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Autographs: Americana
1
Benjamin, judah p.
Partly-printed Document Signed, “J.P. Benjamin,” ordering E. Livingston and Henry Whatley Tyler to pay $500 to John Collinson
[London], 21 June 1880
[thereby repaying a loan used to purchase the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad (AMOR)]. Printed and accomplished in purple ink. 1 page, oblong 8vo; small hole at left edge (not affecting text), folds.
With–15 related documents: 14 partly-printed documents signed by Henry Whatley Tyler and others, each ordering payment to John Collinson in amounts between $500 and $2,000. Each 1 page, oblong 8vo. [London], 29 April-3 May 1880 • Letter from manufacturer William Brown to Mr. Rost in New York, withdrawing from the AMOR purchasing agreement and giving reimbursement details. 1 page, oblong 8vo, memorandum form. Glasgow, 6 April 1880.
Following the Panic of 1873, the AMOR began to encounter financial difficulties, eventually resulting in the Railroad’s defaulting on its debt payments to John Collinson and other English investors and ending up in receivership.
Estimate
$400 – $600
Compiling First Official Record of Birth of U.S.: "American Archives"
2
Calhoun, john c.
Autograph Letter Signed, “J.C. Calhoun,” as Senator, to Secretary of State John Forsyth (“Dear Sir”),
“Fort Hill” [Clemson, SC], May 1838
introducing the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives [Matthew St. Clair] Clarke, and encouraging him to assist in Clarke’s project to compile the records of the colonies up to the adoption of the Constitution. 1¼ pages, 4to, with integral address leaf; faint bleedthrough, folds.
“I take the liberty of introducing . . . Mr. Clarke, . . . whose object in visiting Columbia is to inspect the early records of the State with the view of publishing a documentary record of the State, with the other States, to the period of the adoption of the Federal Constitution. . . .”
Together with Peter Force, Matthew St. Clair Clarke compiled records from the early American government into a 9 volume book, published in Washington by Congress between 1837 and 1853: American Archives: Consisting of a Collection of Authentick Records, State Papers, Debates, and Letters and Other Notices of Publick Affairs, the Whole Forming a Documentary History of the Origin and Progress of the North American Colonies; of the Causes and Accomplishment of the American Revolution; and of the Constitution of Government for the United States, to the Final Ratification Thereof.
Estimate
$200 – $300
3
(civil war.) ewing jr., thomas.
Three Autograph Letters, one Signed, to Generals John McAllister Schofield or John McNeil, in pencil, retained drafts, concerning troop movements.
“Diamond Spring” [Diamond, MO?]; “Camp on Grove Creek” [Carthage, MO], 21 October; “Diamond Grove” [Diamond, MO?], 26 October [1863]
The first, “Thomas Ewing Jr / Brig Gen,” reporting that General McNeil at Sarcoxie declined assistance, that a scouting party has yet to report, that General McNeil now requests a march to Elkhorn in order to meet tonight, and that his own force numbers 350 infantry, 700 cavalry, two small rifled guns and two howitzers. The second, to McNeill, conveying the report of a scouting party that [Colonel Joseph O.] Shelby’s force was spotted moving South near Pineville on Sunday night, and promising to march through Neosho toward Huntsville once supplies are received. The third, confirming receipt of report that enemy of 1,000 fled Huntsville upon approach of McNeil, reporting that he and others including 450 troops under Colonel [William] Weer are headed to Fort Scott, promising to send portion of 11th Missouri to Cassville, and to telegraph tomorrow concerning other troops. Together 3 pages, 4to or 8vo, folds, docketing on verso, the second with marked dampstaining and loss to several words of text at left edge.
With–Retained copies of correspondence in the hands of secretaries from Lt. Col. John T. Burris, Asst. Adj. Gen. C.G. Laurant, Captain William Meredith, Lieut. D.K. Steele, mostly concerning troop movements. Together 4 pages, 4to or smaller. Vp, [1863].
Estimate
$300 – $400
4
(civil war.) grant, ulysses s.
Signature and rank, “U.S. Grant / L[ieutenan]t Gen U.S.A.,”
Np, [1863-66]
on a slip of paper. 3¼x4½ inches; slight toning overall.
Estimate
$300 – $400
5
(civil war.) sickles, daniel.
Partly-printed Document Signed, “D. Sickles,”
“Camp Scott” [Staten Island], 1861
visitor’s pass. 2x3¼ inches; faint scattered soiling.
On June 7, 1861, an article published in the New York Times entitled “The Sickles Brigade Encampment” gave readers directions to–and described the grounds of–the Union Army camp of the Excelsior Brigade on Staten Island as if it were a vacation destination: “situated on a nearly level plateau in full view of the ocean, from which a delicious and bracing breeze constantly furnishes food for healthy lungs.”
Estimate
$100 – $200
6
Clay, henry.
Autograph Letter Signed, “H. Clay,” to Representative George Corbin Washington (“My Dear Sir”),
Np, 13 May 1836
declining to accept his invitation to dine due to his son’s illness. ¼ page, 8vo, with (detached) integral address leaf, pale green paper; moderate uneven toning along left edge, few short closed separations at folds.
Estimate
$100 – $200
"They Ought to Defend Themselves...Without Employing A...Worthless Negro"
7
Clay, henry.
Autograph Letter Signed, “H. Clay,” to Representative Joshua Reed Giddings (“My dear Sir”),
“Ashland” [Lexington, KY], 16 May 1846
sending newspaper articles [not present] concerning fugitive Lewis Richardson, claiming that the allies of [abolitionist attorney James G.] Birney not only attempted to defend their conduct by publishing Richardson’s vilification of Clay, but are also responsible for the annexation of Texas and the war with Mexico. ¾ page, 4to; short closed tear near lower edge, paper clip stain at upper edge, minor loss to lower left corner, folds, docketing verso.
“Prompted by the desire to retain the good opinion which you have done me the honor to entertain of me, I send . . . documents in relation to the fugitive Slave Lewis Richardson.
“You will have seen the use which has been attempted to be made of him. Those partizans of Mr. Birney who, by their course at the last Presidential election, contributed, first to the annexation of Texas, and, lastly, to a War with Mexico, may feel that their conduct needs some defense; but I think they ought to defend themselves, if they can, without employing a drunken worthless negro to vilify me.”
On May 13, 1846, Lewis Richardson (b. 1792) delivered a speech at Amherstburg, Canada (where slavery was abolished in 1836), after having escaped over 8 years of enslavement at the Ashland estate of Henry Clay. The speech, published in March and April of that year in the Signal of Liberty and other abolitionist newspapers, described the abuse and deprivations that Richardson suffered at Ashland. Clay denied Richardson’s claims, suggesting that abolitionists were exploiting the escape to advance their political aims.
Clay ran as the Whig candidate in the 1844 U.S. presidential election, losing to Democrat James K. Polk. Abolitionist and Liberty Party candidate James G. Birney also ran in the contest, receiving less than 3% of the votes. Clay believed that the attacks of the abolitionists against him contributed to his loss, which allowed Polk and his supporters to proceed with their program to annex Mexico, which in turn brought about the Mexican-American war.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
8
Clinton, dewitt.
Partly-printed Document Signed, granting 307 acres in Essex County to Anthony J. Blanchard.
Albany, 26 December 1822
Countersigned by Attorney General Samuel A. Talcott. 16x20 inches; small holes at fold intersections, faint scattered foxing and offsetting, paper seal intact.
Estimate
$100 – $200
9
Clinton, george.
Group of 4 partly-printed Documents Signed, “Geo:Clinton,” as Governor, each a military commission for Anthony James Blanchard, or a land grant.
Albany or New York, 1789-93
Each countersigned by Deputy Secretary Robert Harpur or Secretary of State Lewis A. Scott. Each 8x12½ inches with integral blank, or 14x20½ inches; moderate scattered foxing and offsetting, some separations at folds repaired verso with tissue, docketing or endorsement on verso, most lacking paper or pendent seal, 1789 document with some chipping at lower edge.
Albany, 13 June 1789, appointing Ensign in the New York City militia.
6 April 1790, appointing Captain in militia in Washington County.
27 February 1790, granting 500 acres in Clinton County to Nathaniel Earl.
1 November 1793, appointing Inspector in militia in Washington County.
Anthony James Blanchard (1768-1853) was an attorney practicing in Salem, NY, who was appointed in 1796 assistant attorney general for the district by John Jay, and, in 1810, became first judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Washington County.
Estimate
$300 – $400
10
Dix, john a.
Signature, on an engraved bust portrait
Np, nd
by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing. 8x6 inches; faint scattered foxing.
Estimate
$100 – $200
11
Duane, james.
Vellum Document Signed, “Ja’sDuane,” as Mayor, granting an attorney’s license to Anthony James Blanchard.
New York, 29 April 1789
1 page, 8x14 inches; deep vertical folds, faint scattered staining, red wax seal cracked with 30% loss, oath of allegiance on verso.
Estimate
$100 – $200
12
Hardee, william j.
Photograph Signed, “W.J. Hardee / . . . Com[man]d[an]t [of] Cadets,”
Np, circa 1859
half-length portrait showing him in uniform and gripping the handle of his sheathed sword. Signed on the mount, below the image. 7¼x5 inches (image), 11x9¼ inches overall; moderate scattered staining to mount (not affecting signature), minor scattered soiling to image affecting portrait, some cockling affecting image, mounted to verso is a photograph of similar size signed by Dennis Hart Mahan, showing Mahan in civilian attire.
With–Group of 8 leaves removed from an album, each with a photograph mounted to recto and some also to verso, each signed by a West Point graduate of the class of 1859, including Abraham K. Arnold, Robert F. Beckham, and Roderick Stone. 11x9¼ inches overall; most images and inscriptions affected by dampstaining, soiling, mold, abrasions, and/or other damage. Np, circa 1859.
Estimate
$600 – $900
13
Jay, john.
Partly-printed Document Signed, as Governor, military commission
Albany, 10 April 1798
appointing Benjamin McCaby Captain in the Regiment of Militia in Dutchess County. Countersigned by Deputy Secretary Jasper Hopper. 1 page, 10x16 inches, with fold along upper edge forming integral blank; small holes at fold intersections, faint scattered foxing and uneven toning, docketed vertically at left edge recto, paper seal mostly intact.
Estimate
$600 – $900
14
Livingston, john r.
Three Autograph Letters Signed, to Archibald Campbell, concerning the sale of a plot of his family lands,
New York, 18 March 1830; 27 December 1831; 4 January 1833
sending taxes owed [not present], expressing worry that the deed would not be executed in time, and explaining that Mr. Sterling had prevented Livingston’s check from being paid thereby endangering an agreement involving a land deed. Together 4 pages, tall 4to, written on three sheets, one with integral address leaf; faint scattered staining.
18 March 1830: “. . . I by no means wish to bind you in any way whatsoever, the manner in which I do business is totally different from taking advantage or of surprizing any one whatever in a Sale–and you may now consider yourself as divested of all promise on the Subject of this piece of Land. . . . [A]s to Astor’s title it Cannot be worth a Straw considering it having been a possession of my family upward of 100 years and of myself upwards of thirty. . . .”
John Robert Livingston (1755-1851) was the brother of first Chancellor of New York Robert Robert Livingston (1746-1813).
Estimate
$250 – $350
American Colonization Society Certificate
15
Madison, james.
Partly-printed Document Signed, “James Madison, Presid’t,” as President of the American Colonization Society,
Washington, nd
certifying membership in the Society for the Reverend Jonathan Crane. Countersigned by Secretary Ralph Randolph Hurley. 8x10 inches; faint scattered soiling, few minor creases, bold signatures.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
"I Congratulate on the Progress of the Constitution"
16
Marshall, john.
Autograph Letter Signed, “JMarshall,” to attorney Archibald Stuart, with a postscript additionally Signed, “JM.”
Np, 6 August 1788
The letter, reporting that he will be at Fauquier [County, VA] until the end of the month, requesting that he convey the enclosed [not present], offering congratulations on the progress of the ratification of the Federal Constitution, reporting a weaking of the opposition after the ratification by New York, expressing anxiety that the next assembly might do something foolish, and, in the postscript: “You must let us see you in October; if you do not I shall be able to give you a night. Mr. Madison wrote to me that he wou[l]d . . . pay the money long ago for . . . this judgment . . . ag[ains]t Lock[h]art but he has deceiv[e]d me.” 2 pages, square 8vo, with integral address leaf; small hole with minor loss to signature, marked chipping at all edges with loss to few words of text, complete separations at folds inexpertly repaired with tissue on first page.
”. . . I congratulate on the progress of the constitution. The adoption by New York seems to have given the finishing blow to opposition. The Antis hereabout hang their ears . . . . Yet I am afraid the next [as]sembly will do some foolish thing on the subject. Tis pity that so many of the clever fellows of the former assemblies have deserted this.”
On July 26, 1788, the Convention of the State of New York met in Poughkeepsie and voted 30 to 27 in favor of ratifying the Federal Constitution.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
Colonial Governor of New York
17
Moore, henry.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “H:Moore,” as Governor, witnessing the grant by King George III of 200 acres in Albany County to Duncan Stuart.
New York, 7 May 1767
11¾x19 inches; moderate scattered offsetting, faint foxing at folds, docketing verso, pendent wax seal cracked (but attached and mostly intact).
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
18
Oakley, annie.
Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “Compliments,”
Np, nd
full-length portrait by Gray Photo showing her wearing numerous medals arrayed across her chest and holding her rifle. Inscribed diagonally in the image, lower right. 9x7¼ inches; mounted to larger board, inscription in black ink written across partly dark background.
Estimate
$3,500 – $5,000
19
(revolutionary war.) heath, william.
Brief Letter Signed, “WHeath,” to Jonathan Lawrence and Co.:
“Highlands [Department],” 5 March 1782
“Enclosed you will find [a] copy of a list of provisions [not present], &c &c &c &c which are allowed to officers and others in the Service, handed me from the war office the day before yesterday.” 1 page, tall 4to; complete separations at horizontal folds repaired with cello tape verso, docketing on verso.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
20
(revolutionary war.) heath, william.
Brief Letter Signed, “WHeath / MGeneral,” to Deputy Quartermaster Hugh Hughes:
“Highlands [Department],” 13 May 1782
“Please deliver to Mr. Daniel Carthy Assistant Deputy Quartermaster Six common Tents for the use of the Garrison at Vesplan[c]ks & Stony Points.” 1 page, 6¾x9 inches; faint scattered foxing, two short closed tears at lower edge.
Estimate
$600 – $900
"My Country, Tis of Thee"
21
Smith, samuel francis.
Autograph Manuscript dated and Signed, “S.F. Smith,” complete fair copy of his hymn, “America.”
Np, 1879
1 page, 14¼x7¼ inches, ruled paper, written on three sheets joined together; marked marginal discoloration from prior matting, mounted at corners verso to larger sheet, separation at horizontal fold repaired verso with paper, faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
22
Wade, benjamin f.
Autograph Letter Signed, “B.F. Wade,” to “Dr Sch.,”
Jefferson, OH, 20 April 1844
thanking for a payment, remarking that Van [Buren?] is supporting Texas [annexation?] and that it will “send him to hell” [spoil his chances for a Democratic nomination in 1844 presidential election?], praising his letter concerning an article in the Cleveland Harold, hoping to learn more about [Whig presidential candidate Henry] Clay’s position on Texas [annexation], requesting a copy of [John Robert] Poinsett’s Army bill and [James Iver] McKay’s report on the tariff. 1 page, tall 4to; few short closed separations at folds, faint offsetting overall.
”. . . Whigery seems to be on the rise . . . . We think that Van will at last go for Texas. I hope he will, as it will send him to hell a little sooner than he would go the natural way. I have just read your reply to the Cleveland Herald. . . . I am glad you have used him up on it. I am anxious to know exactly how Clay & his friends stand upon the Texas question for if he wavers here he is lost. [I]n such an event I would oppose him if he were an Angel and so would most of his party here. . . .”
Estimate
$200 – $300
23
Webster, daniel.
Autograph Letter Signed, “D. Webster,” to Samuel Ayer Bradley,
Boston, 21 November 1806
sending a document indicating the amount to be collected from Mr. Simons [not present], requesting his help in improving the mood of Samuel Fessenden, describing a meeting with Counsellor Haines, praising Fessenden’s son, requesting that he convey to Bradley’s brother Robert that the commercial bank is not yet operational, citing a dispute between the directors, and requesting news about the success of the lottery business. 3 pages, 4to, with integral address leaf, written on a folded sheet; marked bleedthrough overall, toning at extreme edges, folds, docketed on address page.
”. . . I have just finished a long letter to Sam’l Fessenden . . . .
“I write in answer to a letter rec’d from him, in which I tho’t he manifested more low spirits than become him. I hope you do your best to put him up. You have done him much Service heretofore, & I doubt not the fountain of your heart is still unexhausted. . . .
“I wish to inform your Bro’ Robert that the Commerc’l Bank is not yet in operation. . . . [T]he Legislature when they made the charter, were so vigorous as to begat twins, for truly there are now, two sets of men, who call themselves the Commerc’l Bank Corporation. Each Set has its directors . . . . It is said the other Set will go into operation in a few months, & have it to the Superior Court to decide which is the real Bank. A novel spectacle, this. . . . I am, on the whole, inclined to the opinion that the Towne Bank will prevail. . . .”
Estimate
$300 – $400
24
Webster, daniel.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as Secretary of State,
Washington, 6 August 1842
granting a patent to Abram S. Valentine and Bellefonte Penn for their “Improvement in the construction of Steam boilers.” Countersigned by Commissioner of Patents Henry L. Ellsworth. With an ink and wash diagram on paper and an additional vellum leaf describing the improvement in detail. 4 pages, 15½x12 inches; damaged remnants of silk ribbon attached to first leaf, some cockling to upper portion of first leaf, folds, paper repairs to verso of drawing, minor dampstaining to lower edge of drawing, moderate foxing to final leaf overall, paper seal intact.
Estimate
$400 – $600
Petition to Reinstate NYC Auctioneer
25
Willett, marinus.
Signature, “M. Willett,” on a petition to the Council of Appointment for the State of NY, attesting to the character of James Smith and recommending
New York, 10 April 1792
that his vendue [auctioneer] license be reinstated. Additionally signed by Robert Troup, Martin Hoffman, Nicholas Gouveneur, John McVickar, Richard Yates, David Grim, and others. 1 page, folio; short closed separations at folds at all edges, minor loss to upper left corner, faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$350 – $500
General: Astronauts, World Leaders, Scientists, Entertainers & others
26
Andrews, julie.
Complete Playbill for the 1956 Broadway production of My Fair Lady Signed and Inscribed, “Sincerely,” on the front cover.
[New York, 1956]; inscription: Np, circa 1956
60 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple binding; faint uneven toning to front cover.
Estimate
$200 – $300
27
Arafat, yasser.
Time magazine cover Signed, in Arabic,
Np, [27 July 1979?]
at upper right. The cover, from the December 13, 1968 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Hector Garrido. Latin America Edition. 4to; folds.
Estimate
$200 – $300
28
(astronauts–apollo 9.) schweickart, russell l.
Color Photograph Signed, “Rusty Schweickart,”
Np, nd
half-length group portrait by NASA, showing him standing with the two other members of the Apollo 9 prime crew, David R. Scott and James A. McDivitt. Signed in the image, upper right. 8x10 inches; biography printed on verso.
Estimate
$300 – $400
29
(astronauts–apollo 10.)
Color Photograph Signed by each member of the prime crew: Gene Cernan * John Young * Tom Stafford.
Np, nd
Additionally inscribed by Stafford, “To Dave Miller / With our Best Regards–The Apollo X Crew.” The photograph, full-length portrait, showing the crew in their space suits with a Saturn V rocket on the launchpad in the background. Inscribed on the mount above and below the image. 9½x7 inches; moderate fading to photograph (but inscriptions relatively bold), faint dampstaining at lower edge (not affecting signature).
Estimate
$600 – $900
30
(astronauts–apollo 14.) roosa, stuart.
Color Photograph Signed, “Stuart A Roosa,” bust portrait by NASA, showing him with Apollo 14 emblem in background.
Np, nd
Signed in the image, lower left. 10x8 inches; biography printed on verso.
Estimate
$600 – $900
Died in Apollo 1 Launchpad Fire in 1967
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(Astronauts–Gemini 4.) White II, Edward Higgins.
Color Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To Linda, / with best wishes / for a bright / future. / Edward H. White II / Gemini 4, 3 June ‘65,”
Np, 3 June 1965
half-length portrait by NASA showing him in his space suit holding a model of the Gemini-Titan II rocket. Inscribed in the image, lower right. 10x8 inches; uncommonly good condition.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
"The Lunar Module...Is Best Understood by Studying...Newsweek, etc."
32
(astronauts.) armstrong, neil.
Autograph Letter Signed, to Brenda Ellenburg,
Houston, circa 1969
describing the color schemes of the space suit and lunar lander used in the Apollo 11 mission, explaining that no planning documents concerning the schemes are available, and directing her to the photographs reproduced in popular magazines and to the Apollo Program Office for further information. 2 pages, 8vo, “Manned Spacecraft Center” stationery, written on two sheets; moderate dampstaining at middle left and right touching one word of text, horizontal fold touching signature (without loss). With the original envelope, addressed in holograph and additionally signed in the return address (“Armstrong (CB)”).
“The space suit is plain white except for the connectors and insignia. The Lunar Module has a very complex color scheme of silver, black, and gold, which is best understood by studying the many excellent photographs that have been published in all the well known magazines (i.e., Life, Time, Newsweek, etc.) after the flights. No plans with the color schemes exist, I’m afraid. If you need additional detailed information I suggest you contact the Apollo Program Office at the address at the top of this page. . . .”
With–Newspaper clipping and color photographs concerning the parade float portraying the 1969 lunar landing built by Brenda Ellenburg and the other wives of St. Clair Shores, MI, police officers in the summer of 1970.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
33
(astronauts.) armstrong, neil.
Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To the Benson Family / With Best Wishes–,” half-length portrait by NASA,
Np, 1980s
showing him in space suit holding helmet with Moon in background. Signed diagonally in the image, lower right. 10x8 inches; biography printed on verso.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
34
(astronauts.) glenn, john.
Color Photograph Signed, full-length group portrait by NASA, showing the Mercury Seven standing in front of an F-106 aircraft.
Np, nd
Signed diagonally in the image, upper center. 8x10 inches; biographical information printed on verso.
With–Sticker showing the “Meatball” NASA logo, designed in 1959 by James Modarelli.
Estimate
$500 – $600
35
(astronauts.) glenn, john.
Color Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “Best regards / JAGlenn Jr,” bust portrait, showing him wearing a bow tie and a Mercury 7 lapel pin.
Np, nd
Inscribed in the image at lower left. 10x8 inches; short closed tear with minor loss affecting portrait at right edge.
Estimate
$250 – $350
36
(astronauts.)
Group of 4 color Photographs Signed, or Signed and Inscribed: Buzz Aldrin * Michael Collins * James Lovell * Frank Borman.
Np, nd
Each a half-length portrait by NASA except Borman’s, which is a full-length portrait showing Apollo 8 prime crew. Each signed or inscribed in the image. 10x8 inches; NASA biography printed on verso.
Aldrin. “To Raymond Lawing / with Best Wishes / Buzz Aldrin” • Collins. “MCollins” • Lovell. “To the Jensens / Best Wishes / James Lovell / Apollo 8, 13” • Borman. “Frank Borman.”
With–(John Glenn.) Typed letter bearing Autopen signature, to “Dear Mr. Benson & Family,” thanking them for encouragement in his public service career. 1 page, 4to, “United States Senate” stationery. Washington, 28 February 1977.
Estimate
$600 – $900
37
(aviators.) lindbergh, charles a.
Date and Signature, “C.A. Lindbergh,” written in blank margin below a half-length portrait of him
Np, 23 February 1928
printed on the frontispiece leaf removed from a copy of his book, We. 8x5 inches; owner’s inscription verso, faint scattered soiling.
With–Cover flown from Chicago to St. Louis in February of 1928, with ink stamp at lower right commemorating the flight and two 10-cent postage stamps at upper right cancelled on February 20, 1928. 4x9½ inches; return and recipient’s addresses cut out of the envelope.
Estimate
$400 – $500
38
(aviators.) zeppelin, ferdinand von.
Note Signed, “G[raf]v[on]Zeppelin,” to Stuttgart publishers Levy & Müller, in German, on a postcard (lacking postage),
Friedrichshafen, 2 November 1908
thanking them for sending 6 copies of his book, Zeppelins Kampf und Sieg, first published by them in 1908. The postcard, showing a photograph by Eduard Schwarz of the LZ 4 airship. Oblong 12mo; faint scattered staining. With the original envelope, addressed in unknown hand.
With–Photograph postcard from publisher Eric Levy to Gertie Levy, in German, hoping to find her healthy, mentioning his having rested in Zürich, etc. The photograph, by Wilhelm Pleyer showing a Zeppelin airship in the sky over Zürich. 12mo; cancelled 20-centime “Helvetia” postage stamp featuring Wilhelm Tell.
Estimate
$300 – $400
39
Begin, menachem.
Time magazine cover Signed, “M. Begin,” at middle left.
Np, circa 1982
The cover, from the September 20, 1982 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Daniel Bennett Schwartz. 4to; left edge irregularly trimmed, folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
Sharing thoughts on Eugenics with author of book on Consanguine marriage
40
Bell, alexander graham.
Three Typed Letters Signed, to George Byron Louis Arner,
“Beinn Bhreagh” [Baddeck, Nova Scotia], 27 November 1907; Washington, 14 February; 26 March 1908
encouraging his research into consanguine marriage, discussing his own research on the subject as it relates to deafness, remarking on the definition of ‘parents cousins’ as used in a census report, sending a copy of his own recent address on eugenics [not present], explaining that he cannot read Arner’s typescript, and inviting him to send the printed book when it is published. Each 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; chipping to upper and lower edges of first with minor loss to signature, paper clip stain at upper edge of second, folds.
27 November 1907: “. . . I hope you will continue your researches concerning the results of ‘Consanguineous Marriages’ as the whole subject is of immense importance.
“My studies have related chiefly to ‘Consanguineous Marriages’ in their relation to Deafness, and my data are on file in the Volta Bureau, For the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Relating to the Deaf . . . .”
14 February 1908: “. . . In regard to the term ‘parents cousins’ used in the Census Report of the Blind and the Deaf, I think we may translate it to mean ‘parents who are related by blood’ and not simply first cousins.
“The late Mr. King who had immediate charge of the tabulation informed me that other relationships than first cousins had been included. . . .
“I . . . enclose an advance proof of an address I made recently to the American Breeders’ Association entitled, ‘A Few Thoughts Concerning Eugenics’ containing statistics from the Census Returns indicating an intensification of an inherited tendency towards Blindness or Deafness produced by inbreeding.”
In 1908, Arner’s book Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population was published by Longmans, Green & Co.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
"95 Percent of Our People Want Peace"
41
Ben-gurion, david.
Autograph Letter Signed, “D. Ben-Gurion,” in English, to J.A. Bandy,
Sde Boker, 11 April 1971
suggesting that, while the overwhelming majority [of Israeli Jews] want peace, the efforts of only one party to the conflict are insufficient [for peace], and explaining that he is unable to make him any promises. ½ page, 8vo, ruled paper, “No. 13” printed in upper margin [likely index for letter book]; horizontal fold, remnants of mounting at corners verso.
“As far as I know our people here–at least 95 percent of our people wants peace, but one side only cannot make people.
“As I am not a member of any party in Israel and I don’t mix in politics, I cannot promis[e] you anything.”
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
42
Braun, wernher von.
Time magazine cover Signed,
[Redstone Arsenal, 4 November 1959]
at lower right. The cover, from the February 17, 1958 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Boris Chaliapin. Latin American Edition. 4to; two punch holes at left edge, folds.
With–Typed letter from a Staff Assistant sending the signed magazine cover to the collector. 1 page, 4to, “Army Ballistic Missile Agency” stationery. Redstone Arsenal, 4 November 1959.
Estimate
$400 – $600
43
(business–world war i.)
Photograph Signed, by 18 members of the World War Foreign Debt Commission or Rumanian Commission,
[Washington, November 1925]
half-length group portrait showing signers seated around a table likely in the Treasury Building in Washington, DC, including U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon and U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. Signed vertically in the blank lower margin, each below the relevant portrait. 7x11 inches; faint scattered soiling.
Andrew W. Mellon • Frank B. Kellogg • Theodore E. Burton • Charles R. Crisp • Richard Olney • Edward N. Hurley • Garrard B. Winston • Arthur N. Young • F.G. Blair • Dimitrie N. Ciotori • Spencer Phenix • Savel Radulescu • Victor Badulescu • Victor Slavescu • Eftimie Antonescu • Emil Giuan • others.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
44
(business.) carnegie, andrew.
An American Four-in-Hand in Britain. Signed and Inscribed:
New York, 1894; inscription: Cannes, 8 February 1898
“To Mr. & Mrs. B.F. Woodward / With best wishes,” on the dedication page. Small 8vo, publisher’s cloth, moderate scattered abrasions overall, faint dampstaining to front board; minor staining to front endpapers and pages 70-71.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
45
(business.) carnegie, andrew.
Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To My Dear Friends Mr & Mrs Woodward,”
“Skibo Castle” [Dornoch, Scotland], 7 October 1913
full-length portrait showing him standing with walking stick beside his Collie, Laddie. Signed on the mount, below the image. 11½x9 inches (image), 18x14 inches overall; faint dampstaining along lower edge of mount (not affecting text), faint scattered foxing to image.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
"This Awful War Cannot Last. Peaceful Settlement is Certain"
46
(business.) carnegie, andrew.
Typed Letter Signed, to Elizabeth Rutherfurd Stuyvesant,
New York, 15 December 1914
expressing doubts about the management of an humanitarian effort and declaring that peace is certain. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; folds.
”. . . The end aim[e]d at is noble, but like all such movements, everything depends upon the management. . . . I think there would be great risk of failure and the last stage of these poor unfortunates would be worse than the first. In the nature of the case, the interruption of their work at home is but temporary. This awful war cannot last. Peaceful settlement is certain.”
Estimate
$400 – $600
Asking U.S. Vice-President to intervene on behalf of Parolee
47
(business.) ford, henry.
Typed Letter Signed, to U.S. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall (“John [sic] R. Marshall”),
Detroit, 11 February 1915
pleading on behalf of an employee whom he believes has been unjustly charged with violating parole in Indiana and, in a postscript, adding: “[H]aving met you and appreciating your sense of and desire for justice for brother men, I feel privileged to call this to your attention.” 1½ pages, 4to, personal stationery, written on two sheets; few minor abrasions to first page, faint scattered soiling, horizontal folds.
“We have in our employ a young man by the name of George W. Tryon. You met this young man when you were Governor of Indiana. He was committed to Jeffersonville for receiving stolen property some four or five years ago and was paroled by your state government. . . .
“I ask you, who have known the boy, to kindly look into the case, believing with all my heart that he represents . . . a credit to our state and our nation . . . .”
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
Founder of U.S. Steel
48
(business.) gary, elbert h.
Typed Letter Signed, “E.H. Gary,” to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley,
New York, 23 December 1926
acknowledging receipt of his letter and sending Christmas greetings. ¾ page, small 8vo, personal stationery, with integral blank; horizontal fold.
Estimate
$150 – $250
49
(business.) gates, bill.
Time magazine cover Signed, at lower center.
Np, circa 1996
The cover, from the September 16, 1996 issue featuring Gates’s face at the center of a spider’s web below the headline, “Whose Web Will It Be?” 4to; folds.
Estimate
$500 – $750
50
(business.) mccormick, cyrus.
Partly-printed Document Signed, “C.H. McCormick,” as Trustee of the Union Pacific Railroad Co. Land Department,
New York, 24 January 1870
granting 560 acres in Dodge County, NE, to James R. Johnston. Additionally signed by UPR President Oliver Ames Jr. and UPR Treasurer John M.S. Williams. 17x11 inches; first letter of McCormick signature covered by revenue stamp at lower center, notary’s endorsement and docketing on verso, paper seal intact.
Estimate
$250 – $350
Catherine the Great
51
Catherine II; Empress oF Russia.
Letter Signed, “Katerina,” to Lieutenant-General Osipov, in Russian,
Tsarskoye Selo, 7 July 1795
ordering him to restore to Dmitri Naumov the estate taken from Naumov’s father in accordance with the Senate order of 1772. 1 page, 4to, with integral blank; faint soiling in left margin, folds.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
52
Chiang kai-shek.
Time magazine cover Signed, in Chinese,
[Taipei, 16 December 1970]
at lower left. The cover, from the June 1, 1942 issue featuring a bust portrait of him by Carl Mydans, showing him wearing Kuomintang uniform. 4to; folds, small ink stamp and notation in unknown hand at lower right. With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
With–Typed letter from the director of the office of the president of the Republic of China sending the signed magazine cover, in English. 1 page, 4to, “Office of the President” stationery. Taipei, 16 December 1970.
Estimate
$400 – $600
Founder of the National Council of Negro Women
53
(civil rights.) bethune, mary mcleod.
Two items: Photograph Signed and Inscribed * Typed Letter Signed.
Washington, 19 September 1949
The photograph, “Sincerely Yours,” bust portrait by Rivers Studio, showing her looking into the camera. Signed in the image, lower right. 5x3¼ inches; mounted to interior page of presentation folder and matted. The letter, to Eddie Sousa, agreeing to send a signed photograph [present], sending prayers and best wishes and, in a postscript, adding “Please let the patients know that I am never too busy to bring a little sunshine into the lives of my fellow men. Whatever I can do to brighten a dark day, I am happy to do it.” 1 page, 4to, “National Council of Negro Women” stationery; horizontal folds.
Estimate
$400 – $600
54
(civil rights.) bunche, ralph.
Typed Letter Signed, “Ralph J. Bunche,” to Herman Harvey,
New York, 19 October 1962
declining to participate in his series of educational television programs. 1 page, 8vo, “United Nations” stationery; horizontal folds.
