THOMAS, Norman (1884-1968)Biblio.com
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15080Known as the "Conscience of America" this Socialist reformer helped found the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920 and ran for U.S. president no fewer than six times; his books include "The Conscientious Objector in America" 1923 and "What's the Matter with New York" 1932. TLS 1p 8½" X 11" New York NY 1956 February 20. Addressed to G.F. Robinson. Fine. Agrees to a speaking engagement and recommends other speakers. Accompanied by a superb 1948 glossy news agency photograph 6½" X 8½" showing Thomas close up testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about a proposed revision of the United Nations Charter. unknown
1928042553New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf 1928. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 297 pages. Bound in red vellum with cover and spine titles on fields of gilt. Clear removable mylar cover over the binding. The binding shows wear and has some foxing. The covers are a bit splayed out at the fore edges since the vellum is generally stiff but flexible. A little wrinkling or bubbling of the paper on the front pastedown. The text is toned at the edges especially at the fore edge. A limited edition SIGNED by Carl Van Vechten on the limitation page. This is #54 of 75 copies printed on "Inomachi Japanese Vellum. <br/> <br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
31845This author specialized in spinning yarns for young adults in such books as "Boy Scouts Afloat; or Scouting on the Mississippi in a House Boat" 1918 "Boy Scouts Courageous: Stories of Scout Valor and Daring" 1918 and "The Hidden Islands" 1920. AMS 1p 8½" X 11" n.p. n.y. Near fine. On custom letterhead Walden neatly prints the name of his latest novel -- "The Voodoo Gold Trail / by / Walter Walden" -- plus title of the first chapter and a lengthy section of the first couple paragraphs signing a second time boldly at the conclusion. While the admirer who wrote him requested an actual working manuscript page Walden instead has neatly written out this passage -- though likely he copied it off of his original manuscript for it bears words and phrases which he's crossed out. From the collection of Albert Johannsen author of "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" University of Oklahoma Press 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. Also present is a copy of "The Voodoo Gold Trail" Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1922 a very good first edition of this small 8vo volume in blue cloth. unknown
2002010126NY: Harry N. Abrams. Signed First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N. Abrams 2002 first printing. Folio 9 3/4" x 13" 336pp. 776 illustrations 100 plates in full color. Boldly inscirbed by author to cartoonist Mary Anne Case: "To Mary Anne A true cartoonist and comics fan - Brian Walker." Pictorial laminated boards color pictorial endpapers. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear at the spine ends. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 2002. Harry N. Abrams unknown
1968009199Wien: Wilhelm Frick. Signed by Maria von Trapp. Hard cover. Text in german. Published Wien: Wilhelm Frick 1968. Oblong 8vo. cloth and laminated boards xiii132pp. plus 9pp. recto printed foldout of song lyrics in English illustrations by Agathe Trapp. Signed by Maria von Trapp on flyleaf. Very good. . Very Good. Hard. 1968. Wilhelm Frick unknown
18013Cartooning duo who produced the popular "There Oughta Be a Law" syndicated comic strip 1963-81 begun by Al Fagaly in 1944 through 1963. Original India ink drawing 1p 12½" X 9¼" n.p. 1976 December 23. Near fine. Single panel depicting what we assume to be the cartoonists themselves their features are mostly hidden hard at work before drafting tables. Under the heading "Last-Minute Gift Suggestion Dep't." one of the pair asks "What can I get for my wife that's quite expensive but not too flashy" The other replies "How about a jar of instant coffee" Conclusion: "Today's LAW: 'And nothing is stirring in our house either!'" Pencilled draft faintly visible beneath. In addition to the neatly lettered "Whipple and Borth" signature at lower left this piece is signed a second time in "think pink" ink. unknown
