RUSK, Jeremiah M "Uncle Jerry" (1830-93)Biblio.com
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22675Governor of Wisconsin 1882-89 who in quelling strike riots coined the phrase "I seen my duty and I done it"; secretary of agriculture 1889-93. TLS 2pp 8" X 10" Department of Agriculture letterhead Washington DC 1889 November 18. Addressed to Col. Henry Casson. Very good. Minor darkening at bottom edge. Pale blue letterhead. Concerns Wisconsin political matters reading in part: "I differ with you very much in regard to the Bennett law. The principle contained in it is nothing more than the principle of the prohibition party in Wisconsin. Flecker's defense of the law or any Democrat's defense will have the same effect upon the party that it would have if Hastings should go out and defend the republican ticket -- drive away republicans instead of assisting to hold them. The first time I get a chance to make a public utterance in Wisconsin I shall denounce the law and put myself right with my German friends. The fact that the Catholic Democrats are patting the law on the back is enough to condemn it without anything further. I say this much to you so you may know where your old chief stands." Fiery content from "Uncle Jerry." Interesting. unknown
24360Auto safety pioneer long before Ralph Nader popularized the topic in "Unsafe at Any Speed" this University of Minnesota mechanical engineering professor 1931-63 patented the first retractable safety seat belt in 1963 and the "black box" flight recorder in 1960; he also improved hydraulic bumpers dashboards and collapsible steering columns. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Baltimore Maryland on 3 September 1965 and with "Firsy Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single 5-cent "Stop Traffic Accidents" stamp at upper right. Fine. At lower left beneath the postal cancellation Ryan signs large and bold in blue ballpoint. Attractive and very scarce. unknown
21459This American playwright won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for "The Time of Your Life." Signed Postal Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled at Fresno California on August 31 1972. Near fine. Single 8-cent "Sidney Lanier American Poet" stamp at upper right. NOT a First Day Cover -- but an imaginative collector had this cover cancelled on the day of Saroyan's 1908 birth -- August 31 -- in the city of his birth Fresno which is also where he died. No decorative cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address -- but Saroyan's bold and huge 5½"! signature in black fineline fills the "sweet spot." For some reason Saroyan signs this piece on the verso two more times -- on the first in black ballpoint his pen skips badly so he signs a second time in bright pink marker. Small portion of original transmittal envelope present. unknown
27704This ABC news reporter entered diplomacy when he acted as an intermediary during the Cuban Missile Crisis helping divert a disaster; in 1971 President Nixon named him his foreign affairs advisor; from 1973 to 1975 he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Signed Printed Document 8" X 10" 7pp recto and verso; 4 leaves New York NY 1974 December 6. Near fine. Stapled at upper left as issued; two faint horizontal original folds. Standard mimeographed press release issued by the "United States Delegation to the General Assembly" titled "Statement by Ambassador John Scali. on Strengthening the Role of the United Nations." In a blank area at top center of the first page the ambassador boldly pens "with best wishes / from / John Scali" in black fineline. In this speech Scali deplores "the growing tendency of this Organization to adopt one-sided unrealistic resolutions that cannot be implemented" as well as "a new threat -- an arbitrary disregard of United Nations Rules even of its Charter." He goes on to cite numerous instances of both closing with: ".we must now renew our commitment to the central principles of tolerance and harmony upon which the United Nations charter was built. We must redouble our efforts to use this Organization as the world's ultimate instrument for compromise and negotiation. I pledge my nation to these efforts." Most unusual in this form. unknown
