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Miles Ellen
Portrait Painting in America. The Nineteenth Century. SIGNED
New York: Main Street / Universe Books 1977. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to. 176 pages indexed. Soft cover bound in brown wrappers. Light to moderate wear to the binding. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title "To Ann and John S. / Hope you enjoyed your first Portrait Gallery opening! / Ellen Miles / April 1985." Stated First Edition on the copyright page. <br/> <br/> Main Street / Universe Books paperback
书商的参考编号 : 038892
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Lipton Leah; with Foreword by Alan Fern
A Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits. SIGNED
Washington: National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution 1985. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to. 195 pages. Soft cover bound in black wrappers. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. There is a long horizontal indentation on the front cover looks like an ink pen impression with no markings. A sound copy with clean text. INSCRIBED by the author on the second flyleaf "Your painting adds luster to the exhibition. Leah Lipton." Laid in loosely are several bits of ephemera related to the exhibition including a advertising card from the Smithsonian in an envelope addressed to the owner. <br/> <br/> National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution paperback
书商的参考编号 : 038891 ???????? : 0874746132 9780874746136
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Blakeslee Sarah; Essay by J. Chris Wilson
A Retrospective Exhibition of Portraits Landscapes and Still Lifes. September 12 through October 24 1998. SIGNED
Tarboro North Carolina: The Hobson Pittman Memorial Galelry 1998. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Oblong 4to. 18 pages. Soft cover bound in pictorial blue and brown stapled wrappers. Light wear to the binding. SIGNED on the title page by Sarah Blakeslee. <br/> <br/> The Hobson Pittman Memorial Galelry paperback
书商的参考编号 : 038878
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ENGLISH Granville 1895 1968?
Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
American composer of popular Broadway tunes. AMuQS 1p 9�" X 4 3/4" n.p. n.d. Inscribed to James J. Rooney. Very good. Minor mounting traces on verso. English boldly writes out two lines of words and music from "Night in My Heart" on printed music notation paper nicely inscribing and signing along the top. Quite attractive. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 27442
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Holden Reuben A.
Yale: A Pictorial History
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1967. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Hardcover with a blue dust jacket. The jacket shows rubbing and wear especially about the edges. Jacket shows clear tape reenforcement at the foot of the spine. The book is sound and clean within. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "For Tom / with congratulations and best wishes / June 1 1974 Reuben A. Holden. <br/> <br/> Yale University Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 038862
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Freeman Ozell Kiser.
History of North Carolina for the Youth "The Goodliest Land.
Charlotte: The Delmar Companies 1975. Second Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Bobby Spires and Robbie Watts. 8vo. 131 pages indexed. Bound in tan pictorial cloth. Minimal wear to the binding. A overview of North Carolina history and geography. Illustrated with photos a few are color and drawings. SIGNED by Freeman on the front flyleaf. <br/> <br/> The Delmar Companies hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 038812
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McCUTCHEON John T. 1870 1949
Signed Ink Drawing
Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist with the "Chicago Tribune" 1903-45. Signed ink drawing 14�" X 17" n.p. n.y. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear and mild soiling. Labeled "Look out for a flood of currency bills when Congress convenes" by McCutcheon along the lower margin this single-panel cartoon depicts a horde of twenty older gents -- smoky back room politicos no doubt -- hurrying from the right middle ground into the left foreground where a large finger-pointing shaped signed staked into the ground reads "To the Congress." Next to this sign stands a huddling child wrapped up from the cold and s seated dog observing the parade. The full-length figure in the lead likely represents a Western state representative wearing cowboy hat and bolo tie chomping a cigar and clutching a carpetbag in one hand and a huge rolled-up scroll labeled "Bill for Solution of the Currency" in the other. All of the other figures clutch similar rolls one identified as "Bill for Elastic Currency" and the others "Currency Bill." The other gents are obviously supposed to represent various types of politicians -- old-school types in top hats and formal dress Theodore Roosevelt types in more modern attire Buffalo Bill-type goateed old-timers etc. A fascinating and amusing commentary on the many currency reform measures that peppered Congressional debate in the early years of the 20th century. Signed simply "McCutcheon" at lower right as usual. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 18713
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McCUTCHEON John T. 1870 1949
Signed Ink Drawing
Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist with the "Chicago Tribune" 1903-45. Original signed ink drawing 14�" X 18" n.p. n.d. Very good. Slight edgewear and minor soiling. Untitled six-panel cartoon whose theme seems to be the improvement of cities. Each of the three left-side panels contrasts its right-side counterpart. Top left panel addresses unsanitary conditions by depicting an early "horseless carriage" under repair while a team of horses watches in amusement; top right panel shows a surprised horse reading a notice outside a city limits that reads "Notice! Horses sheep cattle and hogs not allowed within the city limits." Middle left panel addresses temperance by depicting a busy street filled with bars and men entering each while middle right panel shows a street with a gas station soft drink stand and movie theatre. Bottom left panel addresses proper housing by depicting a freight train chugging along on weedy ugly tracks while the bottom right panel shows the same boxcars transformed into cute little homes and their tracks quaint little front yards being tended by proud homeowners. A charming piece of social commentary. Signed simply "McCutcheon" at lower right as usual. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 15046
