain at each corner; mild wrinkle at left center. Glossy publicity portrait for the 1958 film "Man in the Shadow" a half-length informal shot depicting Alexander as a deputy sheriff sleeves rolled up and hands on hips. He inscribes and signs in blue ballpoint at lower right a darkish area making for fair to poor contrast only: "Best Wishes! / Ben Alexander." A scarce autograph despite contrast that leaves much to be desired -- and priced accordingly. unknown
17512This Baseball Hall of Famer elected 1983 managed the Brooklyn later Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 to 1976 bringing them four world championships. IPS 5" X 7" n.p. n.d. ca. 1960. Good plus. Yellowed tape stain at each corner and bit of general wear. Informal matte finish head-and-shoulders smiling pose of Alston in his Brooklyn uniform inscribed large and bold in blue ballpoint "Best wishes Donald / from Walt Alston." Fairly attractive despite flaw -- and definitely rather uncommon. unknown
1975047198Kyoto Japan: Senshoku to Seikatsusha Publishing Co 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 76 pages indexed 104 colour plates. Hardcover in green cloth. Binding has scuffs on front and rear covers. SIGNED by the author on the half title. Text is clean. Text is in English with Japanese translation on the facing page. <br/> <br/> Senshoku to Seikatsusha Publishing Co hardcover
27404The first U.S. ambassador to the United Nations 1946-53 also served as U.S. senator from Vermont. Signed envelope bearing a five-cent "Toward United Nations" stamp 6½" X 3½" n.p. n.d. Very good. Addressee's pencilled address erased but ever-so-slightly visible. Handsome signature at upper left. Not a first day cover but cancelled in New York on November 21 1946. Accompanied by a superb original black-and-white glossy 1947 news agency photograph International News Photo 8½" X 6½". Original mimeographed newsprint text sheet present and tipped to verso as issued. Titled "Joint Armed Services Committee Hears Warren Austin" this vintage image shows a jovial Austin half-length at center examining a document a legislator at each side. Text reads in part "Warren Austin member of the U.N. Security Council conferred with Senate and House Armed Services Committee members in a close door session and recommended enactment of universal military training legislation." A choice and desireable vintage photograph itself scarce -- and relevant to the autograph item it accompanies. unknown
1863WA6793New York: Leavitt & Allen 1863. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo multi-color papers quarter morocco wood-patterned paper extra-gilt stamping aeg <br/><br/>Presentation inscription from Sylvester M. King to E. B. King at Charlestown Jany 1st 1864. Illustrated with 4 black-and-white engravings 1 floral chromolithograph and 1 pasted in scenic view. The autographs range in date from 1864 to circa 1880. Leavitt & Allen hardcover
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
2004010887London: Harper Perennial. Signed. First edition thus. Softcover. Published London: Harper Perennial 2004. small 8vo. wrappers xiii434pp. plus 14pp. supplement illus b/w photos. Signed by author on titles page. Original "Signed copy" wraparound band in place. Book is near fine wraparound band has a few stains. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 2004. Harper Perennial paperback
28654First professor of fine arts at the University of Michigan. ANS 1p 9" X 11¼" n.p. 1867 December 22. Addressed to "Dear Sister." Good. Some age toning and mildly soiled; professionally silked. Brief poignant note transmitting a portrait of Lincoln not present: "As Christmas this year finds me in poor health with very little money not wishing to forget you and Father I send you my favorite painting of President Lincoln. Wishing you both a merry Xmas and a happy New Year." Accompanied by a TNS from RANDOLPH G. ADAMS legendary director of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan 1p 8½" X 11" Ann Arbor MI 1946 November 9. Addressed to John D. Denison Jr. Good plus. "I have compared the signature on the Bradich portrait of Lincoln with other Bradish portrait signatures at the University and there is no doubt that these signatures are the same." The portrait sent by the artist via this letter is NOT present. unknown
