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1892002123Boston and London: Ginn and Company. SIGNED First Edition first printing. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Boston and London: Ginn and Company 1892. 8vo. 5" x 7 1/2." v178 pages6pp. ads. Brown cloth with decorative black lettering to cover gilt lettering on spine. Inscribed "Compliments of the Author" on front fly leaf. A beautifully preserved copy in very good plus collectible condition. . Very Good Plus. Hard. 1st. 1892. Ginn and Company unknown
41739This popular and influential English actor ruled the London stage with his interpretations of Shakespeare and other tragedies from the teens through the 1840s touring America successfully as well. Third-person ANS 1p integral address leaf 4½" X 7¼" Covent Garden Theatre London 20 November n.y. Addressed to "Woolf Esq. / 153. Drury Lane." Very good. Mildly age toned and lightly soiled. "Mr. Macready presents his Compts. to Mr. Woolf -- would be very happy to see him for a few minutes conversation either this evening after ten o'Clock or tomorrow morning. Red wax seal on integral address portion bears "Royal Covent Garden Theatre" imprint. This theatre was the site of Macready's first London appearance as Orestes in a production of Racine's "The Distressed Mother" in September 1816 -- but the 1836 watermark on this sheet likely dates this letter to 1838-39 when he served as manager of this theatre. A handsome example. unknown
32206This Philadelphian resigned his commission as lieutenant with the British army at the outbreak of the American Revolution to join the Pennsylvania militia rising through the ranks to brigadier general and serving as aide to Major General Benjamin Lincoln; in the "Whiskey Rebellion" he commanded a volunteer battalion nicknamed "MacPherson's Blues" which served under Washington's command and proved invaluable earning high commendations from Washington and Lafayette; his brother Captain John MacPherson was the first Philadelphian of note killed in the Revolutionary War. ANS 1p 6" X 3½" Stanton 1812 June 13. Addressed to W. Wager. Very good. Not faded but penned in a rather thin light ink easily readable. "Please to let the Bearer have a Gallon of your best old Brandy." An attractive example and rather uncommon. Pencilled notes on verso also include the interesting aside that this document was "Presented by Herr Simon Gratz April 20/79." Simon Gratz 1838-1925 was a noted Philadelphia attorney and philanthropist -- but more importantly was an important autograph collector author of such popular works as "A Book About Autographs" 1920. unknown
20917This American explorer accompanied Robert Peary on his 1908-10 North Pole expedition. Attractive "Most Sincerely Yours" and full signature heavy stock 5" X 3" card not lined n.p. 1929 November 4. Very good. Light age toning; small mounting traces on verso. Nice large example. unknown
21892Urbane and versatile American poet Pulitzer Prizes for "Conquistador" in 1932 and "Collected Poems" in 1953 dramatist Pulitzer Prize for "J.B." in 1958 journalist and critic. TNS 1p 6" X 8" Conway MA 1969 August 14. Addressed to Douglas C. Platt. Fine. Cordial note to an admirer regretting that he doesn't "keep a stock of photographs on hand" but agrees to sign any books. Bold "A MacLeish" in blue ballpoint. With original envelope. unknown
28617Examples of this noted portraitist's work hang in museums nationwide; a student of among others William Merritt Chase -- also her first customer -- she became known for her sensitive oil portraits of women and children; in 1912 she co-founded the National Foundation of Portrait Painters with her husband and in 1931 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Choice content TLS 1p 8½" X 11" New York NY 1933 April 25. Addressed to John G. Leiser. Near fine. Asked about her success by this admirer she replies in part: ".aside from a very early all-absorbing love of Beauty the hunger for which in some form all people have and that torturous desire to remain less inarticulate about it. I have had perhaps from my New England parents with certain influences of the West or Middle West we now call it. the tremendous love of hard work above the motives of fame and praise or so called 'Honors' -- through those blessed years of obscurity and without most of the time any economic security. And in seeking to master the difficulties of a language & conditions such as painting toward an expression of Universal fact as each sees it I have never consciously compromised in doing my best at the time. These are the qualities that have done most for me in what you have termed 'Success' rather than any outside encouragement of which for years and years I had none." She lastly notes "The painting you speak of 'The Hilltop' is a very early canvas painted in Paris in 1906 or 1907." Boldly signed. Original envelope present. Fabulous content piece. unknown