37721Nicknamed the "Lion of Kuban" by Russian fighters this German Luftwaffe fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient is credited with downing 133 enemy aircraft plus 25 more unconfirmed in 480 combat missions on the Eastern front -- most memorably shooting down 12 aircraft in a single mission. IPS heavy stock 6¼" X 8 3/4" n.p. 29 July 1988. Fine. Modern black and white print of a postwar head-and-shoulders portrait of Wiese in uniform boldly signed and inscribed by him in blue fineline near the bottom: "ObL. Johannes Wiese / To illegible / 1960 bis 1966 / illegible 29.07.88." Very high quality example. unknown
14918On letterhead of J. Pearson & Co. Rare Books and Autographs 5 Pall Mall Place London. 'Telegraph & Cable Address Parabola London.' 20 May 1903. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. In something of a hard sell he begins by stating that 'the "Sir Philip Sidney" letter of which I showed you a facsimile the other day . seems to me peculiarly suitable for your collection'. In support of the letter's 'exceptional rarity' he cites 'a letter of Thorpe's the expert of autographs of his day dated 1839 accompanying the autograph & giving its pedigree in which he says "I never saw a letter of Sidney's for sale except the present"' adding that 'no other autograph of his has occurred since'. With the letter is one of 'his very famous sister' Mary 'and also a very fine document signed by his father Sir Henry Sidney whose autograph I have not before seen'. He considers it 'most desirable' to keep the three items together 'and bind them with their portraits into a volume which I venture to say would be not only unique but of almost unequalled interest'. Our catalogue price of the collection is £350 and compared with the Ben Jonson letter sold at Sotheby's the other day for £320 it must be cheap'. He harps on about scarcity and prices adding 'The price I mention is what they are marked for catalogue The best I could do for you is £300'. He offers to post the items 'or could you come in either tomorrow or Friday before 1 oclock'. In a postscript signed 'CES' he states that the binders Riviere's consider 'the cases on the Bunyans . fireproof being lined with asbestos. An American Agent who tells us he has seen them tested is having all his valuable books put into cases.' If Reed does visit the firm's premises Shepherd can show him 'a beautiful perfect copy of the first "Breeces" Bible printed in England in 1876. There was no copy in the "Caxton" Bible Exhibition 1877 and Lowndes could never have seen a perfect copy as his collation is wrong.' On letterhead of J. Pearson & Co., Rare Books and Autographs, 5 Pall Mall Place, London. ('Telegraph & Cable Address, Parabola, unknown
194184462s. l.: S. n. 1941. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1941 9.50 x 7.50 cm une feuille Autograph signed carte de visite by Alphonse de Chateaubriant 5 lines written in blue ink addressed to Georges Normandy thanking him for having sent him his work ""Le père Decorne et ses semblables"" recently published. A small black ink stain in the upper right margin of the card thin adhesive strips in the right and left margins of the verso of the card. S. n. unknown
195485235Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1954. Fine. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 27 Septembre 1954 14.50 x 11 cm une enveloppe Handwritten envelope addressed by Jean Cocteau to his friend Olivier Quéant sent from Saint Jean Cap-Ferrat 4 lines in blue ink. unknown
195185234Milly-la-Forêt 1951. Fine. Milly-la-Forêt 8 Janvier 1951 14.50 x 11 cm une enveloppe Handwritten envelope addressed by Jean Cocteau to his friend Olivier Quéant sent from his house in Milly-la-Forêt 4 lines in black ink. unknown
197173355Sommières 1971. Fine. Sommières 12-02-1971 10.50 x 14.50 cm une carte postale et enveloppe Autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in red felt-tip pen on the reverse of a reproduction of a small poster Mystification conceived by Jacques Yonnet "". Keep your head above water - Prolonged immersion of nose and mouth can cause fatal asphyxia"" with attached press clipping ""direct with a virile gland."" envelope included. The writer informs his young Montpellier lover about his upcoming travels: ""Buttons. Je ne vous crois pas ! je suis ici pour 15 jours encore - puis Genève pour une semaine"" ""Buttons. I don't believe you! I'm here for another 15 days - then Geneva for a week"". After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence from the British Crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Tartès house"" his grand residence surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked at the Antiquities department of the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional letters that remain unpublished. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
