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190673701Cormeilles-en-Vexin 1906. Fine. Cormeilles-en-Vexin 22 août 1906 ou 1908 12.60 x 17 cm une feuille Friendly autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to the playwright and founder of the Revue Blanche Alfred Natanson. 12 lines in black ink on a folded sheet letterhead paper ""Cormeilles-en-VexinS.&O."" envelope included. ""Cher ami J'avais bien pensé que cette vieille bonne femme qui tape si fort sur les matelas avait du écorcher mon nom. Mais dans l'incertitude car je pouvais penser aussi que vous étiez pris avec quelqu'un de très sérieux . Ceci mon cher Fred pour vous dire que je suis parti de chez vous triste de ne pas vous avoir vu voilà tout et sans le moindre sentiment mauvais. Vous savez que j'ai pour vous une affection solide et je vous connais assez gentil pour moi pour me permettre de supposer des sottises. ."" ""Dear friend I had indeed thought that this old good woman who beats the mattresses so hard must have mangled my name. But in uncertainty for I could also think that you were busy with someone very serious . This my dear Fred to tell you that I left your house sad not to have seen you that's all and without the slightest bad feeling. You know that I have a solid affection for you and I know you well enough to be kind to me to allow myself to suppose foolish things. ."" With an amusing postscript: ""Ne prêtez pas attention à ce gribouillage. L'auto a je ne sais pas quoi j'y travaille. et n'y fait rien de bon. d'ailleurs. Et mon mécanicien se prend la tête à deux mains noires d'huile grasse ."". ""Don't pay attention to this scribbling. The car has something wrong I don't know what I'm working on it. and it's not doing any good. anyway. And my mechanic is holding his head in his two hands black with greasy oil ."". Mirbeau was particularly close to the Revue Blanche group since its launch in Paris in 1891. But it was from the Dreyfus affair that his intimate and lasting friendship with the Natanson brothers Thadée Alexandre and Alfred was strengthened. After aesthetic disagreements about Art Nouveau and the Nabis Mirbeau finally reunited with Thadée around 1900 in a now common inclination for the young Nabis painters of the Revue Blanche Bonnard Vallotton and Vuillard. The Revue Blanche played an essential role in France as confirmed by historian Paul-Henri Bourrelier: ""Most of the most prominent writers painters musicians politicians intellectuals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries collaborated with it or were associated with it. Created financed and directed by the three Natanson brothers young Polish Jews with the enthusiastic complicity of their classmates from the Condorcet lycée La Revue blanche quickly became a place of debate on all subjects that stirred France. It led political battles under the impulse of anarchists like Fénéon Mirbeau; socialists such as Blum G. Moch Péguy; Dreyfusards and founders of the League of Human Rights like Reinach and Pressensé."" unknown
190373704s. l. Paris 1903. Fine. s. l. Paris 1er Juillet 1903 13.80 x 18.30 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed presumably to Léon Tonnelle director of the review Le Roman Romanesque. 12 lines in black ink on a folded sheet grey paper with letterhead ""68 avenue du bois de Boulogne"". ""Monsieur je serais très heureux si vous vouliez bien reproduire dans Le Roman Romanesque et aux conditions de la Société des gens de lettres Sébastien Roch publié chez Fasquelle et qui est un livre auquel je tiens particulièrement. Peut-être aussi trouverez-vous dans Les vingt et un jours d'un neurasthénique quelques nouvelles que vous pourriez publier. En outre je vous indique en outre dans Les Contes de la Chaumière Fasquelle une nouvelle : Agronomie qui est presque d'actualité puisque c'est d'elle que j'ai tiré le caractère de Lechat dans Les Affaires sont les affaires. ."" ""Sir I would be very happy if you would kindly reproduce in Le Roman Romanesque and under the conditions of the Société des gens de lettres Sébastien Roch published by Fasquelle and which is a book to which I am particularly attached. Perhaps also you will find in Les vingt et un jours d'un neurasthénique some short stories that you could publish. Furthermore I also indicate to you in Les Contes de la Chaumière Fasquelle a short story: Agronomie which is almost topical since it is from this that I drew the character of Lechat in Les Affaires sont les affaires. ."". Octave Mirbeau published his novel Le Calvaire in issue 8 of the review le Roman Romanesque published in December 1903. The titles mentioned in the letter were ultimately not published. unknown