40509This well-rounded California pastor railroad man actor playwright and lecturer was a popular short story writer and novelist "Those Who Have Come Back" 1914 "Tongues of Flame" 1924 and penned the scripts for the films "Guiles of Women" 1921 starring Will Rogers and "A Pair of Hellions" 1924. TMS 1p 8½" X 11" Pacific Grove CA 1923 March 8. Near fine. Actual working draft page p. 23 from a short story titled "Mercy" which was published in the May 1923 issue of "Cosmopolitan" magazine. Typed double spaced with numerous additions deletions and corrections. Along the wide right margin vertically Macfarlane signs large and bold in full in black ink adding date and place and noting "a page from the MS of / 'Mercy' Cosmopolitan for / May 1923." Content concerns a minister named Robert N. Mason confessing a sexual crime to a friend George Fawcett during a nighttime drive through what seems suspiciously like heading north from Macfarlane's home in Pacific Grove: In part "The city of E____ enjoys a climate that has bland moments. This was one of them. It was a black velvety all-enveloping sort of night -- the very night for confidences; and the car was turned north away from the city away from the lights away north endlessly north into the open country. The minister apparently suffering the greatest distress with something upon his heart that demanded expression seemed nevertheless quite unable to utter himself." Interestingly about a year after this was signed on June 9 1924 Macfarlane bought a gun at a local gun shop said goodbye to wife and children and drove north to San Francisco where he put a bullet in his head outside the San Francisco morgue. The reason for his suicide at age 53 Diabetes. From the collection of Professor Albert Johannsen author of "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" University of Oklahoma Press 1950 the definitive reference work and bibliography on the subject. Johannsen requested working draft pages from authors so it's possible this manuscript leaf predates its 1923 date by quite a bit. Also present is Johannsen's original 8½" X 11" file folder bearing his printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label partly filled in by Johannsen. unknown
42172Vassar College's longest-serving president was its fifth 1915-46 an effective academic administrator who was also their first secular president and helped to found Sarah Lawrence College. TNS 1p 8½" X 5½" Poughkeepsie NY 8 January 1930. Addressed to John T. Owen. Very good. Lightly age toned with inoffensive staple hole at upper left not affecting text and small chip at upper right corner. "I shall be glad to have you use the photograph of me made by Pirie MacDonald in the booklet you are preparing and you are hereby granted permission to secure this from the photographer." Boldly signed in blue with his usual "H.N. MacCracken." The noted New York portrait photographer 1867-1942 -- known as "Photographer of Men" for he only photographed males -- shot anyone who was anyone in that area for decades and MacCracken sat for him in 1924. Owen was perhaps a publicity or marketing person working up a Vassar promotional brochure. unknown
16055Devoted wife of the controversial general Douglas MacArthur who was at his side aboard a PT boat when he left the Philippines ahead of a Japanese siege; she often represented him at official functions; prominent New York socialite and philanthropist. TNS 1p 5¼" X 7" New York NY 1965 January 1. Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Zerk. Very good. Slight age toning along top margin. On letterhead of the Waldorf Astoria where she lived for many years MacArthur thanks this noted Milwaukee inventor/engineer for a Christmas card and adds "best wishes for this New Year." With original envelope. unknown
2008047080Winston-Salem N. C.: Susan Lyon Studios 2008. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 139 pages. Hardcover with a purple pictorial dust jacket. Moderate rubbing and wear to the jacket as well as a distinct bend to the lower edge of the front cover. The book is sound and is mostly clean but there is some brown damp staining at the lower corner of the text block at the rear of the book. Illustrated in color throughout. INSCRIBED by the author / artist to a personal friend on the front flyleaf. Susan Lyon was born in Illinois but makes her home in rural North Carolina. The subjects of her painting are not North Carolina but often feature women from different cultures as well as still life and flowers. <br/> <br/> Susan Lyon Studios hardcover
