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197284434Paris 1972. Fine. Paris 26 Avril 1972 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter dated and signed by Raymond Queneau 17 lines in black ink addressed to Monsieur Lauwaert. Raymond Queneau and his wife Janine are sorry they cannot spend a few days with their friends: "" Ma femme doit entrer en clinique ces jours-ci pour un traitement de radiothérapie souffrant d'une sciatique aiguë"" ""My wife must enter the clinic these days for radiotherapy treatment suffering from acute sciatica"" hoping this is only a postponement: "". nous espérons bien venir en septembre et pouvoir récupérer longuement une meilleure santé car la meilleure non plus n'a pas été brillante cet hiver."" "". we very much hope to come in September and be able to recover better health for a long time as mine hasn't been brilliant this winter either."" A touching letter from Raymond Queneau about his wife's fragile health she being destined to pass away a few months later on July 18 1972. unknown
14934Large-mouthed comedienne singer and actress awarded a special Oscar in 1968. IPS 7½" X 10" n.p. n.d. ca. 1970. Near fine. Informal portrait boldly inscribed "Bless you Norman / Martha / Raye. unknown
18941Raye was a arge-mouthed comedienne singer and actress awarded a special Oscar in 1968; Lamour was a popular actress and singer who starred with Hope and Crosby in the popular "Road" films of the 1940s. Bold "Bless you Richard / Martha / Raye" in black fineline on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card dated by her 1 May 1968 at upper right Fine. With original transmittal envelope. Lamour boldly signs a heavy stock 5" X 3" card in black fineline. This superb pair are accompanied by an outstanding 10" X 8" glossy black-and-white photograph a modern reprint likely 1970s closeup group shot of the cast of the 1938 musical comedy film "Big Broadcast of 1938 -- left to right Ben Blue Lamour W.W. Fields Shirley Ross Bob Hope and Raye. Fine. unknown
1892734381892. Fine. 1892 20 x 29.50 cm 4 pages sur un double feuillet Exceptional complete autograph manuscript of Ravachols true last testament largely unpublished unknown in this form preceding its rewriting by a third party for publication in the press. A unique testimony to the genuine thought of the anarchist icon. Four-page lined quarto manuscript entirely written in black ink and signed twice Konigstein Ravachol at the foot of each sheet. Pencil corrections within the text possibly in the hand of his lawyer. Some horizontal folds and very minor marginal tears without loss. Written in his prison cell during the second Montbrison trial that led to his death sentence this text hastily penned without punctuation or capital letters and in naïve spelling was meant to be delivered orally by Ravachol during the hearing. Ravachol was dead set on putting in his two cents for the defence not to defend himself but to explain. No luck dammit! Four words in and the judge cut him off. His statement isnt lost by Jove! Émile Pouget in Père Peinard July 310 1892. This self-styled Rocambole of anarchism was not allowed to read his statement aloud but he handed it to his lawyer Maître Lagasse and by June 23 the forbidden text appeared in the conservative newspaper Le Temps. This first publication was so faithful to the original that it preserved the author's eccentric spelling a fidelity that Émile Pouget would ironically criticise in the Père Peinard issue of July 3 1892 one week before Ravachols execution: Le Temps that opportunist bedsheet printed it as is. Like a true Jesuit it even printed it too true. Ravachol had written the thing for himself; he knew how to read it but there wasnt a word of correct spelling seeing as he knew about spelling as much as he knew about cabbage farming. Le Temps printed the thing without changing a line so its practically unreadable . Thats exactly what the bastards wanted dammit! . Im reprinting it below without changing a word just fixing the spelling. That same July 3 issue of Père Peinard included a corrected version orthographically of the statement initially published in Le Temps. This dual publication combined with Ravachols defiant bearing before the guillotine had a powerful effect on public opinion. Until then even anarchist publications had kept a certain distance from this provocative criminal suspected of using the anarchist cause for personal gain. But following his execution the testament was quickly reproduced in other newspapers and Ravachols final cry of revolt soon became a genuine anarchist anthem among libertarians worldwide. However the version circulated in the press the only known version until now the original manuscript having disappeared differs markedly from the manuscript in our possession. Indeed the style was lightly polished several turns of phrase refined and most significantly entire passages were excised