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Americana
1
(american revolution.) ellsworth, oliver.
Autograph Document Signed, “OEllsworth,” as member of the CT Pay Table Committee, ordering the state treasurer to pay Elnathan Camp
Hartford, 6 June 1777
£59.14.11 for saltpeter. Countersigned by Treasurer John Lawrence, additionally signed by Committee member Jesse Root. 1 page, 5x8¼ inches; faint dampstaining at upper and lower edges, horizontal fold, docketing and endorsements on verso.
Estimate
$400 – $600
"George Washington . . . will be revered . . . to the gates of time"
2
Carroll, charles.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Ch. Carroll of Carrollton,” to “Sir,”
Baltimore, 25 March 1823
thanking him for sending a portrait of George Washington. 1 page, 7x7½ inches; complete separations at folds repaired verso with tissue, short closed tear at right edge, faint scattered foxing, faint marginal discoloration from prior matting.
“I was yesterday favoured with your letter of the 20th instant inclosing a miniature engraving of General Washington, whose memory and whose great and disinterested services will be revered by every good citizen of these States to the gates of time. Accept, Sir, my thanks for your attention in sending me the representation of that truely great man whom living I esteemed and loved, and whose memory will ever be dear to me.”
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
3
(civil war.) garrison, william lloyd.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Wm Lloyd Garrison,” to H.M. Jenkins, in pencil,
Longwood [PA], 8 June 1865
agreeing to deliver a lecture in Norristown on Monday evening before his engagement in Newton, requesting a reply before he leaves for Philadelphia on Monday morning or that he send a note to the care of Benjamin C. Bacon at the Anti-Slavery Office. 1¼ pages, 8vo, with integral blank, ruled paper; horizontal folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
4
Cody, william f. (“buffalo bill”).
Signature, on a small card: “W.F. Cody / ‘Buffalo Bill’.”
Np, nd
1½x3 inches; faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Releasing Jefferson Davis would allow "rebels to become . . . Republicans"
5
Greeley, horace.
Autograph Letter Signed, to H.M. Jenkins,
New York, 26 May 1867
explaining that his reason for wanting to release [Jefferson] Davis is to help integrate former Confederates. 1 page, 8vo, “Office of the Tribune” stationery; horizontal folds.
” . . . I beg you to believe that I foresaw infinite good in getting rid of Davis as a prisoner and thus enabling those who have been Rebels to become in effect Republicans without seeming to betray their late leader. I can afford to stand the ‘howl’; for I can hear beyond it.”
Greeley’s views about the injustice of slavery and his support of the Lincoln administration in its conduct of the Civil War was widely known, which is why many were shocked and outraged that, when Jefferson Davis had been captured after the close of the War and held in prison without trial, Greeley advocated for his release (or for a speedy trial). Greeley held that constitutional rights are the same for all, including Davis, and moreover that showing leniency toward the former Rebels would help reduce resentment and the probability of further rebellion.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
Signer
6
Heyward, thomas; jr.
Partly-printed Document Signed, “Tho Heyward Jun’r,” ordering the Sheriffs of SC to arrest a debtor,
Charleston, 23 May 1786
George Ross of Charleston. Countersigned by later Director of the U.S. Mint Henry William de Saussure (“DeSaussure Att[orne]y P[laintiff]”), who additionally endorsed verso. 1 page, 8x13 inches; folds, faint bleed-through from docketing and endorsements on verso, paper seal intact.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
Deed to Robert Morris
7
Mifflin, thomas.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “Tho Mifflin,” as Governor,
[Philadelphia], 17 November 1794
land deed transferring a tract in Luzerne County, PA, to Robert Morris. Countersigned by Deputy Secretary James Trimble. 11½x20¼ inches; moderate fading to signature and text (but still legible), scattered worming with loss to a few letters of text, faint scattered staining, deep folds, docketing and endorsement on verso, paper seals on recto and verso mostly intact.
Robert Morris (1734-1806) purchased multiple plots of land in Luzerne County in 1792-94.
Estimate
$150 – $250
Signer
8
Morton, john.
Document Signed, “John MortonSheriff,”
Chester [PA], 5 March 1768
certifying that the debts and damages of John Galbreath would be satisfied by seizing 7 years of the proceeds and rent from Galbreath’s 300 acres in Oxford, PA. Countersigned by the twelve jurors of the inquest. 1 page, 16½x13 inches; loss to small areas at lower edge repaired verso with paper, complete separations at horizontal folds repaired verso with paper or cello tape, moderate scattered staining, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso, two endorsement signatures on verso, wax seal beside each signature mostly intact.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
General, including world leaders, revolutionaries, suffragists, etc.
Includes signatures by Winston Churchill and the Queen Mother
9
(album.)
Guestbook [for the American Embassy at London] containing over 60 signatures, mostly by British or American diplomats, politicians, military leaders, or their families,
[London, 1951-2]
including dated Signatures by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret alone together on a page with blank verso. Written 2-8 per page, on recto or verso of ruled leaves, many including holograph address, over 50 blank pages at rear. Oblong 8vo, leatherette, markedly worn; minor scattered soiling.
Elizabeth; Queen Consort of George VI (“Elizabeth R”) • Princess Margaret (“Margaret”) • Winston S. Churchill • Clementine Churchill • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Margaret Truman • John Foster Dulles • Whitney Straight • Anthony Eden • Arthur Wellesley (“Wellington”) • Karl Taylor Compton • Gavin Simonds (“Simonds”) • Harold Alexander (“Alexander”) • William Ormsby-Gore (“Harlech”) • Alan Lascelles • Hastings Ismay (“Ismay”) • Lord Mayor of London Denys Lowson • John “Johnnie” Bigelow Dodge • René Massigli • Walter F. Boone • Ruth Draper • David Maxwell Fyfe • Tommaso Gallarati-Scotti • Florence Horsbrugh • Paul Nitze • Douglas Chandor • George F. Kennan • Charles Greville (“Warwick”) • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (“Salisbury”) • Harold Macmillan • James Clement Dunn • William Joseph Jordan • William Henry Draper, Jr. • Philip Cunliffe-Lister (“Swinton”) • Perle Mesta • William Harcourt (“Harcourt”) • Harry Brittain • John Anderson (“Waverley”) • Lincoln Gordon • Dora Gaitskell • Louis Leisler Greig • William Rogers Herod • John Loder (“Wakehurst”) • Margaret Wakehurst • Helen Rogers Reid • Stella Isaacs (“Stella Reading”) • Matthew Ridgway • Guy Salisbury-Jones • Milton Katz • Leslie Hollis • John Slessor • Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. • Ellsworth Bunker • David K.E. Bruce • Robert Daniel Murphy • Henry Herbert (“Porchester”) • Edmund Pery (“Limerick”) • George Cholmondeley • John H. Ferguson • Edward W. Barrett • Walter J. Donnelly • Julius C. Holmes • Alice Acheson • Roderic Hill • Leolyn Dana Wilgress • Vernon Willey (“Barnby”) • others.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
10
(astronauts–apollo 11.)
Color Photograph Signed, by the entire prime crew, group portrait by NASA showing them in space suits without helmet, the Moon in the background.
Np, nd
Signed in the image, each below the relevant portrait. Inscribed at upper left, in unknown hand: “Best Wishes / to the Gresham Family / The Apollo 11 / Crew.” 8x10 inches; Armstrong signature markedly faded, NASA biographical note printed on verso.
Neil Armstrong • Buzz Aldrin • Michael Collins (“MCollins”).
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
11
(astronauts.) mccandless ii, bruce.
Color Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “For Ed – / With appreciation & / best wishes / Bruce McCandless II / S.T.S. - 41B,”
Np, nd
half-length portrait by NASA showing him in profile in the Manned Maneuvering Unit at the Johnson Space Center in October 1982. Signed diagonally in the image at lower left. 10x8 inches; NASA credit and copyright notice printed on verso, remnants of prior mounting at corners verso.
With–Group of 4 items, unsigned, each featuring the MMU: Photograph, showing McCandless manipulating the hand controllers of the MMU #2 at Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) near Denver, CO. 1980s • Tie pin • Brass belt buckle • Brass two-sided medal.
Estimate
$300 – $400
12
(astronauts.) mccandless ii, bruce.
Color Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “For Judith – / With best wishes / Bruce McCandless II / STS - 11/41-B,”
Np, nd
half-length portrait by NASA showing him in profile in the Manned Maneuvering Unit with printed caption: “McCandless Flies First ‘Solo’ in Space.” Signed diagonally in the image at lower left. 10x8 inches; NASA biography printed on verso.
With–A Nice Flying Machine. Martin Marietta publicity booklet with color illustrations featuring the MMU, unsigned. 28 pages. 4to, embossed stiff wrappers, staple binding. Martin Marietta, 1985.
Estimate
$300 – $400
Includes Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Michael Collins, Wernher von Braun
13
(astronauts.)
Signatures by over 30 astronauts, cosmonauts, and support crew, on a large board.
Np, 1960s
24x20 inches, illustration board; irregular lower edge truncating extreme lower portion of a few letters in signatures by Crippen and Musgrave, faint scattered staining affecting signatures by Crippen, Schmitt, Bobko, and England, few notes in unknown hand on verso.
Neil Armstrong • John Glenn • Michael Collins • Wernher von Braun • Alexei Leonov • Valeri Kubasov • Tom Stafford • Fred W. Haise • Vance Brand • Deke Slayton • Ken Mattingly • Bill Anders • Scott Carpenter • Paul Weitz • Jack Swigert • Bruce McCandless II • Story Musgrave • Stu Roosa • Bill Pogue • Harrison H. Schmitt • Bob Crippen • Don Peterson • Richard H. Truly • Karl G. Heinze • William Thornton • Myron S. Malkin • Tom England • Hank Hartsfield • Karol J. Bobko • Robert Parker • Joe Kerwin • Donald Holmquest • Jack Lousma • Bob Overmyer • others.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
"The U.S.A. cannot . . . give way in Vietnam"
14
Attlee, clement.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Attlee,” to “Dear Sir,”
London, 5 September 1967
suggesting that the dilemma facing the U.S. in Vietnam will be resolved by an agreement brokered by U Thant or someone else. 1 page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery; minor smudge to terminal letters of signature, horizontal fold.
”. . . It is obvious that the U.S.A. cannot without . . . loss of face give way in Vietnam. On the other hand they do not want to continue this war with its great loss of life. I think that the U.S.A. shall accept the good office of U. Thant or someone else and come to an agreement.”
Estimate
$200 – $300
15
(aviation.) earhart, amelia.
20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in the Friendship.
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1928; inscription: Np, [1928]
61 illustrations inserted throughout. Tall 8vo, publisher’s ½ maroon cloth over marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, scattered minor abrasions to boards, minor rubbing to edges; signed limitation page detached, owner’s inscription on front blank (“MGM / 15 Apr 1933”), flag’s cellophane envelope coming loose.
First edition, the Author’s Autograph Edition, number 101 of 150 copies signed by Earhart and Putnam containing, as issued by the publisher in a cellophane envelope mounted to the front pastedown, a miniature silk American flag carried by Earhart in her flight on the Friendship from Boston to Wales. Although Earhart was not the pilot of this flight, with it she made history by becoming the first woman to travel by air across the Atlantic.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
"Nobel peace prize came as a complete surprise"
16
Bunche, ralph j.
Two items Signed: Autograph Letter * A sheet of postage stamps.
New York, 4 April 1966; Np, nd
The letter, to “Dear Mr. Bean,” explaining that he has learned to live with his [physical] pain, noting that his training is suited to teaching rather than government, and remarking that the Peace Prize was unexpected. 2 page, 8vo, “United Nations” stationery, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; latter half written using different pen than first, vertical fold. The stamps, complete sheet of 50 one-cent “United Nations” stamps bearing control number “027” and “First U.N. / Issue 1951” in upper and lower margins. Signed in the lower margin. 13x8 inches; perforations extend into margins, gummed verso is original, unused, and free of hinging.
”. . . I particularly sympathize with you in the pain you suffer. For most of my years I could not stand the thought of pain and had no resistance to it. . . . In recent years . . . I have been experiencing almost constant pain from a variety of causes and to my own surprise and satisfaction I have learned to take it quite philosophically and to live with it. . . .
”. . . I trained to do academic not government work and spent a good many years as a college professor. I went into government service shortly before Pearl Harbor. The Nobel Peace Prize came as a complete surprise and it took me some time to believe the announcement. . . .”
Estimate
$250 – $350
"Our military preparation was not what it should have been"
17
Clemenceau, georges.
Autograph Letter Signed, “GClemenceau,” to Lady Edward Cecil, in French,
Bordeaux, 9 September 1914
hoping to route a reply to her letter through Paris, intending to continue printing Homme Libre in Toulouse tomorrow, describing the sacrifices of a nurse Madeleine, remarking that he cannot get through to George, praising the attitude of the British, confessing that French military preparation was insufficient, remarking that the path to victory lies in the agreement of the allies to fight together, speculating that France will never sell out, giving the address of Mary and her mother in the Pyrenees, reporting that the Germans seem to have become weak, hoping that Paris will soon be clear again, and, in a postscript, asking after the health of Michel. 4 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet, third and terminal pages written vertically; horizontal fold. With the original envelope.
”. . . I have found an opportunity to get this note to Paris tomorrow evening. Perhaps it will reach you earlier that way. . . . [T]he government here . . . to publish the Homme Libre. I will start tomorrow. The paper will be printed at Toulouse.
“I have . . . with me Madeleine whose son is at Verdun. She spends the days looking after the wounded who are in great need . . . . I see her but for a moment in the evening. I have tried . . . to get in touch with George. Impossible! . . . [O]ne voice for the magnificent attitude of the English. . . . Our military preparation was not what it should have been . . . . There are deceptions. . . . The stand taken by the three allies never to wage war separately is, in my eyes, the gage for an assured victory. At any rate, one will not find in France a government that will make any proposals for peace. . . . Our unhappy country will suffer as long as will be necessary, but it will not sell out. . . . The public spirit here is admirable. I have never seen our people that way.
“Mary and her mother are at St. Jean de Luz . . . . The Germans seem at the end of their strength. The English and the French have prevented them from passing the Marne. Perhaps Paris will be cleared. . . . I know that you have courage. I will have it too.”
In late August of 1914, as the Germans advanced toward the city, Paris scrambled its defenses and moved the government to Bordeaux. Clemenceau, who had been publishing his newspaper, L’Homme libre, in Paris since 1913, ceased operations in early September 1914 when the government began censoring the paper. After moving his office to Bordeaux and engaging a press in Toulouse, he renamed the paper L’Homme enchaîné and resumed publishing.
Estimate
$500 – $750
18
Daladier, édouard.
Typed Letter Signed, “EDaladier,” as Prime Minister, to President of the German Front-Line Fighters Association Herzog von Coburg, in French,
Paris, 12 October 1938
thanking for his telegram conveying the satisfaction felt by German veterans about the Munich negotiations [Munich Agreement of 1938], and expressing happiness that his efforts to move the war from Europe are appreciated. 1 page, 4to, “Présidence du Conseil” stationery; two punch holes in left margin, office ink stamps at upper and lower right (not affecting text or signature), horizontal folds.
”. . . I am happy that my efforts to remove the theatre of war from Europe are recognized and understood by those who–like ourselves–have in the past experienced its horrors and griefs. . . .”
Estimate
$200 – $300
19
Darrow, clarence.
Autograph Quotation dated and Signed:
Chicago, 14 October 1915
“Only the sinner knows that there is no sin.” ½ page, 4to, “Darrow, Baily & Sissman” stationery; folds. With the original envelope, addressed in holograph to Glen Walton Blodgett.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
20
Diaz, porfirio.
Letter Signed, to Jorge G. de L. Byron, in Spanish,
Mexico, 1 December 1877
acknowledging receipt of his message dated October 27, and anticipating communication from Mr. Mata [chargé d’affaires José María Mata?] concerning his transactions with Mr. Lester [financier C. Edward Lester?]. 1¼ pages, 4to, monogrammed stationery, written on the recto and verso of a single page; folds, remnants of mounting along right edge verso.
Not published in Archivo del General Porfirio Díaz, Memorias y Documentos, ed. Alberto Maria Carreño (Mexico: Instituto de historia de la Universidad Nacional, 1960).
Estimate
$100 – $200
Uncommon image of Monroe signed by her one-time husband
21
Dimaggio, joe.
Photograph Signed and inscribed, “Best Wishes / to John,” half-length portrait by Todd Webb, showing Marilyn Monroe and photographer John Vachon.
Np, nd
Inscribed in the image, lower right. Description on verso in Webb’s hand. 5x7 inches; some creasing at lower right resulting in cracking to emulsion (without loss).
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
22
Disraeli, benjamin.
Autograph Letter Signed, “BDisraeli,” to Philip William Skinner Miles (“My dear Mr Miles”),
“Grosvenor Gate” [London], 17 June 1849
enlisting his help in the debate on the state of the nation. 4 pages, small 8vo, written on a folded sheet; moderate soiling to folds of terminal page.
“It is of great importance that we sh’d put forth all our debating powers in the ensuing discussion on the state of the nation.
”. . . I well remember the efficient aid you used occasionally to afford our common cause; I often regret . . . that you so rarely come forward to do that which you have shown you can do well.”
During a parliamentary session on July 2, 1849, Disraeli moved that a select committee be formed to debate on the state of the nation. He explained that his motion was motivated by the growth of poverty and certain weaknesses in the economy relating to foreign trade which had coincided with the start of Robert Peel’s government. In subsequent days, after Peel delivered a speech in response, the greater part of the House of Commons rallied to Peel’s defense.
Estimate
$400 – $600
The Queen Mother
23
Elizabeth; queen consort of george vi.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Elizabeth R,” to Mrs. Gifford,
[London], 29 September 1951
thanking for the roses which cheer the ailing king. 2 pages, 8vo, monogrammed stationery, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; horizontal fold. With the original envelope, addressed in holograph and additionally signed, “ER.”
“Thank you so much for your kind messages of sympathy, my daughters & I are very touched by your thought of us at this time of anxiety, and the lovely yellow roses have given the King great pleasure. I am glad to say that he is making good progress, & tho’ he is still in pain, he is wonderfully brave & cheerful.”
King George VI died on February 6, 1952, whereupon Elizabeth II became queen.
Estimate
$500 – $750
24
Elizabeth ii; queen of the uk; and philip; duke of edinburgh.
Photograph Signed, by both (“ElizabethR” and “Philip”),
Np, 1976
showing the pair standing in Buckingham Palace: she, in royal sash, and he, in naval uniform. Signed on the mount, below the relevant portrait, additionally dated by the Queen. 8½x7 inches (image), 11½x8½ inches overall.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
25
Gandhi, indira.
Photograph dated and Signed, bust portrait showing her smiling and looking to one side.
Np, 1982
Signed in the blank lower margin. 8½x6 inches; faint staining along right edge.
Estimate
$200 – $300
26
Gladstone, william e.
Autograph Letter Signed, “WGladstone,” to former editor of The Daily Telegraph Thornton Leigh Hunt,
Hawarden, 18 September 1865
sending copies of legislation relating to annuities and life assurances [not present]. 1 page, small 8vo, with integral blank; faint scattered soiling, folds.
“Perhaps you may think it worthwhile, especially in this dead season, to look at the enclosed papers respecting the Annuities & Assurances Act. They are at your service if thought of any use. . . .”
Estimate
$200 – $300
27
Henrietta maria; queen of charles i of england.
Document Signed, “HenriettaMariaR,”
“Denmarke House” [London], 10 April 1663
granting the manor of Eltham in Kent [Eltham Palace] to Thomas Panton. Countersigned by her secretary John Wintour. 1 page, 4to; inlaid, small holes at fold intersections expertly repaired verso, docketing on verso.
Estimate
$500 – $750
28
Hillary, edmund.
Typed Letter Signed, “E.P. Hillary,” to autograph dealer Herman Murray Darvick,
Auckland, 21 February 1966
thanking him for putting Hillary-related stamps on his envelope, explaining that he could not have written earlier because he has been away from New Zealand, and sending best wishes for his stamp collection. ½ page, 4to, personal stationery; folds.
Estimate
$100 – $200
29
Hussein and alia al-hussein; king and queen of jordan.
Group of 6 greeting cards, each Signed by both.
Np, 1968-71
Each cover embossed with Royal Hashemite Crown, includes a photograph showing either the entire family or one or more children, mounted to the page facing the signed page. Small 4to or oblong 8vo, folded sheet or additionally with wrappers bound together with silk ribbon. Most with the original envelope, addressed in type to William Seamans.
With–(Hussein and Alia Al-Hussein.) Two greeting cards with printed signatures. Circa 1980. With the original envelope.
Estimate
$400 – $600
"Wizard of Horticulture"
30
(inventors.) burbank, luther.
Autograph Quotation Signed: “‘Knowledge is power’ but it requires / to be combined with wisdom / to become useful,”
Santa Rosa, 25 May 1917
on a leaf likely removed from an album. 1 page, oblong 8vo.
Estimate
$200 – $300
31
(inventors.) edison, thomas a.
Autograph Quotation Signed: “All things come to him who hustles while he waits / Thos A Edison,”
[New York, May 1917?]
on a leaf likely removed from an album. 1 page, oblong 8vo; short closed tear at lower left repaired with tissue verso.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
"I . . . worked five consecutive days and five . . . nights without any sleep"
32
(inventors.) edison, thomas a.
Typed Letter Signed, to George E. Larrabee,
Orange, NJ, 13 August 1922
describing how much work was required in order to prepare the first phonograph in time for the Exposition Universelle in 1889. 1 page, small 4to, “From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison” stationery; mounted to a sheet trimmed to size, faint scattered staining, folds.
”. . . I take pleasure in informing you that the occasion when myself and assistants worked five consecutive days and five consecutive nights without any sleep was at the time we were getting the first phonograph model in readiness for the Paris International Exhibition, held in the year 1888 [89]. The phonograph had to be shipped on a certain day, and with the continuous work spoken of above, we did it.”
Estimate
$3,500 – $5,000
"Forger of Thunderbolts"
33
(inventors.) steinmetz, charles proteus.
Autograph Quotation Signed: “Do not hurry: / all eternity is before you. / Charles P. Steinmetz,”
Np, 15 May 1917
on a leaf likely removed from an album. 1 page, oblong 8vo.
Estimate
$200 – $300
34
(james bond.)
Ian Fleming. Thunderball. Signed and Inscribed, to Penny, by Sean Connery and three other members of the principal cast of the 1965 film adaptation,
London: Jonathan Cape, (1964); inscription: [Nassau, Bahamas, 1965]
on the front pastedown and front free endpaper. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, minor rubbing; faint scattered foxing throughout; some edge chipping to dust jacket, short closed tears and rubbing to panel folds. Later edition.
Sean Connery. “Cheers, Penny / and Thank you” • Claudine Auger. “To my dear Penny / your smile at / Nassau,” in French • Adolfo Celi. “Dear Penny, . . . for your sympathy and friendship,” in Italian • Rik Van Nutter. “To the / Best of all / Good Pennys / Nassau 1965.”
Several scenes were shot on location in Nassau, Bahamas, including the gambling scenes with Bond and Largo on Paradise Island (then called Hog Island); the Junkanoo parade was filmed on Parade Street in downtown Nassau; Thunderball Reef (then called Golden Grotto) is where Bond shows an uninvited guest the point of his speargun; and the spectacular underwater battle was filmed along Clifton Pier.
Estimate
$500 – $750
35
(kennedy assassination.) ruby, jack.
Autograph Letter Signed, to Harry L. Pulver, in pencil,
[Dallas: from postmark], 5 February 1964
apologizing for the delay in replying, expressing gratitude for prayers and good wishes, and stating that he has “helped a great deal to bolster my spirit and courage by having faith in me.” 1 page, oblong 12mo; lower portion of few letters of signature truncated by lower edge. With the original postmarked envelope, addressed in holograph.
With–(Marina N. Oswald.) Printed thank you note with envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pulver in an unknown hand. 1 page, 16mo. Grand Prairie, 26 December 1963 [from postmark].
Estimate
$200 – $300
36
Kennedy, robert f.
Typed Letter Signed, as Attorney General, to Gerald Goldberg,
Washington, 31 July 1963
apologizing for having misplaced his invitation and explaining that civil rights commitments would have prevented his attending. ¾ page, 4to, “Office of the Attorney General” stationery; horizontal folds.
Estimate
$200 – $300
37
(labor.) debs, eugene v.
Typed Letter Signed, to cartoonist Art Young,
Terre Haute, 21 January 1914
expressing hope that he would illustrate an article by Debs, and looking forward to celebrating his 80th birthday. ¾ page, 4to, “Office of Theodore Debs” stationery, pale green paper; folds.
”. . . If the article on Riley, Nye and Field fits you then I know it is right. I hope you will make good your threat to pictorialize this trinity of fun, fellowship and philosophy.
“I am much gratified with your horoscope and already feel its rejuvenating effect. That I am to be young at eighty, young as Art, and full of the juice of life and its joys, sets my heart tangoing rapturously as I look forward to my anniversary celebration at fourscore when you and other comrades beloved shall help me crowd the day full to overflowing with juvenile caprices and all sorts of youthful festivities and follies. . . .”
