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Large 4to. 1½ pp. With two-line autogr. postscript signed by Helene Berg. A comprehensive and amicable letter to the Danish composer and conductor Paul von Klenau, telling about some performances and commitments during the last month, and sending some musical material on which Klenau should take a look. "Superfluously, I have made some remarks on the treatment of the speaking voice, but have completely forgotten that there is also one in the 'Gurre-Lieder', what you will already know of your own experience [...]" (transl. from the German original).
4to. 1 p. Signature and one handwritten correction in green ink. In German. Framed, matted and glazed (46 x 62 cm) with a photographic portrait. To the Russian-French hydrodynamic engineer Wsevolode Grünberg in New York City, concerning a contested inheritance matter in which Einstein had reluctantly agreed to assist. From 1939, Einstein acted as a go-between for Grünberg and his friend János Plesch, an important Hungarian physician who had emigrated to England. "Concerning the inheritance matter", Einstein writes, "I regret having to report that we were not successful in getting my friend to England, as the War prevented it. Nor can I imagine that any hindrance remains to proceeding with the final settlement. I intend once more to encourage Mr. Plesch to put everything in order. As regards your inventions, I suggest that you send them for evaluation to my friend Professor Karman at the California Institute of Technology, who is a first-class expert and has influential connections to the realm of construction and practical implementation in the field. I enclose a letter to him [...]" (transl.). - Wsevolode Grünberg was the nephew of the Russian orthodontist and collector Josef Grünberg, a close friend of both Albert Einstein, who gave him the nickname "Bolshie", and János Plesch during their time in Berlin. It appears that Einstein and his second wife Elsa had become acquainted with Wsevolode Grünberg shortly before their friend's death in 1932. Travelling to America in 1939, Grünberg approached Einstein for an introduction to fellow engineers in the U.S. and help with his inheritance issue back in Europe. The two men met in June 1939 at the home of Irving Lehman in Port Chester, New York, and Einstein subsequently did what he could for Grünberg. In the early 1940s, Grünberg's important hydrofoil designs were used by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to build a seaplane model that was successfully tested at Langley, VA. Ironically, the classification of the project prevented the French citizen Grünberg from seeing the results of the tests until years after the war. Grünberg later became a U.S. citizen, changing his name to Waldemar A. Craig. - Traces of folds. On Einstein's embossed Princeton stationery.
4to (281 x 217 mm). ½ p. Blindstamped address. Envelope. To Otto Juliusburger, in German. Einstein is delighted that Juliusburger has written an article about "Popper" [apparently the Austrian Jewish thinker Josef Popper-Lynkeus, in whom Juliusburger had an interest], to whom he refers as "the excellent man": "I feel that you have done Popper justice and have transmitted a vivid impression to a more distant observer". The article was evidently inscribed with a friendly reference to a visit from Einstein himself: "The added written remark on my visit touched me greatly, even if I know well that a friendly illusion lies behind it". - Popper-Lynkeus was a wide-ranging thinker in both the scientific and social spheres: one of his most notable ideas was the proposition of a new social system in which all individuals are provided with goods of primary necessity.
Very Good Turkish Typescript letter (document) signed (TLS) by Sabri Berkel sent to 'Türkiye Çagdas Ressamlar Cemiyeti Baskanligi' [i.e. The Society of Turkish Contemporary Painters Presidency]. 15x22,5 cm. In Turkish. 18 lines. Dated April 22, 1969, Istanbul. Letter requesting that each artist send their 6 works (sculpture, oil painting, and engraving) as well as their biographies to be selected for the 10th Sao Paolo Biennial in September 1969. Signed by Berkel under his title "Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi Y. Resim Bölüm Baskani" [i.e. President of Turkish Fine Arts Academy Painting Department]. Sabri Fetah Berkel was a Turkish-Albanian modernist painter; he was one of the most important painters and academic personalities of the last century in Turkey. Berkel was born in Skopje, where, in 1927, he completed high school at a French lyceum. From 1927 to 1928 he studied at an Art School in Belgrade. From 1929-1935 he finished his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence. Sabri Fetahu Berkel visited his country Albania in 1982 where he met with his family and parents. Berkel died in Istanbul. In the honor of Turkish talented painter Sabri Berkel from Turkey, NASA decided to name the Berkel, or the well-known printmaker, and it is a complex crater that sits inside of the larger Ellington basin that indicates the presence of dark material at depth of its surface.
Very Good Turkish Original typescript autograph letter signed by Kemal Sülker. (25,5x20 cm). In Turkish. Containing five lines. Dated 1.3.1974. Sülker says he would happily sent an article for the 'Kemal Tahir' special issue of Türkiye Defteri literary periodical.
