Sale 568 | Fine Books And Manuscripts

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MAY 1, 2018

Fine books and manuscripts

Fine Books and Manuscripts Tuesday 1 May 2018 P REV IEW

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Incl uding manus cripts from t he

Robert L. McKay Collection, North Tustin, California Incl ud i ng pr o perty f rom t he col lect ion of

A Midwestern Collection Adrian Alexander, Chicago, Illinois Dimitrios & Christine Sereleas, Chicago, Illinois Eileen Kent, Northbrook, Illinois Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois Jonathan Hoffman, Chicago, Illinois Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan Thomas M. Smith, St. Louis, Missouri Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Incl ud i ng pr o perty f rom t he es tates and trus t s o f

Franz Kamber, Mahomet, Illinois John Connelly, Chicago, Illinois Sold to Benefit the Evanston Public Library Sarah Barcroft, Chicago, Illinois P R O P ERTY PICK UP HOURS

MONDAY – FRIDAY | 9:00AM – 4:30PM All property must be picked up within seven business days per our Conditions of Sale.

Front Cover Lot 445 | WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799).

Autograph letter signed (“Go: Washington”), to Samuel M. Fox, President of the Bank of Pennsylvania. Mount Vernon, 10 June 1799.

Inside Cover Lot 461 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) Junction of the Yellow Stone River with the Missouri (plate 29) From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz and Paris, 1839-1842.

Lots marked with an asterisk (*) are tax exempt as permitted by law.

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Contents tuesday 1 may | 10AM CT LIVRES D’ARTISTE AND ARTISTS’ BOOKS | Lots 1-27

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SPORTING | Lots 28-53

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MAPS AND ATLASES | Lots 54-76

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FINE PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS | Lots 77-171

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MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE ROBERT L. MCKAY COLLECTION | Lots 172-451

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Authors and Writers | Lots 172-226 Artists | Lots 227-249 Musicians | Lots 250-295 World Political and Historical Figures | Lots 296-318 Architects | Lots 319-323 Scientists and Innovators | Lots 324-346 Entertainers | Lots 347-369 Notable Americans | Lots 370-384 American Political and Historical Figures | Lots 385-451 printed and manuscript americana | Lots 452-490

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Opposite Lot 52 | WILLIAMSON, Thomas (1790-1815) and Samuel HOWITT (?1755-1822). Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East. London: William Bulmer and Co. for Edward Orme, [1805-]1807.

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BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963). Août. Paris:

Louis Broder, 1958.

Oblong 4to (250 x 335). 4 original etchings printed on wove paper. Loose as issued in wrappers; glassine; cloth folding case. LIMITED EDITION, number 85 of 120 numbered copies SIGNED BY BRAQUE of a total edition of 140.

Property from the Estate of Franz Kamber, Mahomet, Illinois $2,500-3,500

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BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963). Le Tir à l’Arc.

Paris: Louis Broder, 1960.

8vo (221 x 158 mm). 8 color lithographs and 2 color wood engravings on various wove paper.

Loose as issued in original rice paper portfolio with etching; cloth folding case; cloth chemise. LIMITED EDITION, number 22 of 130 numbered copies on velin pur chiffon, SIGNED BY BRAQUE, of a total edition of 165.

Property from the Estate of Franz Kamber, Mahomet, Illinois $1,500-2,500

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[BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963)].

Braque Lithographe. Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1963.

Original lithographic frontispiece, original lithographic vignette on title-page, numerous reproductions of Braque’s lithographs throughout. Contemporary vellum-covered boards; original lithographic wrappers bound in. -- Derriére le Miroir. No. 138. Paris: Maeght, 1963. 4to. 4 lithographs in color, 8pp. black and white photographic reproductions. Original printed wrappers.

An unnumbered edition. -- [With:] MATISSE, Henri.

Derriére le Miroir. No. 46. Paris: Maeght, 1952. 4to. 9 full-page black and white lithographs, including covers.

Original printed wrappers. Trade edition.

Property from the Estate of Franz Kamber, Mahomet, Illinois $300-500

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CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985). Dessins Pour la

Bible. Verve vol. X, nos. 37-38. Paris: Editions de la Revue Verve, 1960.

Small folio (352 x 262 mm). 24 color lithographs

by Chagall, 96 illustrations after Chagall.

Original pictorial boards (very slightly rubbed at extremities).

