WOOD, James R (1816-82)Biblio.com
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41873This pioneering New York physician joined Bellevue Hospital in 1847 and worked his way up to chief surgeon along the way helping to found Bellevue Medical College in 1861 and creating the first ambulance service and the first training school for nurses; he championed the "Dissecting Bill" a statute that helped provide cadavers for medical dissection and research for medical students thus eliminating the practice of body snatching and paving the way for instruction using actual bodies as well as textbooks. LS 1p lettersheet 5" X 8" New York NY 1862 April 20. Addressed to Thomas C. Acton 1823-98 New York City police commissioner politician reformer. Very good. Bit of sporadic age toning; original folds none weakened. Wood tells the new appointed 1860 police commissioner that "The bearer Thomas Flynn is anxious of procuring some employment -- I have known him along while and believe him to be an honest worthy and industrious young man -- If you can aid him in any way I shall feel much obliged." Boldly signed in thick brown ink. Wood's plea may just have worked for only a few years later one Thomas Flynn appears in reports issued by the city comptroller's office. An interesting and early piece from the year after the Medical College's founding. unknown
198718Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1987. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This limited first edition has been privately printed and personally signed by author exclusively for members of THE SIGNED FIRST EDITION SOCIETY. Introduction by the author written especially for this edition. Book is bound in top-grain brown leather with raised bands on the spine. Beautiful gilt decoration on front and back and gilt edges illustrations on front pages also b/w photos and yellow silk page-mark ribbon. Book is in Fine condition and is flawless with a tight binding. Protective blue sealed wraparound cover with a gold seal marked "The Franklin Mint" made especially for this special edition some edgewear chips and bumping. 486 pages. Very clean pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on free front page "GORE VIDALl". Superb very desirable special first edition. Franklin Library hardcover
195584466Capri 1955. Fine. Capri s. d. circa 1955 15 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Jean Paulhan 30 lines written in blue ink on the verso of a photographic reproduction showing a view of Capri addressed to publisher Felia Leal notably of the work ""Paroles transparentes"" a work by Jean Paulhan illustrated by Georges Braque. She also wrote children's tales. Jean Paulhan shares his mixed impressions of Italy its landscapes and monuments: ""Il faut renoncer aux paysages trop beaux.Pour les églises et les monuments la meilleure solution je crois serait d'y jeter un coup d'oeil de bien recevoir le choc et puis s'en aller. L'attention affaiblit tout."" ""One must give up landscapes that are too beautiful.For churches and monuments the best solution I believe would be to glance at them receive the shock properly and then leave. Attention weakens everything."" unknown
191080833Alger Algiers 1910. Fine. Alger Algiers s. d. ca 1910 16.30 x 10.60 cm une carte Autograph card signed by Judith Gautier addressed to Céleste Chrétien her housekeeper written in black ink on both sides of a card with letterhead from 30 rue Washington in Paris. Judith regrets leaving her house in Dinard: ""It was kind of you to send us flowers from the garden. It gave us pleasure and regrets because there must still be beautiful days there."" She expresses here her passion for horticulture: ""Every evening I burn a eucalyptus leaf from your trees to perfume my room. The terrace is full of chrysanthemums in bloom and there were three tomatoes that are ripening on my wardrobe."" unknown
191480878Alger Algiers 1914. Fine. Alger Algiers s. d. ca 1914 13.70 x 18 cm 4 pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Judith Gautier addressed to Céleste Chrétien her maid. Four pages written in black ink on a double sheet. Transverse folds inherent to mailing. Judith announces the upcoming visit of a friend to Dinard: ""I come to announce to you today that a young man who is my friend will come to settle in the house next Saturday for the month of June. He wants to be there all alone to finish some urgent musical work. You will give him my room with the dressing room and the room next to it the ground floor in order and the piano well polished."" unknown
191080815Alger Algiers 1910. Fine. Alger Algiers s. d. ca 1910 13 x 7.20 cm une carte Autograph card signed by Judith Gautier addressed to Céleste Chrétien her maid written on both sides in black ink. Judith Gautier did not only employ Céleste for her domestic tasks but also called upon her talents as a seamstress: ""I will send you the 3 meters of taffeta for the guipure. I am hesitating about the color. The dress fits well I wear it over black taffeta undergarments."" unknown
