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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
28278This Ohio politician served that state as a representative 1911-15 and as senator 1930-39. TNS 1p 8" X 10½" Washington DC 1938 March 26. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar ARNOLD F. GATES 1914-93. Very good. Lightly evenly age toned; staple hole near top center. On United States Senate letterhead Bulkley sends "a copy of the bill claiming damages for homes destroyed by Civil War soldiers. which is now pending before the Senate Claims Committee." Large bold full signature in blue fountain pen. Also present is the aforementioned printed bill 1p 7½" X 11" Washington DC 1937 January 11. Very good. Bit of minor wear and age toning along bottom edge. "S. 597" 75th Congress 1st Session being "A Bill to repeal the prohibition upon the filing of Civil War claims." Introduced by Tennessee senator Kenneth D. McKellar 1869-1957 this unusual bill sought to repeal a 1915 statute that restricted certain types of Civil War-related damage claims. Whether or not this bill passed the Senate we have not determined. unknown
41409This long-serving U.S. Army officer is most noted for commanding "The Big Red One" -- the 1st Infantry Division -- during the successful Battle of Cantigny in World War One; although in the Battle of Montfalcon his refusal to obey orders cost the 79th Division huge casualties. Attractive "Signature / Yours sincerely / Robert Lee Bullard / Lt. Gen. Rtd." penned on a buff heavy stock 5½" X 3¼" penny postcard n.p. postal cancellation Grand Central Annex NY n.y. postal cancellation 13 January 1934. Near fine. Address portion boldly addressed in Bullard's hand to Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. unknown
19983Noted Chicago medical figure -- as Chicago's long-time coroner was the chief investigator into the St. Valentine's Day massacre February 14 1929 and was on the scene within a half hour of the slaughter; he later served as the president of the Chicago Board of Health. TLS 1p 8½" X 11" Chicago IL 1958 January 14. Addressed to Warren A. Reeder. Near fine. On Board of Health letterhead Bundesen declines an invitation to speak before the Hammond Indiana Board of Realtors: ".we are so short of personnel in the Department and I have so many commitments due to the pressure of time I will have to deprive myself of this privilege." Large full signature in blue ballpoint. Rather uncommon. unknown
25622This pioneering American horticulturist developed more and better varieties of numerous cultivated plants. Trimmed TNS irregular 5½" X 2" tipped to pristine cream-colored 6" X 3 3/4" autograph album leaf n.p. n.y. Very good. Though strangely trimmed most of the content of this brief note is legible and it reads in part missing portions hazarded in brackets: "Athough I receive thousands on thousands of letters to answer I forward to you today the three Royal walnut trees. I have selected some wonderful ones for you and believe they will fulfill your expectation." Large bold signature. Though place and date aren't indicated this note was received by noted collector Preston Sawyer 1899-1968 California journalist and historical writer a fellow resident of Burbank's city of Santa Rosa California. An interesting example. unknown
27452Popular French operatic tenor. TLS in French 1p 8½" X 11" Paris France 1967 January 16. Addressed to Irving Schwerke 1893-1975 American pianist and music critic. Near fine. Not translated but a chatty letter to his old American friend who was an expatriate in the 1920s and '30s but had repatriated to Wisconsin by this time -- mentions what he's doing. being in excellent health at age 75. having three children ages 18 16 and 14 etc. With original envelope addressed in Burdino's hand. unknown
40765This adventurer a popular speaker and lecturer made the first complete canoe voyage of the Columbia River from British Columbia to the Pacific in 1925; he was also the first to navigate an inflatible rubber raft down the Colorado River and film it in "Conquering the Colorado" which won an Academy Award in 1939 for best short subject. Bold pencilled "Amos Burg / Astoria / Dec 7 '39" on a heavy stock 4½" X 2½" card. Near fine. Minor mounting traces on verso. Unusual vintage example from the height of his fame. unknown
26985American illustrator and humorist. DS 1p 8½" X 11" n.p. New York NY 1923 October 6. Fine. Printed updating form sent out by "Who's Who" for its 1924-25 edition on yellow paper with Burgess's 2½" X 3" biographical entry from the previous edition affixed to the blank center area. Burgess makes a few minor corrections to this in ink and typewriter and signs and dates it at the close. Unusual form. 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
28709This New Hampshire attorney and newspaper editor "New Hampshire Argus" was elected to Congress in 1839 serving until 1845 -- whereupon he became the second Commissioner of Patents serving until 1850. NS 1p 7 3/4" X 9 3/4" Washington DC 1845 August 16. Addressed to Colonel Gardner. Very good. Forwards to Gardner "two newspapers the New York Observer and Saturday Courier which are probably sent to this office by mistake." Attractively penned boldly signed. unknown