28424This bibliographical giant president of the American Library Association and the Bibliographical Society of America was a fixture at the New York Public Library serving as manager of the manuscript division chief reference librarian assistant director and finally director 1934-41; among his many books is "The History of the New York Public Library" 1923. Partly-printed DS 1p 5½" X 8½" New York NY 1940 June 24. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Near fine. On "New York Public Library" letterhead this form letter partly typed in acknowledges and thanks a book gift to the library -- in this case Gates' privately published booklet "Amberglow of Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge." Lydenberg's miniscule signature could easily be mistaken for printed but is actually authentic and original. unknown
42259This Swiss-German author's biographies were widely popular in many languages -- among them are Lincoln Napoleon Jesus Bismarck and Goethe. On the message side of a glossy 5¼" X 3¼" heavy stock photograph of Ludwig writing at a desk he boldly pencils: "Thanking for / kind wishes. / Ludwig / Lucerne / 3.3.40 / Greatings sic to your / splendid ." Address portion at right also in his hand to Arnold F. Gates of Eleveland Ohio 1914-09 a future noted Lincoln scholar. Very good. Later this same year Ludwig emigrated to the United States. Surely Ludwig's biography of Lincoln was the occasion for this Lincoln scholar to write the great Lincoln biographer. unknown
20931This American physiologist is best known for having co-discovered a better laughing gas. ALS 1p 5" X 6½" Wurzburg Bavaria 1925 April 14. Addressed to Maxine Huebner. Very good. Minor mounting traces on verso. Gracious note thanking an Iowa school teacher for "the honor done me by your class." Unusual. unknown
192262640Bruxelles Brussels 1922. Fine. Bruxelles Brussels 3 novembre 1922 9 x 14 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard of Lucien Guitry to Nadia Koudrine known as Charlane written in black ink. Photo of Edward VI's portrait of the Brussels Museum on the back. Lucien Guitry's signature at the bottom of the letter. Lucien Guitry sends this letter to the actress from Brussels. He complains that he has not heard from him. unknown
193483171Paris 1934. Fine. Paris 20 avril 1934 13.50 x 21 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed on letterhead of the periodical ""Le journal"" by Lucien Descaves 15 lines in blue ink probably addressed to Raymond Escholier who published at Floury in 1934 a biography of Honoré Daumier. Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion. ""20 avril 34 Cher ami. Je suis désolé de vous avoir oh ! bien involontairement contrarié mais je rendais compte de votre livre comme je parlerai de celui que vous allez m'envoyer et que j'attends avec impatience. Alors je dirai ce que Daumier vous doit et ne doit pas à Suarès. Si j'aime Daumier et ses amis . Vous verrez cela ! A bientôt cher ami le plaisir de dîner ensemble et cordialement vous. Lucien Descaves."" ""20 April 34 Dear friend. I am sorry to have oh! quite involuntarily upset you but I was reviewing your book as I will speak of the one you are going to send me and which I await with impatience. So I will say what Daumier owes you and does not owe to Suarès. If I love Daumier and his friends. You will see that! See you soon dear friend for the pleasure of dining together and cordially yours. Lucien Descaves."" unknown
193676136Paris 1936. Fine. Paris 28 mai 1936 13.40 x 21 cm 2 pages sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Lucien Daudet addressed to Lucien Descaves; two pages written in black ink on a sheet of blue paper. Folds inherent to mailing. Fine letter discussing Alexandre Arnoux talent and the Prix Goncourt: ""Alexandre Arnoux est un écrivain comparable a Vallery sic Larbaud c'est-à-dire un homme remarquable à qui a manqué on ne sait quelle chance ou quelle ambition. . Quelquefois je m'imagine ce que devrait être l'Académie Goncourt dans son véritable esprit Goncourt et son prestige ici et en Europe si les Dix étaient vous mon frère Claudel Gide Max Jacob Cendrars Malraux Neveux etc."" ""Alexandre Arnoux is a writer comparable to Vallery sic Larbaud that is to say a remarkable man who lacked we know not what chance or what ambition. . Sometimes I imagine what the Goncourt Academy should be in its true Goncourt spirit and its prestige here and in Europe if the Ten were you my brother Claudel Gide Max Jacob Cendrars Malraux Neveux etc.""Alphonse Daudet Lucien's father was the first president of the Goncourt Academy in 1897. unknown