“I . . . thank you for your letter . . . in which you invite me to participate in a series of educational television programs entitled THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE which are being prepared by the University of Southern California in affiliation with CBS.
”. . . Unfortunately I cannot . . . at the present time. My main problem would be to find time to give to this subject the serious thought it deserves.”
Estimate
$100 – $200
55
(civil rights.) bunche, ralph.
Signature, “Ralph J. Bunche,” as Under-Secretary-General of the UN, on a line provided for it at the end of a typed airletter to him.
Np, [July 1966]
Additionally inscribed on another line, in holograph, the names of airlines used during trip: “Olympic and Air France.” The airletter, sent by Larry Baxter from East Haven, CT, on July 7, 1966 to Bunche at the headquarters for the United Nations [Peacekeeping Force] in Cyprus requesting that he carry the airletter from Cyprus to New York. 1 page, pale blue paper; postmarked in Nicosia [on 11 July?].
Baxter’s letter: “. . . We would like to have this as a historic memento on the occasion of your trip to Gaza, Jordan, Syria and Cyprus. . . .”
Estimate
$150 – $250
56
(civil rights.) carver, george washington.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Geo. W. Carver,” to “My dear friends Mr. & Mrs. Chisholm,”
Tuskegee, 23 December 1932
thanking for their Christmas greeting, explaining that he and his workers and friends are suffering from the flu, wishing for them a year of pleasant surprises, and inviting them to visit “dear old Tuskegee and see the many splendid changes.” 1 page, 4to, “Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute” stationery; folds.
Estimate
$400 – $600
57
(civil rights.) douglass, frederick.
Partly-printed endorsement Signed, “Fred’k Douglass,” as Recorder of Deeds, certifying a deed
[Washington], 29 December 1883
transferring a plot in Washington, DC, from Isaac L. Johnson and Buchanan Beale to Edward M. Spedden. Endorsement and docketing on terminal page. 1½ pages, folio; nearly complete separations at folds, faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$500 – $750
58
(civil rights.) garvey, marcus.
Two Typed Letters Signed, to Secretary of a Marcus Garvey club in NJ Edna Grear.
London, 18 September 1936; 23 September 1938
The first, acknowledging receipt of a check to be used to defray expenses incurred by the conference in Toronto and encouraging her to submit timely reports. The second, thanking for her report, sending a receipt for a donation [not present], and expecting that “Commissioners” would help to increase membership. Each 1 page, 4to, “Universal Negro Improvement Association” stationery; folds, faint offsetting to first.
Estimate
$400 – $600
Declining to leave the South "Because of the present temper of events"
59
(civil rights.) king jr., martin luther.
Typed Letter Signed, to Naomi Marshall,
Atlanta, 16 November 1961
gratefully declining an invitation to visit Chicago in the spring. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; minor soiling at lower left, horizontal folds.
”. . . Because of the present temper of events in this section of the country, I have had to adopt a policy of spending more time in the South. This means that I can accept only a limited number of speaking engagements outside the South in the course of the year. My calendar reveals that I have accepted the maximum number for the Spring of 1962. . . . [I]f things ever let up a bit, we will communicate with you as to the possibility of my coming to Zion. . . .”
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
The N-Word: "Rooted in the Debilitating Racist Caste Ordering of Our…Era"
60
(civil rights.) king jr., martin luther.
Typed Letter Signed, to William A. Bennett, Jr.,
Atlanta, 18 January 1966
contrasting the meaning of the term, “dark skinned American,” as used in his own writings and speeches with the meaning of “nigger” as it has been used historically. 1 page, small 4to, “Southern Christian Leadership Conference” stationery; slight fading to signature, trimmed at all edges with minor loss to letterhead, marginal discoloration from prior matting.
“I appreciated the meaningful points raised in your letter to me concerning racial appellations. The words ‘dark skinned American’ constitute a vivid depiction of both citizenship and race just as you point out. I agree wholeheartedly with you that the import of that term is in salient contrast with the connotation attached to the word ‘nigger.’ The word ‘nigger’ carries with it a meaning deeply rooted in the debilitating racist caste ordering of our society’s slavery epoch and segregation era.
“The term, ‘dark skinned American,’ often finds its way into my speeches and writings and, encouragingly, I notice it, too, in the usage of so many others. The use of that and similar appellations reflect both our great heritage and our devotion to a brand of Americanism of the highest order.”
Estimate
$8,000 – $12,000
Inscribed to performer of Bess in 1942 Produciton of "Porgy and Bess"
61
(civil rights–king jr., martin luther.) king, coretta scott.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed and Inscribed to actress and vocalist Etta Moten Barnett, on the front free endpaper.
New York, (1969); inscription: Np, circa 1969
4to, publisher’s cloth, some dampstaining at foot of spine, minor fading to gilt titling on spine; Barnett’s bookplate on front pastedown; dust jacket, minor scattered soiling and abrasions. First edition.
“For Etta Moten Barnett with deepest appreciation for your dedicated service to all mankind which has greatly advanced the causes of justice, equality, brotherhood and peace. And with warm personal regards.”
Estimate
$400 – $600
62
(civil rights.) marshall, thurgood.
Three items: Photograph Signed * Signature on a First Day Cover * Signature on a small card.
Np, nd; circa 1968; nd.
The photograph, bust portrait showing him wearing judicial robe and looking into the camera. Signed in the blank lower margin. 5½x4 inches (image), 9x6 inches overall. The cover, with cachet showing Grand Union flag. Signed diagonally at lower center. With 6-cent “Grand Union Flag” postage stamp cancelled in Pittsburgh on July 4, 1968. 3½x6½ inches. The card, 3x5 inches.
Estimate
$400 – $600
First African-American Congressman from New York
63
(civil rights.) powell jr., adam clayton.
Typed Letter Signed, “Adam CPowell,” to Marguerite Holman,
Washington, 22 April 1965
forwarding her letter to the representative in her congressional district. 1 page, 4to, “Committee on Education and Labor” stationery; horizontal folds.
Estimate
$100 – $200
64
(civil rights.) washington, booker t.
Autograph Letter Signed, “B.T. Washington,” to Mrs. L.A. Bradbury,
Tuskegee, 18 December 1889
sending a letter from Mr. McCann [not present] concerning the omission [of the school?] from a list, expecting Mr. McCann to correct the error, and thanking her for pointing it out. 1 page, 4to, “Tuskegee Normal School” stationery; remnants of mounting at center and corners verso causing faint bleedthrough, folds.
Estimate
$300 – $400
65
(civil rights.) washington, booker t.
Typed Letter Signed, to Benjamin Pierce Cheney,
New York, 19 May 1904
soliciting a donation for Institute expenses or an endowment fund, and sending printed information [not present]. 1 page, square 4to, “Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute” stationery; lower edge trimmed, folds.
Estimate
$100 – $200
66
(civil rights.) washington, booker t.
Letter Signed, to Rodger S. Boardman,
Tuskegee, 11 October 1905
sending the Institute’s annual report [not present] and announcing plans for a 25th-anniversary celebration. 1 page, 4to, “Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute” stationery; folds, short closed tear at upper edge.
”. . . I think you will be pleased at the evidence of progress which the institution is making, and the manner in which it is reaching and helping the masses of our people.
“This marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the existence of this institution, and the Board of Trustees has decided to have some fitting celebration of this occasion sometime during the spring . . . .”
On January 23, 1906, at New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary Lecture was held to celebrate the Institute’s 25th year and to raise money. The guest speakers included Mark Twain, whose speech was adorned with jabs at the rich even while the organizers sought donations from New York’s richest, some of whom were in attendance, including John D. Rockefeller.
With–Booker T. Washington. Clipped Signature, on a small slip of paper likely removed from a letter. 1x4 inches. Np, nd.
Estimate
$250 – $350
"Do take care of yourself, for we need you for many years to come"
67
(civil rights.) white, walter francis.
Typed Letter Signed, “Walter,” as Executive Secretary of the NAACP, to cartoonist Art Young,
New York, 18 April 1931
gratefully declining his proposal, and urging him to take care of himself. 1 page, 4to, “National Association for the Advancement of Colored People” stationery; faint scattered foxing, folds.
Estimate
$100 – $200
"Preacher"
68
Eastwood, clint.
Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “Love to Susan,”
Np, nd
bust portrait showing him in costume as Preacher in Pale Rider. Inscribed diagonally in the image, in red ink, at upper left. 6½x9½ inches; mounted to larger board.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
69
Eden, anthony.
Time magazine cover Signed, at lower left.
Np, [December 1962]
The cover, from the February 11, 1952 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Boris Artzybasheff. Latin American Edition. 4to; 3 punch holes at left edge, folds touching signature (without loss).
With–Typed letter from Anthony Eden’s private secretary sending the signed magazine cover to the collector. 1 page, 8vo, “Fyfield Manor” stationery. Pewsey, 3 December 1962.
Estimate
$150 – $250
Written one month before completion of the Eiffel Tower
70
Eiffel, gustave.
Letter Signed, “G. Eiffel,” to “Mr. Titford,” in French,
[Paris], 21 February 1889
thanking for a token of sympathy. 1 page, 12mo, “60 Rue de Prony” stationery; minor loss to 3 corners, faint scattered staining, small remnant of cello tape at upper edge verso, horizontal fold.
Estimate
$350 – $500
71
(entertainers.)
Complete Playbill for the 1965 Broadway production of Half a Sixpence Signed by several members of the cast, on the front cover.
[New York, 1965]; inscription: [New York, June 1965]
50 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple binding; minor smudging to Steele signature.
John Cleese • Carrie Nye • Tommy Steele • Norman Allen • Grover Dale • Polly James • Will Mackenzie • Eleonore Treiber • others.
Estimate
$150 – $250
72
(entertainers.)
Group of 6 items, each Signed by a theatrical performer or songwriter.
Vp, vd
Format and condition vary.
Tyrone Power; and Katharine Cornell. Program for The Dark is Light Enough Signed by both, each near the relevant portrait on inside pages. 16 pages, 4to, staple binding. [New York, 1955]; inscription: Np, nd • Jule Styne. Souvenir typescript of lyrics for “Let Me Entertain You” Signed and Inscribed: “Music by / Jule Styne.” 1 page, 4to. Np, nd • Rudy Vallée. Program for George White’s Scandals Signed on the cast page. Additionally signed by Irving Caesar. 32 pages, 8vo, staple binding. [New York, 1931]; inscription: Np, nd • Andrew Lloyd Webber. Photograph Signed, bust portrait showing him wearing an earpiece with trailing wire. Signed in blank lower margin. 10x8 inches. Np, nd • Pearl Bailey. Photograph postcard Signed and Inscribed, “Love,” in red ink. Inscribed in the image at lower center. Correspondence side blank. 12mo. Np, nd • Johnny Mercer. Typed Letter Signed, to Paul Strickland, thanking for statistics. With the original envelope. ½ page, 8vo, personal stationery. [Hollywood], 26 July 1945.
Estimate
$600 – $900
Fischer vs. Ulf Andersson
73
Fischer, robert james (“bobby”).
Autograph Manuscript Signed, “Fischer” twice, his complete score sheet for the exhibition game against Ulf Andersson in Siegen on September 26, 1970.
[Siegen, 26 September 1970]
Signed after the last notated move (“Resign”) and again in recording the player names at upper edge of sheet. 1 page, 4to, ruled paper; marked cockling overall, folds, four punch holes in left margin.
Fischer used descriptive chess notation, which was widely used until the 1970s, when it was replaced by algebraic notation. The first move in this game was Fischer’s, who notated “P[awn to]-Q[ueen’s k]N[ight ]3”–that is, the pawn nearest the knight on the queen’s side of the board moves to the third square. In algebraic notation, the move is completely and unambiguously described by “b3.”
The heading, “Game for Expressen,” was written out in unknown hand and refers to the sponsor of this particular match, Swedish newspaper Expressen, founded in 1944 and still publishing today. In 1970, an analysis of this game was published in the paper, which likely obtained the moves from this very sheet.
After a game, players sometimes sign each other’s score sheets to keep as mementos, while some competitions require signing one’s own sheet before submitting it to officials. Presumably, either Fischer wasn’t interested in Andersson’s signature, Andersson delined an invitation to sign, or Fischer was obligated to turn in his score sheet after the game.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
74
Friedrich Wilhelm IV; King of Prussia.
Brief Letter Signed, “Frédéric Guillaume,” to archivist Joseph Octave Delepierre,
Berlin, 12 March 1841
thanking for the gift of a book about Bruges, Belgium, and sending a medal in appreciation [not present]. ¼ page, 4to; faint uneven toning overall, short closed separation at horizontal fold repaired verso with paper, remnants of mounting at upper right verso.
With–Letter from the Prussian minister at Brussels to Mr. Delepierre, in French, informing him that the King has accepted his gift. 1 page, 4to. Brussels, 25 March 1841.
Estimate
$150 – $250
Signed two days after assuming the throne
75
George III; King of the UK.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “George R,”
“Saville House” [London], 27 October 1760
military commission appointing [John] Dodd Lieutenant in the 21st Regiment of Dragoons. Countersigned by Secretary of State for the Southern Department William Pitt. 9¾x13¾ inches; deep vertical fold, minor loss at end of fold along upper edge, docketing on verso, paper seal intact.
Estimate
$150 – $250
76
George III; King of the UK.
Document Signed, “George R,”
“Saint James’s” [London], 17 November 1762
ordering Paymaster Henry Fox to pay £399.1.8 to John Barrington for providing supplies to his regiment. Countersigned by Paymaster of the Forces Charles Townshend, and on verso, additionally signed by Francis Dashwood, Frederick North, John Turner, and Thomas Fisher. 1 page, tall 4to; horizontal folds, right edge verso reinforced with paper, docketing on verso.
Estimate
$600 – $900
77
Gladstone, william e.
Two Autograph Letters Signed, “WEGladstone,” to diplomat Charles K. Tuckerman, concerning Ireland.
London, 15 June 1887; 17 January 1888
The first, on a postcard, acknowledging an obligation to him, mentioning a speech by Gladstone in which he remained uncommitted on the relation between Home Rule [Irish parliament in Ireland] and the exclusion of Irish members [of Parliament at Westminster], declaring his commitment to a legal path to reform, and comparing “the crimes of Ireland” to those of England and Scotland. The second, recommending Daniel O’Connell’s A Memoir on Ireland, Native and Saxon (1844) for an overview of Irish history, and thanking him for his offer concerning library books. Together 2½ pages, 8vo or 12mo, second written on recto and verso of a sheet with integral blank; remnants of prior mounting to verso of first (affecting address), faint uneven toning to second.
15 June 1887: “. . . I am glad to think that those days before your letter was written I had in a speech carefully detached from the subject of Home Rule the exclusion of Irish members & left that question fully open . . . .
“I have at all times urged & shall urge legality in Ireland. But you will be surprised to learn that in our belief the crime of Ireland is less than that of England or Scotland . . . .”
17 January 1888: “No questions are more embarrassing than those which relate to Irish History in its present undigested state.
“If you desire a bird’s eye view of the early period, I should recommend your consulting D. O’Connell’s memoir on Irish History published in or about 1844, since although it is an ex parte work it relies principally on citations which purport to be authoritative. . . .”
Estimate
$200 – $300
Cannot send autograph of Philip Francis who helped impeach him in 1787
78
Hastings, warren.
Autograph Letter Signed, to publishers John Taylor and James Augustus Hessey, explaining that has no autograph of Philip Francis to send.
Daylesford, 13 September 1815
½ page, 4to, with integral address leaf addressed in holograph and with remnants of black wax seal; folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
79
Henri IV; King of France.
Document Signed, “Henry,” ordering that a payment be made, in French.
Coutras, 9 December 1580
Additionally signed by a minister and a secretary. 1 page, folio, with integral address leaf; scattered minor worming with loss to few letters of text, faint dampstaining along left edge.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
80
Hitchcock, alfred.
Signature on a slip of paper.
Np, nd
2½x5½ inches; lower edge trimmed irregularly.
Estimate
$250 – $350
81
Hoffa, james r. (“jimmy”).
Time magazine cover Signed,
Washington, 23 September 1959 [from postmark]
at lower left. The cover, from the September 9, 1957 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Boris Chaliapin. Latin American Edition. 4to; remnants of mounting at upper edge verso, ink received stamp on verso, folds. With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
Estimate
$300 – $400
82
(horse racing–secretariat.)
Reproduction of a painting by Richard Stone Reeves, showing the thoroughbred racehorse Secretariat, Signed by jockey Ron Turcotte and trainer Lucien Laurin, at lower left and right, in pencil.
Np, nd
Additionally numbered 165/850 and signed by Reeves at lower right, in pencil. 24x26 inches; faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso.
Estimate
$500 – $750
83
Hussein; king of jordan.
Time magazine cover Signed, “Hussein I,”
[Amman, 3 September 1967]
diagonally at lower right. The cover, from the July 14, 1967 issue featuring a bust portrait of him wearing a keffiyeh. Latin America Edition. 4to; folds.
With–Typed letter from the Assistant Chief of Royal Protocol sending the signed magazine cover to the collector. 1 page, 4to, “The Royal Palace” stationery. Amman, 3 September 1967.
Estimate
$100 – $200
84
Kennedy, robert f.
Time magazine cover Signed and Inscribed, “For Randall Salas / With Best Wishes / RobertFKennedy,” at lower center.
Np, nd
The cover, from the June 21, 1963 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Bernard Safran. Latin America Edition. 4to; folds.
With–Typed letter from a DNC secretary sending a signed TIME magazine cover to the collector. ½ page, 4to, “Democratic National Committee” stationery. Washington, 9 January 1961.
Note that either the date of the letter above is a typo, or the letter was originally accompanied by a magazine cover printed earlier that the one included in this lot.
Estimate
$400 – $600
Legal Scholar: "The American Blackstone"
85
Kent, james.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as Chancellor,
Albany, 16 February 1818
granting a solicitor’s license to Aaron Hackley. With an autograph endorsement signed by the Register of the Court of Chancery, his brother, Moss Kent, on verso. 7¼x10 inches; most instact paper seal is present but detached, faint bleedthrough, slight fading to text and signature (but still legible), faint scattered foxing, vertical folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
86
Kissinger, henry.
Time magazine cover Signed, “Henry A. Kissinger,” at lower center.
Np, circa 1973
The cover, from the December 24, 1973 issue featuring a caricature of him on a pogo stick. 4to; folds.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Owner of Boston Red Sox during two world series victories
87
Lannin, joseph j.
Group Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To two good friends / Jim and Irvin,”
Np, 24 May 1925
half length portrait showing him standing beside his son, composer Paul Lannin, and actor Jackie Coogan. Additionally signed and inscribed by both Lannin and Coogan, and with a 5-bar Autograph Musical Quotation by Lannin. Inscribed in the image along upper edge. 8x10 inches; mounted to larger board, marked brittling to mount with loss to upper right corner (not affecting image), dampstaining to left edge of mount (not affecting image).
Estimate
$600 – $900
88
Le corbusier.
Autograph Letter Signed, to Charles Mattlage at Architectural Record magazine, in French,
Np, 24 January 1945
sending a document [not present]. ½ page, small 8vo; horizontal fold. With the original envelope, addressed in his hand and additionally signed.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
"First time in Britain"
89
Lee, gypsy rose.
Program for her performance at the Manchester Palace Theatre on August 6, 1951, Signed and Inscribed, “Hello! / Gypsy / Rose / Lee,” on the cover, in pencil.
[London, 1951]; inscription: Np, circa 1951
4 pages, small 8vo, folded sheet; moderate scattered soiling, closed tears and abrasions to terminal page with minor loss to printed text, folds.
Estimate
$100 – $200
90
Leigh, vivien.
Time magazine cover Signed,
Np, nd
at lower right. The cover, from the December 25, 1939 issue featuring a half-length portrait of her in costume wearing the “green curtain dress” as Scarlett O’Hara. 4to; faint soiling along lower edge touching signature, folds.
Estimate
$400 – $600
John and Yoko, Star and Moon
91
Lennon, john; and yoko ono.
Slip of paper Signed and Inscribed by both, with small ink drawing possibly by Lennon.
[New York, 1970s]
Lennon: “To Marcy love from / [sketch of star and moon] / Johnlennon.” Ono: “Yoko Ono Love.” 2x4 inches, ruled paper; vertical fold.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
92
Lipton, thomas.
Typed Letter Signed, to entrepreneur Joseph Lannin,
Osidge, 16 July 1925
expressing satisfaction at his plans to display the spars from the Shamrock IV [Lipton’s yacht], and anticipating a visit to Garden City. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; moderate toning overall, some dampstaining at edges, folds.
Estimate
$250 – $350
93
Lloyd george, david.
Autograph Letter Signed, “D LloydGeorge,” to “My dear Symonds,”
[London], 3 November 1903
promising to travel to Manchester, but declining to attend a meeting tomorrow because of a bad cold. 2 pages, 8vo, “National Liberal Club” stationery, written on a folded sheet, second page written vertically on terminal page; faint scattered foxing, folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
94
Lucas, george.
Time magazine cover Signed,
[San Francisco, 12 May 2002]
illegibly at lower left. The cover, from the May 23, 1983 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Richard Hess. 4to.
With–Typed statement signed by publicist Michael J. Rypel attesting to having witnessed the signing of the magazine cover. 1 page, 4to. Np, nd.
Estimate
$250 – $350
95
Mandela, nelson.
Time magazine cover Signed, “NMandela,”
[Pretoria, 2 March 1998]
at lower center. The cover, from the June 14, 1993 issue featuring the headline, “Giant Step,” and a photograph showing him with his arms on the shoulders of two children. International Edition. 4to; folds.
With–Typed letter from the Administrative Secretary sending the signed magazine cover to the collector. 1 page, 4to, “Office of the President” stationery. Pretoria, 2 March 1998.
Estimate
$600 – $900
96
Mandela, nelson.
Color Photograph dated and Signed, “NMandela,”
Np, 10 April 1999
full-length snapshot by the Daily Telegraph showing him delivering a speech at Westminster Palace while Madam Speaker Betty Boothroyd and Lord Mackay of Clashfern look on from their seats. Additionally signed by Mackay and Boothroyd. Signed in the image at lower left or right. 8¼x12 inches; minor soiling at upper center affecting only extreme edge of image.
On July 11, 1996, Mandela was personally congratulated by both Houses of the British Parliament for having led his own Parliament in adopting the South African Constitution in May of that year. Addressing the assembled Houses, Mandela remarked that the occasion symbolized the closing of a circle: “[L]et our peoples . . . join hands to build on what we have achieved together and help construct a humane African world whose emergence will say a new universal order is born in which we are each our brothers’ and our sisters’ keeper.”
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
97
Mantle, mickey.
Time magazine cover Signed, at lower center.
New York, September 1959 [from postmark]
The cover, from the June 15, 1953 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Boris Chaliapin. Latin American Edition. 4to; folds touching inscription (without loss), remnants of mounting at upper edge verso. With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
Estimate
$300 – $400
98
Martn, mary.
Complete Playbill for the 1949 Broadway production of South Pacific Signed on the front cover, vertically at middle left.
[New York, 1949]; inscription: Np, circa 1949
Additionally signed by Enzio Pinza, on cover at upper right. 56 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple binding; faint foxing and soiling at all edges of covers.
Estimate
$150 – $250
99
Martin, mary.
Complete Playbill for the 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music Signed and Inscribed, “To Mary–Love / Mary Martin,”
[New York, 1961]; inscription: Np, circa 1961
on the front cover, in crayon. Additionally signed by Theodore Bikel, on cover at lower right. 28 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple binding.
Estimate
$400 – $600
100
Mayo, william james.
Two Autograph Letters Signed, “W.J. Mayo,” to physician John Benjamin Murphy (“Dear Doctor Murphy”),
Rochester, MN, 2 November 1896; 16 July 1916
sending the details for three recent surgical cases, and congratulating him for having been awarded a knighthood in the Order of St. Gregory the Great. Together 3 pages, the second written on the first and third pages of a folded sheet, “Dr. William J. Mayo” stationery; complete separations at horizontal folds of first forming three loose pieces, copy of Murphy’s typed letter reproduced vertically on blank page of second.
2 November 1896: “Unfortunately I did not keep a copy of the cases I sent you before but these are the last three . . . cases–please compare dates & names; not to duplicate.
“N. Hinterschite–46—Loyd Minn. Malignant obstruction of common duct. Operation at his home–could not be moved. Profound jaundice– Cholecystenterostomy, death 4th day–no autopsy.
“D. Davis, Lake Crystal Minn. Age 66–July 2–96. Operated on at St. Marys Gastroenterostomy for malignant disease of pylorus–Recovery discharged July 18 96.
“Mrs. J. English–55. Chester Minn. Operated upon at St. Marys July 8–96. Gastroenterostomy for extensive cicatricial obstruction pylorus. Recovery–discharged July 80–96.”
On June 16, 1916, John Benjamin Murphy was awarded the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, a papal order of knighthood.
Estimate
$300 – $400
101
Merman, ethel.
Group of 4 programs Signed: Girl Crazy * Call Me Madam * Happy Hunting * Hello Dolly!
Vp, vd; inscriptions: Np, nd
Each inscribed on front or rear cover. Each 4to or smaller, wrappers, staple binding or loose folded sheets; abrasions and scattered staple holes affecting front cover of Call Me Madam.
Girl Crazy. 1930 Broadway production. 40 pages. [New York], 1931 • Call Me Madam. 1952 national tour production. Signed and additionally inscribed, “To Kim,” on rear cover, showing bust portrait of Merman. 4 pages. [Cleveland, 1952] • Happy Hunting. 1956 Broadway production, additionally inscribed, “To / Joe Babisch / Best / Wishes.” 44 pages. [New York], 1956 • Hello Dolly! 1964 Broadway production. 40 pages. [New York, 1970].
With–(Ethel Merman.) Large photograph, unsigned, half-length portrait showing her leaning against wall with hands on hips. 13½x10½ inches; chipping at all edges, creasing at upper right with some loss to emulsion, dings and creases overall. Circa 1930.
Estimate
$250 – $350
102
Miranda, lin-manuel.
Complete Playbill for the 2015 Broadway production of Hamilton: An American Musical Signed, “Lin-Manuel,” on the front cover.
[New York, 2015]; inscription: Np, circa 2015
44 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple binding.
Estimate
$400 – $600
"A New Wrinkle" Calendar Signed
103
Monroe, marilyn.
Poster with calendar featuring reproduction of Tom Kelley’s “A New Wrinkle” photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To Carl / Love & Kisses.”
Np, circa 1953
Inscribed in the image, lower right. The poster, printed for Buck Rankin of Farmers Insurance Group in Houston, TX, with a 12-month calendar consisting of 12 5¼x7¼-inch leaves bound together with staples mounted at lower edge. 11x23 inches; small holes at corners with minor loss (not affecting portrait or inscription) repaired verso with cello tape, crease at upper edge of image with minor loss to background, scattered abrasions with some loss to few letters of printed text, faint scattered staining, brittling to leaves of calendar with some short separations at creases near bottom edge.
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
On her stationary
104
Monroe, marilyn.
Autograph inscription Signed, “To Maxine Albert / Love & Kisses,” in red ink,
Np, nd
on her embossed personal stationery. ½ page, 8vo, personal stationery; remnants of cello tape at upper corners and lower center (not affecting inscription), folds.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
Europeans "Have the advantage of experiementing on the submarine cable"
105
Morse, samuel f.b.
Autograph Letter Signed, to University of the City of New York (NYU) Professor Vincenzo Botta,
New York, 10 March 1858
thanking for sending an article by [Director of Telegraphs in Sardinia, Gaetano] Bonelli, returning the article after having made a copy [not present], agreeing that a translation of the article could be useful, and adding that in America there is little opportunity to do research into insulated submarine and subterranean cables. 2 pages, 8vo, ruled paper, with integral blank; minor smudging affecting one word on first page, folds.
”. . . [T]hanks for your . . . sending me Signor Bonelli’s article in the Genoa Courier Mercantile, and also for your brochure on public Instruction in Sardinia. . . .
“In regard to the translation of Bonelli’s article, it may not be amiss as it may . . . obviate the difficulties, [of] which I have been aware for some years . . . but which I am confident will yield to the research & inventive energies of those who have the advantage of experimenting on the submarine cable.
“We have no such facilities for research or experiment on this side of the water, as we have no submarine nor subterranean conductors.”
Until the first transatlantic cable connecting Canada and Ireland successfully transmitted electrical signals in August of 1858, there was little confidence in the existing designs for a perfectly insulated submerged cable. Before the transatlantic triumph of his company American Telegraph, Cyrus Field had made some promising attempts in Newfoundland, and, among the developments in Europe, efforts by the Mediterranean Telegraph Company had led to the successful connection of Sardinia and Algeria two months after the first transatlantic cable, led by the engineers Jacob Brett and Gaetano Bonelli.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
106
Morse, samuel f.b.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Sam’l F.B. Morse,” to Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd, returning some photographs [not present].
[New York], 21 April 1870
1 page, 8vo, with integral blank, faintly ruled paper; folds. With the original envelope, addressed in holograph.
“I . . . respecting the Photographs, . . . herewith return them duly endorsed.
“Wishing you success in your . . . benevolent intentions of the ‘Sheltering Arms’ . . . .”
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
Empress of the French
107
(napoléon.) bonaparte, joséphine.
Letter Signed, “LaPagerie Bonaparte,” to unnamed nursery proprietor (“Citizen”), in French,
“Malmaison” [Rueil-Malmaison, 12 May 1801]
acknowledging receipt of his letters and plants, remarking that the plants are delightful ornaments in her garden, promising to make a selection soon from the catalogue he sent, expressing her intention to grow bushes that produce spices, praising the drawings in the book he sent, and describing how to bill the minister of the navy for his services. 4 pages, small 4to, written on a folded sheet; horizontal fold.
”. . . I have the ambition . . . to cultivate [bushes that produce spices] in France and I am prepared to make whatever sacrifices to succeed. . . .”
With–Joséphine Bonaparte. Fragment of a note, unsigned and in secretarial hand, lacking salutation, in French: “. . . recommends to Bonaparte the use of the blue flannel of England; I ask you to have twelve or fifteen . . . purchased and to send them to me . . . .
“I’m sending you a note pertaining to a Citizen whose family is as interesting as unfortunate. Couldn’t you arrange that it be delivered to him. I would be infinitely appreciative of any steps you take to this effect.” ½ page, small 4to. Np, nd.
Estimate
$3,500 – $5,000
Written during the Flanders
108
(napoléon.) jourdan, jean baptiste.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Jourdan,” to General Anne Charles Basset Montaigu at Halle, in French,
Np, [11 July 1794]
ordering him to occupy Brussels, seize all weapons, and arrest all Austrians taking control of their stores and banks. 2 pages, 4to, “Armée de Sambre et Meuse” stationery, with integral blank; moderate bleedthrough, moderate closed separations at folds, small hole at lower left.
”. . . You will leave immediately . . . with the two divisions that you command and report to Brussels. You will take up position in front of that place facing Louvain . . . . You will leave three battalions and one squadron of cavalry to guard the gates of Brussels. . . .”
”. . . You will give orders that no one is to enter the city without permission. . . . [P]ut into your power all the stores and banks belonging to the Austrians. . . . [T]he Austrians who could still be in the city, . . . arrest them. . . . You will require the magistrate . . . to transport all arms in the city to a place that you will designate, where you will guard them carefully. . . .”
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
"I read with infinite satisfaction the report of the entry…into Brussels"
109
(napoléon.) kléber, jean baptiste.
Letter Signed, “Kleber,” to General Anne Charles Basset Montaigu, in French,
Genappe, [12 July 1794]
expressing satisfaction upon hearing of French Republican troops entering Brussels, praising his character and the nobility of the French character generally, and requesting the exchange of engraved cards. 1 page, 8vo, with integral address leaf; small hole at lower left (not affecting text), horizontal folds.
Estimate
$350 – $500
110
(napoléon.) louis philippe; king of france.
Two items, each Signed as King, in French: Autograph Note * Letter.
“Neuilly,” 25 July 1833; Paris, 30 May 1838
The first, to an unnamed recipient (lacking salutation): “I authorize Mr. James to give my sister the sum of two thousand francs (I say 2,000F) into a private account.” The second, to an unspecified nobleman (“Mon Cousin”), expressing satisfaction on receiving his Noël holiday wishes, and assuring him of his feelings of esteem and affection. Additionally signed by Prime Minister Louis-Mathieu Molé. Each ½ page, 4to or folio, the second with inlaid integral blank; faint scattered foxing, the first with few notes in upper margin in unknown hand in red and black ink, folds.
Estimate
$300 – $400
111
(napoléon.) macdonald, étienne; duke of taranto.
Letter Signed, “Macdonald,” to the Director-General of Posts Charles Joseph Fortuné d’Herbouville, in French,
Paris, 31 July 1816
urging him to grant an indemnity to General Quiot, Director of Posts at Laon. 1 page, tall 4to, “Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d’honneur” stationery; few pin holes at lower left, horizontal fold.
Estimate
$150 – $250
112
(napoléon.) moncey, bon-adrien jeannot de.
Letter Signed, “Moncey,” to Counsellor of State Joseph Pelet de la Lozère, in French,
Paris, [12 May 1804]
acknowledging his desire to recommend the advancement of Second Lieutenant Quartermaster Martin in Mende, Lozère, and informing him that it would be done as soon as the means become available. 1 page, 4to, “Inspection générale de la gendarmerie nationale” stationery; each line of printed text in left margin truncated by trimmed left edge, faint scattered foxing.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Announcing Victory after the Battle of Rastatt
113
(napoléon.) moreau, jean victor.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Moreau,” with a postscript Signed, “JVM,” to General Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino, in French,
Baden, [6 July 1796]
reporting a solid victory at Rastatt, suggesting the possibility that Prince Charles [Archduke Charles?] was present, noting that General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan has written that the conflict generally is moving in their favor, requesting that he drive the enemy out of Breisgau and send frequent news, reporting substantial losses, and, in a postscript, reporting that Prince Charles is engaging reserve troops, stating that he ordered a unit to join General Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, and requesting that the enemy at Kehl be disposed of. 1½ pages, 4to, written on recto and verso of a single sheet; marked bleedthrough, folds.
