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1986008530Washington D. C.: Mage Pub. First edition with an original color marker drawing signed by Franta bound in. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington D. C. Mage 1986. 4to 9 3/4" x 11 1/4" 143pp. 109 illustrations 50 in color plus original color drawing. Text in English and French. Fine in fine dust jacket. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 1986. Mage Pub unknown
16155The first Baron Gambier was a noted naval commander; he was the first to break the French line in Howe's victory he led the bombardment of Copenhagen and the 1807 capture of the Danish fleet and he negotiated the 1814 peace with the U.S.; in 1830 he was named admiral of the fleet. Free-franked front portion of envelope irregular 4½" X 2½" tipped to slightly larger sheet Uxbridge England 1825 February 11. Very good. Faint red circular "Free" postal cancellation. Addressed in his hand to "The Revd. T.T. Becher / Southwell / Notts:e" and signed simply "Gambier" at lower left. A handsome piece. unknown
28702The second Earl and first Marquis of Camden served as lord lieutenant of Ireland 1795-98 secretary of war and twice president of the council; later he was chancellor of Cambridge University. Free-franked front portion of envelope 5" X 3½" Leven Oaks England 1832 January 12. Near fine. Bold red circular postal cancellation. Addressed entirely in Jeffreys' hand and signed simply "Camden" at lower left. A handsome piece. unknown
31673This popular and influential English statesman served often as foreign minister and twice 1855-58 1859-65 as prime minister; he is mainly remembered for ending the Crimean War. Free-Franked Envelope a signed envelope front panel 4 3/4" X 3" Sligo Ireland 1824 September 6. Barely visible red postal inkstamp. Very good. Boldly addressed in Palmerston's handsome hand to Lady Gore Booth at Lissadeil Sligo. Signed with his usual "Palmerston" at lower left. Very attractive. Palmerston was secretary for war at this time. unknown
29321This British Whig politician was Viscount Normanby from 1812-31and rose to Earl of Mulgrave from 1831-38 when the Marquess of Normanby was created for him in 1838; he served as Governor of Jamaica 1832-34 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1835-39 Home Secretary 1839-41 British Ambassador to France 1846-52 and Minister to Tuscany 1854-58. Free-Franked Envelope 5" X 3½" n.p. London n.y. Very good. On a typical light grey envelope of the period bearing Normanby's black wax seal still present on the verso he signs a bold "Normanby" in brown ink at lower left addressing it to a "J. Horsley Pye / 10 Charlotte Street" in his usual challenging scrawl. Interesting piece. unknown
42530Nicknamed "The Easy Boss" as well as "Me Too" for petulantly resigning his U.S. Senate seat in 1881 at Roscoe Conkling's urging this powerful New York Republican party political boss served as Congressman 1873-77 and Senator 1881 1897-1909 -- but is remembered not for legislative prowess but rather for the political clout that made him Theodore Roosevelt's political godfather. Large and bold free-franked signature "Free TC Platt" in dark brown ink on an irregular-shaped 4" X 1½" slip clipped from envelope n.p. n.y. Very good. A super example. unknown
22665This English member of the House of Parliament is better known for lightweight satirical verse such as "Stanzas to the Speaker Asleep" and other witty society pieces. Front panel of free-franked envelope 1p 5" X 3" St. Leonard's on Sea England 1836 January 11. Very good. Interesting "Hastings Penny Post" cancellation. Handsome piece addressed in Praed's hand to "The Elder Brethren / of the / Trinity House / London" and franked by him at lower left. Praed died at the young age of thirty-seven making his autograph somewhat uncommon. unknown
40600This high-ranking Church of England official served as Bishop of Carlisle 1791-1807 then Archbishop of York 1808-47 the second-highest position after Archbishop of Canterbury. Front panel of Free-Franked Envelope 4½" X 2 3/4" York England 1841 December 9 postal cancellation. Very good. Handsome front panel boldly addressed by the Archbishop in brown ink to the treasurer of the Ecclesiastical Commission barrister C.K. Murray at 5 Whitehall Place London. Black and reddish postal cancellations. At lower left he signs with his customary "EEbor" "E" for "Edward" and "Ebor" for "Eboracum" the Latin name for the ancient Roman Britain settlement that became York. A handsome example. unknown
