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22648French director of the Council of the Resistance during World War Two; later French premier. Bold signature in blue fountain pen heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1981 January 20. Fine. With original envelope. Comes with a superb vintage 8½" X 7" glossy news agency photograph of 1947 showing Bidault signing the U.N. Charter. A fine signature and an outstanding and quite scarce photograph. unknown
35112This member of the legendary early colonial Philadelphia family was a famed attorney and sociality of that city active in such organizations as the American Philosophical Society and the Pennsylvania Board of Charities. ADS 1p 5¼" X 6½" Long Branch NJ 1876 July 3. Very good. Minor soiling. Payment order boldly penned in brown ink: "The Bank of North America Phila will please pay to the order of S.A. Howland One Hundred and nine 10/100 dollars." Signed in full. Oval "Paid" inkstamp at lower right not affecting written portion and partial tax stamp at lower left plus the usual cancellation slashes. Interesting and unusual. unknown
31973This British army officer major 7th Light Dragoons and courtier was appointed master of her majesty's household in 1861 and in 1866 named one of the joint keepers of her majesty's privy purse sole keeper after 1867 and as such according to Sir Theodore Martin in "The Life of His Highness the Prince Consort" "he was the last survivor of the three very able men. who had been intimately associated with the prince from their position as leading members of her majesty's household" -- in other words if you wanted to get through to Queen Victoria and the royal family you had to go through him. Third person ANS 1p lettersheet 4 3/4" X 7¼" Buckingham Palace 1869 April 7. Near fine. Mounting traces on verso. Beautifully and boldly penned "Sir Thomas Biddulph is commanded to express the Princess Louise's regret that Her Royal Highness is unable to accede to the request preferred in Miss Lowe's letter of the 5th Inst." Princess Louise 1848-1939 was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Victoria and Albert. unknown
20469This New York painter and illustrator created many murals for the WPA; he is known for his penchant for machinery and all things mechanical in his work. Original ink-and-wash drawing unsigned heavy stock 12" X 12" n.p. n.d. Near fine. Minor age toning. Illustration from his 1950 book "Diesel-Electric 4030" New York: Viking Press a charming scene depicting a small town railroad station tucked into a hillside the station plaque identifies the city as Hudson New York a couple of idle porters sitting around with carts awaiting the next train some buildings and overpass in the background etc. A delightfully moody evocative piece. Very scarce. unknown
21357This influential black musician educator and composer pageant "Rolling Along in Negro Song" 1945 served as choir master of St. Louis's renowned Antioch Baptist Church and as president of the National Association of Negro Musicians 1960-65; one of his most famed pupils was the opera star Grace Bumbry; "Billups Avenue" in St. Louis is named in his honor and he was first recipient of the prestigious W.C. Handy Award in 1969 -- the same year the U.S. honored Handy with a stamp. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled at Memphis TN on May 17 1969 and with "First Day of Issue" marked. Single 6-cent "W.C. Handy Father of the Blues" stamp at upper right. Near fine. No decorative cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address present. Across the "sweet spot" Billups signs bold and large 5"! in black ballpoint. Comes with original 9½" X 4" transmittal envelope bearing Billups name and address printed in his hand at upper left. A most uncommon autograph. 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
22994The principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre in New York died from drug overdose at age thirty. Uncommon large signature heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1984 May 4. Fine. With original envelope. Quite uncommon. unknown
195086569Paris: S. n. 1950. Fine. S. n. Paris s. d. ca 1950 11.50 x 16 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Blaise Cendrars addressed to Luc Estang 16 lines in blue ink. Fold traces inherent to postal handling. Luc Estang has just sent his latest books to Blaise Cendrars who delights in them in advance and thanks him for this: "". je me réjouis d'avance de vous lire. "" "". I look forward with pleasure to reading you. "" S. n. unknown
31627An interesting figure in the history of the Jewish society known as B'nai B'rith was this San Francisco businessman who served as grand secretary of their San Francisco headquarters for many years; when his real estate dealings failed and the grand lodge appeared to be missing a large amount of funds he committed suicide. ADS 1p 8" X 3¼" San Francisco CA 1893 March 28. Very good. Moderately age toned. "Received of Mr. R.C. Hallowell Thirty-Eight dollars in payment of moneys collected for my account" -- apparently a payment on an I.O.U. Boldly signed in full. Dated two years prior to his suicide this might well relate to the financial difficulties that ultimately ended up in Blank "borrowing" from his lodge and taking his life in despair. A San Francisco oddity. unknown