Property from the Estate of Franz Kamber, Mahomet, Illinois $1,500-2,500

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DALI, Salvador (1904-1989). Dali: A Study of

his Art-in-Jewels: The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation. Greenwich: The New York Graphic Society, 1970.

4to (280 x 215 mm). Photographic portrait frontispiece, 32 photographic color plates tipped to mounts. Original black paper-backed cream marbled gilt-stamped boards; original slipcase (some light wear). Later edition SIGNED BY DALI. $200-300

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DALI, Salvador (1904-1989). Les Diners de Gala.

New York: Felicie, Inc., 1973.

4to (220 x 300 mm). Numerous illustrations.

Original printed cloth; original printed dust-jacket.

A cook book by the famous Surrealist. $150-250

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DUBUFFET, Jean (1901-1985). Banque de

l’Hourloupe cartes a jouer et a tirer. London: 1967 4to (250 x 163 mm). 53 color screenprints on stiff card stock comprising 52 playing cards and titlepage. Loose as issued in original printed folding case. LIMITED EDITION, number 33 of 350 sets of 52 playing cards. $1,000-1,500

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[GILMAN COLLECTION]. Photographs from the

Collection of the Gilman Paper Company. [Meriden, Connecticut]: White Oak Press, 1985.

Folio (455 x 405 mm). Photogravure frontispiece, 199 gravure reproductions of photographs now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Original red calf-backed cloth-covered boards gilt (spine slightly scuffed, some pale spotting to foreedges); cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 60 of 1200 copies. $1,000-1,500

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HOGARTH, William (1697-1764). The Works

of William Hogarth, from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath...with the Addition of Many Subjects Not Before Collected. London: for Baldwin and Craddock, 1822 [but 1826?].

Folio (645 x 495 mm). 116 leaves of engraved plates, including the frontispiece. (Some mostly marginal spotting, a few leaves with light marginal dampstain.) Contemporary half red morocco, marbled boards, edges gilt (some overall wear).

Later edition, including the plate to Gay’s “Beggar’s Opera, Act III” engraved by William Blake. Bentley & Nurmi 384D. $1,000-1,500

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10 Jahrbuch des Deutschen Workbundes. Die Kunst in Industrie und Handel. Jena: Eugen Diederichs, 1913.

Chloe. Paris: Editions Nilsson, [ca 1930].

4to (250 x 185 mm). Profusion of plates, some in color, and in-text illustrations. (Some minor browning.)

Original brown paper-covered printed boards (light wear to joints, some overall browning). An important architectural survey of German industrial buildings.

8vo (234 x 173 mm). Half-title printed in red, title printed in red and black, 6 hand-colored plates printed on onion skin and tipped to backing after Joumard. Original hand-colored wrapper on onion skin over plain wrappers (onion skin chipping and with a few losses including spine).

$100-200

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[JOUMARD, G.P., illustrator. LONGUS. Daphnis et

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KERTÉSZ, Andre (1894-1985). Day of Paris. New

MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954). Verve. Volume IX, nos.

35-36. Paris: Editions de la Revue Verve, 1958.

Small 4to. Numerous full-page reproductions of Kertész’s photographs of Paris. (Some light spotting, a few leaves with minor dampstain at foot.) Publisher’s black-lettered tan cloth (lacking dust-jacket, a few pale stains). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY KERTÉSZ: “To Jan / A. Kertész”.

4to (355 x 265 mm). 28 color lithographs papiers découpés et collés on Rives. (Some very minor offsetting, otherwise fine.) Original printed boards (some very minor wear to corners).

York: J.J. Augustin, 1945.

$300-500

Property from the Estate of Franz Kamber, Mahomet, Illinois $3,000-5,000

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[MIRO, Joan]. JUANES, Juan de. Drawings and Lithographs of Joan Miro. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, [1960].

Small folio (352 x 250 mm). 69 color plates (of 72).

(Lacking original lithograph signed by Miro, some spotting or browning.) Loose as issued in printed wrappers; cloth folding case with printed paper wrapper (broken). LIMITED EDITION, number 190 of 700 copies of a total edition of 738. $300-400

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MOORE, Henry (1898-1986). Two works by Moore, comprising:

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Henry Moore’s Sheep Sketchbook. London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. Facsimile reproduction of Moore’s sketchbook. Original printed boards.

PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED

BY MOORE: “For Christa Even with best wishes from Henry Moore 1985.” Typed letter signed from Ann Garrould for The Henry Moore Foundation, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Even, 23 April 1985, enclosing this signed copy of Moore’s book, laid in. [With:] Henry Moore: The Reclining Figure. Columbus, OH: Columbus Museum of Art, 1984. Numerous photographic illustrations. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MOORE: “For Robert Even with best wishes from Henry Moore 1985.”

Provenance: Robert and Christa Even (presentation inscriptions from Moore). $200-300

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MUCHA, Alphonse (1860-1939). Figures

Décoratives. Paris: Librairie Centrale des BeauxArts, [n.d.].

Folio (457 x 330 mm). Half-title, title printed in red and black, 40 plates reproducing Mucha’s designs printed in brown, bistre, blue, and green. (Some minor marginal chipping or tears to a few plates, slightly browned.) Loose as issued, in a clothbacked portfolio, marbled boards (joints starting, some light wear, lacking ties). FIRST EDITION of Mucha’s last work for Librairie Centrale des Beaux Arts. COMPLETE SETS ARE RARE ON THE MARKET AT AUCTION. Provenance: Jas. Herewell (signature). $2,000-4,000 16

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17 Musaion. Nos. 1-12. Prague: Aventium, 1928-1929. -- [With:] Index to 19291930 issues -- Musaion: 1931.

4to (320 x 242 mm). Profusely illustrated. 13 issues bound in one volume, quarter leather, cloth-covered boards. An important run of the Czech Bulletin for Modern Art. The manifesto published in Czech, German, French and English, declares, in the first number, “Musaion, will recognize no national limits...we are starting to publish...in the belief that there should exist, in Central Europe, a cosmopolitan, independent review which would become a focus of positive creative forces.” The first number is devoted to the work of Czech artist Jean Zerzavy, and other issues include reproductions of works

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[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Modern Photography. London and New York: The Studio, 1931-1943.

12 volumes. Over 1,000 photographic prints. Original printed wrappers (some light chipping and wear). A COMPLETE RUN OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK, including photography by Cecil Beaton, Andreas Feininger, Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Eduard Steichen, Ann Biermann, Piet Zwart, E. Hoppé, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Brassaï, Andre Kertesz, Edward Steichen, and others. $500-700 19

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. MORTIMER, F.J. and others. Photograms of the Year. 1895-1952 64 volumes, 4to, constituting AN EXTENSIVE RUN of this important Photography periodical spanning over 50 years. The issues for 1895 and 1898 are bound with later years’ issues. The run is otherwise complete (except lacking issues for the following years: 1897, 1900, 1901, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1927, and with duplicate copies of a few issues). Each volume profusely illustrated with reproductions of the world’s pictorial photographic work for the year. Bindings vary, with issues bound in original cloth, original printed wrappers, or half leather. A few are PRESENTATION COPIES from the editor H. Snowden Ward. $800-1,200 20

[PHOTOGRAPHY - WOODBURY-TYPES]. The Theatre. A Monthly Review and Magazine. 1878-1880, 1883-1887, 1889-1894.

23 volumes, 8vo. Over 250 woodbury-type photographic portraits, numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Bound in various cloth or leather (overall wear, chipping with losses). An incomplete run (complete list available on request), with woodbury-type photographic portraits of Sarah Bernhardt, Lily Langtree, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, and many others. [With:] 22 loose woodbury types. $200-300 21

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. WILSON, Edward L., editor. The Philadelphia Photographer. 1866-1888.

A group of 17 issues, 15 with albumen frontispieces by American and European photographers, comprising: 1866 - April; 1868 - June, August; 1869 September; 1871 - March, November; 1873 - February; 1874 - July; 1877 - March; 1878 - March, November; 1885 - October; 1886 - January; 1888 - May, August. ALL IN ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS (some staining, chipping or creasing). Most notably including images of the Great Solar Eclipse of 1869. $1,000-1,500 22

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. “Yearbook” albums containing 148 portrait photographs and signatures of students and faculty of Albany College, 1864, 1865.

2 volumes, 8vo. 1864 “yearbook” with 66 autographed leaves, 55 of which have primarily oval portrait photograph portraits. Brown decorated leather (spine perished). 1865 “yearbook” with 105 autographed leaves, 93 of which have primarily rounded rectangular photograph portraits. Inscriptions throughout declare the signer’s political or religious affiliation. $400-600

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PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973). -- SABARTÉS, Jaime. A Los Toros mit Picasso. Paris and Monte

Carlo: André Sauret, 1961.

