WILLIAMS, George H (1823-1910)Biblio.com
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19318Though nominated for chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873 an irregularity regarding election fraud kept this Territory of Oregon chief justice Grant's attorney general 1871-75 and Oregon senator 1865-71 from taking that office; ironically it was he and Lew Wallace who in 1876 examined the controversial Florida presidential vote siding with Hayes. Bold "Geo H Williams / Atty Genl / Sept 5th 1874" in brown fountain pen heavy stock 3½" X 2" n.d. Near fine. Mounting traces on verso. unknown
26871This English politician led the Labour Party for many years twice serving as the United Kingdom's prime minister 1964-70 1974-76. Bold and handsome "Wilson of Rievaulx" heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1987 July 17. Fine. With original envelope addressed in his hand. unknown
39944The First youngest and longest-serving team manager for England's national soccer team 1946-62 played soccer for Manchester United 1936-38 and contributed much to the sport later as F.A. director of coaching; he went to other high influential positions before retiring and being knighted for his services to the sport in 1978. Small but bold and beautiful signature in blue ballpoint special heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. dated 1980 September 6 in his hand. Fine. With original envelope. An outstanding example choice in every respect. unknown
23941Early outfielder with the Chicago Whales Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox debuting in 1910; later team manager. Large bold signature in blue ballpoint on a lined 5" X 3" card n.p. n.d. Fine. A superb later life example. Rather uncommon. unknown
19962581Washington DC: Original Letter 1996. Original Letter. Single Sheet. Near Fine. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond signed letter TLS regarding the final passage of "Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996". The Act of Congress set out to increase control over immigration in the United States by increasing border patrol and personnel at detention facilities along the border. The Act also attempted to improve the system used by employers to verify citizenship and increase the penalty for those involved in any aspect of illegal immigration to the United States. <br /> <br /> Senator Strom Thurmond from South Carolina was the longest serving Senator in United States history. Known for his stance against the Civil Rights bills of 1957 and 1964 Thurmond was widely recognized for his seemingly obvious racial bias. An important letter from the then Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committe and a reminder of the immigration troubles of the Clinton administration not unlike those of today. Fold-marks and stamp of reciept from the Children's Services Board of Fort lauderdale FL. Original Letter unknown
19792240Washington DC: Original Typed Letter 1979. Original Letter. Single Sheet. Very Good. 8 X 10 1/2 Inches. Original Typed Letter Signed TLS from Senator and Presidential hopeful Howard Baker to a Mr. Bronx Sledge of Macon MS. Dated May 3 1979. In part: "With respect to the 1980 Presidential election I am flattered by your expression of encouragement and support. While I do intend to be a candidate next year I have not formally announced my candidacy as yet. I have however set up a committee with the FEC to receive contributions and finance the travel which I am undertaking to "test the waters" for a Presidential race in the next few months."<br /> <br /> On Official United States Senate letterhead. Boldly signed by Baker at the conclusion. In the end Baker well known for his involvement in the Watergate investigation did run for President in 1980. He went on to withdraw from the race after losing to Bush and to Reagan in the primaries. It was suspected that he would be chosen as the VP canididate under Reagan but Bush was eventually selected instead. A nice piece from the great election of 1980! Light toning and hint of wear to edges. Original Typed Letter unknown