Debs’s “Riley, Nye & Field: Personal Notes and Recollections” was published as a pamphlet by National Magazine in 1914, and concerned James Whitcomb Riley, Bill Nye, and Eugene Field.
With–Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Autograph Letter Signed, to “Dear Comrade,” in pencil, requesting that he send appeals to the Governor of UT and the Swedish minister at Bar Harbor, ME, hoping for clemency for Joe Hill [Industrial Workers of the World poet who was nevertheless convicted of murder and executed on November 19]. 1¼ pages, 8vo, “L’Avvenire” stationery, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet. New York, 25 September 1915.
Estimate
$600 – $900
"Twenty-eight coal miners died like rats in a hole"
38
(labor.) lewis, john l.
Typed Letter Signed, to “the Honorable Members of the Senate and House of Representatives,”
Washington, 18 July 1939
urging them to pass bills that propose federal inspection of mines and require publication of the results. 1½ pages, 4to, written on two sheets, “United Mine Workers of America” stationery; few staple holes at upper left, horizontal folds.
“Last week twenty-eight coal miners died like rats in a hole, as a result of an explosion in the Duvin Coal Company Mine in Providence, Kentucky. The loss of these lives was preventable, and the accumulation of explosive quantities of gas and dust was contrary to law. Inadequate and criminally negligent mine inspection permitted this financially irresponsible coal company to operate without regard to the safety of the lives its employees. As a result . . . the wives and children of these men become dependent upon public charity. The same hazard of eminent disaster hangs over hundreds of other coal mines.
“Surely, each member of Congress would be glad to contribute to the saving of human life, by creating more safe conditions in coal mines. S. 2420 and H.R. 6352 . . . are designed to accomplish this end. . . .
“Some coal operators have registered their opposition to this measure, alleging that state inspection is adequate. . . .
”. . . Our coal industry is the most hazardous and deadly of all industries, and our fatality rate exceeds by many times that of any other country. The organized mine workers of this nation plead for this degree of consideration from the members of their Congress.”
Estimate
$150 – $250
39
(labor.) thomas, norman.
Two Typed Letters Signed, to Charles H. Roe or H. Patricia Burkett,
New York, 15 October 1934; 20 August 1964
on financial policy or a photograph request. Together 3 pages, 4to, personal stationery; folds.
15 October 1934: “. . . 1. . . . I believe that under a drastic inflation of the currency wages would lag far behind prices . . . . I do not believe that properly managed it would constitute inflation were a program of remunerative public works [established], like the providing of proper housing, financed by treasury bonds secured by the value of the new wealth created and the new wealth afforded instead of by the interest bearing bonds. . . .
3. I am wholly and entirely opposed to the sales of munitions to foreign nations either by private individuals or corporations or by the government of the United States. . . .
“6. I favor public works to fight depression and believe the present program grossly inadequate. The . . . public works which I favor is an immense housing program.
“7. The federal budget can only be safely balanced by a drastic increase in income and inheritance taxes. I have long supported a tax on wealth . . . for the purpose of reducing or wiping out . . . debt. . . .”
Estimate
$150 – $250
40
Le corbusier.
Two items: Autograph Note Signed, with three small ink drawings * Photograph Signed.
Np, 22 June 1930; nd
The manuscript, probably to an editor, sending the captions and page layouts for three illustrations [likely for Le Corbusier’s Sur les 4 routes, Paris: Gallimard, 1941], in French. The drawings, very rough sketches representing the illustrations. 1 page, 4to, onionskin paper; short closed tears at folds. The photograph, bust portrait showing him in ¾ view. Signed in the blank lower margin. 5¾x4 inches; remnants of hinging at upper edge verso.
“Main Road.
“Put the headings for the illustrations in the margin.
“Montevideo–Sao Paulo
“Aerial view–side view Rio de Janeiro. The roadway 100 meters in height.
“Buenos Ayres [sic]–the business quarter.
“Unless I am mistaken, you are publishing these 3 plates? If this is the case, here is the text of the headings and their location.”
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
Enlisting soldiers for the "anti-Communist fight"
41
Mccarthy, joseph.
Typed Letter Signed, “Joe McCarthy,” as Senator,
[Washington], 25 June 1952
to Beatrice LaVoie, sending a photograph, a Congressional pass, and “some of the material we have been using in our anti-Communist fight” [not present]. ¾ page, 4to, “United States Senate” stationery; horizontal folds.
Estimate
$100 – $200
Cure for colds? "Give about 50,000 units of penicillin twice a day"
42
(medicine.) fleming, alexander.
Typed Letter Signed, “Alex Fleming,” to Dr. Theodore L. Story (“Dear Ted”),
[London], 3 November 1947
hoping to meet him in England in the near future, explaining that penicillin can be effective in treating bacteria-caused colds but that caution should be exercised, and suggesting a dosage for adults. 1 page, 4to, “Wright-Fleming Institute of Microbiology” stationery; staple holes at upper left, folds.
”. . . As regards penicillin in colds. This is a tricky matter. It has no effect on the virus but then how many so called colds are due to virus. I think that many are simple bacterial infections and even then, if the virus is the primary infection most of the troubles after the first two days are due to the secondary bacterial infection.
“There can be no doubt that penicillin is effective on all these bacteria except Pfeiffer’s bacillus and even some of these are sensitive.
“In the past we have been very quiet about the use of penicillin as a ‘cold cure.’ There have been so many flops in that direction and as regards the extract from Lapin issued by Bristol and Co., this is just what I was afraid would happen. If this system does not develop fast organisms it would be excellent, but it would be a disaster if it bred out resistant races. . . .
”. . . I suppose it would be necessary to give about 50,000 units of penicillin twice a day. This would be quite expensive. If you do anything like that I shall be very glad indeed to know the result.”
With–The retained draft of Dr. Story’s typed letter to Fleming. 1¼ page, 4to, onionskin paper. Np, 30 October 1947.
Estimate
$500 – $750
"I wonder whether you will be in at the relief of Mafeking"
43
(medicine.) lister, joseph.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Lister,” to George or Arthur Cheatle (“My dear Cheatle”),
[London], 5 May 1900
sympathizing with his indignation that a falsehood had been published about him, but suggesting that the published apology has restored his reputation, inquiring whether he would be present for the lifting of the siege in Mafeking [Mahikeng, South Africa], whether he is accepting new cases, and, in a postscript: “Excuse haste.” 3½ pages, small 8vo, written on a folded sheet, personal mourning stationery; horizontal fold.
“I cannot wonder at your taking the false and disparaging statements in ‘M.A.P.’ much to heart.
“But your brother has shown me . . . the apology that followed and also other statements regarding you . . . which speak of you in terms with which you have no reason to be dissatisfied.
”. . . I . . . think that in the whole it leaves your status & credit in full as good a position as if the falsehood had not been perpetrated. . . .”
“I wonder whether you will be in at the relief of Mafeking; and whether you will have the opportunity of seeing fresh cases . . . .”
On May 17, 1900, during the Second Boer War, a unit of 2,000 British soldiers broke the Boer siege of Mafeking after 217 days.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
44
(medicine.) pasteur, louis.
Letter Signed, “L. Pasteur,” with 4-line autograph postscript, to “Dear Colleague,” in French,
Paris, 16 November 1887
recommending two candidates for prizes: [Edmond] Nocard and [André] Chantemesse for their work in microbiology and bacteriology, expressing sorrow for Mr. [Léon Athanase] Gosselin whose death prevents his being involved, and, in the autograph postscript: “With my heartfelt congratulations for your recent work at the Academy of Science, please accept the affectionate greetings of your devoted colleague.” 4 pages, small 8vo, written on a folded sheet; horizontal fold.
”. . . Before falling ill, I had decided to visit you to acquaint you with my strong desire to see rewarded by the Academy two of the candidates for this year’s prizes–Mr. Nocard and Mr. Chantemesse. . . .
“Their work is quite remarkable for its freshness. I doubt that medicine has registered until now such a striking proof as that given by Messrs. Chantemesse and Widal of the microbic etiology of typhoid fever. . . . As for Mr. Nocard, he has his very complete studies of two Mammitis . . . .”
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
45
(medicine.) schweitzer, albert.
Autograph Letter Signed, to Guy Barthélemy, in French,
Lambaréné, 9 March 1952
thanking for sending his book, expressing pleasure at the creation of an association to help in his work. 1 page, 6x8½ inches, “Dr. Albert Schweitzer” stationery; lower edge trimmed, remnants of hinging at left edge recto.
“Your book has arrived. . . . I have had the desire to own it for a long time. . . .
”. . . I am touched by your initiative. Give my best wishes to the young people who are part of the association.”
In 1952, Guy Barthélemy founded in Paris the French Association of the Friends of Albert Schweitzer (AFAAS); it continues to this day to promote the humanitarian work that Schweitzer began.
Estimate
$350 – $500
46
Napoléon.
Letter Signed, “Nap,” to his Minister of War the Duc de Feltre, in French,
Paris, 18 February 1811
ordering him to inform Marshal Davout that Magdeburg is under Davout’s command, and that honors should be given only to French officers or the King himself [Jérôme Bonaparte]. ¾ page, 4to; few pin holes at lower left.
“You ought to inform the Prince of Eckmühl [Marshal Louis-Nicolas d’Avout] that Magdebourg still belongs to me, that the governor should take orders only from him, and that the Westphalian government has nothing to do with the command of that place . . . .”
According to the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit, signed by Napoléon and representatives of Russia and Prussia in 1807, the territory of the Kingdom of Westphalia did not include Magdeburg.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
47
Nasser, gamal abdel.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Neel Goldblatt, in English,
Cairo, 10 February 1959
sending New Years greetings and expressing gladness that Americans are aware of the campaign of false “Zionist and imperialist propaganda.” 1 page, small 4to, United Arab Republic stationery in Arabic with UAR coat of arms at upper left, faint uneven toning, horizontal fold.
”. . . I am now glad that the entire American public could discover the truth behind the fabricated Zionist and imperialist propaganda calculated with a view to damaging Arab interests and spoiling the relations between our respective countries in the interest of selfish ends. . . .”
The United Arab Republic was a political state incorporating the territories of Egypt and Syria which existed between February 1958 and September 1961, when Syria became independent after a military coup.
Estimate
$150 – $250
48
(politicians.)
Group of 7 items Signed, mostly by 20th-century American senators: Eugene J. McCarthy * George McGovern (3) * Jacob Javits * Estes Kefauver * Olof Palme.
Vp, vd
Format and condition vary.
McCarthy. Signature, on verso of a printed invitation to a dinner honoring him at the Pontchartrain Hotel. 2¼x4 inches. Np, nd • McGovern (3). TLS, to Rudy Simons, expressing concern about involvement in Vietnam and committing to a negotiated settlement to the war. 1 page, 4to, “United States Senate” stationery; Signature and date on a “Voices on Vietnam” poster. Signed at upper left. 24x18 inches; Signature on a leaflet on which is printed “Ten Reason Why George McGovern would be a great President.” Signed in lower margin. 10½x7 inches. Washington, 18 October 1967; Np, 15 April 1972; Np, nd • Javits. TLS, “JKJavits,” to George McCullough, describing his legislation to regulate conflicts of interest among Congressional members and staff and its relevance to a Senate investigation into Robert G. Baker. 1 page, 4to, “United States Senate” stationery. [Washington], 22 June 1964 • Kefauver. TLS, to William O. Dapping, thanking for congratulations upon winning the election. 1 page, small 8vo, “United States Senate” stationery. Washington, 11 August 1954 • Palme. TLS, as Prime Minister, to Rudy Simons, thanking that an article in the Nation has been appreciated. ½ page, tall 4to, “Prime Minister” stationery. With the original envelope. Stockholm, 7 August 1974.
With–(George McGovern.) Typed letter signed by Autopen machine to Ruthven Simons, thanking for a contribution to his presidential campaign. 1 page, 4to, “McGovern for President” stationery. Washington, 4 March 1971.
Estimate
$200 – $300
49
Pomare iv; queen of tahiti.
Letter Signed, “Pomare,” to Neretini at Papeete, in Tahitian,
Paofai, 19 March 1873
concerning the sharing of money. 1 page, 8vo, mourning stationery; mounted to a larger sheet at corners verso, carte de visite photograph showing bust of Pomare mounted to lower left corner, folds. With the original envelope, mounted to a larger sheet.
Estimate
$300 – $400
"Unconsciously we really think we are surviving our death"
50
Reik, theodor.
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Dear Mr. Bean,”
New York, 4 January 1966
sending New Year greetings, hoping he is well, expressing pleasure that he is working on a tape [recording?], and, in a postscript, citing the quotation written on the next page from his book Curiosities of the Self [1965] and inquiring whether he has a copy of the book. 1½ pages, 4to, “Dr. Theodor Reik” stationery, written on two sheets; horizontal folds.
The quotation: “. . . [U]nconsciously we really think we are surviving our death in some form or other. In some form–that could also mean in the memory of our children and grandchildren, of our friends and relatives who continue to live and who remember us–rarely or often. Otherwise how could we, so to speak, live with those we live [leave?] behind?”
Estimate
$250 – $350
"As members of the human fraternity, we make no distinction of race whatsoever"
51
(revolutionaries.) garibaldi, giuseppe.
Autograph Letter Signed, “G. Garibaldi,” to “Dear Mr. Consul,” in French,
Caprera, 8 January 1867
praising the election of two African-Americans to the MA state legislature [Edward G. Walker and Charles L. Mitchell], expressing the hope that Americans would destroy any prejudices within themselves that threaten the harmony that preserves the union of states, and hoping that the president [Andrew Johnson] would reach an agreement with Congress. 1¼ pages, tall 4to, with integral blank; slight fading to text and signature (but very legible), faint even toning overall, newspaper clipping quoting the French text of the letter pasted to page 2 beside signature, folds.
“I am happy to be able to satisfy your desire to know my opinion about the controversy which exists between the President of the United States and the majority of the Congress. . . .
“Yes, for us friends of the American union who feared briefly for its unity in the gigantic struggle which you have just ended so successfully, the importance of the vote for the colored race is lessened in comparison to the danger of new dissentions.
“As members of the human fraternity, we make no distinction of race whatsoever. So we applauded the selection which the magnanimous population of Massachusetts made in the person of two colored representatives . . . and we applaud any such proofs from a country where liberty and progress are not empty words.
“However, what we desire above all is that the more or less warm harmony which today prevails . . . be not at all troubled, and that . . . [Americans] trample underfoot every kind of individual prejudice in order to maintain intact the unity of the great Republic, the most powerful symbol of liberty in the world.
“Therefore let your President reach an understanding with the Congress; let there be no more dissent between the States . . . .”
In a series of confrontations between the Republican-controlled Congress and the Democratic president Andrew Johnson that culminated in his impeachment (and acquittal) in 1868, Johnson repeatedly resisted the efforts of Reconstructionists to restore rights to the formerly enslaved, including vetoing the Freedmen’s Bureau bill in February and the Civil Rights Act in April of 1866.
Estimate
$3,500 – $5,000
52
(revolutionaries.) kropotkin, petr alekseevich.
Autograph Letter Signed, “PierreKropotkin,” to “My dear Mr. Bussy,” in French,
Bromley, 20 December 1902
inviting him to visit for lunch and a walk on the next free Sunday, and remarking that Sacha [his daughter Alexandra] has completed her exams and that Sophie [his wife Sofia] is working. 2 pages, small 8vo, with integral blank; faint scattered foxing, horizontal fold.
”. . . We’re all pretty well. I work a little. Sache has worked a lot this term and yesterday finished her exams. Sophie works for her part on diverse little things. . . .”
Estimate
$250 – $350
Helping Dickens to get "acquainted with some of our 'slaughtered saints'"
53
(revolutionaries.) mazzini, giuseppe.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Jos[eph] Mazzini,” to author Charles Dickens, in English,
[London], “Friday” [1846]
thanking him and his wife’s sister for their hospitality, giving a Swiss address, and sending a book about the Italian nationalists Attilio and Emilio Bandiera [not present]. 1½ pages, 8vo, with integral blank; collector’s ink stamp at upper right of first page (“Dr. Max Thorek”), faint scattered soiling, tissue repair to separation at fold in blank.
“Now that the battle is ‘lost and won’–there is always loss in such battles as these–allow me to express once more my thankfulness to you and to Miss [Georgina] Hogarth for all the trouble you have so kindly taken to redeem the honour of a man who was a perfect stranger to you and had not the least claim to your help. . . . I would have gladly given up–when I watched Miss Hogarth’s feelings in the witness box–all my individual concerns. . . .
”. . . I send along with this an address of ours to the Swiss Central Government and a little Italian book on the two brothers Bandiera and their fellow martyrs at Cosenza. Writing as you are on Italy, you will, perhaps, like to get more acquainted with some of our ‘slaughtered saints’.”
Toward the end of 1845, a man impersonating Giuseppe Mazzini solicited and received money from Charles Dickens, who was supportive of various laudable causes for which Mazzini had become known among the British public. In 1846, the man was caught, whereupon Dickens invited Mazzini to dine with him. Later, Mazzini gave Dickens a tour of the school for Italian boys he founded at Clerkenwell in London.
Estimate
$600 – $900
54
Robeson, paul.
Record cover for his Songs of Free Men Signed and Inscribed:
Np, July 1946
“To Rus & To the family / with all the best / & admiration for your / fine work and for its / direction / Paul Robeson / July 46,” on front cover at lower left. 10¼x12 inches; moderate rubbing to edges, cloth spine moderately worn, minor scattered abrasions, lacking 4 shellac discs and sleeves.
A quote from Robeson about Songs of Free Men is reproduced on the inside of the front cover: “The particular songs in this album . . . show in no uncertain way the common humanity of man. Beyond this, they issue from the present common struggle for a decent world, a struggle in which the artist must also play his part.”
Estimate
$250 – $350
"The only answer to all dangers is the outlawing of war"
55
Russell, bertrand.
Typed Letter Signed, to “Dear Mr. Silverstein,”
Penrhyndeudraeth, 29 March 1961
sending a copy of a recent speech [not present], remarking that the JFK administration has supported Polaris missiles and involvement in [the civil war in] Laos, pointing out that the proliferation of weapons means an increased probability of disaster, condemning nuclear and chemical weapons equally, suggesting the outlawing of war, and, in a postscript: “Kindly note that I do not advocate unilateral nuclear disarmament for the U.S.” ½ page, 4to, “Plas Penrhyn” stationery; folds.
”. . . As for Mr. Kennedy’s administration–we must wait to see what it does; so far, what we see is Laos and more Polaris missiles. The spread of nuclear weapons to new Powers immensely increases the danger of nuclear war and therefore the likelihood of disaster. Chemical and biological warfare are as much to be condemned as nuclear warfare. The only answer to all dangers is the outlawing of war.”
Estimate
$300 – $400
Patron of Mozart and Haydn
56
Schrattenbach, sigismund iii christoph; graf von.
Document Signed, “Sigmund III,” certifying the regulations governing a company of riflemen
Salzburg, 26 June 1768
described in 35 articles, in German. Countersigned by Court Chancellor Felix Anton von Mölk. 24 pages, folio, original red morocco with gilt-stamped arms of Schrattenbach on covers, moderate loss to rear cover inexpertly repaired; lacking 4-6 text leaves from middle section; laced with braid affixed to original wooden enclosure containing Schrattenbach’s red wax seal, moderate loss to both enclosure and seal.
Estimate
$350 – $500
57
(south america.) bolívar, simón.
Letter Signed, “Bolivar,” as President of Venezuela, to Lt. Col. Laurencio Silva, in Spanish,
San Juan de Payara, 18 January 1819
awarding him the Order of the Liberator. 1 page, 4to, “Quartel-General” stationery; irregular right edge touching text (without loss to text), faint scattered soiling, folds; matted and framed.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
58
(south america.) bolívar, simón.
Letter Signed, “Bolivar,” as President of Gran Colombia, to Manuela Garaycoa, in Spanish,
Bogotá, 6 December 1827
thanking for her kindness and praise, and for the faith of her family and fellow Colombians, stating that his own suffering is a worthy sacrifice for the sake of the Guayaquil people, and praising the patriotism and sacrifices of Pepe [José Galo Garaycoa?]. 2 pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; minor scattered soiling, folds touching signature (without loss).
“You always . . . lavish praise on me . . . . And what other face could I expect from the Garaycoas, from those faithful friends, from those constant Colombians . . . ? I thank you all, and . . . I also congratulate myself, since . . . I have been able to substitute peace and tranquility in the hearts of Guayaquil people: a sacrifice that has cut off my breath, but what does it matter? . . . I perish for a People to live . . . .”
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
59
(south america.) bolívar, simón.
Letter Signed, “Bolivar,” as President of Gran Colombia, to Colonel José Félix Blanco, in Spanish,
Bucaramanga, 13 May 1828
acknowledging that Blanco has been downcast by others but that he is doing what he can for him, explaining that General [José Antonio] Páez doubted that Blanco could maintain the security of Orinoco in Barinas [where Blanco was made Governor], noting that the officers were dismissed in order to prevent the possibility of partial influence on the hearings, stating that he is unable to come to Orinoco for the proceedings, and expecting that his reputation would be restored in 4-6 months. 3½ pages, 4to, written on a folded sheet; folds; matted and framed.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
60
(south america.) bolívar, simón.
Partly-printed Document Signed, as President of Gran Colombia,
Guayaquil, 16 September 1829
appointing 2nd Lieutenant Vicente Tavares of the Carabobo Battalion provisional Captain in the infantry. Countersigned by General Secretary José Domingo Espinar. 1 page, folio; moderate scattered dampstaining, some loss at upper left corner, minor worming at upper edge; matted and framed.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
61
(south america.) o’higgins, bernardo.
Partly-printed Document Signed, as Supreme Director, in Spanish,
Santiago, 7 January 1823
military commission appointing Martin Prast Sergeant Major. Countersigned by Minister of War and Navy José Antonio Rodríguez Aldea. 1 page, 4to; folds, endorsements by various officials on verso, paper seal intact; matted with portrait and framed.
Estimate
$300 – $400
62
(suffragists.) addams, jane.
Autograph Letter Signed, to “My dear Mrs. Sanders,”
Brooksville, FL, 7 March 1932
agreeing that there might be a danger, and explaining that she has forwarded her letter to people in Boston who have begun a movement [to address it]. 1 page, 4to, “Chinsegut Hill” stationery; staple holes at upper left, folds.
“I think that there is a certain danger to[?] the voluntary hospital[?] that you suggest–but a movement has been started in Boston by some very good people. I am sending your letter on to them asking them to correspond with you directly. . . .”
Estimate
$200 – $300
63
(suffragists.) anthony, susan b.
Typed Letter Signed, to Knickerbocker Publishing Co.,
Rochester, 13 October 1903
sending circular letters for Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony and History of Woman Suffrage [not present], and reminding them to await her approval before publishing. 1 page, 8vo, “National American Woman Suffrage Association” stationery; ink received stamp below signature at lower right, horizontal folds, staple holes at upper left.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
64
(suffragists.)
Two Autograph Letters Signed: Julia Ward Howe * Jane Addams.
Boston, 22 January 1895; Chicago, 30 December 1903
Howe. To her publishers (“Roberts Brothers”), acknowledging receipt of a royalty check for her Margaret Fuller (1883). Verso bears ink stamp of a collector of antiques: “Miss Eleanor Hudson / Winchester Mass”. 1 page, oblong 12mo; short closed tear at lower edge touching text, moderate marginal discoloration from prior matting, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso. Addams. To “Dear Miss Johnson,” conveying a plan to convene the Chicago Settlements for a talk by [Graham?] Taylor on his experience with settlements in Britain. 1 page, 8vo, “Hull-House” stationery, with integral blank; some loss to lower right corner (not affecting text), moderate toning overall, short closed separations at folds, faint marginal discoloration from prior matting.
Addams, 1903: “Miss [Gertrude?] Barnum asks that the Fed[eration] of Chicago Settlements be called & Saturday . . . Jan’y 9th at three thirty Prof Taylor will speak of his settlement experience in England.”
Estimate
$300 – $400
65
(supreme court.) brandeis, louis d.
Three letters, each to Philip P. Wells: Two Typed Letters Signed * Autograph Letter Signed.
Boston, 30 December 1912; 20 June 1913; Washington, 19 October 1924
The letters, concerning a meeting on water power, acknowledging that his employment situation had not changed, and expressing a view on the abuse of state power. Together 3 pages, 4to or 8vo, two on personal and one on Supreme Court stationery; 1912 letter with complete horizontal tear inexpertly repaired with tissue on verso (not affecting text or signature), folds.
1912: “I . . . do not think that there is any great difference between your views and my own on the conservation questions.
”. . . [T]ake it up with Senator LaFollette. He thoroughly understands the water power question; and . . . if he will take an active part, it will be impossible for the bill to be passed over the President’s veto.
”. . . Charles R. Crane told me recently that he would arrange to have Mr. Gifford Pinchot confer with Governor Wilson on conservation matters. . . .”
1924: “Of course there are State abuses. But history . . . teaches: Put not all your eggs in one basket. The stream cannot rise higher than its source. Quis custodiet custodiens? . . .”
With–Small archive of over twenty letters to, or retained drafts from, Wells, mostly concerning legislation, mostly from attorneys or senators. Vp, 1910-28.