Oblong 4to (245 x 315 mm). 4 lithographs (one in color) printed on wove paper, 109 in-text illustrations. Original gray printed cloth; red printed slipcase (some very minor wear to edges). FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Property from the Estate of Franz Kamber, Mahomet, Illinois $2,000-3,000

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PICASSO, PABLO (1881-1973). Pablo Picasso Linoleum Cuts: Bacchanals, Women, Bulls & Bull Fighters. Harry N. Abrams: New York: 1962.

Oblong 4to (315 x 384 mm). Title printed in red and black, 45 color plates. Original pictorial linen; original linen slipcase with pictorial paper onlay.

Property from the Collection of Thomas M. Smith, St. Louis, Missouri $600-800

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[PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)]. MARCENAC, Jean. Picasso: Le Gout du Bonheur. New York, [1970].

4to (324 x 250 mm). 71 color plates reproducing Picasso’s studio sketchbook drawings. (Some light spotting.) Loose as issued in linen folding box. LIMITED EDITION, number 206 of 666 copies printed for Carl Schünemann of a total edition of 1998. $1,000-1,500

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REINER, Imre (1900-1987), illustrator. -- NERVAL, Gérard de (1808-1855). Aurélia. Paris: A. Loewy, 1970.

4to (328 x 258 mm). Half-title, 25 etchings and aquatints. Loose as issued in wrappers, etched title on upper wrapper; original printed boards chemise and slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 28 of 125 copies.

Property from the Estate of Franz Kamber, Mahomet, Illinois $250-350

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RODIN, Auguste (1840-1917). Autographed letter signed (“Aug. Rodin”), in French, to Monsieur Church, [Paris], 21 July 1909.

2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, on 182 Rue de l’Universite stationery, center crease, lightly browned. Rodin sends a general update along with a volume of poems, and wishes the recipient a good trip. Matted and framed, with a reproduction of a photograph of Rodin, not examined out of frame. $600-800

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ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851). Symptoms of Being

Amused. London: Thomas McLean, 1822.

Oblong 4to (260 x 360 mm). Hand-colored etched title and numerous lithographic plates, many on paper watermarked “J Whatman Turkey Mill” 1821-1822. (Approximately 33 mm. tear on one text leaf, spotting and offsetting.) Modern half red morocco, gilt (dampstaining to upper cover, edges worn with associated losses, boards and spine faded). The plates depict riders and sportsmen caught in every variety of attitude.

of the Late John Mytton… by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835.

8vo (209 x 133 mm). Aquatint frontispiece, 11 hand-colored aquatint plates. (Some minor browning). Publisher’s brown gold-stamped cloth (rebacked, preserving original spine, some light wear); cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION of “a most valuable and important book for the sporting life of the period, aptly described by Newton as ‘a biography of a real man that reads like a work of fiction’” (Tooley).

Provenance: H.W. Selby Lowndes (1813-1885) English sportsman (bookplate); Alfred Barmore Maclay (1871-1944) American equestrian (bookplate); Sold Christie’s, 23 May 1997, lot 178.

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Seven parts in one volume, oblong folio (325 x 480 mm). 42 uncolored etched plates tipped to black sheets, tissue guards, on unwatermarked wove paper. (A few plates with very minor spotting mostly to margins or verso, a few soft creases.) Later red half morocco (minor dampstain to upper cover, some light rubbing).

Presumed later edition of uncolored restrikes, complete list with imprint dates available on request.

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[APPERLEY, Charles James (1777-1843).] Memoirs of the Life

$400-600

ALKEN, Henry (1785-1851). [Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and other Sports; Caught in Leicestershire, &c. Imprint: London: Thomas M’Lean, 1826-1830, but later].

$500-700

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[APPERLEY, Charles James (1777-1843).] Memoirs of the Life of

the Late John Mytton… by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837.

8vo (237 x 150 mm). Engraved title, 18 hand-colored engraved plates

by Henry Alken and Rawlins. (Prudish erasure to caption of plate facing p.127.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (rebacked preserving original spine); original cloth bound in at end.

Second edition, including 6 more plates than the first edition. Schwerdt I, 38; Abbey Life 385.

Provenance: Sir David Salomons Bart. (armorial bookplate); James E. Gowen (his sale, Sotheby’s New York, 20 October 1977, lot 14); sold Christie’s, 23 May 1997, Lot 179. $300-400

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[APPERLEY, Charles James (1778-1843)]. NIMROD. The

BARLOW, Francis (ca 1626-1704). Livre de plusieurs Animaux Inventez par Barlou. [Paris:] Chez De Poilly [ca 1675].

