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195278894Paris 1952. Fine. Paris samedi 29 novembre 1952 13.50 x 20.80 cm une page sur un feuillet Handwritten signed letter addressed to a friend: There will also be three poems that I wrote in memory of Renée Vivien Paris Saturday 29 November 1952 135 x 208 cm one page on a leaf Handwritten letter signed by Natalie Clifford Barney addressed to a friend and written in black ink on a stationery from 20 rue Jacob Paris VIe. Central fold from having been sent. Interesting letter mentioning a future reading of Natalie Clifford Barney: A literary hour must be devoted to me this Wednesday at 5pm 41 rue des Petits champs. This session of my poems and thoughts will be accompanied by 4 melodies by Florent Schmidt. The so-called literary hour will also be a tribute to one of Natalie's greatest loves who died several decades earlier: There will also be 3 poems that I wrote in memory of Renée Vivien. The two women experienced an intense and tumultuous relationship in their youth. After the tragic and early death of her lover Natalie Clifford Barney continued to honor her memory notably by becoming a patron of the Prix Renée-Vivien created by the baroness Hélène de Zuylen another of Renée's lovers. It is at the end of 1899 and through Violette Shillito that Renée Vivien then Pauline Tarn met Natalie Clifford Barney ""this American woman softer than a scarf whose sparkling face shines with golden hair sea blue eyes never-ending teeth"" Colette Claudine à Paris. Natalie who had just experienced a summer romance with the scandalous Liane de Pougy who introduced her to sapphism paid little attention to this new acquaintance. Renée on the other hand was totally captivated by the young American woman and describes this love at first sight in her autobiographical novel Une femme m'apparut: ""I lived again the hour already well past when I saw her for the first time felt the shiver that ran through me when my eyes met the mortal steel of her look those eyes blue and piercing as a blade. I had a dim premonition that this woman would determine the pattern of my fate and that her face was the predestined face of my Future. Near her I felt the luminous dizziness which comes at the edge of an abyss or the attraction of a very deep water. She radiated the charm of danger which drew me to her inexorably."" ""Winter 1899-1900. Beginnings of the idyll. One evening Vivien is invited by her new friend to Mme Barney's studio Natalie's mother 153 avenue Victor-Hugo on the corner of the rue de Longchamp. Natalie finds the courage to read the verses of her composition. As Vivien tells her to love these verses she tells her that it is better to love the poet. A response worthy of the Amazon."" J.-P. Goujon Tes blessures sont plus douces que leurs caresses Two years of unequal happiness will follow punctuated by Natalie's recurring infidelities and Renée's sickly jealousy the letters of which oscillate between inflamed declarations and painful admissions of guilt. ""Renée Vivien is the daughter of Sappho and Baudelaire she is the 1900 flower of evil with fevers broken-up fights sad delights."" Jean Chalon Portrait d'une séductrice In 1901 a major break-up occurred which lasted almost two years; Renée despite requests from Natalie and the others she sent to win her back resisted. ""The two friends saw each other again and in August 1905 went on a pilgrimage to Lesbos which was a disappointment for Natalie Barney and was short-lived. . The spring was broken once and for all. The two former friends stopped seeing each other in 1907 and Vivien died without them seeing each other again."" J.-P. Goujon ibid. unknown
196678869Paris 1966. Fine. Paris 17 novembre 1966 20.70 x 13.50 cm une page sur un feuillet enveloppe jointe Handwritten signed letter addressed to Docteur Francis Mars: ""j'ai du mal à vous pardonner le mal que vous vous êtes fait à vous-même ! I find it difficult to forgive you for the harm you have done to yourself! Paris 17 November 1966 20.7 x 13.5 cm one page on a leaf envelope attached Handwritten letter signed by Natalie Clifford Barney addressed to Doctor Francis Mars a few lines written in black in on a leaf of headed paper from 20 rue Jacob Paris VIe envelope attached. Central fold from having been sent. ""Cher ami Francis j'ai du mal à vous pardonner le mal que vous vous êtes fait à vous-même ! Natalie PS: Je ne serai à Nice que vers le 5 déc. My dear friend Francis I find it difficult to forgive you for the harm you have done to yourself! Natalie PS: I will not be in Nice until around 5 Dec. Francis Mars from Nice was a mutual friend of Natalie Clifford Barney and her companion the artist-painter Romaine Brooks. The two women who had been in a relationship for almost fifty years did not live together: Natalie lived in Paris and only joined Romaine in Nice for the winter. unknown