190173700Nice Villa Ibrahim chemin des Baumettes Nice 1901. Fine. Nice Villa Ibrahim chemin des Baumettes Nice 8 Février 1901 12.50 x 17.60 cm une feuille Friendly autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to the playwright and founder of the Revue Blanche Alfred Natanson some time after his marriage. 12 lines in black ink on a folded sheet mourning paper with black border watermarked ""JDL & cie"" envelope included. ""Je vous envoie à votre femme et à vous tous nos vux affectueux et je voudrais pouvoir chanter en votre honneur un bel épithalame. Le malheur est que je ne suis pas poète. Mais nous somme vos amis et nous vous embrassons de tout notre cur. Nous avions espéré que vous viendriez passer quelques jours à Cannes et nous nous faisions une fête de vous avoir ici. Misia nous dit que vous avez renoncé à ce voyage. Comme c'est ennuyeux ! ."". ""I send to your wife and to you all our affectionate wishes and I would like to be able to sing a beautiful epithalamium in your honor. The misfortune is that I am not a poet. But we are your friends and we embrace you with all our heart. We had hoped that you would come to spend a few days in Cannes and we were looking forward to having you here. Misia tells us that you have given up this trip. How annoying! ."". Mirbeau was particularly close to the Revue Blanche group since its launch in Paris in 1891. But it was from the Dreyfus affair that his intimate and lasting friendship with the Natanson brothers Thadée Alexandre and Alfred was strengthened. After aesthetic disagreements about Art Nouveau and the Nabis Mirbeau finally reunited with Thadée around 1900 in a now common inclination for the young Nabis painters of the Revue Blanche Bonnard Vallotton and Vuillard. The Revue Blanche played an essential role in France as confirmed by historian Paul-Henri Bourrelier: ""Most of the most prominent writers painters musicians politicians intellectuals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries collaborated with it or were associated with it. Created financed and directed by the three Natanson brothers young Polish Jews with the enthusiastic complicity of their classmates from the Condorcet lycée La Revue blanche quickly became a place of debate on all subjects that stirred France. It led political battles under the impulse of anarchists like Fénéon Mirbeau; socialists such as Blum G. Moch Péguy; Dreyfusards and founders of the League of Human Rights like Reinach and Pressensé."" unknown
189773703s. l. Paris 1897. Fine. s. l. Paris 1897 13.50 x 18.30 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau. 2 lines in black ink on a folded sheet letterhead paper ""68 avenue du bois de Boulogne"". ""Alors Monsieur entendu pour les Mauvais Bergers"". The Mauvais bergers corresponds to Octave Mirbeau's tragedy a social drama performed at the Renaissance Theatre on December 15 1897 with Sarah Bernhardt and Lucien Guitry in the leading roles. unknown
1899622111899. Fine. 1899 17.80 x 23.10 cm 2 feuillets et un quart Autograph manuscript signed by Octave Mirbeau for his article ""Au conseil municipal"" published in Le Journal on July 12 1899 90 lines in black ink on three leaves manuscript correction by the author typographical indications in blue pencil. Staining due to ink and paper. Significant of the denunciatory attitude that Mirbeau maintained in his articles this manuscript critical of the unworthy treatment of artists of genius by society is a final draft used for printing as indicated by the capital letters that delimit the paragraphs. The original leaves have been remounted on laid paper here pages from an 18th-century work Dissertatio Medica to facilitate their handling. unknown