19331990bx17<p>G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket.1933 1st HC in grey cloth gilt. Signed and inscribed by the author in black pen ffep: "To Peggy- Very Sincerely Russell Pope". Dampstain to cloth spine affecting eps mildly but not the inscription nor the text block. 64p 2p with marginal notations. 64 pages. bx103</p> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1936026326New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1936. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Complete Magazine Light Wear 1/2" Chip At Bottom Of Spine. Includes "The Brooch" By William Faulkner. Also Includes "The Return Of The Source" By Writer And Screenwriter Jo Pagano Inscribed "For My Friend Napolitano With Best Wishes - Jo Pagano". Napolitano Was An Italian-American Muralist In Southern California Active 1920'S To 1970'S Including Work On Bullock's Wilshire City Hall Countless Churches And Other Architectural Work Textiles Movie Studio Work Etc. Although Relatively Unknown He Was Subject Of A Book By Merle Armitage In 1935. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
197140620N.p.: The Encino Press 1971. Paperback. 8vo. Tan wrappers. 7pp. Illustration. Near fine. Christmas keepsake printed in a small quantity for distribution by Senator Yarborough 1903-96 Democratic senator from Texas who rode in the Dallas motorcade carrying President Kennedy in 1963 designed for him by Encino Press's founder William D. Wittliff better known these days as the screenwriter for "The Perfect Storm" and other films. The text consists of a speech that Yarborough gave at the unveiling of the Sam Houston five-cent commemorative stamp in where else Houston on 10 January 1964. On the front page he boldly signs and inscribes in in black fineline: "For Ralph Newman -- Who knows the many facets of Sam Houston -- and the Documents which come from each one -- May the Holidays Cheer you and 1972 improve your already enriched life" signed and dated December 1972. Ralph G. Newman 1912-2000 founded Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop and no doubt supplied Yarborough with Houston and other documents for his collection. With original stamped and cancelled envelope signed by Yarborough at upper left and addressed in his huge flamboyant hand. A choice presentation copy of a very uncommon Encino Press publication. The Encino Press paperback
1975047198Kyoto Japan: Senshoku to Seikatsusha Publishing Co 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 76 pages indexed 104 colour plates. Hardcover in green cloth. Binding has scuffs on front and rear covers. SIGNED by the author on the half title. Text is clean. Text is in English with Japanese translation on the facing page. <br/> <br/> Senshoku to Seikatsusha Publishing Co hardcover
1909025964London: Cassell and Company 1909. First Edition . Green Cloth Gilt. Near Fine. Plates Throughout. 160 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. Clean Example Of The 1909 Issue Gilt Brilliant Notable For The Long Prose Meditation By Carl Oscar Borg Which He Has Written And Signed On The Recto Of The Frontispiece: "Yellow Leaves: Yellow Leaves Our Best And Brightest Thoughts Are They. The Deeds And Dreams Of Our Youth. A Sweet Sadness Emanates From Them As Trhe Shadows Fall Deeper And Deeper And The Wings Of Silence Hover Over The Past. Yellow Leaves Moving Against The Evening Sun's Last Flickering Light You Are Like A Sweet Melody Played By A Hand Gently Caressing The Golden Strings Or A Song Sung By A Poet When First His Soul Knows The Terrible Truth Of Life And Is Overflowing With Silent Sorrow And Unspeakable Joy. Yellow Leaves Falling Through The Clear Lights Of Evening To Mingle With The Cold And Dark Dust Of Earth You Are Like Our Own Tired Souls That Are Seeking Rest In The Dreams Of Nirvana; Or Like The Spirit Of Fire We Have Drawn From The Heights Of The Ideal The Holy Fire That Has Died -- No Not Died As Yet Still It Glows In The Fading Light Like All Of Our Dosappointed Hopes Our Shattered Illusions -- You Glow And Shine Against The Sky Like Crowns Of The Blessed Against The Virgin's Dark Blue Mantle And So Is Even Your Death A Death Of Beauty. Yellow Leaves In The Yellow Forest Of Life Roads And Paths Are Hidden Under Your Golden Mantle And When The Winds Are Moving Among The Trees It Is The Memories Of The Past Pale Legends Of Our Dead Loves Of Our Sorrows And Our Joys That Are Singing Their Meloncholy Tales With Soft And Inspiring Voices. Carl Oscar Borg Los Angeles. July 1910". Also With Borg's Earlier Ownership Signature On The Front Free Endpaper Dated Los Angeles 1909. Probably A Gift To The Sculptor Julia Bracken Wendt Or Her Husband William Wendt And Then A Gift To The Artist Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano Who Apparently Owned It Since The 1920'S Or 1930'S. <br/> <br/> Cassell and Company hardcover