8vo (232 x 151 mm). 36 hand-colored aquatint plates after Henry Alken (including frontispiece and title). (Some very minor spotting, otherwise, coloring very bold.) Contemporary maroon morocco gilt, spine gilt, edges gilt (some light wear, upper cover detached). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the four mounted plates, and “The Tandem” opposite p.348. Apperley’s work, with illustrations by Alken, is “considered by many to be the premier coloured plate sporting book in the 19th century” (Tooley). Schwerdt I, p.38; Tooley 67.

Oblong 4to (249 x 170 mm). Etched title and 10 etched plates, a few signed with Barlow’s monogram, the rest unsigned, numbered 66-78 (skipping 69 and 77) in contemporary brown ink. (Plate [8] with three-inch tear entering image neatly repaired, a few other small marginal tears or repairs occasionally touching plates.)

Modern red morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt morocco lettering-piece on upper cover. The plates depict: dogs with stag trophy (title-page); lions; cows; wolves; leopards; elephant with dromedary and monkeys; bears; dogs and cats; dogs hunting; stags with squirrels, rabbits and birds; and wild boar with donkeys.

See Thiébaud 56.

Life of a Sportsman. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1842.

Provenance: Richard Philip Hart Durkee (bookplate) gifted to; F. Gray Griswold (1854-1937) American sportsman (bookplate, letter) gifted to; William Forbes Morgan (bookplate). $600-800

Provenance: Abeille[ge?] (signature in contemporary brown ink to verso of each plate); sold Sotheby’s London, 22 June 1989, lot 99; Anthony N.B. Garvan (his sale, Christie’s New York, 5 June 1993, lot 7). $1,500-2,500

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BROWN, Jim. A Treasury of Reels. Manchester: The American Museum of Fly Fishing, 1990.

Oblong 4to (215 x 276 mm). Numerous illustrations including photographs taken by Bob O’Shaughnessy. Original green cloth stamped in gilt, original pictorial dust jacket (small tears and chipping to dust jacket). Catalogue detailing the art of fishing reels throughout the ages from Ancient Egypt to modern time. $150-250

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CUMING, Edward William Dirom (1862-1941). -- ARMOUR, George Denholm, illustrator. British Sport Past and Present.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909.

4to (296 x 226 mm). 31 color plates tipped to mounts. (Minor spotting.) Publisher’s brown morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (wear to joints and head of spine, corners rubbed). LIMITED EDITION, number 322 of 500, SIGNED BY ARMOUR. Provenance: Walter W. Bourne (?) (signature). $150-250

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DOUGHTY, John and Thomas (1793-1856). The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports. Philadelphia: Published by J. Doughty 1830-32-33.

3 volumes, 8vo (215 x 251 mm). 3 engraved titles, 2 engraved portraits, and 57 mostly lithographic plates after Thomas Doughty and others (comprising 53 hand-colored lithographs, one colored etching, 2 uncolored engravings and one uncolored wood-engraving), 17 in-text wood engravings, index leaves printed on blue paper trimmed, mounted, and bound into vol.III. (Some offsetting or minor spotting.) Contemporary red half morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt (some light wear, upper cover to vol.III detached).

FIRST EDITION OF “THE FIRST COLOR-PLATE SPORTING BOOK PRINTED IN AMERICA’ (Grolier/Henderson). According to Bennett, Volume III is perhaps the most difficult of all American sport items to find...Artistically Vol. 1 is much the most important, for it contains the original plates by Thos. Doughty, famous painter and founding-father of the Hudson River School.” Bennett, p. 35; Grolier/Henderson, p.

40; Howes D-433; Reese Stamped with a National Character 12.

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Provenance: Edward Hine Johnson (bookplate); Daniel Webster Evans (bookplate); sold Christie’s New York, 29 October 1993, lot 30. $2,000-3,000

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EDWARDS, Lionel. The Passing Seasons. London: London Country Life, Ltd., [1927].

Folio (440 x 330 mm). Half-title with printed vignette, title printed in green and black, 18 mounted color plates SIGNED BY EDWARDS in lower margin of mount, numerous illustrations. (Some mostly marginal spotting, some minor offsetting, a few leaves dampstained in the foremargin.) Original cloth, gold-printed cloth label to upper cover (spine and portion of upper cover slightly sunned, hinges reinforced).