Philip Patterson Wells (1868-1929) served as chief law officer for the US Forest Service in the Taft administration between 1907 and 1910; he was instrumental in the passage of an important piece of environmental conservation legislation, the Weeks Act, enacted on March 1, 1911.
Estimate
$300 – $400
Two days after writing, he became longest-sitting justice
66
(supreme court.) douglas, william o.
Brief Typed Letter Signed, “WDouglas,” thanking him for “deeply touching” thoughts.
Washington, 27 October 1973
1 page, 8vo, “Supreme Court of the United States” stationery; horizontal folds. With the original envelope.
Estimate
$100 – $200
67
Swanson, gloria.
Photograph Signed, bust portrait showing her looking up and to one side.
Np, nd
Signed diagonally in the image, lower center. 7x5 inches; minor silvering in dark areas, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso.
With–Two small cards, each Signed: Gloria Swanson. “Every good wish / Gloria Swanson” • William Holden. “Bill Holden.” 2x3½ or 3x5 inches. Np, nd.
Estimate
$250 – $350
68
Swanson, gloria.
Two items: Photograph Signed and Inscribed * Autograph Note Signed.
Np, 1960; New York, nd
The photograph, “To William Younger / Greetings / Gloria Swanson / 1960,” bust portrait showing her wearing a fur stole. Inscribed diagonally in the image, lower right. 10x8 inches; blue ink against mostly dark background, minor scattered fading to signature and inscription, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso. The note, “Gloria S.,” to “Dear Miss Young,” thanking for a gift and sending New Year greetings. 2 pages, 12mo, personal stationery, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; most of integral blank trimmed away, remnants of hinging at upper edge.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Oppenheimer and others are wrong about nuclear disarmament
69
Teller, edward.
Typed Letter Signed, to Dennis Cooper,
Livermore, CA, 9 October 1972
stating that the belief of Robert Oppenheimer and others that nuclear disarmament would make peace more likely is wrong, referring him to his book, The Legacy of Hiroshima (1962), and wishing him luck in the U.S. Air Force. ½ page, 4to, “Lawrence Livermore Laboratory” stationery; horizontal folds.
”. . . Robert Oppenheimer was one of the many scientists who believed that unilateral measures of disarmament on the part of the United States will make peace more probable. Unfortunately this belief is as widespread as it is wrong.
”. . [Y]ou can find detailed information in the book I wrote a few years ago, THE LEGACY OF HIROSHIMA. . . .”
Estimate
$500 – $750
70
Thatcher, margaret.
Color Photograph Signed and Inscribed, to U.S. State Department press officer Mary Anita Masserini (“With many thanks”),
Np, nd
half-length seated portrait, showing her looking into the camera. Inscribed on the mount below the image. 5x4 inches (image), 7¾x6 inches overall; minor fading to image (but signature is relatively bold).
Estimate
$200 – $300
The Queen enjoys Pagliacci
71
Victoria; queen of the uk.
Autograph Letter Signed, “V[ictoria] R[egina] I[mperatrix],” to “Dearest William,”
[East Cowes], 10 August 1894
apologizing for a confusion about [scheduling a performance of] a band, inquiring whether he might enlist Count Moltke[?] to play after dinner, expressing gladness that he is pleased by the squadron of the 4th Dragoon Guards, hoping the squadron would make an appearance at Aldershot, and closing by remarking that she was “quite enchanted by the beautiful singing of . . . the Band, . . . & they played also a selection of The Pagliacci beautifully.” 4 pages, small 8vo, monogrammed mourning stationery, written on a folded sheet; horizontal fold.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
72
Washington, booker t.
Letter Signed, to Catherine Sabine,
Tuskegee, 26 October 1895
sending a circular [not present], and explaining that some students are obligated to ask others for help in paying tuition. 1 page, 4to, “Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute” stationery; faint staining at upper edge, short closed fold separations at upper edge.
”. . . [I]f you knew more definitely of its far reaching effect you would like to help forward the work we are doing here in the South for the elevation of our race . . . .”
Estimate
$300 – $400
73
(watergate.) james w. mccord; and bary goldwater.
Two items, each Signed by a figure involved in the scandal: McCord. Pamphlet * Goldwater. Typed Letter.
[Washington: Central Intelligence Agency, 1973?]; inscription: Np, 1 August 1973; Washington, 18 March 1963
The first, entitled “The Central Intelligence Agency” Signed and Inscribed on the rear cover: “To Kris Todd / With best regards– / You’re reading the right / kind of literature Kris, keep / it up! / Sincerely / Jim McCord.” 10 pages. 8vo, wrappers, stapled binding. The second, “Barry,” to Jack Paar, hoping he does not suffer from his liberal friends for inviting a conservative on the show. ¾ page, 4to, “United States Senate” stationery; horizontal folds.
Goldwater: “. . . I want to thank you for the wonderful time I had on your program last night.
“I hope . . . you don’t suffer too much from the condemnation of your liberal friends, relative to having an old fud conservative like me on your program.”
Estimate
$100 – $200
74
Webb, clifton.
Photograph dated and Signed, “Sincerely / Clifton Webb / 1936,”
Np, 1936
bust portrait by Clarence Sinclair Bull showing him in ¾ view. Signed in the image, lower right. 10x8 inches; remnants of mounting overall verso, photographer’s ink stamp verso, photographer’s blind stamp lower right.
Estimate
$300 – $400
75
Windsor, edward; duke of; and wallis; duchess of.
Signature by each on a monogrammed correspondence card:
Np, nd
“Edward / Duke of Windsor” and “Wallis / Duchess of Windsor.” 3½x5¼ inches; remnants of hinging at upper edge verso, bit of cello tape at right edge verso.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Presidents
76
Adams, john quincy.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “J.Q. Adams,” as President,
Washington, 9 October 1828
granting a patent to Rufus Tyler for his improvement “in the machine combining the principles of the circular and straight line dividing engines and an engine causing a revolving graver or etching point to engrave or trace circular lines upon a printing cylinder . . . .” Countersigned by Secretary of State Henry Clay. With a small ink diagram on paper and four additional vellum leaves describing Tyler’s improvement in detail, attached with silk ribbon. 8½ pages, 15x11½ inches; long closed tear through diagram, folds, faint scattered soiling, paper seal and ribbon intact. With the original tin storage tube.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
"Speculation has nearly ceased here as to who shall compose the new cabinet"
77
Buchanan, james.
Autograph Letter Signed, as Senator, to James A. Caldwell,
Washington, 7 February 1837
stating that he cannot offer a loan because others have not fulfilled their obligations to him, remarking that there are no clues as to who shall receive appointments in President Martin Van Buren’s cabinet, and commenting on the health of their mutual friend [Gardner?] Furniss. 1 page, 4to; small cello tape reinforcements at fold intersections verso, vertical folds through signature (without loss), faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso.
”. . . Speculation has nearly ceased here as to who shall compose the new Cabinet. On this subject Mr. Van Buren keeps his own counsel. . . .”
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
Includes one signed as President and one as First Lady
78
Bush, george herbert walker; and barbara.
Small archive of 14 letters to State Department press officer Mary Anita Masserini,
Vp, 1986-1998
on personal subjects, including an ALS and 7 TLsS, “George Bush,” by George, and 4 ALsS and two TLsS, in full or “Barbara,” by Barbara, many with holograph postscripts. Together 14 pages, small 4to or smaller, personal or White House stationery; generally good condition. Most with the original envelope.
George:
16 June 1986: “Somehow 62 does not rank as a significant birthday; but your card made mine special. . . .
“I don’t feel any older. I feel better than ever. You see, friends make all the difference.”
12 June 1989: “Your thoughtful birthday greeting arrived. . . .” With autograph postscript: “Keep on keeping on. We all love you.”
Nd: “Thank you so much for your thoughtful message. . . .” With autograph postscript: “Many thanks, Mary. I miss you very much. You serve your country so well. . . .”
Barbara:
5 June 1989: “How kind of you to remember my birthday. I feel about 30 years old, until I look in the glass!”
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
79
Bush, george herbert walker; and barbara.
The White House: An Historic Guide Signed by both on title-page.
Washington: White House Historical Association, 1991; inscription: Np, nd
4to, publisher’s cloth; few minor dings to dust jacket. With the original shipping envelope.
Estimate
$350 – $500
"Your tenure with the Department of State reflects the spirit of America"
80
Bush, george walker.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to State Department press officer Mary Anita Masserini,
Washington, 19 October 2006
congratulating her for 58 years of service with the U.S. federal government. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery; horizontal folds.
”. . . Public service is a high calling. As you celebrate this milestone, you should take great pride in your accomplishments and dedicated service to our Nation. Your commitment to excellence during your tenure with the Department of State reflects the spirit of America. . . .”
Estimate
$400 – $600
81
Coolidge, calvin.
Typed Letter Signed, as Vice-President, to editor and author Edward W. Bok,
Washington, 20 December 1922
sending Christmas Greetings and expecting continuing success for his work. 1 page, 4to, “Vice-President’s Chamber” stationery; horizontal fold.
With–Three unsigned items: two original press photographs, each showing Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge. Circa 1924 • Printed invitation to a White House reception from Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge to Mr. and Mrs. Heisler for January 10, 1929.
Estimate
$100 – $200
"October . . . will be one of the busiest months of my life"
82
Eisenhower, dwight d.
Typed Letter Signed, to IN University president Herman B. Wells,
New York, 13 September 1948
explaining that he is unable to accept his invitation to attend the commencement ceremony of the university’s law school. 1 page, 4to, “Columbia University” stationery; received ink stamps on verso and at upper right recto; folds.
”. . . The situation here . . . has been explained to you, and I hope you appreciate that circumstances beyond my control do not permit me to add any new engagements to my calendar.
“October, in particular, will be one of the busiest months of my life. Please extend my personal regrets to Indiana University’s Law School Alumni . . . .”
In late 1948, after repeatedly resisting pressure to run for president of the U.S., Eisenhower turned his attention to serving as president of Columbia University. One of the tasks which occupied a significant portion of his time and energy during this period is the development of the American Assembly: a think tank that harnessed the resources of the Columbia community to address the problems facing society brought about by World War II. The first Assembly took place in 1950 and it continues to convene up to the present day.
Estimate
$300 – $400
83
Fillmore, millard.
Autograph Letter Signed, to Hiram C. Day,
Albany, 9 October 1848
thanking for a diagram, arranging payment, and wishing him well in his new employment. 1 page, 4to, faintly ruled paper; faint scattered staining, contemporary underlining of a few words in red pencil, right edge reinforced verso, remnants of hinging at upper and lower edges verso, vertical fold through signature (without loss).
“I . . . thank you for the diagram. You can pay on the note which I gave Miss Powers any amount she desires, and see that it is properly endorsed.
“I am gratified to hear that you are safely launched in business with a fair breeze and good prospect. I hope you may have a pleasant and profitable voyage, and at the evening of life make a safe harbor where you can enjoy the reward of your labors.”
Estimate
$500 – $750
84
Fillmore, millard.
Letter Signed, as President, to jurist Zaccheus Collins Lee,
Washington, 30 October 1852
promising to forward paperwork to the comptroller, explaining that, while he has no objections, he cannot recall having asked him to attend the Christiana Trial on behalf of the U.S. 1 page, 4to; remnants of mounting at corners verso, small cello tape reinforcement at lower left verso, folds.
”. . . You must not understand me as objecting to the amount of your charge in reference to the Christiana trials. My object was simply to let you know that I had no recollection of expressing a wish that you should attend them on the part of the United States, or any intention to employ you to do so; . . . I felt bound to acquaint you with this fact, lest my want of recollection might do you injustice, and prevent you from showing by other evidence that you were employed on the part of the Government.”
In September of 1851, in Christiana, PA, a group of fugitive enslaved people and their allies resisted the efforts of agents enforcing the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, resulting in the death of Maryland slaveholder Edward Gorsuch. In late November of 1851, a federal treason trial was held to try the organizers of the “Christiana Riot.” After mere minutes of deliberation, the jury acquitted the defendants, none of whom returned to slavery.
Estimate
$500 – $750
Sending a memo discussing extent of federal power under 14th Amendment
85
Ford, gerald r.
Typed Letter Signed, “Jerry,” as Representative, to attorney Wencel A. Milanowski,
Washington, 16 February 1966
explaining that he had asked associate counsel on the House Judiciary Committee staff to prepare a memo on crimes reported against civil rights workers, sending a copy of the memo [present], explaining that a copy was also sent to students who made a similar request, and stating that he is looking into the matter regarding stocks. 1 page, 4to, “Office of the Minority Leader” stationery; paperclip stain at upper left, ink received stamp at lower right, horizontal fold. With the original envelope.
”. . . [Y]ou requested some material on punishment of persons involved in crimes against civil rights workers.
“I asked Martin Hoffmann . . . to prepare me a memorandum on the subject. . . .
“The request was made to you by Donald Garthe, a student at St. Joseph’s Seminary.
“We also received a similar request directly from Mark A. Gardeski and Pete Garthe, both students at the seminary. We sent them the same memorandum, plus some material from the United States Commission on Civil Rights. . . .”
With–A mimeographed copy of a memorandum prepared for Ford by Associate Counsel for the Committee on the Judiciary Martin R. Hoffmann entitled “Personal Protection and the Fourteenth Amendment.” 3½ pages, folio, stapled together at upper left. [Washington], 15 February 1966.
Estimate
$250 – $350
86
Ford, gerald r.
Typed Letter Signed, as Representative, to State Coordinator for Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace Rudy Simons,
Washington, 31 May 1968
declining his invitation to attend a luncheon due to a heavy legislative schedule and apologizing for having been unable to attend a recent BEMVP conference. 1 page, 4to, “Office of the Minority Leader” stationery; horizontal fold.
With–Philip A. Hart. Typed Letter Signed, as Senator, to Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Scheuer, stating that he is awaiting the results of a study of the military necessity of adding the B-1 bomber program to the 1976 budget before making any statements about the matter. ½ page, 4to, “United States Senate” stationery. Washington, 11 July 1975.
Estimate
$100 – $200
Chicago 7: "Basic . . . freedoms are being trampled underfoot in . . . Chicago"
87
Ford, gerald r.
Typed Letter Signed, as Representative,
Washington, 5 September 1968
thanking for supporting his statement concerning the violence in Chicago, and explaining that the President’s Commission on Violence is conducting an investigation. ¾ page, 4to, “Office of the Minority Leader” stationery; horizontal folds.
“May I thank you for . . . support of my statement about the recent situation in Chicago. . . .
“I am very much concerned, as you are, that basic American freedoms are being trampled underfoot in situations like the Chicago disorders. That is why I made reference to the possible need for a congressional investigation. I am pleased that the President’s Commission on Violence, headed by Milton Eisenhower, has agreed to look into the Chicago tragedy.”
On June 10, 1968, spurred by the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson formed by executive order the U.S. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, chaired by Milton S. Eisenhower. Among the Commission’s tasks was the investigation of the civil rights demonstrations taking place in cities across the country, including those surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A team of hundreds interviewed over 1,000 witnesses to the violence that took place during those demonstrations, resulting in the release of the Walker Report on December 1 of that year, concluding that nearly all demonstrators were intent upon peaceful demonstration and that a small number of police should be prosecuted for indiscriminate violence. In September of the following year, the spectacular trial of seven protestors charged with conspiracy and inciting a riot–the Chicago Seven–gripped the nation’s attention. Although some were initially convicted, an appeal resulted in the reversal of all convictions.
Estimate
$500 – $750
88
Ford, gerald r.
Printed address to Congress Signed, at lower right,
Np, [1994]
entitled “Address Delivered Before a Joint Session of the Congress on December 6, 1973, Immediately After Taking the Oath of Office as the 40th Vice President of the United States.” 1 page, 14½x10 inches.
With–Typed letter from the special assistant to President Ford, Lee F. Simmons, sending the signed address. 1 page, 4to, “Office of Gerald R. Ford” stationery. [Rancho Mirage, CA], 3 May 1994.
Estimate
$200 – $300
89
Garfield, james a.
Letter Signed, “JAGarfield,” to C.J. Hill,
Mentor, 30 June 1880
acknowledging receipt and sending thanks. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; collector’s small initials in ink at upper right recto, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso, folds.
Estimate
$350 – $500
Uncommon presidential appointment
90
Garfield, james a.
Partly-printed Document Signed, as President, appointing Charles A. Spencer Postmaster at Sheboygan Falls, WI.
Washington, 16 February 1881
Countersigned by Postmaster General Thomas Lemual James. 14x17 inches; faint offsetting from seal affecting signature, small tear to paper seal, folds.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
Attorney general looks for places to hide
91
Harding, warren g.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Postmaster General Harry S. New,
Washington, 11 June 1923
requesting that he consider Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty for a position at the post office in Uhrichsville, OH. 1 page, small 4to, White House stationery; lower edge unevenly trimmed, two punch holes and small tear at upper edge, faint marginal discoloration, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso, horizontal fold.
At the end of March 1928, Calvin Coolidge dismissed the Attorney General who held the same position in the Harding administration, Harry M. Daugherty, because of his alleged–and never substantiated–involvement in the “Teapot Dome” scandal. The Teapot Dome Oil Field in WY was one of the government-owned fields leased by Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall to private companies in 1922. It was discovered that Fall was accepting bribes in exchange for arranging the lucrative leases, and he was sentenced to prison.
Estimate
$500 – $750
92
Hayes, rutherford b.
Autograph Letter Signed, to Lewis M. Hosea (“My Dear Major & Companion”),
Fremont, 20 December 1889
agreeing to attend a meeting [of the Loyal Legion] provided he not be required to deliver a speech. 1 page, 8vo; horizontal folds, remnants of hinging at upper and lower edges verso.
”. . . [I]t is simply impossible for me, as yet, to speak to a Soldiers gathering. I have tried it recently. I will be glad to enjoy the Meeting with the Companions & their ladies if it can be distinctly understood that I am not to be called on to Speak–not otherwise.”
The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States is an hereditary military society founded by members of the armed forces just before the end of the American Civil War to preserve patriotic values. The members of this order, which included President Hayes and Major Hosea, are sometimes called “Companions.”
Estimate
$400 – $600
Her first visit to the American Southwest
93
Kennedy, jacqueline.
Group of 5 letters, each Signed “Jackie,” to co-founder of the Institute of American Indian Arts Lloyd Kiva New or his wife Azalea Thorpe,
[New York], 1984-89
including three Autograph Letters and two Typed Letters, concerning her trip, Native American poetry, gifts, the death of Mrs. New, etc. Together 6½ pages. Each 8vo, personal or “Doubleday” stationery; horizontal fold. Each with the original envelope.
11 June 1984: “The most wonderful thing about my first trip to the Southwest was meeting both of you. I feel as if I’d always known you . . . .
“I read the Indian Poetry going back on the plane–and am now in the middle of ‘The Man Who Killed the Deer’ which is breaking my heart. . . .”
31 July 1984: “I was so happy to receive your letter telling me about the Sun Dance celebration. . . . I was very touched that you offered a flag for Maurice [Tempelsman], my family and me. I am sure it will bring us a great deal of good fortune.”
24 September 1986: “. . . [H]ow thoughtful of you to think of Caroline [Kennedy]. She . . . will be so pleased to receive your tiny Indian pot.”
[10 February 1989]: “I am so terribly terribly sad. I feel so lucky to have known Azalea . . . .
“She was a rare spirit, all sensitivity and compassion. She will never be forgotten.”
With–Group of 17 items: Caroline Kennedy. Greeting card Signed, “Caroline,” to Mr. New, thanking for the Indian pot. 1½ pages, 12mo. With the original envelope. [New York, 9 January 1987] • Maurice Tempelsman. TLS, “Maurice,” to Mr. and Mrs. New, expressing delight at meeting. ½ page, 4to, personal stationery. With the original envelope. [New York], 12 June 1984 • 15 original color photographs featuring Kennedy during her 1984 visit to AZ and NM. Each 7x5 inches or smaller. 1984.
In the summer of 1984, JFK’s former Secretary of the Interior Stuart Udall invited Jacqueline Kennedy to meet him in Arizona to trace part of the path taken in the 1540s by Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado; the trip helped produce Udall’s 1987 book, To the Inland Empire: Coronado and our Spanish Legacy.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
With autograph postscript
94
Kennedy, john f.
Typed Letter Signed, “Jack,” as Senator, to William Kelly,
Washington, 29 April 1957
sending a copy of the telegram [present] from JFK to MA Turnpike Authority Commissioner William F. Callahan concerning the availability of a position for Kelly at the Authority, with a 5-line holograph postscript: “I rec’d an answer / from Bill Callahan / this afternoon. He is / evidently going to see you / this week.” 1 page, 4to, “United States Senate” stationery; horizontal folds, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso, minor staple stain at upper left.
”. . . I am enclosing herewith a copy of the wire I have sent to Commissioner Callahan in your behalf. . . .
“Frank has informed me that he contacted the head of the United Fund in Boston and you could definitely obtain a job this coming Fall. He also told me that the Governor’s office said that they would be happy to put you on the Traffic Survey in Public Works. It is my further understanding that Mike Correo who is handling the patronage for the Governor assured Frank that as soon as they start to put anybody to work, you will be put on. . . .”
With–(John F. Kennedy.) A copy of Kennedy’s typed message to Callahan recommending Kelly. 1 page, 4to, Western Union telegram form; instructions printed on verso. [1957].
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
"You overrate my capacity to serve you"
95
Lincoln, abraham.
Autograph Letter Signed, “A.Lincoln,” to Whig activist George W. Rives (“Hon: G.W. Rives”),
Springfield, 7 May 1849
replying to his request for a recommendation to a position in MN, and asking whether he had sent an application for a P[ost]M[aster] position at Paris, [IL]. ¾ page, 4to, pale blue paper; moderate dampstaining affecting signature and scattered portions of text (but still quite legible), silking overall verso.
”. . . You overrate my capacity to serve you. Not one man recommended by me has yet been appointed to any thing, little or big, except a few who had no opposition.
“Besides this, at the very inaug[u]ration I commenced trying to get a Min[n]esota appointment for Dr. Henry, and have not yet succeeded; and I would not now, lessen his chance, by recommending any living man for any thing in that Territory. It is my recollection that you sent me an application to be P.M. at Paris. Am I mistaken?”
At the time of writing, as a lame-duck freshman in the House of Representatives, Lincoln had little influence in the dispensation of offices in the Taylor administration. Lincoln had already advanced Anson G. Henry for a position in MN, obliging him to decline support for Rives’s application there.
Estimate
$10,000 – $15,000
96
Madison, james.
Clipped Signature, “approved / James Madison,” on a slip of paper.
Np, nd
1x3½ inches; mounted to a larger sheet, moderate scattered staining from adhesive affecting signature, moderate brittling overall. Sold as Is.
Estimate
$400 – $600
97
Mckinley, william.
Typed Letter Signed, “WMcKinley,” to IN University president Joseph Swain,
Canton, OH, 22 January 1896
declining an invitation to attend commencement exercises on June 17. ½ page, 4to, personal stationery; folds.
Estimate
$350 – $500
"I am . . . acquainting the people with the facts of Communist infiltration"
98
Nixon, richard.
Typed Letter Signed, as Representative, to Olive Wells,
Washington, 12 January 1949
thanking her for seldomly-expressed approval of his anti-Communist activities. ¾ page, 4to, “House of Representatives” stationery; horizontal folds.
“I appreciated very much your . . . approval of my activities in the exposure of communist espionage in the United States.
“I am sure you know that those of us who are engaged in this work of acquainting the people with the facts of communist infiltration of our government are often subjected to abuse and ridicule of our characters as well as our efforts. Consequently, you may be sure that your thoughtful expressions of support were deeply appreciated.”
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
Inscribed to State Department press officer
99
Reagan, ronald.
Color Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To my ‘Sergeant’–Dear Mary Masserini. With / gratitude, very best wishes & Warmest Regard,”
[Washington, 1989]
half-length portrait, showing him standing with Masserini. Inscribed in the blank lower margin. 10x8 inches; “Official White House Photograph” stamped on verso.
Estimate
$400 – $600
100
Reagan, ronald; and nancy.
Two Typed Letters, each Signed by one, to Dorothy Lamour, on personal topics.
Np, 10 December 1990; Sacramento, 26 May 1970
The first, “Ron,” congratulating her on her 76th birthday. The second, “Nancy,” reporting having sent a picture, thanking for her support of Ronnie, hoping to meet when she is performing in Can-Can. Each 1 page, small 4to, embossed Great Seal or “Executive Residence” stationery; faint uneven toning to first, horizontal fold.
Lamour starred in a production of Porter’s musical Can-Can that opened at Music Circus in Roseville, CA, on August 3, 1970.
Estimate
$400 – $600
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia might threaten Turkey
101
Roosevelt, franklin d.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Ambassador to Turkey Robert Peet Skinner,
Washington, 19 December 1935
expressing agreement with him concerning the ethics of recent events, and worrying that the same threat to Ethiopia might be employed on Turkey. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, with integral blank; horizontal fold.
”. . . I feel just the way you do. What a commentary on world ethics these past weeks have shown. I wonder whether, if these methods are applied to Ethiopia, they cannot at some later date be applied to Turkey as well. If I were a Turk it would give me some concern.”
In early October 1935, without a declaration of war, Italian troops invaded Ethiopia, employing chemical weapons against civilians and military targets, despite Italy having signed the Geneva Protocol which forbade such weapons.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
102
Roosevelt, theodore.