1902613441902. Fine. 1902 18.10 x 22.90 cm 2 feuillets et un quart Autograph manuscript signed by Octave Mirbeau 99 lines in black ink on 3 leaves with manuscript corrections by the author and one correction in blue pencil by a typographer. Manuscript used for the composition and printing of the article ""Habitudes"" published on April 20 1902 in the Journal a daily newspaper launched in 1892 by Fernand Xau. The beginning of Mirbeau's career was essentially driven by journalism which allowed him to publish and earn a living despite his lack of inclination for the activity. Quickly feared for his pamphleteering activity Gustave Mirbeau distilling a biting irony stands here against injustice institutionalized by the State and society. Led by the dense and effective writing of Gustave Mirbeau this manuscript is probably a final draft as suggested by the conformity of the two texts and the rare corrections made to the original notably by the blue pencil of a typographer. On the verso of the last leaf is found an earlier version of the first lines of the article. unknown
1927018151New York : Boni & Liveright Inc. 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine Dustjacket. 8 3/8 " High. Three Different Editions: A Fine Copy Of The Signed Limited First Edition Of The Book Signed By O'neill In A Near Fine Original Slipcase. Also Included Is The First Trade Edition Near Fine In A Near Fine Unfaded Dust Jacket Not Price-Clipped. Also Included Is A Unique Copy Of The Third Printing February 1928 The Printing Just Before The First Production Of The Play At The Pasadena Playhouse. Prepared By Or For Claude D. Seaman Of The Standard Lighting Company Los Angeles With His Name On Front Endpaper Carefully Blocked In Ink. Printed Heading By Hand On First Blank "World Premiere/ Of O'neill's/ "Lazarus Laughed"/ Pasadena Community Playhouse/ April 9 - 1928"; Repeated On Verso; Half Title With Line For Author's Signature But He Was Not Present And This Line Is Thus Blank; Verso With "World Premiere." Text Repeated With Lines For Director Musical Director Director Of Movement Art Director Production Manager Business Manager And The Chairman Of The Production Committee Each Line Signed By The Person Holding That Position; Title Page; Verso Is Copyright Page; Synopsis Page; Verso Are Lines Drawn And Extended To Each Of The "Characters" Listed On The Following Page Each Line Signed By The Person Who Played That Part Maurice Wells Thus Signing Twice 14 Signatures In All; "World Premiere" Text Repeated At Foot Of Characters Page And Again On Verso; "Act One" Title Page; Verso Repeats Then "World Premiere.' Text Followed By Lijnes For Each Of The Producing Staff / Setting Including The Designer James Hyde And 11 Others. With Laid In Loosely The Los Angeles Newspaper Review By The Spectator Of The Production Which Shortly Moved To The Hollywood Music Box Theatre With A Clipped Newspaper Ad For The Production Citing A Cast Of 250 And A Production Cost Of $100000. The Play Has Since Been Produced Only Four Times Due In Part To The Expense And Difficulty But Also To Its Philosophical Didactic Yet Confrontational Tone Which Has Not Set Well With General Audiences Since The Original Use Of This Dramatic Form Several Thousand Years Past. Irving Pichel 1891-1954 Played The Title Role. He Also Played The Servant Sandor In Dracula's Daughter Fagin In The 1933 Film Oliver Twist And About 57 Other Films 1930-1939 With Minor Roles In Films He Later Directed. He Directed Films 1932-1954 Including The Most Dangerous Game She Earthbound Hudson's Bay The Moon Is Down They Won't Believe Me The Miracle Of The Bells Destination Moon And Santa Fe. In 1947 Hje Was One Of The Hollywood 19 Subpoened By The House Un-America Activities Committee; He Was Not Called To Testify But Was Blacklisted Requiring Him To Work Outside The Us. Victor Jory 1902-1982 Was Canadian Attended School In Pasadena Appeared In Theatre All Over The Us And Made His Motion Picture Debut In 1930 Later Appearing In Over 150 Pictures And Dozens Of Tv Episodes. Note That This Book Is Not Signed By O'neill. Gilmor Brown Producer Of The Play Was Director Of Public Speaking And Dramatics At Caltech Later Director Of The Pasadena Playhouse And Responsible For Making It Into One Of The Premier Small Theatres In The U.S. From The 1920'S Into The 1950'S Routinely Featuring Prominent Starring Actoirs And Furnishing An Entree For Many Actors Who Later Became Successful In Motion Pictures And Tv. <br/> <br/> Boni & Liveright, Inc. hardcover