LIMITED EDITION, number 54 of 150 copies for sale in England of a total edition of 250. $500-700

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[FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS]. Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries,

Sporting Anecdotes, &c. -Field Sports...of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales. London: Edward Orme, 1814, 1813.

4to (270 x 225 mm). Half-title, 109 (of 110, lacking frontispiece?) hand-colored aquatint plates, watermarked 1811, supplement with separate title-page. (Some light spotting or minor offsetting, a few short mostly marginal tears with old repairs.) Later half green morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt (some light wear, particularly to corners). FIRST EDITION, including illustrations depicting sport around the world, including Europe, the Americas, India and Africa, and including depictions of whale hunting and bull fighting. From the Library of Château du Bois Boudran, an estate acquired by Count Greffulhe in the 19th century to establish hunting grounds. The estate was a well-known location for hunting and shooting with a renowned hunting library, which sold in 1937 to Galerie Charpentier. Abbey Travel 2.

Provenance: Count Jean-Henry-Louis-Greffulhe (1774-1820) French banker and politician (bookplate of the library of Château du Bois Boudran, initials on spine). $1,500-2,500

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LE VERRIER DE LA CONTERIE, Jean Baptiste Jacques (1718-1783). Venerie Normande, ou l’Ecole de la chasse aux chiens courants. Rouen: Nicolas and Richard Lallemant, 1763.

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (200 x 122 mm). 23 woodcut plates (of which 13 folding, 7 printed on two sides), 14pp. engraved music. Contemporary mottled calf, red morocco lettering-piece gilt, spine gilt, edges red (joints starting, some overall wear, covers slightly bowed).

FIRST EDITION of a work which Schwerdt ranks “with the classics on hunting,” and including woodcut plates depicting deer, wolves, foxes, and other animals.

Schwerdt I, p.313.

Provenance: Prytanée Bibliothèque (library stamp on titlepage); Olivier du Clésieux (small bookplate). $400-600 39

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LE VERRIER DE LA CONTERIE, Jean Baptiste Jacques (1718-1783). Venerie Normande, ou l’Ecole de la chasse aux chiens courants. Rouen: Laurent Dumesnil, 1778.

8vo (195 x 121 mm). Half-title, 27 woodcuts (including 17 folding and 8 printed on both sides, 5 plates to face p.164 all printed on one folding sheet in this copy rather than on three separate sheets), 14pp. engraved music.

(Some spotting, light dampstaining to a few leaves.)

Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked preserving original spine, some overall light wear). Second augmented edition, including woodcuts from the first edition and adding 3 others. Schwerdt I, p.313.

Provenance: Théodore Warée (early letterpress bookplate); Nogent-sur-Vernisson (bookplate pasted to half-title); James Fagan Scharnberg (sporting author) (bookplate). $800-1,200

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LE VERRIER DE LA CONTERIE, Jean Baptiste Jacques (1718-1783). Venerie Normande, ou l’Ecole de la chasse aux chiens courants. Rouen: Laurent Dumesnil, 1778.

8vo (192 x 119 mm). Half-title, 27 woodcuts (including 16 folding and 8 printed on both sides), 14pp. engraved music. (Dampstained, some spotting, short tears to folding plates, lacking blank pp.447/448 as usual.) Modern half calf, marbled boards. Second augmented edition.

Schwerdt I, p.313. $800-1,200

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RAIMONDI, Eugenio. Le Caccie fiere armate e disarmate. Venice:

ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator -- MAXWELL, Marmaduke, pseudonym. Advice to Sportsmen, Rural or

Francesco Locatelli, 1785.

Metropolitan, Noviciates or Grown Persons; with anecdotes of the most renowned shots of the day. London: Thomas Tegg, 1809.

8vo (190 x 115 mm). 7 engraved plates. (Some minor spotting, small losses to lower corners of a few leaves). CONTEMPORARY BOARDS, manuscript title to spine (some overall wear and staining). Fifth edition, with engravings depicting snares, and hunting.

12mo (175 x 107). Half-title, hand-colored lithographic frontispiece, 15 hand-colored lithographic plates after Rowlandson. Contemporary blue paper-backed boards, printed paper label on spine, uncut (short splits to joints and spine, old spine repairs); cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION IN BOARDS. “An attractive book with humorous plates by the foremost caricaturist of this date. Rare in good condition, and with plates in contemporary colouring” (Schwerdt II, pp.14-15). Tooley 407.