“We beat the enemy well yesterday at Rastatt, my dear General. Prince Charles was there, it is said; it is certain that he marched there with reinforcements. Jourdan writes to me that it is in our favor, but there is not a moment to lose. You must, my dear general, make an effort to drive the enemy out of Breisgau . . . . Leave with little and only the bare necessities . . . and surely you will be able to do it. I know that . . . these troops . . . evacuate[d] Freiburg and withdr[e]w their batteries above the Rhine . . . . [A]bove all act. Freudenstadt’s position will make them wary . . . . Give me your news often. Today we reconcile our losses of yesterday; they are quite substantial, especially in artillery. . . .”
The postscript: “I just heard that Prince Charles is taking his reserve of Saxons and other troops. I gave the order to send to Saint-Cyr . . . the 17th light infantry. You can dispose of those . . . who are in Kehl. . . . This will give you about 16,000 men and surely you will be more capable than we . . . . Above all try to beat the enemy . . . .”
Estimate
$400 – $600
114
(napoléon.) mortier, édouard; duke of trévise.
Endorsement Signed, “Ed: Mortier,” expressing approval,
Paris, [12 October 1801]
at lower left, on a letter from Brigade General Hugues Charlot, additionally signed by him, to the commander of the 64th Demi-Brigade Quenard, in French, concerning orders to discover the housing requirements of a detachment and making contact with the Quartermaster about payment. 1 page, 4to, “Armée de L’intérieur, 1re Division” stationery; “64eme Demi Brigade” and “La 1re Division” ink stamps with one touching Mortier signature, faint scattered foxing, folds.
Estimate
$200 – $300
115
(napoléon.) ney, michel; prince of the moskva.
Letter Signed, “M[arésch]al duc d’Elchingen,” to General Louis Henri Loison, in French,
“Chomar,” 25 December 1810
advising that he convey to his division heads that the new appointment of the Prince of Essling [André Masséna] is provisional until the Emperor [Napoléon] approves it, and adding that one may nevertheless recommend the appointment. 1 page, tall 4to; faint scattered foxing and soiling, folds.
Estimate
$600 – $900
116
(napoléon.) soult, nicolas jean; duke of dalmatia.
Letter Signed, “M[aréch]al duc de dalmatie,” to Captain Edward Chappell, in French,
Liverpool, 22 July 1838
thanking for conveying him to the “Manay-bridge” [Manai Bridge, in Northwest Wales, where he was travelling for the coronation of Queen Victoria]. 1 page, 4to; moderate scattered foxing; folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
117
Nehru, jawaharlal.
Time magazine cover Signed
New Delhi, December 1959 [from postmark]
at lower left. The cover, from the July 30, 1956 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by James Chapin. Latin American Edition. 4to; upper edge unevenly trimmed, three punch holes along left edge, folds. With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
Estimate
$400 – $600
"I am dreadfully sea sick"
118
Nelson, horatio.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Nelson & Bronte,” to Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge (“My Dear Admiral”),
Aboard HMS Medusa, 22 August 1801
requesting that his letter to [the Secretary to the Board of Admiralty Evan] Nepean be sent with the mail on Saturday, confessing to suffering from sea sickness, and reporting that he will sail in the morning. ¾ page, 4to; faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, folds, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso, docketing verso.
“As you make up a packet for Mr. Nepean on Saturday pray put my letter to him in it, I am dreadfully Sea Sick and wish I was on the top of Canterbury Cathedral. I shall sail in the morning, whether the Amazon arrives or not.”
Estimate
$3,500 – $5,000
119
Nelson, horatio.
Letter Signed, “Nelson & Bronte,” to the Captain of HMS Swiftsure Mark Robinson,
Aboard HMS Victory, 19 January 1805
acknowledging receipt of his letter and that from Lieutenant Carter concerning lost wine, stating that his earlier reply was explanation enough, and returning Carter’s letter [not present]. 1 page, tall 4to; even toning overall, folds.
”. . . [M]y letter . . . has I presume fully explained my sentiments as to the mode of accounting for the said loss to the purser . . . .”
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
120
Newman, paul.
Time magazine cover Signed and Inscribed, “To / Randall / Best wishes / Paul Newman,”
Np, nd
at lower left. The cover, from the December 6, 1982 issue featuring a bust portrait of him beside the headline, “Quite A Guy.” 4to; folds.
Estimate
$250 – $350
121
Pitt, william (the younger).
Autograph Letter Signed, “WPitt,” to “Mr. Ward,”
“Downing Street” [London], 4 December 1784
explaining that the large number of applications for the Living of Wakefield [minister’s endowment for a parish in Wakefield, West Yorkshire?] prevents him from giving assurance about recommending Mr. Mackereth. 1½ pages, small 4to, with integral blank; some chipping and short closed tears at right edge (not affecting text), faint bleedthrough overall, folds.
Estimate
$350 – $500
122
Rand, sally.
Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To / Nellie / Sally / Rand,” full-length portrait showing her wearing little more than a feather boa.
Np, 1940s
Inscribed at center. On verso is printed an invitation to have a photograph signed by Rand between shows at the Palomar Supper Club in Vancouver. 6¾x4½ inches; faint offsetting affecting lower portion of portrait.
Estimate
$150 – $250
123
Robinson, edward g.
Complete Playbill for the 1956 Broadway production of Middle of the Night Signed and Inscribed on the front cover:
[New York, 1956]; inscription: Np, circa 1956
“To / Joe Babisch / All the best / Edward G. Robinson.” 44 pages. 8vo, printed wrapper, staple binding; short closed tear at right edge of front cover, lower edge trimmed irregularly throughout.
Estimate
$200 – $300
124
Robinson, sugar ray.
Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “Best / Wishes / To ‘William’ / Sugar Ray,”
Np, nd
half-length portrait by M. Smith, showing him with gloves on and ready to fight. Inscribed in the image at upper right. 9x7 inches; edges unevenly trimmed, printed identification truncated by lower edge, minor scattered cracking to emulsion, remnants of prior mounting at corners verso.
Estimate
$350 – $500
125
Schweitzer, albert.
Autograph Letter Signed, twice, to Robert C. Fine, in German,
Lambaréné, 27 December 1952
congratulating him on the birth of his son. Signed at end of text and in the address at upper right. ¾ page, 4to; moderate marginal discoloration from prior matting, folds. With the address panel from the original envelope.
”. . . Blessings on this child, may he grow and develop and bring joy into your life. May he become a mensch, with a lively human disposition, filled with goodness, and keep the ideals of true humanity in his life, and keep peace in his heart as the highest good. . . .”
With–Graphite and wash drawing by an unnamed artist, showing Schweitzer seated at an organ with a young man standing at his side. 14½x10½ inches; mounted to larger board. Gunsbach, 1951.
Estimate
$200 – $300
126
Schweitzer, albert.
Three items: Small Photograph Signed and Inscribed * Memoirs of Childhood and Youth. Signed and Inscribed on the title-page * Signature on verso of a postcard.
Lambaréné, 26 July 1962
The photograph, “In Lambaréné at my table. / To Mrs. Virginia Lous Steer / in memory of her visit to Lam- / baréné,” in French, half-length portrait showing him writing. Inscribed in the blank lower margin. 5¾x4 inches. The book, “To Mrs. Virginia Lous Steer with / kind regards,” in French. Small 8vo, publisher’s cloth; faint foxing to preliminaries and subsidiaries; dust jacket with some chipping to spine panel ends. Later edition. London, (1956). The postcard, undated, featuring a photograph showing Schweitzer standing on the landing dock in Lambaréné. Signed on blank correspondence side. 12mo.
Estimate
$600 – $900
Two Nobel Prize Winners: Physics Meets Literature
127
(scientists.) einstein, albert; and rabindranath tagore.
Photograph Signed, by both, additionally dated by Einstein, half-length portrait by Martin Vos showing the two in conversation.
Np, 1931
Signed in the image, above the relevant portrait. Additionally signed by the photographer at lower right. 8x10 inches; some creases and cracking to emulsion at corners (not affecting signatures), short closed tear at lower edge, remnants of mounting at upper and lower edges verso.
In the summer of 1930, Einstein and Tagore met on two occasions to discuss the nature of truth. The content of their discussion is published in an appendix to Tagore’s Religion of Man, 1931.
Estimate
$30,000 – $40,000
128
(scientists.) einstein, albert.
Lithographic portrait on Japan paper by Hermann Struck, Signed and dated at lower center, in pencil, showing his head in ¾ view.
Np, 1923
Additionally signed and numbered 14/150 by the artist, in pencil, lower left. 10x8 inches; masking tape remnants at edges verso.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
Views of Kant, Schiller, and Spinoza on Ethics and Superstition
129
(scientists.) einstein, albert.
Two Typed Letters Signed, “A. Einstein,” to aphorist Hans Margolius, in German.
Princeton, 5 October 1943; 5 October 1950
The first, encouraging him to publish his manuscript because it rewards the bravery of confronting superstition, remarking that Spinoza showed that we can be whole if we have understanding, and, in a postscript, offering to return the manuscript. The second, pointing out that Kant and Schiller discussed Margolius’s distinction between the ethical act and the emotional motive that leads to the act, and opining that the emotional triggers of ethical action belong to psychology rather than ethics. Each 1 page, 4to, embossed personal stationery; punch holes at left edge, folds, faint scattered foxing to first.
5 October 1943: “Thank you very much for your little book with the subtle aphorisms about ethical values. I am convinced that this little work deserves publication, since it is suitable for bringing some consolation and new courage to live without resorting to the opium of superstition.
“What I see as a limitation of the little book is that it anxiously averts our gaze from the abysses and chasms that are undeniably present in every two- and four-legged being and cannot be eliminated by ignoring them. One must have the courage to see and understand things in their nakedness in order to be a whole person. Spinoza showed that this can be done. Someone would have to come who would recreate it in plain, simple language. Maybe you are the man.”
5 October 1950: “You have nicely explained the distinction between the ethical act or objective on the one hand and the emotional motive that leads to the act or evaluation on the other. The idea itself is of course not new. Thus, for example, Kant curiously went so far in the objective conception of the ethical that he does not recognize an act as ethically valuable if it springs directly from an elementary feeling (e.g. pity); he only accepts the sense of duty as the legitimate emotional basis of the ethical, something that Schiller already made fun of. In my opinion the objective view is the one appropriate to the subject of ethics. The emotional situation that prompts the ethical action does not actually belong to ethics but to psychology.”
Estimate
$8,000 – $12,000
"The Crab Spider"
130
(scientists.) fabre, jean-henri.
Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, draft of a portion of his Souvenirs Entomologiques, with holograph section titles beginning with “L’Araignée-crabe” and numerous holograph corrections throughout, in French.
Np, circa 1905
46 pages, folio, folded sheets bound together with cord; faint foxing scattered throughout, moderate even toning.
“The Spider that made me witness the full magnificence of the exodus is called, according to the official nomenclature, Thomisus onustus Walck. . . .”
“The Crab-Spider” appears as chapter V in Souvenirs Entomologiques: 9th Series (1905). Although the opening sentence of the present manuscript is identical to the first sentence of that chapter, the draft and the published work begin to differ thereafter.
Estimate
$600 – $900
131
(scientists.) pasteur, louis.
Autograph Quotation Signed, “L. Pasteur”:
Paris, [1893?]
“‘The greatest disorder of the spirit is to believe that things exist because one wants them to be.’ This maxim is by [Jacques-Bénigne] Bossuet,” in French. ¼ page, 8vo, “Institut Pasteur” stationery, with integral blank; faint uneven toning overall, folds.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
132
(scientists.) sagan, carl.
Time magazine cover Signed,
Np, nd
at lower center. The cover, from the October 20, 1980 issue featuring a full length portrait of him standing on the shore of the ocean knee-deep in water and stars. 4to; upper and left edges unevenly trimmed, small “13” written in unknown hand at upper left, staple holes at upper left, folds.
Estimate
$200 – $300
133
(scientists.) salk, jonas.
Time magazine cover Signed, “Jonas E. Salk,”
Pittsburgh, 22 March 1960 [from postmark]
at lower left. The cover, from the March 29, 1954 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Boris Artzybasheff. Latin American Edition. 4to; folds, remnants of prior mounting at upper center verso. With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Burger Court
134
(supreme court.)
Signatures of all nine members of the Burger Court in three lines on single sheet engraved with a view of the Supreme Court building.
[Washington, circa 1974]
6x8 inches; remnants of hinging at upper edge verso.
Warren E. Burger • William O. Douglas • William J. Brennan • Potter Stewart • Byron White • Thurgood Marshall • Harry Blackmun • Lewis F. Powell • William Rehnquist.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
135
(supreme court.) frankfurter, felix.
Two Typed Letters Signed, to psychologist Joseph Jastrow,
Washington, 8; 29 May 1942
expressing surprise that the widow of Professor [Ignaz] Jastrow could not gain immediate entry into the U.S., adding that he notified the State Department of the problem, and showing satisfaction upon learning that a visa had been issued to her. Each ¾ page, 8vo, “Supreme Court of the United States” stationery; pinholes at upper left, horizontal folds.
Estimate
$300 – $400
136
(supreme court.) hughes, charles e.
Two items: Photograph Signed and Inscribed * Typed Letter Signed.
Np, [18 August 1910]; Washington, 27 June 1921
The photograph, “Very Sincerely Yours / Charles E. Hughes / To Hon. F.J.H. Kracke, / Naval Officer, Port of N.Y.,” bust portrait by Moffett showing him looking into the camera. Inscribed in the image and across the edge onto the mount. 9¼x7¼ inches (image), 10¾x8 inches overall; date written in unknown hand at lower right of mount. The letter, to “the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States,” introducing William Alexander Barber on behalf of Senator Nathaniel B. Dial. 1 page, 4to, “Department of State” stationery; horizontal folds.
Estimate
$300 – $400
137
(supreme court.) taney, roger b.
Autograph Note Signed, in the third person within the text:
Np, 11 February 1863
“Chief Justice Taney regrets that his state of health will not permit him to have the pleasure of accepting Mrs. Arnold’s invitation for Thursday evening next.” ½ page, small 8vo; horizontal folds.
Estimate
$400 – $600
138
Talleyrand-périgord, charles maurice de.
Printed Letter Signed, “Ch. Mau. Talleyrand,” as Minister of Foreign Affairs, to an unnamed recipient, in French,
Paris, [9 October 1798]
circular letter declaring a policy in eight points defining how to classify correspondence so as to be efficiently retrieved, including the requirement that a summary of content be written or stamped in the margin of all dispatches. 3 pages, 4to, written on a folded sheet, “Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consular Division” stationery; faint foxing overall.
Estimate
$400 – $600
139
Thieu, nguyen van.
Time magazine cover dated and Signed, “Thieu,” as President, at lower left.
Np, 27 August 1968
The cover, from the September 15, 1967 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Boris Chaliapin. Latin America Edition. 4to; folds.
Estimate
$350 – $500
140
Wellington, arthur wellesley; 1st duke.
Autograph Letter Signed, “The Duke of Wellington,” in the third person within the text, to portrait painter John Hayter,
Stratfield Saye, 5 October 1839
requesting to keep the artwork depicting the Marchioness of Douro [Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1820-1904)], inquiring what is the Duke’s debt to him, and arranging for delivery through the housekeeper of the Duke’s house in Piccadilly [Apsley House]. 1½ pages, 8vo, with integral address leaf addressed in holograph and bearing remnants of black wax seal, folds.
Estimate
$200 – $300
141
(world war i–france.) poincaré, raymond.
Three Photographs Signed, “RPoincaré,”
Np, nd
each showing the French president congratulating, decorating, or standing among soldiers of the French Army. Each Signed on the mount, below the image, at right. Each approximately 9x6 inches (image), 17½x12¼ inches overall; some faint dampstaining at edges of mount (not affecting signatures).
With–Henri Gouraud; and Antoine de Mitry. Photograph Signed, by both, full-length portrait showing the generals standing in a field with troops arrayed in the background. Additionally inscribed by Gouraud: “pour l’Oeuvre de la Lys.” Inscribed on the mount, below the image. 7x9 inches (image), 17½x12¼ inches overall. Np, nd.
Estimate
$150 – $250
142
(World War II–Enola Gay.) Tibbets, Paul.
Three items: Two Photographs Signed * Return of the Enola Gay. Signed.
Np, nd
The first photograph, full-length portrait showing him in uniform standing outside the Enola Gay. Signed in the image at lower right. The second photograph, showing mushroom cloud over Hiroshima. Signed and additionally inscribed, at upper center: “Paul Tibbets, Pilot / B29 ENOLA GAY / 6 AUG. 1945.” Each 10x8 inches. The book, signed below portrait on verso of page facing title-page. 8vo, publisher’s cloth; faint soiling to fore- and lower edges; dust jacket. Columbus, (1998).
Estimate
$200 – $300
143
(World War II.) Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Brief Typed Letter Signed, as Supreme Commander:
“Supreme Headquarters” [Versailles], 8 March 1945
“Thank you for your courtesy in forwarding to me Monsieur Raymond Kamoun’s package.” 1 page, 8vo, “Office of the Supreme Commander” stationery; two punch holes in each of upper and lower margins (without affecting text), horizontal fold. With the original envelope.
Estimate
$300 – $400
144
(World War II.) MacArthur, Douglas.
Typed Letter Signed, to Colonel George T. Bowman (“My dear Colonel Bowman”),
Washington, 6 July 1933
expressing appreciation on the part of the War Department for his service, listing some salient decorations Bowman received during his career in the Army, and wishing him many years in which to enjoy his retirement. 1 page, 4to, “War Department” stationery; 3 punch holes in left margin reinforced on verso, horizontal folds.
”. . . In reviewing your record I note the many commendatory remarks of the officers with whom you served . . . . You were awarded a citation for your exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service as Chief of Personnel Division . . . by the Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, and you also received the French Legion of Honor (Officer) and the Distinguished Service Medal . . . .”
Estimate
$300 – $400
145
(world war ii.) macarthur, douglas.
Time magazine cover Signed,
New York, 3 January 1963 [from postmark]
diagonally at lower right. The cover, from the October 30, 1944 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Boris Artzybasheff. Air Express Edition. 4to; faint scattered dampstaining touching signature, minor loss along left edge, trimming to upper edge truncating most of date, lower edge unevenly trimmed, folds. With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
Estimate
$250 – $350
146
(world war ii.) mussolini, benito.
Photograph postcard Signed, full-length portrait by Alberto Traldi,
Np, nd
showing him in Fascist uniform. Signed vertically in the image at upper right. Correspondence side blank. 12mo; faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$400 – $600
147
(World War II.) Rosenthal, Joe.
First Day Cover Signed, commemorating the heroism of the U.S. Marine Corps at Iwo Jima in 1945.
Np, nd
Signed at upper right. The cache, showing two Marines with the outline of Iwo Jima behind them. 3-cent “Iwo Jima” postage stamp cancelled at Washington, D.C., on the day of issue: July 11, 1945; additionally postmarked on verso at Helmuth 5 days later. 3½x6½ inches.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Founder of Ziegfeld Follies
148
Ziegfeld, jr., florenz.
Typed Letter Signed, “Flo,” to theater manager Charles Bancroft Dillingham (“My dear Charlie”),
New York, 7 June 1915
inquiring whether he might be able to employ Frank Tinney for a few weeks in New York during the summer. ½ page, 4to, “Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic” stationery; folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
Presidents
149
Adams, john quincy.
Autograph Letter Signed, “J.Q. Adams,” to George Stillman Hillard,
Washington, 27 June 1838
declining an invitation to speak for the Boston Lyceum due to health problems. ½ page, 4to; remnants of mounting along right edge verso, small closed tear at left edge, faint scattered staining, folds.
“The invitation to deliver an introductory Lecture to the Boston Lyceum next October is so highly gratifying to me that it is with mortification that I find myself constrained to decline it. Chiefly from a pulmonary weakness, which keeps me in constant and increasing uncertainty whether I can from day to day command the exercise of my voice, and which has already compelled me to decline several other similar invitations.”
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
150
Adams, john.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President, appointing Samuel Blakeslee Captain in the infantry.
Philadelphia, 17 April 1799
Countersigned by Secretary of War James McHenry. 10¾x16 inches; slight fading to signature, seal perished, some worming at upper left, faint soiling at all edges, deep folds.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
151
Buchanan, james.
Partly-printed Document Signed, as Secretary of State,
Washington, 25 October 1848
passport for Francis O. Wyse. 1 page, 17x11 inches, with portion of integral blank; moderate scattered dampstaining affecting text (but still legible, Buchanan signature mostly untouched), folds.
Estimate
$200 – $300
152
Bush, george herbert walker.
Time magazine cover Signed, “George Bush,”
Np, nd
diagonally at middle right. The cover, from the July 28, 1980 issue featuring him standing with Ronald Reagan during the Republican National Convention. 4to; folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
After losing election to Harrison: "We Rejoice at a Prospect of Freedom"
153
Cleveland, frances f.
Three Autograph Letters Signed, two as First Lady, to Mrs. Albert Leighton Coolidge (“My dear Mrs. Coolidge”),
Washington, 3 August 1887; 24 November 1888; Np, “Saturday”
explaining that she had gone to Marion, MA, for the summer to escape the heat, hoping Mr. Coolidge has found some deer [to hunt], expressing ambivalence about her husband’s having lost re-election, sharing her opinions about the theatrical roles performed by [Jane] Hading and [Benoît-Constant] Coquelin, and thanking for flowers. Together 13 pages, 12mo, written on 4 folded sheets, personal or “Executive Mansion” stationery; horizontal fold. Two with the original envelope.
24 November 1888: “. . . Well Mr. Coolidge did predict wrong, but it can’t be helped, and I wish no one felt worse than I do about it. The President and [I] are looking forward now to some real living. Democratically we are very mad, but personally we rejoice at a prospect of freedom & independence.
“Mamma has just gone off to see Coquelin and Hading in Camille. I have seen them both at their best. . . .”
Estimate
$600 – $900
154
Cleveland, grover.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as Governor, military commission
Albany, 28 May 1884
appointing Richard Oliver Commissary of Subsistence in the infantry of the National Guard in the State of NY. Countersigned by Adjutant General John G. Farnsworth. 12x18½ inches; docketing at lower left recto, folds, oath of office on verso, foil seal intact.
Estimate
$200 – $300
155
Coolidge, calvin.
Archive of 15 Typed Letters Signed, 13 as President, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley or Senator Joseph T. Robinson,
Vp, 1923-31
thanking for suggestions, reciprocating holiday greetings, thanking for election congratulations, arranging or declining meetings, etc. Together 15 pages, 4to or smaller, most on White House stationery, most with integral blank; generally good condition.
23 February 1927, to “My dear Senator Robinson”: “I want to thank you for your letter . . . in which you suggest the appointment of Honorable Edward N. Hurley on the Economic Conference at Geneva. I know Mr. Hurley and have a very high regard for him. . . .”
4 March 1927: “I was glad to get your letter . . . about the progress made in the development of small electric motors, increasing their efficiency and reducing the cost by one-half in the last six years.
“Everything that tends to lighten the work in the home gives more time for intellectual and social pursuits, and, of course, is of great importance.”
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
Sec. of Commerce should be "Free from the regulatory functions of government"
156
Coolidge, calvin.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley,
Washington, 12 February 1925
agreeing that the Federal Trade Commission should both serve the public interest and permit business to “develop along sound lines,” emphasizing the independence of the Secretary of Commerce from regulatory functions while discussing its relationship to the Federal Trade Commission, and inviting suggestions. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, with integral blank; horizontal folds.
”. . . It is my desire that the Federal Trade Commission should be so conducted as you well say ‘that public interest may be served and business allowed to develop along sound lines.’ It seems to me . . . however, that there is a major distinction between the relationship of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Federal Reserve Board and that for the Secretary of Commerce vis a viz [sic] the Federal Trade Commission in that the latter body is a judicial and regulartory [sic] body.
“I understand that the Secretary of Commerce has always wished to keep his department free from the regulartory functions of the Government in order that it might exert its greatest influence through cooperation and promotion. . . .”
In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Herbert Hoover Secretary of Commerce. Hoover exerted the power of his office aggressively, regulating various areas of the economy with the aim of improving efficiency and productivity while balancing the interests of business and labor. Although Hoover was retained as Secretary of Commerce when Calvin Coolidge became president, Coolidge disapproved of regulation, which was reflected in his strongly pro-business appointments to the Federal Trade Commission.
Estimate
$350 – $500
State of the Union during the Coolidge years
157
Coolidge, calvin.
Group of 6 pamphlets, each Signed, each a Message of the President of the United States.
Washington, 1923-28; inscriptions: Np, nd
Each signed at end of text. Each 8vo, lacking wrappers, binding staple or perfect. With custom morocco slipcase, gilt titling on spine and front, cloth chemise.
6 December 1923: “Since the close of the last Congress the Nation has lost President Harding. . . .”
3 December 1924: “The present state of the Union . . . is such that it may be regarded with encouragement and satisfaction by every American. . . .”
[8 December] 1925: “. . . The age of perfection is still in the somewhat distant future, but it is more in danger of being retarded by mistaken Government activity than it is from lack of legislation. . . .”
[7 December] 1926: “. . . What the country requires is not so much new policies as a steady continuation of those which are already being crowned with such abundant success. . . .”
[6 December] 1927: “. . . The country as a whole has had a prosperity never exceeded. . . .”
[4 December] 1928: “. . . No Congress . . . has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which appears at the present time. . . .”
Estimate
$600 – $900
158
Eisenhower, dwight d. and mamie.
Two Photographs Signed and Inscribed, each by one.
Np, nd
The first, “For: James P. Fordyce / with best wishes from / DwightDEisenhower,” bust portrait showing him looking slightly to side of camera. The second, “For Mr. J.P. Fordyce with my / best wishes. / Mamie Doud Eisenhower,” bust portrait by George Gaylin showing her wearing a hat and pearl choker. Each inscribed in the blank lower margin. Each 10x8 inches; mounted to board trimmed to size.
Estimate
$350 – $500
Envelope for letter to his wife that he censored himself
159
Eisenhower, dwight d.
Inscription Signed, “Censored by / Dwight D. Eisenhower / General, U.S.A.,” on an envelope addressed in type to his wife,
Miami, 22 April 1943 [from postmark]
in care of her youngest sister, Mrs. Gordon D. Moore, in San Antonio, TX. Inscribed diagonally at upper left, with holograph “Free” written diagonally at upper right. 3¾x8¼ inches; U.S. Examiner ink stamp at lower left, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso.
The family of young Mamie Dowd owned a home in San Antonio where they would spend the winters and where Mamie met her future husband Dwight Eisenhower in 1915.
Estimate
$200 – $300
160
Eisenhower, dwight d.
Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To Kay Tillman–with best wishes,”
Np, nd
full-length portrait showing him seated outside a log cabin with Richard Nixon. Inscribed in the blank lower margin. Additionally signed and inscribed by Nixon (“To Kay Tillman / with best wishes / from / Dick Nixon”) diagonally at lower right. 11x13¼ inches; Nixon signature completely faded, mounted to board trimmed to size, emulsion beginning to crack overall.
Estimate
$350 – $500
161
Garfield, james a.
Autograph Letter Signed, “JAGarfield,” to Orissa Udall (“Dear Miss”),
Hiram, 6 July 1872
accepting honorary membership in the Alumni Association of Hiram College, and explaining that he was unable to attend the meeting. 1 page, 8vo; moderate paper clip stains at upper edge, folds.
Estimate
$350 – $500
162
Harding, warren g.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to C.L. Harding,
Washington, 18 May 1923
declining to address the International Association of Civitan Clubs due to being obligated to prepare for a trip to Alaska. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, with integral blank; horizontal fold.
Estimate
$200 – $300
"The Indian is a Great Gambler and the Possession of Money Would Promote That"
163
Harrison, benjamin.
Letter Signed, “BenjHarrison,” as President, to Mrs. Elizabeth E. Coolidge,
Washington, 16 February 1891
responding to the recommendations she conveys from Bishop [William Hobart] Hare, suggesting that annuities paid to Indians would tend be used to buy whisky, generalizing that Indians are by nature gamblers, acknowledging that the present system impoverishes Indians, and proposing that U.S. laws give more discretion to Indian executive officers. 2 pages, 4to, “Executive Mansion” stationery, written on a folded sheet, ruled paper; horizontal folds. With the original envelope.
“I . . . notice what you say about Bishop Hare’s suggestions as to the management of the Indians. I . . . do not doubt his sincere and intelligent interest in the Indians; and, yet, I do very much doubt the wisdom of the suggestions that the annuities to the Indians should be paid in money. I think the first effect would certainly be quite unfavorable, if not disastrous. There would be more whisky and fewer blankets. The Indian is a great gambler and the possession of money would promote that vice among them. In all the patents for allotments it has been thought necessary to deprive the Indian of the right of alienation for twenty-five years, upon the theory, no doubt generally correct, that the white man would have the lands and the Indians nothing in a short time if he was allowed to deal with him freely. I fully appreciate the fact that there is much in the present Indian system that tends to pauperize. Perhaps the trouble is that our laws deal with all Indians on the same plane and do not give the Executive officers discretion to deal with each Indian according to his intelligence and capabilities.”
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
164
Harrison, benjamin.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “BenjHarrison,” as President,
Washington, 20 July 1892
military commission appointing Samuel B. Arnold Second Lieutenant of Cavalry. Countersigned by Secretary of War Stephen Benton Elkins. 19¼x15½ inches; folds, docketing at upper left recto, paper seal intact.
Estimate
$300 – $400
Signed Facsimile of classic 16th-century Mining Reference
165
Hoover, herbert.
Georgius Agricola. De re Metallica. Signed and Inscribed, “The Good Wishes of / Herbert Hoover,”
London: The Mining Magazine, 1912; inscription: Np, nd
on the front free endpaper. Folio, parchment over boards, slight bowing to front cover; faint uneven toning to front endpapers affecting inscription, commemorative 5-cent “Humanitarian, Engineer . . . Hoover” postage stamp mounted to front pastedown, uncut and partly unopened.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
166
Hoover, herbert.
Brief Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Alonzo Eugene Austin,
Washington, 6 May 1932
expressing appreciation for his friendly letter. ½ page, 4to, White House stationery, with integral blank; horizontal fold, faint toning at all edges.
With–Lou Henry Hoover. Typed Letter Signed, soliciting a donation to the Girl Scouts. 1 page, 4to, “Girl Scouts” stationery; moderate scattered staining affecting signature and text. New York, 23 October 1922.
Estimate
$100 – $200
167
Hoover, herbert.
Group of 6 Typed Letters Signed, 5 as President, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley,
Washington, 1924-32
mostly reciprocating holiday greetings. Each 1 page, 4to, most on White House stationery, most with integral blank; few with faint scattered soiling, horizontal fold.
1 September 1932: “I wish to record the hearty appreciation that the whole country feels for the public service rendered by the conference in which you shared last Friday, and to express my own thanks for your personal contribution to its usefulness.”
With–Herbert Hoover. Autograph sentiment Signed, in the third person within the text: “Herbert Hoover / cordially reciprocates / your Season’s Greetings,” on his monogrammed correspondence card. 1 page, 12mo. Np, nd.
On August 26, 1932, over 200 bankers and industrialists representing the twelve federal reserve districts met in Washington, DC, to discuss plans to combat the Great Depression. In his address to the group, President Hoover outlined the immediate problems, including the inadequate availability of credit. It was hoped that the situation would be improved by the loans issued by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (on whose board Hoover intended to place Edward N. Hurley, though it was never realized).
Estimate
$500 – $750
Jackson and Van Buren
168
Jackson, andrew.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President,
[Washington], 8 January 1830
ship’s papers for the Ship Exchange of NY. Countersigned by Secretary of State Martin Van Buren. 15x11 inches, scalloped top; deep folds with one touching Jackson signature (without loss), docketing verso, paper seal intact.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
169
Jefferson, thomas.
Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, notes from a statement by judge William Jones concerning the marriage settlement of John Paradise and Lucy Ludwell Paradise.
Np, circa December 1815
½ page, 4to; complete separations at folds repaired verso with tissue, dampstaining and chipping along right edge, faint scattered foxing, docketing on verso with minor bleedthrough.
“A copy of Sr. Wm. Jones’s statement of the limitations of the real estate in the same marriage contract of mr. & mrs. Paradise.
“1. to the husband for life, without impeachment of waste, & with power of leasing for 21 years, reserving the best rent.
“2. rem[ainde]r to the wife for life Etc. and with the like power.
“3. rem[ainde]r to trustees to preserve contingent rem[ainde]rs.
“4. rem[ainde]r to such child or children of the marriage (in tail or for a less estate) as the husband & wife, or the survivor shall appoint.
“5. rem[ainde]r (in default of an appointment) to the children of the marriage in tail, as tenants in common.
“6. rem[ainde]r (in default of issue) to such person as the wife alone shall appoint.
“7. rem[ainde]r (in default of such appointment) to the survivor in fee.”
This manuscript settlement was likely sent as an enclosure with Jefferson’s letter to Philip Ignatius Barziza dated December 24, 1815, the draft of which settlement is published in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson vol. 9 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012), 285.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
170
Johnson, lyndon b.
Signature on a menu for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists 7th Annual Banquet,
[Washington, May 1963]
to the right of a reproduction of a caricature of LBJ by Gibson Crockett. 4 pages, 4to, folded sheet; moderate uneven toning affecting signed page.
Estimate
$300 – $400
171
Madison, james.
Autograph Letter Signed, to Representative Stephen Van Rensselaer (“Dear Sir”),
Montpelier, 14 March 1822
expressing appreciation on the part of the public for his survey work and expecting that it will prove useful. 1 page, 4to; brittling overall, short closed separation at vertical fold through signature (without loss) repaired verso, chipping at right edge with minor loss, moderate staining at upper right touching text (but still legible).