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McCUTCHEON John T. 1870 1949
Signed Ink Drawing
Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist with the "Chicago Tribune" 1903-45. Signed ink drawing 14�" X 18" n.p. 1929. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear and mild soiling. Labeled "Putting their Sincerity to the Test" by McCutcheon along the lower margin this single-panel cartoon depicts President Herbert Hoover full length front and center and facing right wonderfully executed as he stands in front of a circular table. With his arms he presents a large scroll laid out on this table which reads in full: "Proper defense requires military strength relative to that of other nations. We will reduce our strength in proportion to any other. It remains for the others to say how low they will go. It cannot be too low for us. Hoover's Armistic Day address." Hoover is saying "There! Now let's see if you're really sincere in wanting to give your tax payers some relief from their armament burdens." Behind Hoover at the left of the drawing a sketchy figure of a worried-looking Uncle Sam sits astride huge sacks of money labeled "U.S. Resources." In front of Hoover at the right of the drawing stand six attentive listeners: A portly "Britain" in Edwardian getup sports a Union Jack vest while alongside him a shadowy figure is hunched by the huge sack he hoists labeled "British Armament Burden on the Tax Payer"; "France" in military uniform scratches his bewhiskered chin while a similar hunched figure strains under a sack labeled "French Naval Burden on the Tax Payers"; behind these figures stand "Japan" in military uniform a "Japanese Burden" sack just visible at his side and "Italy" in military uniform sack at his side. On November 11 1929 Hoover had expressed these Armistice Day sentiments in a speech given before the Annual Convention of the Mississippi Valley Association. This drawing which McCutcheon dates "Nov. 13" at lower left is a superb and provocative example of McCutcheon's ability to humanize political concepts to make abstract notions concrete. And artistically this rendering of Hoover is among his very best. Signed simply "McCutcheon" at lower right as usual. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 19208
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McCUTCHEON John T. 1870 1949
Signed Ink Drawing
Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist with the "Chicago Tribune" 1903-45. Signed ink drawing 14�" X 18�" n.p. n.y. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear. A cryptic untitled cartoon consisting of five panels: two across the top one across the middle and two across the bottom. The upper left of the top two panels shows traces of a title underneath pencilled in McCutcheon's hand but erased for some unknown reason that reads: "The Invention as applied to the Automobile." This drawing shows a crazy-looking automobile apparently coal-powered for it bears two large smokestacks bearing a fashionable couple zipping along one of them marveling "A marvelous invention! It cheers the heart sweetens the breath and prevents bagging at the knees." To the right of this the next panel depicts a biplane aloft also apparently coal-powered showing one large smokestack cruising above the earth a voice from within asking "Hey down there is this the right road to Singapore" From the earth far below appears a voice bubble containing Chinese characters. A pencilled caption in McCutcheon's hand below this has likewise been erased a couple words decipherable but not enough to make sense of it. The large wide middle panel shows a gargantuan metal ship -- a sailing ship and steamboat appear small as ants in the foreground -- chugging along also apparently coal-powered with several humongous smokestacks. The lower left panel depicts a strange propeller-driven rocket of some sort again apparently coal-powered showing a smokestack -- possibly a missile -- zipping from west to east far above the earth; a pair of tiny figures on North America seem to cheer it along and its destination in Europe is a tiny city outcropping labeled "Potsd--." Finally at lower right the last panel shows two tiny figures in what might be a junkyard. In the foreground is a pile labeled "Coal 5 Cents a Ton" but filling the background left to right are three massive oil storage containers marked "Standard Oil Co." with a sign poking out reading "For Sale Cheap to Right Party" next to this a building with smokestacks and a sign reading "Power Plant for Sale" next to this a huge structure and a sign reading "Gas Plant for Sale or Rent Will Subdivide to Suit Tenant" and lastly several enormous metal tubes and a sign reading "Bargains in Old Boilers." Signed simply "McCutcheon" at lower right as usual. Presumably McCutcheon is commenting on depressed prices of various fuel sources at this time and the continued availability of coal unknown
书商的参考编号 : 18044
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McCUTCHEON John T. 1870 1949
Signed Ink Drawing
Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist with the "Chicago Tribune" 1903-45. Signed ink drawing 14�" X 16" n.p. n.y. probably 1918. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear. Fun and handsome two-panel cartoon titled "Reciprocity" along the bottom in McCutcheon's hand with two subtitles. The top panel is titled "They've been giving you a lot to cheer about." It was first titled "They are giving you something to cheer about now" but McCutcheon altered some of the language in pencil. This depicts a group of prancing cheering men hats flung up in the air and behind them a bulletin board with the announcement "War Bulletin / Allies / Investing / St. Quentin." The Germans had attacked this French city in March 1918 just before large numbers of American troops reached the front. The lower panel is titled "Next week it will be your turn to give them something to cheer about." As wi the previous caption McCutcheon altered the original -- which read "You must give them something to cheer about next week" -- in pencil. Here another group of men -- this time all soldiers -- prace and cheer with various helmets tossed up in the air. Behind them to the left a bulletin board reads "Important! / Americans / Investing in / Liberty Bonds" while to the right appear blackened ruins. Signed simply "McCutcheon" as usual. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 18031