193483171Paris 1934. Fine. Paris 20 avril 1934 13.50 x 21 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed on letterhead of the periodical ""Le journal"" by Lucien Descaves 15 lines in blue ink probably addressed to Raymond Escholier who published at Floury in 1934 a biography of Honoré Daumier. Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion. ""20 avril 34 Cher ami. Je suis désolé de vous avoir oh ! bien involontairement contrarié mais je rendais compte de votre livre comme je parlerai de celui que vous allez m'envoyer et que j'attends avec impatience. Alors je dirai ce que Daumier vous doit et ne doit pas à Suarès. Si j'aime Daumier et ses amis . Vous verrez cela ! A bientôt cher ami le plaisir de dîner ensemble et cordialement vous. Lucien Descaves."" ""20 April 34 Dear friend. I am sorry to have oh! quite involuntarily upset you but I was reviewing your book as I will speak of the one you are going to send me and which I await with impatience. So I will say what Daumier owes you and does not owe to Suarès. If I love Daumier and his friends. You will see that! See you soon dear friend for the pleasure of dining together and cordially yours. Lucien Descaves."" unknown
191064371Paris 1910. Fine. Paris 1910 13.50 x 21.50 cm un feuillet remplié Autograph letter signed by Paul Mounet probably addressed to an actress 30 lines in black ink on laid paper with the address of the coffee Regency in mind. Folds inherent to the enveloping. The missive deals with the details of a forthcoming theatrical production that Mounet then comedian at the Comédie-Française insists with insistence to his interlocutor: "" I must have permission - to play outside the French"" unknown
191073229Hendaye 1910. Fine. Hendaye s. d. 11.30 x 9 cm une feuille Autograph note by Pierre Loti signed Julien Viaud. 8 lines in black ink on a card. ""Malade depuis hier matin je ne puis aller jusqu'à vous. J'aurais grand plaisir à vous voir ce soir entre 5 et 6h si vous n'avez rien de mieux à faire - où bien demain soir à la même heure si vous ne pouvez pas aujourd'hui"". ""Ill since yesterday morning I cannot come to you. I would have great pleasure in seeing you this evening between 5 and 6 o'clock if you have nothing better to do - or tomorrow evening at the same time if you cannot today"". unknown
197362631Paris 1973. Fine. Paris 19 mai 1973 21 x 29.70 cm une page sur une feuille Autograph letter signed by Robert Amadou to Mrs. Charmer-Leroy written in blue ink. Address of Robert Amadou at the top left stamp dâte at the beginning of the letter address of the recipient on the back of the letter. Traces of creases caused by mailing. The author writes this letter following a letter from his correspondent. He offers to meet her to exchange with her ""things we love - the only ones worth living ."". unknown
1967757891967. Fine. s. d. ca 1967 15.70 x 10.80 cm une carte postale Handwritten signed postcard addressed to Juan Luis Buñuel s.dca 1967 15.7 x 10.8 cm a postcard Handwritten postcard signed by Alexander Calder addressed to Juan Luis Buñuel on the back of a reproduction of a painting by Georges de La Tour. Two small perforations in the left margin of the card as is usual in Juan Luis Buñuel's collection. ""La paix ! la paix ! la paix ! pour 1968 Vanvis - I don't understand why I'm always leaving messages and never getting an answer. I was sorry not to see you in Barcelone. It is a beautiful snow. Love to you and Carmen and children. Sandro"" In 1939 Luis Buñuel who had just received an offer to work in Hollywood decided with his wife and child to leave the chaotic situation in Europe to go and live the American Dream. The penniless Buñuels initially spent a few precarious months living in New York. Luis Buñuel found himself forced to ask Dalihis longstanding friend in exile along with Gala during these yearsto lend him some money. His request was refused in no uncertain terms putting an end to the two men's friendship. Thus it was Calder whom Luis