Partly-printed Document Signed, as President,
Washington, 18 January 1904
appointing William P. Gillam Postmaster at Nevada, OH. Countersigned by Postmaster General Henry Clay Payne. 17x22 inches; minor scattered creasing, minor toning along right edge, some oxidation to foil seal, seal ribbons present, signature bold.
Estimate
$300 – $400
103
Taft, william h.
Typed Letter Signed, “WmHTaft,” to IN University president William L. Bryan,
New Haven, 5 December 1914
thanking for sending publications for use in preparing an address. ½ page, 4to, personal stationery, with integral blank; small holes and tears at middle left and lower right recto; horizontal fold.
On January 21, 1915, Indiana University celebrated its founding by holding an event, Foundation Day, which included an address by former president William Howard Taft on the subject of “Some Modern Tendencies.”
Estimate
$200 – $300
104
Truman, harry s.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to David H. Morgan,
Washington, 13 December 1950
thanking him for sending a letter from entrepreneur and economist Roger Babson, returning the letter [not present], and reaffirming his opinion of Babson. ½ page, 4to, White House stationery, with integral blank; remnants of hinging at upper edge of terminal page, horizontal fold.
“I appreciated very much your enclosing me a letter from Roger Babson. . . . I have known him for a long time and after reading very carefully his suggestions . . . I rather think my opinion of him has always been correct.”
Estimate
$400 – $600
105
Van buren, martin.
Signature and date inscribed, “With my kind regards / M. VanBuren,” on a slip of paper.
“Lindenwald” [Kinderhook, NY], 8 December 1855
1¾x4½ inches; remnants of mounting at corners verso, faint scattered soiling, vertical fold.
Estimate
$200 – $300
106
(presidents.)
Two Signatures: James A. Garfield. “J.A. Garfield / O[hio]” * Millard Fillmore.
Np, [1860-80]; Buffalo, 12 November 1864
The first, on a small card. 2½x4 inches; remnants of prior mounting at upper right verso. The second, clipped and mounted to an album page. 1½x3¾ inches; two additional clipped signatures by brevet major generals mounted to verso including Cuvier Grover, faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Musicians
107
Berlin, irving.
Photograph Signed, half-length portrait showing him seated at his piano.
Np, nd
Signed diagonally in the image, lower center. 9x7 inches; mounted to a larger board.
Estimate
$200 – $300
108
Britten, benjamin.
Typed Letter Signed, to Basil Ashmore,
Aldeburgh, 8 November 1954
declining to set his libretto to music due to prior commitments. 1 page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery; remnants of mounting at middle left and right on verso, vertical folds.
“Thank you for sending me your libretto, but I am afraid that I must return it. My operatic plans are complete for some time to come, and I am sure you will wish to offer it to another composer. It is a fine idea . . . .”
Estimate
$150 – $250
109
Casals, pablo.
Two items Signed: Autograph Letter * Autograph Musical Quotation.
Prades, 2 January 1948; Np, nd
The letter, “Pau Casals,” to “My dear friend,” in French, thanking for the Christmas gift, expressing pity for today’s composers, describing the works he has corrected or is yet to receive, and congratulating him on his sincere and beautiful music. 1 page, 8vo; horizontal fold. The quotation, two bars from the prelude of Bach’s third cello suite, notated on a hand-drawn stave, with holograph composer credit (“J.S. Bach”). 3½x6 inches.
”. . . I have corrected . . . ‘A Happy Time.’ As for the ‘Lament,’ I have not yet received it. Instead Durand[?] has sent ‘Evocation,’ dedicated to Enesco–full of poetry also, but less than [Gustave?] Samazeuilh. . . .”
Estimate
$400 – $600
110
(composers.)
Group of three items Signed by 5 20th-century Americans or Euro-Americans: Aaron Copland * Henryk Górecki * Stanislaw Skrowaczewski * Vladimir Ussachevsky * Carrie Jacobs-Bond.
Vp, vd
Format and condition vary.
Copland; Skrowaczewski; and Ussachevsky. Photograph Signed by each, consisting of a row of three small separate portraits. Signed on the mount below the relevant portrait. 3¼x7½ inches (image), 8½x11 inches overall. Np, nd • Górecki. AMQS and Inscribed, “To Joseph B. Gerwood / H.M. Górecki,” two bars from his Symphony No. 2, notated on a hand-ruled staff, with holograph lyric (“Sy-n-uku”). 3x5 inches. Katowice, 10 January 1997 • Jacobs-Bond. AMsS, the complete lyrics for her song, “I Love You Truly.” 1 page, small 8vo, personal stationery. Hollywood, nd.
Estimate
$200 – $300
"Koussevitzky has been asked . . . to arrange a program of American music"
111
Copland, aaron.
Autograph Letter Signed, to music publisher Ralph Hawkes (“Dear Mr. Hawkes”),
New York, 29 January 1939
requesting that a set of parts and score for his El Salón México be sent to Paris in preparation for a concert of American music at the Paris Conservatory in March organized by Sergei Koussevitzky. 1 page, 4to, “Hotel Empire” stationery; small hole at upper left (not affecting text), horizontal folds.
“Mr Koussevitzky has been asked by the French Government to arrange a program of American music to be given in Paris between March 10 and 15 at the Conservatoire. He is very anxious that the ‘Salon Mexico’ be included on that program. I told him I would write to ask you to do your utmost to have a set of parts and score sent to the Paris Conservatory in time for the concert. May I suggest that you write directly to the Conductor of the Concerts du Conservatoire and, if possible, arrange it. The concert will undoubtedly get much attention in the Paris press.”
Estimate
$200 – $300
112
Copland, aaron.
Two items: Concert poster Signed * Photograph dated and Signed, in white pencil.
Np, circa 1982; 1981
The poster, advertising a performance of choral works by American composers including Copland at Jordan Hall in Boston on May 23, 1982, showing a reproduction of Helen Frankenthaler’s untitled 1981 work. Signed at middle right and additionally signed by Frankenthaler, in pencil, just above Copland’s signature. 28x24 inches; minor scattered cockling. The photograph, half-length portrait, showing him with hand outstretched. Signed in the image. 10x8 inches.
Estimate
$500 – $750
"Your sketch is very interesting, and . . . you might readily find an opening"
113
Gershwin, george.
Typed Letter Signed, to Jack T. Chord,
New York, 17 November 1932
explaining that agreements prevent him from using outside lyrics, suggesting that he contact music publishers, remarking that his musical sketch is interesting and that his ability in this area gives him an advantage. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery, pale blue paper; folds.
“I appreciate your sending your lyrics to me and am sorry that contracts prevent my using any outside material. They are above the average, and I would suggest that you get in touch with several of the large music publishing houses. . . .
“Your sketch is very interesting, and I should think you might readily find an opening for development along that line. Talent and ability in sketching places you in a much less crowded field than lyric-writing, as you probably know.”
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
114
Gershwin, george.
Typed Letter Signed, to Theodore Benedek,
New York, 20 November 1934
accepting an honorary membership to the advisory board of Symphonic Productions on the suggestion of Henry Cowell. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; short closed separations at folds, minor even toning overall.
“Mr. Cowell was up to see me the other day and told me about the idea of Symphonic Productions. I am very much in favor of such a plan as I think it will be very stimulating to music lovers. Mr. Cowell asked if I would serve on the advisory board in an honorary capacity. I accept with thanks.”
In 1934, Henry Cowell and Theodore Benedek formed a corporation–“Symphonic Productions”–to produce six short educational films with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, featuring dancing choreographed by Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and others. Before the first film could be made, the project fell apart because the manager of the Boston Symphony refused to participate.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
115
Gershwin, george; and ira.
Hi-Ho!
New York, [1967]; Ira’s inscription: Np, circa 1967
Facsimile edition. 8 pages, large 4to, wrappers, lacking ribbon tie; original slipcase, some cracking at edges, minor scattered soiling. Number 10 of 25 copies signed by Ira Gershwin and with a check signed by George Gershwin.
The check, hinged to colophon page, accomplished and Signed by George Gershwin, to his father Morris Gershwin, in the amount of $250, drawn on the National City Bank of New York. 3x6½ inches; cancellation perforations touching each initial “G” of signature, endorsed by Morris Gershwin on verso. New York, 28 April 1930.
With–Sheet music for Hi-Ho!, unsigned. 9 pages, large 4to. New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation, 1967.
Estimate
$500 – $750
"Though I . . . do not like to sing at concerts, I will do it for you"
116
Grisi, giulia.
Autograph Letter Signed, “G. Grisi,” to “Dear Miss Hawes,”
Np, 6 June no year
agreeing to sing at her concert and asking who will play piano, and, in a postscript: “Though I am my self out of [the] Profession and do not like to sing at concerts, I will do it for you, as a camerade [sic] of my young days.” 3 pages, small 8vo, monogrammed stationery, written on a folded sheet; small hole in upper margin of each leaf, remnants of hinging at upper edge of first and terminal pages, horizontal folds.
“If I am in good voice, I will with pleasure, sing at your concert on the 29th of this month at your concert [sic] in your House, and shall sing some English old ballad, as Minstrel boy, Home Sweet Home. Who will be at the piano?”
Estimate
$250 – $350
117
Herbert, victor.
Two Autograph Musical Quotations Signed and Inscribed, “Sincerely / Yours,” each on a small card.
New York, March 1895; Np, 23 February 1901
The first, 5 bars from Prince Ananias, notated on a hand-drawn stave, with holograph title and lyrics (“Oh! I’m not such a bad sort of fellow”). The second, three bars from Hero and Leander, notated on a hand-drawn stave, with holograph title. Each 2x3¼ inches; each mounted to a separate larger board.
Estimate
$200 – $300
118
Kreisler, fritz.
Two items: Photograph Signed * Autograph Letter Signed.
Np, nd; New York, 16 January 1950
The photograph, bust portrait showing him looking into the camera. Signed in the blank lower margin. 6¾x5 inches; couple creases near lower edge (not affecting portrait), remnants of prior mounting at upper edge recto and verso. The letter, “Fritz,” to “Dear Yolanda,” sending a letter from NY Governor Thomas E. Dewey [not present]. 1 page, square small 8vo, personal stationery; staples holes at upper left, vertical fold.
Estimate
$300 – $400
119
Leoncavallo, ruggiero.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Leoncavallo,” to librettist Edmondo Corradi, in Italian,
Viareggio, 20 January 1917
requesting that he be careful, hoping that the contract he is negotiating is settled quickly, finding the remarks from Paris odious, acknowledging awareness of the subject matter of Mes Oncles and that he is the librettist, remarking that there are many possible subjects for a Paris opera, and noting that he will consult with his lawyer in Milan before deciding whether to cancel the contract. 1½ pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; folds.
Estimate
$500 – $750
120
Menuhin, yehudi.
Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed:
Np, nd
“This music of / J.S. Bach speaks of / man ‘The Custodian’ / not of man ‘The Tyrant’ / with heartfelt wishes.” The music, 5 bars from the opening of “Ciaccona” in Bach’s partita in D minor for solo violin, notated on a printed stave, with holograph title. 1 page, 7x8 inches; vertical folds.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
121
Orff, carl.
Autograph Musical Quotation dated and Signed, four two-note chords from Carmina Burana,
“St. Georgen” [Dießen am Ammersee], 25 April 1979
notated on a hand-drawn stave, with holograph lyrics (“O For-tuna / velut luna”). 1 page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery; encapsulated (but removable), vertical fold touching signature (without loss).
With–(Carl Orff.) Photograph postcard, unsigned, showing bust portrait of him by Daniela-Maria Brandt above his printed signature. Correspondence side blank. 12mo. Nd.
Estimate
$350 – $500
122
Paderewski, ignace jan.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Paderewski,” to Colonel Arthur D. Le Pan, in English, a telegram,
Np, [1917-18]
explaining that he and his wife were called to Washington and cannot attend tomorrow’s event, promising to provide for their comfort, and sending their gratitude. 2 pages, 7x8½ inches, written on two Western Union telegram forms; moderate even toning overall, minor chipping at right edge, vertical fold, instructions printed on versos.
“We intended to start for the camp when a message came calling us both to Washington and we must go there immediately stop. It is with profound regret that we are obliged to deny ourselves the privilege and the joy of spending a few hours with our dear Polish soldiers on tomorrow’s occasion stop. My wife as the president of the Polish White Cross in France desires to tell the valourous patriotic youth that her Committee will endeavour to do everything possible to provide them with necessary comfort stop. We both beg of you to convey to them our regret . . . .”
Since 1914, the Polish community in America had been considering ways to achieve an independent state for Poland, free of the control of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. In January 1917, Colonel Arthur D. Le Pan at the Canadian Officer Training School near what is today the University of Toronto started training a group of Polish soldiers intending for them to form the beginnings of a Polish national army. When the U.S. declared war against Germany in April, I.J. Paderewski proposed that a Polish force be assembled as part of the U.S. Army; those Poles in the States who had not yet obtained citizenship were then recruited for the purpose and sent to Le Pan’s training camp across Lake Ontario from the officer’s school. Paderewski and his wife visited the camp on at least one occasion between 1917 and 1918.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
123
Paderewski, ignace jan.
Signature inscribed, “with very best wishes of / I JPaderewski,” on a small card.
Np, nd
1½x3 inches; faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$100 – $200
124
Puccini, giacomo.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Puccini,” to his business agent Antonio Bettolacci, in Italian,
Milan, 17 May 1899
reporting that he has “written to the Marquis asking him for permission to remain a bit longer,” remarking that he has cancelled his reservation at Viareggio, and stating his plan to return before going on to London. 3 pages, small 8vo, written on a folded sheet, third page written vertically; remnant of mounting to terminal page along center vertical fold, horizontal fold. With the original envelope.
Estimate
$250 – $350
Piano Concerto No. 2
125
Rachmaninoff, sergei.
Autograph Musical Quotation dated and Signed, “S. Rachmaninoff,” three bars from his 2nd concerto for piano,
Np, 11 March 1933
notated on a hand-drawn stave, with a photographic portrait mounted above signature. 1 page, 6½x4¾ inches; minor toning along all edges.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
126
Saint-saëns, camille.
Autograph Letter Signed, “C. Saint-Saëns,” to “Dear Sir,” in French,
Np, 3 July 1889
stating that he is leaving for Antwerp and does not know when he is returning to Paris, authorizing [his secretary André] Guinon to approve the proof so that publication is not delayed. 1½ pages, small 8vo, with integral blank;
Estimate
$100 – $200
127
Saint-saëns, camille.
Group of three Autograph Letters Signed and an Autograph Note Signed, “C. Saint-Saëns,” to Director of the Chopin Society Edouard Ganche, in French,
Vp, 1913-14
concerning his organization helping distressed artists, or the preface to his book which Saint-Saëns agrees to write. Together 6 pages, 8vo or smaller, two on correspondence cards; generally good condition. Each with the original envelope.
10 March 1913: “It is quite unnecessary for me to know your book to do the preface; I will base it on Chopin’s work, from my own personal viewpoint, and that will suffice. I will devote my earliest moments of free time to it.”
Estimate
$200 – $300
"Many writers have written about me . . . they have given quite a wrong picture"
128
Sibelius, jean.
Typed Letter Signed, in pencil, to President of the International Mark Twain Society Cyril Clemens,
Järvenpää, 2 April 1954
apologizing for the delayed reply to his interesting letters, thanking for the gift of coffee, explaining that he would not write an autobiography as he prefers to speak through his music, remarking that most biographers have failed to accurately represent him, stating that he had never met Oscar Strauss, and adding that he met Johann Strauss once in Vienna. 1½ pages, 8vo, written on the first and third pages of a folded sheet; minor abrasion at center of terminal page, horizontal fold. With the original envelope.
”. . . No, I have never considered writing my own autobiography because I wish to speak solely through my music. Many writers have written about me whom I never have met and mostly they have given quite a wrong picture of my person. I think it would be wiser to write about my music only and not about myself.
“I never knew Oscar Strauss, the operetta composer. But the great Johann Strauss I met in Vienna and Richard Strauss I of course knew quite well.”
Estimate
$350 – $500
129
Simone, nina.
Partly-printed Document Signed, contract for her performances at The Roundtable in New York for the week beginning March 6, 1961.
[New York], 30 January 1961
Accomplished in type with a few corrections in ink in unknown hand, additionally signed by Roundtable owner Morris Levy. 1 page, 4to, “American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada” contract form; faint stain at center, few scattered ink stamps (one touching extreme left of Simone’s signature), horizontal folds.
Estimate
$300 – $400
130
(singers.)
Two Inscribed Photographs Signed: Mattia Battistini * Kirsten Flagstad.
Vienna, 1913; Np, nd
Battistini. “Wien / 1913 / Battistini,” bust portrait showing him in profile. Inscribed diagonally in the image at upper left. 3½x3 inches; minor silvering in dark areas, minor soiling at lower edge, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso. Flagstad. “Robert McNabney / very sincerely yours,” ¾-length portrait showing her in costume as Brünnhilde in a 1935 performance of Der Ring des Nibelungen for the San Francisco Opera. Inscribed in the image at lower left. 10x8 inches; minor scattered dings.
Estimate
$200 – $300
A Funny Thing Happened: "We're the hottest ticket in town"
131
Sondheim, stephen.
Typed Letter Signed, “Steve,” to writer Leonard Gershe,
[New York], 14 July 1962
giving travel plans with Leonard Bernstein and his wife, suggesting that the title “ex-queen of television” would suit Bernstein or his wife equally well, inquiring at which London hotel ought he to stay, hoping to meet him during the visit, alternatingly gloating and complaining about the production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, discussing progress on “The Natives are Restless” [Anyone Can Whistle] and his ultimately unproduced musical The World of Jules Feiffer, and closing with a teasing bit of gossip about the “Duchess of Walden” [fictional character or codename?]. 1¼ pages, 4to, written on two sheets, onionskin paper; horizontal folds. With the original envelope.
”. . . I hate writing letters! (Actually, I rather like it when I have a lot of bitchy gossip to repeat, but it’s summertime and the livin’ is easy, meaning nobody’s doing it with nobody).
”. . . Leaving for Madrid August 5th (why Madrid? I’m glad you asked–to meet Leonard Bernstein, the well-known Jewish conductor and his beautiful wife the former Felicia Montealegre, ex-queen of television–or is that Leonard’s title?–at any rate, they’re celebrities), thence to Paris with Felicia (and maybe Leonard . . . ). . . .
“How’s the play going? Better than ‘Forum’, I trust. We’re a big hit, which is nothing to be sneered at I suppose, but it was the bitterest experience I’ve had yet. The show, under George Abbott’s astute bungling, was a disaster until the last week in Washington, when Jerry Robbins came down to save it. Save it he did, by giving it three or four moments of style and an opening number (which I wrote the last weekend before we came into New York) which, contrary to Abbott’s understanding, explained clearly to the audience what the show was about. I don’t understand how that man got where he has . . . the enormity of his ineptness is unbelievable. He’s totally humorless (the jokes literally had to be explained to him) and without any visible talent for staging or pace . . . and of course the critics gave him all the credit for the show. . . . I got really blasted. But that’s to be expected–it’s essentially a musician’s score (I got wonderfully gratifying letters from [Frank] Loesser, [Harold] Arlen, Hugh Martin, etc.) . . . . However, these sour grapes are unseemly–the audiences love the show and at the moment we’re the hottest ticket in town. Zero [Mostel] is still wrong for the show, but the critics and public eat him up (a full meal). Davy Burns is marvelous, as is Jack Gilford. And so am I.
”. . . As far as raunchy gossip goes, . . . I can leave you with this question: why is the Duchess of Walden going to Portugal for a month alone when she and the Duke only recently returned from Europe? Answer next week.”
With–Stephen Sondheim. Photograph Signed, half-length portrait showing him in a red sweater while reading. Signed diagonally in the image, middle left. 10x8 inches. Nd.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
132
Sousa, john philip.
Date and Signature, “John Phil. Sousa,” on a small card.
Np, 1902
1½x3 inches; faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$100 – $200
133
Vaughan williams, ralph.
Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed and Inscribed, “Kind regards from / R VaughanWilliams,”
Np, nd
on the verso of a photograph postcard showing a bust portrait of him by Russell. The music, a quarter note marking middle “C,” notated on a hand-drawn staff. 1 page, oblong 12mo; faint scattered staining, marked silvering to dark areas of photograph.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Includes Arnold Schoenberg
134
(musicians–austrian.)
Sheet Signed by 22 musicians and other notables.
Np, circa 1920
1 page, 4to; faint scattered foxing, minor crease at lower right, all signatures bold.
Arnold Schoenberg • Erich Wolfgang Korngold • Felix Weingartner • Hugo von Hofmannsthal • Franz Lehár • Wilhelm Kienzl • Leo Slezak • Arthur Schnitzler • Edmund Eysler • Raoul Auernheimer • Joseph Marx • Emil von Sauer • Selma Kurz • Julius Bittner • Maria Jeritza • Alfred Piccaver • Heinrich von Angeli • John Quincy Adams (1874-1933) • Anton Wildgans • Karl Hans Strobl • Hugo Darnaut • Ferdinand Schmutzer.
Estimate
$500 – $750
135
(musicians.)
Group of 7 letters Signed by 20th-century musicians, including mostly TLsS: Al Jolson * Moss Hart * Eugene Ormandy * Carrie Jacobs-Bond * Charles Munch * Eugene List * Robert Merrill.
Vp, vd
Format and condition vary.
Jolson. To Seymour B. Simmons, explaining that he must hear his songs before January 1 in order to have any chance of attending to them. ½ page, 4to. “Winter Garden” [New York], 13 December 1918 • Hart. To John Hanrahan, thanking for sending the August issue [of Stage Magazine] and promising to send an article for the October issue. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery. Np, 26 August 1936 • Ormandy. To Mrs. Frederick T. Steinway, explaining that he and his wife are unable to attend the dinner held in honor of Albert Spalding. ½ page, 4to, personal stationery. Philadelphia, 26 March 1951 • Jacobs-Bond. ALS, to “Dear Mrs. Brown,” describing the terms for her performances and giving availability. 3 pages, 8vo, personal stationery. [Chicago], 14 March 1902 • Munch. To Miss Jeanne Javitz, recommending violinist Wolfgang Granat. 1 page, 7x8 inches, “Boston Symphony Orchestra” stationery. Boston, 27 July 1954 • List. To Mrs. Lytle Hull, explaining why he is unable to do a charity concert for hospitalized veterans. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery. New York, 27 February 1948 • Merrill. To Gerald Marks, wishing him a happy 95th birthday and clarifying that he did not write “All of Me.” 1 page, 4to, personal stationery. Np, 19 September 1995.
Estimate
$300 – $400
Writers
Adventures of Augie March: "Sales are going so well that the publisher has none"
136
Bellow, saul.
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Dear Professor Seward,”
Barrytown, NY, 2 October 1953
promising to send a copy of his book [Adventures of Augie March] as soon as one becomes available. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery; horizontal fold.
”. . . I shall send you a copy of my book as soon as possible. To my astonishment, the sales are going so well that the publisher has none on hand at this moment. A third printing is under way.”
Estimate
$300 – $400
Blunt's copy
137
Blunt, anthony.
Phoebe Pool. Degas. Signed, “A.F. Blunt,” on the front free endpaper.
London, 1963; inscription: Np, 1960s
4to, publisher’s cloth, some fading to edges and spine; moderate loss to dust jacket spine panel, complete separations at panel folds repaired with cello tape, moderate scattered soiling.
Anthony Blunt (1907-1983) was a prominent British art historian who, in 1964, confessed to having worked as a spy for the Soviet Union. Although he was stripped of his knighthood, he avoided further punishment because he had been promised immunity as a condition of his confession. Blunt wrote an obituary for Pool in the March 1972 issue of Burlington Magazine.
Estimate
$350 – $500
"The phoebe note of the chickadee is uttered by the female"
138
Burroughs, john.
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Dear Sir,”
West Park, NY, 1 March 1888
explaining that it was by observation that he formed his opinion that the chickadee’s “phoebe-note” is made by the female only, admitting that he might be in error, and expressing interest in his studies of carefully-observed birds. 2 pages, 8vo, written on the first and third pages of a folded sheet; horizontal folds.
“It is only an impression of mine that the phoebe note of the chickadee is uttered by the female. I have no proof. I do not remember what I say about it in the article you refer to. I did not know as the article had been published. I charged the editor to be sure & send me proof, & if I have said positively that the female alone makes the note, I am vexed that I did not have a chance to correct or modify the statement in the proof. I got my impression by observing a pair of chickadees that one season nested near my house & that came under my notice many times a day. . . . [T]he note has decidedly a feminine sound. But for all that I may be in error. . . .”
Estimate
$300 – $400
"A thought, not a poem"
139
Ferlinghetti, lawrence.
Autograph Manuscript Signed, a 6-line work entitled “My Love,”
Np, nd
concluded by a holograph remark enclosed in brackets: “A thought, not a poem.” 1 page, 4to; horizontal folds.
“My love my love where are you / Under the pomegranate tree / Where the door to the invisible / Is visible. / If only I were there / To see it.”