31732This Irish soldier of fortune fought under General Gomez in Cuba in 1897 in the Spanish-American War as one of Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" in a Canadian cavalry regiment in the South African War in the Balkans in 1903 with the Princess Pat regiment in 1914 with the United States Army in 1917 and elsewhere; he called himself an "apostle of discontent" complaining it was hard to feed himself between wars; he tried his hand at acting in later years and even became a race horse trainer; at his death he owned a filling station in Taos New Mexico. Boldly pencilled "Yours for 'peace' / Patrick Irving O'Hay / Capt Inf. U.S.A ret" heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. n.y. Very good. Faintly age toned; minor mounting traces on verso which bears printed text of a poem "Worcester Town". Nice example. unknown
22599This Canadian-American composer songwriter pianist singer and music educator was a popular vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley figure; Caruso put him "on the map" in 1913 when he recorded O'Hara's song "Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Now Know" and in 1914 he enjoyed his biggest hit "Tennessee I Hear You Calling Me"; during World War One his hit "K-K-K-Katy" sold more than one million sheet music copies; he was also an early ethnomusicologist recording and collecting Native American music on wax cylinders -- some of which he later sang himself in early Victor and Edison recordings; in 1945 he was elected president of the Composers-Authors Guild; all told he composed more than 500 popular and patriotic songs. Printed DS 9" X 12" 6pp n.p. 1943 January 25. Very good. Mildest bit of age toning. Sheet music for "I Was the Tree: Sacred Song" with music by O'Hara and lyrics by Daniel S. Twohig published by R.L. Huntinger New York NY in 1937. Across the top of the front cover he inscribes and signs it large and bold in blue fountain pen: "For a great basso William Wahlert / Compliments & best wishes / of the composer. / Geoffrey O'Hare / Jany 25: / 1943." The 6th and last leaf consists of O'Hara and Twohig's song "Soft Were Your Hands Dear Jesus." Interesting unusual piece. unknown
28651This famed counselor was involved in the Tilden-Hayes election dispute and as special deputy attorney general successfully prosecuted the corrupt Tweed Ring in New York; he was nominated for president by the "Straight-Out Democrats" in 1872 making him the first Catholic presidential candidate. Bold signature heavy stock 3½" X 2" card n.p. n.d. Fine. This item is accompanied by a superb vintage 7" X 10½" steel engraving of O'Conor. unknown
20967This Danish jurist served as judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1922 to 1930. AQS heavy stock 4¼" X 3½" card The Hague Netherlands 1923 August 12. Near fine. Mounting traces on verso. Attractive piece handsomely penned in Nyholm's neat script. Untranslated it is a quotation from Norwegian dramatist and poet Henrik Ibsen 1828-1906 and reads as follows: "Frit effer Henrik Ibsen = / Og har jeg end seilet min / Skiege i Havn / Saa var det dog hasligt at fare / The Hague Aug 12 1923 / GNyholm / Judge of the Permanent / Court of International / Justice." Unusual and attractive. unknown
25037This major Norwegian soprano debuted in 1907 at the National Theatre but it was at La Scala in 1924 under Toscanini that her career took off making her a favorite at the Paris Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. ANS 2pp heavy stock 5½" X 3 3/4" Paris France 1929 December 13. Addressed to "My dear" American expatriate pianist and music critic Irving Schwerke 1893-1975. Fine. On her embossed "Plaza Athenee" correspondence card the diva tells Schwerke that "I hope you are able to hear us all on sunday Brownlee Sullivan B -- and I -- Must see you one day soon -- Brussel was a great triumph." Signed simply "Norena." A handsome example from the height of her fame. unknown