Very Good Turkish Original typescript letter signed (TLS). 21x14 cm (Letter size). In Turkish. 1 p. Letterhead 'Ministry of National Defense'. To an unnamed correspondent. No date; it's a response to celebration of 13th Anniversary of the Turkish Republic [1936]. Özalp was a Turkish military officer, politician, and one of the leading figures in the Turkish War of Independence. Born in Köprülü (now Veles, Republic of Macedonia), in the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire into an Albanian family, Kâzim Fikri graduated from the Ottoman military school in 1902 and completed the College of War in 1905. Kâzim Özalp was involved to 31 March Incident in 1909. He was a military commander during the Balkan wars. In 1917, he was promoted to the rank of the colonel. He was one of the military commanders who organized resistance groups against the occupation of Izmir. During the Turkish War of Independence, he fought at several fronts. In 1921, Kâzim Özalp was promoted to the rank General for his success at the Battle of Sakarya. Already a member of the first term of the parliament of the newly established Republic as an MP from Balikesir Province, Kâzim Fikri served as the Minister of Defense in several cabinets from 1921 to 1925, and later from 1935 to 1939. He was elected Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly from 1924 to 1935. In 1950, he was elected to the parliament as an MP from Van Province. He retired from active politics in 1954. He was rumored to have been a Bektashi possibly because of his opposition to the decision to close Bektashi centers (Tekke). Kâzim Özalp wrote his memoirs in his book Milli Mücadele ("National Struggle"). He died on 6 June 1968 in Ankara. His remains were transferred to the Turkish State Cemetery. (Wikipedia).
Very Good Turkish Original typescript letter signed (TLS). 21x14 cm (Letter size). In Turkish. 1 p. Letterhead Turkish Ministry of Justice. Correspondent is 'Salih Sener', Istanbul - Kiziltoprak. Dated February 2, 1940. Okyar was a Turkish diplomat and politician, who also served as a military officer and diplomat during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire. He was also the second Prime Minister of Turkey (1924-1925) and the second Speaker of the Turkish Parliament after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was born in the Ottoman town of Prilep in Manastir Vilayet (present-day Republic of Macedonia) to a Circassian family. In 1913, he joined the Committee of Union and Progress (Ittihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti) and was elected as the secretary general. In 1930, while serving as Turkey's Ambassador in Paris, he was asked by Atatürk, during a meeting in Yalova, to establish the Serbest Cumhuriyet Firkasi (Liberal Republican Party), an early party of opposition, in order to establish the tradition of multi-party democracy in Turkey. However, when the government noticed the support of this opposition party among Islamists, it was declared illegal and closed down, a situation similar to that of the Progressive Republican Party, which had lasted for a few months in 1924. He later served as Justice Minister from 1939 to 1941. (Wikipedia). Letter includes Okyar's response to Sener's greetings for the 15th anniversary of Turkish Republic.
Very Good Turkish Original typescript letter signed (TLS). 21x14 cm (Letter size). In Turkish. 1 p. Letterhead Turkish Ministry of Justice. Correspondent is 'Salih Sener', Istanbul - Kiziltoprak. Dated May 29, 1939. Okyar was a Turkish diplomat and politician, who also served as a military officer and diplomat during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire. He was also the second Prime Minister of Turkey (1924-1925) and the second Speaker of the Turkish Parliament after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was born in the Ottoman town of Prilep in Manastir Vilayet (present-day Republic of Macedonia) to a Circassian family. In 1913, he joined the Committee of Union and Progress (Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti) and was elected as the secretary-general. In 1930, while serving as Turkey's Ambassador in Paris, he was asked by Atatürk, during a meeting in Yalova, to establish the Serbest Cumhuriyet Firkasi (Liberal Republican Party), an early party of opposition, in order to establish the tradition of multi-party democracy in Turkey. However, when the government noticed the support of this opposition party among Islamists, it was declared illegal and closed down, a situation similar to that of the Progressive Republican Party, which had lasted for a few months in 1924. He later served as Justice Minister from 1939 to 1941. (Wikipedia). The letter includes Okyar's response to Sener's greetings for the 15th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.