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McCUTCHEON John T. 1870 1949
Signed Ink Drawing
Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist with the "Chicago Tribune" 1903-45. Original signed ink drawing 14�" X 19" n.p. 1931. Very good. Very minor and bit of soiling. Labeled "Cartoons of the Day" in cursive by McCutcheon on the lower margin followed by three subtitles this handsome three-panel piece contains three unrelated topics. The top panel titled "No time to waste" celebrates aviator Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty's June 1931 record-breaking eight-day flight around the world. At Left Post's plane the "Winnie Mae" is about to land and Post leans out holding up two fingers and shouting "Lunch for two!" From a building at right labeled "October Field Moscow" three waiters rush each carrying a large platter one labeled "Zakuski" another "Cabbage Soup" and the third "Cucumbers". Moscow was one of fourteen stops the pair made on their famed flight. The middle panel titled "The Grave Digger gets a big surprise" must have been occasioned by an unexpected rise in the stock market. Next to a street sign showing "Broad" and "Wall" streets a wide-eyed bear rushes away from a tombstone dropping his shovel and exclaiming "Great Scott! He seems to be alive!" The tombstone reads "Mr. Bull / Fatally / Injured / in October / and November / 1929" and a dazed bull is pulling itself up out of the whole. The lower panel titled "When an Idealist runs up against a Realist" shows a puzzled Uncle Sam scratches his chin and reads a cable: "Cablegram / French Proposals / on Debt Moratorium / U.S. to Sacrifice $250000000 / Germany Gets the Benefit / on Only $150000000. / France Sacrifices / Nothing." To the right a sweaty little man gazes at a wall thermometer that's clearly rising pushing up his hat labeled "ADT" to mop his brow and exclaim "Whew!" Signed simply "McCutcheon" at lower right as usual. A delightful trio. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 18030
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McCUTCHEON John T. 1870 1949
Signed Ink Drawing
Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist with the "Chicago Tribune" 1903-45. Signed ink drawing 14�" X 18�" n.p. n.d. ca. World War One. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear and mild soiling. Labeled "They've Changed Their Tune" by McCutcheon along the lower margin this two-panel cartoon concerns the volatile German military situation. The upper panel labeled "Before the War" depicts a suited man labeled "German Socialists" at left presumably a politician addressing the legislature raising his arm and proclaiming "These war preparations must end!" Three military figures stand at right in the foreground clutching their fists and glaring angrily at the speaker. The leftmost of them labeled "Prussian Autocracy" grumbles "He's becoming a menace to us!" Next to him stands "Militarism" and "Hohenzollerns." The lower panel labeled "Now" shows the same "German Socialists" figure front and center foreground a scroll under his arm labeled "Peace Proposal to Russian Socialists" and a picket sign he clutches reading "This War Must End!" He stares angrily at the same three military figures at the right who now appear worried and apologetic holding their hats politely in their hands. "Prussian Autocracy" says to him "You are our hope" and Militarism" adds "--our salvation." At left stands a crowd of civilians labeled "German People" who reach out desperately and implore "We want peace!" Handsomely accomplished and typically provocative a fine example of McCutcheon's artistic prowess and delight in exposing hypocrisy. Signed simply "McCutcheon" at lower right as usual. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 19209
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Killens John Oliver
Black Man's Burden
Trident Press 1965. Second printing. Inscribed to former Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish on half title. White cloth blue/black titles and decoration red topstain. Six essays on black/white relations. Book very good with stains/darkening to cloth at foreedge of front board. DJ also very good with lighter stain at same location edgewear. 176 pp. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Trident Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15551
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HOFFMAN Edward ? ?
Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
Little is known about this popular 19th century American composer and pianist except the names of some of his compositions which include "Night Before Petersburgh" 1867 "The Nation's Hero Grand March" 1868 "Love Among the Roses" 1870 "The Mocking Bird" 1872 "Lutheran Hymn" 1879 and "Polka de Concert" 1882. AMuQS 1p 6" X 4" City Hotel Providence R.I. 10 April 1872. Very good. Faint age toning at edges with couple of miniscule archivally-closed on verso edge tears. Hoffman handsomely pens in brown ink three measures of music identifying them above as "'Polka' / The Belles of Providence" and boldly signing below adding the date and place. Quite attractive. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42880
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CHEIRO William John Warner 1866 1936
Signature and Inscription
Irish-born clairvoyant and occult figure probably the best known "society palmist" of the early 20th century whose clients included many famous American and European figures of the day -- Mark Twain William Gladstone Grover Cleveland Mata Hari Thomas Edison and Oscar Wilde among them. Bold thick "With pleasure / Cheiro / Chicago / 24 Nov 97" in black ink on a heavy stock 3 3/4" X 2" card upper left and right corners clipped. Very good. Mild age toning; tipped to heavy album leaf stock of same size. A most uncommon signature. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42899
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FARNUM Dustin 1874 1929
Signature
Celebrated American actor singer and dancer of stage anf then silent films the older brother of actor William Farnum became one of the biggest stars of early Westerns; he starred in dozens of silent films between 1914 and 1926 two of his more notable roles both 1914 being Cecil DeMille's "The Squaw Man" and "The Virginian." Large and bold "Sincerely" and signature in brown ink on a heavy stock 3�" X 2�" card n.p. n.y. pencilled 1905 on verso. Very good. Mild age toning. A lovely example -- and exceptionally early years before his first film appearance. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42884
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TAK Edward 1881 1943