Estimate
$400 – $600
Seldes's claim of being attacked: "It all sounds like ball room bananas to me"
140
Hemingway, ernest.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Ernest,” to writer and critic Gilbert Seldes (“Dear Gilbert”),
Montana [Switzerland], 30 December [1929]
denying having made any direct references to him in a New Yorker article by [Dorothy] Parker. 1 page, 4¾x9 inches, “Palace Hotel Sanatorium” stationery; irregular lower edge touching one word of text (without loss), few short tears with minor loss along right edge, folds, paper clip stain at upper left; matted with a portrait and framed.
“What would you want from me more convincing than your published denials, Gilbert? What’s it all about? You send me the denial but not the accusations. I’ve never made any. I read D. Parker’s piece in N. Yorker and saw no reference or cracks at you. I don’t carry the piece with me but it mentioned the editor of some now defunct magazine of culture. Why should that be you? Aren’t all the magazines of culture now defunct? It all sounds like ball room bananas to me.”
Published in Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961, ed. Carlos Baker (Ernest Hemingway Foundation, Inc.,1959), 318.
In late 1929, Hemingway–along with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dos Passos, Dorothy Parker and others–visited the tubercular child of Gerald and Sara Murphy at a sanatorium in Montana-Vermala, Switzerland. During his visit, Hemingway wrote to Gilbert Seldes, the former editor of The Dial magazine (which had recently closed down permanently), responding to charges concerning Parker’s article, “The Artist’s Reward,” profiling Hemingway in the November 30 issue of the New Yorker. In the article, Parker writes of an unnamed “gentleman who once occupied the editorial chair of a now defunct magazine of culture . . . [who] was shown some of Hemingway’s work . . . refused it, and pronounced, ‘I hear he has been a reporter–tell him to go on reporting and not try to write’.”
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
Encouraging words for parents of baby named "Norman"
141
Mailer, norman.
Typed Letter Signed, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colbert,
Np, 18 February 1975
describing as “marvelous” their baby named “Norman” depicted in a photograph, remarking that his biography of Marilyn Monroe would not be appropriate for him to read for another twenty years, and urging them to tell Norman not to be discouraged by the difficult words. 1 page, 4to; horizontal folds.
”. . . I went through the text of Marilyn which I think is a little old for him now and is going to be old for him for the next twenty years, but if he’s going to be looking at it over many a day it seemed to me that the idea should not necessarily be too available. When he gets a little older, tell him not to be discouraged by the difficulty of the words–after all, it took me fifty years to know what that sentence meant. . . .”
Estimate
$200 – $300
142
Mann, erika.
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Dear D.W.,”
Aboard R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam
stating that she enjoyed her visit and looks forward to returning with [her brother] Klaus in the fall, remarking that she will send regards to [Ferris?] Greenslet. 2 pages, oblong 12mo, “Holland-America Line” stationery, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet.
”. . . I enjoyed the day in Boston . . . . I really was so much rushed before my departure that I don’t know how the days disappeared. . . . I only hope you will allow me to bring Klaus along, when the fall-colours beautify (is this an English word?) your woods.
”. . . Best regards to Mr. Greenslet–or no–I better write them to him directly!”
Estimate
$100 – $200
To his children on their book about the culture of exiles
143
Mann, thomas.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Your Father,” to Erika and Klaus Mann (“Dear Children”), in German,
Np, [December 1938]
expressing approval of the stance taken in their book on the subject of the relationship between Germany and those who fled it, reflecting on the errors of German leadership and the fragility of freedom, acknowledging the recent progress made by the German spirit both inside and outside Germany, and anticipating a warm reception of the book. 3 pages, 4to, written on the versos of separate sheets of personal stationery; small hole in third leaf affecting a few letters of text, horizontal fold.
“You, my two eldest, have written a book after my own heart. You know that; for you know that I have thwarted all attempts to separate me from the German emigrants and to give me a separate, questionable position among them, that I have emphasized my relationship to them, and that for years I did so because I did not want the rulers of Germany to hesitate any longer to ‘expatriate’ me too,–as they had already ‘expatriated’ you and my brother. They did not hesitate longer.
“Your book is a book of solidarity on which I then insisted. Let it be a solidarity not alone in suffering and in pride, but in guilt as well. German freedom and the Weimar republic have been destroyed; we, you and I, are not altogether guiltless in that matter–though surely we may disclaim any part or lot in the degradation and shame which ensued. Mistakes were made, of omission and commission; that we cannot deny. The spiritual leaders of the Republic did not err, perhaps, on the side of the spirit; but they did so in the matter of leadership and the consciousness of their responsibility. Freedom is sometimes compromised . . . . Freedom is complex, it is delicate–far more delicate than force. . . . We German intellectuals were new to freedom, we were politically very young and inexperienced–as young as you were then in actual years.
”. . . Knowing the deep soundness of your natures, I have always interpreted the hatred displayed toward you, my children, and that toward myself, as a sign . . . of the wicked brainlessness of the rising tide of brutality in Germany. Now, in your growing strength . . . I can trace an equal progress, political and social, which the German spirit made by its very banishment. . . .”
Published in Erika and Klaus Mann’s Escape to Life (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939) 76-77.
Thomas Mann is perhaps best known by those outside Germany as a leader of the literary movement formed by German intellectuals exiled by the rise of the Nazi regime. When Mann read the manuscript of the book written by two of his children on the subject of the culture being generated by these exiles, Escape to Life, Mann wrote his reactions in a letter to the authors, who then inserted into the book an English translation of the letter to introduce a chapter on their father.
Estimate
$10,000 – $20,000
"[U.S.] culture voices the secret aspiration of an inferior people"
144
Mencken, h.l.
Two Typed Letters Signed, to “Mr. Hawkins” or “Mr. Weaver,”
Baltimore, 7 September 1929; 10 March no year
replying to his proposal to write a work about Mencken, or offering to read his short story. Each 1 page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery; faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, faint toning and paper clip stain to first, vertical folds.
1929: “I see no objection to it–that is, so long as you don’t depict me as a Methodist. . . .”
no year: “I’ll be delighted to see the short story. . . .
“You will bomb the professors in vain. They represent very accurately the dominant culture of the United States. That culture voices the secret aspiration of an inferior people, alternately fawning upon and snarling at their betters.”
With–Arthur Hawkins. Etched portrait of Mencken, Signed at lower right, in pencil. 11½x8¾ inches overall. Np, nd.
Estimate
$250 – $350
145
Miller, arthur.
Typescript Signed, his short story entitled “Fame,”
Np, nd
first published as “The Recognitions” in the July 1966 issue of Esquire. Possibly a souvenir copy typed out by a collector, signed by Miller on the last page, after the text. 8½ pages, 4to, written on separate sheets.
“Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars–minus the ten-per-cent commission, that left him six hundred and seventy-five thousand spread over ten years. Coming out of his agent’s building onto Madison Avenue, he almost smiled at this slight resentment he felt at having to pay Billy the seventy-five thousand. . . .”
Estimate
$200 – $300
"At this moment I couldn't send you a copy [of Cancer]--I'm flat broke"
146
Miller, henry.
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Dear Professor Seward,”
Big Sur, 8 October 1948
apologizing for not acting sooner, and promising to send a copy of Tropic of Cancer as soon as it is feasible. 1 page, 4to, onionskin paper; folds.
“Emil White showed me the letter . . . . I’m in a bit of a quandary. Had I (in 1945) offered you the ‘Cancer’ as a gift? (How the matter got sidetracked all this time is beyond me.)
”. . . At this moment I couldn’t send you a copy–I’m flat broke. (We’ve just had an addition to the family and other expenses.) To get a copy might cost $12 to $15. However, sometimes I get one free (from a tourist returning from France). Should that happen, I’d be glad to give you one pronto. . . .”
Estimate
$200 – $300
147
Miller, henry.
Carson McCullers. Reflections in a Golden Eye. Signed and Inscribed, on the front free endpaper:
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1941; inscription: Np, nd
“For George / Seferiades / Cordially yours / And good luck / Carson McCullers / From Henry Miller.” 8vo, cloth, faint dampstaining to covers, fraying to spine ends; first few chapters contain scattered pencil marginalia in Greek; lacking dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing.
Estimate
$600 – $900
148
Stowe, harriet beecher.
Clipped portion of an Autograph Letter Signed,
Np, nd
including only closing, “With warm regard / & gratitude / I am Ever your / Friend HB Stowe,” and a fragment of 6 lines of holograph text on verso. 2¼x4½ inches; moderate mostly marginal discoloration from prior matting.
Estimate
$200 – $300
War: "We only hope that . . . God is leading us through death to the immortal"
149
Tagore, rabindranath.
Autograph Letter Signed, to writer Ernest Rhys,
Bolpur, 29 December 1914
consenting to the use of his own photograph and autograph, planning a trip to Japan, anticipating visiting him, and remarking on the staggeringly terrible war. 1 page, 4to, thin ruled paper; faint scattered foxing, folds.
“You are quite at liberty to use my photograph and autographs in your book and never trouble yourself about the copyright. I completely disappeared from the pursuit of Post peons for over a month and your letter has been waiting for me I do not know for how long. I am planning again for another flight across the sea landing at Japan and then arranging for a further journey if I am in mood. The next summer will be spent in the land of the Cherry blossoms and don’t be surprised if some sunny day in the following summer finds me knocking at your door.
“This war is terrible. Its relentless fury staggers imagination. We only hope that it is the birth pang of a new life in man’s history and that God is leading us through death to the immortal.”
Around 1913, after having seen one of Tagore’s plays performed in the Little Theatre at Albert Hall, Ernest Rhys became friends with Tagore, regularly having him as a guest in his London home. Rhys assisted Tagore in some of his literary works and wrote a biography about him, published by Macmillan in 1915: Rabindranath Tagore: A Biographical Study.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
150
Tennyson, alfred.
Autograph Letter Signed, “ATennyson,” to Mr. Smith,
Np, 20 December 1874
stating that his letter never arrived, sending a check [not present], and, in a postscript: “I should like to know something of the poor French teacher who died so miserably.” 1 page, small 8vo, mourning stationery, with integral blank; abrasions and minor loss to blank along center vertical fold. With the address panel of original envelope, mounted to blank.
”. . . I send you a cheque for six guineas though I must think it hard that I have to pay for my own book. . . .”
Estimate
$300 – $400
Correcting errors in the Scriptures
151
Webster, noah.
Autograph Letter Signed, “N Webster,” to Seth C. Brace,
New Haven, 26 November 1839
sending copies of his articles from the New Haven Record [not present], requesting that he publish them in his newspaper, explaining that he is hoping to correct the errors in the common Scriptures. ½ page, 4to, with integral address leaf; remnants of mounting on address page along center vertical fold, faint scattered staining, folds.
”. . . I think . . . it is high time to call the attention of the public to the mistakes & inaccuracies in the language of the common version of the Scriptures. I can not think Christians justifiable in neglecting to correct the language. . . .”
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
"The United States . . . the precursors of the united republics of the world"
152
Wells, h.g.
Autograph Manuscript Signed, a 7-line stream-of-consciousness struggle to state something about the U.S. that is not too political,
Np, 1918?
on a leaf likely removed from an album. 1 page, oblong 8vo.
“I can never think of Quotations on these occasions. Mr. McLaughlin has asked me to write something for the Library of the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia and nowadays when I write anything for America I become political instead of literary. The United States of America are to me just the first of the English speaking republics that will presently girdle the Earth & the precursors of the United Republics of the world.”
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
153
Williams, tennessee.
Typed Document Signed, “Tenn. Williams,” granting William Kozlenko permission to publish a pair of his one-act plays
Np, 8 January 1941
collectively entitled Landscape with Figures [including At Liberty and This Property is Condemned] in the collection edited by Kozlenko entitled American Scenes (1941). Countersigned by Kozlenko. 1 page, folio, onionskin paper; tear with minor loss in upper edge, horizontal folds.
Estimate
$400 – $600
154
Wouk, herman.
Typed Letter Signed, to Jon Carroll, on a postcard,
[Washington], 22 September 1964
advising a young writer to let his own experience shape his characters. 1 page, oblong 12mo; postmark on verso.
“A writer does ‘think up’ his characters; but if you’ll consider the problem for a minute, what can he possibly ‘think them up’ out of, except his own experience? Of course, he can adapt the phantoms of novels, television, and movies, but even these he has to see for himself. The best and most vivid writing rises out of one’s own experience, transmuted into fiction, not merely reproduced. Good luck!”
Estimate
$100 – $200
155
(writers.)
Group of 7 items Signed by 20th-century Americans: Eugene O’Neill * Walter Lippmann * Carl van Doren * Will Durant * Robert W. Service * Kay Boyle * William Rose Benét.
Vp, vd
Format and condition vary.
O’Neill. Clipped Signature. ½x2¼ inches; “g” truncated by lower edge. Np, nd • Lipmann. TLS, “WLippmann,” to David Wainhouse, enclosing correspondence [not present] concerning employment. ½ page, 8vo, “Herald Tribune” stationery. New York, 19 January 1932 • Van Doren. TLS, to Grace Hazzard Conkling, expressing apologies for her not receiving the Nation’s Poetry Prize but accepting for publication her poem, “The Different Day.” 1 page, 8vo, “The Nation” stationery. New York, 3 February 1921 • Durant. ALS, to cartoonist Art Young, thanking him for sending a card that brought relief from war hysteria. 1 page, small 8vo, “The Miami-Battle Creek” stationery. Miami, 31 December 1940 • Service. ALS, “Robert Service,” to “Dear Mr. Light,” explaining that it is too late for him to write material for Christmas but inviting him to ask again provided the assignment is not on the topic of war. 2 pages, small 8vo, written on the first and third pages of a folded sheet. Menton, February 1918 • Boyle. ALS, to “dear Mr. Seward,” promising to send an inscribed copy of her His Human Majesty. 1 page, 8vo. “Germany,” 12 October 1949 • Benét. ALS, “William R. Benét,” to “Dear Mr. Seward,” sending an inscribed copy of his Rip Tide [not present]. ½ page, 4to, personal stationery. New York, 20 April 1948.
Estimate
$150 – $250
Artists
156
Calder, alexander.
Autograph Note Signed, “Calder,” thrice, one in pencil, to an unnamed recipient (no salutation),
Np, 26 September no year
concerning prices for jewelry and two calligraphic designs for his last name [intended to be reproduced in signage], in ink, accompanied by dimensions and other holograph notes in blue pencil. 1 page, 4to; two blue pencil “X”s crossing out text of note, few scattered small holes with minor loss to text, cello tape stain at lower left, scattered creases.
“When I priced the jewelry, I was thinking of what I should get. Say our prices should be 50% higher. [Two oversized instances of his last name.] In case you’d like to make a cut of my name.”
Estimate
$500 – $750
"Haven't you received 4 letters from me, 2 letters from Picasso?"
157
Cocteau, jean.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Jean,” to André Gide (“Dear André”), in French, in pencil,
Np, [1919]
requesting that he make no more sacrifices on his behalf, expressing surprise that he had been asked to lecture on painters and that [Guillaume] Apollinaire had written him about morality, joking about the “great talent” of [André] Suarès, asking whether he received letters from Picasso and himself, looking forward to his new writing, and mentioning his recent work including Parade. 4 pages, 4to, written on a single folded sheet; minor smudging and faint soiling to first and terminal pages, horizontal fold.
“Don’t break any more lances for me I beg you, or if you break any don’t tell me just as I avoid telling you the battles that I wage for you and others. . . . [W]hat surprises me is to see that one asks me to lecture on painters (which . . . I do not do) and that Apollinaire writes to me that I take with him the moral direction of our social circle. I have nothing to complain about . . . apart from receiving ‘great talent’ (good term for Suarès) from the height of the Eiffel Tower on my poor Roman skull. If Cap [his Ode à Picasso: Le Cap de Bonne-Espérance (1919)] and Potomak [Le Potomak (1919)] are works of ‘great talent’ I’ll burn them.
“So haven’t you received 4 letters from me, 2 letters from Picasso? . . .
“Mad impatience to see your new work. I can report a few poems and the Parade, beautiful like a puppet.”
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
158
Cocteau, jean.
Ink and graphite drawing, unsigned, sketch showing a robed wizard in profile,
Np, 1930s
with holograph title on verso, “Merlin l’enchanteur,” in pencil, [likely depicting a character from Cocteau’s play, Les Chevaliers de la Table ronde]. 11½x8 inches; faint staining along upper edge and at lower corners, few short closed tears at upper and right edges, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
159
Cocteau, jean.
Ink drawing, Signed and Inscribed, “à mon cher / Jacques Copeau / Jean [star],”
Np, 1930s
showing the head of a man with a castle’s tower in the background surrounded by decorative banners on which is written the inscription or “Le Graal” [The Grail; likely concerning Cocteau’s play, Les Chevaliers de la Table ronde]. 12¼x10½ inches; mounted to board trimmed to size, closed tears at left and lower right edges (not affecting image).
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
160
Cruikshank, george.
Autograph Letter Signed, “GeoCruikshank,” with two small graphite drawings, on the verso.
[London], 11 January 1845
The letter, to “Dear Sir,” explaining that a small wood engraving would be ineffective, as would representing women on a treadmill, and, in a postscript, “I saw Mr. [Joseph?] Sleap yesterday, and knowing what I was about to write to you requested me to inform you that the plates will be finished in a few days.” The drawings, each a series of sketches. The first, showing a man peering over a table surrounded by sitting figures or body parts, with the holograph captions: “Moxhay” and “Archaeologist.” The second, showing the heads of three people whose hats are in the shape of dwellings with tiny people visible in the windows and doors, with two holograph captions: “The Head of the Table, the Head of the Family” and “D J Coulton, Britannica.” 2 pages, 9x7¼ inches, written and drawn on the recto and verso of a single sheet; minor soiling at all edges, horizontal fold.
“My having had to attend to . . . bringing out my ‘Table Book,’ must plead as an excuse for not giving an earlier answer to your letter . . . requesting . . . a vignette on the title page of your forthcoming work.
“I . . . assure you, that a woodengraving, from the smallness of the size, would be very ineffective and indeed unless some particular point of bad conduct on the part of the officials of the prison–or the fact of some accident occurring to some of the prisoners–the mere representation of females on the treadwheel would go for nothing. I speak . . . having been engaged . . . in an attempt to get up something (graphically) against this system of discipline as regards women, when it was first brought into use and we decided that nothing could be done in that way without gross exaggeration–a thing, I am sure, quite contrary to your desires . . . .”
Estimate
$200 – $300
161
Lipchitz, jacques.
Autograph Letter Signed, “JLipchitz,” to “Dear Mr. Bobbitt,”
Np, 30 January 1952
remarking that he once saw a print by [Amedeo] Modigliani at Carlebach Gallery [in New York]. 1 page, 8vo; horizontal folds.
“Indeed it seems to me that I saw once a print by Modigliani at the Carlebach Galleries. I don’t remember very well which one it was. And anyway, I don’t have any information about it at all. I am sorry.”
Estimate
$100 – $200
Costume changes for the ballet Jeux d’Enfants
162
Miró, joan.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Miró,” to Ballets Russes director Serge Grigoriev, with two small ink drawings.
Barcelona, 10 June 1933
The drawings, diagrams on the first page surrounded by text illustrating locations on the leg where elements are to be added to costumes. Each 1½x1 inches. The letter, “Dear Mr. Grigorieff,” in French, describing changes to be made to some of the costumes and sending greetings to Mrs. Grigoriev. 1½ pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; few small cello tape repairs to closed separations at folds on verso.
“To my greatest regret, I will not be able to be in Paris for the opening of my ballet, but I certainly count on being able to attend the second.
“I hope . . . that you will . . . attend to the personal technicalities in order that those most important details be executed as they ought . . . .
“a. Masculine spirit. On the leg there ought to be drawn a form which was badly applied on the side. [Drawing.] This black shape in the form of a cone ought to be applied to the front of the leg.
“[Drawing.] The red shape ought to be applied behind the joint between the calf and the thigh.
“b. To have all the rounds marked in black on the young man dressed in floating green, to replace the corks which were falling during the dancing . . . .
“c. To tell the wardrobe designer to attach more black fabric to the soap balls and on different parts of each ball . . . .”
In 1932, Miró was commissioned by the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo to design costumes and sets for Jeux d’enfants, a ballet set to the music of Georges Bizet’s work of the same name, which debuted in Monte Carlo on April 14, 1932, with choreography by Leonide Massine. A production was mounted in Paris the following year.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
To his book binder: "I rather like the. . .letters of the title of Tom Jones"
163
Sargent, john singer.
Autograph Letter Signed, “John S. Sargent,” to an unnamed book binder (“Dear Sir”),
[London], 16 January 1904
agreeing to a price of 3 guineas per volume and recommending a classic design for the binding. 2 pages, small 8vo, written on the first and third pages of a folded sheet, personal stationery; horizontal fold.
“I am willing to go to the limit of 3 guineas per volume. I hope it is not hampering you too much to recommend that the bindings and the character of the lettering and ornamentation should be markedly 18th century, and rather classic and recalling Adams . . . .
“I rather like the fine and slightly slanting letters of the title of ‘Tom Jones’.”
Estimate
$500 – $750
164
Sargent, john singer.
Autograph Letter Signed, “John SSargent,” to “Dear Sir,” in French,
[London], 28 June no year
sending photographic proofs of two drawings and “Taverne Vénitienne” [not present], inquiring whether to reproduce them, stating that negatives are available from the photographer’s address on verso, noting that no authorization is forthcoming from the gallery, and remarking that a wire giving authorization was just received. 2¼ pages, small 8vo, third page written vertically, written on a folded sheet, personal stationery; second page crossed out with two vertical lines, horizontal fold.
Estimate
$400 – $600
19th & 20th Century Literature
165
Beckett, samuel.
All That Fall.
New York: Grove Press, (1957)
8vo, publisher’s ¼ tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt; torn acetate dust jacket. Limited edition, one of 100 numbered copies.
Estimate
$300 – $400
166
Beckett, samuel.
Echo’s Bones and Other Precipitates.
Paris: Europa Press, 1935
4to, publishers sewn printed wrappers, signatures separated from wraps, backstrip with a few clean tears, few stray marks, browned; blindstamp to front flyleaf. Author’s presentation copy, inscribed in blue crayon “Hilary / from Sam / Paris 1948.” Deluxe edition, number 155 of the 250 copies on alfa paper. As a young artist, Hilary Heron (a distant relative of Beckett) won the Mainie Jellett Travel Scholarship and traveled to Paris and other European cities in 1948. When she came to Paris she stayed briefly with Beckett and his partner Dechevaux-Dumensil, before finding her own accommodation. The blindstamp lists the address for the house she occupied during the late 1940s, Mounteagle, in Sandyford, near Dublin.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
167
Beckett, samuel.
The Lost Ones.
London: Calder & Boyars, (1972)
Translated from the original French by the author. Small 8vo, publisher’s ¼ vellum backed boards, gilt titles, all edges gilt, spine tanned as usual; original cloth slipcase. Deluxe issue, number 16 of 100 copies signed by Beckett. A clean, crisp copy.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
168
Beckett, samuel.
The North.
London: Enitharmon Press, 1972
Title page printed in grey and black. 3 signed etchings by Avigdor Arikha. Folio, contents loose as issued in blindstamped wrappers; publisher’s linen chemise and slipcase (scattered spotting). Printed at the Rampant Lions Press. Number 58 of 137 copies signed by Beckett.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
169
Beckett, samuel.
Watt.
New York: Grove Press, (1959)
8vo, publisher’s ¼ brown cloth over paper-covered boards, spine with faint smudge; “Publishers Copy” inkstamp to front pastedown, no other markings. Deluxe issue, limited edition, number 54 of 100 copies. Publisher’s File copy.
Estimate
$500 – $750
170
Berryman, john.
Poems.
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, (1942)
8vo, publisher’s stiff boards; dust jacket priced $1.00, folds sunned; endleaves age-toned, publisher’s stamp “Publication Date / Sep 28 1942.” First edition, signed by the publisher James Laughlin. The author’s first separate publication; publisher’s advance copy signed by the eminent 20th century publisher. One of 500 copies in boards, the wrappers issue consisted of 1500 copies. Nearly fine copy.
Estimate
$600 – $900
171
Borges, jorge luis. cogorno, santiago (illus.).
Nueve Poemas.
Buenos Aires: Francisco A. Colombo, 1955
Etched frontispiece and additional frontis both signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. 8vo, original printed wrappers with glassine overwrap, trace of wear to spine ends; contents laid in loose as issued; publisher’s card slipcase (repairs along panel splits). Copy V of 50 on Whatman, signed by Borges for Frank Virunono [?] on the limitation. Elusive Borges title; according to ABPC and Rare Book Hub just the second copy to appear at auction, and the first in over 30 years.
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,500
172
Byron, lord george gordon noel.
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth.
London: John Murray, 1818; London: Thomas Davison, 1819
8vo, full red/orange levant morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments, all edges and turn-ins gilt, boards slightly bowed; armorial bookplate of the Apley Library to front pastedown. First edition, first issue with “impressions of” at end of p.155, 2 footnotes on p. 217 and five on p. 218, 6-line list of errata, advertisment leaf at end. [With:] Don Juan. Half-title. 4to, original dark blue-green stiff boards, printed spine label (chipped), 1 inch piece from spine head missing exposing quires, edges shelf worn with abrading, front hinge split; joints repaired, foxing chiefly to front and end matter; ¼ morocco folding case and chemise, worn with front cover detached. First edition, large paper copy.