28608This Scottish portrait and landscape painter friend of Walter Scott and Robert Burns is often called the "father of Scottish landscape painting; as an architect he designed Edinburgh's Dean Bridge and part of St. Bernard's Well; his many children were all artists of note as well. Autograph Fragment unsigned 3½" X 1" irregular tipped to contemporary 6" X 4" sheet n.p. n.y. Curious and comical note perhaps a postscript clipped from a letter reading in full: "the sooner the Better / a Bad pen and worse / Ink." At lower left of the heavy stock sheet to which this is lightly tipped an admirer notes his name and fame. unknown
40554This noted concert pianist performed nationally throughout the 1920s and '30s; her husband was General Edwin M. "Pa" Watson 1883-1945 close friend and assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. 1925. Very good. Faint creasing near bottom barely visible. Sepia-tone half-length portrait of Nash playing piano nicely signed and inscribed by her in black ink at lower right to a Chicago music school founder: "To John Leiser -- / Sincere Greetings / Frances Nash / 1925." A fine image by noted photographer Herman Heyn 1866-1943 the noted German-born portrait photographer remembered for portraits of William Jennings Bryan William Howard Taft and hundreds of Native American portraits with his blind-embossed "Heyn / Omaha" imprint at lower right. unknown
184264434Italie Italy 1842. Fine. Italie Italy circa 1842 13.50 x 20.50 cm 4 feuillets rempliés Set of four letters from Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte to the painter Geniole two are dated August 21 and December 12 1842 6 pages in brown ink recipient address on the back of the sheets two seals of the sender in part preserved. Folds inherent in envelopes. Some tiny tasks without affecting the text. unknown
18833787bx123<p>Boston: Lee And Shepard. NY: Charles T Dillingham. Fair/ndj. 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth gilt. Tipped-in b/w photo frontis portrait hand-signed by the author: "Nancie A. W. Priest". With waterstain to boards and top edge of the first 200pp. Pulling at front hinge but holding.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 391 pages; Signed by Author. bx133</p><p>Wikipedia: She was born at Royalston Massachusetts in 1836. She worked in a mill in New Hampshire for several years.2 Her fame rests upon the popular poem "Over the River" published in the <em>Springfield Republican</em> in 1857. According to some accounts she wrote the first draft of the poem while at work in the mill.23</p><p>In 1865 she was married to Lieut. Arlington C. Wakefield. She died at Winchendon Massachusetts in 18704 leaving behind her husband and three children one only an infant.</p><p>Her poems were published 13 years after her death by her mother Mrs. Francis D. Priest with a memoir by the Rev. Abijah Perkins Marvin Boston 1883.</p><p>Her poem entitled "Over The River" carried her name to wherever the English language was read. In the many years since publishing the poem 1857 it has been set to music by six to eight different composers and was included in Volume 111 of "The Worlds Best Poetry" 1904. Upon the death of President Lincoln she wrote a hymn that was sung to the tune of "America" by over 800 at a memorial service held in the Town Hall.<br /><br />A volume of her poems were published by her mother in 1882 entitled "Over the River and other Poems" with forward by A. P. Marvin who said "there are some specimens of poetry in this collection which bear the stamp of genius".</p> Boston: Lee And Shepard. NY: Charles T Dillingham hardcover
15664One of the founding fathers of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this leading man was a romantic star of the 1920s and '30s; his work on the Motion Picture Relief Fund earned him a special Oscar in 1947. TLS 1p 7½" X 10½" Detroit MI 1932 March 24. Addressed to John A. Maloney of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Very good. Faintly age toned with slightest bit of edgewear. On pictorial letterhead of the Book-Cadillac Hotel Nagel arranges a meeting. "I am opening at the Chicago Theatre. for a week's engagement." Large bold signature. unknown