27433This GOP giant chaired the Republican National Committee from 1965 to 1969 turning the Republican Party around after Barry Goldwater's stunning 1964 defeat and culminating in Richard Nixon's 1968 election. TNS 1p 8½" X 11" Columbus OH 1965 February 16. Addressed to Gerald L. Arnholt. Near fine. On "Republican State Central and Executive Committee" letterhead Bliss graciously complies with an autograph request. Also an IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.y. 1965. Very good. Handsome informal closeup of Bliss seated at a table before microphones U.S. flag in background boldly inscribed and signed in black fineline on the blank lower margin: "To Gerald Arnholt / with best wishes / Ray C. Bliss. unknown
25193Herblock" American three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist starting with the "Chicago Daily News" in 1929 and appearing in syndication until his death. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Miami Beach Florida on 1966 July 1 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single 5-cent "The United States Bill of Rights 175th Anniversary " stamp at upper right. Fine. At lower left large and bold Block signs in blue fineline. Block's stamp design shows one hand pushing an oppressive hand captioned "The rights of the people shall not be violated." With original transmittal envelope signed again by Block and bearing return address in his hand. unknown
27426Washington Senators third baseman debuting in 1922 and retiring in 1939. Large bold signature in blue fineline heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1971 August 20. Fine. With original envelope. Accompanied by a superb original black-and-white 1944 news agency glossy photograph International News Photo 8½" X 6½". Original mimeographed newsprint text sheet present. Titled "Vice Pres. Wallace Tosses Out First Ball" this text reads in part: "Vice Pres. Henry Wallace throws out the first ball at the game between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics opening the 1944 season. Vice Pres. Henry Wallace and Ossie Bluege Manager of the Wash. Senators." Standing alongside the ball-throwing veep is a grinning Bluege. A scarce and desireable vintage image. unknown
1960024693Philadelphia / New York: Chilton Company 1960. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12 1/4" Tall. Photographs Throughout. 384 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Silver. A Clean Used Book Frayed At Top Of Spine. This Copy Inscribed 'For Dorothy Gish - One Of My Favorite Friends With Love Danny Blum Christmas 1960". Dorothy Gish Has 20 Mentions In The Book. <br/> <br/> Chilton Company hardcover
25504This past president of the Society of Illustrators 1965-67 specialized in artwork for illustrated paperback covers creating scintillating covers ranging from mainstream to mysteries. Signed Postal Cover 6½" X 3½" n.p. n.y. NOT a First Day Cover but a mint example of Bobertz's 4-cent "Employ the Handicapped" postage stamp is affixed at upper right. At lower left in black ballpoint Bobertz signs large and bold. Accompanied by a TLS 1p 7¼" X 10½" New York NY 1969 October 28. Addressed to Paul Johnston. Near fine. Good content in which the artist discusses his 1960 stamp design. In part: "For quite a time the Employ the Handicapped stamp was used in this area in rehabilitation work and I am happy to see. that it is still useful. I have no idea of how many of these stamps were issued but the Post Office Department reprinted them twice." Small portion of original transmittal envelope present. A nice piece of postal history. unknown
2012058675CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2012. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 287 Pp. Softcover First Printing. Inscribed At Length By The Author To "My Dear Friend Of So Many Years. Enjoy Some Of My Adventures You May Not Have Heard About." And Dated Oct 2012. The Author Joined Ballanchine's New York City Ballet In 1949 When She Was 14 Years Old As The Youngest Dancer. <br/> <br/> CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform paperback
37726Born in Oregon and buried there this Nazi officer served in Hitler's headquarters during part of the war; as a Luftwaffe fighter ace he is credited with downing 10 enemy aircraft; he was also member of the delegation that signed the Nazi surrender document; postwar he became a popular Pan Am station manager at Nuremberg airport. Large bold full signature in blue ink below which he pens "1938 with I / ZG234" heavy stock 5½" X 3½" glazed card n.p. n.y. Fine. Tettelbach served with the ZG26 fighter unit ion 1943-44 so ZG234 must be the unit he served before the war. Very uncommon. unknown
24788This pitcher debuted with the Detroit Tigers in 1920 but his career was short-lived. Bold full signature in blue ballpoint heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. n.y. Near fine. Nice old age example. unknown
15008Prolific New Zealand author of biographies fiction travelogues and more whose many titles include such books as "The Reign of Queen Victoria" 1948 and "No. 10 Downing Street" 1957. TNS 1p 7" X 9" Windsor England 1931 August 18. Addressed to H.D. Trevelyan. Very good. On blue letterhead of "The Deanery / Windsor Castle" Bolitho tells an admirer "I shall be obly too pleased to inscribe any copies of my books you care to send me. I thank you most sincerely for your interest and kind comments." Boldly signed in full. With original envelope. An attractive and early example. unknown