Signature / Autograph Musical Quotation
This famed Dutch violinist played for and served as concertmaster for a wide variety of American orchestras including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Large and bold signature in ink on a 3�" X 2�" slip neatly mounted to heavy stock card n.p. n.y. AMQ unsigned on a matching slip n.p. n.d. both bear pencilled 1904 date on verso. Both near fine. The unsigned Autograph Musical Quotation consists of two lines being several bars of music which he identifies below as "Beethoven Violin concerto." Tak played first violin with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1903 to 1905 when he penned this excerpt from the Violin Concerto in D major which became one of Beethoven's best-known violin concertos. An attractive example. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42879
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PRINGLE Harry Lempriere 1870 1914
Signature and Inscription
This Australian basso was a popular performer throughout England and America often performing Wagner roles; he made some early turn of the century recordings and appeared in one silent film as well. Extra-bold and attractive "Yours Faithfully" and signature in black ink on a heavy stock 3�" X 2�" card which he dates "Chicago 1898." Very good. Tiny mounting traces. A handsome example. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42883
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CHARLES II 1630 85
Document Signed
The "Merrie Monarch" thus nicknamed because of the liberality of his court and the public's joy at the return to normalcy after the tyrannical rule of Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans reclaimed the throne of England Scotland and Ireland in 1659 after exile on mainland Europe for nine years; he managed to retain control until his death in 1685. DS on vellum 1p 14" X 9�" Whitehall England n.y. 1663 October 13. Good. Light folds none weakened; bit of age toning about some edges. Royal military appointment naming John Griffith an "Ensigne of the Company of Hoote. in Sr. William Killegrew's Regiment" and commanding him "carefully to discharge the duty of an Ensigne by exercising and well disciplining both the inferior Officers & Souldiers of that Company who are to obey you as their Ensigne." Signed by EDWARD NICHOLAS 1593-1669 at lower right -- noted English statesman close advisor to Charles I Charles II's Secretary of State. In the upper left corner is affixed a 2" square paper seal onto which the circular Royal seal has been blind-embossed and to the right of this Charles II signs with his usual large "Charles R." While the text of this document is only lightly faded the signature is more so -- it's legible but faint as is Nicholas's signature as well. This document has been elegantly matted and framed: Free-floated against a gold-and-black matte with a textured cream outer matte. To left of the document is a second matte opening featuring a superb 4�" X 7" steel-engraved portrait of "Charles the Second" published 1808 by John White of London. Frame is a contemporary 1�" black and gold overall dimensions 27�" X 14�" hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 31920
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VIENNA BOYS CHOIR 1932
Signatures
In 1921 an Austrian monsignor Josef Schnitt reformed the dissolved Court Choir Boys formed in 1498 by Emperor Maximilian I to perform for the Austro-Hungarian royalty modernized it and renamed it the Vienna Boys Choir -- the most famous choir in the world performing in Vienna and around the world. Signature of founder Josef Schnitt who adds his title "Rektor" -- rector in black ink at the top of a heavy stock 3�" X 5�" card n.p. n.y. inked date on verso 24 November 1932. Near fine. Below Schnitt's signature all 20 members of the choir sign in two columns all in ink and all fairly legible. The verso of this card is a charming stream-of-conscious autograph request from Thomas Donald and James Goodrich who write: "We are just three little Boys we live in the city of Venice in the State of Illinois we are trying to get the autograph names of great People from all over the Land if your Reverence will autograph this card for us Boys we will think it Grand and will you have some of the Boy Members of the Choir autograph the card with there address in Vienna so we can write to them when they return Home." The Vienna Boys Choir took their very first tour in the U.S. in 1932 and took the country by storm arriving in New York aboard the SS Statendam on November 15 -- just two weeks before they all signed this card. Extremely unusual and scarce. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42919
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FISKE Minnie Maddern 1865 1932
Autograph Letter Signed
The most accomplished American stage actress of the early 20th century began as a child and while she did it all -- comedy tragedy -- it is for Ibsen and Shakespeare roles that she's best known; she appeared in silent film versions of two of her greatest stage hits "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" 1913 and "Vanity Fair" 1915. ALS 2pp single leaf 5�" X 8�" Los Angeles CA n.y. Addressed to "Dearest Drucie" Drusilla Pierce a Los Angeles friend. Very good. Original folds none weakened evident; light glass ring near top of second page smudges half a dozen words. On "Hotel Van Nuys" letterhead Fiske urges her friend to " run over to Hollywood any time next Sunday evening -- & have a little time with me and with old-old-old friends. and then when we meet we can plan for the meeting of Tuesday. I am deeply eager you shall attend with me -- next Tuesday. Save that day." Arranges details gives addresses etc. Signed simply "Minnie." Undated but likely 1920s vintage. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42713
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ARLISS George 1868 1946
Typed Letter Signed