including the conclusion paragraph which was fully replaced. Our manuscript with its crossings-out and revisions is likely the original version of this political testament. Written in a single burst in dense handwriting without punctuation or paragraph breaks it includes two lengthy sections expressing concerns for public health that are entirely absent from the published version. The first is a third of a page-long passage about the dangerous ingredients added to bread: no longer needing money to live thered be no fear of bakers adding dangerous ingredients to bread to make it look better or heavier since it wouldnt profit them and theyd have like everyone else and by the same means access to what they needed for their work and existence. Thered be no need to check whether the bread weighs right if the money is counterfeit or if the bill is correct. The second nearly a full page long concerns the silk-dyeing industry in which Ravachol had worked: If one reflects atten unknown
14189American historian and author "Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln" "Lincoln the President" considered by many the greatest Lincoln scholar of the 20th century. ALS 1p 8½" X 11" Urbana IL n.d. Fine. Titled "Memo" a list of several Civil War books to be sent him no doubt for research on one of his books; cancels previous Lincoln book ordered. Pencilled notations in another hand. unknown
15091This exotic fan dancer caused a sensation at the 1933 Chicago Word's Fair. TNS 1p 5½" X 8½" Glendora CA 1968 March 8. Addressed to Norman Ziel. Very good. Would be fine but for small tape stain on verso that shows through at center of letter not affecting signature. Thanks an admirer for his letter. Large sloppy signature. unknown
20949French flutist whose style and virtuosity defied the common wisdom that flute recitals draw small crowds; Poulenc and Jolivet composed special works for him. Flamboyant scrawl heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. dated 1980 February 4 in another hand. Fine. With "Compliments of" card from his manager and original envelope. unknown
1988020706Warner Brothers 1988. Printed Studio Wrappers. Near Fine. 75 Pp. Promotional Copy Of The Script Blue Card Wrappers With Wb Logo At Bottom Black Spine Title In Black. Inscribed "Thank You For Your Support Of The Aclu. You And This Script Are Special. Edward James Olmos" Printed Rather Than Original. <br/> <br/> Warner Brothers unknown
37729This German Luftwaffe fighter ace recipient of the Knight's Cross served in the Eastern front and the defense of the Reich participating in 450 combat missions and downing 46 enemy aircraft. PS 3 3/4" X 5 3/4" n.p. n.y. Fine. A high quality modern black and white print of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling young Rammelt in uniform wearing his Knight's Cross signed boldly by him in black fineline on the blank lower margin. A choice example. unknown
25809This legendary California commercial artist headed the Muirson Label Company for a half century; he created the original artwork for the 1988 U.S. "Carreta 1770s" stamp. Signed pseudo-First Day Cover 5½" X 3½" n.p. 1988 August 30. Near fine. Not actually a postally cancelled First Day Cover but a special cover created by the artist himself and hand labeled "First Day of Issue Aug. 30 88." Two 7.6-cent "Carreta1770s" stamps at upper right. At left are two small line drawings of carretas printed in brown ink and the verso is filled with a line drawing captioned "Circa 1800-1850 Californios Rode in Carretas / Crude Wooden Two-Wheeled Carts Drawn by Oxen" also printed in brown ink. Above this drawing the artist pens "Paul -- Used this scene on a cachet. / RR." Rambo pens the two "R"s back to back the second one in reverse so the result looks like a cattle brand. On the front side in the address portion at right Rambo addresses this to Paul Johnston though it was neither mailed nor postally cancelled and in the message portion at left he writes "Paul / Drew this up just / for the celebration. / Ralph Rambo / RR / Used the scene on / reverse on a cachet." A most unusual non-First Day Cover -- though hand labeled "First Day Cover" by the stamp's artist! unknown
20847German ace of World War Two whose astonishing 275 victories make him the third highest ranking ace of all time. PS 18½" X 25" n.p. n.y. 1988. Fine. Lovely heavy stock print of a superb pencil portrait of the famed aviator in uniform and wearing his Iron Cross limited to 500 copies numbered and signed by noted aviation artist artist J.G. Keck this #118 below the blind-embossed inner border; Rall then boldly signs in pencil in a special blind-embossed box area. A superb likeness signed by both artist and subject put out in a small edition. unknown