42285In 1895 Albert K. Smiley owner of the Mohonk Mountain House a prestigious Ulster County New York summer resort began the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration an annual event that lasted until 1916 and helped create the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague Netherlands which still functions today; upon Smiley's death in 1912 his position as host was assumed by his brother Daniel well known in climatology circles for beginning an official daily weather reading at Lake Mohonk on January 1st 1896 that continues to this day at the aptly-named Daniel Smiley Research Center. TLS 1p 8½" X 11" Mohonk Lake NY 25 September 1913. Addressed to General Horatio King 1837-1918 Medal of Honor-winning Civil War soldier politician and author. Very good. Lightly age toned more so near edges with light edgewear. Nice and relevant content on letterhead of the famed conference for which he's best known: "Accept my best thanks for the bronze memento of the recent Gettysburg celebration" he writes "as well as for the very appropriate verses written by you. These are appreciated by me as one who counts the Gettysburg celebration as being a marked event in national which is after all a large part of the international peace." Boldly signed in full in brown ink. Unusual and interesting. unknown
25980Russian-born American artist brother of artist Moses. PS 6" X 5" n.p. n.d. Near fine. Black and white book-stock photograph of a self-portrait in oil showing Soyer half-length palette in one hand and brush in the other gazing pensively at the viewer boldly signed by Soyer in blue ballpoint across his chest. Contrast adequate only. Signed a second time on the blank verso. unknown
1994010148New Haven: Yale Univ Pr. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published New Haven: Yale Univ Pr. 1994 first printing. 8vo. xvi190pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Inscribed by author on fly leaf with inscribed holiday card to same recipient in which she mentions Magritte. Fine in fine dust jacket. . Fine. Hard. 1994. Yale Univ Pr unknown
1903006925NY: D. Appleton. Signed limited first edition. Number 118 of an edition of 160. Published NY: D. Appleton 1903 first printing. 8vo. xxxii 359pp. illustrated with plates. Bound in gilt stamped three-quarter vellum over gray paper covered boards top edge gilting. Signed by Mrs. Stockton after her Memorial Sketch signed on frontis by artist Jacques Reich with clipped signature of Stockton pasted below. Light soil to the vellum and rear board one inch bump abrasion on front edge of rear board. Very good attractice example. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1903. D. Appleton unknown
29099Austrian-born French composer renowned for his fifty operettas which include "The Chocolate Soldier" 1909 filmed in 1941. Bold sloppy signature in blue fountain pen 4½" X 4" slip Stoll 1930 March 13. Very good. Quite minor mounting traces on verso. On specially prepared "The Autograph Collection of / Howes Norris Jr." letterhead. Nice example of this uncommon signature. unknown
42879This famed Dutch violinist played for and served as concertmaster for a wide variety of American orchestras including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Large and bold signature in ink on a 3½" X 2½" slip neatly mounted to heavy stock card n.p. n.y. AMQ unsigned on a matching slip n.p. n.d. both bear pencilled 1904 date on verso. Both near fine. The unsigned Autograph Musical Quotation consists of two lines being several bars of music which he identifies below as "Beethoven Violin concerto." Tak played first violin with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1903 to 1905 when he penned this excerpt from the Violin Concerto in D major which became one of Beethoven's best-known violin concertos. An attractive example. unknown
15715English-born actress who won a Tony in 1948 for "A Streetcar Named Desire" and an Oscar in 1990 for "Driving Miss Daisy." PS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Fine. Glossy scene from an unidentified film showing Tandy with husband HUME CRONYN 1911-2003 signed by both. unknown
26950This New York scientist was not the first to satisfy the late 19th century obsession with liquifying air thus creating perpetual motion but he invented a liquid air machine that sought to make it practical and sought practical applications touring the United States to demonstrate it. Large bold handsome signature and "New York / Liquid Air" in brown ink heavy stock 3½" X 2½" card n.y. 1900. Very good. Mild age toning; mounting trace at each corner. Unusual. unknown
22654Considered one of the greatest preachers of his day this Episcopal clergyman served as rector of St. George's Church in New York City from 1845 to 1878; it is largely due to his efforts that Sunday Schools are such an integral part of American church life hence his moniker "The Champion of Sunday Schools." ALS 1p 7¼" X 9" New York NY 1848 April 17. Near fine. Nice note to an unnamed recipient handsomely penned: "I am gratified -- with the kindness shewed to me by an unknown member of your Board. My sincere wish is for the prosperity of your Society. My frequent prayer is for a blessing upon your churches. unknown