“I received . . . the copy of the Geological and Agricultural Survey which you were so obliging as to send me . . . .
“I can not bestow more commendation than is due to the liberal patronage to which the public owe the work. Such surveys will not only contribute handfuls of valuable facts towards a Geological Theory; but will more & more unveil the subterraneous treasures of the Country: and as far as Agricultural & Statistical researches may be embraced, will be useful in those views also.”
The work under discussion in this letter is likely an early version or part of A Geological and Agricultural Survey of the District Adjoining the Erie Canal, in the State of New York by Amos Eaton and Stephen Van Rensselaer, published privately in 1824.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
Passage for Ship Loaded with Spanish Prisoners of Spanish-American War
172
McKinley, William.
Typed Document Signed, as President,
Washington, 21 July 1898
certifying that the screw steamer P. de Satrustegui is in the employ of the U.S. government “transporting from Santiago de Cuba to a port in Spain Spanish prisoners heretofore surrendered to the Army of the United States in Cuba.” Countersigned by Secretary of State William R. Day. 1 page, tall 4to; moderate marginal discoloration from prior matting, horizontal folds.
Estimate
$600 – $900
173
McKinley, William.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President,
Washington, 24 December 1899
military commission appointing Samuel B. Arnold First Lieutenant of Cavalry. Countersigned by Secretary of War Elihu Root. 19½x15½ inches; faint scattered foxing, docketing at upper left recto, seal mostly intact.
Estimate
$300 – $400
174
Monroe, james.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President, land deed
Washington, 6 February 1822
granting 80 acres in Huntsville, AL, to Lawrence and Joseph Thompson. Countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. 9¾x16¼ inches; minor scattered fading to Monroe signature, short closed separation at vertical fold with minor loss to Meigs signature, paper seal intact.
Estimate
$200 – $300
175
Monroe, james.
Two Partly-printed vellum Documents Signed, as President, each a land grant.
Washington, 6 May 1819; 10 November 1824
The first, granting 80 acres in Crawfordsville, IN, to George Johnson. The second, granting 800 acres northwest of the Ohio River to Walter Dun for the service of William Yates and Nathaniel Fox in the Virginia Line. Each countersigned by the General Land Office Commissioner George Graham or Josiah Meigs. 9¼x15 or 17¾x11 inches; faint scattered foxing, folds, paper seals intact.
Estimate
$500 – $750
176
Roosevelt, eleanor.
Typed Letter Signed, to “Dear Mrs. Ellis,”
New York, 19 January 1928
quoting a letter from Museum of the City of New York founder Henry Collins Brown concerning a lecture about Poughkeepsie and the Hudson River and botanist David Hosack’s Elgin Botanic Garden, listing the costs required to present slides [using slide projector], anticipating a meeting with Brown to discuss the presentation, and arranging a meeting with her. 2 pages, square 8vo, written on two sheets, personal stationery; horizontal fold. With the original envelope.
”. . . I do not think . . . that we could get as interesting and novel an entertainment for as little as this . . . I am to . . . talk over the development of the Hudson River idea sometime next week, but I feel sure that with proper advertising and the aid of the Historical Society, we ought to be able to make a great success of it. Perhaps we could even . . . get all the schools to come in the afternoon. . . .”
Estimate
$100 – $200
177
Roosevelt, eleanor.
Typed Letter Signed, as First Lady, to Naomi Wheat,
Washington, 20 November 1936
conveying the president’s and her own gratitude for her support. ½ page, 8vo, White House stationery; horizontal folds. With the original envelope.
Estimate
$200 – $300
178
Roosevelt, eleanor.
Typed Letter Signed, as First Lady, to Mrs. Roger B. Hull,
Washington, 22 December 1938
explaining that the Immigration Service is doing all it can to help French convict René Belbenoît return to France. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery; minor smudging to end of signature, horizontal folds.
”. . . Everything possible within the law has been done, and is being done . . . to relieve his situation. While deportation in such a case is mandatory under the law, his enforced departure from the United States has been deferred until February 15, 1939. This will enable . . . negotiations with the French Government for a pardon so that he can be returned to France without any danger of being sent back to Devil’s Island. . . .”
In 1938, the publication of René Belbenoît’s account of his experiences at a French penal colony, Dry Guillotine, Fifteen Years Among The Living Dead, became so wildly popular that it was reprinted several times during the year of its first appearance.
Estimate
$400 – $600
179
Roosevelt, eleanor.
Typed Letter Signed, to “Dear Mr. Margolius,” thanking for sending reprints of his articles and for his comments about her book,
New York, 14 November 1960
You Learn By Living. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery; horizontal fold.
”. . . I am delighted to know you enjoyed YOU LEARN BY LIVING and I thank you for your very kind comments.”
Estimate
$150 – $250
"I Doubt…If a Woman Could be an Admiral"
180
Roosevelt, eleanor.
Typed Letter Signed, to Dorothy Riggle,
New York, 29 January 1962
encouraging her to pursue the promotion she thinks she deserves, but expressing doubt that a woman could become an admiral. 1 page, square 8vo, personal stationery; horizontal fold. With the original envelope.
”. . . There is, of course, no harm in trying to get your promotion which you feel you have earned.
“I doubt, however, if a woman could be an Admiral. Even if women go into the Armed Services they must expect to be limited in promotion. However, the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is going to study this question and report on it.”
On April 26, 1972, Alene B. Duerk became the first woman to serve as rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. The first woman to advance to the rank of four-star admiral was Michelle Howard, who received her promotion on July 1, 2014–over fifty years after the present letter was written.
Estimate
$200 – $300
181
Roosevelt, eleanor.
Group of 9 Brief Typed Letters Signed, to various recipients,
New York or Hyde Park, 1946-62
thanking for letters or gifts, declining invitations, directing elsewhere for more information, etc. Each 1 page, square 8vo or smaller, personal stationery; horizontal fold. Each with the original envelope.
12 December 1946: “. . . I appreciate the students nominating me for your 14th Annual Lincoln Award.
“I shall be proud to be beaten by any of your other candidates!”
3 July 1958: “. . . I think it is wonderful that you take such an active interest in government. And I would advise you to write to your State Capitol for information on local government, and to the State Department, Washington D.C. for information about Federal Government.”
With–(Eleanor Roosevelt.) Typed letter bearing signature stamped in ink, to Dr. Ramiro Aragon, inviting him to a party for United Nations guests at the New York Botanical Garden. 1 page, 4to, “Department of Commerce and Public Events” stationery. New York, 10 May 1956.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
182
Roosevelt, franklin d.
Three Typed Letters Signed, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley,
New York, 2 January 1924; 7 January; 29 December 1925
each sending Christmas and New Year greetings. Together 2½ pages, 4to or smaller, “Fidelity and Deposit Company” or “Roosevelt & O’Connor” stationery;
2 January 1924: “. . . I wish the nation had you back at the head of the Shipping Board. We would then, at least, have a policy and effective management. . . .”
The United States Shipping Board, chaired by Edward N. Hurley during the first World War, was charged with increasing and managing the fleet of commercial ships in support of the War. After the War, President Calvin Coolidge came into conflict with the Board–which had continued to attempt to increase the amount of commerce carried by U.S. ships–because he wanted to support U.S. businesses, which had, in recent years, increasingly found foreign shippers to be more convenient. In 1934, the Board was abolished and its functions transferred to various agencies in the Department of Commerce.
With–Archive of over 40 Typed Letters Signed by various Senators, FDR’s secretaries, and others, to Edward N. Hurley, mostly acknowledging receipt of reports concerning the Middle West Utilities Company or sending thanks. Each 1 page, 4to, stationery. Vp, 1933.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
183
Roosevelt, franklin d.
Two partly-printed Documents Signed, as President, each appointing Antonio C. Gonzalez Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the U.S.:
Washington, 22 January 1935; 22 March 1938
the first, to Ecuador; the second, to Venezuela. Each countersigned by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Each 13x17¾ inches; faint scattered foxing, minor stain at lower right of second, remnants of mounting at upper corners verso of first, paper seals intact.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
First term cabinet
184
Roosevelt, theodore; and his cabinet.
Sheet Signed by the president and 8 members of his cabinet.
[Washington, 1903]
1 page, 4to, with integral blank; moderate marginal discoloration from prior matting.
President Theodore Roosevelt • Secretary of State John Hay • Secretary of the Treasury L.M. Shaw • Secretary of War Elihu Root • Attorney General Philander C. Knox • Postmaster General Henry Clay Payne • Secretary of the Navy William Henry Moody • Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock • Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson.
With–Elihu Root. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, to “Dear Mrs. Foote”: “I send you a beautiful sheet of autographs. Please give my regards to Mr. Foote.” 1 page, 8vo, “War Department” stationery. Washington, 10 February 1903.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
185
Roosevelt, theodore.
Partly-printed Document Signed, as President,
Washington, 11 August 1905
appointing Ben W. Hodges Commander in the Navy. Countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. 19½x16 inches; few closed separations at upper edge repaired verso with tissue, few creases at lower left, faint scattered soiling, paper seal intact, bold signature.
Estimate
$600 – $900
186
Roosevelt, theodore.
Autograph Letter Signed, to Cardinal Michael Logue, introducing fellow war supporter, James J. McGraw.
“Sagamore Hill” [Cove Neck], 6 June 1915
2 pages, small 4to, personal stationery, written on a folded sheet; horizontal fold. With the original envelope.
“This is to introduce my friend Mr. Jas. G [sic] McGraw of Oklahoma–as good an American as I know–who is going abroad on behalf of the Knights of Columbus. He is a[s] staunch[ly] for the war as I am, of course. I hope you can talk freely with him.”
Estimate
$600 – $900
187
Roosevelt, theodore.
Autograph Letter Signed, to physician John Benjamin Murphy (“Dear Dr. Murphy”), congratulating him on being awarded a knighthood in the Order of St. Gregory the Great,
“Sagamore Hill” [Cove Neck], 15 July 1916
and inviting his entire family for a visit. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery; horizontal fold.
“Mrs. Roosevelt and I were very much pleased to learn of the signal honor conferred on you by your investiture with the Order of St. Gregory the Great. . . .”
On June 16, 1916, John Benjamin Murphy was awarded the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, a papal order of knighthood.
Estimate
$350 – $500
188
Taft, william h.
Typed Letter Signed, “WmHTaft,” to U.S. Ambassador to France Hugh Campbell Wallace, congratulating him on his appointment.
Washington, 9 March 1919
1 page, 4to, personal stationery; moderate chipping to lower edge, faint uneven toning overall, remnants of prior mounting at upper right verso, folds.
”. . . I want to congratulate you and Mrs. Wallace on going to France. I am sure you will most worthily represent us there . . . . I like to think of [Mrs. Wallace] presiding in your salon in Paris.”
With–Group of 6 letters and a telegram from friends and relations sending congratulations to Wallace: William Lawrence Saunders • Jeremiah Neterer • George M. Woolsey • others. Together 16 pages, 4to or smaller. Vp, February-March 1919.
Estimate
$200 – $300
189
Taft, william h.
Three Typed Letters Signed, “WmHTaft,” as Chief Justice, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley,
Washington, 24 December 1925; 23 December 1926; 23 December 1927
acknowledging receipt of, and sending in reply, Christmas greetings and New Year wishes. Each 1 page, small 4to, “Supreme Court of the United States” stationery, with integral blank; horizontal fold, faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$200 – $300
190
Truman, harry s.
Typed Letter Signed, as Senator, to attorney Daniel Dillon,
[Washington], 23 April 1937
explaining that it is bad form for a Senator to interfere in the politics of a Senator from another state, but promising to mention his intentions to the Oklahoma Senators in the event an opportunity presents itself. ½ page, 4to, “United States Senate” stationery; three punch holes in left margin (affecting only letterhead text), faint uneven toning overall, horizontal folds.
Estimate
$100 – $200
191
Washington, george.
Clipped Signature, “G:Washington,”
Np, nd
likely removed from a letter. 1¼x3¼ inches; some tiny holes along horizontal fold below signature, moderate scattered soiling.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
Archive of letters written from White House during First World War
192
Wilson, woodrow.
Extraordinary archive of over 60 letters Signed, nearly all as President, to the Chairman of both the Federal Trade Commission and later the U.S. Shipping Board Edward N. Hurley,
Washington or Paris, 1916-23
including mostly Typed Letters and one Autograph Letter, on mostly business topics, including accepting his resignation from the FTC, discussing candidates for the FTC or the Red Cross War Council or other organizations, arranging meetings, discussing issues relating to wartime commercial shipping including a plot to destroy American and British ships, arranging for assistance to other countries during and after the war, etc. Together over 70 pages, 4to or small 4to, White House or “American Commission to Negotiate Peace” or personal stationery, most with integral blank; slight feathering to some signatures, generally good condition.
12 May 1916: “Your Boston speech is before me, in which you outline some of the work which the Federal Trade Commission is doing for the business men of the country. I wish to commend . . . your endeavor to assist the small manufacturer and merchant . . . .
“Your suggestion that trade associations . . . and other similar organizations should be encouraged . . . by the Government seems to me a very wise one. . . . These associations, when organized for the purpose of . . . unifying cost accounting and bookkeeping methods, standardizing products and processes of manufacturer, should meet with the approval of every man interested in the business progress of the country. . . .
“If we are to be an important factor in [the] world’s markets, we must be more thorough and efficient in production. . . .”
2 August 1917: “Here is some additional evidence . . . with regard to the necessity of getting as soon as possible, directly or indirectly, at the matter of ocean freight rates. I have no doubt that you have the matter as much at heart as I have.”
21 August 1917: “. . . If . . . any practical suggestions occur to you, I would be very much obliged if you would personally confer with the members of the War Industries Board to see what if anything will be effective to meet the situation which Governor [of Washington, Ernest] Lister here anxiously outlines [possibly relating to local disruptions caused by International Workers of the World].”
29 August 1917: “. . . Our ship owners are not cooperating with us as they should in the adoption of measures of safety and protection and I think their failure to cooperate ought to receive some very public form of rebuke. . . .”
5 September 1917, ALS, in pencil: “I hurry this over to you because I am sure you will wish to act at once on its suggestion. Mr. McRees[?] is one of the leading men of his State.”
9 October 1917: “Thank you for your letter about Mr. Stevens’ proposal to establish American corporations, foreign owned, to take back the foreign-built ships commandeered by the Shipping Board. I find myself in entire agreement with your memorandum on the subject.”
16 January 1918: “I have just received a letter from a man whom I do not know, . . . which contains one piece of information which I do not feel that I can take the risk of passing by . . . . He states . . . that there is a carefully concerted plot on the part of all the pro-German and anti-American agencies in this country, including those disaffected elements among the Irish-Americans who are thought to be cooperating with such agencies, for a general effort to destroy American and British shipping in every port, in every ship yard, and at sea, and that the date set is the twenty-second of this month . . . .”
26 January 1918: “. . . The electrical welding accomplished such wonders in the rapid repair of the extensive injuries done to the German ships which we took over that I can easily see its use might be almost infinitely extended.”
12 February 1918: “. . . [T]he Dutch Government is very much embarrassed . . . by the publication of such announcements as appeared . . . for example, in the New York Times, headed, ‘Will free ships for our troops.’ . . . It unfortunately happens that what is good news for our people is sometimes bad news for our State Department . . . . It occurs to me that it would be feasible for your representative on the War Trade Board to confer with the representative of the State Department on that board with regard to such matters. . . .”
5 March 1918: “I hereby authorize you to refuse all further transportation for the importation of sugar to the sugar refiner, Mr. C.A. Spreckels. . . . [who] refused to sign the contract with the Food Administration which was necessary for the protection of the sugar supply . . . .”
29 March 1918: “I am sure you will be interested in reading the . . . letter from the Secretary of the Treasury [Wilson’s son-in-law William Gibbs McAdoo, who] . . . . was the member of the Cabinet chiefly active in the Pan-American Conference . . . . [who] himself visited the Latin-American countries in person in connection with the work of that Congress. I am inclined to think that he is right . . . .”
10 April 1918: “Mr. William Fellowes Morgan . . . . wrote me the other day that he didn’t think the country was sufficiently alive to the need for ships. . . .”
6 May 1918: “A good deal of embarrassment and dislocation in the administrative business of the Government has been caused by the transfer of clerks and specialists of one sort or another form the older and longer established departments to the new instrumentalities which have necessarily been created or greatly enlarged since this country entered the war . . . . [I]t has often happened that employees of the older departments have been drawn away by offers of considerable increases of pay . . . sometimes to the serious weakening, of the departments . . . .”
24 May 1918: “In a talk the other day . . . the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations . . . suggested the desirability of having a proper audit system worked out between the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Treasury Department to cover the expenditures of the Corporation. Of course, the Corporation is using its own auditors now . . . but it would assist the Committee on Appropriations, and, I think, strengthen the whole business with them if the system of audit could be coordinated with that of the Treasury . . . .”
8 August 1918: “My judgment is that we ought to continue the practice . . . of giving free shipment to freight from the Red Cross and for Red Cross uses. . . .”
3 September 1918: “. . . I . . . request: that the commandeering power should not hereafter be exercised over any of the material industries or industrial agencies of the country without first consulting the Chairman of the War Industries Board. . . .”
7 September 1918: “I have your letter . . . about communicating plans and specifications for steel, wooden, and concrete ships to the governments of the countries with which we are associated.
”. . . I think that as a general principle it is wise to be as generous and liberal as we can be without endangering the essential interests of the country, and I should assume that it was safe and right to let friendly cooperating governments have these plans and specifications when they ask for them.”
9 September 1918: “. . . I am deeply interested to learn that Lord Reading purposes [sic] having a conference with you about pooling our shipping with the British after the war. That is an extraordinary proposition, and I think perhaps it would be wise to tell him that we are sure that it will not be possible for us to make special arrangements with any one nation . . . .”
9 October 1918: “. . . The government has been acquiring a great deal of property of one sort or another in connection with the prosecution of the war and of the industries incident to it, and I am writing to ask if you cannot assign . . . the duty of studying the question how that property is to be disposed of to the greatest advantage after the war is over . . . .”
6 November 1918: “In view of the approaching evacuation of Belgium [by retreating German troops] and the new problems that confront this unfortunate people, I have asked Mr. Hoover to expand the activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium to cover the entire relationship of this government, and possibly that of other governments, together with all American public charity, to the whole business not only of food but also clothing, raw material, tools, machinery, exchange and other economic relief involved in the reconstruction of Belgium. . . .”
27 January 1919, Paris: “You are no doubt right about the objects of the French Naval League and I entirely approve of the suggestion you make . . . .”
Estimate
$15,000 – $25,000
193
Wilson, woodrow.
Typed Letter Signed, to George Byron Louis Arner (“My dear Mr. Arner”),
Princeton, 28 April 1910
expressing appreciation for his letter. 1 page, 8vo, “Princeton University . . . President’s Room” stationery, with integral blank; horizontal folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
194
Wilson, woodrow.
Photograph Signed and Inscribed, as President, “To Master Manolito Funes,”
Np, 16 May 1913
half-length portrait by Harris & Ewing, showing him looking into the camera. Inscribed in the blank lower margin. 11x7½ inches; some silvering in dark areas, faint stain at lower right touching paraph of signature.
Estimate
$600 – $900
195
Wilson, woodrow.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President,
Washington, 10 April 1914
military commission appointing Daniel F. Maguire Captain in the medical corps. Countersigned by Secretary of War Henry Breckinridge. 19½x15½ inches; slight fading to last few letters of Wilson’s signature, moderate marginal toning at all edges, few small holes at deep marginal folds, docketing at upper left recto, loss to 30% of paper seal.
Estimate
$200 – $300
196
Wilson, woodrow.
Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President, military commission
Washington, 7 August 1916
appointing Samuel B. Arnold Major of Cavalry. Countersigned by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. 19½x15½ inches; some fading to signature (but still legible), docketing at upper left recto, paper seal intact.
With–Four vellum documents issued to Samuel B. Arnold: United States Military Academy diploma, signed by Superintendent John Moulder Wilson and 11 others. West Point, 11 June 1892 • Army School of the Line diploma, signed by Acting Commandant John Frank Morrison (thrice) and 3 others. Fort Leavenworth, 30 June 1908 • Army Staff College diploma, signed by Commandant Frederick Funston and 5 others. Fort Leavenworth, 30 June 1909 • U.S. commission appointing him Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry, signed by Assistant Secretary of War William Moulton Ingraham. Washington, 3 August 1917.
Estimate
$200 – $300
Creation of the Red Cross War Council
197
Wilson, woodrow.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley,
Washington, 10 May 1917
requesting that he serve on the newly-created Red Cross War Council. 1½ pages, 4to, White House stationery, written on a folded sheet; horizontal fold through signature (without loss).
“After consultation with my active associates in the American Red Cross, it has been thought wise to create a Red Cross War Council of seven members . . . . I have today created the council. This letter is to ask you to accept membership on this council, a patriotic service which I trust it will be possible for you to perform.
“The close cooperation between the American National Red Cross and the military branch of the Government has already suggested new avenues of helpfulness in the immediate business of our organization for war . . . . Battlefield relief will be effected through Red Cross agencies . . . but civilian relief will present a field of increasing opportunity in which the Red Cross organization is especially adapted to serve . . . .”
The American Red Cross (ARC) was founded by Clara Barton in New York in 1881 as an extension of the International Red Cross (IRC), concentrating on aid for victims of disaster both national and international. On May 10, 1917, all ARC aid to nations belonging to the Central Powers ceased when Wilson formed the Red Cross War Council to manage the activities of the ARC. Although the ARC provided aid to all allied nations during the War, when it became part of the League of National Red Cross Societies at the War’s end, its efforts were directed mainly to those nations that endured the greatest suffering, wherever they may be in the world.
Estimate
$600 – $900
Arranging Meeting with New Commission which created Port Authority
198
Wilson, woodrow.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Chairman of the United States Shipping Board Edward N. Hurley,
Washington, 11 October 1917
encouraging him to attend a conference between various agencies of the government–including the Shipping Board–and the Harbor Development Commission. 1½ pages, 4to, White House stationery, written on two sheets; few small holes along upper edge, faint scattered soiling, horizontal fold.
“I recently had an occasion to discuss with the New York, New Jersey Port and Harbor Development Commission the important purposes for which they were constituted a joint commission, and I suggested to them that it would be very beneficial if they could be guided in their study of projects and development by the best opinion of the departments of the Federal Government chiefly concerned. I, therefore, suggested to them . . . a conference between their board and the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Chairman of the Shipping Board. . . .”
In 1917, the legislatures and governors of New York and New Jersey formed the New York-New Jersey Port and Harbor Development Commission with the aim of coordinating responses to the various problems concerning the Port of New York. The result of the Commission’s work was the creation of the Port Compact, an agreement between New York and New Jersey to create the Port Authority, signed by representatives of both States on May 1, 1921.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
Taking steps to meet demand for war goods
199
Wilson, woodrow.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley.
Washington, 24 July 1918
suggesting that the imbalance of supply and demand with respect to war goods can be remedied efficiently and with minimal disruption by the pursuit of two goals: (i) converting existing plants to war production rather than building new facilities and (ii) only ordering goods and materials that can be used immediately. 3½ pages, 4to, White House stationery, written on 4 sheets; slight feathering to signature, faint scattered soiling, two small punch holes at upper edge, horizontal fold.
“I am disturbed to find that the present industrial demands of the country for the supplying of war needs . . . are in some instance far in excess of the productive capacity of the country and in other instances almost as great as the full capacity of our present organized industries.
“The . . . requirements for steel for the last six months of the present year are estimated at about twenty million tons, whereas the greatest productive capacity of the steel industry for an equal period has not exceeded 16,500,000 tons. From the data now in hand, it appears that the Army will need all of the available wool in this country and as much as can be supplied from without by the shipping now available, and so it is with many other materials.
“I, therefore, suggest that the various departments of the Government . . . check every considerable item for the purpose of seeing to it that material is not ordered to be in hand until it can actually be used. The war demands . . . should not be anticipated. . . .
“I am solicitous that our war programme should be carried out with as little disturbance of our usual industries . . . as possible . . . . [P]lants which have been rendered idle or are likely to be rendered idle by the curtailment of non-essential production should be converted to war uses as far as possible. . . .
”. . . I have specially charged the War Industries Board with the conversion of existing plants to war uses and have asked that no new facilities should be provided without consultation . . . . If these suggestions are acted upon, many of the hardships that would fall upon businesses may be lessened or avoided altogether. . . .”
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
"We, like the English, are planning to dominate everything and to oust everybody"
200
Wilson, woodrow.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley,
Washington, 29 August 1918
suggesting that nothing be said about U.S. plans for shipping after the War in order to prevent reinforcing the impression on the part of the British that the Americans are planning to dominate global commercial shipping at the expense of everyone else. 1½ pages, 4to, White House stationery, written on two sheets; few small punch holes along upper edge, short tear with minor loss to left edge of first page, faint scattered soiling, horizontal folds.
“The English . . . are making a great many determined efforts to see to it not only that they are not put at an economic disadvantage after the war, but that they secure now by as tight arrangements as possible every economic advantage that is within their reach. . . . [O]ur shipbuilding programme will give us a very considerable advantage over them in the carrying trade, and therefore in world commerce, after the struggle is over. . . . [I]t is wise for us not to talk now or publicly plan now the use we shall make of our shipping after the war, because while it is true, contrary to the English impression, that we do not intend to seek any unfair advantage of any kind or to shoulder anybody out, but merely to give the widest possible currency to our own goods, the impression made by past utterances has been that we, like the English, are planning to dominate everything and to oust everybody we can oust. . . .”
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
Responding to Japanese Shipping Monopoly during Paris Peace Conference
201
Wilson, woodrow; and robert lansing.
Two Typed Letters Signed: Lansing, as Secretary of State, to President Wilson * Wilson, as President, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley.
Paris, 6; 9 January 1919
The first, sending a telegram [present], arguing that Japanese monopoly over shipping routes in the Pacific has driven rates unacceptably high, suggesting that Europe might divert a portion of their shipping to alleviate the problem, and recommending that he bring the matter to Hurley’s attention. The second, sending Lansing’s letter and asking, in full: “Is there anything possible to be done about this? It is clearly a serious situation, and I should like to see it relieved.” Together 3 pages, 4to, the first written on a folded sheet, the second on “The President of the United States” embossed stationery with integral blank; horizontal fold, the second with paper clip stain at upper left.
Lansing: “. . . After our entrance into the war, as you know, American shipping was almost wholly withdrawn from the Pacific which left to the Japanese nearly a complete monopoly of the carrying trade between the United States and the Far East. The rates became exorbitant and American merchants complained of discrimination against themselves. . . .
“The demand for tonnage in the Atlantic of course, is pressing. The starving people of Europe must be fed and the material needed for reconstruction work in Belgium and France must be supplied, but if the suffering nations of Europe can divert a part of their shipping to this effort to recapture control of Far Eastern commerce it may . . . protect in a measure our own commercial interests in the Orient. . . .”
With–Telegram from Counselor of the United States Department of State Frank Polk to Robert Lansing, describing the problem summarized in Lansing’s letter. 1 page, 4to, telegram form. Washington, 3 January 1919.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
202
Wilson, woodrow.
Typed Letter Signed, to diplomat Hugh Campbell Wallace,
Washington, 3 March 1923
thanking for a gift and mentioning Lord and Lady Derby. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery, with integral blank; faint uneven toning, scattered minor staining touching signature, horizontal fold.
“It was . . . kind of you to send me a copy of ‘The Pomp of Power’ . . . .
”. . . I wish we could look in on you at the house-party of Lord and Lady Derby and see you enjoying yourself in such pomp and circumstance. After all, the Derbys are as kind and simple as they are delightful and charming. . . .”
Estimate
$250 – $350
Musicians
203
Armstrong, louis; and woody herman.
Program for a 1956 concert, Signed by both, additionally inscribed by Armstrong (“Satchmo / To Gary / From / Louis Armstrong”), on the rear inside cover, in pencil.
(New York: Program Publishing Company), [1956]; inscriptions: Np, [21 March 1956]
Additionally signed by five other performers, on same page as Armstrong and Herman. The program, 20 pages, large 4to, printed wrappers, staple binding; some creasing to covers, faint scattered soiling to signature page.
Louis Armstrong • Woody Herman • Edmond Hall • Arvell Shaw • Trummy Young • Velma Middleton • Barrett Deems.
Estimate
$350 – $500
204
Berlin, irving.
Complete Playbill for the 1950 Broadway production of Call Me Madam Signed, “IBerlin,” on the front cover.
[New York, 1952]; inscription: Np, circa 1952
28 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple binding; some chipping to edges throughout, soft vertical fold.
Estimate
$100 – $200
205
Bernstein, leonard.
Autograph sentiment Signed, “For the Mengerts / Best wishes,” on a small card.
Np, nd
1 page, 4x6 inches.
Estimate
$100 – $200
"I'm just wild about Harry"
206
Blake, eubie.
Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, four bars from “I’m Just Wild About Harry”
Np, 21 November 1981
in Shuffle Along, notated on a printed stave with holograph title. ½ page, 6x8½ inches; torn spiral notebook holes along left edge.
On October 9, 1981, President Ronald Reagan awarded Blake with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
207
Blake, eubie.
Sheet music for “I’m Just Simply Full of Jazz” from Shuffle Along Signed, “From / Eubie / Blake,” on the front cover at lower right.
Np, nd
6 pages. Large 4to, two sheets with one being folded, lacking binding; punch holes along left edge, minor abrasion at upper right corner of cover.
Estimate
$400 – $600
208
Bloch, ernest.
Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, three bars
Np, nd
notated on a hand-drawn stave. 4¼x5½ inches, thin paper; small holes with minor loss to signature at lower right, mounted to larger sheet.
Estimate
$100 – $200
209
Bowie, david.
Time magazine cover Signed and Inscribed, “For Randall / With my very best / wishes / Bowie / 1986,”
Np, 1986
diagonally at middle right. The cover, from the July 18, 1983 issue featuring a bust portrait of him beside the headline, “Dancing to the Music.” 4to; folds, short closed tear at upper edge.
Estimate
$600 – $900
210
Brooks, mel.
Sheet music for “Springtime for Hitler” from his 1967 film The Producers Signed, across the first page.
Np, nd
10 pages, 4to, printed on rectos of separate sheets.
Estimate
$100 – $200
212
Callas, maria.
Time magazine cover Signed and Inscribed, “Cordially,” at lower center.
Np, 1960
The cover, from the October 29, 1956 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of her. Latin American Edition. 4to; folds touching inscription (without loss). With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
Estimate
$400 – $600
213
Handy, w.c.
Printed score for “Opportunity,” Signed and Inscribed, “To Tommy Bohn / W.C. Handy / ‘St. Louis Blues’ / 5-9-32,” on front cover.
[New York, 1932]; inscription: 9 May 1932
The score, a vocal quartet for mixed voices by Handy with lyrics from a poem by Walter Malone. 8 pages, small 4to, self-wrappers, two folded sheets lacking binding.
Estimate
$250 – $350
216
Respighi, ottorino.
Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, three bars from the second act of Semirâma,
Bologna, 28 January 1911
notated on a system of two machine-drawn staves, with holograph title and tempo directive. 1 page, oblong 4to; faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, remnants of prior mounting along all edges verso.
Estimate
$300 – $400
217
Romberg, sigmund.
Two items: Photograph Signed and Inscribed * Signature on a slip of paper.
Np, nd
The photograph, “To Carlson / sincerely / SRomberg,” half-length portrait showing him seated at the piano and looking into the camera. Inscribed in the blank lower margin. 5½x3½ inches; identification in unknown hand on verso. The signature, “Sig Romberg,” on paper embossed with text identifying the signature as belonging to a member of the American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers. 1¾x3 inches.
Estimate
$100 – $200
218
Rossini, gioachino.
Engraved half-length portrait Signed and Inscribed, “Opera souvenir / to my young colleague / Edmond Guion / G. Rossini,” in French.
Paris, 2 August 1868
Inscribed on the mat, below the image. 8½x7 inches (image), 15½x13 inches overall; faint staining at lower right corner of mat, faint scattered foxing to portrait.
Estimate
$600 – $900
219
Shostakovich, dmitri.
Autograph Letter Signed, “D. Shostakovich,” to “Dear Grigory Mikhailovich,” in Russian, in purple ink,
Np, 1 October 1947
requesting that a translation of the enclosed [not present] be sent to Liza[?], and, if necessary, write a reply. ½ page, 12mo; minor smudging to signature.
Estimate
$400 – $600
220
Sondheim, stephen.
Two programs for his plays, each Signed or Signed and Inscribed on the front cover:
[London, 1973; New York, 1984]; inscriptions: circa 1973; circa 1984
1973 West End production of Gypsy: A Musical Fable * 1984 Broadway production of Sunday in the Park with George. The first, “Best wishes / to Julie Reisch.” 24 pages. The second, signed vertically at middle left. 66 pages. Each 8vo, printed wrappers, staple binding; identification in unknown hand at upper edge on terminal page of second.
Estimate
$250 – $350
221
Stravinsky, igor.
Typed Letter Signed, to Arnold Weissberger,
Venice, 17 September 1957
granting permission for LIFE magazine to use his signature, requesting that he inquire of Andre Senutovitch’s agent why Senutovitch has not yet confirmed the theatrical piece he commissioned, proposing an updated reprinting of his own autobiography, and requesting that he acknowledge to Lincoln [Kirstein] the details about the ballet proposed for November [Agon, at the City Center in New York], and giving travel plans. 1 page, 4to, onionskin paper; four punch holes in left margin, folds, ink received stamp at upper right.