30549This English politician and jurist served as member of parliament and other high government positions but is best known as Chief Justice of the Common Please 1824-29. Free-Franked Envelope 4 3/4" X 3" tipped to 7" X 4" album leaf n.p. n.y. Very good. On the front portion only of this typically small envelope Wynford addresses it in his usual illegible scrawl possibly later life to "Waverly Esqr / Post Office" signing simply "Wynford" at lower left as usual. Below this on the period album leaf to which this is neatly affixed is penned "Lord Wynford late Lord Chief Justice Best" in a handsome hand. A nice example. unknown
37205The Civil War governor of Illinois 1861-65 also served as representative 1851-55 and senator 1865-71. Bold and handsome "Richd Yates / USS" tan 3½" X 1" slip n.p. n.y. Fine. Though not dated this would have been a free-franking signature clipped from a type of envelope commonly used by Congressman and dates to Yates' Senate period. Accompanied by an outstanding 1860s vintage steel-engraved portrait heavy stock 6" X 9" engraved by J.C. Buttre of New York and captioned "Eminent Loyal Governors" in ornate flowing typeface along the lower margin. Head-and-shoulders portrait of 13 Union governors each within a small oval border; Yates appears near the upper left. unknown
1924050247Dalton GA: The A. J. Showalter Company 1924. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Robert M. Goodman. 12mo. 46 pages. Hardcover bound in burgundy textured cloth. Light to moderate wear to the binding. The texture of the cloth is smoother along the fore edge. A sound copy with secure inner hinges and clean text. INSCRIBED from the author's son on the front pastedown to "Bishop Britton". Beneath this is another inscription "To Elizabeth L. Glenn from Emma." The text is a little toned but is generally clean. A collection of poetry written in southern rural "Negro Dialect" with some of the poems containing the "N" word. William McDonald Goodman was born in Marietta Georgia in 1868 and moved to Knoxville Tennessee in 1894. In 1897 he married Miss Florence H. Hardin of Morganton NC. He was the publisher of a Southern regional business journal and was the director of the National Conservation Exposition at Knoxville. He died in 1934. <br/> <br/> The A. J. Showalter Company hardcover
19633091bx112<p>Minnie Louise Austin: Self Published. Near Fine. 1963. Softcover. Stapled green card wraps. Signed and inscribed by the author to Rev. Howard Smith; 24 pages.</p> Minnie Louise Austin: Self Published paperback
1990040321London: Lennard 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 221 Pp 3 Pp Index At End. Blue Boards. First Printing. Inscribed By Author With A Full Page Color Illustrated Inscription On The Front Pastedown. Book Fine But Has Slight Spine Lean; Dust Jacket Not Price Clipped Slight Rubbing Along Top Edge. <br/> <br/> Lennard hardcover
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
1882032537Boston: James R. Osgood And Company 1882. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece Portrait. Xvii 261 Pp. Brown Cloth Gilt. First Edition. Light Wear Gilt Fairly Bright A Little Bubbling Of Cloth A Few Pinpoint Frays At Edges Rear Hinge Cracked Due To Bancroft's Personal Envelope With Thick Enclosures Tipped To Rear Endpaper Pages Clean But A Little Aged. Ownership Signature Of Textile Manufacturer Samuel Bancroft Jr. Of Rockford Mills Delaware Dated 11/22/81 And With His Large And Elaborate Heraldic Bookplate On Front Pastedown. Also With A Seven Page Holograph Letter From Alfred Darbyshire To His Cousin Bancroft Dated September 11 1881 Apparently In Response To Inquiries From Bancroft Providing A Summary Of Everything Darbyshire Knew Of Mrs. Ward Her Family And Background And Her Current Activities. Also Included Is Bancroft's Copy Of An August 26 1879 Cable From Ward To Derbyshire Accepting The Invitation To Speak At A Calvert Benefit; Also A Note From L. Wingfield To Darbyshire "Good Lord! Genevieve's Biography- All Of It It Would Take From Here To New York" Etc. And Offering To Send Darbyshire A Copy Of This Book; Both Typed Out With An Attestation That The Originals Had Been Returned To Darbyshire. In 1880 Bancroft Was Introduced To Pre-Raphaelite English Artwork By His Cousin Architect Alfred Darbyshire. He Fell In Love With The Art And Once Bancroft