191080880Alger Algiers 1910. Fine. Alger Algiers s. d. ca 1910 12.90 x 17 cm 4 pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Judith Gautier addressed to Céleste Chrétien her maid. Four pages written in black ink on a double sheet. Transverse folds inherent to mailing. Judith Gautier frequently called upon the seamstress talents of her housekeeper: ""J'ai été contente de votre envoi tout allait bien sauf la robe en crêpe de Chine mauve qui était trop courte devant d'au moins 20 centimètres. On peut l'arranger en descendant les lés et en mettant un empiècement. Je vous enverrai d'autres étoffes si vous avez du temps. Mais je cherche un modèle un peu plus nouveau à adopter."" ""I was pleased with your shipment everything was fine except the mauve crepe de Chine dress which was too short in front by at least 20 centimeters. It can be fixed by lowering the panels and adding a yoke. I will send you other fabrics if you have time. But I am looking for a somewhat newer pattern to adopt."" unknown
194784007Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin: S. n. 1947. Fine. S. n. Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin 20 Décembre 1947 13.50 x 21.50 cm une feuille Autograph letter dated and signed by Pierre Mac Orlan 15 lines in turquoise ink to the budding poet Roger Valuet. Fold marks inherent to postal envelope. He urges his young colleague to send him his latest writings: ""Bien sûr ! Envoyez-moi vos poèmes dès que vous les aurez réunis. Je les lirai et vous répondrai à ce sujet."" ""Of course! Send me your poems as soon as you have gathered them together. I will read them and respond to you on the subject."" and hopes to return to the North to see him again: ""Je ne désespère pas de revenir à Arras dans le début de printemps prochain si. Votre vieil ami."" ""I do not despair of returning to Arras at the beginning of next spring if. Your old friend."" Originally from Arras Roger Valuet is a popular writer who signed under the pseudonym Roger Vilard numerous detective and spy novels. At the beginning of his career he was helped by Pierre Mac Orlan who wrote the preface to his first collection of poems. S. n. unknown
194487922Paris 1944. Fine. Paris s.d. ca 1944 13.50 x 18 cm deux pages et demi sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Prince Georges Ghilka 31 lines in black ink on a double sheet with letterhead from the Majestic Hotel in Paris probably addressed to René-Louis Doyon who devoted in 1944 a biography to Isabelle Eberhardt entitled ""Au pays des sables Isabelle Eberhardt"". Fold mark inherent to the mailing. Prince Georges from the House of Ghika a princely family of Romania of Albanian origin married in Paris in 1910 the most famous Amazon of All Paris Liane de Pougy. René-Louis Doyon sent his work to his friend the prince who thanks him for it: ""Nous avons lu votre livre et c'était délicieux comme une causerie avec vous une causerie qui emporte dans ces pays aimés du soleil et d'Isbelle Eberhardt que vous vous plûtes à citer. Merci encore pour ce grand plaisir que vous nous avez donné."" We read your book and it was delightful like a conversation with you a conversation that carries one away to those beloved lands of sun and of Isabelle Eberhardt whom you took pleasure in quoting. Thank you again for this great pleasure you have given us. unknown
191087879s. l.: S. n. 1910. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1910 18 x 11.50 cm une feuille recto verso Autograph signed card from the dandy count 9 lines written in black ink addressed to a friend on cardboard paper: ""Chère amie C'était donc pour ""Femina ! "" Je devrais vous en vouloir moi qui avais prononcé contre ce lieu les formules exécratoires ! Enfin. je pardonne à vous ! A vous Robert de M. 910."" Dear friend So it was for ""Femina!"" I should hold it against you I who had pronounced execratory formulas against this place! Well. I forgive you! Yours Robert de M. 910. S. n. unknown
189883359s. l.: S. n. 1898. Fine. S. n. s. l. 24 Octobre 1898 11 x 14 cm une feuille Autograph postcard signed by the dandy count 13 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""Dear sir I offer you Thursday morning half past eleven between many trunks! to come see me and show La Tour according to the desire you expressed to me. If 2:30 would suit you better would you kindly let me know and receive my friendship. Count Robert de Montesquiou 24 Oct. 14 avenue Bosquet."" S. n. unknown
190583368s. l.: S. n. 1905. Fine. S. n. s. l. Juin 1905 11 x 14 cm une feuille Signed autograph letter from the dandy count on a sealed pneumatic card of 12 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""Cher confrère et ami je viens de vous écrire un mot et mes inquiètudes de garde-malade. Un mot troublé au point de vous adresser je crois au Figaro ce qui devait s'arrêter avant. Cela me donne le plaisir d'inscrire deux fois votre nom apprécié. RM."" ""Dear colleague and friend I have just written you a word and my anxieties as a nurse. A troubled word to the point of addressing you I believe at Le Figaro which should have stopped before. This gives me the pleasure of inscribing your appreciated name twice. RM."" S. n. unknown
190083373s. l.: S. n. 1900. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1900 11 x 14 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count on a closed pneumatic card of 14 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""Cher monsieur il est bien convenu que vous rappelez n'est-ce pas nos fêtes de lundi dans votre numéro de ce soir par un petit entrefilet invitant et signfiant avec l'heure du départ et les attractions etc. Merci et bon sentiment. Cye R.de M."" ""Dear sir it is well understood that you will remind is it not our Monday festivities in your issue this evening with a small inviting and meaningful paragraph with the departure time and attractions etc. Thank you and good feelings. Cye R.de M."" S. n. unknown