194276137Paris 1942. Fine. Paris 29 décembre 1942 13.60 x 17.90 cm 6 pages sur un double feuillet et un feuillet simple Autograph letter signed by Lucien Daudet addressed to Lucien Descaves; six pages written in black ink on a double sheet and a single sheet. Creases inherent to the mailing. Fine and long unpublished letter addressed to Lucien Descaves to whom Daudet had not given news for two years. He outlines broadly the tragic events that occurred since: ""Since that time I remained in Paris I witnessed the days of June 40 . I undertook to forget my life to write a life of my father . Then in August I understood that I was very ill . I was operated on reoperated on in November I was dying I knew nothing anymore then a phlebitis. . A month later I learned of my brother's death."" All these sad misadventures do not prevent him from thinking about the Goncourt Academy which he evokes at length in this missive. Indeed his brother Léon Daudet having died a few months earlier the academicians are seeking a successor and Lucien's name figures among the favorites: ""As soon as the newspapers mentioned my name for the Goncourt Academy I was very embarrassed."" He nevertheless states the reasons why he does not wish to join the ten: ""Because I could not appear my brother being dead to say 'my turn' . And finally it is difficult to write when one is the son of Alphonse Daudet but when in addition one is the brother of Léon Daudet . the game was lost in advance for me."" It is finally La Varende who will be elected on the recommendation of René Benjamin and Sacha Guitry and despite his certainties ""I would present myself one day or another to the Academy"" Lucien Daudet will never join the prestigious jury. Lucien has attached to his first letter another sheet in which he comments on Germaine Beaumont's latest novel: ""One must not have the slightest idea of what a novel is a true novel to not have understood that for years no one had written a novel of such density."" This literary consideration is the occasion for Daudet to address the Céline case who - still in France at this time - has just published his third pamphlet Les Beaux Draps: ""You I a few others loved Céline when he had great talent. And then all the imbeciles discovered him when he imitated himself and it was no longer anything but the waffle iron."" unknown
20930Although he had a distinguished career in economics and banking -- he is responsible for instituting bank holidays and other reforms -- it is as a writer on entomology and archeology that he is remembered; his "Pre-historic Times" 1865 was long the standard textbook on archeology. ANS 1p 4½" X 7" London England n.y. April 7. Addressed to A.L. Williams. Very good. Faint mounting trace on left edge not affecting text. Gracious note to an admirer. "I am flattered by your wish for a Photograph & have the pleasure of sending one accordingly." Photograph not present. unknown
40737The son-in-law of inventor George M. Pullman was a Republican politician who served as Illinois governor 1917-21 and representative 1906-11. TLS 1p 5 3/4" X 7 3/4" Oregon IL 8 June 1937. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Near fine. On personal letterhead Lowden thanks this admirer for "your request for an autographed copy of my radio address of April 7. It gives me pleasure to enclose you herewith autographed copy." Large full signature. The address is present titled "An Independent Judiciary the Bulwark of the People's Liberties" 8vo wrappers bound along top with black cloth tape 20pp rectos only. Near fine. On the front wrapper the governor pens "With the compli- / ments of / Frank O Lowden" huge and bold in black ink. Subitled "An address delivered by Frank O. Lowden over the Blue Network of the National Broadcasting Company on Wednesday evening April 7 1937" this speech attacks President Roosevelt's 1937 "Judicial Procedures Reform Bill" or "court-packing plan" legislation that would have allowed him to enlarge the court and push through his New Deal initiatives. Unusual. unknown
35903This English physicist served as first director of the Jodrell Bank Observatory from 1945 to 1980; he developed the world's first radio telescope -- the Lovell Telescope -- and his development of radio astronomy earned him knighthood in 1961. Signed FDC 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Washington DC on 23 April 1973 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. 8-cent "Copernicus 1473-1973" stamp at upper right. In blank lower left area Lovell signs boldly in blue fineline. No ornamental cachet no recipient's name/address. Fine. Accompanied by original transmittal envelope 15 May 1973 and small printed University of Manchester "With Compliments from Professor Sir Bernard Lovell" slip. unknown
188583957s. l. Paris 1885. Fine. s. l. Paris 12 juin 1885 11 x 16.90 cm 2 pages 1/2 sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; two and a half pages written in black ink on a white paper bifolium with black border. Transverse folds inherent to postal delivery. Louise Michel requests help for one of her acquaintances: ""Madame Maron à qui Lafont ou Clémenceau avait fait avoir promesse à la mairie d'un terme de son loyer elle en doit trois n'a plus entendu parler de rien et il faut qu'elle déménage pour aller en face où elle paiera moins. Sa propriétaire l'aurait attendue avec un terme payé sur les trois. Il faut enfin que ce soit vous qui rappeliez cette pauvre femme qui a rendu tant de services."" ""Madam Maron for whom Lafont or Clémenceau had secured a promise from the town hall for one term of her rent she owes three has heard nothing more and must move across the street where she will pay less. Her landlady would have waited for her with one term paid out of the three. You must finally be the one to remind them of this poor woman who has rendered so many services."" Moving letter testimony to the unwavering devotion of the former Communard. unknown