Stepped Back From Directly Managing The Family Firm In 1889 He Began To Purchase Numerous Pieces Of Artwork. In 1880 He Was Introduced To Pre-Raphaelite English Artwork By His Cousin Architect Alfred Darbyshire. He Fell In Love With The Art And Once Bancroft Stepped Back From Directly Managing The Family Firm In 1889 He Began To Purchase Numerous Pieces Of Artwork. His Collection Began In 1890 With A Work By Dante Gabriel Rossetti Whose Art And Poetry Featured Prominently In Bancroft's Further Collections Over The Next 25 Years. He Maintained Correspondence With Other Artists In The Movement And Offered Financial Support To The Families Of Some Of Them. Bancroft Continued Adding To The Collection For The Remainder Of His Life And Built It Into The Largest Such Collection Of Pre-Raphaelite Works Outside England. Alfred Darbyshire 20 June 1839 - 5 July 1908 Was An English Architect. He Was A Nephew Of George Bradshaw The Compiler Of Railway Guides. Darbyshire Admired The Gothic Revival Style Of Alfred Waterhouse But Also Designed In The Neoclassical Style. Darbyshire Was A Man Of Many Talents Which Centered On The Theatre. As Well As Building Them He Acted In Them And Became Famous For His Extravagant Stage Productions. In 1869 Charles Calvert Actor-Manager Of The Prince's Theatre Manchester Employed Alfred To Redecorate The Theatre. They Became Good Friends And Alfred Assisted Calvert With The Staging Of Some Of His Great 'Revivals' Of Shakespeare's Plays. Page 139/140 Where Ward's Productions With Calvert Is Turned Down At A Corner By Bancroft. In 1872 He Built A Spectacular Set For The Triumphal Entry Of The King Into London In Henry V. The Production Was Carried Through The United States And Into Australia. In New York More Than 100000 People Visited Booth's Theatre To See The Play. As A Landscape Painter He Sketched And Painted In Italy France Belgium And Germany. Alfred Was An Art Critic For The Manchester Guardian And From 1874 To 1905 He Was An Art Critic For The Courier. He Wrote A Number Of Books On Architecture Heraldry And Art And Innumerable Pamphlets And Brochures. <br/> <br/> James R. Osgood And Company hardcover
19302212541930-1940s. Two concertina-bound autograph books. <br> <br>Fan-shaped concertina-bound autograph book 13 x 20cm widest point 30 thick cream leaves with approx 160 manuscript autographs gilt-flecked endpapers gold-patterned brocade cover with a linen label all edges gilt enclosed in a linen fan-shaped sleeve with toggle closures and paper label binder's stamp to the inside cover; the linen worn and faded and the album split at two openings but in very good condition. <br> <br>Small concertina-bound autograph book 12 x 9cm approx 25 thick paper leaves 5 red temple stamps and 4 pencilled autographs sable silk-covered boards chipped paper label in very good condition. Two autograph books dating from 1933-1940 which belonged to the Australian Japan expert author and broadcaster George Caiger 1903-1991. In 1930 after teaching in England and Australia Caiger moved to Japan where he taught English at Musashi Koto Gakko a private school in Tokyo and later also lectured at the Peers' School in Tokyo. Caiger wrote numerous essays and books on Japan and developed friendships with some leading figures in Japanese society and politics. He returned to Australia in 1940 and later became an intelligence officer and translator for the Australian military during World War II before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. <br> <br>His beautiful fan-shaped Japanese autograph book contains a collection of signatures messages and some ink sketches. The earliest of these date to 1933-1934 and include farewell messages from friends written in May 1934 when Caiger and his wife Margaret returned for a short period to Australia. Others date from 1939-1940 and include farewells from the time when the Caigers left Japan for good in late 1939. An interesting set of signatures on the last page includes the annotation "SS Atuta Maru 00.01am 1st January 1940 Arafura Sea" clearly written as passengers celebrated a rather uncertain New Year on their voyage home from Japan. There are also two charming ink sketches - one of Mt. Fuji - drawn by a friend named Y. Nakatsuka shortly before the Caigers' departure from Japan. Autographs include those of Australian diplomat H. R. Sawbridge and Christian missionary Clarence Gillett who later worked with Japanese internees in the US during WWII. <br> <br>A second smaller concertina-folded autograph book is mostly blank but contains a few pencilled-in names on the first page and some souvenir ink-stamps including one labelled "Daibustu Nara 1.1.33" in the rear. <br> <br>Fascinating autograph realia from the Imperial Japanese period collected by a well-known Australian broadcaster. . hardcover