23049This architect art historian and museum director is best remembered as the National Portrait Gallery's first director 1964-69; he also served as director of St. Louis's City Art Museum 1942-46 1955-64 and the Brooklyn Museum 1946-55. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Washington DC on 4 November 1968 and with "First Day of Issue" stamped. Fine. Single 6-cent "Chief Joseph - National Portrait Gallery" stamp at upper right. No decorative cachet at left; no recipient's name/address. Near the center in black medium marker Nagel signs large and attractive. An uncommon signature on a relevant cover. With TLS on NPG letterhead dated 5 January 1971 from Curator of Education noting Nagel's dates in office. unknown
15459Renowned Italian soprano often remembered as "la dinvina Claudia" and "The Duse of Opera." IPS Van Riel 8½" X 11" n.p. 1924. Near fine. A dramatic head shot of a very flapper-looking Muzio in beaded head scarf inscribed big and bold to a Chicago pianist and music school founder: "To John Leiser / Sincerely / Claudio Muzio / 1924." Scarce and choice. This item has been archivally framed in a single cream matte UV-filtering glass and 3/4" antiqued silver frame overall dimensions 11½" X 14". Bit of damage to top frame edge. The finest Muzio imaginable. unknown
26236This American comedian and actor of film television and radio won a special Oscar for the 1947 fantasy film "Bill and Coo" which he starred in and produced. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Very good. Superb half-length portrait of a cigar-waving Murray eyeballing Bob Hope who's holding up Murray's 1960 memoir "Life on a Pogo Stick." Murray inscribes the upper left area around his head in a funky blue ballpoint "Best regards / To Donald Burnell / from -- / Ken / Murray." Contrast good. A fun fun piece. unknown
15663This solid actor and tap dancer of the 1930s and '40s gave up pictures for politics serving as senator from California from 1964 to 1970. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Fine. Flat finish printed portrait of Murphy while senator nicely inscribed in green ink "To Terry / with my best wishes / George Murphy." Comes with an ALS 1p 7" X 10½" n.p. 1985 July 15. Addressed to "Fan." Asks where the fan "found the pictures with Astaire in the full dress suits -- I would like to have one for my collection. unknown
40654This Arizona educator and college dean wrote books about government as well; from 1937 to 1953 served that state in Congress as a Democratic representative. Two offprints from the "Congressional Record" each 1p recto and verso 8½" X 11" dated 21 January 1937 and 16 February 1937 respectively. Very good. Faint original mailing folds. These two offprints both concern President Franklin D. Roosevelt's disastrous 1937 "Judicial Procedures Reform Bill" or "court-packing plan" legislation that would have allowed him to enlarge the court in such a way that would help push through his New Deal initiatives. It proved quite controversial and ultimately failed. But only two weeks after taking his congressional seat for the first time Murdock the newbie M.C. stood up to support FDR's plan. He opens modestly professing "it is rather presumptuous of me as a new man to rise so early in the session and explain in an offhand way my attitude toward the great issues which now confront us." and concludes that he does not favor a constitutional amendment to approve FDR's plan. His second speech delivered less than one month later continues to oppose a constitutional amendment and to support Roosevelt concluding "I trust the President and cannot bring myself to give any credence to the charge that he is attempting to become a dictator." At the conclusion of each of these speeches Murdock signs large bold and in full in black ink. This choice pair is accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed rubberstamp 1p 8" X 10½" Washington DC n.y. Very good. On "Congress of the United States" letterhead the neophyte congressmen writes to "Dear Fellow Citizen" that "So large a number of my constituents have written me regarding the proposed judicial changes that I find it convenient to send copies of my speeches and this form letter because I cannot reply to each individually." He then backpeddles wildly: "Please note. that my maiden speech. was merely explaining what I thought the President meant in his first message to this Congress. This was fifteen days before his message recommending judicial changes. I had no idea that he would make any proposals nor what he would suggest if he did propose change. I feel that those of you who have written me in such grave alarm have been unduly perturbed in this matter." In other words he didn't feel FDR's court-packing plan would succeed. Ironically this form letter is signed using a rubber stamp -- even though the second-to-last paragraph of his second speech begins "I too dislike being dubbed a 'rubber stamp'"! A delightful trio -- and fortunately the original recipient future Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 had the foresight to request that Murdock sign each of his speeches. Most unusual. unknown