22510This Austrian actress won an Oscar for "The Great Ziegfield" 1936. Color PS 11" X 8½" n.p. n.d. ca. 1975. Near fine. Book photograph a reproduction of a colorful lobby card for Rainer's 1938 film "The Toy Wife" showing Rainer sandwiched between leading men Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young boldly signed by her in later years in red fineline with "Most Sincerely" across her pale green dress. Quite handsome. unknown
194183134Paris: S. n. 1941. Fine. S. n. Paris 13 juin 1941 14 x 19.50 cm trois feuilles recto-verso Autograph letter dated June 13th Carlo Rim having specified in pencil at the head of the first leaf 1941 and signed by Raimu addressed to his great friend Carlo Rim 98 lines in black ink on three leaves recto-verso. Folds inherent to mailing. Raimu rails against the incapacity and indecision of those responsible for a film project entitled l'Arlésienne quite a symbol! of which Carlo Rim was part: ""L'arlésienne ne pourra pas se faire parce que monsieur gendre Prouvost et cie sont des couillons. Et des gens sans aucune descisions. Donc affaire morte."" ""l'Arlésienne cannot be made because monsieur son-in-law Prouvost and company are fools. And people without any decisions. So the matter is dead."" "". tous les mois il change d'idées et dieu sait s'il en a mais tout cela se termine par des idées. jamais il ne tournera pas plus le tien que celui des autres il a peut-être de l'argent mais il ne veut pas le sortir. Genre Prouvost."" "". every month he changes his mind and God knows he has ideas but all this ends with ideas. he will never shoot yours any more than those of others he may have money but he doesn't want to spend it. That's Prouvost for you."" Raimu ever so irascible does not calm down and drowns his friend's last hopes about the forthcoming realization of l'Arlésienne: ""Mon vieux Carlo à l'heure actuelle les deux pauvres studios de Nice sont pris jusqu'à fin septembre par des gens qui eux prennent les descisions et qui verse de l'argent. donc tu vois mon pauvre vieux ce sont tous des bonimenteurs Honnebelle - Prouvost. des gens plein aux as mais ils ne veulent pas les sortir."" ""My dear Carlo at present the two poor studios in Nice are booked until the end of September by people who do make decisions and who put up money. so you see my poor friend they are all smooth talkers Honnebelle - Prouvost. people loaded with money but they don't want to spend it."" "". il trouvera 100 excuses pour ne pas tourner et elles lui seront faciles."" "". he will find 100 excuses not to shoot and they will come easily to him.""and ends his epistolary diatribe with this glacial criticism:""Mon Carlo il n'y a plus rien à faire en province que de la barraque et à écarter les marchands de boniments. because que depuis la fille du puisatier je n'ai entendu que des bobards. En plus il faudrait faire des films à la noix."" ""My Carlo there is nothing left to do in the provinces but fairground shows and to ward off the peddlers of smooth talk. because since la fille du puisatier I have heard nothing but tall tales. Plus we would have to make trashy films."" Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer author notably of ""Ma belle Marseille"" a caricaturist a filmmaker: ""Justin de Marseille"" ""L'armoire volante"" ""La maison Bonnadieu"" and was notably the friend of Fernandel Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary. S. n. unknown
38399Although Raft like James Cagney could dance elegantly no actor was more typecast as a gangster than this star of the 1930s and '40s whose roles in such films as "Scarface" 1932 was reinforced by his real world mafia connections; in Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot" 1959 and Jerry Lewis's "The Ladies Man" 1961 he played a comic caricature of his earlier self. Hasso was the Swedish-born "next Garbo" who appeared in a number of films in the 1940s; in later years she achieved some success as a writer and composer. "To Donald / a swell fellow / My Best / George Raft" in blue ballpoint on an irregular roughly oval-shaped slip about 4½" X 3" n.p. n.y. ca. 1960. Very good. On a heavy linen stock with three small tape stains slightly touching upon a couple letters. "Febr. 3rd 69 / With all good wishes / Signe Hasso" in bold black fineline heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. Fine. With original envelope. This nice pair is accompanied by an unsigned 10" X 8" black-and-white photograph a closeup of the pair dancing together in the 1945 film noir classic "Johnny Angel." Very good. unknown
23106Third baseman and outfielder who debuted with the Chicago White Sox in 1913. Bold signature in blue ballpoint 5" X 3" card n.p. n.d. Near fine. Nice later life example. Uncommon. unknown