Provenance: Luigi di Canosa Can. (letterpress bookplate). $200-300

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ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. -- COMBE, William (1742-1823). The English Dance of Death. London: J. Diggens, 1815.

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2 volumes, 8vo (231 x 141 mm). Numerous hand-colored engraved plates. (Lacking frontispiece and additional title, spotting and offsetting throughout). Contemporary half red morocco, marbled boards (joints rubbed, worn). FIRST EDITION, Rowlandson’s illustrations represent “the only series on the subject since Holbein’s to rival that master” (Ray).

Miseries of the Metropolis. London: J. Johnson, 1820.

$400-600

ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756-1827), illustrator. -- William COMBE (1742-1823). Doctor Syntax in London, or the Pleasures and 8vo (231 x 144 mm). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, hand-colored aquatint title-page (lacking letterpress title), 18 hand-colored aquatint plates. (Some minor browning or offsetting as usual.) 20th century red morocco gilt, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed by Bayntun (some light rubbing or wear, particularly to joints). FIRST EDITION. Tooley 434.

Provenance: William E. Fiske, American Bibliophile (signature dated August 1972 with note “Quarter Minus”; sold Sotheby’s New York, 7 December 1994, lot 54). $300-400

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ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756-1827), illustrator. -- William COMBE (1742-1823). Doctor Syntax in Paris, or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque. London: For W. Wright, 1820.

8vo (231 x 138 mm). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, hand-colored aquatint title-page (lacking letterpress title), 16 hand-colored aquatint plates. (Scant spotting.). 20th century red straight-grained morocco gilt, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, stamp-signed by Bayntun (tiny scuff to upper cover); cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION. Tooley 432.

Provenance: William E. Fiske, American Bibliophile (signature dated 11 February 1965 with note “Quarter Minus”; sold Sotheby’s New York, 7 December 1994, lot 54). $300-500

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ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756-1827), illustrator. -- William COMBE (1742-1823). The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. -The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax, in Search of Consolation. -The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax, in Search of a Wife.

London: R. Ackermann, [1812]-20-[21].

3 volumes, 8vo (224 x 138 mm). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece to each volume, hand-colored aquatint titles to vols.I and III (lacking letterpress titles those volumes only), 75 hand-colored engraved plates. (Some minor browning as usual, a few titles or plates trimmed touching imprint.) Uniformly bound in red straight-grained morocco gilt, spines gilt, edges gilt (some light wear to joints or extremities, otherwise bright). FIRST EDITIONS. $300-400

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[SPORTING]. American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine.

Volumes I-V, Nos. 1-12. Baltimore: J.S. Skinner, 1830-1834.

5 (of 15) volumes, 8vo (224 x 135 mm). Numerous engraved plates, woodcut and engraved general title-pages. (Spotting and offsetting throughout.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt (worn, spines chipping). An early publication providing an inside look into the breeding and performances of thoroughbred horses in America. $300-400

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[SPORTING & PRINTS].

LEECH, John. Picture’s of Life and Character. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. 2 volumes. Provenance: Alexander B. Coxe (bookplate). -- ROE, F. Gordon. Sporting Prints of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries.

New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1927. FIRST EDITION. -- SIMKIN, Colin, editor. Currier and Ives’ America. New York: Bonanza Books, n.d. -SPARROW, Walter Shaw. Henry Alken. London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd., 1927. LIMITED EDITION, number 169 of 250 copies, SIGNED BY COOK. The first volume of the series The Sport of Our Fathers with an introduction

by Sir Theodore Cook. -- Condition generally fine. $200-300 v i e w t h e o n l i n e c ata l o g u e at l e s l i e h i n d m a n . c o m

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SURTEES, Robert Smith (1803-1864). [SPORTING NOVELS]. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. -- Ask Mamma. -“Plain or Ringlets?” -- Mr. Romford’s Hounds. -- Hawbuck Grange. London: Bradbury, Agnew [ca 1880].

5 volumes, 8vo (220 x 146 mm). Profusely illustrated with hand-colored steel-engraved plates and in-text woodcut illustrations by John Leech and H.K. Browne. (Scant spotting.) Uniformly bound in half red morocco, marbled boards, two volumes with red lettering-pieces gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt-lettered in two, the rest with central horse, saddle, hound, and boot and glove tools gilt, edges gilt (some very minor wear to edges); original cloth covers bound in.

Provenance: Yankton College Library, South Dakota (discreet blind stamp to title-pages, bookplates on pastedowns).