24446Legendary longevous comedian of radio film and television with wife Gracie Allen; ironically his late-life film "The Sunshine Boys" with Walter Matthou in 1976 earned him an Oscar and began the second phase of his career. Signed Postal Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in the city of Burns' birth New York New York on the day of his birth January 20 1974. Single 8-cent "George Gershwin" stamp at upper right. Fine. At the center Burns pens large and bold in blue ballpoint "Best -- / George Burns." Small portion or original transmittal envelope also present. An enterprising envelope honoring another George cancelled in an appropriate place on an appropriate date. Most unusual! unknown
41410The son of famed naturalist John Burroughs was himself a noted writer landscape painter photographer and architect. ANS 1p buff heavy stock 5½" X 3" penny postcard West Park NY 1 January 1952. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Near fine. Nice recap of his father's work reading in part: "There is just published an anthology of father's writings -- 'John Burroughs America' -- Devin-Adair Co -- I could recommend 'Riverby' 'Far & Near' or 'Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt.' Dr Clara Barrus wrote 'Whitman & Burroughs' -- also in her 'Life & Letters of John Burroughs' there is much about their friendship." Address portion also penned in Burroughs' hand. A handsome example with nice content. unknown
37941This Luftwaffe ace downed ten enemy aircraft during World War Two and earned the Knight's Cross; he was captured later in the war and imprisoned. PS 10" X 8" n.p. n.y. Fine. High quality modern glossy black and white print of a WW2-era photograph of Burschgens crouched atop his plane's cockpit. In a light area at upper right he signs boldly in black fineline adding the military abbreviation "7/J.G.26S." 7 Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter. A great example signed later in life. unknown
35111This naval officer served in the Spanish-American War the Boxer Uprising in China and World War One in which he commanded the U.S.S. San Francisco; in 1927 he was named rear admiral and from 1931 to 1933 commanded the Washington Navy Yard then took command of the Battle Force Aircraft Squadrons until 1936. TNS 1p 5½" X 6 3/4" .p. 1935 April 24. Addressed to Louis Thuringer. Near fine. Embossed "Commander Aircraft Battle Force" letterhead with 3-star flag insignia. Cordial note regretting he has no photograph to send handsomely signed. unknown
42106This American poet published his first collection "An Ode to Harvard and Other Poems" in 1907 acting as editor at "McClure's Magazine" briefly and taking part in the famed Spectra literary hoax in 1916; in 1922 he relocated to Santa Fe and became a mainstay of the rich literary scene there publishing poetry collections until 1960. ANS 1p 5¼" X 7 3/4" New York NY 1917 September 26. Addressed to Ms. Stearne. Good plus. Inoffensive mounting traces on verso cause tiny ¼" paper loss at upper right; several small paper losses along original vertical center fold not affecting text. On pale grey pictorial letterhead of Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco the poet pens a brief cryptic but cordial note in thick black ink: "A long while after and in a rattling hurry -- but with appreciative thanks and good wishes!" and signs nicely beneath. An attractive example despite noted flaws. unknown
41407This American poet published his first collection "An Ode to Harvard and Other Poems" in 1907 acting as editor at "McClure's Magazine" briefly and taking part in the famed Spectra literary hoax in 1916; in 1922 he relocated to Santa Fe and became a mainstay of the rich literary scene there publishing poetry collections until 1960. TNS 1p 6" X 7" Santa Fe NM 4 September 1941. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Near fine. On his personal letterhead Bynner thanks an admirer for birthday greetings adding "Before leaving Mexico we out our house there in fairly good order so that I hope the next time I am there instead of being with carpenters masons and painters I shall be busy with a manuscript." Boldly signed in black ink. Accompanied by a delightful 7" X 9½" sepia-tone printed photograph a half-length right-facing portrait in bow tie and hat. Published in Volume 7 Number 4 of the literary magazine "The Mentor" 1919 with biographical text on verso. A superb pair. unknown
1928007822New York 1928: White-Smith Music Publishing Co. 1928. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Large Size Sheet Music Folio Nicely Inscribed By Cadman. Per Wikipedia Charles Wakefield Cadman 1881 - 1946 Was An American Composer. For 40 Years He Worked Closely With Nelle Richmond Eberhart Who Wrote Most Of The Texts To His Songs Including Four American Indian Songs. She Also Wrote The Librettos For His Five Operas Two Of Which Were Based On Indian Themes. He Composed In A Wide Variety Of Genres. He Was Greatly Influenced By American Indian Music Which He Had Been Studying Especially Through The Work Of Ethnologists Alice Fletcher And Francis La Flesche. Fletcher And La Flesche Had Studied The Omaha Tribe And Recorded Their Music And Stories. Having Published Several Articles On American Indian Music Cadman Became Regarded As One Of The