The great English actor filmmaker playwright and author won an Academy Award in 1930 for "Disraeli" -- the first Briton to do so -- and is best known for portrayals of this and other historical figures. TLS 1p 7" X 9" London England 21 February 1944. Addressed to "Drucie" Drusilla Pierce a Los Angeles friend. Very good. Faint original folds. On imprinted "George Arliss" letterhead Arliss chats cordially with an old friend noting "that you are fairly well except for your legs. The only advantage you gain is that you are able to get into friendly intercourse with the crossing-cops. You will be glad to know that our London policemen are still wonderful." Of the current London theatre scene he comments: "I know very little about theatrical conditions here because Flo's sight prevents us from going to the theatre. We had one break however when we went to see the Lunts who have made a tremendous success over here. It was certainly a beautiful performance." Signed simply "George" in blue ink. Alfred and Lynn Fontanne opened a production of Robert E. Sherwood's "There Shall Bo No Night" in London's Aldwych Theatre on December 15 1943 and it's no doubt this performance to which Arliss refers. Attractive -- an interesting glimpse into Arliss's life near its end when war and sickness curtailed his activities! unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42715
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RANDALL James G. 1881 1953 and RANDALL Ruth Painter 1892 1971
Autograph Letters Signed
The only "his 'n' hers historians" in the lengthy history of Lincoln historians his scholarly and hers popular: He was an American historian and author "Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln" "Lincoln the President" considered by many the greatest Lincoln scholar of the 20th century; she helped research some of his works and herself authored popular titles such as "Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage" 1953 "Lincoln's Sons" 1956 "The Courtship of Mr. Lincoln" 1957 "I Mary" 1959 and "Colonel Elmer Ellsworth" 1960. ALS 1p 8�" X 11" Urbana IL 12 July 1952. Addressed to Arnold Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Very good. Faint original folds. Penned bold and large in blue fountain pen ink in this cordial note James G. Randall tells the budding Lincolnist "I greatly appreciate your friendly note of recent date. Please accept as my gift the copy of 'Living with Lincoln' which is being mailed to you separately. It is heartening to have your words of approval bearing upon my published work." Second another ALS 2pp recto and verso 6�" X 8�" Urbana IL 5 November 1958. Same recipient. Near fine. Also penned in handsome blue fountain pen ink Ruth Randall thanks Gates for "asking me to review a book your section in Lincoln Herald" but declines -- "I am swamped with work at present and my strength is limited." I am working on a book about Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth with special emphasis on his relation to Lincoln and because of the approaching centennial of the Civil War it is desirable for me to finish it as soon as I can. I am also expecting galley proofs of my biography of Mary Lincoln for teen-age girls. The title is I Mary from the marriage service 'I Mary take thee Abraham to my wedded husband.'" A superb and uncommon pair. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42598
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ALLYSON June 1917 2006 and JOHNSON Van 1916 2008
Pair of Signed Cards
She was the blonde-banged husky-voiced "girl next door" was a popular leading lady throughout the '40s and '50s; he was the freckled red-haired American golden boy of numerous films of the 1940s and '50s -- most memorably "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" 1944 and "The Caine Mutiny" 1954 -- continued appearing in films and on television into the 1980s. Pair of signed heavy stock cards each 4�" X 3" n.p. n.y. Very good. Faint and inoffensive 2�" tape stain evident along top and bottom 1/8" of each card. "Naval Aid Auxiliary" logo in gilt blue and red appears at top center with red stripe along top �" edge and blue stripe along bottom �" edge. This organization raised funds for its war-time activities by enlisting many film stars to sign these decorative cards which were then made available for purchase to the public. A desirable pair of these young stars paired together in five films around this same time. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42561
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BUTTERFIELD Daniel 1831 1901
Signature / Unsigned Portrait
Best known for supposedly writing "Taps" more likely a rewrite of an existing bugle melody this Union general served as Hooker's chief of staff and apparently partook of that controversial general's political and shall-we-say social proclivities; he had to resign his position as Assistant Treasurer of the United Stated under President Grant for corruption regarding the gold market. Clipped signature in bold brown ink on an irregular-shaped 3" X 1" slip n.p. n.y. Very good. Heavy mounting traces on verso; all four corners clipped not affecting text. Accompanied by an exceptional 5�" X 9" steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Butterfield in uniform. Engraved by J.C. Buttre based on a photograph by James E. McClees thus vintage engraving is undated but certainly 1860s or '70s. A handsome pair. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42564
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PIERCE Rice A. 1847 1936
Signature and Title
This notable Tennessean served with the 8th Tennessee Cavalry of the Confederate States Army during the Civil War afterward becoming an attorney and politician and serving several terms as a Democrat in Congress 1883-85 1889-93 1897-1905. A large and bold full signature and title "Commander In Chief / United Confederate Veterans" in black ink near the top of an 8�" X 11" sheet of his "Pierce & Fry" law firm letterhead Union City TN n.d. Near fine. Undated but from a collection gathered in the mid-1930s thus near the end of his long life. Unusual in this form-- interesting and attractive. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42572
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FARINA Dennis 1944 2013
Signature
This Chicagoan served 18 years with the Chicago Police Department before achieving fame as an actor portraying-- cops and robbers; among his best-known films are "Midnight Rub" 1988 "Get Shorty" 1995 and the television drama "Law & Order" 2004-06. Bold signature in black ballpoint on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. dated 19 October 1988 in his hand. Fine. With original envelope. A prime example from early in his film career. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42562
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ROUSS Charles Broadway 1836 1902
Signature