41550American author of girls tales and poems whose first book was published in 1859 "Mother Goose for Grown Folks" and last book in 1900 "The Integreity of Christian Science". AQS 1p 7" X 9" n.p. n.y. Very good. Faint vertical show-through along leftmost 1" from mounting traces on verso with ¼" paper loss near upper left corner not affecting text. On lined paper running vertically strangely Whitney boldly pens her three-stanza poem "A Violet" first published in her 1872 poetry collection "Pansies" and signs in full at the conclusion. Opens with "God does not send us strange flowers every year. / When the spring winds blow o'er the pleasant places / The same dear things lift up the same fair faces. / The violet is here." An unusually lengthy example -- Whitney usually penned short sentiments only or single verse lines for admirers not full poems. unknown
25968This physician and educator served as dean and chancellor of Stanford University's School of Medicine then served as Secretary of the interior under Hoover 1929-32 after which he became third president of Stanford 1933-43. TNS 1p 7" X 10½" Secretary of the Interior letterhead Washington DC 1932 March 29. Addressed to Charles T. White a Lincoln scholar and writer. Very good. Small and minor tape stain. Transmits "my recent address on LINCOLN." Accompanied by a TDS mimeographed copy of typed double-spaced address 5pp rectos only 8" X 10½". Very good. Mildly age toned with staple hole at upper left. Headlined "Speech by Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur Secretary of the Interior at the first annual Lincoln Day Dinner of the National Capital Republican Club Friday evening February 12 1932 Willard Hotel Washington D.C." Wilbur signs in full large and bold in blue ink across the top. A rousing patriotic talk near the end of Hoover's term in office with the Depression bearing down closing with: "We are on our way to repeat the election of 1864. People then talked and talked and then began to think and think and voted that Abraham Lincoln should stay in office just as they will do for Herbert Hoover." Could he have been more wrong Hoover of course lost to FDR in a landslide the following November 8. Quite unusual. unknown
39075Democratic senator from Texas 1957-71 who rode in the Dallas motorcade carrying President Kennedy in 1963. TLS 1p 8½" X 11" Washington DC 1963 December 5. Addressed to Gerald L. Arnholt. Fine. Writing on "United States Senate" letterhead two weeks after JFK's assassination Yarborough graciously sends an admirer a photograph. Usual huge bold signature in black ink. Accompanied by the aforementioned IPS 10" X 8" Washington DC 1963 December 6. Near fine. Candid closeup portrait of a talking Yarborough at a podium boldly inscribed and signed at lower right: "For Gerald Arnholt / With best wishes / Ralph W. Yarborough / U.S.S. -- Texas / Washington D.C. / December 6 1963. unknown
rja2095<p>UK8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's hand-writtenink signature to foot of title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour illustrated dw/dj by Bill Gregorysimulating a distressedantique book with embossed borders and simulated part-oxidised giltembossed letters to upper wrap and spine/backstripwith minimal shelf-wear and negligible creases to edges - no nickstears or splits present.Topfore-edges bright and generally clean; contents brighttight and near pristine.Brown paper-covered boards with author's gilt initials to upper board's bottomright-hand corner and brightblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean immaculatebrownwhite map illustrated endpapers.Bottom rear corner minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.UK 8voHBdw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn9-408pp includes half-titletitle pages41 chapters and 4pp blanks to rear. Sleath. Quietpeaceful.A small village hidden away in the Chiltern Hillsalmost forgotten by the modern world.Nothing much seems to happen here little disturbs the centuries-old tranquility.Until the ghosts begin to appear.And frighteningly bizarre events start to occur. Psychic investigator David Asha man burdened by the dark secret of his own pastis sent to Sleath to investigate the phenomena and his discoveries there drive him to the very edge of his own sanity.The incidents grow worse untilin the final night of horrorawesome and malign forces are unleashed in a supernatural storm that threatens to consume the village itself. For Sleath is not what it seems.And the dead have returned for a reason.Layer by layerJames Herbert skilfully unveils Sleath's deadly secrets building to a finale that is breathtakingly horrific in its intensity.'The Ghosts of Sleath' lays claim to being Herbert's finest work yet then 1994 and will thrill millions of readers who are familiar with his stories.See also rja2083 for another SIGNED copy and rja122rja386rja526rja529 rja530and rjaz1289 and rja2096 - rja2100 inclusive for other James Herbert titles. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the value of this itemfor correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! <br />N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE.<br /> N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. <br /><br /><br /></p> LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1994. hardcover