1938008119London- New York-Toronto: Longmans Green and Co. 1938 1938. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good /Very Good DJ. Photographs And Reproductions. 252 Pp. Red And Yellow Cloth First Binding With Yellow Dj Printed In Red And Black. Correct Alignment Of Black Printing On Tile Page "Painting By Siqueiros" Does Not Touch The Illustration But Does In The Limited Editon. Inscribed By The Dedicatee Ira Gershwin And Signed With His Characteristic Drawing Of Himself Bowing Dated In 1953 As A Gift From Ira Gershwin To A Friend Of His Then-Archivist Lawrence Stewart And With A George Gershwin Signed Personal Check 1934 Laid In Loosely As An Additional Personal Gift From Ira Gershwin. Merle Armitage's Well-Designed And Edited Collection Of Tributes To George Gershwin From Luminaries Including His Brother Ira Oscar Hammerstein Ii Paul Whiteman Walter Damrosch Dubose Heyward Irving Berlin Arnold Schoenberg Serge Koussevitzky And Jerome Kern. Book Is Very Good Light Wear At Corners; Dj Very Bright Yellow Very Clean Without The Usual Browning To Spine Light Wear Short Corner Tears And Tiny Losses At Corners. <br/> <br/> London- New York-Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co. 1938 hardcover
1872036246Munich / Berlin: Friedrich Bruckmann 1872. 1st Edition Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good . 97 Pp With Mounted Plates. Red Cloth Heavily Embossed In Gilt Beveled Edges With Double Borders Embossed In Blind All Edges Gilt Cloth Endpapers. Bookplate Of Leopold Duke Of Albany. Inscription On Second Free Endpaper From Queen Victoria Of England To Her Son Leopold "For Dear Leopold From Illegible Two Words Dea---- ---A---A Shortened Name Used By Queen Victoria Osborne January 1 1873." Leopold Was Then A Student At Oxford. A Fine New Year's Gift With What May Be Viewed As Exceptionally Romantically Maternal Germanic-Victorian Plates. <br/> <br/> Friedrich Bruckmann hardcover
4797bx129<p>1940 presentation inscription from author to his cousin Barbara Claire Newell Menkel. Paper paste-on illus of lovely young lady looking down from circular window framed in gilt. Spine lightened top board splotchy illus VG. Frontis and 5 additional glossy b/w plates by George Varian. Endpapers heavy tanning. 2 edges untrimmed. 507 pages. 7 3/4" tall. Signed by Author.</p> Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1956023287Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1956. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 153 Pp. Dark Green Boards Printed In Light Green. First Edition. Very Scarce. Book Is Clean Light Wear At Corners. Dj Clean Not Price-Clipped $2.95 Very Light Wear. Amusingly Inscribed Separately By Both Authors To Food And Wine Expert Robert Balzer. Elise Cavanna Starred In Many Movies With W C Fields Was Married To Merle Armitage And Illustrated Several Books For Him And Also Was The Subject Of A Now Scarce Book By Armitage About Her Art. <br/> <br/> Prentice-Hall Inc. hardcover
2009028417Albany Georgia U.S.A.: Bearmanor Media 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Photographs And Drawings. 37 Pp. Poetry And Reminiscences By Carla Laemmle. Inscribed By Laemmle And Kinske On Title Page. Condition Is As New. <br/> <br/> Bearmanor Media paperback
1987021816New York: Ballantine Books 1987. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No DJ. 262 pp. Slight signs of usage; from the library of Arthur H Peterson one of the stars of the original radio soap opera in Chicago. Inscribed to him by the author with the author's card laid in loosely. <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books paperback