191076250Bas-Vignons 1910. Fine. Bas-Vignons 24 août 1910 13.70 x 21 cm 2 pages sur un double feuillet Unpublished autograph letter signed by Rachilde two pages written in black ink on a double sheet with Mercure de France letterhead. Interesting letter addressed to an unknown recipient perhaps a ""naval officer"". Rachilde defends Les Petites Alliées by Claude Farrère and his style in general: ""Je ne veux pas du tout vous laisser croire que l'oeuvre de Claude Farrère les Petites Alliées est un ouvrage de basse littérature . Claude Farrère est un très joli écrivain qui joint aux becs de sa plume une pointe de dandysme laquelle pointe peut le faire mal juger aussi bien par vous que par moi mais n'en demeure pas moins littéraire."" ""I do not want you to believe at all that Claude Farrère's work les Petites Alliées is a work of low literature . Claude Farrère is a very fine writer who adds to his pen's nibs a touch of dandyism which touch may make him badly judged by you as well as by me but nonetheless remains literary."" This ""touch of dandyism"" led to an amusing misunderstanding as highlighted by Henri Troyat Farrère's successor at the French Academy in his reception speech: ""As for the feminist Rachilde deceived by the first name Claude she had led a fierce campaign for Farrère taking him for a fellow woman writer."" unknown
25847American artist and illustrator known for tropical and Native American scenes. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in New York New York on 1970 May 6 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single Rabut-designed 6-cent "Haida Ceremonial Canoe" stamp at upper right. Fine. No decorative cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address. At lower right in blue ballpoint Rabut signs bold and handsome. unknown
1950002927New York Circa 1950 1950. Original Candid Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. 13 1/2" x 10. Fine Black And White Photograph Image 13 1/4" X 9 7/8" Of Theatrical Director Jose Quintero Seated In Front Of A Stage With An Open Script On His Lap Looking Up Towards The Right. Inscribed "To Actors' 'Studio 29' And To Mr. R. Paul Willets Wishing Them And Him The Greatest Success With 'Iceman Cometh' Jose Quintero". A Fine Photograph Of Quintero Working With Personal Inscription Referring To His Own Most Famous Success As A Director. Stamped Twice On Verso With Schatt's Studio Rubber Stamp And Possibly Signed By Schatt Underneath The White Tape Which Was Placed On The Mounting Board So That Jose Quintero To Finish His Own Inscription And Signature. Schatt Was One Of The Most Prominent Photographers Of 1950'S Theatre. <br/> <br/> unknown
16051Fiction fans remember this Iowa novelist actually a lawyer and bootlegger prosecutor for exciting depictions of pioneer life in books such as "Vandemark's Folly" 1921 and "The Hawkeye" 1923 while steamboating aficionados remember him for the classic "Mississippi Steamboatin'." TNS 1p 8¼" X 11" Berkeley Springs WV 1924 November 21. Addressed to George H. Lorimer 1867-1937 the influential "Saturday Evening Post" editor. Very good. Mounting traces on verso. Asks Lorimer's help in tracking down a friend's address concluding with "I am making good progress with the autobiography." Quick died less than six months later and this autobiography was never published. unknown
19829Debuting in 1932 this Cleveland Indians catcher also played for the Boston Red Sox retiring in 1946. ANS 1p 4" X 5" n.p. 1973 June 28. Near fine. "I want to thank you for the priviledge of rendering you my autograph. I think it's very gracious of you. unknown
4608Fine. 32mo stiff card <br/><br/> unknown
34127This physician neurologist and researcher is best known for co-discovering the use of Dilantin for treating epilepsy together with H. Houston Merritt in 1938; he also did pioneering research on multiple sclerosis in the 1930s being one of the first to suggest a vascular cause. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. 1969 July 24. Near fine. Handsome half-length black-and-white glossy formal portrait of an older Putnam in suit and tie boldly signed and inscribed in a black fineline in a light area at upper left: "With regards / Tracy Putnam / July 24 / 1969." Accompanied by a secretarially-signed TNS 1p 7¼" X 10 3/4" Beverly Hills CA 1969 July 7. Addressed to Marshall E. Bean. Fine. Cordial note thanking an admiring educator remarking: "I have worked long in the same field as you and feel it is well worthwhile." Autograph material of this interesting medical figure is surprisingly scarce. unknown
036563543X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1334642311.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1949044993New York: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1949. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 444 pages indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf "To Thomas B. McCabe With every good wish of Herbert V. Prochnow. 2/27/51." Thomas B. McCabe 1893-1982 was the President and CEO of the Scott Paper Company for 39 years. He was also the chair of the Federal Reserve from 1948 until March 31 1951. Thus this book was inscribed by the author to the Chair of the Federal Reserve while he was in office. <br/> <br/> Prentice-Hall, Inc. hardcover