185600JT68France 1856. Large archive of handwritten letters dates ranging from 1848 to 1869 but most in the mid-50s addressed to important French nobleman the Marquis de Beaumont. Most are of a personal nature intimate nature: Leopold de Carayon writes with humour: "If you are lying I will catch you my old friend.and this Pauline who supposedly is holding you back from coming I will make her pay!.Come see me soon." Beaumont's godson writes other nobility and there is one letter of condolence regarding the Marquis' mother's death. A certain concierge in Paris also writes of some intrigue. Very very interesting archive showing an intimate glimpse of French nobility. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback
17890TP107Paris 1789. Four very warm letters from patients obviously post-operative all declaring the utmost respect and thanks to Professor Chopart. One letter is clearly signed Lalouette and the first of March 1789. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS 1792-1872. Born in 1792 Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers. "I wish to have one copy of every book in the world" he declared to a friend. He very nearly succeeded. His collection ultimately grew to more than 100000 books and at least 60000 manuscripts. As a result of his extravagant purchases Sir Thomas was permanently on the verge of bankruptcy and was constantly pursued by creditors. So many books arrived at his house that it was impossible to unpack his acquisitions much less keep pace with them. Visiting scholars driven to distraction would spend days hunting for an elusive text in the dusty heaps that filled every room. Because Sir Thomas has a morbid dread of fire most of his collection was housed in coffinlike boxes that could be carted away quickly. Visitors to Middle Hill were struck too by the presence of numerous logs a ploy he used to lure beetles away from his books. As Sir Thomas relentlessly pursued his passion the house itself began to crumble and its floors started to sag under the cast weight of hundreds of tons of paper. His neglect of Middle Hill was partly deliberate however. Sir Thomas's chief enemy in life James Halliwell had married his daughter against his wishes. It appears that Halliwell was in Sir Thomas' eyes the worst kind of criminal a book thief who had stolen valuable works from university libraries and even from his father-in-law. Having no sons Sir Thomas was unable to prevent Halliwell from inheriting his estate. To ensure that his detested heir would never receive anything of value Sir Thomas's solution was to allow Middle Hill to fall unto complete disrepair. He even went so far as to chop down and sell for lumber the centuries-old oak trees that lined the majestic mile-long drive to his home. In 1863 Sir Thomas decided to move - in order to accommodate his books. With the aid of 160 men 103 wagonloads of books and papers drawn by 230 horses the books were lumbered from Middle Hill top their new estate in nearby Cheltenham. It is said that for years afterwards the countryside was littered with the remains of carts that had collapsed under the sheer weight of the Phillipps collection. Sir Thomas continues to add to his library until his death in 1872. After Sir Thomas's death his immediate family had no room for his collection. So vast was the library that although individual items and large sections were sold privately or through numerous auction sales the Phillipps collection is still being sold more than a century after the death of its owner. In the course of its sales many treasures have come to light. As late as 1964 part of the long-lost and unique medieval manuscript of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses appeared and was subsequently reunited with its other half at Magdalen College Oxford. Once destined for destruction as worthless wastepaper this and many other priceless works were saved by the single-minded obsession of the greatest bibliomaniac of all time. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback
197000JT65Paris: None 1970. Rare archive lot of 18 typed letters signed dated Paris 17th of March 1970 all identical save for the signatures and in most cases handwritten names that grace these petitions to save the Olympia Music Hall in Paris. Artists names include; Sabrina Guegan Pierre Bacmialoni Michele Sennet Nicole Villano Maurice C'eutat Trebier Jean Pierre Delhomme Berr Marcel Hrasko Icardi Sylvie Vartan Raymond Gimenes Joullie Brigitte Armand Cavallaro Amador Heliose Charles Verstraete and Emile Vilain. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. None Paperback
41474American physicist and chemist whose research on molecular orbital theory -- what holds molecules together -- earned him the 1966 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Bold signature and date 1967 December 16 on a heavy stock 6" X 4" card n.p. n.y. pencilled date on verso 10 August 1983. Fine. Rather uncommon. unknown
22981This American sailor who served during World War Two lays claim to fame as being one of very few living persons ever pictured on a U.S. stamp -- his smiling visage appears among a group of swabbies pictured on the U.S. three-cent stamp issued in 1945 titled "U.S. Navy" Signed Postal Cover 6½" X 3½" n.p. n.y. Fine. NOT a First Day Cover but simply an envelope bearing a mint copy of this stamp neither addressed nor mailed. Across the center large and bold Mullen signs in black medium-point marker. Original transmittal envelope cancelled in Des Moines Iowa on 13 February 1976 also present -- as is a small article from a philatelic newspaper undated but circa 1976 picturing this stamp and a "To the Editor" letter from three of Mullen's grandchildren pointing out that the Iwo Jima flagraisers were not the only living persons pictured on a U.S. stamp. Mullen appears at the upper right corner of the group of sailors captured on this stamp his cap cocked jauntily. Highly unusual -- a fun little piece of philatelic history. unknown
21788American maker of miniatures. PS 5¼" X 3½" n.p. 1933 September 12. Near fine. Handsome black and white picture postcard captioned "Ulm Cathedral / Miniature Model / Hall of Religion - A Century of Progress - Chicago." Card was neither stamped nor canceled; address portion is blank. A description at the top of the message portion tells Mrosek's tale. After giving some details on the famous cathedral in Wuertenberg Germany it gives the vital stats of Mrosek's creation: It "is hand carved from maple and holly wood. It contains 4300 pieces fitted together. It is 9 feet high 8 feet long 40 inches wide equipped with lights art glass windows and chimes. Seven years of painstaking labor were devoted." Below this Mrosek signs and dates it. A superb example of the miniature maker's art and an unusual Century of Progress artifact. unknown
1932008529Croton Falls NY: Spiral Press. SIGNED first edition. Limitied to 300 copies. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Croton Falls NY: Spiral Press 1932. 4to. 8 1/4" x 11 1/4" unpaginated drawings by William Spratling illustrated with b/w plates and architectural plans and renderings. Bound in dark blue publisher's cloth with gilt embossed titles to cover and spine gilt cover design beveled edges pictorial map endpapers. Inscribed by Morrow to Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Schley: "For Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Schley who knew Casa Manana. with a Merry Christmas from Elizabeth Morrow. December 1932." A rare work and important resource on Mexican architecture and pottery by Elizabeth Cutter Morrow on Cuernavaca Mexico where she and her husband U.S. Senator Dwight Morrow who was Ambassador to Mexico from 1927 to 1930 bought adjoining plots to build a house inspired by the local historic architecture. The book is divided into three sections. Section one describes the town of Cuernavaca. Section two contains architectural plans and details for the home and gardens. Section three contains photo reproductions of the Mexican furnishings in the house including water jars jewelry boxes and woven garments. American-born expatriate artist and designer William Spratling created drawings for the new house and illustrated the text. Elizabeth Morrow was an American poet in the early 20th century who became the first female head of Smith College. Morrow was the mother of Anne Morrow Lindbergh distinguished American author and wife of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh. Near fine. Rare. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 1932. Spiral Press unknown