”. . . I think it is a good moment for a reprinting of the autobiography . . . . May I suggest also that . . . the questions and answers printed in the Atlantic Monthly, plus a new set . . . could be added to the autobiography . . . . Also, R. Craft could be commissioned to add a complete catalogue of my works together with a chronological table of biographical events from the conclusion of the autobiography to the present. Schott has just done this with a new German edition (but with a very incorrect catalogue which is why I am anxious to have a correct one). . . .”
Estimate
$250 – $350
Writers
222
Baldwin, james.
Time magazine cover Signed,
Np, [7 December 1968]
at lower right. The cover, from the May 17, 1963 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Boris Chaliapin. Latin America Edition. 4to; left edge trimmed irregularly, folds. With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
With–Typed letter from Baldwin’s secretary [sending cover and] conveying best wishes. 1 page, 8vo, “James Baldwin” stationery. [New York], 7 December 1968.
Estimate
$600 – $900
223
Borges, jorge luis.
Photograph Signed, “J L. Borges,” bust portrait showing him standing with another man and looking into the camera.
Np, nd
Signed on the mount, below the image. 6¼x8¾ inches (image), 8¼x8¾ inches overall; mount partially torn away from photograph, minor soiling to mount, pin holes in corners.
Estimate
$350 – $500
224
Borges, jorge luis.
Photograph Signed, “J L. Borges,” half-length portrait showing him seated beside Luisa Mercedes Levinson
Np, nd
while a standing Antonio Requeni leans between them. Signed on strip of paper mounted to lower edge of image. 6¾x8¼ inches (image), 8½x8¼ inches overall; paper strip moderately foxed.
Estimate
$350 – $500
Tax Troubles: "The Inland Revenue Authorities Cannot be Actuated by Sympathy"
225
Chandler, raymond.
Typed Letter Signed, to author Michael Gilbert,
La Jolla, 3 June 1957
explaining that the information Chandler sent previously concerning a tax liability problem was freely given to Chandler by the British Information Services office in New York, remarking that that office cannot advise about the tax problem, opining that [accountant A.J.] Clissold might find a way for Chandler to avoid the tax, and, in a postscript, reporting that he just received a letter from [his English accounting firm where Clissold is employed] Shipley, Blackburn, Sutton & Co. indicating that the tax cannot be avoided because the authorities are unmoved by emotional appeals. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery, pale blue paper; faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, two punch holes in left margin, horizontal fold, remnants of prior hinging at upper edge verso; matted with an 11x14-inch window card showing a scene from the 1946 film The Blue Dahlia and framed.
“The British Information Services in New York have been very friendly to me, and they have sent me a number of government publications which they are entitled to send to people enquiring from them. It is not the personal opinion of anyone in the British Information Services which gives the authority for what I have sent . . . . The British Information Services do not themselves feel entitled to express an opinion on these subjects, and they are not in any way to blame for any discrepancy between their and your . . . view of law. . . .”
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
226
Chateaubriand, françois rené de.
Letter Signed, “Chateaubriand,” to “Monsieur,” in French,
Paris, 28 February 1823
acknowledging receipt of his letter concerning the claims of Louis-Frédéric-Jumeau de Bellesme, and explaining that Bellesme was instructed to contact the relevant parties about his claim. 1 page, 4to, closed tears repaired verso with tissue including one through signature (without loss), folds.
“I have received the letter . . . relating to the succession of the lady Pope de Weisbade, claimed by her son, named Louis-Frédéric-Jumeau de Bellesme, department of Orne. . . .”
“I invited him to bring this communication to the knowledge of interested parties. . . .”
Estimate
$150 – $250
227
Cooper, james fenimore.
Check accomplished and Signed, “J. Fenimore Cooper,”
Cooperstown, 1 February 1843
to “Hay,” in the amount of $14.75 drawn on the Otsego County Bank. 2¼x6 inches; cancellation ink stamp affecting first five letters of signature, some smudging to signature.
Estimate
$100 – $200
228
Coward, noël.
Typed Letter Signed, to Aida Sloan (“Dear Doctor Sloan”),
Aldington, Kent, 10 August 1955
thanking him for a contribution made in his honor to the Dr. Howard Sloan Memorial Research Fund, and for his kind words. 1 page, 8vo, “Goldenhurst Farm” stationery; horizontal fold.
Estimate
$200 – $300
229
Dickens, charles.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed, to civil servant Henry Cole:
“Devonshire Terrace” [London], 7 December 1850
“Many thanks for your kindness, but I am engaged to be there with [Joseph?] Paxton, today.” 1 page, 8vo; moderate bleedthrough from remnants of mounting at corners verso, horizontal folds.
Estimate
$500 – $750
230
Dickens, charles.
Autograph Letter Signed, to schoolmaster Joseph Charles King (“My Dear Sir”),
“Tavistock House” [London], 10 March 1852
sending an unspecified document [not present; probably a check in payment of services rendered]. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; horizontal folds.
“I have been constantly ‘going’ to call on you one morning and bring you the enclosed with many thanks. My occupations have so constantly enforced me with the substitution of the will for the deed, that I think it best to send it thus after all.”
Joseph Charles King (1794-1854) was the schoolmaster who tutored Dickens’s sons, Charley (1847-49) and Walter (1849-51), in preparation for public school.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
231
Dickens, charles.
Brief Autograph Note Signed, twice in the third person within the text (“Mr. Charles Dickens” or “Mr. Dickens”), to surgeon Andrew Melville McWhinnie,
“Tavistock House” [London], 16 January 1857
presenting his complements and thanking him for “his extremely interesting and clear discourse.” 1 page, 8vo; faint uneven toning overall, horizontal folds. With the original envelope, addressed in holograph and signed, with cancelled Penny Red Queen Victoria postage stamp.
On October 1, 1956, Assistant-Surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Andrew Melville McWhinnie delivered an Introductory Address which was published later that year by John Churchill in London.
Estimate
$600 – $900
232
Dickens, charles.
Autograph Note Signed, in the third person within the text, declining an invitation from the United Law Clerks’ Society.
London, 3 June 1857
¼ page, 8vo, personal stationery, with integral blank; moderate marginal discoloration from prior matting, horizontal folds.
Estimate
$600 – $900
233
Frost, robert.
West Running Brook. Signed and dated, on the front free endpaper.
New York, (1928); inscription: Pennington [NJ], 1930
8vo, publisher's ¼ cloth, pictorial label to front board, marked rubbing to edges, scattered abrasions with minor loss to label; owner's inscription below Frost signature ("R.L. Small / December 1928"), short closed tear at upper edge of table of contents page, occasional ink markings throughout in unknown hand; lacking dust jacket.
Estimate
$250 – $350
On the possibility of writing another "Scarlet Letter"
234
Hawthorne, nathaniel.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Nath’l Hawthorne,” to journalist Samuel Lucas,
Leamington, 15 November 1859
reporting that he read his article on "the Fathers of New England," declining to do any literary work until he returns home, and listing the limitations that would prevent him from writing another "Puritan Story." 2 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet; second page backed, tears with minor loss to upper and right edges of second page, faint scattered dampstaining touching signature.
”. . . I have read the article on the Fathers of New England, and recognize your qualification to speak with authority on my attempts to depict their characters and times.
“My mind, at this time, is not in a productive state; for I have worked it very hard and continuously during two or three months past, and I promised myself to be idle during the rest of my stay in England. I enjoy my residence here so much . . . that I wish to defer all literary toil and other business of life till my return home.
“Your acquaintance with New England history will have suggested to you, I think, that it affords very little variety of subject for the romance-writer. Taking into view its limitations of accident, character, and colouring, and likewise the limitations of my own faculty, I doubt whether I could find the theme for another Puritan Story.”
This letter is published as 1049 in The Letters, 1857-1864, ed. Woodson, Rubino, Smith, Pearson, The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Vol. 15 (Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1987), 198.
The article Hawthorne read is the group of reviews by Samuel Lucas collectively entitled, “The Fathers of New England” in The Edinburgh Review 102, no. 208 (October 1855): 542-572.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
"Self-Criticism, a Habit no artist should ever be without"
235
Hesse, hermann.
Two notes, each Signed, “HHesse,” to aphorist Hans Margolius, in German: Autograph Note * Typed Note.
Zürich, 19 October 1951 [from postmark]; Np, nd
The first, on a photograph postcard, thanking for his manuscript, remarking that, while he is no longer much of a reader, in leafing through, he finds a beautiful belief in humanity and in humanity’s determination, and noting that the work gave him a good feeling. The photograph on verso, bust portrait by Widmann showing him. With holograph inscription at lower edge: “(1926).” The second, on a small card, thanking for his letter, noting that, while they agree on most matters, his own notion of the “real master” does not include those who consider themselves great, since they ignore the essential characteristic of a great artist: self-criticism. With a reproduction of a woodcut by him on first page. Together 3 pages, 12mo, the second written on recto and verso; horizontal fold to second.
Np, nd: “. . . [A]s far as my assessment of a ‘real master’ is concerned, I stick to what is natural and seems right to me. I’m not very fond of all those artists who consider themselves solemnly great, and act that way; examples would be Victor Hugo, [Christian Friedrich] Hebbel, [Stefan] George. But the many not-great ones who go along with the pose of the Olympian, and I have known many, show me clearly how little good it is when an artist–simply because he writes poetry, paints or makes music–counts himself among the chosen ones and forgets about self-criticism, a habit no artist should ever be without.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
236
Holmes, oliver wendell.
Autograph Letter Signed, “O.W. Holmes,” to “My dear Sir,”
Pittsfield, 15 September 1854
expressing regret at having been unable to meet him and Mr. Choate, encouraging him to make another attempt when next visiting Berkshire, and sending a fair copy of a recently composed poem [not present] commissioned by a horticulturist, Mr. Newton. 1¼ pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; ink identification in unknown hand at upper edge of first page, folds.
Estimate
$150 – $250
237
Holmes, oliver wendell.
Autograph Letter Signed, “O.W. Holmes,” to Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd, elaborately declining an invitation.
Boston, 28 December 1869
1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; horizontal folds.
“Had I the wings of a dove I would be with you for an hour at least . . . .”
“But I am very unmigratory from necessity just now and I can only thank you from the cage where I rarely sing and whence I almost never fly. . . .”
Estimate
$150 – $250
238
Holmes, oliver wendell.
The Last Leaf. Signed and Inscribed to Ulysses S. Grant’s daughter Nellie, with an Autograph Quotation Signed from “The Last Leaf.”
Cambridge, 1886; inscription: Boston, 21 December 1885
The inscription, “Oliver Wendell Holmes / for / Miss Nellie Grant,” on the front free endpaper. The quotation, stanza in 6 lines, dated below signature, on a front blank. Folio, publisher’s cloth, gilt titling on spine and cover, top edge gilt; moderate scattered foxing throughout (not affecting inscriptions). First edition.
“And if I should live to be
“The last leaf upon the tree
“In the Spring,
“Let them smile as I do now
“At the old forsaken bough
“Where I cling.”
Estimate
$600 – $900
"Critics will tell you that writing is inventing; but…it is remembering"
239
Howells, william dean.
Autograph Letter Signed, “W.D. Howells,” to “Dear Friends of the Jefferson School,” in purple ink,
Boston, 15 March 1881
responding to a proposal to make his life and literary works the subject of study, recalling his early education in Jefferson [OH], and describing how he understands the relationship between life and literature. 3 pages, 8vo, written on two folded sheets; horizontal folds.
“Mr. and Mrs. Arner have told me of your purpose to make my ‘life and works’ the subject of literary study, and have kindly asked me to send you some word . . . . I feel as if I had been called upon to ‘address the school,’ and am in the same dismay as if I stood on my feet before you. I hope you are not going to scrutinize my life and works very critically: nobody’s life and works will bear it. . . . I knew very well the inside of the old school house, and I can still see the faces young and bright there which you behold grizzled and wrinkled. . . . Some of the boys and girls of that time . . . lie under the chestnut trees from which I used to knock the burs with them, in the first sweet autumn weather that I remember in Jefferson. It was thirty years ago–it was yesterday. As you get on in the forties you will understand that life is chiefly what life has been; and that an author is merely one who has had the fortune to remember more of it than other men. A good many wise critics will tell you that writing is inventing; but I know better than that: it is remembering . . . .
“By and by you will all be authors, or rather you will realize that you have been authors, as you set down for the printed page . . . the history of your life. I hope that history will be for each of you a pure and sweet and good one . . . . Reflect that you are making your book now, in words and deeds, and that the older you grow the more you become merely that book–merely the record of yourself; and keep this in mind as you study other men’s books. Be true that you may get the truth from them . . . . Literature is life, and a clean conscience is the best criticism.”
Estimate
$300 – $400
240
Hughes, langston.
Simple’s Uncle Sam. Signed and Inscribed on the front free endpaper:
New York, 1965; inscription: Harlem, 16 November 1965
“Especially for the / George Millers, / with happy mem- / ories of our / dinner together,” in green ink. 8vo, publisher’s cloth; faint scattered foxing to preliminaries and subsidiaries; moderate scattered foxing and edge-chipping to dust jacket. First edition.
With–Langston Hughes. Autograph Note, unsigned, “(now in Europe),” in green ink, written on a sheet showing reproductions of newspaper reviews and a broadside about the Greenwich Mews Theater production of Hughes’s “Gospel songplay” entitled The Prodigal Son. 9x13 inches; folds. Np, [1965].
Estimate
$200 – $300
"Harry Brown": Psudonym of friend to the Great Victorian Poets
241
Hunt, leigh.
Autograph Letter Signed, to publisher John Taylor (“Mr. Taylor, Fleet Street”),
“Vale of Health” [London], 19 September 1816
explaining that he has sent the Harry Brown letters as well as a story, “Hero & Leander,” offering to write a preface to the letters, suggesting that they meet, and offering to add more letters or stories. 2 pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; few short closed tears at lower edge, folds.
“As . . . you wish to see the letters written under the signature of Harry Brown, I have sent what I have of them accordingly; & I add also a specimen of the Hero & Leander, though it wants touching again here & there. To the former will be added a variety of notes; & though I am not fond of notes to works of a less chatting nature, yet the letter also, I think, will admit of a preface, such as I may enjoy in writing, & consequently hope the public may enjoy in reading. But if you be inclined, Sir, to strike in with me in these little publications, (and I am secretly desirous of finding myself somewhere, & finding a bookseller that will show an inclination to allow some share of profit to a person really not inclined to ask much) I can talk with you on the subject to much more advantage personally, than in the compass of a sheet of paper. I cannot however come to town just this moment, as the latter end of the week is the busiest part of it with me; but something perhaps may be settled in the mean time, if you are so inclined; & I can afterwards call upon you or Monday or Tuesday, in case you are not able to take a walk or ride hither beforehand. The letters are designed to be 10 in number, though I should probably add two or three more if you had no objection. The Hero & Leander I mean to be about 300 lines; & I make it so short, principally, in the first place, because the incidents, I think, would not allow of more length consistently with the spirit which ought to accompany them; & next, because in case it should succeed, I wish to follow it up in the same way with two or three more of those graceful stories of antiquity, –such as Bacchus & Ariadne, Admetus & Alcestis; & perhaps Cupid & Psyche, –all, of course, told after my own fashion, & not translated or borrowed. . . .”
Having built a reputation as a dangerous man by publishing libelous remarks about the King under his own name and being imprisoned for it, Hunt adopted a pseudonym in 1816 in order to continue publishing his more satirical literary exploits: “Harry Brown.” Hunt wrote a series of conversational poems addressed to real figures such as Charles Lamb and Thomas Moore entitled, “Harry Brown’s Letters to His Friends,” which were published in the weekly he co-founded with his brother, the Examiner, beginning in the summer of 1816, and which he later offered to the publishing firm Taylor and Hessey in the hope they would issue them as a volume. Taylor declined, but Hunt continued to write for the Examiner under the name Harry Brown until 1821.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
Says of himself: "Unable… to answer for the number of his words"
242
James, henry.
Autograph Letter Signed, to author Henry Harland (“My dear Harland”), in English and French,
Bologna, 21 June [1894-97?]
reporting having sent a corrected proof [probably a contribution to The Yellow Book magazine, edited by Harlan], elaborately apologizing for the rough state of the manuscript, explaining that he has been suffering from influenza, hoping he has recovered from his illness and hoping to see him before Harland departs for America. 6 pages, small 8vo, written on two sheets with one folded; faint scattered offsetting, horizontal fold.
“I posted you my corrected proof at this place yesterday afternoon & I put forth orisons that it may reach you swiftly & deftly. After wiring you a week ago I was prevented from returning to Venice by a nasty little attack of influenza, & I was not sure how long the proof had lain at Casa Biondetti before I was able to get it forwarded thence & look at it–for I lay for 3 days stricken sore with fever. . . . I crawled on here yesterday & gave the best of my muddled brain to the proof & lamenting sore, first, that I wasn’t in better form for it . . . & second that I hadn’t had my copy again in hand before it went to the printers. . . . If you find the proof too rough a read (though I gave a whole languid day to it,) please don’t scruple to correct any obvious bévues–or beviews as I call them. The beastly ponderous elongation you won’t, alas, be able to mitigate. Tu l’as voulu Georges Dandin!–voulu, I mean, in applying to a creature constitutionally unable in a drama to answer for the number of his words–& yet constitutionally amiable enough to take in advance an optimistic view of it. However, on seeing the thing in print I find the words pretty words enough & the fault of the thing really is the extreme raccourci of the angle at which the subject is seen. I had, as I read it yesterday, [a] . . . sense of having omitted everything that I had most intended to put in . . . . [T]he end, like all my horrid ends, is too squeezed & hurried. But à la guerre comme à la guerre. I hope you have shed your lumbago in Paris & that if you still criminally intend to go to America you won’t be off before I return. . . . . I trust all your editorial sores heal faster than they form.”
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
243
James, henry.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed, “Henry James Jr.,” to publisher Ticknor & Fields (“Gentlemen”):
Cambridge, 6 March [before 1883]
“I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your order for the sum of $100.00 in payment for my story in the current Atlantic.” 1 page, 8vo; brittling and chipping at edges, faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, small note at upper left in unknown hand in red ink, horizontal folds.
Estimate
$400 – $600
244
Kipling, rudyard.
Brief Typed Letter Signed, to Colchester Mayor E.A. Blaxill (“Dear Sir”):
Burwash, 22 September 1910
“Many thanks for your kind invitation to the Oyster Feast. I am only sorry that I find myself engaged on the date you give.” 1 page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery; minor creases.
Estimate
$100 – $200
245
Kipling, rudyard.
Autograph Letter Signed, “RK,” to editor of the Daily Express Ralph David Blumenfeld (“Dear Blumenfeld”),
Burwash, 21 June 1913
remarking on Blumenfeld’s treatment at a spa in Contrexéville, inviting him to visit, praising his cartoonist, and, in a postscript, encouraging the critical articles about a committee that have been appearing in the Express. 2 pages, 12mo, personal stationery, with integral blank; horizontal fold.
“So far I have paid no attention to your yells of discomfort from Contrexeville because I know that the treatment there was good for you. Now I say God help you! I have never drunk waters but once, out of pure boredom. I was washed at Vernet-les-Bains. So I too have lived. Somehow the vision of you sitting on a bench from 9 to 5 makes me think of an angry hawk pegged out on a lawn. Why you didn’t go out of your alleged mind puzzles me? I’ll see if you have, later on. No matter. You needed the swilling and sloshing . . . .
“Tell us when you are fit to go among friends again (I can’t help thinking of you with close-cropped hair & a pallid complexion) and we’ll get you down here ere the recurring dinner swallows you. That cartoonist of yours is damn good.”
Estimate
$400 – $600
246
Lamb, charles.
Autograph Letter Signed, “ci-devant Elia [formerly Elia],” to publishers John Taylor and James Augustus Hessey,
Np, 17 December 1822 [from postmark]
requesting that no more copies of the Elia essays be sent to this address and that they instead be sent to 20 Russell Street in Covent Garden [his home address]. ½ page, 4to; faint bleedthrough from postmark on verso affecting text, address panel on verso with remnants of red wax seal, folds, faint offsetting.
“For God’s sake send me no more Elias here. I shall have to give away 50 if you do. Oblige me by sending the remainder 10 [sic] to 20 Russell St. Cov. G.”
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
247
Lewis, c.s.
Time magazine cover Signed,
Cambridge, 11 October 1960 [from postmark]
at lower left. The cover, from the September 8, 1947 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of him painted by Boris Artzybasheff. 4to; minor loss to lower left corner, upper edge trimmed with some printed text truncated, folds. With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
Estimate
$400 – $600
248
London, jack.
Lynch & Palmer, eds. In Many Wars. Contains the clipped Signature of over 40 war correspondents including Jack London,
[Tokyo, 1904]; signatures: Np, nd
each mounted to the page at the end of related article. 4to, pictorial printed silk over boards, bound with silk ribbon, moderate dampstaining to front cover, rubbing to edges, faint scattered soiling; minor scattered foxing to plates throughout.
Jack London • John F. Bass • W.H. Donald • Lancelot F. Lawton • R.J. MacHugh • A.F. Cahusac • Franklin Clarkin • Oscar Davis • Robert L. Dunn • Oliver S. Kendall • Lancelot F. Lawton • Richard H. Little • George Lynch • Guy H. Scull • Arther Smallwood • Grant Wallace • Sheldon Williams • others.
Estimate
$400 – $600
Regarding the seeking of security: "I prefer to look the sphinx in the eye"
249
Mann, thomas.
Group of 6 letters, each Signed, to aphorist Hans Margolius, in German, including 3 ALsS and 3 TLsS,
Vp, 1944-53
expressing appreciation for his aphorisms, agreeing that kindness is the greatest thing on Earth, observing that doubt is better for realizing the good than belief, explaining that he cannot clarify a point in a work of his own because he does not travel with his papers and directing him to a German version published in the Virginia Quarterly Review, granting him permission to publish a sentence, noting that he himself has not written any aphorisms, advising him against extracting short passages from his own works, questioning whether ‘security’ and ‘happiness’ are what they seem, and anticipating the anthology of his aphorisms. Together 6 pages, each 4to or smaller, most on personal stationery; generally good condition.
9 May 1952, ALS: “. . . I have read your sayings on ethics with sympathy and am with you completely when you celebrate kindness as the best thing on earth. [Gotthold Ephraim] Lessing said of his ‘Nathan’ [Nathan the Wise]: ‘It will be nothing less than a satirical piece to leave the battlefield with jeers; it’s going to be as touching a piece as I’ve ever done.’–Instead of ‘satirical’ he could have said ‘nihilistic’ if the word had already existed, and instead of ‘touching’: ‘good’. He wasn’t very religious. But doubt is perhaps even a better breeding ground for goodness than belief.”
19 June 1953, ALS: “. . . I have read your maxims on ethics with serious pleasure. I have great faith in devotion, admiration, loyalty, but I put a question mark after ‘security and happiness.’ The two havens of ideal security today are communism and the Catholic Church. I understand very well that in a yen[?] one looks for the ‘fixed place’ and the happiness that this gives them. Personally, I prefer to look the Sphinx in the eye without fear.”
13 November 1853, TLS: “. . . [T]here really is something fundamentally friendly about the aphorisms you sent me. They are very simple in part, and yet they often speak haunting truths, such as that praise advances us rather than blame, and that a man and his work need a measure of appreciation and goodwill if he is to continue to move forward actively. . . .”
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
250
Mencken, h.l.
Typed Letter Signed, to Joel Elias Spingarn (‘My dear Spingarn”),
Baltimore, 18 April [1925]
thanking for a beautifully bound volume of a work by Henry David Thoreau [published by Troutbeck in 1925, Thoreau’s Last Letter]. Written in blank lower margin is a 5-line Autograph Note Signed by Spingarn to “Dear Mr. Chambers” suggesting that he keep the Mencken note since “it refers to your ‘beautiful piece of printing’–Troutbeck Leaflet No. 5.” 1 page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery; mounted along upper edge to a larger board, vertical folds, faint paper clip stain at right edge.
Estimate
$150 – $250
251
Mommsen, theodor.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Mommsen,” on a postcard, to an editor in Berlin, in German,
Charlottenburg, 22 August 1879 [from postmark]
requesting a special printing of one of his articles. 1 page, oblong 12mo; remnants of mounting at upper and lower left verso, faint scattered soiling, faint uneven toning overall.
Estimate
$300 – $400
Pound seeks investors in scheme to help T.S. Eliot leave his bank job
252
Pound, ezra.
Typed Letter Signed, to Cleveland English teacher Clarence Stratton (“Dear Mr. Stratton”),
Paris, 1 August 1923
acknowledging having seen the New York Times article [Alice Rohe’s “Bel Esprit for Attic Dwellers” in the June 17, 1923 issue], sending a circular [not present], speculating how much annually Eliot would require in order to take care of himself and his ailing wife, characterizing Eliot’s work at the bank as an impediment to his important work of writing, explaining that his goal is to help Eliot rather than to compete with him, and suggesting that investing in Bel Esprit is analogous to the initial outlay required to install electric light in a village. 2 pages, 4to, written on two sheets; few short closed separations at folds, slight even toning overall, several holograph corrections throughout.
“I have at last seen a copy of N.Y. Times article on Bel Esprit. Miss Rohe has been O.K. as to aim of society, and very clear on everything save the main point, i.e., that T.S. Eliot has NOT got any benefit from it. . . .
“We can’t rake up Eliot’s private affairs every time the subject is discussed, but with his wife a chronic invalid he simply can’t give up a sure 3000 dollars a year for an utterly uncertain 1500.
“Given a sure 1500 or 2000 he MIGHT make 1000 or 1500 by his writing, that is, by his really important work . . . .
”. . . [I]f I wanted to prevent Eliot’s writing better than I do, I shd, of course try to provide all possible impediments, a la Standard Oil.
“Unfortunately or fortunately literature differs from commerce. . . .”
In early 1922, even before the world could be astonished by T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land published later that year, Ezra Pound hatched a plan to prevent his friend Eliot from wasting his talents working as a clerk at Lloyds Bank in London. The idea, dubbed “Bel Esprit,” was to collect sufficient subscriptions from wealthy benefactors to allow Eliot to make his living by the quill, and the moment was ripe, because Eliot had left the bank to recover from a debilitating nervous condition. Pound explained to prospective subscribers that the money would be an investment in poetry. Only a few joined Bel Esprit, and before the project could gather steam, Eliot returned to the bank, seduced by steady income and a pension.
In the Spring 1971 issue of The Massachusetts Review, the letter in this lot is discussed in Donald E. Herdeck’s article, “A New Letter by Ezra Pound about T.S. Eliot.”
Also see Lot 356.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
Inscribed with two autographs poems
253
Sassoon, siegfried.
Selected Poems. Inscribed in holograph, with two Autograph Manuscripts Signed, each a complete fair copy of a poem.
London: Heinemann, (1935); inscription: Veytaux, 1935
The inscription, “Kate Carter / Hotel Boulevard / Veytaux / 1935,” on the front free endpaper. The poems, “‘When I’m Alone’–The Words Tripped Off His Tongue,” and “Strangeness of Heart,” on the half-title and its facing page. Signed at the lower or upper edge. Small 8vo, publisher’s cloth, minor rubbing to edges; short closed tear at lower edge of half-title, split between gatherings C and D, minor paper clip stains and toning touching poems; lacking dust jacket.
“Strangeness of Heart.
“When I have lost the power to feel the pang
“Which first I felt in childhood . . . .
“Let me go home for ever; I shall have heard
“Death; I shall know that I have lived too long.”
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
254
Sassoon, siegfried.
Two copies of The Old Century, one first edition in dust jacket, each Signed.
London: Faber and Faber, (1938); inscriptions: Np, [1963?]
The first, signed and additionally inscribed on the half-title: “Inscribed for Carroll L. Priebe.” First edition. The second, signed on the copyright page. Each 8vo, publisher’s cloth, some rubbing to edges; second slightly cocked, owner’s 1963 letter giving circumstances of book acquisition mounted to front free endpaper of second; dust jacket, chipping at fold ends reinforced with cello tape, moderate fading to spine panel, faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$300 – $400
255
Sinclair, upton.
Typed Letter Signed, “USinclair,” to George Byron Louis Arner,
Pasadena, 31 July 1922
requesting information about his “adventures in Dartmouth” mentioned to him by fellow socialist writer Harry Laidler, and sending a circular about what he himself has been doing lately [present]. 1 page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery; paper clip stain at upper edge, vertical folds.
With–(Upton Sinclair.) Printed letter with the heading, “A Book on American Education,” explaining that he is preparing a book on liberal education and soliciting the opinions of educators on various related subjects. 1 page, oblong 8vo. [Pasadena, 1922].
Estimate
$100 – $200
256
Tarkington, booth.
Two Typed Documents Signed, “Booth Tarkington” or “N. Booth Tarkington,” each an agreement concerning motion picture rights.
Np, 11 August 1919; 23 September 1922
The first, granting to film studio executive Harry E. Aitken the right to use his scenario “The Great American.” Additionally signed by Aitken and a witness. The second, granting to film director King Vidor the right to use his novel Alice Adams. Together 8 pages, tall 4to, onionskin paper, each bound together at upper edge with grommets; horizontal folds, some inkburn to Aitken signature.
The film Alice Adams, directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Vidor’s wife Florence, was released by Encore Pictures in 1923.
Estimate
$300 – $400
257
Tate, allen.
Two items, each to editor Walter Rollin Brooks: Photograph Signed and Inscribed * Typed Letter Signed.
Np, “Christmas” 1927; Clarksville, circa 1928
The photograph, “To Anne & Walter Brooks,” bust portrait by Sarony, showing him looking into the camera. Inscribed diagonally in the blank lower margin. Additionally signed by the photographer (“Sarony / 364 Fifth Avenue / NYC”) [the last photographer of the Sarony family, Otto, died years before, in 1903], in pencil at lower right. 10½x6½ inches; faint scattered soiling. The letter, requesting permission to publish a revision of his article on Emily Dickinson and sending regards to him and Anne. ½ page, 4to; chipping along right edge, short closed tear at left edge, folds.
”. . . I’ve written . . . an article on Emily Dickinson that The Outlook printed in August, 1928 . . . . I rewrote the article, making it practically a new piece, and published it in an English journal; now I want to publish the revised version in this country. May I have permission to do so? . . . The early version was a[s] nearly a popular essay as I could write on the subject . . . .”
Estimate
$100 – $200
258
Taylor, bayard.
Two Autograph Letters Signed, to Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd,
Kennett Square, PA, 4 June 1865; [New York, circa 1865]
granting permission for Mr. Potter to set to music his poem “Bedouin Song,” observing that illustrators “are (of right) exceptional beings, and, like nervous cows, require to be tied up, hoof and horn, before they will allow their imaginative faculty to be milked,” and declining an invitation to contribute a sketch. Together 4 pages, 8vo, the first a folded sheet; the second docketed on verso.
Estimate
$100 – $200
259
Thoreau, hendry david.
Autograph Letter Signed, “Henry D. Thoreau,” to the publishers of Putnam’s Monthly Dix & Edwards,
Concord, 2 June 1855
acknowledging receipt of payment for an installment of “Cape Cod.” 1 page, 8vo; docketing on verso, faint scattered foxing, folds.
“Your check on the Nassau Bank for forty dollars, in payment for part of ‘Cape Cod,’ has come safely to hand. Please accept my thanks for your promptness.”
The book, Cape Cod, published posthumously in 1865, contains Thoreau’s observations during a number of excursions he made to Cape Cod between 1849 and 1856. It first appeared as a series of articles during the summer of 1855 in Putnam’s Monthly magazine.
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
260
Twain, mark.
Photograph postcard Signed, full-length portrait,
Np, circa 1910
showing him in white suit holding hat and walking stick. Signed in blank lower margin. Correspondence side addressed to Nannie Manook in unknown hand in pencil. 5¼x3¼ inches; portrait slightly faded (but signature bold), faint scattered soiling, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso.
Estimate
$3,500 – $5,000
Twain signs a portrait of chief Justice Fuller
261
Twain, mark.
Autograph Note Signed, on a leaf removed from an autograph album:
Np, nd
“This is an excellent likeness of Mr. Justice Fuller, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. There are times, too, when it resembles / Yours very truly / Mark Twain.” Apparently, before asking Twain for his autograph, the collector affixed an image of Justice Melville Fuller to the page supposing it to be a portrait of Twain, which portrait has since been lost; the portrait now in its place was recently printed. 1 page, 3¼x5¼ inches; remnants of mounting at side edges verso with faint bleedthrough touching a few letters of text, faint dampstain at lower edge.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
Inscribed, Possibly to Marlon Brando
262
Williams, tennessee.
Streetcar Named Desire. Signed and Inscribed, “To Marlon / Tennessee / December, 1947,”
(New York, 1947); inscription: Np, December 1947
on the front free endpaper. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial boards, minor soiling to edges; faint toning to edges of preliminaries and subsidiaries; dust jacket, some chipping with minor loss to upper edge of front and rear panels, moderate fading to spine panel, moderate soiling to edges of front and rear panels. First edition. Gunn A11.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
263
Zola, émile.
Autograph Note Signed, to “My good friend,” in French, on his printed visiting card.
Np, nd
The note, acknowledging that she cannot meet him tonight at Antoine’s and confirming their meeting for tomorrow night. 1 page, 2½x4 inches; faint soiling to verso.
Estimate
$200 – $300
264
(writers–german–austrian.)
Small archive of 10 letters to aphorist Hans Margolius or his father Adolf, each Signed by a philosopher or writer, in German,
Vp, 1925-73
mostly concerning his aphorisms. Together 18 pages, 4to or smaller; generally good condition, separations at folds of Förster-Nietzsche letter repaired recto with cello tape.