31407This Military Intelligence Hall of Fame inductee was an Army general who served throughout the Spanish-American War Philippine Insurrection and World War One before being chosen by Pershing to oversee the American Expeditionary Force's intelligence operations -- making him America's first G2; he helped organize the Corps of Intelligence Police the army's first counterintelligence organization. Large bold and sloppy "Very cordially yours / D.E. Nolan. / Maj Gen U.S.A." 5½" X 2 3/4" Columbus OH 1931 June 17. Very good. Name/address of Nolan's command from 1927 to 1931 Headquarters Fifth Corps Area purple inkstamped at top edge along with typed date. Autograph material of this military intelligence pioneer is uncommon. unknown
25244Long-time "Cleveland Press" staff photographer. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Abilene Kansas on 1969 October 14 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single 6-cent "Dwight D. Eisenhower" stamp at upper right. Fine. At lower left in blue ballpoint Noble signs boldly. Small portion of original transmittal envelope present. Noble took this iconic informal closeup of a grinning Ike at the former president's Gettysburg office in 1963. Quite uncommon. unknown
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
1926054780New York: M. Rieder 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Photographic Plates. Viii 325 Pp. Black Cloth Spine Gilt Orange And Black Boards Illustrated Endpapers. First Printing With 1926 Date Oln Title Page. Light Usage Spine Cloth A Little Worn And Faded But Gilt Lettering Mostly Clear And Bright. Ownership Signature Of Wallace Archibald Macdonald 1891 - 1978 A Canadian Silent Film Actor And Film Producer. Per Wikipedia Macdonald Was Born In Mulgrave Nova Scotia Canada And Attended School In Sydney Nova Scotia. He Started As A Messenger Boy With The Dominion Steel Company In Sydney Nova Scotia. He Later Worked Up To Teller With The Royal Bank Branch In Sydney Before The Bank Transferred Him To Vancouver British Columbia. From There He Moved To California Where He Acted On The Stage Before Making Inroads Into Hollywood. Macdonald Started As An Actor In Films In 1914 And Starred In Almost 120 Motion Pictures Between Then And 1932. He Had Notable Roles In Such Films As Youth's Endearing Charm In 1916 Working With Mary Miles Minter And Harry Von Meter. Late In World War I He Returned Briefly To Nova Scotia To Enlist In The 10Th Canadian Siege Battery Where He Assisted In Recruiting For The Canadian Army. With The Advent Of Sound Macdonald's Acting Career Diminished And Most Of His Roles Between 1927 And 1932 Went Uncredited. He Retired From Acting In 1932 To Concentrate On Script Writing. However By 1937 He Had Recognized The Potential Of Film Production. It Is In His Role Of Producer That Macdonald Is Now Probably Best Remembered. He Produced Well Over 100 Films Between 1937 And 1959. Macdonald Married Actress Doris May In 1921 And They Remained Wed Until His Death In 1978 In Santa Barbara California. Films About Haiti And Produced In Haiti Are Scarce Almost Non-Existent. <br/> <br/> M. Rieder hardcover
40496Sir Otto was an influential well-respected British civil servant once described as "by all means. one of the most able men ever to enter Treasury chambers" where he long served as financial controller; also a director of the Bank of England. ANS 1p 4 3/4" X 7½" London England n.y. ca. 1915 February 5. Addressed to Mr. L.J. Binns. Near fine. On "Treasury Chambers / Whitehall S.W." letterhead Niemeyer writes "Mr. McKenna wishes me to return to you the drawing with his autograph enclosed" boldly signed. "McKenna" would be Niemeyer's boss Reginald McKenna 1863-1943 British banker who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1915-16 when Niemeyer was still an underling there. An attractive and early example. unknown
1955007361NY: Charles Scribners Sons. Signed hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Charles Scribners Sons 1955. 8vo. xi306pp. Gray cloth with gilt titles and designs. Inscribed by Niebuhr on the half title: "to Susan & Bob on their wedding day Best wishes Reinhold Niebuhr". Some rubbing to the gilt titles offsetting from NY Times Book Review clipping on Niebuhr laid in else very good clean bright in very good dust jacket with a small chip off the rear panel and wear at the extremities. . Very Good. Hard. 1955. Charles Scribners Sons unknown