1927022001Berlin: Albertus-verlag 1927. First Edition . Orange Cloth. Very Good. 12 1/4" Tall. B/W Photographs. Xxiii128 Pp Of Plates. Orange Cloth. First Edition. Some Wear With Light Fraying At Top And Bottom Of Spine; Spine Faded Lettering Weak Cover Lettering Bright Strong. Hinges Tight. Large Detailed Highly Original Bookplate Of Jack Okey His Design Dated 1927; John Clark "Jack" Okey June 3 1889 - January 8 1963 Was An American Art Director. He Was Raised In Los Angeles And Attended The Harvard School For Boys. After Leaving He Was Given Instruction In Art By His Uncle The California Artist J. Bond Francisco. While He Was In His Early 20S He Traveled To Paris With His Friend Stanton Macdonald Wright And Spent Several Years There Studying Art. Around The Time Of His Marriage In 1913 He Became Involved In The Nascent Film Industry In The Los Angeles Area And Was Involved In The Design And Construction Of Some Of The Earliest Studios There. He Continued In The Film Industry As An Art Director Until His Retirement In 1959. In The Mid-1930S He Spent Several Years In England Working For Alexander Korda Designing Studios For Him. After His Return To The United States He Spent The Remainder Of His Active Career Working For Rko. He Was Nominated For Two Academy Awards For Art Direction 1929 And 1944 But His Best Known Film Is "It'S A Wonderful Life". <br/> <br/> Albertus-verlag hardcover
1953021111London: Unpublished 1953. Original Letter . No Binding. Very Good. Reynolds Was A British Pacifist Who Worked With Gandhi In The 1920'S And Later Was Secretary Of The No More War Movement. Two Page Handwritten Letter 54 Lines Condensed Onto A Sixpence Air Letter. Following Up On A Letter Sent A Week Earlier Now Thanking The Recipient For A Book On Liberia. He Notes That Gilbert Highet Mentioned In The Recipient's Earlier Letter Had Been Saying Nice Things About Reynolds On The Radio. "I Strongly Approve Of This & Hope It Will Be Encouraged. I Have A Feeling I Shall Be Over In The States If This Goes On. Yesterday I Received A Copy Of The Griffin Reader's Subscriptions Inc. With An Article By Jacques Barzun No Less On E. M. Forster's Hill Of Devi. He Said 'With Mr. Reginald Reynolds' A Quest For Gandhi Which Is Its Perfect Autobiographical Counterpart The Hill Of Devi Is The Best Introduction To The Physical And Emotional Realities Of Modern India". This Has Completely Gone To My Head. The Snooty Pederasts Of Horizon And The New Statesman Never Paid Me Such Compliments. Nobody Here Compares My Modern Workto The Great And Monumental Achievements Of Mr. Forster. I Think I Must Go To America Soon The Land Where They Don't Expect Me To Lick Some Old Queen's Arse Before You Can Get A Decent Write-Up. But Does Somebody I Know - You For Example-Happen To Know Jacques Barzun Because He Posted The Thing To Me Himself To Oak Cottage Which Is Even Odder Than Sending It Here To Chelsea." He Then Discusses His Wife Edith Mannin's Recent Diet "And Much Better For It" And Is Worried About What She Will Eat When She Travels To Burma To Stay With U- Indecipherable As He Is Sure They Will Cook All Their Food In Ghee And Then Fry It Too. Then "I Must Cultivate Some More Forsterian Habits But Draw The Line At One; For He Is "Called' As We Say In Chelsea- Called To The Higher Faith Greater Than The Love Of Women Which No Doubt Helped In His Career This Side Of The Atlantic." He Then Closes With Sending His Love To The Recipient "To You Both" Inquiries What The Recipient Is Doing And Asks When They Will See Them Again. In 1964 His Wife Traveled Through The United States Meeting Austin In California Staying With Him And Traveling In California With Him. She Wrote A Book About The Trip "An American Journey" Hutchison 1967 Which She Dedicated "For Rickey With Whom I Made Some Of These Travels And To Whom I Owe So Much - In Enduring Friendship". <br/> <br/> Unpublished unknown
1988058225New York: Random House 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Jacket. 9 3/8" Tall x 11 5/8. Jonathan Winters. 116 Pages Green Cloth. First Edition Stated. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $24.95. With A Personal Inscription And Small Drawing Of A Christmas Ornament By The Artist; " To Marie And Jack.A Very Very Merry Christmas From Jonathan.December 1988.P.S.Marie You Should Do A Book-You're So Creative-I Shall Always Cherish That Little Box You Made For Us." This Is Inscribed To The Actress Marie Windsor Film Noir And Her Husband Jack Hupp Dated December 1988 With His Drawing Of A Christmas Ornament And Message "P. S> Marie You Should Do A Book- You're So Ceative- I Shall Always Cherish That Little Box You Made For Ujs.". The Dj Is Not Price Clipped. The Binding Is Tight And Immaculate. The Dj Is Lightly Scuffed With Two Vertical 1/4" Tears At The Top Of The Front Cover. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