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. LS, “Dr. phil. h. c. Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche,” thanking for his letter and book. Weimar, 17 August 1925 • Richard Beer-Hofmann. TLS, admiring the ethical strain in his book and anticipating future works. New York, 23 February 1944 • Ernst Cassirer. ALS, remarking that he read his book with sympathy, recommending his own new book, An Essay on Man. New York, 3 December 1944 • Eduard Spranger (2). TLS, thanking for his New Year commemoration and expressing special interest in his essay “System und Aphorismus”; ALS, on a postcard, thanking for his defense of ethical aphorisms and suggesting another way of viewing ethical phenomena. Tübingen, 20 January; 2 October 1961 • Clemens Weber. TLS, thanking for the gift of the aphorism book, thanking for publishing his own aphorisms, listing the numbers corresponding to particular aphorisms that he appreciates, and noting a similarity to aphorisms by [Rudolf] Pannwitz. Heinsberg, 16 August 1962 • Hugo Marcus (4). ALsS, thanking for publishing his own aphorisms, remarking on his aphorisms and those of others. Basel, 1962-64 • Ernst R. Hauschka. TLS, expressing happiness that he enjoyed his essay on writing. Regensburg, 1973.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
Artists
265
Abbey, edwin austin.
Small archive of 9 Autograph Letters Signed (“Edwin A. Abbey,” “E.A. Abbey,” or “E.A.A.”), to painter George Henry Boughton, in ink or pencil, including three illustrated with small ink drawings,
Vp, 1873-81
requesting a submission for exhibition in Chicago, describing his travels in England and elsewhere in Europe, discussing a project to publish engravings with Dutch subjects, arranging meetings, etc. The drawings, a thumbnail-size dancing bellhop and the exterior of a house’s corner doorway in letters dated September 7 and 14, 1879; a full-length portrait of [engraver Timothy] Cole holding a portfolio under his arm in letter dated October 9, 1879; and a thumbnail-size caricature of smiling head in margin with thumb pointing to adjacent text in letter dated “Friday morning.” Together 30 pages, 8vo or 4to, most on monogrammed stationery; generally good condition.
12 January 1873: “I . . . ask you whether you have anything you would like to send to Chicago with the Americans in England.
”. . . There has been some friction with Mr. Beck, who had written urgent letters to all the prominent Americans in England, urging them to exhibit in the English section. This gave great offense in Chicago . . . . It has been understood all along that you were to send with England . . . .
“[T]his [is] . . . to find out . . . if you are willing to send a little something with us–now that the English collection is collected–and if so whether you would be one of the jury . . . .”
14 September 1879, Chagford: “. . . [T]his little town is most quaint–and the surrounding landscape is very lovely. I am most anxious to get at work at colours–and expect to have something anyway to show when I get back. I did try a little bit of heath–with purple heather–and yellow blossoms and ferns . . . .”
9 October 1879: “. . . This afternoon I walked from here through Merrow across Merrow Heath to Albany and so around back home. Such beautiful stuff as there is on the heath! The fine old yews planted by the Canterbury Pil[grim]s . . .–I secured a note of a yew. It is beginning to look very Boughton’y–is the landscape. The thistles are downy on the top and brown under–and the grass is beginning to get white and yellow on the end. It seems odd that no other painter in England should see that this is very beautiful. . . .”
4 August 1881: “. . . Don’t you think it would be a good idea to have engravings made of say that girl of Holbein’s with the white scarf at the Hague–of a good Terbourg [Gerard ter Borch?]–or so–and one of the Franz Hals’ at Haarlem. I wish I could have the six portraits.
“London is heavy and cold and dark and dismal and drizzly and damned . . . . The Virginia creeper is turning beautifully–the only bright thing to be seen. . . .”
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
Pipe-smoking rabbit drawn on Armistice Day, 1938
266
Bemelmans, ludwig.
Life Class. Signed and Inscribed, with a small ink drawing, “To my good / friend / Joe short for / Joseph / from Ludwig Bemelmans / alias General Liebfrau [character from Nathanael West’s Good Hunting (1938)?],
New York: Viking, 1938; inscription: Np, 11 November 1938
on the half-title. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, labels on spine and front cover, some soiling and fraying to spine ends; dust jacket, complete separation at spine panel forming two loose parts, marked chipping to all edges with loss to small portions of spine panel. First edition.
Estimate
$350 – $500
267
Disney, walt.
Complete 1961 Vactionland magazine Signed and Inscribed, “To Eric – Diane & Laurie / With my best,”
Anaheim: Disneyland, 1961; inscription: Np, circa 1961
on the front cover. The magazine, volume V, No. 4. 20 pages, 4to, printed wrappers, perfect binding; faint dampstaining affecting covers becoming marked on interior pages, minor abrasions to covers at lower edge, short closed tears at upper and right edges of front cover.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
268
Lawrence, jacob.
Aesop’s Fables. Signed and dated, on the title-page.
Seattle and London, (1997); inscription, Np, 1997
4to, publisher’s cloth; dust jacket, faint scattered soiling.
Estimate
$300 – $400
269
Lichtenstein, roy.
Time magazine cover Signed,
New York, 28 October 1968 [from postmark]
at lower right. The cover, from the May 24, 1968 issue featuring a reproduction of a print by him featuring the face of Robert F. Kennedy. Latin America Edition. 4to; partly signed in black ink across dark background, folds. With the envelope used to send cover to collector.
Estimate
$400 – $600
270
Max, peter.
Flower Abstract.
Np, [1980]
Color lithograph, 1980. 466x602 mm; 18⅜x23¾ inches, full margins. Signed, “MAX,” and numbered 76/165 in pencil, lower margin. With the artist’s blind stamp lower left. A very good impression.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
271
Moses, anna mary robertson (“grandma”).
Time magazine cover Signed,
[Eagle Bridge, NY, 31 May 1960]
at lower left. The cover, from the December 28, 1953 issue featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of her painted by Boris Chaliapin. Latin American Edition. 4to; remnants of prior mounting at upper edge verso, folds.
With–Manuscript letter from Grandma Moses’s daughter-in-law, Mary B. Moses (“Mrs. Forrest Moses”), sending the signed magazine cover to the collector. 1¼ pages, 8to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet. Eagle Bridge, NY, 31 May 1960.
Estimate
$200 – $300
To Pearl Buck: "I read 'Of Men and Women'"
272
O’Keeffe, Georgia.
Autograph Letter Signed, to Pearl S. Buck, suggesting a creative distribution method for her book, inviting her to tea,
[New York, 1942]
and, in a postscript: “Is your day in town Wednesday again this year?” Written on a printed invitation to O’Keeffe’s Exhibition of Recent Paintings at An American Place in New York between February 2 and March 17, 1942. 1 page, 8vo, written on third page of a folded sheet; vertical folds.
“I read the ‘Of Men and Women’ and am very glad you wrote it–but I imagine it is difficult to get these girls to read it. Wouldn’t it be fun to go out with air planes full of it and drop it all over the country.
“Would you come for tea with me again one afternoon? I enjoyed the time with you last spring.”
The nine essays contained in Pearl Buck’s 1941 book, Of Men and Women, promotes the freedom and equality of women in all spheres of life.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
273
Rivera, diego.
Reproduction of his watercolor portrait of a girl, Signed and dated at lower right.
Mexico, 1941
16x11½ inches; remnants of mounting at corners verso showing faintly recto, minor scattered foxing, remnants of hinging at upper and lower right corners verso.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
Regards from Butch the Dog
274
Rockwell, norman.
Autograph Note Signed, sending regards, with small ink drawing, a sketch of a dog whose tail is tied by a long string to a tin can.
Stockbridge, [27 October 1970: from postmark]
The note, “My best wishes / to / D. Krupa / from / a faithful / friend.” 1 page, 7½x5½ inches, personal stationery; horizontal fold touching drawing (without loss). With the original envelope, addressed in holograph.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
275
Stieglitz, alfred.
Ed. Frank, Mumford, Norman, Rosenfeld, and Rugg. America & Alfred Stieglitz: A Collective Portrait. Signed on the bookplate of M. Knight Dunn,
New York, (1934); inscription: Np, nd
mounted to front pastedown. 4to, publisher’s cloth; faint scattered foxing to preliminaries and subsidiaries; dust jacket, moderate foxing to flaps, minor chipping to all edges, minor scattered soiling overall, vertical crease in rear panel. First edition.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
276
Warhol, andy; and truman capote.
Complete copy of Interview magazine, Signed by both on front cover,
[Southampton, NY, 7 July 1979]
July 1979 issue featuring portrait of Vitas Gerulaitis. Warhol signed vertically and sketched a small “broken heart” at left edge, Capote signed at lower right. 16½x11 inches; band of moderate toning along right edge, minor chipping at upper right of cover, short closed tear at upper edge of cover.
On July 7, 1979, Interview magazine hosted an “autograph party” at Robert Keene’s Southampton Book Co. to promote the July issue containing an interview between Andy Warhol and Truman Capote, both of whom signed copies of the issue during the event.
Estimate
$600 – $900
277
(artists.)
Group of 4 Autograph Letters Signed: John Quincy Adams Ward * Felix Octavius Carr Darley (2) * Daniel Chester French.
Vp, 1865-1915
Together 7 pages, 8vo or 4to, Darley and French on personal stationery, most on folded sheet; condition generally good.
Ward. “J.Q.A. Ward,” to the wife of astronomer Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (“Mrs. Lewis M. Rutherfurd”), in pencil, sending a sketch of Mr. [William Cullen?] Bryant to indicate size of a medallion and hoping to avoid delaying the book. [New York], 9 March 1865 • Darley (2). “F.O.C. Darley,” to “My dear Mrs. Rutherfurd,” suggesting that she send letters to [Hammat] Billings in care of Ticknor & Fields, and proposing to illustrate the Longfellow poem “The Ropewalk” instead of “Sheridan’s Ride” [by Thomas Buchanan Read]. Np, “Wednesday morning”; 8 December no year • French. “Daniel C. French,” to Bashford Dean, thanking for his book [Bibliography of Fishes (1916)?] and requesting that he convey thanks to Mrs. Rutherfurd Stuyvesant. New York, 5 December 1915.
With–Small graphite sketch, unsigned, showing bust portrait of bearded man in profile [Williliam Cullen Bryant?] possibly by Ward, on an oval-shaped sheet of tracing paper. Np, nd.
Estimate
$300 – $400
278
(artists.)
Group of 5 invitations for exhibition opening receptions, each Signed: Larry Rivers * Fernando Botero (2) * Paul Cadmus * Faith Ringgold.
Np, 1990s
Each 8vo or smaller, most on a folded sheet; condition generally good.
Rivers. Marlborough Gallery in New York, held on October 29, 1997, signed on first page at lower edge of a reproduction of his “The Venus of Amagansett” (1996). Nd • Botero (2). “Botero 93” or “Botero.” Each held at Marlborough Gallery: September 14, 1993, signed vertically on first page at left edge beside reproduction of his “The Lovers” (1992); October 23, 1996, signed in blank margin below reproduction of his “Painter and His Model” (1995). 1993; nd • Cadmus. DC Moore Gallery in New York, held on June 6, 1996, signed in blank margin below reproduction of his “Resting Nude” (1996). Nd • Ringgold. ACA Galleries, held on October 7, 1995, signed and inscribed (“To Denita / You can fly!”) on the second page opposite a reproduction of her “On the Beach at St. Tropez” (1991). 7 October 1995.
Estimate
$500 – $750
19th & 20th Century Literature
279
[abbott, edwin].
Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions.
London: Seeley & Co., 1884
By A Square. With illustrations by the author. 8vo, original pictorial limp vellum, tanned, small chip to spine; light foxing to front and end matter. First edition. Scarce.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
280
Achebe, chinua.
Things Fall Apart: The Story of a Strong Man.
New York: McDowell Obolensky, (1959)
8vo, publisher’s brown cloth with paper onlay to front cover; unclipped dust jacket, spine panel faded with rubbing to head and foot, light wear to folds and corners, short closed tears with associated creasing; tape ghost to front pastedown and facing flyleaf, rear free ednpaper partially adhered to pastedown. First American edition.
Estimate
$600 – $900
281
Barton, george.
The Ambassador’s Trunk.
Boston: The Page Company, 1919; Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1926
Color frontispiece and other illustrations by Charles E. Meister. 8vo, publisher’s decorated cloth, spine tips with light wear; dust jacket, dust soiling and rubbing, edgewear with small nicks, short closed tears and chip to head of spine panel; faint toning to endleaves, publisher’s adverts at end. First edition in scarce unrestored jacket, with “First Impression, March, 1919” indication on copyright. Hubin, p. 54. [With:] Famous Detective Mysteries. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher’s decorated cloth; dust jacket, spine panel faded, light rubbing to folds. First edition. Near fine copy. Hubin, p. 54.
Estimate
$600 – $900
282
Beasley, gertrude.
My First Thirty Years.
(Paris: Contact Editions, 1925)
8vo, contemporary ¾ maroon morocco, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, light soiling; original printed wrappers bound in, several ownership stamps, mostly to front and end matter. First edition. Uncommon. Remarkable proto-feminist memoir. Published by Robert McAlmon in Paris; many of these were confiscated by U.S. authorities because of its explicit content. In 1989 The Book Club of Texas published a new edition.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
283
Beckett, samuel.
Proust.
New York: Grove Press, [1957]
8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers, uneven tanning; ex-collection critic Richard Rose with his ownership signature and clipped capsule review of this title tipped to half-title, and his pencil annotations throughout; review copy with the publisher’s slip laid in. First American edition in wrappers, signed by Beckett.
Estimate
$250 – $350
284
Beckett, samuel.
The Unnamable.
New York: Grove Press, (1958)
8vo, publisher’s cloth-backed paper-covered boards, front cover and spine lettered in gilt; acetate dust jacket. Specially bound limited edition, number 28 of 100 copies.
Estimate
$300 – $400
285
Benchley, peter.
Jaws.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974
8vo, publisher’s black cloth, spine titles silver, minor wear to spine tips; unclipped dust jacket, light rubbing to folds. First Edition, inscribed by Richard Dreyfuss and with additional signed related ephemera laid in. The inscription reads: “He was ashamed at the end,” the actor summing up Benchley’s feelings regarding the millions of sharks that had been killed because of how one was portrayed by him in his book and in the film. (Before his death Benchley became an ardent advocate of shark conservation.) Laid in is a card signed by Benchley with a shark’s head drawing; a “Creatures of the Sea” First Day Cover signed by composer John Williams who wrote the musical score for the film and who has hand drawn the two opening stanzas; a photoprint of the Jaws book cover signed by Susan Backlinie, the actress who played Chrissie Watkins, the first shark victim; and a postcard of the film poster. First Printing with code 044 on page 311.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
286
Bierce, ambrose.
The Shadow on the Dial and other Essays.
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1909
Edited by S.O. Howes. Title in red and black. Tall 8vo, publisher’s green buckram decorated in black and gilt; dust jacket, three tape repairs on verso, faded, wear to corners and flap folds; usual toning to endleaves. First edition. BAL 1127.
Estimate
$200 – $300
287
(binding - french.) goethe, johann wolfgang von.
Les Souffrances du Jeune Werther.
Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1886
Translated by Mme. Bachellery. Illustrated with etchings by Lalauze, and each plate present in four states. 8vo, bound in full in red morocco with filigree gilt tooling on covers and in spine compartments by Lortic Frères, a gilt rose in each spine compartment, all edges gilt, rebacked with the original spine laid down; blue morocco inlaid doublures, turquoise watered silk endpapers, wide turn-ins with gilt dentelles, original wrappers bound in; morocco-edged slipcase. Deluxe issue, number 3 of 10 copies on papier du Japon, elegantly bound. From a total edition of 220.
Estimate
$600 – $800
288
Borges, jorge luis.
Milongas.
[Buenos Aires:] Ediciones Dos Amigos, 1983
Illustrated with four aquatints by Ana Maria Moncalvo. 4to, publisher’s printed wrappers, glassine with faint foxing to front panel; contents loose as issued; original cloth folding box with light staining. Limited edition, number 76 of 153 copies, signed by Borges. Superb copy.
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,500
289
[brontë, charlotte].
Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell.
London: Smith Elder, and Co., 1847
3 volumes. 7½ x 4¾ inches; 190 x 120 mm. Half-titles. Lacking the 32 pp. of publisher’s adverts and the notice for the Calcutta Review found in some copies. 8vo, full green pebbled morocco by Wood, covers with floral cornerpieces with red morocco onlays within single gilt rules, spines similarly decorated in compartments (uniformly faded to brown), top edges and turn-ins gilt; contents with foxing chiefly confined to front and end matter. First edition. An immediate success, popular with readers from the outset, with four editions printed by 1850. Ashley I:72; Grolier English 83; David Magee Victoria R.I. 117; Parrish Victorian Lady Novelists, pp. 87-88; Sadleir 346; Smith 2; Wolff 826.
Estimate
$12,000 – $18,000
290
Camus, albert.
The Stranger.
New York: Knopf, 1946
Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. 8vo, publisher’s oatmeal cloth, few areas of discoloration; unclipped dust jacket, tape mends on verso along folds, abrading along folds and spine panel ends, light soiling; custom cloth box. First American edition.
Estimate
$300 – $400
291
Capek, karel.
Bílá Nemoc. [The White Disease].
(Praha: Fr. Borovy, 1937)
Small 8vo, publisher’s blue/grey cloth stamped in maroon and black, faint rubbing to spine tips and fore-edge of front board. First edition of Capek’s play translated as “The White Disease.” Signed by the author in black ink on prelim. Its immediate success led to seven editions being published within a year; this the true first.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
292
Capek, karel.
Krakatit.
Praha: Aventinum, 1924
Title printed in red and black. 8vo, modern ½ brown leather over marbled boards, morocco lettering piece in spine compartment; errata leaf at end. First edition, signed by Capek in black ink on the half-title. “[A] rich and wildly imagined work, unusual in its almost orgiastic baroque exploration of power, sexuality, and guilt” (Bleiler, Science-Fiction 360).
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
293
Capek, karel.
Krakatit.
Praha: Aventinum, 1924
Title printed in red and black. 8vo, original printed wrappers with design by Joseph Capek, toned, spine leaning, joints rubbed. First edition, with the fragile wrappers intact.
Estimate
$300 – $400
294
Capek, karel.
Loupeznik.
Praha: Aventinum, 1920
Illustrations by Josef Capek. 8vo, original pictorial green wrappers printed in black, toning to spine and wrapper edges, small nicks and short closed tears at head and foot of spine, minor soiling; ownership signature to front flyleaf, first signature and further pages neatly detached, contents clean. First edition.
Estimate
$200 – $300
295
Capek, karel.
R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots.
Praha: Aventinum, 1921
8vo, later ½ black cloth, spine gilt-stamped, occasional scuff. Early edition, published the same year as its theatrical premiere in Prague in January, preceded only by the rare 1920 edition. No other copies of this 1921 edition traced at auction.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
296
Capek, karel.
R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots.
Praha: Aventinum, 1929
8vo, later ½ brown calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt; with original decorated front wrapper bound in at end. Later edition, signed by the author and rare as such. Only the second signed copy of any edition of Capek’s most famous book traced at auction.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
297
Capek, karel.
Vec Makropulos. [The Makropulos Affair.]
Praha: Aventinum, 1922
8vo, modern ¼ red calf-backed boards, cloth spine label. First edition of Capek’s play that was first performed in Prague in 1922. Leoš Janácek adapted the play into an opera of the same name shortly thereafter. The first appearance at auction with no other copies traced on ABPC or Rare Book Hub.
Estimate
$500 – $750
298
Capek, karel.
Válka S Mloky. [War With the Newts.]
Praha: Nakladatel Fr. Borovy, 1936
Title printed in red and black. 8vo, publisher’s grey cloth stamped in red and black, some light rubbing to head and foot of spine, few faint stains on rear cover; contents unmarked. First edition. Capek’s last novel, published in English in 1937 as War With the Newts. Scarce.
Estimate
$600 – $900
299
Capote, truman.
The Muses are Heard.
New York: Random House, (1956)
8vo, publisher’s cloth; unclipped dust jacket, light dust-soiling to rear panel. First edition, signed by Capote in blue ink on the front flyleaf. Review copy with the publisher’s slip laid in. Bright, clean copy.
Estimate
$300 – $400
300
Charteris, leslie.
Enter the Saint.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1930)
8vo, publisher’s yellow cloth, scattered soiling, head and foot of spine frayed slightly; lacking the rare dust jacket; ownership inscription; preserved in ¼ buckram drop-back case. First edition.
Estimate
$150 – $250
301
(children’s literature - mother goose.)
The Old Fashioned Mother Goose’ Melodies Complete with Magic Colored Pictures.
[New York:] G.W. Carleton & Co., 1879
45 color lithograph plates by WLS[heppard], all on rectos with verses on opposing versos, each plate with additional half-plate which result in action when turned. Small 4to, original pictorial maroon cloth stamped in black and gilt; scattered soiling, spine tips lightly worn, spine gilt dulled; old catalogue clipping mounted to front pastedown with offsetting; contents show intermittent spotting and finger soiling, chiefly to blank margins. First edition.
Estimate
$400 – $600
302
(children’s literature - nursery rhymes.)
Group of 10 English reference titles.
Vp, vd
10 titles in 12 volumes. Comprising: Chambers, Robert. The Popular Rhymes of Scotland, with Illustrations, Chiefly collected from oral sources. Edinburgh: William Hunter, Charles Smith, James Duncan in London, 1826. 12mo, contemporary ¼ calf and marbled boards; extremities worn; ownership signatures. Opie, Three Centuries 37 * Another copy. 8vo, publisher’s green pictorial cloth, stamped in black and gilt, light soiling; ex-Opie collection with their stamp on front pastedown. New [4th] Edition. Edinburgh & London: W. & R. Chambers, [1870]. Opie 39 * Halliwell, James Orchard. The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected principally from Oral Tradition. 8vo, later dark-blue ¼ cloth, boards stained, soiling to contents, ex-Opie Collection with their stamp on front pastedown. London: T. Richard for the Percy Society, 1842. Opie, Three Centuries 41 * Another copy. 8vo, publisher’s tan cloth, joints cracked with spine separated from textblock. Second Edition. London: John Russell Smith, 1843. Opie 42 * Another copy. Engraved frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations.12mo, contemporary ½ calf, scuffed, joints cracked, spine tooled in gilt in compartments. Fifth edition. London: John Russell Smith, [1853] * Halliwell, James Orchard. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales. 16-page publisher’s advertisement at end. 12mo, publisher’s salmon cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine; rebacked with original spine laid down, corners torn, a few stains on upper cover and spine. Iona and Peter Opie annotated copy, with their stamp on front pastedown. London: John Russell Smith, 1849. Opie 625 * Ker, John Bellenden. An Essay on the Archaiology of Popular English Phrases and Nursery Rhymes. 8vo, contemporary drab boards; rebacked with brown cloth; soiled; intermittent spotting. Southampton: Fletcher & Son, London: Black, Young & Young, 1834. Opie 623 * Another copy. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, publisher’s green cloth, printed paper spine labels, scuffed, rebacked with original spines laid down; ex-library with bookplate and blindstamp. New Edition. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Co., 1840 * Ker, John Bellenden. A Supplement to the Two Volumes of the Second Edition of the Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, Terms, and Nursery Rhymes. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, publisher’s purple cloth, printed paper spine labels, scuffed, rebacked with the original spine laid down, tears; ex-library with bookplate, inkstamp and blindstamp. London: James Ridgway, 1840; 1842 * Northall, G. F. English Folk-Rhymes. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth stamped in gilt over bevelled boards, spine sunned, fore-edges spotted; ex-Opie collection with 2 pp. manuscript notes laid in. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., 1892. Sold as is.
Estimate
$500 – $700
303
(children’s literature.) carroll, lewis.
Alice’s Adventures Under Ground.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1886
Being A Facsimile Of The Original MS. Book Afterwards Developed Into “Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.” 37 illustrations by the author. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth gilt, spine sunned, slight lean; all edges gilt. First edition.
Estimate
$300 – $400
304
(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, spine lightly sunned; unclipped pictorial dust jacket, spine panel tanned and rubbed with chipping to head and foot, finger soiling, short closed tears, “26” indication in red pencil at top of front flap with sticker at bottom; light intermittent foxing to contents. First edition, with secretarial signature reading “Walt Disney [19]38” (slightly truncated) as seen in other copies, apparently authorized by Disney or the publisher as promotional copies.
Estimate
$500 – $750
305
(children’s literature.) jansson, tove.
The Happy Moomins.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1952)
Illustrated by the author including frontispiece map on blue paper. 8vo, publisher’s full blue cloth gilt, light tap to bottom of front boards, few very light spots to board edges; unclipped dust jacket, few marks near printed price, some mottling, heaviest to front panel, small nicks, light rubbing to folds; few pages with marginal stains. First American edition. Scarce in the jacket. No other copies traced on Rare Book Hub or ABPC.
Estimate
$350 – $500
306
(children’s literature.) milne, a.a.
The House At Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen & Co., (1928)
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-pictorial pink cloth, top edges gilt; dust jacket, few small chips not touching letters, front/spine panel fold creased and splitting, light soiling, spine panel tanned; endpapers discolored. First trade edition of the last book in the Pooh series.
Estimate
$400 – $600
307
(children’s literature.) outhwaite, ida rentoul.
Fairyland Of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929
With color and black and white illustrations. Verses by Annie R. Rentoul, stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie R. Rentoul. 4to, publisher’s gilt-stamped red cloth, color illustration mounted to front cover, slightly shaken, spine faded with some fraying to tips, scattered minor soiling; bookplate to prelim, contents with some wear to fore-edges including occasional short tears, spotting, and browning. First trade edition, preceding the London edition by two years. (A limited edition of 1000 was published in Melbourne in 1926.) Scarce; Rare Book Hub records only one previous example.
Estimate
$500 – $750
308
Collins, wilkie.
No Name.
London: Sampson Low, Son Co., 1862
3 volumes. Half-titles in volumes I and II, as called for. 8vo, publisher’s orange cloth stamped in blind, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, light to moderate rubbing to extremities, fraying to spine tips, minor dust soiling; front hinge strengthened in vol. I, occasional foxing and smudging, abrasions to front pastedowns with some paper loss to vol. III, few small nicks to front flyleaves. First edition in book form, in the original cloth. Sadleir 601.
Estimate
$500 – $750
309
Conrad, joseph.
Lord Jim.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900
8vo, publisher’s green decorated cloth, spine slightly sunned, few light stains; ownership signature (“Józef Kliszczewski” on half-title verso), later ex-collection Stanley J. Seeger with his bookplate; custom ¼ morocco folding box. First American edition, first printing, second state, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Mr and Mrs Józef Spiridion (“To / Mr and Mrs / J. Spiridion / from their friend / the Author / Nov. 1900.”) on front free endpaper. Cagle A5b(2).
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
310
Conrad, joseph.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard.
London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904
Thick 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth stamped in gilt and grey, splash stain on front cover, rubbing to extremities and rear board, small chip to spine head; contents clean. First edition, first printing with the page 187 misprint.
Estimate
$200 – $300
311
Conrad, joseph.
Tales of Unrest.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898
8vo, publisher’s green cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, corners lightly bumped, spine tips softly creased; pictorial bookplate and bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown, ownership signature to half-title, intermittent minor foxing, publisher’s catalogue at end; custom cloth chemise and ¼ morocco slipcase. First English edition. Cagle A4c(1).
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
312
[desnos, robert and gengenbach, ernest].
La Papesse du Diable. Roman de mystere, de magie & d’amour.
Paris: Editions de Lutèce, 1931
By Jean Silvius and Pierre de Ruynes (pseud.). 8vo, publisher’s decorated wrappers, spine leaning with small chips to head and foot, front wrap creased; contents browned, prelims loose; cloth folding case with paper label laid down. First edition.
Estimate
$300 – $400
313
Dickens, charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41
3 volumes. Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne. Tall 8vo, publisher’s ribbed maroon cloth, covers with blind-stamped floral and arabesque frame and front covers with gilt-stamped clock vignette, spines gilt, extremities rubbed, spines faded, small splits at joint and spine tips; pastedowns with bookplate; vol. III with small area of abrasion from removed bookplate and small nick to upper outer edge of first few leaves; each volume in cloth chemise and slipcased together. First edition in book form. Eckel, p. 67; Smith I, 6.
Estimate
$400 – $600
314
Drinkwater, john.
Mr. Charles King of England.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1926
8vo, publisher’s plain brown wrappers, soft creasing, publisher’s stamp to title, George H. Doran compliments slip laid in; custom cloth chemise and ¼ morocco slipcase. Author’s advance copy, with a number of Drinkwater’s minor annotations and corrections throughout.
Estimate
$150 – $250
315
Dylan, bob.
The Nobel Lecture.
New York Simon & Schuster, 2017
12mo, publisher’s black cloth stamped in white and gilt; matching linen folding box with foam tray (with original shrinkwrap, opened only for contents confirmation), laid in slip signed by the publisher; original cardboard carton. Limted edition, number 82 of 100 copies, signed by Dylan on the limitation. According to ABPC and Rare Book Hub, just the second copy to appear at auction. Fine, unread copy.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
316
(economics.) cogan, l. peter.
The Rhythmic Cycles of Optimism and Pessimism.
New York: The William-Frederick Press, 1969
Tall 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered navy cloth; illustrated with charts, graphs, and tables, one penned annotation [author’s?], else contents clean. First edition, presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author.
Estimate
$300 – $400
317
(economics.) graham, benjamin, and dodd, david l.
Security Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1934
8vo, publisher’s dark red cloth, spine sunned with light wear to head and foot, few minor blemishes on rear cover; front pastedown and flyleaf with mild toning, following dozen or so leaves with soft, diminishing, diagonal crease, ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Unsophisticated copy, first edition, first printing of this Wall Street high spot. The most influential book on investing ever written, continuously in print since the day of its publication.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
318
Eliot, t.s.
Ara Vos Prec.
(London): The Ovid Press, (1919)
Initials and colophon by Edward Wadsworth. 4to, original black cloth boards and yellow cloth spine, textblock separated, spine fragile with tear and chip at head and foot, printed paper spine label rubbed with loss of letters; partly unopened, signatures separated at pp. [32] and 33. Number 17 of 30 copies signed by Eliot from a total edition of 264. The title is incorrectly printed on the half-title and title pages (Ara Vus Prec), but correct on spine as in all copies. Rare. Gallup A4a.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
319
Eliot, t.s.
Group of 3 First editions.
Vp, vd
8vo, publisher’s cloth; dust jacket as noted. Comprising: Poems 1909-1925. Few minor blemishes, spine slightly darkened; bookplate to front pastedown, booklabel at rear. London, 1925 * The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism. Spine darkened with gilt dulled slightly; ownership inscription on front flyleaf; Eliot’s Christmas card laid in loose. First American edition. Cambridge, MA, 1933 * The Cocktail Party. Short closed tears to dust jacket; bookplate and booklabel to front pastedown, ownership inscription, ticket stub to 1963 NYC reading laid in loose. First state with p. 29 misprint. London, 1950.
Estimate
$300 – $400
320
Eliot, t.s.
Poems 1909-1925.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., [1932]
8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, spine titles gilt, spine and upper portion of rear board slightly faded, few minor blemishes; dust jacket, small nicks and closed tears to top edges, faded ink signature to bottom of front panel; bookseller’s ticket to front flyleaf. First American edition; title on laid paper with crown watermark. Jacket lists Selected Essays on rear flap, with no price for the title present. Increasingly scarce in dust jacket. Gallup A8c.
Estimate
$600 – $900
321
(food & drink.) craddock, harry.
The Savoy Cocktail Book.
New York: Richard R. Smith Inc., 1930
Decorations by Gilbert Rumbold. 8vo, publisher’s ¼ black cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards, spine tips frayed slightly with a few short tears and small chip at head, corners exposed, lightly scuffed; pictorial endpapers with a few faint stains, rear hinge tender. First American edition, issue without errata slip.
Estimate
$400 – $600
322
(fore-edge painting.) byron, lord george gordon noel.
Sardanapalus, a tragedy. The Two Foscari, a tragedy. Cain, a mystery.
London: John Murray, 1821
8vo, 19th century full green morocco gilt with covers and spine laid down, all edges gilt, joints worn; hinges repaired and tender, occasional mild foxing, lacking half-title and adverts, bookseller’s label; worn slipcase. First edition, with fore-edge painting showing ruins of Nineveh.
Estimate
$500 – $750
323
Gibran, kahlil.
The Prophet.
New York: Knopf, 1926
llustrations after drawings by the author. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped and lettered black cloth, spine with gilt faded and shallow chipping to head and foot; front hinge cracked but holding firm, bottom blank corner on one leaf torn, ex-collection Barbara Young with her ownership gift inscription on front free endpaper dated in the year of publication. Later edition, inscribed by the author “With the kindest thoughts of Kahlil Gibran [,] 1926.” Barbara Young was the pen name of Henrietta Breckenridge Boughton, an American art and literary critic in the 1920s and a poet; she served as Gibran’s secretary from 1925 until his death, revised and published his book The Garden of the Prophet, and published a study of his life (This Man from Lebanon). Rare inscribed copy, with a nice association.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
324
Hardy, thomas.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
(London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891)
3 volumes. Half-titles, volumes 2 & 3 with final blanks, and vol. 2 with initial blank. 8vo, full polished tan calf by Bayntun Riviere, covers with double gilt fillet borders, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, morocco lettering pieces in two, top edges gilt, joints slightly rubbed; gilt turn ins, original cloth covers bound in at end. First edition, first impression of Hardy’s best known work. With first impression issue points: Volume I: p.[iv] “1891” present; p.[v] “have it said”; p.45 “her skin is/as sumple”; p.[264] final full-stop present; Volume II: p.[iv] “1891” present; p.58 “Valasquez”; p.155 “seampstress”; p.199 “XXV”; and p.234 “it’s husband’s”; Volume III: p.[vi] “1891” present; p.14 line endings comprise “towards”, “but”, “On”, “al-“, “hitherto” and “a”, and p.112 “are ye doing”; p.160 line endings comprise “than”, “deviations”, “domesticity,”, “vale”, “curve.”, “light” and “was”; p.198 “summit of the road”; p.252 line endings comprise “and”, “foul”, “bear” and “And”, p.270 “sisters-in-law”; p.275 “piteously”; p.277 no page number present, and p.[278] no final full-stop. Purdy, pp.67-78; Sadleir 1114.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
325
Harris-burland, j.b.