This Virginian served in the Confederate cavalry during the Civil War and lost everything but in New York survived debtor's prison and other setbacks before becoming a millionaire with his department stores; he so loved Broadway that he changed his middle name from Baltzell to Broadway; in later years he went blind earning the nickname "The Blind Millionaire." Huge bold signature in brown ink on a 3�" X 3 3/4" slip below a partial "Yrs truly" penned in another hand n.p. n.y. Near fine. Minor mounting traces on verso. At the bottom of this slip is penned "Charles Broadway Rouss / The blind millionaire" in another hand. An incredibly stylized and bizarre signature which once deciphered appears to read "C B Rouss" -- one of the most unusual signatures ever not to mention quite scarce. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42482
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SCHUYLER Eugene 1840 90
Autograph Document Signed partial
This interesting figure combined his scholarly and linguistic skills first American to translate Ivan Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy with a diplomatic career among other posts he served as American Consul General in Constantinople first American Minister to Romania and Serbia U.S. Minister to Greece etc. Partial ADS on a 3" X 1�" slip with printed border n.p. n.y. Very good. Apparently the lower right portion of a pay slip from one of Schuyler's postings as a Consul signed boldly in brown ink with "salary for quarter ending" in his hand above; after the printed word "Consul" beneath his signature he pens the word "General." Undated but signed either during his tenure as American Consul General in Constantinople 1876-78 Birmingham 1878 or Rome 1879-80. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42497
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BELMONT Perry 1851 1947
Signature
This American politician and diplomat represented New York in Congress 1881-88 served as U.S. Minister to Spain during the Spanish-American War and in 1906 was named president of the National Publicity Bill Organization which advocated campaign finance reform. Attractive and bold signature below a typewritten "Very sincerely yours" on a 4�" X 1 3/4" slip n.p. n.y. Near fine. Though not dated the typed letter from which this was clipped shows a black mourning border on the left and right sides which likely dates it to the months following the death on October 20 1935 of his wife Jessie Robbins Belmont born 1858 -- who caused a scandal in 1899 when she divorced Henry T. Sloane and within hours of the divorce decree married Belmont. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42483
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BANGS John Kendrick 1862 1922
Autograph Letter Signed
This American humorist and lecturer edited many of the country's most popular humor magazines such as "Puck" and later produced many plays and novels such as "A House-Boat on the Styx" 1895 "Coffee and Repartee" 1893 and "The Idiot" 1895. ALS 1p lettersheet 8" X 10" Yonkers NY 6 September 1897. Addressed to Miss Strong. Near fine. Faint original folds. On pale blue imprinted letterhead Bangs replies cordially and of course humorously to a request from an admirer. In part: ".I have been resting for a month from the arduous duties which devolve upon those who write autographs for a living. I am very glad indeed to begin my work for the seasons new opening by sending my note to you for your collection. I am a collector myself and am most sympathetic when I meet with other sufferers." Attractively penned in brown ink. A lovely charming example. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42486
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HUNTINGTON William Reed 1838 1909
Signature and Salutation
This influential American cleric was an Episcopal priest who served as rector of New York's Grace Church 1883-1909; among his many books are "Conditional Immortality" 1878 "A National Church" 1898 and "A Good Shepherd and Other Sermons" 1906. Large and bold "Most truly yours" and signature in brown ink on a 4�" X 1�" slip n.p. n.y. Near fine. Mounting traces on verso. A nice example. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42496
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DUFF John ? 1880 and DUFF John R. 1844 91
Pair of Signatures
Duff senior was one of the builders of the Union Pacific Railroad and other railroad ventures such as the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad served as the UP's sixth president 1873-74 leaving an estate estimated at a whopping four million dollars; his eldest son John R. was likewise a railroad executive then became a successful Wall Street speculator before losing it all near the end of his life. Large and bold "Respectfully Yours / John Duff" in brown ink on an irregular-shaped 5�" X 1�" heavy stock slip n.p. n.y. Very good. Also a boldly penned "Yours very truly / John R. Duff" in brown ink on an irregular-shaped 4�" X 1�" slip n.p. n.y. Very good. Mild age toning. A number of words in John's hand also visible on verso beneath heavy mounting traces. An interesting and most unusual father-son pair -- quite uncommon. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42529
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PLATT Thomas C. 1833 1910
Free-Franked Signature
Nicknamed "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 1�" slip clipped from envelope n.p. n.y. Very good. A super example. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42530
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BRYAN Charles W. 1867 1945
Signature and Salutation
The younger brother of perennial presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan served twice as Nebraska governor 1923-25 1931-35 twice as mayor of Lincoln Nebraska 1915-17 1935-37 and in 1924 was Democratic vice presidential candidate together with presidential candidate John W. Davis. Large bold "yours truly / Charles W. Bryan" in black ink on a buff heavy stock 5" X 3" card. Near fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42560
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FISH Stuyvesant 1851 1923
Signature and Salutation
The son of New York governor and senator Hamilton Fish was a notable figure of the Gilded Age making his fortune as president of Illinois Central Railroad 1887-1906. "Yours very sincerely" and full bold signature n brown ink on a corner-clipped 3�" X 1�" slip n.p. n.y. Very good. Mounting traces on verso else bright and attractive. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42557
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DALTON John Call 1825 89
Signature and Salutation