40864The G.I.s General" beloved American Army general active during World War II and the last five-star general; from 1949-53 served as first permanent chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Later life signature "Omar" in black ballpoint tipped to the close of a printed "General Orders No. 50" 6" X 9" 2pp recto and verso issued by the Department of the Army in Washington DC on 15 July 1948. Very good. Mild edgewear; two-punched at left not affecting text. As Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Bradley makes the solemn announcement that "The death of General John Joseph Pershing General of the Armies of the United States which occurred at Washington D.C. on 15 July 1948 is announced to the Army with deep regret." He goes on to summarize Pershing's long career and note a period of mourning and the wearing of mourning bands. Below Bradley's typeset name a white 3" X 1½" slip is affixed clipped from a typed letter with "Sincerely" typed at top and "OMAR N. BRADLEY / General of the Army" typed at bottom between which Bradley signs his first name. Accompanied by a fine glossy 8" X 10" black and white news agency photograph a candid half-length portrait of a smiling Bradley in uniform. Caption printed vertically along right edge dates this 27 June 1947 and describes the scene: "Gen. Omar N. Bradley Veterans Administrator shown leaving the White House after conferring with President Truman today has been named by Washington observers as the most likely choice for U.S. Army Chief of Staff to succeed General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower." An interesting unusual pair. unknown
30550This two-term Mississippi governor 1844-48 and senator 1854-61 of flawless reputation for integrity and oratory resigned the U.S. Senate and was elected to the Confederate Senate serving until the war's end; he also served as captain of Company H in the 18th Mississippi Infantry. Superbly large and handsome "Corona F. College. / From / Hon. A.G. Brown / U.S.S." in brown ink on a 5 3/4" X 3½" slip neatly tipped to slightly larger sheet n.p. n.y. Near fine. Slightest bit of mild age toning. A bold and striking example. unknown
1998009899Hanover MA: Christopher Pub House. Signed First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Hanover MA: Christopher Pub House 1998. 4to. 9" x 11 1/4" xviii462pp. illustrated with over 800 images 100 color plates. Cream linen cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Inscribed by co-author Sullivan on half title: "For Fred.Ed Sullivan." Fine in mylar protected fine dust jacket. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 1998. Christopher Pub House unknown
20894This physicist served as the second director of the National Bureau of Standards 1923-32 and is highly regarded for his work in standardizing light and temperature scales. TLS 1p 8" X 10½" Washington DC 1927 November 2. Addressed to Samuel W. Stratton 1861-1931 creator and first director of the Bureau of Standards. Very good. Lightly age toned. On Department of Commerce letterhead Burgess writes his predecessor in his capacity as president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a bizarre subject: "We appreciate very much the splendid spirit of cooperation which our representatives. received during their recent visit to your Institute in connection with the laundry deterioration problem. your Research Laboratory of Applied Chemistry were particularly kind in lending every possible effort to aid us in this study." Talk about airing your dirty laundry. Unusual. unknown
25102As commander of U.S. forces in Germany 1947-49 Clay was in charge of the 1948 Berlin Airlift. Signed Postal Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Marietta Georgia the city of Clay's birth on 1972 April 23 the date of Clay's birth. Fine. Single 6-cent "Dwight D. Eisenhower" stamp and 2-cent "Frank Lloyd Wright" stamp at right. In addition an appropriate 32-cent "Berlin Airlift delivers food and fuel in 1948-49 blockade" stamp added in later years -- cancelled appropriately at Berlin Station APO on 1998 June 26. No decorative cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address. At the center Clay signs large and bold in black fineline adding "Gen USA Ret." NOT a First Day Cover but an enterprising collector created this unique cover cancelled in appropriate places on appropriate dates. Accompanied by an absolutely superb and itself scarce 8" X 10" news agency photograph International News Photo of 7 October 1947 depicting Clay in uniform and two others leaving a military airplane; caption running alongside reads in part "U.S. Ambassador to Russia W. Bedell Smith and Lt. General Lucius Clay Commander of American Occupation Forces in Germany followed by Ambassador Robert D. Murphy political advisor to the commander in chief in Germany as they arrived today from Russia and Germany for conferences with the State Dept. White House and Dept. for National Defense to discuss means of combatting the new Soviet move to block the Marshall Plan." A fine pair. unknown
20968This long-time U.S. Supreme Court associate justice 1858-81 also served as a New Hampshire representative 1839-43 and as U.S. attorney general 1846-48. Small signature and "Associate Jus Sup Court U.S." on a 3" X 2" slip tipped to a larger heavy card n.p. n.y. Very good. unknown