Estimate
$600 – $900
173
Byron, lord george gordon noel.
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. [Cantos I and II].
London: John Murray, 1812
4to, full red/orange levant morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments, all edges and turn-ins gilt, boards slightly bowed; armorial bookplate of the Apley Library to front pastedown, two ownership signatures to title, occasional marginal foxing, lithographed facsimile of a Romaic letter inserted after p. 226 (foxed), 2pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. First edition, one of 500 large paper copies. Wise I, pp. 50-51; PMM 270.
Estimate
$400 – $600
174
Capek, karel.
Apokryfy. [Apocryphal Stories].
Prague: Adolf Synek, 1932
Small 8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped limp blue leather, joints rubbed, spine tips and corners bumped; few pages with unobtrusive, marginal soiling. First edition, number 13 of 100 copies, signed by Capek in black ink on the half-title. No other copies recorded by Rare Book Hub or ABPC.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
175
Capek, karel.
Bila Nemoc. [The White Disease].
Vp, vd
8vo, original printed wrappers, spine head with short tear, foot with light toning; pictorial dust jacket by Otakar Mrkvicka, spine panel sunned with chips to head and foot, long closed tear along spine/rear panel fold. First edition. Praha: Fr. Borovy, 1937 [With:] Folded leaflet (4 pp.) for the eponymous movie from the same year and with a folded invitation (corner at perforation removed) to its premiere at 21st December 1937. Praha [And:] La Blanka Malsano. Title in brown and black. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, toning; unopened. First edition in Esperanto of Bila Nemoc. Olomouc: Moraviaj Esperanto Pioniroj, 1938.
Estimate
$400 – $600
176
Capek, karel.
Krakatit.
Praha: Aventinum, 1924
Title printed in red and black. 8vo, contemporary full tan linen, morocco lettering piece; ownership inscription to half-title. First edition, with the original linocut front wrapper designed by Josef Capek bound in at end. “[A] rich and wildly imagined work, unusual in its almost orgiastic baroque exploration of power, sexuality, and guilt” (Bleiler, Science-Fiction 360).
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
177
(children’s literature.) bergengren, ralph.
David the Dreamer, His Book of Dreams.
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1922)
Color frontispiece and 9 full-page color illustrations by Tom Freud [Martha Seidmann-Freud]. Oblong 4to, publisher’s gilt-stamped green cloth, pictorial label laid down to front cover, light rubbing to spine tips, corners bumped with slight exposure; occasional faint finger soiling, ownership blindstamp to title. First edition.
Estimate
$300 – $400
178
(children’s literature.) disney studios, walt.
Sketch Book [of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs].
(London:) William Collins, (1938)
Illustrated throughout, including 12 tipped-in color plates. 4to, publisher’s tan cloth; unclipped pictorial dust jacket, 2-inch closed tear at top of front panel, spine panel darkened with small chips to head and foot, remnant of red label over printed price, “20” indication in red pencil at top of front flap; light intermittent foxing to contents. First edition, signed “Walt Disney [19]38” in blue ink on the opening full-page illustration of the seven dwarves.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
179
(children’s literature.) greene, graham.
The Little Horse Bus * The Little Train.
London: Max Parrish, 1952; 1957
Together, 2 volumes. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie. 8vo, publisher’s gilt stamped red boards; dust jackets, the second title with several tape repairs to verso, several chips with loss, closed tears and rubbing, title with ownership inscription and foxing to front and end matter. First edition and first edition thus. The Little Train is the first edition naming the author. The illustrations were redrawn to suit the new format.
Estimate
$500 – $750
180
(children’s literature.)
Group of 6 McLoughlin Brothers booklets.
New York: McLoughlin Bros., vd
Various formats, stapled pictorial wrappers, backstrips rubbed, moderate edgewear and foxing, few wrappers split. Comprises: Kriss Kringle. 1897 [With:] Bo-Peep Mother Goose Melodies. [nd] [And:] Mother Goose. Plate House Copy with labels and stamp. [nd] [And:] Merry Mother Goose Rhymes. [1909] [And:] Major’s Alphabet. [nd] [And:] Mother Hubbard and Her Dog. 1890. Late 19th and early 20th century examples printed in colors.
Estimate
$300 – $400
181
(children’s literature.) meggendorfer, lothar.
Grand Cirque International.
Paris: Dambuyant & Guignard, Nouvelle Librairie de la Jeunesse, [c.1890]
Bound as a lepporello, 8 folding panels (335 x 225 mm; separated between 3rd and 4th panels) of which 6 contain pop-ups mounted to lithographic boards, by Meggendorfer, lower platform missing from one panel, several partial body parts of animals, performers, and audience torn and missing, two pieces loose (one pop-up and one triangular endpiece), but a nice survival despite faults and generally in good working order with colors bright.
Estimate
$400 – $600
182
(children’s literature.) milne, a.a.
A Gallery of Children.
London: Stanley Paul & Co., (1925)
Illustrated with12 color plates commissioned from Henriette Willebeek la Mair by the Colgate Soap Company in 1923 for advertising purposes. 4to, publisher’s gilt-stamped cream cloth over bevelled boards, top edges gilt, others uncut, scattered, light soiling; heavy foxing to endpapers, contents with occasional light foxing mostly confined to gutter and blank margins of plates. First limited edition. Number 93 of 500 copies signed by Milne.
Estimate
$600 – $900
183
(children’s literature.) potter, beatrix.
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.
London: Frederick Warne, 1904
Half-title, title vignette and color illustrations. 16mo, original grey boards with mounted color illustration on front cover, abrasion to bottom of front board near fore-edge, spine with repaired chip at head of spine; custom buckram folding case. First edition, first or second printing with “muffatees” misspelling on p.15. Quinby 6.
Estimate
$500 – $750
184
(children’s literature.) salten, felix.
Bambi.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928
Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth, spine sunned with gilt faded, light spotting to front board; lacking dust jacket; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First American edition, with the single page advertisement at end.
Estimate
$100 – $150
185
(children’s literature.) silverstein, shel.
The Giving Tree.
New York: Harper & Row, (1964)
Illustrated by the author. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial light green boards; dust jacket priced $2.50, lower front flap clipped, spine panel sunned; bookseller’s label to half-title, else contents clean and unmarked. First edition, first printing with no ISBN number on the copyright page and four lines of copyright information. A crisp, clean copy. Scarce.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
186
Chute, carolyn.
The Beans of Egypt, Maine.
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985
8vo, publisher’s ¼ cloth-backed boards; dust jacket; Ticknor & Fields library stamp on front flyleaf, else no other indications; custom ¼ morocco felt-lined clamshell case by Asprey. First edition, signed by the author. Fine publisher’s file copy in like jacket.
Estimate
$300 – $400
187
Cobb, humphrey.
Paths of Glory.
New York: Viking Press, 1935
8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped blue and rose cloth, maroon top-stain bright; unclipped and unfaded dust jacket; contents clean and unmarked. First edition. Basis for the 1957 film directed by Stanley Kubrick, featuring a script co-written by Jim Thompson and Calder Willingham. Superb copy in like first issue jacket without the blurbs on the rear panel.
Estimate
$500 – $750
188
Dickens, charles.
[4 Christmas books.]
London, vd
Together, 4 volumes. Small 8vo, uniformly bound in full red crushed morocco by Bayntun Riviere, covers paneled in gilt, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, all edges and turn ins gilt. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Publisher’s advertisement for A Christmas Carol, half-title, 13 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Maclise, Doyle, Leech and Stanfield, second state of the vignette title. First edition. Chapman and Hall, 1845 [1844] * The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. Half-title, 14 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise and Landseer, 2 pp. advertisements at rear; one or two stray spots. First edition. Bradbury and Evans for the author, 1846 [1845] * The Battle of Life. A Love Story. Half-title, 13 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Maclise, Doyle, Leech and Stanfield, fourth state of the vignette title, 2pp. advertisements at rear; one or two stray spots. First edition, fourth state. Bradbury and Evans, 1846 * The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. Half-title, 7 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech, Stanfield, Tenniel and Stone; frontispiece detached by present, one or two stray spots. First edition. Bradbury and Evans, 1848. Each title with the original cloth bound in at end.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
189
Dickens, charles.
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852-53
20 parts in 19. Forty inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title by H. K. Browne. 8vo, blue-green wrappers printed in black, expert paper repairs to backstrips, generally clean covers with minimal soiling, edgewear or fading; plate in last number with ink stamp, majority of plates show moderate to heavy browning; cloth clamshell box. First edition in original monthly parts. Lacking the 8 page “Grace Aguilar’s Works” slip in part 16, retaining others, including Bleak House advertiser in each, and the scarce “Village Pastor” booklet in part 15. Eckel, pp. 79-81; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 275-304.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
190
Dickens, charles.
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852-53
20 parts in 19. Forty inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title by H. K. Browne. 8vo, blue-green wrappers printed in black, crude paper backings on 3 numbers, moderate chipping to backstrip ends, wrapper detached on 2 numbers including 19/20 with stitching broken, bookseller’s label on front wrap of 3 numbers; occasional foxing and offsetting of plates; custom cloth chemise and ¼ morocco slipcase. First edition in original monthly parts. Partly lacking ads in 11 numbers including the 8 page “Grace Aguilar’s Works” slip in part 16, but with the scarce “Village Pastor” booklet in part 15. Eckel, pp. 79-81; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 275-304.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
191
Dickens, charles.
Dombey and Son.
London: Bradbury and Evans, October 1846-April 1848
20 parts in 19. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo, original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers, backstrips expertly repaired, light edgewear, minimal soiling; custom cloth clamshell box, joints split. First edition in monthly parts. The “Dombey & Son Advertiser” in all numbers (except Part 4) and other inserted advertisements. Issue points: Part 11, p. 324, corrected issue with “Captain”; Part 14, and with earliest issue point on p. 426 (lacking “if”); Part 5 has the 12 line errata slip; Part 9, page 284, 5th and 6th line up “Delight”; Part 19-20 adverts dated “April, 1848.” Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 227-50. [With:] Address Delivered at the Birmingham and Midland Institute, on the 27th September, 1869 By Charles Dickens, Esquire, President. 8vo, printed wrappers, sewn, covers detached; cloth chemise. Birmingham: Josiah Allen, [1869].
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
192
Dickens, charles.
Our Mutual Friend.
London: Chapman and Hall, May, 1864 - November, 1865
20 parts in 19. Forty inserted plates by Marcus Stone. 8vo, original green wrappers, uniformly rebacked, mostly minor edgewear (no. 1 with lossed to fore-edge of front wrapper); plates clean throughout; cloth clamshell box. First edition in the original parts. Second issue of number 1 with the publisher’s imprint at the foot of the front wrapper; and Our Mutual Advertiser in each. Lacking the scarce 4-page inset of “The Economic Life Assurance Society” in number 14, but retaining the “Foreign Bank Notes” slip in nos. 19/20. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 345-370.</i>
Estimate
$500 – $750
193
Dickens, charles.
The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences, & Observation of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury & Evans, May 1849-November 1850
20 parts in 19. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo, original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers, spines expertly repaired, Number 1 with few marginal short closed tears along fore-edge of front wrapper, Number 18 with tear at top edge of front wrapper with no loss of text; minimal foxing to plates; housed in cloth fall-back box. First edition in the original monthly parts. The “Copperfield Advertiser” in all parts (but for No. XII) and other inserted advertisements. Early issue with the Lett’s Diaries ad comprising the fold-out advert accompanied by 6 speciment leaves dated from 1848 to 1850. Hatton and Cleaver pp. 251-272.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
194
Dostoyevsky, fyodor.
Crime and Punishment. A Russian Realistic Novel.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, [1886]
Author portrait frontispiece. 8vo, publisher’s brown cloth stamped in maroon and gilt, cocked, extremities worn with exposure, a few punctures, corners soft and exposed, scattered soiling; hinges tender, minor, occasional foxing, few spots to fore-edges. First American edition. 1-page publisher’s advertisement at end, with this work listed first and priced $1.50. There appears to be no established priority between this and the first English edition (Vizitelly, London) which carries the same translation and is printed from the same setting. Line, Bibliography of Russian Literature in English Translation to 1945.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
195
Doyle, arthur conan.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1892; 1894
Together, 2 volumes. Half-titles and numerous illustrations by Sidney Paget. Final blank leaf in first title, frontispiece in second. Large 8vo, original light and dark blue cloth, respectively, beveled boards, all edges gilt, rebacked with the spines laid down, joints repaired, gilt dulled, especially to spines, scattered minor soiling, slight lean to each; hinges strengthened, ownership inscription and booklabel to first volume, light scattered foxing and occasional finger soiling, faint tidemark to end pages of first volume. First editions, first issues, the first title with the street sign blank on the front cover, and first state uncorrected text with “cucaine” for “cocaine” on page 133, and the misprint Miss “Violent” Hunter on page 317. De Waal 529; 596; Green and Gibson, A10a; A14a. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstones.
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,500
196
(economics.) reeves, rosser.
Reality in Advertising.
NY/Hollywood/London: Ted Bates & Company, (1960)
8vo, publisher’s tan cloth stamped in black, few faint spots to rear joint; three lines underlined in red ink, mild toning to endpaper gutters, ex-collection William K. Foster with his name inked to front flyleaf (Foster was a Bates executive reaching Senior Vice President when he left after ten years in their employ). First edition for confidential private circulation, “for Agency use only,” pre-dates the more common trade edition.
Estimate
$500 – $750
197
(economics.) rostow, w.w.
The Stages of Economic Growth. A Non-Communist Manifesto.
Cambridge: University Press, 1960
8vo, publisher’s green cloth, spine titles gilt, minor rubbing to spine tips and corners, few stains to front cover; unclipped dust jacket priced “21s. net,” toned, vertical crease running length of spine panel; approximately 3 pages with marginal annotations in pencil. First edition.
Estimate
$500 – $750
198
Esenin, sergei and kamensky, vasily and bely, andrei, et al.
Yav. Stikhi [Reality: Poems].
[Moscow: “Yav”], 1919
8vo (265 x 175 mm), original lithographed wrappers with design by Aristarkh Lentulov, rebacked with covers laid down, dampstaining to top corners of front wrap, small tissue paper mends to top of front and rear wraps, some soiling and discoloration to rear wrap with small chips along bottom edge. Aristarkh Lentulov was part of the Knave of Diamonds group and was also connected with the Hylaean Futurists. Hellyer 143; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 228.
Estimate
$600 – $900
199
Faulkner, william.
Pylon.
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935
8vo, original ½ cloth over pictorial silver boards, top edges silver, spine faded, occasional scrape with paper loss; folding frontispiece creased along margin; original slipcase, defective. Number 93 of 310 limited edition copies signed by Faulkner. Petersen A17.1b.
Estimate
$350 – $500
200
Faulkner, william.
Salmagundi and a Poem by Ernest Hemingway.
Milwaukee: Casanova Press, 1932
Photographic frontispiece author portrait. 8vo, publisher’s wrappers printed in red and black; original slipcase, edges and corners worn, unevenly toned. Limited edition, one of 525 numbered copies. This copy with the text block trimmed along the top and bottom edges and centered. Petersen A11a.
Estimate
$400 – $600
201
Faulkner, william.
The Sound and the Fury.
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, (1929)
8vo, original cloth-backed patterned boards, slight lean, spine tips with minor rubbing and faint toning; dust jacket, tape mends on verso along separation of spine and rear panels, with two additional tape mends to top edges, spine panel faded with shallow chipping to head, short closed tears, creasing. First edition in first state dust jacket with Maurice Hindus’s Humanity Uprooted priced at $3.00 on rear panel. Faulkner’s fourth novel and the first of his Yoknapatawpha novels. Petersen A6b.
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
202
Ficke, arthur and metcalf, tom.
Their Book.
Np: printed for private circulation, 1901
Woodcut illustrations and initials. 8vo, original pictorial pale blue cloth, boards faded and spotted, spine sunned. Number 42 of 50 copies. Arthur Davison Ficke was a core member of the Davenport Group, a nationally known group of early modernist writers.
Estimate
$500 – $750
203
Flaubert, gustave.
La Tentation de Saint-Antoine.
Paris: F. Ferroud, 1907
Color illustrations by Georges Rochegrosse. 4to, contemporary full plum morocco by Durvand, covers ruled and decorated in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with serpent device; inner dentelles, original printed wrappers bound in; morocco edged slipcase, defective. Number 109 of 60 copies on Japon with illustrations in two states from a total edition of 350; initialed by the publisher.
Estimate
$300 – $400
204
Fleming, ian.
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1953)
8vo, publisher’s black cloth with red heart stamped on front cover, and red lettering on spine, slight lean; tape ghost or similar adhesive residue to front and rear endpaper likely from earlier protective cover (now absent), ex-collection Adrian Homer Goldstone with his pictorial bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of the first James Bond novel. Pleasing copy in crisp, clean binding. Gilbert A1a.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
205
Fleming, ian.
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1960)
8vo, publisher’s black boards stamped in white and gilt; dust jacket priced at “15s. net,” paper restoration to front panel on verso effecting title letters, folds rubbed, minor dust soiling; contents page with three inked circles. First edition.
Estimate
$400 – $600
206
Fleming, ian.
Goldfinger.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1959)
8vo, publisher’s black boards, stamped in gilt and blind, cocked; dust jacket priced “15s. net,” spine and rear panels and flap folds tanned, minor rubbing to fold corners with a few tiny closed tears; contents with a spot or two confined to endpapers. First edition.
Estimate
$600 – $900
207
Fleming, ian.
On Her Majesty’s Sercret Service.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1963)
8vo, publisher’s black cloth; dust jacket priced “16s. net,” tape ghost at bottom of front panel verso over short closed tear, some scattered toning to rear panel and flap folds, trace of edgewear. First trade edition.
Estimate
$400 – $600
208
Fleming, ian.
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1965)
8vo, publisher’s black cloth, spine gilt-titled, slight spine lean; dust jacket priced “18s net,” light creasing to flap folds, front flap with effaced penciled price, trace of wrinkling to spine panel head. First edition.
Estimate
$300 – $400
209
(fore-edge painting.)
The Holy Bible.
London: Published for John Reeves, 1802
11 x 9 inches. 4to, contemporary straight-grained teal morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, front cover detached, soiled, corners worn; armorial bookplate to front pastedown; contents with intermittent staining. Double fore-edge painting, with view of the Tyne Bridge and Durham Cathedral with river and bridge.
Estimate
$400 – $600
210
Francis, dick.
Group of 7 titles.
Vp, vd
8vo, publisher’s cloth or wrappers; dust jackets; condition very good or better. Nerve. Bookplate signed by the author laid-in. NY, 1964 * For Kicks. Signed by the author. NY, 1965 * Another copy. Bookplate signed by the author laid-in * Odds Against. Comb-bound in wrappers. Uncorrected Proof. Signed by the author. NY, 1966 * Flying Finish. Bookplate signed by the author laid-in. London, 1966 * Blood Sport. Signed by the author. NY, 1967 * The Sport of Queens. Signed by the author. NY, 1969. First American or English editions and one proof.
Estimate
$350 – $500
211
Frost, robert.
Collected Poems.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1930)
8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped brown cloth, slight lean, few light stains; front hinge cracked. First edition. Author’s presentation copy, signed twice by Frost, and with the entirety of perhaps his most famous poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” accomplished by him in holograph in black ink on the recto of the portrait frontispiece and differing slightly from the published version (“neer” misspelling in line 6, and “give” for “gives in line 9). Inscribed on the front flyleaf “For Unade and Howard and / Elizabeth Seckerson / from their guest friend / Robert Frost / March 15 1939 / Storrs.” The “guest friend” mention is a nod to Frost’s several short stays at the Seckerson’s home when in Storrs to give a reading. Howard Seckerson started the English Department at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and his wife Unade Seckerson (née Barnes) was the daughter of Djuna Barnes’ half-brother Duane. We trace a small number of inscribed Frost editions featuring this poem sold at auction with one stanza or just the last verse in Frost’s hand but finding the poem complete as here makes this of great significance, further enhanced by an excellent provenance.
Estimate
$8,000 – $12,000
212
Garcia marquez, gabriel.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, (1970)
8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped green cloth; unclipped second state dust jacket (with the first paragraph on the inside flap lacking exclamation point), one fold corner chipped, edgewear primarily along top portion. Stated first edition, later printing with the number sequence in the back.
Estimate
$400 – $600
213
Gardner, erle stanley.
The Case of the Calendar Girl [and] The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll.
New York: William Morrow, 1958
Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, first title with top corners bumped and light staining to fore-edges; unclipped, unrepaired dust jackets. First editions, each signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication, the first to Tee Rose, a young writer from San Francisco, who was a lifelong friend of Gardner’s and the recipient of many of these early, warmly inscribed, presentation copies.
Estimate
$600 – $900
214
Gibran, kahlil.
The Prophet.
New York: Knopf, 1923
Illustrations after drawings by the author. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped and -lettered black cloth, spine faded and leaning slightly, residue stains to front cover; contents with minor spotting and toning chiefly to front and end matter, small bookseller’s ticket to rear pastedown. Scarce first edition. Continuously in print since the day of publication.
Estimate
$4,000 – $5,000
215
Greene, graham.
The Revenge: An Autobiographical Fragment.
12mo, sewn wrappers within green dust jacket printed in black. One of 300 copies for private distribution, inscribed to his first mistress:</i> “For Dorothy [Glover], / w love / Graham.” Fine copy.
Estimate
$500 – $750
216
Hawthorne, nathaniel.
The House of the Seven Gables.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851
8vo, publisher’s blind- and gilt-stamped brown cloth, rebacked with the original spine laid down, bottom edges and corners exposed, light scattered soiling; intermittent spotting to contents, publisher’s advertisements dated March, 1851 inserted at front between yellow endpapers; housed in cloth chemise and slipcase. First edition, later state with textual corrections and page number present at p. 341. BAL 7604.
Estimate
$500 – $750
217
Heller, joseph.
Catch-22.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961
8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, spine lettered in white, leaning slightly, light smudge at top of spine; dust jacket, unclipped, spine panel head wrinkled with small nick and one tape repair on verso, some other light edgewear; endpapers discolored from old binder’s glue. First edition, first printing, signed by Heller in blue ink on the title.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
218
Heller, joseph.
Catch-22.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1962)
8vo, publisher’s red boards, spine gilt; dust jacket with 21s. net price, spine panel lightly faded with faint rubbing to head and foot; ownership inscription to front fleaf. First English edition in the second issue jacket with 5 reviews on the rear panel replacing the section of text reprinted on the first issue jacket. Crisp, near fine copy.
Estimate
$300 – $400
219
Hemingway, ernest.
A Farewell To Arms.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929)
8vo, publisher’s magenta cloth, spine lightly faded; price-clipped dust jacket, two tape repairs on verso to head and foot of spine panel, folds rubbed, spine panel sunned with some rubbing to ends. First English edition, first issue, with misprint on page 66. Hanneman A35a.
Estimate
$500 – $750
220
Hemingway, ernest.
Across the River and into the Trees.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1950)
8vo, publisher’s green cloth, scattered faint spotting to front cover; price-clipped dist jacket, light rubbing to fold corners and spine panel tips, bright and unfaded; contents clean. First edition. The English edition predated the American edition by three days. Hanneman 44a.
Estimate
$200 – $300
221
Hemingway, ernest.
Green Hills of Africa.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935
Decorations by Edward Shenton. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth, board edges faded; unclipped dust jacket, abrasions and creasing to top and bottom edges and center of rear panel, short closed tears, spine panel faded and scratched. First edition. Hanneman A13a.
Estimate
$500 – $750
222
Hemingway, ernest.
In Our Time.
New York: Charles Scribner’s, 1930
8vo, publisher’s black cloth with gold paper labels (one on front with small smudge); unclipped dust jacket, flap folds and spine panel darkened and spotted, short closed tears, fold corners nicked; bookseller’s label to front flyleaf. Second American edition, first revised edition with introduction by Edmund Wilson and the author. Hanneman A3b.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
223
Hemingway, ernest.
The Torrents of Spring.
New York: Scribner’s, 1926
8vo, publisher’s dark green cloth stamped in red, spine tips a trifle rubbed; unclipped second state dust jacket with 11 titles listed on rear panel, moderate toning, some minor chipping to ends of spine panel, tiny hole to fold of rear flap. First edition of Hemingway’s first novel, ex-collection Jean Hersholt (1886-1956), Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award winning actor (signed bookplate and library label; his sale Parke-Bernet, 24 March 1954).
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
224
Hugo, victor.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
London: Richard Bentley, 1833
Engraved frontispiece and additional title vignette. Small 8vo, 19th century ½ brown calf over marbled boards, rubbing to joints and board extremities; front and end matter with heavy foxing. First English edition. Number XXXII in the Standard Novels series.
Estimate
$400 – $600
225
Huxley, aldous.
The Burning Wheel.
Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1916
Decorative frontispiece and title page. 8vo, original wrappers with printed labels to spine and front cover, finger soiling, small dampstain at bottom of front cover near spine, extremities a little rubbed; cloth chemise and ¼ morocco slipcase. First edition of Huxley’s first book. “Adventurers All” Series, no. 7.
Estimate
$400 – $600
226
Ionesco, eugene.
Four Plays.