Foremost Experts On The Subject. In 1908 He Began Touring To Present Lectures Known As The "Indian Talk" Or "Indian Music Tour" Accompanied By The Performance Of Native American Music And His Own Compositions. Tsianina Redfeather Muscogee / Cherokee Billed As "Princess Redfeather" Performed As A Singer On Some Of His Tours. Her Signature Song Was Cadman's "From The Land Of The Sky-Blue Water". Another Such Song Was "At Dawning" Which Became Widely Known In The 1920S. Cadman Toured Both The Us And Europe For 25 Years To Present This Lecture. Cadman Drew From Omaha And Iroquois Songs For His Four American Indian Songs Op. 45 Which Became His First Commercial Success In 1909. This Was Aided By Performances Of These Songs By Noted Soprano Lillian Nordica Who Was On A Concert Tour. In The Summer Of 1909 He Went To Nebraska To Study The Music And Traditional Instruments Of The Omaha And Winnebago Tribes. He Lived With The People On Their Reservations Learning To Play Their Instruments. During His Trip To The West He Met Francis La Flesche An Omaha Ethnologist Who Was Working With The Smithsonian Institution On Studies Of The Omaha And Osage Peoples. Cadman Assisted Him In Making Recordings On Wax Cylinders Of Traditional Songs. These Works Are Now Held By The Library Of Congress And Some 60 Songs Are Available Online. Cadman Drew From La Flesche's Recordings And He Was Also Interested In His Stories Collected From These Peoples. They Began Work That Year On An Opera; Cadman Had Already Started To Pull Melodies From Three Printed Collections Of Omaha And Pawnee Music Published By Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher Who Also Was With The Smithsonian. The Songs Were Transcribed Or Harmonized By Others. Cadman And Eberhart Worked Closely With La Flesche By Mail And He Continued To Provide Cadman With Omaha Melodies For The Opera. They Were Not Permitted To Use Melodies Which La Flesche Had Collected For An As Yet Unpublished Report For The Smithsonian. Together With Librettist Nelle Richmond Eberhart Cadman And La Flesche Worked Together For About Three More Years To Create An Opera Based On Omaha Stories And Music. Cadman Made Occasional Indian Music Tours To Raise Money For The Project. He Moved To Denver In 1911. Cadman Completed The Music For Da O Ma 1912 And Sought A Venue For It But It Was Never Produced Or Published. It Was Rejected By The Boston Opera Company The White-Smith Music Publishing Company Which Had Published Numerous Songs By Cadman; And The Metropolitan Opera. In The Course Of Their Work The Team Had Changed The Opera From An Omaha To Sioux Lakota/Dakota Setting. Cadman Did Gain Some Distribution For This Music: Selections From The Opera Were Published By White-Smith In 1917 As A Piano Suite And By Boosey In 1920 As An Orchestral Suite. <br/> <br/> White-Smith Music Publishing Co. paperback
24559This American artist's unorthodox WPA tempera murals "The Fleet's In!" hints at homosexuality in a style that came to be known as "magic realism" catapulted him to fame and controversy; male nudes were a favorite subject. Large bold signature in blue ballpoint heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1976 June 1. Fine. With original envelope. A handsome example in Cadmus's superb script. unknown
14707Tobacco Road" and "God's Little Acre" both 1932 are but two of this prolific Southern novelistís works. PS 4¼" X 6" n.p. n.d. Very good. Handsome black and white postcard portrait from 1980 with a large smudged signature across the front and an old-age "To Rick Harwell / from / Erskine" on the verso. With original envelope. Harwell 1915-88 was a noted civil War scholar who assembled the largest collection among other things of Erskine Caldwell editions. unknown
1984007680Rockland Maine: William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum. Signed first edition limited to 500 numbered copies copy # 128. Hard cvoer. Published Rockland Maine: William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum 1984 first printing. Oblong 4to. 9 1/2" 11 5/8" 134pp. illustrated with color and b/w plates. Black cloth with gilt titles and gray paper over boards art endpapers. Some dust foxing along top edge of page block else very good. Lacking the dust jacket. . Very Good. Hard. 1984. William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum unknown
189983424s. l.: S. n. 1899. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1899 15 x 19.50 cm 8 feuillets Autograph manuscript signed entitled ""La force et la destruction"" about Paul Adam's novel La Force which has just been published 8 leaves in blue ink with some corrections. The article was certainly published in the Revue Blanche. In this laudatory critique of the novel La Force published by Paul Ollendorff: "". c'est un très grand poème épique."" "". it is a very great epic poem."" as well as of Paul Adam's already prolific work: ""Un écrivain qui à trente-cinq ans avant ce livre en a signé vingt-trois autres dont aucun n'est médiocre et dont dix sont de premier ordre."" "". un inépuisable agitateur d'idées d'aperçus de rêves et de beautés."" ""A writer who at thirty-five before this book had signed twenty-three others none of which is mediocre and ten of which are first-rate."" "". an inexhaustible agitator of