The White Rook.
New York: Knopf, 1918
8vo, publisher’s green paper-covered cloth, printed paper spine label, slight lean, dent near bottom of front board, unclipped dust jacket, two tape repairs on verso, vertical dampstain along front flap fold, light chipping to spine panel ends and fold corners, abrasions along folds; faint tidemark to fore-edge of prelims only. First American edition in the scarce jacket. Basis for the 1919 film His Wife’s Friend. Hubin, p. 378.
Estimate
$300 – $400
326
Harvey, alexander.
The Toe and Other Tales.
New York: Mitchell Kennerlay, 1913
8vo, publisher’s maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners; dust jacket, spine panel with price neatly excised and small chip to foot, closed tears with associated creasing to bottom of front panel and at bottom of rear flap fold; contents clean. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, dated 1926. “Short stories, mostly surprisingly erotic for the period” (Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 766). Scarce in jacket.
Estimate
$300 – $400
327
Hawthorne, nathaniel.
Twice-Told Tales.
Boston: American Stationers Co., 1837
8vo, 19th century full maroon morocco, gilt-paneled, joints rubbed, top edges and turn-ins gilt; Katrin and Ernest Vietor bookplate to front pastedown, occasional minor foxing to contents, bound without advertisements. First edition of Hawthorne’s second book. One of 1000 copies, with the page number on the table of contents for The May-Pole of Merry Mount incorrectly given as page 78 (for 77). BAL 7581; Clark A2.1.
Estimate
$150 – $250
328
Hemingway, ernest.
The Old Man and the Sea.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Son, 1952
8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, unclipped dust jacket, spine panel with small tears to head and foot, thin line of toning to top of flaps; owner’s inscription on the front endpaper. First edition, first issue with ‘A’ and publisher’s seal on verso of title-page, and no mention of the Pulitzer Prize he was awarded the following year. Hanneman A24a.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
329
Hillerman, tony.
The Fly on the Wall.
New York: Harper & Row, (1971)
8vo, publisher’s blue cloth over blue paper-covered boards; unclipped first issue dust jacket with $5.95 price and “0971” at bottom of front flap, spine panel lightly faded with minor rubbing to head and foot; housed in cloth clamshell case. First edition of Hillerman’s second novel, signed and inscribed by him in the year of publication.
Estimate
$400 – $600
330
Huysmans, j. k.
A Rebours.
Paris: G. Charpentier, 1884
Half-title. 12mo, tan ¼ cloth over marbled boards, morocco spine label, slight lean, rubbing to extremities, corners exposed; original yellow wrappers bound in (rectos partly affixed to blank endpapers). First edition on ordinary paper. Carteret, I, 439.
Estimate
$600 – $900
331
Ibsen, henrik.
Hedda Gabler.
Copenhagen: Glydendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1890
8vo, later ½ tan morocco over patterned boards, spine titles gilt; preserving original wrappers printed in red and black, front wrap with two corners repaired. First published edition, “preceded only briefly by a copyright edition of twelve copies which were published in London under Heinemann’s imprint on 11 December 1890, just five days before the Copenhagen edition” (PMM 375).
Estimate
$400 – $600
332
Kerouac, jack.
Excerpts From Visions of Cody.
(New York: Printed for New Directions, 1960)
8vo, publisher’s ¼ purple cloth-backed boards, spine titles silver, faint mottling to boards; original acetate jacket, publisher’s prospectus laid in loose. Number 432 of 750 copies signed by Kerouac. Well preserved copy. Charters A9.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
333
Kilmer, joyce.
Trees and Other Poems.
New York: George Doran, (1914)
8vo, original brown boards, printed paper labels to front cover and spine, top edges gilt; lacking dust jacket (contemporary glassine supplied); ex-libris Donald S. Stralem with his bookplate (loose); custom cloth chemise and ¼ morocco slipcase. First edition, without the words “Printed in the United States of America” on the copyright page indicating a first or early issue. Four years after this collection appeared, Kilmer was killed in the Second Battle of the Marne.
Estimate
$300 – $400
334
King, stephen.
Group of 4 advance copies.
Vp, vd
Various formats, original printed wrappers. Comprising: The Doctor’s Case. Stapled, printed on rectos only. Proof of a story that appeared in the published version of “The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (Carroll & Graf), but was omitted from the uncorrected proof of that edition. This being the first and only separate appearance of this story. [NY], 1987 * Bare Bones. Conversations on Terror with Stephen King. Uncorrected page proof. With proof dust jacket and promo slip. NY, 1988 * Dreamcatcher. Facsimile of the first 8 pages of King’s handwritten ledger manuscript; acetate jacket. NY, 2000 * Blockade Billy. Advance uncorrected proof. Acetate jacket and promo slip. Baltimore, 2010.
Estimate
$500 – $750
335
Lem, stanislaw.
Solaris.
(Warszawa): Widawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, (1961)
Text in Polish. Half-title and title printed in orange and black. 8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers, hint of spine lean, soft crease to front cover; dust jacket, light wear along top edges with a few miniscule paper mends on verso; 1 page publisher’s adverts at end. True first edition. Scarce in jacket. Filmed three times, most memorably in 1974 by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
336
Level, maurice.
Those Who Return (L’Ombre).
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1923
8vo, publisher’s green pebbled cloth lettered in gilt; dust jacket, entirely rebacked, portion of spine panel supplied in facsimile. First American edition. This translation also published in England the same year by A.M. Philpot as The Shadow. Hubin, p. 500.
Estimate
$300 – $400
337
Lewis, c.s.
Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia.
London: Geoffrey Bles, (1951)
Illustrated by Pauline Baynes, including color frontispiece. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, spine stamped in silver; price-clipped dust jacket, small nicks to extremities, spine panel tanned; scattered foxing, mostly to end matter. First edition.
Estimate
$600 – $900
338
Macclure, victor.
Death Behind the Door.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933
8vo, publisher’s green cloth stamped in black; unclipped dust jacket, front flap fold rubbed, two short closed tears, mild dust soiling. First American edition, complete with the tear-out perforated advert leaf at front intact and unmarked. Hubin, p. 523.
Estimate
$300 – $400
339
Mallarmé, stéphane.
Poésies.
Paris: Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1913
Frontispiece portrait by Nadar. Title printed in red and black. 8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers; glassine dust jacket, faintly tanned; custom cloth box. First complete collected edition, number 33 of 55 copies on verge d’Arches. Excellent survival.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
340
Maupassant, guy de.
Bel-Ami.
Paris: Victor-Havard, 1885
Half-title (paper restorations to blank edges). 12mo, contemporary ¾ crushed olive morocco over marbled boards by Kauffmann, spine faded to brown with gilt titling; contents clean, original printed blue wrappers bound in. First edition on ordinary paper, presentation copy inscribed by the author “A mon confrere Jules Case. Bien cordialement, Guy de Maupassant” in black ink on the half-title. Also issued in a limited edition of 200 on Holland. Carteret II, p.116.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
341
Mcmurtry, larry.
The Last Picture Show.
New York: The Dial Press, 1966
8vo, publisher’s beige cloth, spine lettered in red; unclipped dust jacket. First edition, signed by both McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich, director of the 1970 film version. Laid in is a promotional photoprint bookmark for the film signed by Bogdanovich, a ticket stub for a Bogdanovich lecture, and a photo of the author. Fine copy.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
342
Merrill, james.
Jim’s Book.
New York: Privately printed, 1942
8vo, original red cloth-backed grey boards, front board gilt-lettered, top edge red, moderate tanning to top- and fore-edges of front and rear boards; custom cloth chemise and ¼ morocco slipcase. First edition of the author’s first book, intimately inscribed: “To Edward, without-whom-nothing, with the deepest affection of his roommate, the author, and may the wrath of God descend upon him if he so much as mentions this gift to any other person - James Ingram Merrill. 10 June 1945 New York City.”
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
343
Merrill, james.
Short Stories.
Pawlet, VT: The Banyan Press, 1954
8vo, publisher’s sewn marbled wrappers, printed paper label, lightly tanned along fore-edges. First edition, number 53 of 210 copies (60 for sale, 150 for friends of the poet and printer). Literary association copy, inscribed to fellow poet W.S. Merwin (“Bill Merwin”) dated January 1955.
Estimate
$400 – $600
344
Merrill, james.
The Thousand and Second Night.
(Athens: Christos Christou Press, 1963)
Illustrated with two vignettes. Square 12mo, original blue stapled wrappers, printed paper label; mylar jacket. First edition, privately printed by the author. One of 20 copies with the two vignettes on the title-page and at the end of the text hand-colored by Merrill, out of a total edition of 50 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed “With love to Carissimo Bernard from the author Athens 1963.” One of the scarcest Merrill titles. Fine.
Estimate
$500 – $750
345
Merrill, james.
The Yellow Pages.
Cambridge, Mass: Temple Bar Bookshop, 1974
8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered black cloth, faint scratch to front board. Deluxe issue, number 2 of 50 copies bound in cloth, presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author to the publisher: “James Merrill / for Gene O’Neil - a / welcome sight on Water St. / 9.IV.74.”
Estimate
$300 – $400
346
(modern american poetry.)
Group of 7 First editions.
Vp, vd
4to or 8vo, publisher’s cloth or wrappers. Comprising: Pound, Ezra. Lustra. Second impression with abridged text. London, 1916 * Stevens, Wallace. Ideas of Order. Dust jacket spine tanned with closed tears. First trade edition. NY, 1936 * Stevens, Wallace. The Relations Between Poetry and Painting. Printed wrappers, stapled sheets detached from spine. NY, 1951 * Ashbery, John. Some Trees. Dust jacket spine tanned, scattered soiling. New Haven, 1956 * Pound, Ezra. Rimbaud. Pictorial wrappers. Milano, 1957 * Auden, W.H. The Platonic Blow. Printed wrappers. Scattered soiling. First trade edition. NY, 1965 * Brainard, Joe and Freeman, Herm. Brainard-Freeman Notebooks (Gegenschein Quarterly 1112). Illustrated. Pictorial wrappers. Introduction by John Ashbery and Signed by him. NY, 1975.
Estimate
$400 – $600
347
(mystery and detective fiction.)
Group of 10 Golden Age titles.
New York, 1920-1938
8vo, publisher’s cloth; original dust jackets; condition very good or better. Comprising: Fletcher, J.S. Dead Men’s Money. One tape repair on jacket verso. 1920 * Doyle, Arthur Conan. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Nicks to corner folds of jacket. Reprint edition. 1920 * Gollomb, Joseph. The Portrait Invisible. One small chip, a few corner nicks to jacket. 1928 * Apple, A.E. Mr. Chang’s Crime Ray. Jacket lacking rear panel and flap, tape repairs on spine verso. 1928 * Tooker, Richard. The Day of the Brown Horde. Jacket with chipping to spine panel head, bottom portion of front flap excised with loss of letters. 1929 * McMorrow, Thomas. The Sinister History of Ambrose Hinkle. Front flap of jacket neatly detached, small inkstamp on front panel. 1929 * Jesse, F. Tennyson. Solange Stories. Jacket torn with loss at portion of top of front panel, chipping. 1931 * Ross, Barnaby. Drury Lane’s Last Case. Closed tears and fold corners nicks to jacket. 1933 * Laing, Alexander. Dr Scarlet. Front flap of jacket neatly detached with perforations at top. 1936 * McGuire, Paul. A Funeral in Eden. Spine and board edges sunned; jacket spine panel faded with vertical crease. 1938. First editions (Conan Doyle A.L. Burt reprint excepted).
Estimate
$600 – $900
348
Naum, gellu.
Drumetul incendiar.
Bucuresti: Tipografia Alfa, [1936]
Illustrated by Victor Brauner with 3 laid in line drawings on onionskin, as issued. 8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers, portion of spine abraded with loss, dust soiling, front wrap creased; ownership inscription to preliminary blank. First edition of the author’s first book. Seldom seen book of verse from a central figure in the Bucharest group of Surrealists.
Estimate
$500 – $750
349
Nerval, gérard de.
Group of 3 limited editions.
Vp, vd
Poesies. Pochoir illustrations by Jacques Ferrand, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers, glassine; original board folder (spine faded), board slip-case (spotted). Number 59 of 850 copies. Paris,1944 * La Main Enchantée. Pochoir illustrations by Pierre Theron, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers, glassine; original board folder (spine faded), board slip-case (spine faded). Number 605 of 850 copies. Paris,1945 * Sylvie. Pochoir illustrations by A.E. Marty, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers, glassine; original board folder, board slip-case (spotted). Number 323 of 900 copies. Paris,1949. [With:] Chirico, Giorgio de. Hebdomeros. 8vo, bound in ¾ tan morocco over patterned boards by Charles Benoit, top edges gilt, scuffs to raised bands; original wrappers bound in. Number 446 of 2500 copies. Paris, 1929 [And:] Valéry, Paul. Le Cimetiére Marin. 8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers; original board folder, board slip-case. One of 450 copies. Alpignano, 1971.
Estimate
$250 – $350
350
Oates, joyce carol.
By the North Gate.
Vp, vd
8vo, publisher’s maroon cloth stamped in blind, spine titled in orange and silver; unclipped dust jacket. First edition, inscribed by Oates in the year of publication. Author’s first book. NY, 1963. [With:] Sentimental Education. 8vo, publisher’s patterned cloth; acetate dust jacket; matching slipcase. Deluxe issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Los Angeles, 1978.
Estimate
$300 – $400
351
Orwell, george.
Nineteen Eighty-Four.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949
8vo, bound in modern full red leather by Exeter Bookbinders, styled as man’s jacket, raised metal skeletons as buttons, within the folded lapels is a genuine onlayed prosthetic or “fake eye” with tan calf eyelids, front and rear covers lettered in white, blind rules; pastedowns and free endpapers with patterned collage of the author’s eyes, with a secret panel on the front pastedown concealing a Ten Shilling Bank Note of England displaying HM Queen Elizabeth’s II’s face; binder’s gilt leather label mounted to rear pastedown designating this as Number 58 of 100 copies. First edition in an evocative binding.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
352
Parker, dorothy.
Death and Taxes.
New York: Viking, 1931
8vo, publisher’s patterned cloth boards, red leather spine label; card slipcase, short split, few nicks and stains. Number 228 of 250 copies signed by Parker.
Estimate
$500 – $750
353
Patrick, q. [richard wilson webb and martha mott kelley].
Cottage Sinister.
Philadelphia: Roland Swain Company, 1931
8vo, publisher’s red cloth stamped in black; dust jacket, tape repairs to verso, mostly at head and foot of spine panel mending closed tears, small nicks to fold corners and spine ends, rubbing with front panel faded; ownership signature to front pastedown. First edition of the author’s first mystery novel. Hubin, p. 629.
Estimate
$400 – $600
354
[peacock, thomas love.]
Crotchet Castle.
London: T. Hookham, 1831
By the author of Headlong Hall. 10-page publishers catalogue (lacking first leaf) and advertisement leaf before title. 8vo, original blue-grey drab boards, edges abraded, modern rebacking, supplied spine label; occasional minor foxing and soiling; custom cloth clamshell box. First edition, with page 154 numbered 54. Carter, Binding Variants, p. 146; Sadleir 1957j.
Estimate
$350 – $500
355
[peacock, thomas love.]
Rhododaphne; or The Thessalian Spell. A Poem.
London: T. Hookham, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818
Half-title. 8vo, original blue paper-covered boards, repairs to joints and spine tips, printed paper spine label (priced “7s”); ownership inscription and mounted catalogue clipping to front pastedown; custom cloth clamshell box. First edition, likely one of the remainder bindings cited in Carter (Binding Variants, p. 146). Sadlier 1957j.
Estimate
$300 – $400
356
Pound, ezra.
Lustra.
[London: Elkin Mathews, 1916]
Author photogravure portrait frontispiece by Alvin Langdon Coburn, “EP” device designed by Edmund Dulac to title page. 8vo, original tan boards lettered in blue, corners lightly bumped, minor blemish at top of front board; endpapers with usual toning. First edition, first issue, number 160 of 200 hand-numbered copies signed by Pound, additionally signed with a presentation inscription to Clarence Stratton on front pastedown. Includes a 1-page TLS (recto only, dated May 1927, folds, laid in loose) to Mr. Stratton in which Pound, exhibiting his well-known vitriol, instructs Stratton to get a numbered, unexpurgated copy: “Mathews was a g,d, fool, and his successor has given you a copy of the bloody expurgated edtn […] And give ‘em as much hell as you can. Tell em its insult to yr intelligence to offer you expurgated edtn and that England is going to pot because of such a state of imbecility.” Gallup A11a. (See Lot 252.)
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
357
Roussel, raymond.
Locus Solus.
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1914
8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers, leaning slightly, spine sunned; tattered glassine dust jacket; several signatures separating at gutters but still holding, without the 16-page brochure entitled “La critique et Raymond Roussel” occasionally found. First edition, rare presentation copy, inscribed by Roussel to Henriette Cassellari and dated 22 November 1913.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
358
Salinger, j.d.
The Catcher in the Rye.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1951
8vo, publisher’s black cloth, spine titles gilt (dulled), some faint mottling to front cover; unclipped dust jacket, verso with small tape mends to top and bottom of flap folds and spine panel, one large tape mend repairing closed tear on front panel (with associated crease), abrasion to rear panel, spine panel tanned; 1-page publisher’s photocopied publicity sheet laid in. First edition in the first issue dust jacket with portrait photograph of Salinger by Lotte Jacobi on rear panel of jacket, and the dollar sign above the shoulder of the letter “R” in “Catcher” on front flap.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
359
(science fiction.)
Group of Golden Age Sci-Fi ephemera.
Vp, vd
Approximately 25 items. Condition generally good, with usual browning and edge wear especially to the material printed on cheap stock, occasional finger soiling and creasing, staple rust, etc. Comprising: the periodicals Fantasy Fiction Field (Whole Number 40), VOM (Voice of the Imagi-Nation) (#16), Mystification (No. 10), Bizarre (January 1941), Space Tales (No. 5), The Fantasite (May-June 1943), Science-Fiction Advertiser (May 1953), The Fantasy Fan (January 1934), The Fantasy Fan (October 1934), Whispers (1973), Elmurmurings (No. 2), and Quip (December 1949) signed by Hugo Gernsbeck * Convention/Souvenir booklets: Nolacon (c. 1951), Science Fiction Fanquet (1945), Pacificon (Tomorrow on the March speech by A.E. Van Vogt, signed by him), Lunacon (1974), Westercon Three, and Baycon (1967) * Chapbooks/Pamphlets: Jack Williamson and Dr. Miles J. Breuer, The Girl From Mars (NY, 1929); Wilson Tucker, The Prison Planet (in Space Trails, Summer 1947, signed by him) * Typed Letter Signed by Isaac Asimov (3 March 1949, one sheet, recto only, publisher’s inked note), to Erle Korshak, Shasta Publishers, with a 2-paragraph autobiobraphy to accompany his previous submission of the story “No Connection” that was under consideration for publication at the time * Two draft typescripts by Ray Bradbury; The Illustrated Man: a film outline based on his short story by Ray Bradbury. Title page and 11 numbered pages (stained and creased) dated 23 July 1958; [and] The Drummer Boy of Shiloh. 9 pages. The story was published in The Saturday Evening Post 30 April 1960 issue. Also a few other small format items including a Typed Postcard Signed with a short inscription by Robert Heinlein to Philip K. Dick (“Dear Phil and Tessa”), 20 March 1976.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
360
Smollett, tobias.
The History and Adventures of an Atom.
London: Printed for Robinson and Roberts, 1749 [i.e. 1769]
2 volumes. Half-titles. 12mo, full polished tan calf by Riviere & Son, elaborately gilt decorated spine in compartments, burgundy and olive morocco lettering labels, all edges gilt, few superficial scratches to covers; William Crampton bookplate on front pastedowns; buckram folding box. First edition, first issue with the incorrect 1749 date in each volume, and with “An” for “And” on the half-title of volume 2. Rothschild 1923.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
361
Steinbeck, john.
The Grapes of Wrath.
New York: Viking, (1939)
8vo, publisher’s pictorial tan cloth, some faint mottling, chiefly to spine; unrestored dust jacket, priced $2.75, 1½-inch closed tear at top of rear flap fold, small abrasion to spine panel, light rubbing to extremities; short ownership inscription to faintly toned front pastedown. First edition. Goldstone & Payne A12.a.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
362
Stevens, wallace.
Harmonium.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931
8vo, publisher’s ¼ cloth-backed grey patterned boards, printed paper spine label; dust jacket, spine panel sunned, split along spine/rear panel fold, three tape repairs on verso; later ownership inscription on front pastedown; custom cloth chemise and ¼ morocco slipcase. Second edition, first binding, presentation inscription by Stevens to Filipino-American artist Alfonso Ossario: “To the Painter from the Poet,” below which is Ossario’s own inscription “Gift of Dunstan Thompson / Cambridge Mass. ‘34” and with the artist’s monogram below. Also with Ossario’s stylized and enlarged monogram in red and black ink on the half-title. Edelstein A1.b. [With:] Description Without Place. 8vo, stapled wrappers. 1945.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
363
Swift, jonathan.
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
London: Printed for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-street, 1726
4 parts bound in 2 volumes. 7¾ x 3¾ inches. Engraved portrait frontispiece in volume I with inscription around the oval and Latin inscription in tablet, printed on laid paper with vertical chainlines; title page variant in volume II without the edition statement, but with “Vol. II.” Illustrated with five engraved maps and one engraved table. 8vo, later full brown calf, spines tooled in 6 compartments with morocco lettering pieces in 2, joints split, front board of vol. 2 detached. Teerink-Scouten 290 (AA).
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
364
Trevor, elleston.
The Flight of the Phoenix.
New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, 1964
8vo, publisher’s black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, publisher’s stamp on front cover, minor soiling to top of rear board; unclipped dust jacket, 1 inch tear to front of jacket along with other minor tears; contents clean. First edition signed by the author on front endpaper.
Estimate
$500 – $750
365
Trotsky, leon.
The Revolution Betrayed. What is the Soviet Union and Where is it Going?
NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937
Translated by Max Eastman. 8vo, original black cloth, dampstaining to front and back covers, spine tips and corners fraying slightly, abrading to rear cover; blank sticker obscuring ownership signature on front flyleaf, dampstain to top-edges with thin bleed to blank upper margins of contents. First edition, inscribed and signed by Trotsky on blank preliminary, “Leon Trotsky / 3 Apr 1937 / Coyoacan.” A very few inscribed copies signed in the same year and place have appeared on the market over the years, though it is certain that at least two of these have traded hands several times so that the number of these inscribed copies are less than it initially might appear. It is surmised that the Dewey Commission was the occasion from which these copies derive. Three years later Trotsky was murdered while still in exile in Mexico by Stalin’s agents.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
366
Twain, mark.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1889
2 page publisher’s advertisements at end. Numerous illustrations by Dan Carter Beard. 8vo, publisher’s olive green pictorial cloth stamped in blue, black, and gilt, spine tips frayed, corners bumped, rear board with several scratches; soft creasing to prelims, small abrasion to rear flyleaf. First edition, second state; page 59 without ornamental “S” between the words “The King.” BAL 3429.
Estimate
$200 – $300
367
Vinea, ion.
Paradisul suspinelor.
Bucuresti: Cultura Nationala, 1930
6 full page woodcut illustrations by Marcel Iancu [Marcel Janco]. 8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers, spine faded, light edgewear; ownership inscription. First trade edition. Uncommon Romanian Dada survival.
Estimate
$400 – $600
368
Walpole, hugh.
Portrait of a Man with Red Hair * Above the Dark Circus.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1925; 1931
Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth, spines titled in gilt; unclipped dust jackets, first title with tape repairs on verso, spine panel tanned with chips; second title with minor wear to spine panel tips, housed in custom cloth dust jacket and morocco-edged slipcase. First editions, Above the Dark Circus a signed presentation copy.
Estimate
$300 – $400
369
Walton, izaak and cotton, charles.
The Complete Angler.
London: William Pickering, 1836
2 volumes. [16], clxiv, [4], [clxv]-ccxii, [2], 129, [1] pp. II: [4], [131]–436, [32 (index)] pp. Steel-engraved plates and in-text illustrations, extra-illustrated with a set of proof plates printed on India paper, mounted on heavy paper, and bound in for all illustrations including the headpiece decorations. Large 8vo, bound in 20th-century dark green straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf (dated 1914) for Bartlett & Co, Boston, covers framed in quadruple gilt fillets with gilt fish motifs in corners, spines similarly decorated, board edges with gilt fillets, all edges gilt, spines gently sunned; turn-ins with gilt fillets and roll, pastedowns with small monogram and book labels; occasional minor foxing/spotting; vol. II with mild waterstaining to lower outer portions, more pronounced to first few leaves and later ones. First Nicolas Edition, large paper copy, edited by Sir Harris Nicolas. The most lavish of all Pickering’s editions.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
370
Wilde, oscar.
An Ideal Husband.
London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899
8vo, publisher’s mauve cloth with gilt decorations by Charles Shannon, spine slightly darkened with short tears and chips to head and foot; foxing and browning to front and end matter. First edition. Unopened copy. One of 1000 unnumbered copies. Mason 385.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
371
Wilde, oscar.
Salome. A Tragedy in One Act.
London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894
13 Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, including frontispiece, vignette title, list of pictures, and tailpiece. 8vo, original gilt-stamped blue cloth, spine faded with fraying to head and foot, rear board with slight bow; bookseller’s ticket to rear pastedown. First edition, ordinary issue, one of 500 unnumbered copies printed for England, from a total edition of 775. With 14-page (unopened) publisher’s list of books at end. Mason 350.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
372
Williams, tennessee.
In the Winter of Cities.
New York: New Directions, (1956)
4to, publisher’s gilt-lettered cream boards; publisher’s card slipcase with printed paper label, numbered in manuscript, some faint toning and smudging. First limited edition, number 16 of 100 copies signed by Williams. Clean, square copy. Crandell A16.I.a.
Estimate
$500 – $750
373
Williams, tennessee.
Letters to Donald Windham 1940-1965.
Verona: Stamperia Valdonega, 1976
Mounted frontispiece. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial wrappers; mylar dust jacket; publisher’s slip laid in; original slipcase. Deluxe issue, letter H of 26 lettered copies signed by Williams and Windham printed on blue fabriano paper by Martino Mardersteig. Fine. Crandell A43.1.b.
Estimate
$400 – $600
374
Williams, tennessee.
Snowfall.
Portland, 1980
Broadside. Folio, single sheet. 395 x 595 mm. With copperplate etching by Liza Jones printed on Somerset paper. Letter M of 26 lettered copies, from a total edition of 226.
Estimate
$300 – $400
375
Wordsworth, william.
Poems.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807
2 volumes. Half-titles, fly-titles; errata leaf at end of volume I; and with the cancel leaves in both volumes per usual. 12mo, bound in full brown crushed morocco by Tout, spine titles gilt in compartments, top edges gilt; inner dentelles, floral paper doublures and endleaves; slipcased. First edition, first state, of the first collected edition of Wordsworth’s poems. With a period after “Sonnets” on p. 103 of vol. I, and “fnuction” spelling on p. 98 in vol. II. Wise 8.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
Art, Press & Illustrated Books
376
Alvard, julien and r. v. gindertael.
Témoignages pour l´art abstrait 1952
Paris: Editions “Art d’Aujourd’hui,” 1952
Illustrated with 30 plates (including Alberto Magnelli, Jean Arp, André Bloc, S. Bozzolini, Chapoval, César Domela, Jean Gorin, Jean Leppien, Nicolas de Stael, Serge Poliakoff, Victor Vasarely), 27 colored in pochoir, and many in black and white. 4to, publisher’s printed wrappers, backstrip detached, soiling with small chips at edges; text-block splitting with some signatures and prelim leaves loose or separated. First edition.
Estimate
$500 – $750
377
Anuszkiewicz, richard.
Spectral Cadmiums.
Kõln: Gallery der Spiegel, 1968
The complete portfolio. Printed by Haas Stuttgart. 6 serigraphs (28 x 28 inches; 705 x 705 mm, sheets), limitation, and title, laid in loose, as issued; housed in original blue-lettered yellow cloth portfolio. Number 3 of 125 copies, each print signed, dated and numbered by the artist, and with an additional presentation inscription: “To Bob [Robert Indiana] / Warmest regards to a very nice friendship / Richard Anuskiewicz June 24, 1969.” Provenance: Robert Indiana; thence by gift to current owner. Fine, with virtually no evidence of handling.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
378
Avril, paul. feydeau, ernest.
Fanny.
Paris: Amyot, 1858
8vo, bound in full blue crushed morocco by Noulac, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, few minor abrasions to spine and joints, top edges gilt; inner dentelles, hinges tightened, original blue wrappers printed in black bound in; morocco-edged slipcase. Limited edition, number 88 of 100 copies. With numerous original illustrations, many in color and signed by Avril, added throughout.
Estimate
$500 – $750
379
Baldessari, john.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. By Laurence Sterne.
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988
3 volumes. 39 photo-collage illustrations by Baldessari bound accordion-style. 4to, text volume in ¼ green calf over marbled boards; additional volumes in gilt-stamped green paper over boards; slipcase. One of 400 unnumbered copies signed by Baldessari. Fine.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
380
Bauwens, maurice and others.
Les Affiches étrangères illustrées. Par MM.
Paris: G. Boudet, 1897
M. BAUWENS, T. HAYASHI, LA FORGUE, MEIER-GRAEFE J. PENNEL. Ouvrage orné de 62 lithographies en couleurs et de cent cinquante reproductions en noir et en couleurs. D’après les affiches originales des meilleurs artistes. 67 full-page off-text chromolithograph plates (and not 62 as indicated in the title) including 2 double-page and one double-page black poster, as well as approximately 150 black poster reproductions including 24 full-page. Also a monochrome proof, others in two or three colors (black, brown, red, gray, orange, blue, brown, bistre, green), of each chromolithograph. These proofs, printed on China paper, are sometimes before letters or in test print. Plates executed and printed by the Imprimerie Chaix with Lorilleux inks. Small folio (12¼ x 8¾ inches; 315 x 225 mm), contemporary ¾ turquoise morocco over marbled boards by V. Champs, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, joints rubbed; pictorial bookplate to front pastedown; original illustrated wrappers by A. Rassenfosse bound in; contents with slight browning at the edges, upper, outer corners with tidemark to last several sheets. First edition on paper of the Manufactures Impériales du Japon, out of trade, offered by the publisher G. Boudet, with his autograph, this copy reserved for the bookseller and publisher Léon Conquet. Total edition of 1050 numbered copies comprises 25 on Manufactures Impériales du Japon paper, 25 on China paper and 1000 on wove paper. The justification does not mention, for the first copies, the additional proofs on China paper of all the chromolithographs. The work covers posters from Germany, England, Austria, Belgium, the United States and Japan, with compositions by Fischer, Heine, Sattler, Beardsley, Berggarstaff, Dudley-Hardy, Toulouse-Lautrec, Berchmans, Donnay, Evenepoel, Meunier, Privat-Livemont, Rassenfosse, Toussaint, Van Rysselberghe, Bradley, Grasset, Rhead, etc. An indispensable complement to Ernest Maindron’s two volumes on Illustrated Posters, published in 1886 and 1896, which only concerned the life of the poster in France.
Estimate
$6,000 – $8,000
381
Beardsley, aubrey.
A Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley’s Drawings Illustrating “Salome” by Oscar Wilde.
[London: John Lane, 1906]
17 unnumbered plates, 345 x 270 mm; 13½ x10¾ inches. Folio, contents loose as issued, in publisher’s parchment-backed green boards (ownership inscription on front pastedown), worn and lacking ties; plates with browning at edges and occasional soft creasing. Presumed first issue, without the letterpress “list of plates” cited by Lasner (A59E).
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
382
Beardsley, aubrey.
Le Morte Darthur.
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1893-1894
In the original 12 parts. Plates, illustrations and decorations by Beardsley. Square 8vo, original pictorial green wrappers, numbers 2 and 4 with spines darkened and chipped including some loss, overall age toning and edgewear to wrappers; contents generally quite clean; housed in three separate ¼ calf folders within matching slipcases. First edition in the original parts, regular issue, one of 1500 copies from an overall limitation of 1800. Scarce survival in the fragile wrappers.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
383
Bemelmans, ludwig.
Hotel Splendide.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941
8vo, bound in publisher’s gold, green, and rose silk from the drapes of the Hotel Splendide in New York, trace of rubbing to head and foot of spine; contents clean; original board slipcase, worn with splits to top panel. First limited edition, deluxe issue, one of sixty copies for private distribution, signed by the author on the limitation, and with an additional gift inscription by him on the half title in the year of publication. With his Christmas card loosely inserted.
Estimate
$500 – $750
384
Booth, franklin. calkins, earnest elmo.
Franklin Booth.
New York: Robert Frank, (1925)
Sixty Reproductions From Original Drawings with An Appreciation by Earnest Elmo Calkins and An Introduction by Meredith Nicholson. Full-page, black and white, numbered and captioned illustrations. 4to, publisher’s gilt-lettered grey cloth, spine darkened, mottling to boards; hinges starting, unopened. Limited edition, number 49 of 210 copies, includes the extra illuminated page by Booth.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
385
(brancusi, constantin.) voronca, ilarie.
Plante si animale terase. Cu desene de Constantin Brancusi.
[Np, but Bucharest:] Imprimerie Union pour Colectia Integral, 1929
Illustrated with three drawings by Brancusi. 8vo, publisher’s printed sewn wrappers, spine tanned with top 2 inches chipped off, splitting along front and rear joints, light soiling. First regular edition, presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Voronca in black ink on half-title. Also a limited edition of 18 copies issued.
Estimate
$600 – $800
386
Chagall, marc.
The Jerusalem Windows.