1976028087New York: Ronald A. Wilford Associates 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Large Format Souvenir Program Inscribed By Marceau On The Front Cover. With A Duplicate Unsigned Also With 8 Additional Programs For His Performances. <br/> <br/> Ronald A. Wilford Associates paperback
193886686Lyon 1938. Fine. Lyon 5 Avril 1938 14 x 10.50 cm un bristol recto verso une enveloppe Autograph card dated and signed by Tancrède de Visan 15 lines in violet ink on Nouvelliste de Lyon letterhead recto and verso. Envelope included. Touched by the floral attention shown by his correspondent Tancrède de Visan addresses these few words of gratitude to Joseph Tauran-Lille: ""Nothing could bring me greater joy than these three hyacinths - white pink and violet - whose tender harmonies illuminate my drawing room while perfuming it"". unknown
1933004364Frontier Publishers 1933. Soft cover. Good. Signed by Authors. Autographed on first page under his photo "To Farm and Ranch with Best Wishes Gene Autry". Stapled. No other marks or writings pages clean binding sound. Has water spot on front bottom corner does not affect interior print. Rhymes of the range is a short story and then includes a number of cowboy songs with notes and lyrics. XX Frontier Publishers paperback
184973271s. l. 1849. Fine. s. l. 1837 ou 1849 13.40 x 9.40 cm un petit billet Autograph receipt signed ""Gérard"": ""J'ai reçu de M. Rouy la somme de 10F à compte. Gérard. Ce 27"" ""I have received from M. Rouy the sum of 10F on account. Gérard. This 27th"". Daniel Rouy was manager and cashier of the newspaper La Presse. Two transverse crease marks. This acknowledgment of debt simply dated ""ce 7"" ""this 7th"" could have been written in August 1849 if one refers to a letter to Ernesta Grisi companion of his friend Théophile Gautier in which the poet mentions such a debt: ""Je n'ai pu toucher l'argent qu'aujourd'hui mercredi. M. Rouy n'y était pas. J'y suis allé 4 fois aujourd'hui."" ""I was only able to collect the money today Wednesday. M. Rouy was not there. I went there 4 times today."" Pléiade volume 1 letter 143 of August 30 1849. However Michel Brix author of Nerval Glanes et miettes de presse and member of the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium has very kindly pointed out to us that Nerval signed ""Gérard"" rather between 1837 and 1840 and that in 1849 he signed this kind of note ""Gérard de Nerval"". unknown
1969010291Paris: EURIMPRIM IMPRIMEURS EUROPEENS REUNIS. 2nd Edition. Hard cover in red letherette boards. Published Paris: EURIMPRIM IMPRIMEURS EUROPEENS REUNIS 1969. Folio 9 3/4" x 13" 413pp. illustrated with full page plates of insignia in color and b/w. Text in French. Pebbled red letherette with gilt titles. Russian born Serge Andolenko served admirably as French military officer rising to the rank of brigade général of the French Army. "A passionate historian he was renowned for several publications on the French Army and the Imperial Russian Army." Work covers all infantry regiments including infantry of the foot hunters the Zouaves the foreign legion the Moroccan riflemen the African light infantry and the Moroccan Goums. Mild dust foxing on top edge of page block gilt bit dull else fine clean bright unmarked. A beautiful copy. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 1969. EURIMPRIM (IMPRIMEURS EUROPEENS REUNIS) unknown
1949010290Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. Signed numbered first edition. Number 30. Hard cover in cloth and limp boards. Published Paris: Imprimerie nationale 1949. 4to. 8 3/4" x 12" 317pp. Text in French. Pale green cloth with gilt titles. Signed by Andolenko on fly leaf. Russian born Serge Andolenko served admirably as French military officer rising to the rank of brigade général of the French Army. "A passionate historian he was renowned for several publications on the French Army and the Imperial Russian Army." Work covers all infantry regiments including infantry of the foot hunters the Zouaves the foreign legion the Moroccan riflemen the African light infantry and the Moroccan Goums. Some uniform sun fade to the spine dust foxing on top edge of page block else near fine clean bright unmarked. A beautiful copy. . Very Good Plus. Hard. 1st. 1949. Imprimerie Nationale unknown