188783960s. l. Paris 1887. Fine. s. l. Paris 19 novembre 1887 11.30 x 17.70 cm 1 pages 1/2 sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to mailing. ""Chauvière et d'autres amis communs vous prient bien de tâcher que Clemenceau recommande au professeur qui a la chaire de Russe au Collège de France et à la Sorbonne notre ami Gregorieff comme aide. Il paraît qu'avec un mot de Rochefort et de Clemenceau il serait immédiatement accepté ."" ""Chauvière and other mutual friends earnestly ask you to try to have Clemenceau recommend our friend Gregorieff as assistant to the professor who holds the Russian chair at the Collège de France and at the Sorbonne. It appears that with a word from Rochefort and Clemenceau he would be immediately accepted ."" The novelist P. Gregorieff had given some Russian lessons to Louise Michel. Moving letter testimony to the unfailing devotion of the former Communard. unknown
188583964s. l. Paris 1885. Fine. s. l. Paris 6 février 1885 11.10 x 17.60 cm 1 page 1/2 sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to mailing. A trace of glue on the second sheet where Louise Michel had probably pasted a letter from her cousin. News of Louise Michel's little cousin Lucien Dacheux: ""Je reçois une lettre de mon petit cousin Dacheux qui me demande de remercier encore pour lui Clemenceau et lui. Je le fais moi-même de tout coeur. N'oubliez pas de le dire à Clemenceau. Le petit Dacheux est à Brest 1ère division de recrutement. . Clemenceau serait en droit de dire que je suis bien ennuyeuse mais montrez lui la lettre du petit si on pouvait obtenir qu'il ait un peu d'instruction. Je ne sais pas s'ils peuvent avoir des leçons. Y a-t-il une école je ne sais rien de tout cela dans la division où il est."" ""I receive a letter from my little cousin Dacheux who asks me to thank Clemenceau and him again on his behalf. I do so myself wholeheartedly. Don't forget to tell Clemenceau. Little Dacheux is in Brest 1st recruitment division. . Clemenceau would have the right to say that I am quite bothersome but show him the little one's letter if we could obtain that he have a little education. I don't know if they can have lessons. Is there a school I know nothing of all that in the division where he is."" Moving letter testimony to the unfailing devotion of the former communard. unknown
188583963s. l. Paris 1885. Fine. s. l. Paris 16 juillet s. d. ca 1885 13.40 x 21.10 cm 1 page 1/2 sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to posting. Mrs. Vernier will be released from prison thanks to Louise Michel's assistance: ""elle sort le mois prochain et elle le mérite bien elle vous est bien reconnaissante. Remerciez Clémenceau Lafont et Clovis Hugues avec Laguerre peut-être tous les quatre qui ont apostillé la demande."" ""she is released next month and she well deserves it she is very grateful to you. Thank Clémenceau Lafont and Clovis Hugues with Laguerre perhaps all four who endorsed the request."" A moving letter testimony to the unwavering devotion of the former Communard. unknown
188583956s. l. Paris 1885. Fine. s. l. Paris 20 avril 1885 11 x 17.70 cm 2 pages sur un bifeuillet et un feuillet encollé sur la 3e page Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; two pages written in black ink on a white paper bifolium with black border. One sheet in the hand of a naval adjutant from Brest pasted on the third page. Transverse folds inherent to postal delivery. Louise Michel asks the recipient of this letter for advice regarding her young cousin: ""Ignorant si Clémenceau aurait le temps d'écrire un mot de recommandation pour quelques leçons à mon petit cousin Dacheux je vous le dis d'abord afin que vous preniez un moment où ce sera possible pour le dire à Clemenceau. Je vous avoue que je n'ai pas trop compris la lettre du petit parce qu'il en est resté une bonne partie dans l'encrier il écrit si mal."" ""Not knowing if Clémenceau would have time to write a word of recommendation for some lessons for my young cousin Dacheux I tell you first so that you may find a moment when it would be possible to mention it to Clémenceau. I confess that I did not quite understand the boy's letter because a good part of it remained in the inkwellhe writes so poorly."" Moving letter testimony to the unwavering devotion of the former Communard. unknown