Very Good Turkish Original typescript letter signed (TLS) 'C. K. Incedayi'. 21x15 cm. In Turkish. 1 p. Letterhead 'TBMM Baskanvekilligi'. Dated March, 3, 1950. Incedayi, besides his important politician identity, was of the respectable person of the history of Turkish dermatology. Incedayi, who graduated from the Faculty of Medicine as a military student and specialized in this field, joined the National War of Independence between the years of 1919-1923, was accepted for the academic staff of Faculty of Medicine during Turkish University Reform in 1933, and worked with Dist. Prof. Dr. Hulusi Behçet, (1889-1948, a prominent Turkish dermatologist, in Dermatology and Syphilis Clinic. After Behçet's death, clinic directoship position was undertaken by Incedayi. Incedayi gave particular importance to laboratory studies in the scientific researches he performed. The foundation of the Dermatology Clinic in Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, which was the second faculty of medicine to be founded under the roof of Istanbul University in 1963, was undertaken by Incedayi. Comprehensive textbooks and original articles he published are important contributions to the field of training and research in dermatology. Incedayi passed away on 21 November 1971. This letter includes his response to 'Halit Fahri' [Ozansoy] who was an important Turkish poet, journalist and author, (1891-1971).
Very Good Turkish Typescript letter (document) signed (TLS) by Nurullah Berk. 29x21 cm. In Turkish. 1 p. Full. A letter of reply to his female student from the fine art faculty. 22 lines. Nurullah Berk is a Turkish painter. He's one of the first representatives of the geometric-figurative produced in Turkey (constructivism). There are also cubism influences in his works. He was born on March 22, 1906, in Istanbul. After finishing Galatasaray High School, he became a student of Ibrahim Çalli and Hikmet Onat in Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi. e went to France in 1924 and worked with Ernest Laurent at the Paris College of Fine Arts. After completing his education in 1928, he returned to Turkey, and with a group of friends, they founded "Independent Painters and Sculptors Association". With Abidin Dino, Elif Naci, Zeki Faik Izer, and other artists, they founded the 'D Group' of Turkey. With the suggestion of Berk, this group got the name "Group D".
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original typescript letter signed by Alex. Hilsmann. 19x22,5 ccm .In French. 1 p. 15 lines. Full. Lettterhead 'Alex. Hilsmann, Mühendis - Ingenieur, Beyoglu, Tarla Basi Caddesi, 144'. "Aero Bank Paper" watermarked paper. Dated Istanbul, le 15 juillet 1936, Galata, P.K. 1533. Text: "Au Reverend Pere Bernardin Menthon, Mon pere, j'ai bien reçu en son temps votre carte du 21.4.36, et me suis adresse aux differentes paroisses de n.ville, ainsi qu'au Consulat General de France. Vous recevez ci-joint l'extrait de naissance de Mr. Ernestre Marechal, en m'indquantaussi les frais. Moi-meme, j'ai vecu a Brousse de 1891 a 1896, ou j'ai frequente l'ecole des Freres, et je me rappelle avoir entendu parler des parents de Monsieur Marechal, ainsi que des temoins mentionnes dans l'extrait de naissance ci-joint. Avec tours mes remerciements anticipes, je vous prie d'agreer, Mon Pere, l'expression de ma consideration tres distinguee.". Translation "To Reverend Pere Bernardin Menthon, Mon pere, I received your card of 21.4.36 in due course, and addressed myself to the various parishes of n.ville, as well as to the Consulate General of France. You will receive enclosed the birth certificate of Mr. Ernestre Marechal, also informing me of the costs. Myself, I lived in Brousse from 1891 to 1896, where I attended the school of the Brothers, and I remember having heard of the parents of Mr. Marechal, as well as witnesses mentioned in the birth certificate attached. With my thanks in advance, please accept, Father, the expression of my most distinguished consideration.".