1797761731797. Fine. An exceedingly rare letter from Restif: « Les événemens du 18 fructidor' m'ont rendu la vie . en affligeant mon cur » 30 fructidor 1797 An V 16 septembre 1897 18.50 x 21.30 cm 3 pages sur un double feuillet Extremely rare autograph letter signed « Restif Labretone » addressed to Citoyenne Fontaine. Three pages written in black ink on a double sheet of laid paper. Remains of a wax seal folds inherent to mailing. This letter was published with some inaccuracies in Lettres inédites de Restif de Labretone by V. Forest and É. Grimaud 1883. The Fontaine couple are merchants from Grenoble and Restif de la Bretonne began corresponding with them on March 15 1797. Important letter testifying to the completion of the publication of Restif's great autobiographical work: Monsieur Nicolas ou les Ressorts du Cur Humain dévoilé. « I will have completed the Cur humain Dévoilé within 15 days I will prepare your package immediately to have it ready. » The first eight volumes of this great autobiographical work printed by Restif himself a typesetter by trade in his residence at 11 rue de la Bûcherie were entrusted to the « dishonest » bookseller Nicolas Bonneville who did not honor his debts to the writer. Besides health issues « I exchange my illnesses and do not cure them » Restif also shares with his correspondent his literary setbacks: « The Author of Nature will preserve a sincere friend for me to compensate for the scoundrels of the Institute and the perfidious Mercier ». Indeed the previous year the author learned with bitterness that he was not admitted to the National Institute and Louis-Sébastien Mercier who had praised him in his Tableau de Paris and supported his candidacy then turned away from him. To this sum of misfortunes financial difficulties are added. Penniless and living on meager state pensions he maintains all his support for the Republic: « By what fatality do I never see the views of the rulers who welcome me; or how do they not see at once that I am attached to the Revolution to the point that I still love it even when it beats me. » Restif profoundly anti-royalist wrote several pamphlets to this effect and had just added to the end of Monsieur Nicolas an apology for the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor Year V. However this date marks the end of the allowance granted to him by Lazare Carnot after his failure at the Institute: « You know the events of 18 Fructidor; I will not speak to you about them. They have given me back my life; but by afflicting both my heart and my gratitude. » But Restif's great sorrow is the loss of his daughter Filette born from his adventure with Louise Allan whose paternity was revealed to him only late: « I am writing to you from bed weeping over my Filette who died 11 months and ten days ago . Filette was my daughter and Louise's whose soul and beauty she had. » Autograph letters signed by Restif de La Bretonne that have survived to this day are extremely rare. unknown
38447This obscure Revolutionary War figure is remembered for "Nicholson's Regiment" a militia unit he commanded from New York raised in Quebec from New York soldiers their task being to help defend Canada; they were formed in 1776 and disbanded late that year. ALS 1p 8½" X 11" New York 1785 March 9. Addressed to Evans Wharry likely a "Nicholson's Regiment" officer. Very good. Moderate even age toning. Asks Wharry to take care of a promissory note. In part: ".Capt Black is dayly at me for the amount of the note I gave him last winter on your account. take such measures either by payment or otherwise as will releive sic me from such applications." Attractive interesting and uncommon. Comes with large early 20th century catalogue slip from pioneering autograph dealer Forest H. Sweet of Battle Creek Michigan. unknown