had perhaps already met in Paris in the 1920s who put the whole family up in his Upper Side apartment. Juan Luis Buñuel the artist's godson sensed that his interest in sculpture began in this same period: When Dali told my father he would not lend him any money he contacted him Calder. He offered his house to us and we lived with his family for a time. I can only vaguely remember it but it was then that I started to become interested in sculpture and he encouraged me Anton Casto Juan Luis una entrevista. Despite the geographical distance that would come to separate them Alexander Calder would remain a friend of the Buñuel family. The relationship between the artist and the film-maker is however almost entirely absent from the biographies and this correspondence is a rare testimony to the profound connection between the sculptor and the Buñuel family. unknown
1967753961967. Fine. s. d. ca 1967 15.70 x 10.80 cm une carte postale Handwritten signed postcard addressed to Juan Luis Buñuel s.dca 1967 15.7 x 10.8 cm a postcard Handwritten postcard signed by Alexander Calder addressed to Juan Luis Buñuel on the back of a reproduction of his work On the High Wire. Two small perforations in the upper margin of the card as is usual in Juan Luis Buñuel's collection. What an incredible face Luis had I was glad to see Belle de Jour for the first time. In 1939 Luis Buñuel who had just received an offer to work in Hollywood decided with his wife and child to leave the chaotic situation in Europe to go and live the American Dream. The penniless Buñuels initially spent a few precarious months living in New York. Luis Buñuel found himself forced to ask Dalihis longstanding friend in exile along with Gala during these yearsto lend him some money. His request was refused in no uncertain terms putting an end to the two men's friendship. Thus it was Calder whom Luis had perhaps already met in Paris in the 1920s who put the whole family up in his Upper Side apartment. Juan Luis Buñuel the artist's godson sensed that his interest in sculpture began in this same period: When Dali told my father he would not lend him any money he contacted him Calder. He offered his house to us and we lived with his family for a time. I can only vaguely remember it but it was then that I started to become interested in sculpture and he encouraged me Anton Casto Juan Luis una entrevista. Despite the geographical distance that would come to separate them Alexander Calder would remain a friend of the Buñuel family. The relationship between the artist and the film-maker is however almost entirely absent from the biographies and this correspondence is a rare testimony to the profound connection between the sculptor and the Buñuel family. unknown
1936032534New York: Ihra Publishing Company 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 37 Pp. Finely Printed On Glossy Paper. Black Cloth With White Cover Label. Inscribed "To --- With Deepest Appreciation May You Always Be Happy Annia" On Front Free Endpaper; Also Inscribed "Lovingly" By Her In Blue Ink Which May Be Printed But Nothing Else In Book Is Printed In Blue On Breyman's Frontispiece Photograph Of Her Legs And Feet En Pointe. Also With A Christmas Gift Tag "For Betty T-M From Comical Heads Of A Couple"; The Inscription Is To Actress And Dance Fan Elizabeth Talbot-Martin And Is From Her Estate. Book Is Fine Except For Browning To Endpapers Along Spine Edge From Binder's Glue And In A Fine White And Black As New Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> Ihra Publishing Company hardcover
1928040030New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. Plates. Xvi 409 Pp. Maroon Cloth. Binding Worn Gilt Dulled But Readable. Front Hinge Cracked Between Half Title And Frontispiece. Small Frays At Corners. Signed By Sothern Dated Feb 2 '29; Also Signed By F. Tennyson Neely John R. Daw George L. Ramsay And Beatrice And Isabel Coss. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1962042101New York: Doubleday & Company 1962. First Edition 1st Printing. Grey Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Xvi 460 Pp. Grey Cloth Gilt On Blue. Stated First Edition. Personally Inscribed In Ink To Recipient A Colllector Of First Editions And Political Books By Nixon In Ink On Half Title And Dated In 1982. Light Wear Gilt Bright No Fraying. Lacking The Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> Doubleday & Company hardcover