1928009126Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company. Signed. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company 1928 second printing in the same month as the first - March 1928. 8vo. 286pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Red linen cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Inscribed on two occasions by the author; first on frontis photo: "To Charles Ernstberger Jr. Clarence D. Chamberlin." Second on front pastedown: "To Mary L. Zagoreos with best wishes Clarence D. Chamberlin Aug 12th 1961." Two weeks after Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight aviator Clarence Chamberlin flew non-stop from New York to Germany carry the first transatlantic passenger exceeding Lindbergh's record by 300 miles. Light wear at the heel and tips mild fade area on spine. Very good bright attractive copy. New York Times obituary of Chamberlin laid in. . Very Good. Hard. 1928. Dorrance and Company unknown
1911029178Albany NY: J.B. Lyon Company 1911. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo. 188 pages. SIGNED first edition softcover of flexible brown leather. Covers are rubbed at edges with wear on the spine. Foot of spine shows small tear. A newspaper clipping of General Merritt's death has been placed loosely in the front of the book. Author has SIGNED the back of the frontispiece. Text is toned but sound. <br/> <br/> J.B. Lyon Company paperback
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
189076344Valvins 1890. Fine. Valvins 13 octobre 1890 11.40 x 8.80 cm une carte recto et une enveloppe Autograph quatrain signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant written in black ink on the verso of a card. Envelope included. Alidor Delzant was a lawyer collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee. ""Vous n'avez pas su nos / Exclamations : Qu'est-ce / Avant tant de pruneaux / Savourés dans leur caisse"" ""You did not know our / Exclamations: What is this / Before so many prunes / Savored in their box"" Amusing stanza of thanks for the sending of prunes. unknown
189376341Valvins 1893. Fine. Valvins 4 juillet 1893 11.40 x 8.80 cm une carte recto et une enveloppe Autograph quatrain signed by Stéphane Mallarmé addressed to Alidor Delzant written in black ink on the verso of a card. With envelope. Alidor Delzant was a lawyer collector and bibliophile. Friend of the Goncourts he devoted a work to them and was Edmond's secretary and testamentary legatee. ""Vole avec ce qui t'environne / A Paraÿs Lot-et-Garonne / Notre coeur qui n'es pas pris qu'aux / Séductions des abricots"" ""Fly with all that surrounds you / To Paraÿs Lot-et-Garonne / Our heart which is not taken only by / The seductions of apricots"" Amusing stanza of thanks for sending apricots. unknown
19414106bx125<p>Signed and inscribed by the author to John Blum a Macy's VP Jan 10 1961. Laid in are two postcards from the author to Blum one from Monte Carlo one from Japan also from 1961. VG-/ndj in Green cloth with chipping at the edges gilt spine darkened eps tanning else clean contents. First edition stated. B&W Illustrations. 264 pages. 8 1/4" tall</p> Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
180068537Paris 1800. Fine. Paris s. d. circa 1800 23.50 x 18.30 cm une feuille Brevet d'invention Caisse d'Horloge Patent of Invention Clock Case Paris ca 1800 23.5 x 18.3 cm single sheet A curious manuscript comprising fifteen or so lines in pencil on lined paper bearing the title «Brevet d'invention Caisse d'Horloge». «A noted physiognomist tells us that women of ill repute have the mark of their behavior on their faces. In giving over their bodies to a shameful use the blood changes and becomes watery decomposition begins and colors fade. The skin grows wrinkled dark rings appear under the eyes and the blood as changed by vice has no more of a sex than the case of a clok sic. It is for this reason that an Association has been formed against the corruption of morals which leads to the degeneration of the human race. It marks the easy of virtue with a clok case sic so that they will be exposed to public vilification. They can be recognized by their unusual toilet the product of their criminal behavior and the shame of honest girls. The Repairer of Morals is dispatched by the Association whose seat is in Paris.» A very rare manuscript document. unknown
1964H4056London: Royal Opera House 1964. Paperback. Very Good. Program from 1964 in wraps ca. 25 pp illustrated light wear signed on the cover Jones played Leonora thank you note from her is 6 lines long signed in full. This was a very significant performance in Jones's career as she stood in for Leontyne Price for the role of Leonora and her career took off after that. Royal Opera House paperback