25841American artist often associated with the American Realist school perhaps best known for enormous sensual paintings of various flowers. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Fort Valley Georgia on 23 April 1981 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Group of four 18-cent Nesbitt-designed stamp at upper right "Rose USA" "Camelia USA" "Dahlia USA" and "Lily USA". Fine. No decorative cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address. Near the center at bottom Nesbitt signs large and bold in blue fineline. Small portion of original transmittal envelope also present. unknown
31950This most renowned of British naval heroes is almost as famous for his scandalous open affair with one of the most famous and beautiful women in England the married Emma Hamilton despite having lost most of his teeth the use of his right eye and his right arm in various military successes; his nautical victories against the French made him Napoleon's nemesis; killed aboard his ship "Victory" in the battle of Trafalgar. ALS 1p 7" X 8¼" Burnham 1793 February 2. Addressed to "Gentlemen." Near fine. A boldly penned and handsome example of Nelson's scarce right-handed penmanship four years prior to losing his right arm in a July 1797 battle and having to learn to write left handed. Rather cryptic financial content reading in full: "I am glad to hear You did not bring our trust money into the Lands as they had risen so very much. I shall be in Town on tuesday Evening & shall probably see Mr. Creed on Wednesday therefore please to let the money Remain in your hands 'till you hear farther from my Brother or myself. I am Your Very Humble Servant." Page & Creed were Nelson's bankers so the reference to Mr. Creed almost certainly refers to that firm. This choice and scarce letter has been handsomely displayed under a pale green matte with gold filigree alongside a stunning 6½" X 8¼" hand-colored steel engraved portrait of "Horatio Viscount Nelson" engraved by W. Finden and "From the original of Hoppner in / His Majesty's Collection." This early 19th century portrait is in fine condition and bears a large incredibly ornate hand-colored decorative border; it depicts Nelson almost full-length in full military regalia with his empty right sleeve pinned to his chest. This pair is framed under glass in a 1" contemporary walnut frame overall dimensions 21" X 15". A superb presentation -- Nelson in his most desirable that is right-handed form. unknown
15656All-around actor singer dancer and director of stage and screen; films include "Oklahoma" and "Three Sailors and a Girl." IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Fine. Striking matte finish scene from Oklahoma showing Nelson doing a rope trick boldly and largely inscribed in thick marker "To Terry / Fondly / Gene Nelson." Uncommon. unknown
31594This Canadian optician was elected mayor of Ottawa in 1957 serving until 1960; the high point of his administration was his welcoming Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Ottawa in 1957 during which time they took part in a ceremony to begin construction of the Queensway superhighway project. TNS 1p 8" X 10" Ottawa Canada 1957 November 27. Addressed to Bruno J. Gianetti. Very good. Light age toning; mounting traces on verso. On ornate "Office of the Mayor" letterhead the newly-elected mayor comments on the best-known event of his reign just after its occurrence: ".I am sending along now a photograph of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and myself taken at one of the functions when Her Majesty was in Ottawa prior to Her Majesty's visit to the United States in October 1957." Large bold full signature. Alas the photograph mentioned is not present. unknown
18871Enormously popular English actress of the 1930s and '40s specializing in historical heroines "Nell Gwyn" "Victoria the Great"; returning to the stage in "Charlie Girl" she set a record with 2062 performances over seven years. IPS 11" X 14" n.p. Los Angeles CA 1940 n.d. Near fine. Beautiful high-quality full-length portrait of a young Neagle in the film "Irene" 1940 wearing an ornate period costume handsomely inscribed to an Evergreen Theatres Corporation Portland OR employee: "For Katherine Marshall -- / With every good wish -- / Anna Neagle / 1940." A superb and unusual oversize portrait -- not the kind sent out for run-of-the-mill autograph requests. With original envelope. unknown