19601184Washington DC: Original 1960. Ephemera. Very Good. Photograph and Letter TLS LOT. Archive of Florida/Louisiana Political Material INCLUDING:<br /> <br /> 1 - TLS Typed Letter Signed - US Senator George Smathers to Dr. James Rupert - September 27 1952 - RE: Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Campaign of 1952 SECRETARIAL SIGNATURE - With original carbon transmittal letter.<br /> 2 - TLS Typed Letter Signed - US Representative William C. Cramer to Dr. James Rupert - September 18 1962 - RE: United Nations Bond proposal & The Farm Bill of 1962<br /> 3 - TLS Typed Letter Signed - US Senator George Smathers to Dr. James Rupert - August 16 1963 - RE: The Communist Threat "I am sure you know that I am opposed to aid to countries dominated by the Communists."<br /> 4 - TLS Typed Letter Signed - US Senator George Smathers to Dr. James Rupert - November 1 1963 - RE: Sale of "surplus wheat" to Russia. - With original carbon transmittal letter.<br /> 5 - TLS Typed Letter Signed - US Senator George Smathers to Dr. James Rupert - February 14 1966 - RE: The Communist Threat "We will eventually win this battle of survival in which are engaged against the Communist menace."<br /> 6 - FIVE 5 Original carbon transmittal letters from Dr. Rupert. Four to Senator Smathers and one to Congressman Sydney Herlong Jr. Florida<br /> 7 - One large 11 X 14 B/W Photograph signed and inscribed by Governor of Louisiana Robert Kennon to "The Jacksonville Beach Democrats for Eisenhower" of which Dr. Rupert appears to have been President<br /> 8 - One 6 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inch B/W Photograph of Dr. James Rupert<br /> <br /> Senator George Smathers was the United States Senator from Florida 1951 to 1969. Senator Smathers and Dr. J.A. Rupert were friends and political allies. Smathers AKA "Gorgeous George" was a noted friend of John F. Kennedy and served as an usher in John and Jackie Kennedy's wedding. Smathers was noted alumni of the University of Florida and is the namesake of the main campus library The George A. Smathers Libraries. Original unknown
19962581Washington DC: Original Letter 1996. Original Letter. Single Sheet. Near Fine. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond signed letter TLS regarding the final passage of "Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996". The Act of Congress set out to increase control over immigration in the United States by increasing border patrol and personnel at detention facilities along the border. The Act also attempted to improve the system used by employers to verify citizenship and increase the penalty for those involved in any aspect of illegal immigration to the United States. <br /> <br /> Senator Strom Thurmond from South Carolina was the longest serving Senator in United States history. Known for his stance against the Civil Rights bills of 1957 and 1964 Thurmond was widely recognized for his seemingly obvious racial bias. An important letter from the then Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committe and a reminder of the immigration troubles of the Clinton administration not unlike those of today. Fold-marks and stamp of reciept from the Children's Services Board of Fort lauderdale FL. Original Letter unknown
1951050132Mexico: Libra 1951. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 184 4 pages. Softcover in blue wrappers. Binding is rubbed has toning at edges of covers as well as scuffs. Spine is toned has some damp spots. Prior owner's bookplate inside front cover. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf as well as on a small card laid in loosely the card was paper-clipped to the page and the paperclip as been removed. Text is generally clean. Pages are still unopened joined together at the top edges. Scarce copy. Text is in Spanish. <br/> <br/> Libra paperback
30615Da Schnozz" beloved piano-playing comedian of vaudeville Broadway radio film and television. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. ca. 1960. Near fine. Light tape stain at each corner. Heavy stock matte finish portrait a typical grinning head shot adjusting his tie placed within a large darkened profile that shows off his proboscis to good effect. Boldly inscribed in blue ballpoint in a light area left of center "To / Donald / my very / Best / Wishes / Jimmy Durante." Charming. unknown