15953This noted diplomat served as French ambassador to the U.S. from 1944 to 1954. TNS 1p 8½" X 11" Washington DC 1947 June 10. Addressed to Kenneth Parker. Fine. On letterhead of "Ambassador de France aux Etats-Unis" Bonnet thanks the Parker Pen Company namesake -- founder George Parker's son -- for sending him a particular new pen "a great favourite of mine." Comes with a 1945 news agency 10" X 8" photograph of Bonnet and others signing the United Nations charter for France. unknown
40755The Lion of Idaho" served 32 years in the U.S. Senate 1907-40; he was a powerful progressive Republican famed for his isolationist views briefly in 1936 considered a presidential contender. Bold full signature on a heavy stock 3¼" X 2¼" card n.p. n.y. Fine. Accompanied by a superb glossy 10" X 8" black and white news agency photograph International News Photo depicting the unveiling of a life-size statue with a row of naval officers at attention on each side of it. Original mimeographed paper label neatly affixed to verso dated 6 June 1947 captions this scene "Honor Late Idaho Senator" and describes it: "Midshipmen from Idaho attend the unveiling of a statue in the rotunda of the Capitol of the late Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. Mrs. Borah the widow is at left center. At right center is Senator Henry C. Dworshak. who accepted the statue in behalf of the U.S. Government following the unveiling ceremony." Also present is the original "United States Senate" transmittal envelope bearing Borah's facsimile free-frank signature at upper right and 19 December 1927 postal cancellation. unknown
37723This German Luftwaffe fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient took part in the Spanish Civil War invasion of Poland Battle of France and Battle of Britain and is credited with downing 132 enemy aircraft in 800 missions mainly on the Eastern Front. PS 3½" X 4 3/4" n.p. n.y. Near fine. Modern sepia-tone print of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young Borchers in uniform wearing his Knight's Cross. There's a faint facsimile signature of Borchers running across the bottom margin and Borchers signs boldly above this in think blue ink. An attractive later life example. unknown
195376377Paris: s. n. 1953. Fine. s. n. Paris s. d. ca 1953 21 x 27 cm 11 feuillets rédigés au recto Manuscript partly unpublished of an article on cabaret nine pages plus two additional pages written in purple ink on perforated squared paper sheets. Numerous deletions and corrections as well as several additions. The sheets are numbered in the upper right margin from 1 to 9 then 12 and 13. The first nine sheets of this text which was never published during Boris Vian's lifetime were transcribed in Les Vies posthumes de Boris Vian by Michel Fauré 1975. The text was erroneously dated 1948 by Fauré: the mention of Samuel Beckett's En attendant Godot whose premiere took place in 1953 makes this dating impossible. An interesting text evoking cabarets and the ""troglodytes"" a fine echo to the famous Manuel de Saint-Germain-des-Prés 1951: ""Let us give back to Saint-Germain-des-Prés what rightfully belongs to it: besides a certain tonnage provided to journalists short of copy this much-decried district - by those who precisely only knew it in its journalistic aspect - is at the origin of the profound transformation of cabaret. Yes there was indeed a reason why intelligent people like Sartre Prévert Camus Merleau-Ponty etc. in short all those who today count in literature or the arts followed with such attention the great movement of the cellars despite the turbulence of the troglodytes and the incongruity of the photographer monkeys despite the muddled activity of a generation of illiterate and boorish journalists despite the vacant curiosity of the gawker and the bitter resentment of the chamber pot emptiers of rue Dauphine."" After briefly evoking jazz a subject on which he is usually dithyrambic Boris Vian devotes the greater part of his text to theater: ""Jazz on one side carved out with great trumpet blows a place in the shade on the engine room side; that is its true environment: a smoky cellar a back room a dark laboratory where the faithful gather. . The musicians finally relaxed. But for their part the actors did not remain inactive."" Visionary Vian senses ""in the air a scent of renewal"" understanding the importance that cabaret theater would assume in the years to come. Two sheets not transcribed in Fauré's work evoke the theatrical avant-garde of the early 1950s: ""And it is no accident if En attendant Godot Samuel Beckett's astonishing play is a clown entrance that lasts two hours deals with nothing in particular poses all problems wrests laughter at the moment when one should be terrified . And it is no accident if the principal interpreter of Beckett's work this pillar of avant-garde theater is a cabaret veteran."" s. n. unknown