This distinguished Civil War surgeon was an influential physiologist and authored a number of important works in the field "A Treatise on Human Physiology" 1861 "The Experimental Method of Medicine" 1882 "Topographical Anatomy of the Brain" 1885 others -- but is often remembered as the first full-time physiology professor in the U.S.; his discoveries about the brain earned him the nickname "America's first experimental neurophysiologist"; among various high-level academic appoints in 1884 he was named president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Scarce "Yours truly / JC Dalton" large and bold in thick black ink on a 3 3/4" X 1�" slip n.p. n.y. Very good. Mild dampstaining affects some letters "truly" "JC D" but not offensively; clearly clipped from a letter as a number of words in his hand "report on deeds / for the College profs / The Quarterly" visible on verso beneath light mounting traces. Undated but a later life example. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42534
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DENNETT Tyler 1883 1949
Typed Note Signed
This American historian and academic eon the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for his "John Hay: From Poetry to Politics"; he also edited the 1939 "Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John Hay." TNS 1p 7�" X 10�" Hague NY 23 June 1941. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Near fine. "It is always a delight to hear from a perfect stranger" he writes "that something I have written has found appreciation." He also sends congratulations for something that Gates sent him -- he was publishing Lincoln essays in booklet form -- with "every good wish that you may continue in what is certainly one of the most satisfactory intellectual exercises." Boldly signed in black ink. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42556
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BROOKS John 1752 1825
Partly-Printed Document Signed
At the age of 23 this young militia officer joined the Minutemen on April 19 1775 and led the Reading Massachusetts troops in the Battle of Lexington and Concord; he served under General Washington in the 1776 campaign in New York and New Jersey participating in the Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777 and the Second Battle of Saratoga; later a physician he also fought in the War of 1812 and in 1816 was elected the 11th governor of Massachusetts serving until 1823. Partly-printed DS 1p 15 3/4" X 9 3/4" Boston Massachusetts 16 September 1820. Good plus. Lightly age toned a bit more so about the edges with weakened original folds expertly archivally strengthened on verso thus tight and fairly attractive. Under the large printed headline "His Excellency / JOHN BROOKS / Governor and Commander in Chief / of the / Commonwealth of Massachusetts" this largely-printed text records that Nathan Dwelly Jr. is elected an ensign in a rifle company "annexed to the second Regiment in the first Brigade and fifth Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth." At left is a large 2 3/4" flute-edged blind-embossed state seal and beneath this Brooks signs huge and bold in brown ink. Below the boilerplate text Alden Bradford 1765-1843 signs as Secretary of the Commonwealth. Partly-printed docket on verso. A nice example lightly aged as these usually are but quite handsome and displayable nonetheless. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42451
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HAUSNER Rudolf 1914 95
Photograph Signed
This Austrian painter sculptor and printmaker was a surrealist who has been described as "the first psychoanalytical painter" but it is for co-founding the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism in the late 1950s together with Ernst Fuchs Holfgang Hutter and several others that he's best remembered. Color PS 5 3/4" X 4" n.p. n.y. lightly pencilled February 1986 on verso. Near fine. Glossy heavy stock reproduction of Hausner's 1948 surrealist painting "Forum der Einwartsgewendeten Optik" from the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna signed large and bold in blue ballpoint along the blank lower margin. A superb example and seldom found in this form. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42454
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ELKINS Stephen B. 1841 1911
Signature and Inscription
This successful Ohio-born industrialist investor and businessman practiced law and entered politics in New Mexico serving in Congress 1873-77; he served in the Union Army during the Civil War father and brother joined the Confederacy and was filled with disgust over the carnage and cruelty he witnessed so when Benjamin Harrison appointed him Secretary of War in 1891 no one felt the irony more than he but he served until 1893; later he served West Virginia as U.S. Senator 1895-1911. Big bold "With regards of / S.B. Elkins / Nov 10./85" on a 5 3/4" X 2" heavy stock buff slip n.p. Very good. Bit of irregular inoffensive offsetting from long-ago acidic contact. Judging from the paper stock almost certainly the top portion of a pamphlet likely of a speech Elkins gave such as the 1885 "The Industrial Question in the United States" an address he gave before the Alumni Association of the University of the State of Missouri June 3 1885 published in 36 pages by Styles & Cash in New York. A nice example. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42436
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ACUFF Roy 1903 92
Signature and Inscription
The "King of Country Music" was a Tennessee fiddler and singer who founded the Smoky Mountain Boys in the 1930s joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938 and remained an influential figure there for decades; in 1942 he co-founded the first important Nashville-based country music publishing firm and in 1962 was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Bold signature with "Sincerely" and date "1-26-90" in black fineline on a heavy stock 3�" X 2" card n.p. Fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42377
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BOULANGER Gustave 1824 88
Photograph Signed
This famed French painter was an academic painter celebrated for his depictions of historical Oriental and classical Greek and Roman scenes. PS heavy stock 2�" X 4�" n.p. n.y. Near fine. Rounded corners as issued. Outstanding carte-de-visite half-length portrait of Boulanger in three-piece suit and tie right hand in pants pocket and left hand dramatically foisting a cigarette. Sharp backstamp in brown of photographer Bingham in Paris. On the blank margin below his portrait Boulanger signs boldly in brown ink with his usual crabbed "G. Boulanger." Undated but likely circa 1870. A superb example -- and quite scarce. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42301
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WILSON Edward Foss 1905 89