196875105Paris 1968. Fine. Paris Mardi 27 février 1968 13.50 x 20.90 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Roger Caillois addressed to Dominique Aury; one page on a leaf written in blue ballpoint pen. Interesting letter concerning the article ""Mémoire interlope"" which would appear in issue 185 of the sixteenth year May 1968 of the Nouvelle Revue Française. At this time Marcel Arland and Jean Paulhan were both directors of the review which they had revived from its ashes in 1953. Roger Caillois's correspondent Dominique Aury also known under the pseudonym Pauline Réage sat on the Reading Committee of the famous Revue. This letter concerns a ""note"" that Roger Caillois asks Dominique Aury not to publish: ""Pour la note comme je l'avais dit à Arland je renonce à la publier. Notre ami la prendrait surement comme une sorte de coup de poignard dans le dos une trahison d'autant plus délibérée que je n'écris pour ainsi dire jamais de note. Elle n'en vaut pas la peine."" ""Regarding the note as I had told Arland I'm giving up publishing it. Our friend would surely take it as a sort of stab in the back a betrayal all the more deliberate since I practically never write notes. It's not worth it."" We could find no trace of this enigmatic note which Roger Caillois is impatient to recover: ""Retournez-la moi voulez-vous. J'en ferai peut-être le noyau d'une étude plus étendue où j'essaierai qu'apparaissent moins irritants que dans ce condensé les rapprochements litigieux."" ""Return it to me would you. I might perhaps make it the core of a more extended study where I will try to make the contentious connections appear less irritating than in this condensed version."" unknown
1860709851860. Fine. 1860 12.50 x 18.50 cm relié Collection comprising copies of several letters and articles regarding the publication of a booklet of poems in favor of the poor. These letters seek to gather subscriptions orders or approval with the protection of the curé of Saint-Sulpice who supported the project; they address both close friends and illustrious figures the Emperor for example religious or educational institutions with charity as their purpose. Contemporary half red sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with romantic tools in mirror. Gilt title: Souvenir d'une amie. Cipher E. R. on the upper board. Lacking marbled endpapers on the first and last blank leaves. A handsome copy. unknown
17890TP107Paris 1789. Four very warm letters from patients obviously post-operative all declaring the utmost respect and thanks to Professor Chopart. One letter is clearly signed Lalouette and the first of March 1789. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS 1792-1872. Born in 1792 Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers. "I wish to have one copy of every book in the world" he declared to a friend. He very nearly succeeded. His collection ultimately grew to more than 100000 books and at least 60000 manuscripts. As a result of his extravagant purchases Sir Thomas was permanently on the verge of bankruptcy and was constantly pursued by creditors. So many books arrived at his house that it was impossible to unpack his acquisitions much less keep pace with them. Visiting scholars driven to distraction would spend days hunting for an elusive text in the dusty heaps that filled every room. Because Sir Thomas has a morbid dread of fire most of his collection was housed in coffinlike boxes that could be carted away quickly. Visitors to Middle Hill were struck too by the presence of numerous logs a ploy he used to lure beetles away from his books. As Sir Thomas relentlessly pursued his passion the house itself began to crumble and its floors started to sag under the cast weight of hundreds of tons of paper. His neglect of Middle Hill was partly deliberate however. Sir Thomas's chief enemy in life James Halliwell had married his daughter against his wishes. It appears that Halliwell was in Sir Thomas' eyes the worst kind of criminal a book thief who had stolen valuable works from university libraries and even from his father-in-law. Having no sons Sir Thomas was unable to prevent Halliwell from inheriting his estate. To ensure that his detested heir would never receive anything of value Sir Thomas's solution was to allow Middle Hill to fall unto complete disrepair. He even went so far as to chop down and sell for lumber the centuries-old oak trees that lined the majestic mile-long drive to his home. In 1863 Sir Thomas decided to move - in order to accommodate his books. With the aid of 160 men 103 wagonloads of books and papers drawn by 230 horses the books were lumbered from Middle Hill top their new estate in nearby Cheltenham. It is said that for years afterwards the countryside was littered with the remains of carts that had collapsed under the sheer weight of the Phillipps collection. Sir Thomas continues to add to his library until his death in 1872. After Sir Thomas's death his immediate family had no room for his collection. So vast was the library that although individual items and large sections were sold privately or through numerous auction sales the Phillipps collection is still being sold more than a century after the death of its owner. In the course of its sales many treasures have come to light. As late as 1964 part of the long-lost and unique medieval manuscript of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses appeared and was subsequently reunited with its other half at Magdalen College Oxford. Once destined for destruction as worthless wastepaper this and many other priceless works were saved by the single-minded obsession of the greatest bibliomaniac of all time. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback
1949010290Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. Signed numbered first edition. Number 30. Hard cover in cloth and limp boards. Published Paris: Imprimerie nationale 1949. 4to. 8 3/4" x 12" 317pp. Text in French. Pale green cloth with gilt titles. Signed by Andolenko on fly leaf. Russian born Serge Andolenko served admirably as French military officer rising to the rank of brigade général of the French Army. "A passionate historian he was renowned for several publications on the French Army and the Imperial Russian Army." Work covers all infantry regiments including infantry of the foot hunters the Zouaves the foreign legion the Moroccan riflemen the African light infantry and the Moroccan Goums. Some uniform sun fade to the spine dust foxing on top edge of page block else near fine clean bright unmarked. A beautiful copy. . Very Good Plus. Hard. 1st. 1949. Imprimerie Nationale unknown
1920045483Washington D.C.: The Lord Baltimore Press 1920. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 304 pages indexed. Hardcover bound in original blue cloth with a front cover design of a three masted ship embossed in gilt. The binding is worn and shows heavy white spotting to the cloth. The inner hinges are secure but the frontis piece is detached and chipped about the edges. Text is toned. INSCRIBED on the front flyleaf "Mrs. Elizabeth A. Weeks / Presented by / Mr. James Sprunt / Wilmington N.C. / Jan. 1922." There are some notations on the front pastedown. Quite scarce. <br/> <br/> The Lord Baltimore Press hardcover
14141President John Tyler's son served in the Mexican War and later as Register of the Treasury of the Confederate States of America. DS 1p 11" X 9" Richmond VA 1864 September 2. Very good. Minor age toning; small mounting trace on verso. "Four Per Cent Registered Bond" a picturesque Confederate bond made out for five hundred dollars and boldly signed by Tyler as Register of the Treasury. Near the top is a handsome engraving depicting a naval battle with a Confederate ironclad ship prominently featured. A handsome and scarce Confederate item. unknown
1944007131New York: Simon & Schuster 1944. Original Typescript . Loose Sheets. Very Good . 6 pp. Typescript carbon marked in pencil "2d copy uncorrected" in Durant's hand but with many handwritten corrections and changes. A Chapter in his "Caesar and Christ" Volume 2 of "The History of Civilization" series. <br/> <br/> (Simon & Schuster) unknown
1939007133Saturday Evening Post 1939. Typescript . Loose Sheets. Very Good . 14 Pp. Typescript Carbon With Many Typewritten Corrections And Minor Handwritten Changes. Probably The Text For One Of His Radio Talks And For His Saturday Evening Post Article. <br/> <br/> Saturday Evening Post unknown
28640Confederate brigadier general and Alabama senator 1877-1907. ALS 1p 7½" X 10" U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead Washington DC 1884 June 16. Addressed to "My Dear Major." Good. Slight age toning. Inquires about the whereabouts of the 21st and 22nd volumes of State Department statutes which should have been sent to him in DC but may have been directed to Selma Alabama. Pencilled draft of a response on the verso in unidentified hand. Uncommon. unknown
197270632Capri 1972. Fine. Capri 20 juillet 1972 10.40 x 15 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Maurice Béjart from Capri addressed to André-Philippe Hersin then in Avignon for the theatre and dance festival. On the verso a drawing depicting the coat of arms of Sir Galahad. The choreographer sends a warm message to the editor of Saisons de la danse whose latest issue he had just read. Hersin was indeed a great champion of Béjarts choreographic style and devoted laudatory articles to him in his journal as well as monographic booklets on his work. unknown
1993049878New York City Ny: Hyperion Books 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 232 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Gilt; Black Boards; Blue-Gray Endpapers. First Printing Indicated 1993. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket; Faint Vertical Crease On Left Free Side Of Title Page. Signed By Both Illustrators On The Title Page Additionally Signed By Both On Half Title Page Next To An Illustration Of The Witch Offering An Apple With Their Greeting "Call Medicare Honey If This Disagrees With You". <br/> <br/> Hyperion Books hardcover
1986047134Stratford Upon Avon: Celandine Press 1986 Book. Illus. by Robert Tilling. As New. Quarter Leather. Signed by Author & By Artist. 1st UK Edition. "Among the English poetry of the last half century Charles Causleys could well turn out to be the best loved and most needed " Ted Hughes. This limited edition contains a selection of his poems with 6 tipped in illlustrations by Robert Tilling. From the Colophon : 300 copies set in Monotype Bembo and printed for the Celandine Press on Arches mould made paper made by Gleen Storhaug at Five Seasons Press. Bound in quarter leather at Smith Settle & Co. Illustrations printed at the Senecio Press This copy is number 62 of the first 75 copies signed on the colophon by both the poet and he artist. Celandine Press hardcover