ideas insights dreams and beauties."" Camille Mauclair demonstrates to the readers of the Revue Blanche of socialist and anarchist allegiance that Paul Adam is one of them: ""Mais le peuple ne sait peut-être pas combien ce romancier cet artiste de style est près de lui dévoué à sa cause véritablement son apôtre en face de la bourgeoisie. c'est en luttant de front contre les iniquités les laideurs et les égoïsmes de la classe possédante que M. Adam a imposé son nom."" ""But the people perhaps do not know how close this novelist this artist of style is to them devoted to their cause truly their apostle in the face of the bourgeoisie. it is by fighting head-on against the iniquities ugliness and selfishness of the possessing class that Mr. Adam has established his name."" Despite success and unlike many of his fellow poets and novelists Paul Adam has not gone astray: "". un mandarin des lettres refugié dans des rêves compliqués et indifférents à l'époque aux souffrances et aux injustices."" "". les autres décadents égotistes ou symbolistes. se réfugiaient prudemment dans la tour d'ivoire ou dans les honteux culte du moi en attendant l'académisme ou le suffrage des snobs."" "". a literary mandarin taking refuge in complicated dreams and indifferent to the times to suffering and injustices."" "". the other decadents egoists or symbolists. prudently took refuge in the ivory tower or in the shameful cult of the self awaiting academicism or the approval of snobs."" and is animated by an acute political and social consciousness: "". sa voix fut une des plus éloquentes parmi celles qui saluèrent dans l'anarchisme les beaux côtés de sa morale civique l'idéal internationaliste la haine des castes le relèvement de l'individu considéré comme unité et commune mesure de la société."" "". Au moment où la panique multipliait autant les dénonciateurs que les poltrons M. Paul Adam signa résolument un magnifique éloge de Ravachol.""' "". his voice was one of the most eloquent among those who greeted in anarchism the beautiful aspects of its civic morality the internationalist ideal the hatred of castes the elevation of the individual considered as unit and common measure of society."" "". At the moment when panic multiplied denouncers as much as cowards Mr. Paul Adam resolutely signed a magnificent eulogy of Ravachol.""' Finally Camille Mauclair precisely analyzes the significance of ""La force"": Avec une frappante justesse Paul Adam oppose la force véritable la hauteur d'esprit à la suprématie de l'épée."" ""M. Paul Adam nous montre l'éternel symbole de Prométhée de l'intelligence créatrice enchaîné entre la Force et la Violence."" "". étant adversaire du chauvinisme et du militarisme. de mettre en lumière tous leurs motifs de gloire pour mieux en montrer l'écoeurant non-sens la nullité la débilité devant la vie pensante et l'action féconde."" ""With striking accuracy Paul Adam opposes true force elevation of spirit to the supremacy of the sword."" ""Mr. Paul Adam shows us the eternal symbol of S. n. unknown
22559This prominent Kansas newspaperman founder and owner "Topeka Daily Capital" etc. entered politics as a Republican serving that state as governor 1915-19 and senator 1919-49. Printed DS 8½" X 14" 13pp rectos only Washington DC 1940 February 13. Near fine. Staple at upper left. Mimeographed double-spaced text of the powerful senator's speech titled "Abraham Lincoln" and given before the Alexander Hamilton Club of Baltimore on February 12 1940. Precisely the type of platitudes you would expect an old-time politico to express on Lincoln's birthday mixed with sharp criticism of FDR and his policies. Signed large and bold by Capper in blue fountain pen across the top of the first page. Accompanied by a superb and scarce 6½" X 8½" glossy news agency photograph of 1947 depicting the senior senator seated at his desk on Capital Hill reading copies of two newspapers which he founded "The Topeka Daily Capital" and "Capper's Weekly". Original tickertape-style printed caption still attached on verso. A fabulous and unusual pair of Kansas items. unknown
22673Irish publisher who fled to America where he founded the influential "Pennsylvania Herald" "Columbian Magazine" and others. ALS 1p 7 3/4" X 9 3/4" Philadelphia PA 1834 May 12. Addressed to Isaac S. Lyn. Very good. Minor binding traces along left margin; minor age toning. "I send you two of my publications." Complains about not being sent postage. Uncommon. unknown
18949Early debuted 1903 catcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians. Shaky signature on a special heavy stock 5" X 3" card dated 1975 March 31 in another hand which also notes beneath the signature "94 Yrs Old" n.p. Fine. With original envelope. unknown
29601The widow of playwright Moss Hart was an accomplished actress singer and long-time patron of the arts; her best-known film is the 1935 Marx Brothers vehicle "A Night at the Opera." IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.y. Near fine. Attractive informal glossy head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling Carlisle in later years handsomely inscribed and signed in blue fineline in a light area at lower left: "Dear Terry / warmest / greeting and / good wishes from / Kitty Carlisle." An excellent example. unknown