New York: George Braziller, 1962
2 original color lithographs by Chagall, plus numerous illustrations. 4to, publisher’s red cloth lettered in gilt, top corners bumped; original pictorial and acetate dust jackets; thin card slipcase with slight wear to bottom panel. First edition, illustrating Chagall’s designs for 12 stained glass windows for the synagogue at Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. Binding, jacket, and contents bright and fresh.
Estimate
$600 – $900
387
(clarke, harry.) goethe, johann wolfgang von.
Faust.
New York: Dingwall-Rock, (1925)
Illustrated by Clarke with 22 plates including 8 in color, plus numerous decorative head- and tail-pieces. 4to, publisher’s gilt-stamped vellum-backed boards, top edges gilt, some faint toning, head of spine wrinkled. Limited edition. Number 543 of 1000 copies signed by Clarke, of the American issue.
Estimate
$500 – $750
388
Columbian exposition / bancroft, hubert howe.
Achievements of Civilization. The Book of Wealth. Wealth in Relation to Material
New York: The Bancroft Company, 1896-1908
and Intellectual Progress and Achievement.10 volumes. Photographic illustrations and reproductions. Large folio, 550 x 425 mm; 17 x 22 inches, elaborately watercolored covers by various artists including W. How, R. Wiley, H. M. Armstrong, H. Sandham and others, over gold silk boards, scattered moderate wear to silk, covers generally bright, some joints cracked or starting; all edges trimmed and gilt, patterned silk doublures, a few clean marginal tears or creases. Captain Kidd volume (“Chapter the Thirteenth”) shaken and with dampstained portion of front cover; publisher’s silk and cloth slipcases, one lacking, variously defective. Number 68 of 150 numbered sets of the edition cygne noir signed by Bancroft for subscriber Mrs. Benjamin D. Hicks.
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,500
389
Degas, edgar. maupassant, guy de.
Le Maison Tellier.
Paris: Ambroise Vollard,1934
Illustrated, including 19 engravings executed by Maurice Potin and printed under his direction from the original compositions in black and in color by Degas. 4to, full black pebbled morocco with geometric decorations in gilt and blind to front cover by Laprete, skewed; occasional spotting to front and end matter and blank margins; morocco-edged slipcase with edges rubbed. Limited edition, number 271 of 305 on Rives vellum.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
390
(detmold, edward.)
The Life of the Bee * The Arabian Nights.
London, 1911; [1924]
Together, 2 volumes. Illustrated by Detmold. 4to, publisher’s gilt-pictorial boards/cloth; first title with spine sunned and corners bumped. Regular editions.
Estimate
$300 – $400
391
Diebenkorn, richard.
Poems. By W.B. Yeats.
San Francisco: Arion Press, 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. Number 201 of 426 copies signed by Diebenkorn. Fine.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
392
Domergue, jean-gabriel.
Les Après-Midi d’un Faune. Quarante eaux-fortes originales.
Paris, 1924
40 etchings by Domergue. Folio, burgundy straight-grain morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, spine sunned; title clipped from original wrapper laid down on leaf before title page; provenance: Gerard Nordmann (booklabel; his sale, Christie’s Paris, April 27, 2006, lot 173). Limited edition, number 59 of 85 on Rives paper, from a total edition of 100 copies.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
393
Dulac, edmund. andersen, hans christian.
Stories from Hans Andersen.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1911)
28 tipped-in color plates with captions on facing pages. Large 4to, publisher’s gilt-pictorial vellum, darkened, scattered staining, vellum edges curling, cloth tie perished. First limited edition. Number 570 of 750 copies signed by Dulac. Hughey 27a.
Estimate
$400 – $600
394
Fontana, lucio.
Fontana.
Venezia: Edizioni del Cavallino, 1958
Introduction by Giampiero Giani. 8vo, publisher’s orange cloth lettered in red, die cut holes to front board, scattered spotting with spine a trifle faded; pages accordion bound, contains thirteen color and black and white reproductions tipped onto the yellow and black pages (one plate corner dog-eared). Number 415 of 600 copies, with two hundred each in yellow, green and orange cloth. Catalog of the June 1958 exhibition at the Cavallino in Venice.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
395
France, anatole.
La Comédie de Celui Qui Épousa Une Femme Muette.
Paris: La Connaissance, 1935
Numerous illustrations in color by George Delaw. 8vo, contemporary ¾ green morocco by P. Affolter, spine tooled in gilt and blind, faded to brown, joints and spine tips rubbed, top edges gilt; bookplate to front and rear pastedown, clipping tipped to blank preliminary. Number 20 of 25 copies on Japon Imperial with an extra suite on Chine paper..
Estimate
$600 – $900
396
Girondo, oliverio
Veinte Poemas para ser Leídos en el Tranvía.
(Argentuil: Imprenta de Coulouma, 1922)
Illustrations by the author illuminated by Ch[arles] Keller. 4to, publisher’s printed wrappers, light wear to spine tips and wrapper fore-edges; some spotting and smudging to fore-edges, unidentified pencil sketch to rear endpaper. Deluxe edition, one of 150 out-of-commerce copies signed by the author, and with an additional presentation inscription signed and dated by Girondo in black ink on the front free endpaper. From a total edition of 1000.
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
397
(gooden, stephen.) aesop.
Aesop’s Fables Translated by Sir Roger l’Estrange.
London: George C. Harrap, 1936
13 engraved plates plates and decorations by Gooden including title-page and end-piece vignette. Large 8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped vellum, top edges gilt, spine sunned, usual discoloration to boards. Number 186 of 525 copies, signed by Gooden.
Estimate
$500 – $750
398
Guimard, hector.
Le Castel Béranger.
Paris: Librairie Rouam et Cie., [1899]
65 color plates, chiefly after photographs, showing plans, elevations, exterior and interior details, and wallpaper designs. Oblong folio, modern ¼ brown morocco, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt; rear hinge cracked. First edition of a monograph on Guimard’s first building project in Art Nouveau style, a block of luxury apartments built between 1894 and 1898 near the Gare de Passy in Paris, generally considered his masterpiece.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
399
Hay, robert.
Illustrations of Cairo.
London: Tilt & Bogue, 1840
Additional chromolithographed title, dedication, 30 tinted lithographs on 29 plates by J.C. Bourne after Robert Hay, O.B. Carter and C. Laver. Folio (540 x 370 mm), ½ black morocco, spine perished, front cover detached, worn; first gathering detached, intermittent foxing and soiling, dampstaining with increasing severity to approximately last 15 plates. First edition. Sold as is. Abbey, Travel 270.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
400
(hirschfeld, al.) saroyan, william.
Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld.
New York: Hyperion Press, (1941)
24 tipped-in color lithographs by Hirschfeld on handmade paper. Folio, original color pictorial white cloth, moderate soiling, corners bumped, cloth split along portion of front joint; hinges starting, plates with intermittent foxing, chiefly to blank margins; lacking slipcase. First limited edition. Number 779 of 1000 copies.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
401
Indiana, robert and creeley, robert.
Numbers.
Stuttgart: Edition Domberger, (1968)
Illustrated with ten original silkscreen prints by Indiana preceded by Creeley’s number poems with text in English and German on separate leaves. 4to, publisher’s printed wrappers, spine sunned, partly extending to covers; printed card slipcase. First trade edition, signed and inscribed by Creeley.
Estimate
$600 – $900
402
Indiana, robert.
Numbers.
Stuttgart and Dusseldorf: Edition Domberger and Gallery Schmele, 1968
The complete portfolio, comprising ten screenprints in colors, on Schoeller Parole, with title and justification pages, ten poems by Robert Creeley in English and German. Folio (25½ x 19¾ inches; 650 x 500 mm), publisher’s brown wrappers printed in black; housed in original beige cloth portfolio. One of 250 numbered copies. Signed by both Indiana and Creeley and numbered “230” in pencil on the justification. Provenance: Robert Indiana; thence by gift to current owner. Superb example. Sheehan 56.
Estimate
$7,000 – $10,000
403
Indiana, robert.
The Book of Love: Art & Poetry.
New York: American Image Publishing, 1996
6 x 4 ¼ inches. Illustrated. 12mo, publisher’s printed wrappers; original printed linen bag with string enclosure. Limited edition, number 8 of 15 copies, with a color photoprint signed by Indiana laid in. Provenance: Robert Indiana; thence by gift to current owner.
Estimate
$300 – $400
404
Indiana, robert.
Trilove. 3 Poems.
New York/Stuttgart: Bouwerie Editions/Edition Domberger, (1969)
Illustrated with the silkscreen of his famous LOVE image in green, blue, and white; sheet size: 8 x 8 inches; 205 x 205 mm. Thin 8vo, blindstamped white wrappers with tri-fold overwrap. Printed by Bouwerie Editions. Deluxe issue, copy A2, one of 50 author’s copies, signed by him (from a total edition of 210). Provenance: Robert Indiana; thence by gift to current owner. Fine.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
405
Johns, jasper.
Poems. By Wallace Stevens.
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1985
4to, publisher’s ¼ blue morocco over cloth, morocco fore-edges, minor blemish to spine. Number 163 of 300 copies with signed frontispiece etching by Jasper Johns on English mould-made paper.
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,500
406
Jou, louis (illus.) and la boétie, etienne de.
Discours de la servitude volontaire.
Paris: Jou & Bousviel, 1922
Illustrated by Louis Jou. 8vo, publisher’s decorated wrappers, spine faded with mended tears, rear wrapper spotted; scattered foxing to contents; folding case (defective). Limited edition, number 112 of 300 copies, with an original goache by Jou signed by him on blank preliminary.
Estimate
$300 – $400
407
Jouas, charles (illus.) and régnier, henri de.
La Cité des eaux.
Paris: Blaizot & Kieffer, 1912
Frontispiece and 36 etchings hors texte by Jouas. Large 8vo, contemporary full green morocco gilt extra with color morocco onlays to front and rear covers by Rene Kieffer, spine (uniformly faded to brown) lettered in gilt, ruled in blind, in compartments, top edges gilt, joints rubbed; wide gilt turn ins, doublures, original wrappers bound in; morocco-edged slipcase (worn). Deluxe edition, one of 10 copies on Japon ancien, includes all states of the etchings, a signed original watercolor, and a color suite.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
408
Karasik, mikhail.
Arabian Eros.
St. Petersburg: M.K. Publishers, 1998
9 lithographs in color. Folio (19 x 12½ inches; 480 x 315 mm), publisher’s plain card wrappers; printed dust jacket; original ¼ cloth-backed patterned and lettered folding box, cardboard slipcase. Number 4 of 17 copies. Fine.
Estimate
$400 – $600
409
Karasik, mikhail.
Dedicated to Bloom. Acts: Tableaux after James Joyce’s Ulysses.
St. Petersburg: M.K. Publishers, 2003
Lithograph frontispiece and 15 color lithographs by Karasik from 19th century pornographic postcards, the latter all numbered and signed in pencil, mounted on stubs. Folio, (21 x 15½ inches; 530 x 395 mm, sheets), laid in loose to original printed stiff board traycase, thin card slipcase (scattered soiling). Number 2 of 12 copies signed by the artist at the colophon and signed and dated by him lower right corner of each lithograph in pencil.
Estimate
$500 – $750
410
Karasik, mikhail.
Doska pocheta [Board of Honor.]
St. Petersburg: M.K. Publishers, 2004
15 manipulated color images of various persons, both from the artist’s family as well as Russian political and artistic figures including Stalin, Brezhnev, El Lissitsky, Chagall, Malevich, et al. Folio (16½ x 13 inches; 425 x 300 mm), publisher’s pictorial paper-covered stiff boards, cloth spine, internally brad-bound; canvas leaves (limitation printed in red, green and orange on paper); housed in original stiff board slipcase with enameled oval plate affixed to front, and plain cardboard sleeve. Number 12 of 25 copies signed by the artist. Fine.
Estimate
$400 – $600
411
(kauffmann, paul-adolphe.) halévy, ludovic.
Trois coups de foudre.
Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1886
Illustrated by Kauffmann. Small 8vo, bound in full green crushed morocco by Chambolle-Duru, covers paneled in gilt, spine tooled in gilt in compartments; inner dentelles, all edges gilt, light rubbing to corners and spine tips; original wrappers bound in. Limited edition, one of 150 copies on Japon, initialed by the author, and this copy featuring an original signed watercolor by Kauffmann on the half-title.
Estimate
$300 – $400
412
(kent, rockwell.) melville, herman.
Moby Dick, or, The Whale.
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930
3 volumes. Illustrated profusely by Kent. Large 4to, publisher’s silver-stamped black cloth over beveled boards; original acetate dust jackets with parchment flaps, spine panels tanned with minor chipping to ends, closed tear; partly unopened, only occasional light offsetting from illustrations to facing pages; original aluminum slipcase. Limited edition, one of 1000 unnumbered sets. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kent “To / Eleanor Netten / by / Rockwell Kent [flourish beneath]” in pencil (lightly smudged) on front free endpaper of first volume. Superb copy retaining all elements. The Artist and the Book 140.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
413
(laurencin, marie / ballet russes.) cocteau, jean; et al.
Théatre Serge de Diaghilew. Les Biches.
Paris: Éditions des Quatre Chemins, 1924
2 volumes. Portrait of La Nijinska by Cocteau, portrait of Poulenc and illustrations and color plates by Laurencin, copy of music by Poulenc, and an article by Darius Milhaud; Volume 2 contains a portrait of Marie Laurencin after a photograph by Man Ray and 23 photographic plates by Georges Detaille of the various dancers. 4to, publisher’s illustrated wrappers by Laurencin, spines with small chips at head and foot and short closed tears along joints; contents with scattered foxing chiefly to blank margins, several signatures over-opened and a few leaves loose. Number 143 of 200 copies on Arches vellum, from a total edition of 335.
Estimate
$600 – $900
414
(limited editions club.) dickens, charles.
The Chimes.
London, 1931
Printed in brown and black. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 4to, publisher’s pictorial tan cloth over beveled boards, spine darkened; bookplate with associated adhesive stains; original slipcase, tanned with short splits. Number 714 of 1500 copies signed by Rackham.
Estimate
$400 – $600
415
(limited editions club.) frank, robert.
The Declaration of Independence.
New York, 2010
Afterword by David Armitage. With a frontispiece photogravure by Frank printed by Jon Goodman. Folio, publisher’s blue cloth with gilt-lettered morocco label on front cover; clamshell box, edges sunned. Number 38 of 500 copies signed by Frank and Armitage.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
416
(limited editions club.) mallarmé, stéphane.
Un Coup de Des n’Abolira Jamais le Hasard.
New York, 1992
[A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance.]11 lithographs by Ellsworth Kelly. Folio; bound in black Nigerian goatskin, spine gilt lettered; clamshell box, edges sunned; prospectus laid in. Number 138 of 300 copies signed by Kelly.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
417
(limited editions club.) saar, betye.
Bookmarks in the Pages of Life.
New York, 2000
By Zora Neale Hurston. 6 serigraphs by Saar. Folio, publisher’s ½ morocco and handmade paper-covered boards; publisher’s folding box, spine sunned. Number 58 of 300 copies signed by Saar.
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,500
418
(limited editions club.) wright, richard.
Down By the Riverside.
New York, 2001
4 etchings by John Wilson. Oblong folio, publisher’s blue cloth stamped in black on front cover; blue clamshell cloth box, corners slightly bumped. Number 100 of 300 copies signed by Wilson.
Estimate
$400 – $600
419
Long, richard.
Dust, Dobros, Desert Flowers.
Los Angeles: The Lapis Press, 1987
7 etchings using pigments gathered from Death Valley. Square 4to, publisher’s black cloth lettered in white; 45 RPM record (“A Round of Desert Flowers” side A) in sleeve mounted to rear pastedown, as issued; original matching slipcase. Number 15 of 35 copies signed by the artist. Fine.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
420
Maillol, aristide.
Les Géorgiques de Virgile.
Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937; 1950
2 volumes. Woodcut illustrations and initials by Maillol. 4to, unsewn in original wrappers, contents clean; publisher’s parchment-backed folders and slipcases (some wear to extremities and scattered soiling). Limited edition, number 199 of 750 copies. Ex-collection Nelson A. Rockefeller, with his pictorial bookplate to each chemise.
Estimate
$600 – $900
421
(maillol, aristide.) lucien.
Dialogues des Courtisanes.
Paris, 1948
35 lithographed illustrations by Maillol printed by Mourlot. Folio, bound in full blue buckram, leather spine label. Number 186 of 280 copies under the direction of Henri Creuzevault and Dina Vierny.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
422
Man ray and fondane, benjamin.
Trois Scenarii. Cinepoemes.
Paris: Les Documents internationaux de l’Esprit nouveau, 1928
Photographic frontispiece portrait by Man Ray. Small 4to, later ½ cloth over textured boards, original front wrapper with a vignette reproducing a Rayogram by Man Ray bound in (abrasion, scattered mild staining); first gathering partly split at bottom two inches along gutter, hard crease to blank prelim. Limited edition, number 23 of 29 copies, this copy reserved for Romanian novelist Ion Calugaru (his name in publisher’s hand on the limitation) and with a presentation inscription to him, presumably from the publisher, in black ink on the half-title, unfortunately trimmed along fore-edge with resultant loss of some letters. Rare. [With:] Epstein, Jean. Bonjour Cinema. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers, spine damaged, rear wrap detached, stained. Paris, 1921.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
423
Marie, queen of roumania.
Four Seasons Out of a Man’s Life.
Bucarest, 1915
Illustrated by N[icolae] Grant with 4 color plates tipped in on blank leaves. 4to, publisher’s woven fiber covers backed on paper, spine and ties perished, front cover with loss along extremities, signatures loose or separating; leatherette portfolio (damaged). Number 27 of 40 copies on Japan, signed by the Queen: “Marie / 1916” in black ink on the front free endpaper. English edition.
Estimate
$400 – $600
424
(marini, marino.) giani, giampiero.
Marino Marini. Pittori e Scultori Italiani Contemporanei. Vol 2.
Milan, 1941
Essay by Filippo de Pisis. Text in Italian and German. 2 original lithographs by Marini, one of which is Signed and numbered 273; 60 photographic plates illustrating his sculptural and relief work, as well as sketches. Small folio, publisher’s boards, worn; slight toning and small soft crease to upper outer right corner of lithographs and rest of contents. First limited edition. number 273 of 800 copies.
Estimate
$150 – $250
425
(martin, john.) milton, john.
The Paradise Lost of Milton.
London: Septimus Prowett, 1827
2 volumes bound in 1. Half-title and title to each. 24 mezzotint plates engraved by Martin. Large 4to (15 x 10½ inches; 380 x 270 mm), contemporary full burgundy morocco gilt-extra, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, all edges and turn ins gilt; offsetting from plates, occasional light foxing, chiefly to margins. Imperial Quarto edition.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
426
(marty, andré.) daudet, alphonse.
Lettres de mon Moulin.
Paris: l’Édition d’Art H. Piazza, (1938)
Original Signed watercolor frontispiece and numerous pochoir illustrations by Marty, plus an extra suite in colors and another in black-and-white. 8vo, contemporary ¾ brown crushed morocco over patterned boards, top edges gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with pictorial morocco label in 1. Deluxe edition, number 17 of 40 copies on japon impérial with the suites, from a total edition of 200.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
427
Masereel, franz.
Mon Pays.
Paris, 1956; 1930
Illustrated with woodcut plates. 8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers, light soiling, spine tanned; original card slipcase, soiled. One of 850 French language copies. Signed by Masereel. [With:] Le testament Francois Villon. Ilustrated with 12 etchings by Masereel. 4to, publisher’s printed wrappers, unevenly tanned; early signature split but holding; publisher’s board portfolio and slipcase (tanned and worn). Limited edition, Copy 79 of 165, signed by the artist.
Estimate
$400 – $600
428
Miró, gabriel.
Semana Santa.
Barcelona, 1930
Illustrated. 4to, publisher’s printed wrappers, lightly tanned with mild edge creasing; folded sheets (13 x 9¾ inches) laid in loose; illustrations offset to facing blank and text leaves. Number 47 of 100 copies, this example not signed.
Estimate
$500 – $750
429
Miró, joan.
Miró. Lithographe I.
Paris: A.C. Mazo, 1972
Illustrated throughout including the 5 doublesheet color lithographs. 4to, publisher’s pale yellow cloth, spine lettered in black, occasional spotting including top-edges; dust jacket, spine panel sunned, few spots and light edgewear and soft creases. French edition.
Estimate
$400 – $600
430
(modigliani, amedeo.) frène, roger.
Les Nymphes.
Paris: Ronald Davis & Co., 1921
Illustrated by Modigliani. 8vo, modern full blue calf decorated in gilt by Weitz-Coleman, original printed wrappers bound in, tanned, unopened. Number 53 of 130 copies.
Estimate
$600 – $900
431
Moreau, hégésippe.
Le Mysotis.
Paris: Librarie L. Conquet, 1893
Illustrated by Robaudi. Tall 8vo, contemporary ¾ brown morocco, spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, extremities rubbed with exposure; contents clean. Limited edition, number 45 of 150 copies on Japan, initialed by the publisher. From a total edition of 500.
Estimate
$300 – $400
432
Mossa, gustav-adolph. samain, albert.
Hyalis. Le petit Faune aux yeux bleus.
Paris: A. Ferroud, 1918
Illustrated by Mossa, with the plates in three states. 4to, contemporary ¾ green morocco over marbled boards, top edges gilt, morocco lettering piece gilt in one spine compartment; contents clean with just an occasional minor smudge, initialed by the publisher on the limitation. Deluxe issue, number 5 of 25 copies on japon impérial and with an original frontispiece watercolor signed by Mossa.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
433
Mucha, alphonse. france, anatole.
Clio.
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1900
Chromolithograph title vignette, lithographed color plates and text illustrations by Mucha. 8vo, contemporary ¾ vellum over marbled boards by J. Kauffmann, spine with morocco lettering piece and decorative onlay, top edges gilt. Limited edition, one of 100 copies on Japon, from a total edition of 150. Clean, bright copy.
Estimate
$500 – $750
434
Murger, henri.
Bohemian Life.
Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1899
10 etchings by Charles-Louis Courtry in four states: one on bistre on Japan paper with remarques, one on papier de Chine mounted on plate paper, one on India paper mounted to Japanese vellum, and a final hand-colored set on Dutch paper (all bound in), lettered tissue guards. Thick 4to, fine binding by George Zabriskie in rose morocco with gilt floral borders and spine decoration, decorative floral inner dentelles with colored onlays over patterned silk center panel and facing endpapers, spine darkened, joints somewhat rubbed; all edges gilt and with a fore-edge painting, of a detail from the plate for Chapter 6, of Musette watering flowers in her dressing gown; custom buckram chemise with gilt spine label and linen slipcase. Copy number 4 of only 5 from the edition magnifique of Chefs d’Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain, this printed for Warren R. Fales but lacking the additional suite of plates finished in watercolors. A 3-page manuscript poem signed by Murger, in French, on folded 8vo blue stationery is laid in. This copy bears the bookplate of the binder, George Zabriskie which he inscribed to a C.G. Kraeger and is neatly tipped over the mounted bookplate of movie producer Adolph Zukor. Zabriskie was President of the New York Historical Society from 1939-1947 and honorary President from 1948 until his death in 1954. He was also a fine bookbinder and considered an expert in hand-finishing and -tooling.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
435
Picasso, pablo.
Picasso Linoleum Cuts. Bacchanals, Women, Bulls & Bullfighters.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1962)
Introduction by Wilhelm Boeck. 45 color plates. Oblong folio, pictorially stamped linen; occasional faint spotting and offsetting to plate versos; original slipcase with pictorial onlay, minor shelfwear and scattered soiling. First American edition.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
436
(picasso, pablo.) sabartes, jaime.
Picasso: Toreros.
New York/Monte Carlo: George Braziller/Andre Sauret, (1961)
4 lithographed plates by Picasso, including one in color. English text. Oblong 4to, publisher’s pictorial red cloth; dust jacket, trace of rubbing to fold corners. Ex-libris David D. Harris, with his bookplate on front free endpaper and ownership stamp on blank preliminary, bottom-edges, and front flap of jacket. First American edition. Includes the following lithographs: La Pique * Le Picador II * Jeu de la Cape * Les Banderilles. Bloch 1014-1017; Mourlot 346, 348, 349 and 350.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
437
Popova, elena.
To Stretch the Night: Eleven Love Poems by Women.
Newfoundland: [walking bird press], 2001
18 monotypes by Popova. Poems by Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Rosetti, Dickinson, Sappho, et al. Square 4to, original ¼ black calf over laquered walnut boards bound by Tara Bryan, with unique bas-relief bronze sculture by Luben Boykov to front board; accompanying sewn pamphlet, housed in original cloth clamshell box. One of 18 unique copies, signed by the three collaborators.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
438
(rackham, arthur.) aesop.
Aesop’s Fables.
London and New York: William Heineman/Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912
Translated by V. S. Vernon Jones; introduction by G. K. Chesterton. 13 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards and numerous black and white illustrations in text, by Rackham. 4to, publisher’s gilt-stamped white cloth, top edges gilt, spine spotted and tanned, scattered finger soiling and spotting to boards; ownership inscription to front flyleaf; cloth slipcase. Limited edition, number 421 of 1450 numbered copies signed by Rackham. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 38-39.
Estimate
$600 – $900
439
(rackham, arthur.) barrie, j. m.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906
50 tipped-in color plates by Rackham with lettered tissue guards. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-pictorial vellum, top edges gilt, few small stains to front board, some minor discoloration, with yellow ribbon ties; custom cloth chemise and slipcase. Number 335 from the first limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by Rackham. Latimore & Haskell 28.
Estimate
$3,500 – $4,500
440
(rackham, arthur.) evans, c. s.
The Sleeping Beauty.
London & Philadelphia: Heinemann, (1920)
One tipped-in color plate, 19 full-page silhouette plates by Rackham (three double-page), many with some color, and 41 in-text silhouette illustrations. 4to, original vellum-backed gilt-stamped boards, corners rubbed, vertical abrasion to front board; top edges trimmed and gilt, others uncut, some usual light offsetting. First deluxe limited edition. Number 550 of 625 copies signed by Rackham with an extra plate not contained in the trade edition. Latimore & Haskell 51
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
441
(rackham, arthur.) grimm brothers.
Little Brother and Little Sister.
London: Constable & Company Ltd., (1917)
Illustrated with 13 tipped-in colored plates (including frontispiece), and in-text black-and-white illustrations by Rackham (without the signed inserted plate). 4to, publisher’s grey cloth, with gilt-stamped vellum labels to front cover and spine, top edges gilt; acetate dust jacket; faint staining to top and bottom of gutter to about a dozen pages toward end. Limited edition, 193 of 525 copies, signed by Rackham. Exceptionally clean binding, plates bright. Latimore & Haskell, p. 46.
Estimate
$600 – $900
442
(rackham, arthur.) grimm brothers.
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.
London: Constable & Company, 1909
Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. 55 black-and-white illustrations and 40 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards, by Rackham. Thick 4to, publisher’s gilt-pictorial vellum, yellow ribbon ties intact, covers mottled, some spine gilt lost, top edges trimmed and gilt; bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown, plates clean. First signed limited English edition. Number 442 of 750 copies signed by Rackham. Latimore & Haskell 34.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
443
Ross, john.
A Home for Hominstructs.
East Hampton, NY: High Tide Press, 1996
Illustrated with collagraph prints by Ross. Accordion style (14 x 10 inches; 355 x 255 mm), printed on recto and verso; original cloth portfolio box in closet design with wooden veneer onlays. Number 8 of 15 copies, signed by the artist. “The collagraph plates for this project show the metamorphosis of structures into people, or hominstructs, with a text from early Russian constructivist architects.”
Estimate
$300 – $400
444
Ruscha, edward.
Flipping, Kicking, Howling, Rolling, Sitting, Standing, Climbing, Telling.
Los Angeles: The Lapis Press, 1988
[28] pp. 8 color etchings, letterpress colophon and title page; each pulled by Jacob Samuel at The Litho Shop on Rives BFK paper. Folio (20 x 15 3/4 inches; 510 x 400 mm, sheets), bound in full green blind-stamped polished calf by Klaus Ullrich S. Rotzscher; calf-edged linen slipcase. Number 15 of 35 copies, signed and dated by the artist. Increasingly uncommon in commerce, and with only two copies cited in OCLC WorldCat. Fine copy.
Estimate
$15,000 – $20,000
445
(russian constructivism.) aseev, nikolai.
Izbran Stichi [Selected Verse 1912-22].
Moscow/Petersburg: Krug, 1923
Illustrated with Constructivist letterpress covers by Aleksandr Rodchenko. 8vo, original printed wrappers, backstrip repaired, few creases and scattered light soiling. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Hellyer 17.
Estimate
$500 – $750
446
(russian constructivism.) assev, nikolai; mayakovsky, vladimir.
Odna golova vsegda bedna, a potomu i bedna, chto zhivet odna
Moscow: Kooperativnoe, 1924
[One Head is always not enough, but that is why it is poor to live alone]. Illustrated with 20 drawings by Mayakovsky. 8vo, original decorative wrappers printed red, green and black, few small tape repairs on verso, spine fold splitting, tanned, some soft creasing and faint spotting, bookplate. First edition. Getty 49.
Estimate
$600 – $900
447
(russian constructivism.) kruchenykh, aleksei eliseevich.
Yazyk Lenina [Lenin’s Language].
Moscow: Vserossiiskogo Soiuza Poetov, 1925
Illustrated with 4 drawings by Gustav Gustavovich Klutsis. 8vo, original decorated wrappers printed in red and black designed by Valentina Nikiforovna Kulagina, light edgewear and tanning. First edition. One of 5000 copies. MoMA 596; Hellyer 223.
Estimate
$500 – $750
448
(russian constructivism.) lavinskii, anton; and brik, osip.
Ne Poputchitsa [Not a Fellow Traveller].
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izd-vo, 1923
8vo, color photomontage wrappers designed by Anton Lavinskii from a preliminary design by Mayakovsky, wrappers faded slightly and neatly detached from signatures, mild age-toning. First edition. Osip Brik was an important figure in Russian Futurism, and the subject for Rodchenko’s iconic photograph that showed the bespectacled Brik with the reflected acronym of the magazine LEF, which he helped co-found. Hellyer 57.
Estimate
$200 – $300
449
(russian modernism.) bedny, demyan [pridvorov, y.a.].
Tempi (Tempo).
Moscow, 1931
Illustrated by K. Rotova and J. Ganf. 8vo, original photomontage wrappers printed in red and black, backstrip extremities and bottom edges lightly rubbed. Second edition.
Estimate
$150 – $250
450
(sam-tam press.) beletsky, misha (illus.).
Jim, who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion.
Providence, 1995
By Hillaire Bloc. Designed and illustrated with woodcuts by Beletsky. Original printed sewn wrappers (11½ x 9 inches); folding cloth portfolio with patterned paper onlay. Limited edition, number 5 of 15 copies, signed by Beletsky.
Estimate
$200 – $300
451
(sauvage, sylvine.) samain, albert.
Contes. Xanthis - Divine Bontemps - Hyalis - Rovère et Angisèle.
Paris: Dans la rue Cassini, 1926
Illustrated with 25 original etchings by Sauvage, with an extra suite of etchings in sanguine. 4to, contemporary full navy morocco, signed, with color onlays and floral cornerpieces within single gilt rule borders on front and rear boards, spine similarly decorated in compartments, rubbing to joints, raised bands and corners, top edges gilt; plum morocco doublures panelled in gilt. Limited edition, letter L of 20 copies reserved for Edouard Champion with the extra suite of illustrations.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
452
Schiele, egon.
Egon Schiele 1890-1918.
Wien: Edition Siedler, (1990)
The complete portfolio, comprising ten collotypes printed in colors, the full sheets loose as issued in various sizes; and with title, index and justification pages. Folio, publisher’s gilt-stamped black paper-covered boards (650 x 480 mm; 25½ x 18¾ inches, overall); limitation slip signed by the publisher’s and additional promotional material laid in. Limited edition, number 561 of 600 copies. Fine.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
453
(schmied, f. -l.) flaubert, gustave.
Salammbô.
Paris: Le Livre, 1923
Half-title. Title printed in blue and black. 6 color woodblock plates, borders, and decorations by Schmeid. 8vo, contemporary ¾ red morocco over marbled boards, top edges gilt, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, joints and top corners rubbed; original blue wrappers bound in. Number 895 of the 850 copies on vélin de pur chiffon from a total edition of 1000. Ritchie 12.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
454
Simon, lucien. haraucourt, edmond.
Le Poison.
Paris: René Kieffer, 1920
Illustrated with one hand-colored suite and one suite in black and white by Simon. Hand-colored vignette title. 4to, contemporary ¾ olive morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt-tooled; foxing to front and end matter and fore-edges, plates generally clean, original wrappers bound in. Deluxe issue, number 4 of 10 copies on velin with an original full-page signed watercolor by Simon. From a total edition of 550.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
455
Timlin, william m.
The Ship That Sailed To Mars: A Fantasy.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, [1923]
Illustrated with 48 mounted color plates; plus 48 text plates printed in colors, rectos only, all mounted on heavy gray paper. 4to, publisher’s ¼ vellum over grey boards, short split at top of front joint, bottom corners bumped; original printed dust jacket, entirely rebacked on paper, portion of spine panel and corners lost, uneven tanning, scattered soiling; endleaves browned, plates clean. First edition in the scarce dust jacket. “The most original and beautiful children’s book of the 1920s….” (Dalby, The Golden Age of Children’s Book Illustration).
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
456
Van dongen, kees. margueritte, victor.
La Garçonne.
Paris: Flammarion, 1926
Illustrated with 28 pochoirs in color by Van Dongen on Arches and Van Gelder laid paper. 4to, bound in ¾ red morocco over patterned boards by Creuzevalt, paper spine labels in compartments, top edges gilt, joints rubbed, corners bumped; minor spotting to front and end matter, original wrappers bound in. Limited edition, number 585 of 750.