New York: Grove Press, (1958)
8vo, publisher’s ¼ brown cloth over paper-covered boards, spine gilt dulled; “Publishers Copy” inkstamp to front pastedown, no other markings. Deluxe issue, limited edition, number 99 of 100 copies. Publisher’s File copy.
Estimate
$400 – $600
227
Joyce, james.
Finnegans Wake.
London; New York: Faber & Faber; Viking Press, 1939
Large 8vo, publisher’s orange-red buckram, spine gilt-lettered and ruled, top edges gilt, others uncut, binding and contents clean and unmarked; supplied later cloth slipcase. First edition, limited issue, number 47 of 425 copies, signed by Joyce in green ink on the limitation leaf. Fine, unblemished, unfaded copy. Connolly, The Modern Movement 87; Slocum & Cahoon A49.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
228
Joyce, james.
Finnegans Wake.
New York: Viking, 1939
Tall 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered black cloth; dust jacket priced at $5.00, overall light smudging, short closed tears, minor wear to top edges; publisher’s 1945 pamphlet “Corrections of Misprints” laid in. First American edition, trade issue, in unrestored jacket. One of 6000 copies printed offset from advance proofs of the English edition. Slocum & Cahoon A48.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
229
Joyce, james.
Haveth Childers Everywhere. Fragment from Work in Progress.
Paris and New York: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane and The Fountain Press, 1930
Title printed in black and green, initials and headlines printed in green. Tall 4to, letterpress stiff wrappers, minor rubbing to head and foot of spine; glassine dust jacket, spine panel toned with tiny chip to head and foot; publisher’s green board slipcase (bottom panel perished, top panel with 3 inch chip, retaining fragment); contents clean, partly unopened. Limited edition, number 108 of 500 copies, from a total edition of 685. Slocum & Cahoon 44.
Estimate
$500 – $750
230
Joyce, james.
Tales Told of Shem and Shaun:
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929
Three Fragments from Work in Progress. Printed in red and black. Portrait of Joyce by Brancusi. With a preface by C.K. Ogden. 4to, original cream wrappers; glassine dust jacket; publisher’s red paper-covered slipcase with onlaid gold panels (top and bottom panels of one side split with no loss). Limited edition, number 391 of 500 copies on Holland Van Gelder Zonen of a total edition of 650. The three fragments published here are ‘‘The Mookse And The Gripes,’’ ‘‘The Muddest Thick That Ever Was Heard Dump’’ and ‘‘The Ondt And The Gracehoper,’’ which comprise pp.152-159, 282-304 and 414-419, respectively, of Finnegans Wake. A beautiful copy. Slocum and Cahoon A36.
Estimate
$500 – $750
231
Joyce, james.
Ulysses.
London: The Egoist Press, 1922
Lacking errata. Half-title. 4to, contemporary limp morocco, spine darkened with tips rubbed, top edges and turn ins gilt; split along gutter to prelim, bound without original wrappers, ownership inscription. One of 2000 numbered copies issued on handmade paper. This is effectively the second impression of the First Edition, printed by Darantiere from the First Edition plates as soon as that edition was exhausted. It was printed for Joyce’s patron Harriet Weaver, who was unable to find a printer in England, and distributed mainly by Rodker and Ezra Pound, working from Paris. At least 500 copies were intercepted by U.S. Customs, and this issue has since become less common than the First Edition. Slocum & Cahoon A18.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
232
Joyce, james.
Ulysses.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936
Title printed in blue and black; printed music in text. Large 8vo, original vellum over boards, spine gilt-lettered, Homeric bow design after Eric Gill in gilt on front and rear covers, top edges gilt, others uncut, by the Leighton Straker Bookbinding Co.; original publisher’s decorated board slipcase (minor rubbing to corners) with printed paper label. Deluxe limited issue, number 4 of 100 copies signed by Joyce on mould-made paper in this special binding (from a total edition edition of 1000). Fine copy. Slocum & Cahoon A23; Connolly, The Modern Movement 87.
Estimate
$15,000 – $20,000
233
Kafka, franz.
The Trial.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1937
Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, faint toning; dust jacket priced “7/6 net,” flap folds and spine panel darkened with small nicks at ends, moderate dust soiling; foxing heaviest to front and end matter and fore-edges. First English edition, in unrestored dust jacket, and very scarce as such.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
234
Keats, john.
Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems.
London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1820
6¾ x 4 inches. [6], 199, [1] pp. Half-title. 12mo, full 19th century green calf by Zaehnsdorf, covers with triple gilt-fillet borders, spine decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments, morocco lettering piece, stain to rear cover, joints rubbed with front cover neatly detached; inner dentelles, bookseller’s ticket to rear pastedown, retaining fly-titles and publisher’s advertisement leaf at front. First edition. Keats’ third and last book published in his lifetime; includes some of his best-loved poems: “Ode to a Nightengale,” “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” “Ode to Psyche,” and “Ode to Melancholy.” Hayward 233; MacGillivray A3.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
235
Kerouac, jack.
On the Road.
New York: Viking Press, 1957
8vo, publisher’s black cloth lettered in white, dent at top board corners with slight exposure (corresponding nicks to jacket), spine with faint spotting; unclipped first issue dust jacket, two corners nicked as mentioned, light rubbing to spine panel tips, one short closed tear; internally clean. First edition. Charters A2.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
236
(king, stephen.)
5 limited first editions on the work of Stephen King.
Vp, vd
8vo, publisher’s cloth; each slipcased as issued; seemingly unread copies with little evidence of handling. Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King. Deluxe issue, one of 52 lettered copies. LA: Underwood-Miller, 1988 * Another copy. One of 100 unnumbered Presentation Copies designated for contributors * Reign of Fear: Fiction and Film of Stephen King. Copy “A” of 26 lettered copies. With publisher’s slip. LA: Underwood-Miller, 1988 * Night Visions 5. Dust jacket. Copy “P/C,” one of 850 copies signed by the contributors including George R.R. Martin and King. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988 * The Stephen King Story. Dust jacket. One of 26 copies, signed by the contributors. Williamsburg, VA: GB Publishing, 1991.
Estimate
$500 – $750
237
Lee, harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
Philadelphia & New York: Lippincott, (1960)
8vo, publisher’s light green ¼ cloth-backed rust paper boards, spine slightly sunned with mild fraying to ends, one bottom corner bumped; lacking dust jacket; front hinge starting with slight separation along gutter between half-title and title, ownership signature to front pastedown, else contents clean. First edition.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
238
Lem, stanislaw.
Astronauci.
(Warszawa:) “Czytelnik” Spó dzielnia Wydawnicza O wiatowa, 1951
Illustrated. 8vo, publisher’s illustrated blue wrappers, mild toning and finger soiling to rear wrap; fore-edges a bit bumped, contents slightly browned, partly unopened. First edition. An excellent survival.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
239
Lowell, robert.
Land of Unlikeness.
(Cummington, MA): Cummington Press, 1944
Title-page printed in red, blue and black, with woodcut by Gustav Wolf. 8vo, publisher’s blue boards lettered in red, spine tips and corners rubbed with mild exposure, faint toning. First edition, inscribed by the author (upside down) on the rear free endpaper “For Mary Lee and Harry / With love / from, / Cal.” One of 250 unnumbered copies of Lowell’s first book.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
240
Mayakovsky, vladimir and rodchenko, alexandr (illus.).
Sergeiu Eseninu. [To Sergei Esenin.]
Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1926
16 pp. Small 8vo (175 x 130 mm), original decorated wrappers printed in red and black with front and back photomontage covers designed by Rodchenko and two in-text Constructivist photomontages, backstrip lightly rubbed, few soft creases. First edition. Mayakovsky’s by turns lyric and angry elegy written in response to fellow poet and provocateur Sergei Esenin’s suicide with Rodchenko’s arresting visual contributions.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
241
Mccarthy, cormac.
[The Border Trilogy.] All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain.
New York: Knopf, 1992; 1994; 1998
Together, 3 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers. Uncorrected proofs. Fine copies.
Estimate
$250 – $350
242
Mitchell, margaret.
Gone With the Wind.
New York: Macmillan, 1936
Thick 8vo, grey cloth stamped in slate, scattered soiling, most conspicuously to top of rear board with cloth lifting slightly, rubbing to lower extremities; first issue dust jacket entirely rebacked on paper, front flap clipped with $3.00 price in lower corner intact, several tape repairs and ghosts on recto, rear panel and flap dampstained with spotting; the dampstain on the rear board and jacket panel extending into contents beginning around p. 360 as narrow but widening tidemark culminating in purplish staining to approximately last dozen or so leaves, rear hinge starting, endpapers lightly spotted, signed bookplate to front pastedown; custom cloth clamshell box with morocco gilt label. First edition, signed by Mitchell in the first issue dust jacket with this title listed as second book in the right-hand column of rear panel. First printing with “May, 1936” on colophon.
Estimate
$3,500 – $4,500
243
(mystery and detective fiction.)
Group of 10 Golden Age crime novels.
Vp, vd
8vo, publisher’s cloth; dust jackets (exception noted). Comprising: Renard, Maurice and Jean, Albert. Blind Circle. Jacket with chip to spine foot. NY, (1928) [And:] Markham, Virgil. The Black Door. Jacket with moderate edgewear. NY, 1930 [And:] Cask, Arthur. The Hidden Door. NY, (1935) [And:] King, C. Daly. Obelists Fly High. Lacking dust jacket. NY, 1935 [And:] Cohen, Octavus Ray. The Townsend Murder Mystery. Jacket with tape repairs and chipping. NY, 1933 [And:] Stout, Rex. Double for Death. Jacket with corner closed tears and nicks. NY, (1939) [And:] Lockridge, Frances and Richard. A Pinch of Poison. Jacket entirely rebacked, further tape repairs. NY, 1941 [And:] Stout, Rex. The Silent Speaker. Jacket with two tape mends. NY, 1946 [And:] Wentworth, Patricia. Wicked Uncle. Tape repairs to jacket. Philadelphia, (1947) [And:] Crofts, Freeman Wills. Silence for the Murderer. Tape repairs to jacket. First editions or First American editions.
Estimate
$350 – $500
244
Neruda, pablo.
Canto General.
Mexico City: Printed by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1950
Printed in red and black, typography by Miguel Prieto, list of subscribers. 4to, original green cloth, gilt vignette on front cover, spine gilt-lettered, occasional finger soiling and spotting, spine tips bumped; slightly shaken, pictorial endpapers designed by Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, cloth ribbon marker. First edition, number 355 of 500 copies signed by Neruda, Rivera, and Siqueiros, with an additional inscription by Neruda, and a correction in his hand in the list of subscribers. The subscribers list includes Picasso, Léger, Éluard, Aragon, Ilya Ehrenberg, Frida Kahlo, Jorge Amado, Paul Robeson, Nancy Cunard, and many others. Uncommon, especially in the variant green cloth, most copies traced at auction bound in red cloth.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
245
Orwell, george.
Down and Out in Paris and London.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1933
8vo, publisher’s black cloth, spine lettered in green, slight lean, few faint stains and scratches; Walter and Dorothy Donnelly bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of Orwell’s first published novel.
Estimate
$500 – $750
246
Pound, ezra.
Drafts & Fragments of Cantos CX-CXVII.
(New York: New Directions, 1968)
Printed in red and black. Folio, publisher’s brick red cloth with paper spine label, faint uniform spine fade, top-edges rough cut, others untrimmed; original card slipcase with printed paper label, few superficial scratches. Number 46 of 310 copies signed by Pound. Printed by K.K. Merker at The Stone Wall Press, Iowa City. A fine copy. Gallup A91.
Estimate
$600 – $900
247
Pound, ezra.
Exultations.
London: Elkin Mathews, 1909
Title printed in red and black. Small 8vo, publisher’s dark red boards lettered in gilt, spine slightly nicked at head, rear board unvenly toned; advertisements bound in rear, partly unopened. First edition, first issue with “of” printed on spine. Gallup A4a.
Estimate
$400 – $600
248
Pound, ezra.
Lustra.
London: Elkin Mathews, 1916
Author photogravure portrait frontispiece by Alvin Langdon Coburn. 8vo, original tan boards lettered in blue, spine darkened with light wear to tips, mild, occasional staining to boards; age-toning to endpapers. First edition, second impression with abridged text, one of about 800 copies printed. Gallup A11b.
Estimate
$200 – $300
249
Pynchon, thomas.
Gravity’s Rainbow.
New York: Viking, (1973)
Thick 8vo, publisher’s salmon cloth, minor smudging to joints; dust jacket, price-clipped first edition. First edition, first issue dust jacket with the [I]SBN lettered in white over red on the rear panel, and publisher’s date code 0273 on lower front flap.
Estimate
$600 – $900
250
Rand, ayn.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House, (1957)
Thick 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered green cloth with spine label, faint mottling to rear board and top half of front board; first issue dust jacket with 10/57 printed on lower front flap, unclipped, a few soft creases, thin line of toning to top of flaps; small stains to front and rear endpapers; custom clamshell box. First edition, stated first printing, in bright, unrestored dust jacket.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
251
Rand, ayn.
We the Living.
New York: Macmillan, 1936
8vo, publisher’s tan cloth stamped in blue, slight lean; dust jacket, front flap price-clipped and with two additional excisions including bottom of flap with a few letters of imprint lost, old yellowed cellotape repairs along two folds over closed tears, fold corners chipped with associated creasing, scattered abrasions and dust soiling; contents clean. First edition of Rand’s first book published in America; in the scarce dust jacket.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
252
Rand, ayn.
We the Living.
London: Cassell and Company, 1940
8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, spine lettered in red, corners bumped, spine lightly sunned; dust jacket, spine panel darkened with large chip to bottom portion, more chips along top edges, several punctures, flap folds with tears, dust soiling. Seventh English edition, inscribed by Rand on the front flyleaf: “To Linda - with love and admiration - Ayn November 3, 1942” [With:] Who Is Ayn Rand? Branden, Nathaniel (with a biographical essay by Barbara Branden). 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, spine silver- and gilt-stamped, few spots to front and rear covers; dust jacket, dust soiling, tips of spine panel with shallow chips and closed tears, folds rubbed, small nicks to fold corners. NY, 1962. First edition, inscribed by the author “To Linda Lynneberg - With best wishes - Nathaniel Branden 10/25/62” and additionally with Barbara Branden’s signature below. The recipient of both books was Linda Lynneberg, also known as Aslaug Lynneberg, a Danish-American lifelong friend to Rand.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
253
Rose, joel and texier, catherine (eds.).
Between C and D.
New York, 1984-1990
Group of 15 (of 18) issues. Volume 1, Nos 1-4; Vol. 2, Nos 1-4; Vol. 3, No 2; Vol. 4, Nos 1-3; Vol 5, Nos 1 and 3; Vol. 6, No 1. 4to, continuous perforated computer self-wraps, printed in color and black-and-white offset ink; original plastic re-sealable bags as issued. Contains multiples and photographic plates and reproductions of 1980s avant-garde art and innovative downtown NYC writing including cover art and the scarce offset lithographed poster by David Wojnarowicz and Marion S (425x550 mm, 16 ¾x21¾ inches) in Vol 1, no. 4 (often lacking); other cover art by Barbara Kruger, Kiki Smith, Art Spiegelman et al. Contributors include Kathy Acker, Bruce Benderson, Anthony Bourdain, Dennis Cooper, Susan Daitch, Gary Indiana, Tama Janowitz, Patrick McGrath, Lynne Tillman, David Foster Wallace, and many others. Near complete run.
With: Fiction Network. 9 issues. Saddle-stitched wrappers. San Franciso, 1986-1990.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
254
Schulberg, budd.
Waterfront.
New York: Random House, (1955)
8vo, publisher’s off-white cloth, spine lettered in brown and black; unclipped dust jacket, some laminate separation as often found. First edition, flirtatiously inscribed by the author on front endpaper, “For Nancy - / Not only a super / press agent, but my / secret love. Only now, the / secret is out. / Onward & thanks - / Budd S. / Southampton campus, L.I.U., 5/12/90.” Schulberg wrote the 1954 Academy Award-winning screenplay for On The Waterfront which won Best Picture and seven other Oscars. Uncommonly nice copy with a delightful inscription.
Estimate
$500 – $750
255
Scott, sir walter.
Ivanhoe; A Romance.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820
3 volumes. Half-titles. 8vo, 19th century ½ black calf over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments with morocco lettering pieces, light rubbing/abrading to joints, spine tips, and corners, boards slightly scuffed; ownership signatures to preliminary blanks, minor foxing to front and end matter. First edition, with pp. 159-306 in vol. 1 misnumbered 151-298; all half-titles present; “Advertisement” leaf in first volume; without publisher’s advertisements at rear of third volume. Worthington 8.
Estimate
$500 – $750
256
Shapiro, julian [sanford, john.]
The Water Wheel.
8vo, publisher’s green cloth, spine gilt-lettered, slightly skewed, light spine fade; dust jacket, spine panel faded with chipping to head and foot with no letters lost, fold corners also chipped, short closed tears; age-toning to endpapers. First edition, in the very scarce, and unrestored, dust jacket. Shapiro’s first novel and the only one to bear his real name. Henceforth all his books would be published under the name John Sanford. In the 1950s his career as a Hollywood screenwriter was thwarted when he was among those blacklisted after he refused to testify in the Senator McCarthy-led HUAC hearings. A friend of Nathanael West, Shapiro/Sanford went on to write more than 20 novels, and is now considered to be among the unjustly neglected figures of post-war American letters.
Estimate
$600 – $900
257
Steinbeck, john.
Of Mice and Men.
New York: Covici-Friede, (1937)
8vo, publisher’s beige cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black and orange, spine leaning; dust jacket retaining $2.00 price, spine panel darkened with scratches and chipping to head and foot, further chips to bottom of front panel, two small tape mends to verso; contents clean. First edition, first issue with “pendula” on page 9, and a bullet between the numbers on page 88. Goldstone & Payne A7.a.
Estimate
$600 – $800
258
Steinbeck, john.
Of Mice and Men.
New York: Covici-Friede, (1937)
8vo, publisher’s beige cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black and orange, spine toned; dust jacket retaining $2.00 price, spine panel darkened with small chip to head, minor dust soiling; few small spots to prelim margins; custom ½ morocco clamshell case. First edition, with Steinbeck’s signature on plain card mounted to front flyleaf, the first issue with “pendula” on page 9, and a bullet between the numbers on page 88. Goldstone & Payne A7.a.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
259
Steinbeck, john.
The Grapes of Wrath.
New York: Viking, (1939)
8vo, publisher’s pictorial tan cloth; unrestored dust jacket, corners clipped retaining $2.75 price, spine panel sunned, light edgewear with a few minor scrapes and creases; endpapers discolored from old binder’s glue as often seen; custom felt-lined cloth folding case with morocco spine label gilt. First edition, with Steinbeck’s signature on plain card laid down to half-title. Includes loosely inserted typed letter dated 19 March 1959 on plain paper (folded twice) from Steinbeck’s agents McIntosh & Otis, Inc., advising collector seeking his autograph the forwarding of the current signature. Goldstone & Payne A12.a.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
260
Stevenson, robert louis.
A Child’s Garden of Verses.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; New York: Charles Scribner’s, 1896
Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Small 8vo, contemporary full polished green calf by Bayntun, covers paneled in gilt, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, two morocco lettering pieces, all edges and turn-ins gilt; ownership signature, 1 page advertisement at end. First illustrated edition. Beautifully preserved, finely bound example.
Estimate
$500 – $750
261
Stout, rex.
And Be A Villian.
New York: Viking, 1948
8vo, publisher’s grey buckram stamped in red and green; unclipped dust jacket, spine panel faded with a few stray marks, crease to front panel, small stain to outer margin of front flap. First edition, inscribed by Stout in the year of publication: “11/5/48 For Roy W. Oppegard - with best wishes & regards - Rex Stout” in black ink on the front flyleaf.
Estimate
$500 – $750
262
Stout, rex.
Mr. Cinderella.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1938)
8vo, publisher’s red buckram stamped in black, slight lean; dust jacket, several tape repairs on verso, creasing and dust soiling, small chips to fold corners; front flyleaf with small bookseller’s label and ownership signature in pencil. First edition.
Estimate
$300 – $400
263
Stout, rex.
Seed on the Wind.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1930
8vo, publisher’s yellow cloth, spine decorated in blue, slight lean; dust jacket, short closed tears and small chips at fold corners, moderate dust soiling, few creases, two small tape repairs on verso; bookseller’s label on rear pastedown, light age-toning to endleaves. First edition of Stout’s second book.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
264
Thomas, dylan, et al.
Caravel. An American Quarterly published in Majorca, Spain.
Majorca: Caravel Press, 1934-36
Numbers 1-5. Edited by Sydney Salt, Jean Rivers, (and Charles Henri-Ford). 4to, publisher’s side-stapled printed wrappers, toning and finger-soiling with some chipping to backstrips, first number soiled with tape repairs and lacking rear wrap, staples rusted, ownership inscription to front wrap of four numbers. Evidently complete run of this literary journal with contributions by many of note including the first appearance in print of Poem (“Hold hard, these ancient minutes in the cuckoo’s month”) by Thomas that would appear in 25 Poems later that year. Also includes contributions by Blaise Cendrars, Kay Boyle, William Carlos Williams, Djuna Barnes, Nancy Cunard, among many others. Scarce survival.
Estimate
$500 – $750
265
Twain, mark.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885
Frontispiece and text illustrations by E.W. Kemble, photogravure plate of a portrait bust by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 1). 4to, publisher’s green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black, recased with original spine laid down, corners exposed, scattered surface blemishes; ownership signature, rear joint repaired tightly. First American edition, with the following first issue points: page [9] with “Decided”; page [13] illustration caption incorrect; and p. 57 (“with the was”). The other known points “are of no significance in determining the sequence of the printing of the sheets. All of these occur at random in relation to each other within copies of the first printing, a strong indicator of the use of multiple plates, and possibly mixed sheets within the collating process” (MacDonnell, Firsts, vol. 8, no. 7/8, 1998, p. 31). BAL 3415.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
266
Twain, mark.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884
Frontispiece and in-text illustrations. 8vo, original red cloth decorated in gilt and blind, cocked, scattered soiling, spine faded, mild fraying to spine tips; ownership inscription. First edition, preceding the American by a few days. Advertisements at end dated October 1884. Blanck’s state A of the sheets (no priority). BAL 3414.
Estimate
$500 – $750
267
Wallace, david foster.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1999
8vo, publisher’s black boards; dust jacket. First edition, signed by the author in black ink on the title above his printed name which he has crossed out. Fine copy in like jacket. [With:] Another copy. 8vo, publisher’s wrappers. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Fine.
Estimate
$400 – $600
268
Wallace, david foster.
Group of 7 First Editions.
New York/Boston, vd
8vo, publisher’s cloth (1 in wrappers); dust jackets as called for; near fine copies but for first. Comprising: The Broom of the System. Ex-library with two tape remnants on front and rear boards; removed labels from rear pastedown, ink stamp to top-edges. Unclipped crisp dust jacket spine panel lightly sunned and with small remnant of sticker on rear flap [And:] Girl With Curious Hair. 1989 [And:] Signifying Rappers. Trade paperback. 1990 [And:] Infinite Jest. First state jacket. 1996 [And:] Another copy. Second state jacket [And:] A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again. 1997 [And:] Oblivion. 2004.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
269
Wallace, david foster. mclaughlin, robert and haberstic, sara.
Remembering David Foster Wallace.
Normal, Il: Illinois State University English Department, 2008
8½ x 8 inches. Publisher’s saddle-stitched printed self-wrappers; DVD in sleeve, as issued. First and only edition of this 108-page booklet of remembrances by David Foster Wallace’s personal friends, including those who were fellow writers, assembled for a celebratory memorial gathering at Illinois State where Wallace taught for nearly a decade. Contributors include Richard Powers, Dave Eggers, Bradford Morrow, Rick Moody, Don DeLillo, Mary Caponegro, and others. The essays here show the wide range of close friendships the author had during his writing and personal life before he committed suicide on September 12, 2008. Issued in a very limited quantity to contributors, family, and friends only. Fine copy. Scarce.
Estimate
$600 – $900
270
Woolf, virginia.
A Room of One’s Own.
New York/London: The Fountain Press/The Hogarth Press, 1929
Tall 8vo, original gilt-lettered cinnamon cloth, spine and top 2 inches of front board sunned (rear board less so); contents clean. First edition, number 389 of 492 copies of the limited large-paper edition, signed by Woolf on the half-title. Kirkpatrick A12a.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
Art, Press & Illustrated Books
271
(arion press.) fitzgerald, f. scott.
The Great Gatsby.
San Francisco, 1984
Illustrations throughout the text by Michael Graves. Printed in black, red, and turquoise. Large 8vo, ½ cloth over pictorial boards, few small faint spots to front board, mild spine fade; original slipcase. One of 400 unnumbered copies signed by Graves.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
272
(arion press.) yeats, w. b. and diebenkorn, richard.
Poems of W.B. Yeats.
San Francisco, 1990
Selected and Introduced by Helen Vendler. 6 etchings by Richard Diebenkorn. 4to, publisher’s ¼ gilt-lettered red morocco over green cloth; original slipcase. Accompanied by “Yeats’s Paradises,” the text by Helen Vendler, sewn wrappers, limited to 350 copies. Number 170 of 426 copies signed by Diebenkorn. Superb copy.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
273
Boetti, alighiero and sauzeau-boetti, anne-marie.
Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world.
(Italy, 1977)
Text in Italian and English. Thick 8vo (8½ x 6 inches), original full red cloth, faint spine fade, small dent to bottom of fore-edge; contents clean. Limited edition, number 448 of 300 copies from a total edition of 500; presentation copy, signed by Boetti and Sauzeau-Boetti and inscribed “A Peter with big simpaty [?].” The limitation describes the various issues as 150 copies signed with embroidered covers (numbered 1-150), 300 [plain cloth as here] copies numbered 151-450, and 50 copies reserved for the authors numbered I to L. It is likely there were also a scant few unnumbered and H.C. copies produced. Monumental Arte Povera artists book begun in 1971. An unworkable taxonomy: the introductory text announces the virtual impossibility of achieving what the title purports to describe (“The criterion of length is the most arbitrary and ingenuous but still the most usually applied. Yet it is impossible to measure the length of a river because of the thousand perplexities raised by its flowing existence […]”). From the White Nile (6671 KM) to the Agusan (384 KM). Amman, Alighiero Boetti. Catalogo generale. Tomo secondo. Opere 1972-1979, Milan, 2012, No. 909, p. 270.
Estimate
$15,000 – $20,000
274
Camus, albert.
Oeuvres Completes.
Paris: Andre Sauret, 1962-1965
7 volumes. Copiously illustrated with lithographs by Garbel, Borès, Carzou, Pelayo, Masson, Guiramand, and Cavaillès. 4to, publisher’s printed wrappers, glassine; housed in ¼ morocco folders, light wear to joints; slipcases. Limited edition, ordinary issue, number 2227 of 5000. Fine copies.
Estimate
$300 – $400
275
(chagall, marc). lassaigne, jacques.
Chagall.
(Paris): Maeght Editeur, (1957)
9¼ x 8 inches. With 15 original lithographs, all but one in color, printed by Mourlot (four folding; total includes cover and frontispiece), additional color and monochrome reproductions. 4to, original stiff card wrappers with lithographed outer wrapper; publisher’s acetate dust jacket. First edition, second issue with the uncolored bouquet in the frontispiece. Fine, unblemished copy.
Estimate
$600 – $900
276
[china.] chiang, h. f.
A Collection of Shop Signs of China.
Peiping, China: The Bible Treasury, 1948
Numerous color illustrations throughout. Oblong 8vo, publisher’s blue sewn wrappers printed in gold, one corner chipped, ex-library copy with tape mend and location stickers on front wrap, verso abraded and with loss of paper from removed label, several pages with additional library marks. First edition.
Estimate
$300 – $400
277
Coignard, james. whitman, walt.
Song of the Broad Axe.
New York: Transworld Art, 1982
Verse by Whitman from Leaves of Grass. Folio album with 6 hand-colored etchings (full sheets, 29½ x 22½ inches) with collage and embossment, laid in loose as issued; housed in original light green cloth folding portfolio (few faint smudges). Limited edition, number 3 of 95 copies signed by the artist in pencil on the justification, from a total edition of 125.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
278
Crane, walter.
Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare’s Tempest.
London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1893
Printed by Duncan C. Dallas on his Dallastype Press. Title, limitation leaf, and 8 plates on tissue, each tipped to mat with lettered plate guard. Folio, unbound text leaves and plates loose in original gilt decorated ½ cloth folding case (front joint partly split, rear board with minor wear). First edition, number 426 of 650 copies signed by Crane and Dallas.
Estimate
$300 – $400
279
Delaney, joseph.
Artists of Today. Drawings by: Joseph Delaney.
New York: Universal Publishing Co., 1944
Illustrated with 14 full-page black and white reproductions. 8vo, original comb-bound stiff card boards, printed label mounted to front cover, tanned, light edge wear; clipping cellotaped to verso of front and rear boards. First edition, presentation copy signed and inscribed by the artist: “To Dean Huri the one from Joe Delaney.” Uncommon survival from the Harlem Renaissance-era artist.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
280
Derain, andre.
Odes Anacréontiques.
(Paris): Cercle Lyonnais du Livre, 1953
Translated by Leconte de Lisle. 50 lithographs by Derain printed in black. 11x7 ¼ inches (sheets), full margins. 4to, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, lightly toned; contents clean; publisher’s vellum-backed chemise; slipcase. Number 48 of only 70 copies numbered in Roman, from a total edition of 200. The last book with original plates by Derain published during his lifetime. The Artist & the Book 82; Rauch 41; Cailler 13.
Estimate
$350 – $500
281
(dulac, edmund, illus.) poe, edgar allan.
The Bells and other Poems.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]
28 tipped-in color plates by Dulac. 4to, publisher’s decorative vellum gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, covers bowed a bit, captioned tissue guards, silk ties; endpapers toned per usual. Number 458 of 750 copies, signed by Dulac..
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
282
Frankau, julia.
The Story of Emma, Lady Hamilton.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911
2 volumes. Illustrated with 30 color plates, the rest monochrome. Folio, original full vellum gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, boards bowed slightly; lettered tissue guards, errata slip tipped in, joints repaired, endsheets spotted. First edition, this copy out-of-series and lacking the author’s signature.
Estimate
$300 – $400
283
Giacometti, alberto and leclercq, léna.
Pomme Endormie.
(Paris): Marc Barbezat, (1961)
Portfolio with complete text and 8 lithographed plates by Giacometti. 310x245 mm; 12¼x9¾inches (sheet). 4to, original printed wrappers; glassine jacket, lightly tanned with tear and loss of small portion near spine head. Number 93 of 100 copies signed by the author and illustrator. [Lust 128-135].
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
284
(goble, warwick, illus.) james, grace.
Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1910
Title in red and black. Illustrated with color frontispiece, and 39 mounted full-page color plates with lettered tissue guards, by Goble. 4to, publisher’s full vellum gilt, occasional soiling, shelfwear, corners and spine tips bumped, silk ties lacking; top edges gilt, others uncut; hinges cracked but holding, endsheets foxed and toned. One of 500 copies of the Edition de Luxe.
Estimate
$300 – $400
285
Grasset, eugène.
La Plante et Ses Applications Ornementales. Series 1 and 2.
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux Arts, [1896]
Together, 2 volumes. Letterpress titles and a total of 144 (numbered 1-72 in each volume) hand-finished color lithographed botanical plates finely stylized in the Art Nouveau fashion, small paper slip laid down to Premiere Série title obscuring what appears to be misprint identifying this as Deuxième Série. Folio, 18x13 inches, loose as issued, usual marginal browing, occasional minor staining, lacking original portfolios; each housed in modern custom cloth portfolio, leather label gilt, silk ties.
Estimate
$7,000 – $10,000
286
(harrison, florence.) rossetti, christina.
Poems.
London: Blackie and Son, 1910
36 tipped-in color plates by Harrison with tissue guards, numerous additional smaller black and white illustrations and decorations throughout. 4to, publisher’s gilt-pictorial cream cloth, scattered staining, corners and spine tips bumped; front hinge cracked but holding, rear hinge tender, endpapers toned, ownership inscription. First trade edition with the Harrison illustrations.
Estimate
$300 – $400
287
Heinze, frieder and wegewitz, olaf.
Unaulutu. Steinchen im Sand.
Leipzig/West Berlin: Verlag Philipp Reclam/Galerie Brusberg, 1986
Artist’s book comprising 60 prints in various techniques, 8 drawings and 26 reproductions after drawings by Native peoples, various texts and several playing elements. Folio (approximately 50 x 40 cm), hinged portfolio, front cover brad-bound, incorporates various materials and in addition to the different printing techniques for the book there are also a wide variety of natural materials such as wood, reed, leather, rice grains and handmade paper. Reproductions of drawings by Karaja, notes by the two artists, a treatise on Indian myths of Lajos Boglár, an essay by Klaus Wegener, poetry by the Quechuas of Peru and Chief Seattles speech ‘We are a part of the earth.’ Housed in original printed cardboard box and printed burlap bag. Number 106 of 110 copies, signed by Heinze and Wegewitz. An exceedingly elaborate and ingenious production.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
288
(janus presse.) goethe, [johann wolfgang von].
Roemische Elegien.
(Leipzig, 1907)
Printed in red and black. Woodcut initials by Walter Tieman. 8vo, original full vellum, gilt titles, scattered spotting, bowed; portion of removed label on front pastedown. One of 150 unnumbered copies.
Estimate
$500 – $750
289
(kelmscott press.) caxton, william.
The Golden Legend.
Hammersmith, (1892)
3 volumes. Lettering designed by William Morris; wood-engraved illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. Large 4to, contemporary gilt-decorated full vellum by Morley with central coat-of-arms device, boards slightly bowed, light, scattered soiling, top edges gilt; endpapers foxed. Notice to the binder laid in. One of 500 sets. The Golden Legend was to be the Press’s first work but because of its length and production problems, Morris was forced to publish several shorter volumes before it was completed. Peterson A7.
Estimate
$3,500 – $4,500
290
(kelmscott press.) cockerel, sydney and morris, william.
Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century.
(Hammersmith, 1897 [1898])
Printed in red and black. Thirty-five reproductions of woodcuts (selected from books in Morris’ private library) printed on twenty-three leaves, rectos only. 4to, original Holland-backed blue paper boards, corners bumped, mild soiling, uneven toning on rear board; publisher’s slip announcing closing of the press laid in. Limited to 225 unnumbered copies on paper. Peterson A49.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
291
Lane, edward william (trans.).
The Thousand and One Nights; Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.
London: Charles Knight & Co., 1839, 1840, 1841
3 volumes. Profusely illustrated with wood-engraved title pages and hundreds of vignettes by William Harvey. Tall 8vo, bound in full citron morocco by Riviere, tooled and decorated in gilt, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, all edges gilt; inner dentelles, armorial bookplate of American surgeon John Taylor Bottomley laid down to front pastedowns. First edition thus in fine binding, bright and fresh copy.
Estimate
$400 – $600
292
(leger, fernand.) cendrars, blaise.
Le Fin du Monde filmée par l’Ange N.-D. Roman.
Paris: Editions de la Sirène, 1919
Pochoir cover design and 22 color stenciled plates by Léger (3 are double-page). 4to, original wrappers and glassine overwrap, light edgewear with closed tear along backstrip; contents with occasional toning along fore-edges. The pochoirs printed by Ateliers de Richard, Paris. Number 576 of 1200 copies of Léger’s first illustrated book in color. Éditions de la Sirène was Jean Cocteau’s publishing house. Le Fin du Monde was the collaborative project by Léger, Cendrars, and Cocteau who were all engaged in filmmaking at the time of publication. “Compressing space in the Cubist manner, Leger invokes a sense of simultaneity with overlapping and repetitive geometric and alphabetic forms” (Castleman, A Century of Artist Books pp. 170-171). Cubist Prints/Cubist Books 64.
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,500
293
(limited editions club.) dodgson, charles lutwidge.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland * Through the Looking-Glass,
New York, 1932; 1935
and What Alice Found There. By Lewis Carroll. Together, 2 volumes. Illustrations by John Tenniel, re-engraved by Frederic Warde. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-decorated red and blue cloth, respectively, all edges gilt, scuffing to spine tips, spines lightly sunned; second title slipcased, in torn glassine and with tape ghosts to front and rear endpapers. Two limited editions signed by Alice Hargreaves, the original Alice who inspired the work. The first volume is number 1439 of 1500 copies also signed by the typographer/binder, Frederic Warde. Through the Looking-Glass is number 1221 and signed by Hargreaves only. Each signed copy of Alice’s Adventures is one of approximately 200 total copies signed by Hargreaves. This edition was commemorative of the centennial of Dodgson’s birth. Among the celebratory events was the visit of Alice Hargreaves to the United States and her book signing in New York at the age of 81–Cohen, pp 520-521.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
294
(limited editions club.) motherwell, robert and paz, octavio.
Three Poems.
New York, 1987
Printed in red and black. 27 lithographs by Motherwell. 547x458mm; 21½x18 inches (sheets). Folio, publisher’s cloth with mounted lithograph, light soiling to small portion of rear cover; original clamshell box. Number 385 of 750 copies signed by Paz and Motherwell.Motherwell and Paz were close friends and often dedicated works to each other. This collaboration arose from a visit by Motherwell to Mexico in 1967. The folio was first published in 1981-82. The present edition comprises texts in Spanish and English printed in two colors on Arches paper; the richly printed lithographs were executed at Trestle Editions in New York. Belknap 354-380.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
295
(maillol, aristide.) longus.
Daphnis and Chloe.
London: A. Zwemmer, 1937
52 woodcuts and 4 illustrated initials printed in bistre by Maillol throughout the text. 8vo, full vellum with gilt-lettered spine, boards bowed with light tanning and scattered minor soiling; contents with intermittent foxing. First English edition. Number 6 of 250 copies signed by Maillol. Together with a suite of 53 woodcut illustrations (moderate to heavy foxing) laid in loose in printed paper portfolio within a separate vellum-backed portfolio, both housed in calf-edged board slipcase (defective).
Estimate
$500 – $750
296
Mané-katz, emmanuel.
Douze Lithographies pour Stempeniou de Cholem Aleikheim.
(Printed in France by Mourlot Freres): Boston Book and Art Shop, (1966)
Five uncolored illustrations, and twelve colored lithographs (27½ x 20¾ inches), laid in loose as issued in the publisher’s cloth portfolio (dampstain to bottom of front and rear covers, not effecting contents), cloth flaps and ties. One of 300 copies on grand velin d’Arches paper, this copy out-of-series and designated “Exemplaire H.C.”
Estimate
$500 – $700
297
Martin, agnes.
Paintings and Drawings 1974-1990.
Amsterdam, 1990
The complete set of 10 lithographs printed on vellum transparency paper, printed by Lecturis, Eindhoven and published by Nemela & Lenzen GmbH, Monchengladback and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (300 x 300 mm). Folio, sheets loose as issued with accompanying exhibition catalogue; original grey cloth folding case with pocket containing pamphlet. Edition of 2500. Minimal evidence of handling.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
298
Matisse, henri.
Poèmes de Charles d’Orléans.
(Paris): Tériade, 1950
406x264 mm; 16x10 inches (sheet). With complete text and 54 color lithographs hors-texte and numerous en-texte illustrations. Folio, original printed wrappers, glassine (torn); contents loose as issued; cardboard folding box. Signed by Matisse in pencil and numbered 1193 on the justification from an edition of 1200.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
299
Matisse, henri.
Verve, Volume IX, Numbers 35 and 36.
Paris: printed by Mourlot, published by Éditions de la Revue Verve, 1958
Volume with complete text and 28 lithographs printed in colors after Henri Matisse (some double-page or folding). 356 x 261 mm; 14 x 10¼ inches, sheets. Folio, publisher’s printed paper-covered pictorial orange boards, spine detached, retained in two pieces, joints still secure, corners bumped with exposure, shelfwear to edges; very good impressions with strong colors.
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,500
300
Miro, joan and prévert, jacques.
Adonides.
Paris: Maeght, 1975
395x335 mm; 15½x13¼ inches (sheets). Portfolio with complete text and 44 en-texte and 1 hors-texte double-page color etchings with aquatint, full margins, loose as issued, within the original Auvergne paper wrappers, light offsetting to preliminaries, else quite clean and bright; publisher’s cloth clamshell box. One of 200 numbered copies, from a total edition of 225. Signed in pencil by the artist and in red pencil by the publisher, and numbered 32 in red pencil on the justification, and with the hors-texte double-page aquatint with etching signed by Miro and numbered 32/200 in pencil. As Prévert died before production was finished his signature appears in facsimile. Dupin 878-925; Cramer books 203.
Estimate
$7,000 – $10,000
301
Miro, joan.
Lithographs.
Vp, vd
Volumes I-IV. With 11 original lithographs in volume I, 11 original lithographs in volume II, 5 original lithographs in volume III, 5 original lithographs in volume IV; and numerous reproductions of the artist’s lithographs, many in color. 4to, publishers cloth; pictorial dust jackets (first vol. with crease and small serration on rear panel), acetate jacket and wraparound band on last three vols.; vols. II and III slipcased. Vol. I, NY, 1972; Vol. II, NY, 1975; Vol. III, Paris, 1977; Vol. IV, Paris, 1981. Limited editions in English. Volumes I-III each one of 5000 numbered copies (vol. II out-of-series), volume IV one of 4000 numbered copies
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
302
(performing arts.) gozzi, carlo and nivinsky, i.i.
Printsessa Turandot.
Moscow & Petrograd: Gosizdat, 1923
Teatral’no-tragicheskaii kitaiskaia skazka v 5 aktakh. [Princess Turandot. A Dramatic Tragic Chinese Tale in 5 Acts]. 2 full-page photographic portraits of Vakhtangov, 22 black-and-white and 12 color full-page plates, with tissue guards, and many smaller illustrations in the text, showing photographs of the production and sketches for costumes and scenery by I.I. Nivinskii. Folio, original printed wrappers, unevenly toned, edgewear with short tears and chips, spine with head chipped and bottom 1 ½ inches perished, dampstaining on covers bleeding into front and end matter not affecting text or plates. First edition of this commemorative account of Vakhtangov’s famous production of Turandot at the Moscow Arts Theatre. He never got to see the actual production as he fell terminally ill at the time it opened and could only direct a few performances from his hospital bed. Compton, 106; Hellyer 134; Rowell & Wye 493.
Estimate
$500 – $750
303
Picasso, pablo.
Guernica.
New York: Abrams, 1990
24-page illustrated introduction and commentary by Marie-Laure Bernadac. 42 color facsimiles of the studies by Picasso on paper, each mounted within 31 folio-sized mats, some images matted singly, other mats containing two images. Elephant folio, contents loose as issued, housed within original clamshell box with color pictorial label laid down to front cover. Fine copy of the first English language edition and the first appearance of the reunion of Picasso’s preliminary sketches on paper for Guernica, printed by the Akademische Druck und Verlagsanstalt in Graz, Austria. With commentary by Bernadac, Curator of the Picasso Museum, Paris. One of 1000 unnumbered copies.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
304
Pucci, emilio.
The Art of Emilio Pucci.
Fribourg/New York: Transworld Art, (1974)
Folio album with complete set of 6 lithographs in colors (full sheets, 650 x 460 mm), laid in loose as issued, hlaf-title, title, and colophon; original woven silk covered portfolio. Deluxe issue, XV of XXV copies on Japon, from a total edition of 175.
Estimate
$400 – $600
305
(rackham, arthur.) lamb, charles and mary.
Tales from Shakespeare.
London and New York, 1909
13 tipped-in color plates and illustrations by Rackham. 4to, publisher’s gilt-stamped cream cloth with ties (frayed), top edges gilt, others uncut, corners bumped, few dents to top of front board, faint toning to rear board; mottled ink staining to endpapers, Elisha Rhodes Brown bookplate to front pastedown. Large paper deluxe edition. Number 435 of 750 copies signed by Rackham and containing the “Puck” plate not found in the trade edition.
Estimate
$600 – $900
306
Ray, man.
Man Ray Photographs 1920-1934 Paris.
Hartford, CT and New York: James Thrall Soby and Random House, (1934)
Text in French and English. Illustrated with 104 heliogravures. 4to, publisher’s comb-bound pictorial wrappers, two diagonal creases at upper outer corner of front wrap, mild edgewear, plastic rings and backing chipped at head and foot with some corresponding separation of perforated wrapper; ownership signature to title-page, else contents quite clean. Very scarce first issue of the first edition, without the “Second Edition” label on the copyright page. With contributions by André Breton, Paul Eluard, Marcel Duchamp (written under his famous pseudonym “Rrose Selavy”) and Tristan Tzara. Roth 80; Auer 210.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
307
Rockwell, norman.
Poor Richard’s Almanack, Seven Signed Color Lithographs Based Upon Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac.
Seven color lithographs (approximately 25½ x 19½ inches), signed and numbered, pulled at Atelier Mourlot, Paris: “Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia,” “The Drunkard,” “Ben’s Belles,” “The Village Smithy,” “Ye Olde Print Shoppe,” “The Golden Age,” and “The Royal Crown” laid loose as issued in original gilt-stamped grey cloth clamshell case (spine with bolthole), along with title, limitation, captioned sheets (The Royal Crown with duplicate), and publisher’s printed slip and prospectus. Number 144 of 200 copies, each lithograph signed and numbered by Rockwell. Fine.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
308
(rogers, bruce.) homer.
The Odyssey.
(London), 1932
[Translated by T. E. Lawrence.] 26 black-on-gold roundels by Bruce Rogers in the style of ancient Greek vase paintings. Small folio, original gilt-lettered black niger, top edges gilt, small scratch to head and foot of spine; publisher’s prospectus and order slip laid in, pastedowns toned along edges, Robert Ludwig Mond and Nathan of Churt armorial bookplate on front pastedown and facing blank. One of 530 copies of the first Lawrence edition, and with a hand-written full-page letter by Lawrence (30 December 1929, recto only, mailing folds, with original envelope) to binder Sutcliffe regarding his fondness for blank books, and, notably, makes mention of working on the present translation; tipped to blank prelim. Bruce Rogers commissioned the translation, designed the book, and privately published it together with Sir Emery Walker and Wilfred Merton. A bright, near fine copy.
Estimate
$7,000 – $9,000
309
Torres-garcia, joaquin.
La ciudad sin nombre.
Montevideo: Asociacion de Arte Constructivo, 1941
150 x 110 mm. Illustrated throughout and reproducing the author’s manuscript. 12mo, original decorated card wrappers, scattered soiling and spotting, chip to spine foot, old tape mends to front joint; front hinge with tissue paper repair, contents browned, advertisement tipped to front free endpaper as issued, Florio Parpagnoli ownership stamp on three pages; housed in custom cloth box. First edition, presentation copy with signed gift inscription by Torres-Garcia to Uruguayan architect Parpagnoli.
Estimate
$400 – $600
310
Wain, louis and thomson, hugh, et al.
A Book of Drawings.
London: Privately Printed for Mr. & Mrs. F.T. Davies, 1891
17 illustrations, tipped in on India paper, signed in pencil by each of the artists, with the exception of that of Joseph Pennell; his pencil signature on a separate sheet laid down below the drawing, as issued. Folio, publisher’s gilt decorated limp vellum; cloth chemise and slipcase. Large Paper edition. Number 77 of 100 copies signed by the publisher.
Estimate
$400 – $600
311
Warhol, andy.
Andy Warhol’s Index (Book).
New York: Random House, (1967)
With the assistance of Stephen Shore, Paul Morrissey, Ondine, and Nico. Factory photographs by Billy Name. Profusely illustrated. 4to, publisher’s ¼ black cloth-covered boards with holographic Brillo cover label, fingersoiling, minor rubbing; front hinge tender; first gathering loose, a few others separating. Pop-ups and moveables mostly present and in working order (exceptions noted): Pop-up castle; Accordion noisemaker; Bi-plane; Chelsea Girls circular ad on spring; Geodesic paper “balloon” on string (detached but present, rubber band inside balloon, seal broken as usual with small loss to bottom margin of opposite page); Velvet Underground disc (still attached); Rainbow nose fold-out; Hunt’s Tomato Paste pop-up; Andy Warhol perforated tabs (lacking several); and Balloon degraded as usual resulting in the pages now glued together about one-third way out from gutter with some bleed through to following leaves. Inscribed by Warhol Superstar Mario Montez on their photo portrait:“Love / for Fred / from / Mario Montez.” Montez (née René Rivera) was an important performer in the early New York underground film scene, appearing in, among others, Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures apart from the numerous screen credits in Warhol’s films. An excellent association.
Estimate
$600 – $900
312
Warhol, andy.
Reigning Queens.
Amsterdam: George Mulder, (1985)
Color plates of various queens including Beatrix of The Netherlands, Margrethe of Denmark, and Ntombi of Swaziland. Thin oblong 4to, publisher’s white wrappers, 2½ inch narrow dampstain along bottom edges of front wrap near backstrip, internally fine. Limited edition, number 3335 of 5000 copies.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
313
Wright, frank lloyd.
Buildings, Plans and Designs.
New York: Horizon Press, [1963]
100 plates of drawings and plans by Wright, with text booklet by William Wesley Peters, all loose as issued in cloth and boards portfolio (silk tie broken, stains and scratches). Number 200A of 2600 copies.
Estimate
$500 – $750
314
Wright, frank lloyd.
Selected Drawing Portfolio.
New York: Horizon Press, [1980]
With two-page descriptive text on one folding folio sheet and 50 mounted loose plates in glassine sleeve. Folio, approximately 20¾ x 15 inches. Housed in original folding cloth clamshell box with bone ties, printed paper folding cases, within original cardboard box with pull-off lid and printed paper label on front. Number A655 of 700 copies. The New York issue of vol. 2 of the 3 volume set.
Estimate
$500 – $750
315
Wyeth, andrew. (meryman, richard).
Andrew Wyeth.
Boston: Gambit, Incorporated, 1969
Profusely illustrated with examples of Wyeth’s work. Oblong large folio, publisher’s ¼ blue seude over oatmeal cloth-covered boards, all edges gilt; original cloth clamshell box and publisher’s plain cardboard shipping box. Limited edition, number 59 of 300 copies signed by Wyeth. Fine copy.