Typed Letter Signed
When Chicago meat packing magnate Thomas E. Wilson of Wilson & Company entered the sporting goods field on a lark in the 1920s little did he imagine that his son who became one of the youngest top executives in the country in 1934 when he stepped into the presidency at age 29 would transform both into influential giants in their fields; in 1953 Edward became chairman of the board and soon after left the business to become of all things Assistant Secretary of Health Education and Welfare under Eisenhower. TLS 1p 8�" X 11" Chicago IL 29 November 1937. Addressed to Lars Maurseth of the Museum of Science and Industry. Very good. Faint edgewear with inoffensive staple hole at upper left. A mimeographed form letter with date and recipient's name/address craftily typed in on letterhead of the Young Men's Christian Association reading in part: "The Boys' Work Committee of the Hyde Park YMCA is attempting to develop a policy and program in its work with older boys' groups and clubs based on community needs. we need information asked for on the enclosed questionnaire." Boldly signed in full by Wilson in blue fountain pen as "Chairman Boys' Work Committee." Interesting and unusual bit of YMCA history and Wilson & Company history. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42215
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MacCRACKEN Henry Noble 1880 1970
Typed Note Signed
Vassar 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 8�" X 5�" 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
书商的参考编号 : 42172
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ABBOTT William Rufus 1870 1950
Typed Letter Signed
This famed Chicago utility company executive began with the Chicago Telephone Company around the turn of the century and by 1922 when this had morphed into Illinois Bell Telephone Company he served as its president until 1930 and then as chairman of the Board 1930-34; in 1930 he became president of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. TLS 1p 8" X 11" Chicago IL 26 September 1929. Addressed to Waldemar Kaempffert Director of the Rosenwald Industrial Museum in Chicago. Very good. Lightly age toned and mildly edgeworn with original folds visible and slight mounting trace not affecting text at upper left. On "Illinois Bell Telephone Company" letterhead listing him as president Abbott writes to the just-named first director of this museum founded and funded by Sears Roebuck Company president and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald which the following year would be renamed the Museum of Science and Industry and would have a new director. Abbott goes into great detail about "the New York Telephone rate case" of 1921 which involved "the estimated savings effected in New York City by the use of the Pupin loading coil" and other technicalities; he closes by offering Kaempffert "The following pamphlets giving information as to Bell System activities." and spells out their titles. Boldly signed "W.R. Abbott" in black ink at lower right. Whether this business somehow involved the museum is unclear though likely -- and fascinating in any case. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42167
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SMITH George Jay 1866 1938
Autograph Letter Signed
This American writer had a hit with his 1922 play "Forbidden Fruit: A Comedy in One Act" and also authored such works as "A Synopsis of English and American Literature" 1890 "Whitman's Reading of Life" 1906 and other titles. ALS 2pp separate leaves 5" X 8" New York NY 26 April 1925. Addressed to Mr. Riley. Good plus. A bit age toned about the edges with paper clip stain at upper left; light staining and wrinkling at blank bottom of second leaf. Urges this unknown writer to "come to the Writers club dinner Tuesday evening at the Hotel Brevoort. We're expecting a good time and you will add to it if you will please come prepared to read two or three of your charming poems! Won't you do that" Boldly penned and signed in full. The "iley in question is not James Whitcomb who died in 1916. Interesting. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42173
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HUNDLEY Elisha Estes 1800 79
Document signed
In 1854 this thriving Virginia plantation owner and businessman became an early Chicago real estate mogul when he and partner James Rees built one of that city's first permanent structures the then-massive three-story Lakeview House Hotel on Lake Shore Drive to lure more investors into the area. DS 1p lettersheet 7�" X 9 3/4" n.p. 30 October 1845. Very good. Original folds visible but not weakened. Hundley and two others "being duly Sworn" have "seen and Examined the Estray Hog taken up by Jas. Marshall and. do appraise the said Estray Hog at the Sum of Two Dollars & fifty cents. The said Hog is a harrow white colour about two years old no brand marked with an under keel in the left and overkeel in the Right Ear. We were informed that when the said Hog appeared on the plantation about 12 months ago was a boar and that he has been altered since -- & that he has ranged on this plantation & in the neighbourhood for 12 months past." Neatl penned in deep blue ink and signed at the conclusion by Hundley and two others Charles Huthison George I. Roberts. Below this justice of the peace Roberts testifies and signs again then below this another figure partly legible but presumably county clerk testfies "Sworn to by G I Roberts before me." "Estray is simply legalese for a domesticated animal found lost or wandering and the purpose of this "Notice of Estray" may have been to authorize the sheriff to impound and sell the animnal to recover upkeep costs. Interesting and unusual. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42096
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McEVOY JP. 1897 1958 J. P.
Signature
Tis popular magazine writer of the 1920s and '30s also created the newspaper comic strip "Dixie Dugan" in 1929 and penned the hit play "The Potters" also 1929 and such novels as "Show Girl" 1928 and "Hollywood Girl" 1929 both turned into film starring Alice White. Bold signature on a 2 3/4" X 2�" slip bearing a typed "Cordially yours / P.F. VOLLAND COMPANY / By" above his signature and a typed "J.P. McEvoy / Author of 'The Potters'" below his signature. Very good. Lightly age toned with inoffensive mounting traces on verso. McEvoy worked as an editor for this Chicago publisher starting in 1919 and into the 1920s. Most unusual. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 42100
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