31366The son of Declaration of Independence signer Lewis Morris 1726-98 and nephew of statesman Gouverneur Morris 1752-1816 was himself a soldier in the Revolutionary war -- aide-de-camp to General Charles Lee later on the staff of General Nathanael Greene and himself raised to the rank of general; postwar he helped found the village of Butternuts Otsego County in 1787 and served in the New York legislature; Morris New York is named in his honor. ANS 3rd person 7 3/4" X 6¼" n.p. 1802 March 5. Addressed to a W. Webster. Very good. Lightly and pleasantly age toned. "Genl. Morris compts to Mr Webster sends a letter to Captn Duncan open for his perusal If Mr W. has recd. the celebrated speech of Mr Bayard n the House of Rept.ves against the repeal of the Indecency law he will be much obliged by the perusal of it together with any other southern papers that may have come to hand since those he was obliged with the examination of a day or two ago." Attractively penned in brown ink. Interesting. unknown
15460Famed jazz trombonist arranger and big band leader. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. 1949 May 20. Fine. Superb half-length portrait playing trombone boldly inscribed in bright green ink "To Ken from / Russ Morgan / 5/20/49." This item has been tastefully archivally double matted in dark and light grey under UV-filtering glass in a 1" wood-and-gilt frame. A superb display. unknown
28640Confederate brigadier general and Alabama senator 1877-1907. ALS 1p 7½" X 10" U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead Washington DC 1884 June 16. Addressed to "My Dear Major." Good. Slight age toning. Inquires about the whereabouts of the 21st and 22nd volumes of State Department statutes which should have been sent to him in DC but may have been directed to Selma Alabama. Pencilled draft of a response on the verso in unidentified hand. Uncommon. unknown
40990This Cleveland attorney and Republican politician became that city's city manager in 1930 effectively operating as Cleveland's 42nd mayor at a time when Cleveland operated briefly on the city manager plan; but with the Great Depression his reforms and hiring of African-Americans at City Hospital didn't sit well and that model was outvoted for the more traditional major/city council plan; he ran for mayor but was defeated by a Democrat and by 1931 was out of a job; in 1939 he became judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals. ANS 1p 8½" X 6" Cleveland OH 24 December 1934. Addressed to "Mr. Gates" Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar. Near fine. On his imprinted "Law Office of Daniel E. Morgan" letterhead the de facto former mayor notes simply in his huge bold hand: "Am pleased to send you my autograph." and signs boldly in full below. An attractive example from the period between his mayorship and his judgeship. Unusual item for the Cleveland completist. unknown
24798Supposedly the youngest soldier to enlist in the Civil War; others such as Johnny Clem born 1851 the "Union Drummer Boy of Chickamauga" were indeed younger although Clem did not carry a weapon until later was not officially mustered in and his wages were paid out of donations by the officers. Morefield's credentials therefore appear sound. ALS 1p 8" X 10" Elkhorn WI 1892 March 10. Addressed to W.E. Ambler. Near fine. Slight mailing folds. To a journalist or scholar researching Morefield's claim to fame Morefield transmits a photograph "Coppied from a tin tipe that I had taken soon after I Enlisted" not present. He agrees to "write up my Army Experience I dont know jest what you want do you want to know whare the Regiments went and What we went through I will say this much to you if it hendent of been for the Exposure of Camp life and picket duty and Rheumatism and diseases resulting from Rheumatism that I contracted while In the Army my Experience would been a good one." An intriguing very scarce item. unknown
1968009521Perth: Landfall Press. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Perth: Landfall Press 1968 first printing. 4to. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" 112pp. illustrated with color and b/w plates. Signature of Charles Court who was then Minister for Industrial Development - and later Premier of Western Australia from 1974 to 1982 laid in. "Best wishes Chas Court - 28 March 69". Signed across the text of a 3 1/2" x 5" printed card attached to flyleaf. Printed text reads: "With the compliments of The Hon. C.W.M. Court O.B.E. M.L.A. Minister for Industrial Development and the North-west Perth Western Australia." Some foxing to preliminaries and along edge of page block. Very good in very good dust jacket with a few short closed tears. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1968. Landfall Press unknown