197274197Manosque 1972. Fine. Manosque 17 Juin 1972 10.50 x 15 cm une feuille une enveloppe Autograph postcard signed with 17 lines by Albert T'Serstevens addressed to his friend bookseller and horticulturist Robert Boutin from Anduze on June 17 1972 narrating the rhythm of life he has adopted between work and contemplation of the flourishing nature since he has been residing in the Gard: ""Cher bouquiniste et surtout jardinier depuis exactement un mois je n'ai quitté ma table de travail que pour manger et dormir. les héliantes ont si bien prospéré qu'elles ont couvert toute la plate-bande le long de la façade principale. les vieux tilleuls sont en fleur."" ""Dear bookseller and above all gardener for exactly a month I have not left my work table except to eat and sleep. the sunflowers have thrived so well that they have covered the entire flower bed along the main façade. the old linden trees are in bloom."" Finally he takes leave of his friend by asking him to provide news of himself while waiting to consider returning to Paris. Envelope included. unknown
1961627341961. Fine. 23 juin 1961 13.50 x 21 cm 1 page sur une feuille Signed autograph letter of André Billy written in green ink. Date at the top of the letter and signature at the bottom of the letter. Folding caused by mailing. André Billy writes in this letter that ""Franco-Maurras friendship"" is not new. unknown
199574173Coimbra 1995. Fine. Coimbra s. d. circa 1995 14.50 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard dated and signed with 9 lines entirely written in Brazilian by the writer Antonio Torres addressed to the translator of his works into French Alice Raillard from Guyana. unknown
199583045Coimbra 1995. Fine. Coimbra s. d. circa 1995 14.50 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard dated and signed with 8 lines entirely written in Brazilian Portuguese by the writer Antonio Torres addressed to the translator of his works into French Alice Raillard from Brazil. ""14.7.99 Oi Alice. Daqui terra de Iracema te mando beizos. Saudades. Antonio Torres. E o Henri Està d "" ""14.7.99 Hi Alice. From here land of Iracema I send you kisses. Miss you. Antonio Torres. And Henri Is he okay"" unknown
200068058Coimbra 2000. Fine. Coimbra 25 Janvier 2000 14.50 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard of the Brazilian writer Antonio Torres addressed to the translator of his works in French Alice Raillard from Coimbra on January 25 2000 representing a view of the city. ""Alice a thought to you here in Coimbra where I speak for the public of the university. Pardon for my poor French . Abracos pare voce e Georges my officer!"" unknown
199568151Coimbra 1995. Fine. Coimbra 12 Novembre 1995 14.50 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard dated and signed with 11 lines entirely written in Brazilian Portuguese by writer Antonio Torres addressed to Alice Raillard the French translator of his works from Rome on November 11 1995 depicting Saint Peter's Square. unknown
190062649Paris 1900. Fine. Paris n.d. circa 1900 12.40 x 16.70 cm une page sur une feuille Autograph letter signed by Elémir Bourges written in black ink. Paris date and address of Elémir Bourges at the top of the letter signature at the bottom of the letter. Central fold caused by mailing. Elémir Bourges wrote this letter in response to a request for photographs of the author. He replies that he does not have one and that his correspondent can nevertheless find old clichés in the press coming from Manuel or Waléry two Parisian portrait photographers. unknown
190480519Paris: S. n. 1904. Fine. S. n. Paris 7 avril 1904 14.10 x 9.10 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Frédéric-Auguste Cazals addressed to Emile Straus: ""Souvenir amical - F. A. Cazals Paris 7/4/04"" ""Friendly remembrance - F. A. Cazals Paris 7/4/04"" Some stains. A great enthusiast of epistolary art Emile Straus founded in 1899 La Carte postale illustrée the newsletter of the association he had just launched the International Poste-Carte Club. S. n. unknown