195376370Paris 1953. Fine. Paris 23 octobre 1953 21 x 27 cm 14 pages tapuscrites sous chemise 1 enveloppe Complete typescript of a draft film script entitled Le Cow-boy de Normandie. Fourteen typed pages bound in a squared paper cover inscribed in Boris Vians hand: Projet de scénario Boris Vian 6 bis Cité Véron Paris 18e. Accompanied by the original envelope from the S.A.C.D. This script was later reproduced in the collection Rue des ravissantes and adapted as a short film by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat in 2015. This parody of a western tells the story of Jim Lacy a disillusioned cowboy who leaves Nevada in search of a more genuine land: Fleurville in Normandy. Provenance: Fondation Vian. unknown
195476427Paris 1954. Fine. Paris janvier 1954 29.10 x 18.20 cm une carte pliée et une enveloppe Wedding announcement of Boris Vian and Ursula Kübler. On the left panel is mounted a photograph of Vian and his wife in their famous 1911 Brasier Torpedo. Included is the envelope written in Boris Vian's hand in purple ink. Manuscript calculations in green ink on verso. Passionate about mechanics and driving Boris Vian owned numerous car models; his favorite was undoubtedly his 1911 Brasier Torpedo a former Marne taxi which he acquired in spring 1950. The marriage finally took place on February 8 1954 at the town hall of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. unknown
1950762671950. Fine. s. d. circa 1950 21 x 27 cm 8 pages sur 8 feuillets & 10 pages sur 10 feuillets Complete unpublished autograph manuscript of a sketch project by Boris Vian entitled ""Deux heures de colles"". Each bundle containing eight and ten sheets respectively is held together with a staple. The first written in different colored inks and featuring numerous crossings-out additions and small marginal drawings comprises two sheets of ideas for the sketch outline one sheet describing its structure and five sheets of text and stage directions. The second less corrected and entirely written in green ink is a final version of the text incorporating the structure and ideas from the first draft without preserving them in their entirety. In these notes never published nor performed the sketch takes place in a classroom where different teachers take turns delivering lessons in each of their subjects. The audience is supposed to form an assembly of unruly pupils and actively participate in the various activities imagined by Vian. The shameless teachers mistreat the pupils: ""vous êtes des khons de lamentables ratés . quelques interrogations auxquelles je vais procéder maintenant vont vous démontrer mieux qu'un long discours à quel point vous être abrutis."" ""you are fools pathetic failures . a few questions which I shall now proceed with will demonstrate to you better than a long speech just how stupid you are."" The text very humorous and remarkably modern recalls the genre of current ""talk shows"" and their cascades of gags and games. We thus find a large number of fanciful subjects designed to structure the different interventions: ""cours du supporter de match"" ""sports fan class"" ""cours de digest"" ""digest class"" ""cours d'optimisme bourgeois"" ""bourgeois optimism class"" ""cours de liberté"" ""freedom class"" ""cours de diffamation"" ""defamation class"" ""cours d'exploitation de psychanalyse"" ""psychoanalysis exploitation class"" etc. We perceive Vian's nostalgia for the past and his fascination with the future: ""Vous voyez 1900 avec 50 ans de recul avec vos yeux de 1950 mais pour les gens de l'an 2000 1950 sera aussi charmant que 1900 pour nous. Apprenez à voir votre époque avec les yeux de l'an 2000."" ""You see 1900 with 50 years' hindsight with your 1950 eyes but for people in the year 2000 1950 will be as charming as 1900 is for us. Learn to see your era through the eyes of the year 2000."" His love of cars also shows through in the staging of a ""type qui rentre par le fond de la scène dans un bruit effrayant avec sa traction une calandre ou un moteur sous le bras ."" ""fellow who enters from the back of the stage with a frightening noise with his Citroën a grille or engine under his arm ."" Visionary Vian This text is in any case imbued with ecological awareness: ""Le professeur insiste sur le gâchis qui caractérise la société actuelle et l'intérêt par conséquent d'un cours de récupération des produits inutilisés."" ""The teacher insists on the waste that characterizes current society and the interest consequently of a class on recovering unused products."" The brilliant inventor in any case envisages presenting a recycling ""machine"" ""machine"" to his audience. He also denounces under cover of humor the shortage of Parisian housing and its poor layout: ""on ne trouvait pas d'appartement à cause des collectionneurs d'appartements . Ce qui est difficile c'est de vivre dans les appartements qu'on vous propose ; mais quelques-uns de nos anciens élèves qui ont eu la chance de faire un stage dans un immeuble d'essai construit par Le Cornemusier vont vous faire une démonstration. . façon de vivre en rampant en rampant dans les appartements extrêmement bas de plafond."" ""you couldn't find an apartment because of apartment collectors . What's difficult is living in the apartments they offer you; but some of our former students who had the chance to do an internship in a test building con unknown