22699Revolutionary War officer and early member of Congress. Fragmentary ADS 1p 5½" X 5½" Stamford Connecticut 17 June. Good. Clean and legible but archivally strengthened on verso at separating folds with edge chips along the bottom. Portion of a legal document a letter of attorney. Interesting and even fairly attractive despite condition. unknown
26768This newspaper journalist turned novelist and magazine writer authored "Almanzar" 1918 "The Chinese Label" 1920 and "The Road to San Jacinto" 1936 before becoming director of the Texas Writer's Project of the federal Works Project Administration during the Depression in which capacity he largely authored the 1940 "Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State"; not to be confused with other Texas writers whose names begin with "J. Frank" Dobie Norfleet Norris. Two items: First a TNS 1p 7¼" X 10½" San Antonio Texas 1923 January 9. Addressed to Albert Johannsen 1871-1962 a University of Chicago geology professor who authored "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" 1950 the definitive reference work on the subject. Fine. In response to a request for a working manuscript page Davis notes: "The short story whose first page it is was scheduled the last I heard for publication in Hearst's International in the February number which will be out about the twentieth of this month." Boldly signed. Second a TMS 1p 8½" X 11" San Antonio Texas 1923 January. Near fine. Titled "Daniel Five Times" this neat double spaced typescript opens with "Colonel Rebel Lee Singleton whose name places his birth as not later than Reconstruction Days came out through the main doorway of the Federal Building to face across the palm-ornamented expanse of Alamo Plaza and paused on the upper step as he observed a haphazard meeting of friends on the sidewalk below him and not ten yards away." Several small minor pencilled corrections. Across the top he has inscribed and signed boldly in black fountain pen: "For Mr. Albert Johannsen with the good wishes of J. Frank Davis" along with place and date. An attractive and unusual pair. Accompanied by Johannsen's original 8½" X 11" file folder bearing a printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label partly filled in by Johannsen. unknown
26770American dramatist poet and novelist; books include "His Majesty Bunker Bean" "The Changeling" "Speed" "Pals First" "Lilia Chenoworth" and "The Book of Susan." Two items: First an ALS 1p 5½" X 8½" New Haven CT 1923 January 16. Addressed to Albert Johannsen 1871-1962 a University of Chicago geology professor who authored "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" 1950 the definitive reference work on the subject. Fine. "I enclose a first-draft sheet from the novel I am at present at work on" he writes. "As you see it is chaos. But you see the explanation is this -- I have my type-writer before me and a sheaf of paper beside it. On the paper I scribble & fiddle around in long-hand until I get a paragraph or a few sentences composed; then I copy these on the typewriter but usually making many additional changes as I do so. -- This merely to explain the extraordinary appearance of the sheet." Second is the aforementioned "first-draft sheet" an AMS 1p 8½" X 11" n.p. 1923 January 15. Near fine. Several meaty paragraphs penned in black ink in Dodd's miniscule but legible hand with a few crossouts some added text etc. At lower right he boldly inscribes it "Presented to / Prof. Albert Johannsen / by / Lee Wilson Dodd / Jan. 15 - 1923." A fun pair: an explanation by the author of his work method and an actual example of it. Accompanied by Johannsen's original 8½" X 11" file folder bearing a printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label partly filled in by Johannsen. unknown
42529Duff senior was one of the builders of the Union Pacific Railroad and other railroad ventures such as the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad served as the UP's sixth president 1873-74 leaving an estate estimated at a whopping four million dollars; his eldest son John R. was likewise a railroad executive then became a successful Wall Street speculator before losing it all near the end of his life. Large and bold "Respectfully Yours / John Duff" in brown ink on an irregular-shaped 5½" X 1½" heavy stock slip n.p. n.y. Very good. Also a boldly penned "Yours very truly / John R. Duff" in brown ink on an irregular-shaped 4¼" X 1½" slip n.p. n.y. Very good. Mild age toning. A number of words in John's hand also visible on verso beneath heavy mounting traces. An interesting and most unusual father-son pair -- quite uncommon. unknown