Very Good Turkish Original typescript letter signed (TLS) 'A. F. Cebesoy' sent to Salih [Sener]. 23x15 cm. In Turkish. Dated 'November 1, 1939'. Response to greetings of Salih Keçeci. Text: "Sayin Bay Salih, Tebrikinize tesekkür ederim. Bayraminizi kutlular, sihhat ve saadetler dilrim. Hürmetler., Naia Vekili, A[li] F[uad] Cebesoy.". Ali Fuat was born in September 1882 to father Ismail Fazil Pasha and mother Zekiye Hanim. Ali Fuat was the grandson (on his mother's side) of Mushir Mehmet Ali Pasha. (Ludwig Karl Friedrich Detroit) who was the commander of the Danube Army (Tuna Sark Ordusu) during the Russo-Turkish war, participated in the Congress of Berlin as one of three representatives of the Ottoman Empire and was killed on September 7, 1878. in Dakovica (Kosovo) by Albanian insurgents who were dissatisfied with the results of the Berlin Congress. Ali Fuat attended the War School in 1902, and graduated from the Ottoman War College in 1905 as a Staff Captain. He was assigned to the 3rd Rifle Battalion (Üçüncü Nisanci Taburu), the 28th Cavalry Regiment (Yirmi Sekizinci Süvari Alayi) based in Beirut under the command of Fifth Army based in Damascus, and later to 15th Artillery Regiment (On Besinci Topçu Alayi) based in Thessalonica under the command of Third Army as an intern. He joined the Committee of Union and Progress (membership number was 191). On June 28, he was assigned to the staff officer of the Third Army. And then he was promoted to the rank of Senior Captain and appointed to the area commander of Karaferye (present day: Veria). On January 9, 1909, he was appointed to the military attaché in Rome, Italy. On October 1, 1911, he was appointed to the chief of the 1st department (chief of operations) of the Western Army On February 20, he was temporarily appointed to the chief of staff of the VII Corps</a>. And then he was appointed to the commander of a detachment that was formed to liberate Ipek (present day: Pec) and Yakova (Dakovica) from insurgents. On January 15, 1914, he was appointed to the chief of staff of the VIII Corps. After Kress von Kressenstein was appointed the chief of staff of this corps, replacing Ali Fuat, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Kaymakam) and on September 19, he was appointed to the commander of the 25th Division. In January 1915, he participated in the First Suez Offensive. On January 7, he and his division left Birüssebi (present day: Beersheba) for the desert and arrived at the front of the Suez Canal, but the Ottoman forces couldn't pass the canal and retreated. He and his division went back to Gaza on January 20, 1915. After the Gallipoli Campaign was launched, the 25th Division was dispatched to the Gallipoli Front on May 24, 1915, and started to arrive there on June 2, 1916. His division entered to the order of the XVII Corps of the First Army and deployed in the Bulair-Saros area. On January 20, 1916, he was appointed to the commander of the 14th Division. At first, his division was intended for use in the Second Suez Offensive and sent to Maallaha, but because of the Russian offensive, his division instead came under the command of the Second Army under Ahmet Izzet Pasha, and on June 27, were sent back from the Rayak station to Aleppo and dispatched to Diyârbekir. On September 30, he was promoted to commander of the 5th Division and in January he became the chief of staff of the Second Army. On January 12, 1917, he returned to the Sina-Palestine Front and in April he became the deputy commander of the Sina-Palestine Front. On June 30, 1917, he became the commander of the XX Corps. After the Armistice of Mudros was signed, he concurrently became the deputy commander of Seventh Army, replacing Mustafa Kemal. After the Seventh Army was abolished, he transferred the headquarters of the XX Corps from Syria to Eregli, then to Konya and to Ankara. Ali Fuat Pasha organized the resistance in Western Turkey against the Greek invasion and thus actually started the National Independence War.
4to. ½ p. Signing a decision of the Revolutionary Command Council with regard to the authority of the traffic police: "Decision. In accordance with article forty-second, paragraph A, of the Temporary Constitution. The Revolutionary Command Council decided during its meeting of 22/7/1980 the following: (1) The police officer shall be granted the power to act as a judge of the Traffic Court in order to detain the driver of the car who has violated the standards of the traffic regulations and the rules of conduct for a period exceeding one month. The Ministers of Interior and Justice will be able to take this decision [...]". - Written three months before Iraq invaded Iran, leading to the eight year long Iran-Iraq war.
4to. 1 p. In German. Together with an autograph letter signed by Elsa Einstein and a letter by Max Gottschalk. Both 4to. 1 p. in French. To a high-ranking Belgian official named Costermann, asking him to renew the passports of his stepdaughter Margot and her husband Dimitri Marianoff: "I am writing you on behalf of my daughter Margot Marianoff and her husband Dr. Dimitri Marianoff. Both are holders of a Belgian foreigner's passport which they obtained last spring thanks to your obliging kindness. My daughter lived with us in Coq-sur-Mer but is currently nursing her gravely ill sister in Paris. She and her husband are stateless, the latter is Russian by birth. I would appreciate it greatly if you would renew the passports, especially as my daughter is the student of a Belgian sculptor at Bruges" (transl.). - Apparently, the letter was not sent directly to Costermann but was forwarded by the escape agent Max Gottschalk. His letter to the "Director General" is dated 7 May 1934 and accompanied Einstein's letter from 23 April with a further plea to treat the request favourably without delay. - Elsa Einstein's letter from 22 May 1933 to a "Director", very likely the same Costermann, concerns the original foreigner's passport for Margot. Elsa announces that Margot will arrive in Brussels the following day and contact the recipient directly. - Albert and Elsa Einstein were in the U.S. when the Nazis seized power in Germany in February 1933. As they could not return to their home in Potsdam, they sailed to Antwerp in March 1933, immediately renounced their German citizenships, and rented a small villa in Le-Coq-sur-Mer (De Haan) near Bruges, where Margot and her husband joined them. As early as September 1933, Albert and his wife emigrated to the U.S.; Margot and Dimitri would follow them in 1934 after the death of Margot's elder sister Ilse Einstein from tuberculosis. - Following the early death of her mother in 1936, Margot Einstein stayed with her father-in-law in Princeton, studied sculpture, and would live in the family home until her own death in 1986. Little is known about her marriage to Dimitri Marianoff. The couple had married in Berlin on 29 November 1930, much to the displeasure of Albert and Elsa, who distrusted their son-in-law; indeed, Marianoff turned out to be a Russian spy. The marriage probably ended soon after their arrival in the U.S. Marianoff profited from his previous close relationship to the world's most famous physicist by publishing a memoir "Einstein. An Intimate Study of a Great Man" in 1944. - On stationery with typed letterhead of Einstein's first address in Princeton: "2, Library Place". With an official note "Passeport Etr." in ink and a contemporary pencil translation into French. Minimally creased, two minor tears to the left margin and one to the lower margin. - The letter by Elsa Einstein shows three tears and staple holes. The letter by Gottschalk bears an official note "M. Marianoff et Gottschalk le 8.5.34" in ink and "T.U." (possibly "tâche urgent") in crayon and a minor tear.
1p Very good condition From one poet to another
1 p. Very good condition The recipient was an American post and playwright who was active in the Communist Party
1 p. With this is a carbon copy of Mrs. Tosi 's letter to Kennedy. 2 p. Very good condition
4to. 2 pp. on 2 ff. Added are two copies. A letter by Marc Favrat concerning the final resting-place of the Romanian Princess Elisabeth, financial worries and ill health, and the ongoing adoption procedure, also about rental debts paid by the Prince of Hohenzollern, communicated through the chief of staff, H. J. Oemichen. Favrat's inability to assure the living of the chambermaids Julia and Marguerite Breckner led to their transition to Madrid to serve at Prince Nicholas's place: "Je dois enfin vous faire savoir que malgré mon intention de protéger les Demoiselles Breckner, je ne peux pour le moment assurer leur existence et qu'elle ont accepté de se rendre à Madrid courant Janvier au Service de Son Altesse Royale le Prince Nicolas [...]". - Marc Favrat gained fame through his relationship with Princess Elisabeth of Romania (1894-1956), who settled in Cannes some years after her expulsion from Romania in 1947, when the Romanian People's Republic was proclaimed. The much younger aspiring artist Favrat became Elisabeth's lover, equerry, and adopted son in the year of her death. - With a handwritten annotation.
4to. 1 p. To one "dear comrade" in matters of a Committee for Colonization: "Nach dem Beschlusse des (IV) Londoner Congresses vom 16. August 1900 gehören Sie und die Herren [followed by 11 names] dem Colonisationsausschusse an, dessen Thätigkeit unabhängig von den Arbeiten des Actionskomités gedacht war. Dementsprechend wurde Ihrem Ausschusse vollste Actionsfreiheit gelassen, und nur die bald zu erwartende Tagung des Congresses zwingt uns, Sie um nähere Auskunft über Ihre Arbeit zu bitten [...]". - Slight paper defects, otherwise in fine condition; co-signed by an unidentified secretary.
Folio. 8 pp. on 8 ff. In duplicate. With addendum (see below). A documentation for Maitre Lefevre-Pontalis, partly in Romanian, about four suitcases of jewellery confiscated during the forced departure of Princess Elisabeth (1894-1956) from Romania due to her expulsion in 1947, when the Romanian People's Republic had been proclaimed. Alexandre Scanavy, owner of a part of the jewellery in the cases, obtained the jewellery through the Romanian Communists but did not return it to the Princess. In 1948 several inspectors ascertained ten pieces of jewellery belonging to Princess Elisabeth, enumerated in a separate list. - Four leaves with blind-embossed letterhead "Maison civile en France de S. M. la Reine Elisabeth", one leaf with hand-written notes, some rust stains from an old paper clip, some slight marginal defects. Includes an autograph list by Elisabeth's lover Marc Favrat, noting photocopies given to Lefevre-Pontalis, and a leaf with a typed document titled "Dossier 'Affaire secours d'hiver Belge/Banca Romaneasca'" (with an additional copy), repeating Favrat's list and adding a note.