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WALKER, John and Charles. Hobson’s Fox-Hunting Atlas. London: J. and C. Walker, [ca 1868-1871].

Folio (368 x 242 mm). 42 engraved or lithographic doublepage maps hand-colored in outline, hunts stamped in blue on the image, text leaves and maps mounted on stubs.

(Some minor browning or staining.) Contemporary half red straight grained morocco, gilt-stamped red cloth-covered boards (some overall staining and wear, upper hinge broken). FIRST EDITION. $300-500

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WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683), Charles COTTON (16301687), and Harris NICOLAS, editor. The Compleat

Angler. London: William Pickering, 1836.

2 volumes, 4to (270 x 180 mm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, 61 steel engravings IN TWO STATES, many printed on india paper. (Some scant spotting.) Contemporary green morocco, wide borders gilt, fish tool cornerpieces gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, fish tool gilt in the rest, edges gilt, stamp-signed

by Hering (some light wear, spines slightly darkened, hinges starting).

First Nicolas edition. “One of the best, possibly the very best of...[the 146 editions of The Compleat Angler published between 1836 and 1901] was the superb edition edited by Sir Harris Nicolas for Pickering with engravings after Stothard, Inskipp and others” (Percy Muir, Victorian Illustrated Books, 1971, p.21). A FINE COPY, EXTRAILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF A SECOND SUITE OF PLATES, nearly all printed on india paper and mounted on thick sheets. Keynes p.94.

Provenance: William George Prescott (1800-1865) British banker (bookplate); Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922) British newspaper and publishing magnate (bookplate). $1,500-2,500 51

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WILLIAMSON, Thomas (1790-1815) and Samuel HOWITT (?1755-1822). Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East. London: William Bulmer and Co. for Edward Orme, [1805-]1807.

Oblong folio (454 x 580 mm). Additional color-stencilled title, 40 hand-colored aquatint plates by H. Merke, J. Hamble and Viveres after Howitt and Williamson, on paper watermarked “E&P 1804”. (A few plates with minor mostly marginal repairs, a few text leaves with short marginal tears, slight spotting, minor offsetting.) Contemporary brown morocco, covers with elaborate Greek-key border gilt surrounding gilt and blind center lozenge enclosing gilt armorial device, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red morocco lettering piece gilt, gilt animal motifs in the rest (some scuffing, joints starting, front endpaper loose).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with plate 31 captioned “Hunting Jackalls.” A fine copy of “the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence” (Schwerdt). “The book is not only a mine of information as to the manners, customs, scenery, and costume of India, but contains one of the finest series of sporting plates ever published” (Hardie). Abbey Travel 427; Hardie English Coloured Books 135-36; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt II, pp. 297298; Tooley 508.

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WILLIAMSON, Thomas (1790-1815) and Samuel HOWITT (?1755-1822).

Hunters Going out in the Morning (Plate I) -- Driving Elephants into a Keddah (Plate VIII) -- Chasing a Tiger Across a River (Plate XVI) -- The Tiger at Bay (Plate XVII) -- Hunting an Old Buffalo (Plate XXV) -- Death of the Bear (Plate XXIX) -- Dooreahs or Dog Keepers Leading out Dogs (Plate XXXVII) From Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East. London, [1805-]1807 (but plates watermarked 1815-1818). 7 aquatint plates with hand-coloring, plates approximately 15 1/2 x 19 in, sheets approximately 18 7/8 x 23 1/8 in, mat burn, overall browning, some light spotting, a few nicks or tiny holes. $400-600

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BONNE, Rigobert (1727-1794) and Guillaume RAYNAL (1713-1796). Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe

terrestre. [Geneva: Jean-Leonard Pellet, 1780?].

4to (259 x 207 mm). Half-title, letterpress list of plates, 28pp. text, 50 engraved maps, 23 letterpress tables (most folding).

(Some very minor spotting or offsetting.) Contemporary blue silk-covered boards (spine defective). A fine copy of the atlas to accompany Raynal’s L’Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Europeens dans les Deux Indes, comprising maps by Bonne engraved by Andre. The map of North America is mostly blank west of the Mississippi River, and the maps of Mexico and the southwest include detailed information about the Jesuit missions.

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BONNE, Rigobert (1727-1794) and Guillaume RAYNAL (1713-1796). Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe

terrestre. [Geneva: Jean-Leonard Pellet, 1782?].

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4to (266 x 205 mm). 22pp. text including 2pp. list of plates, 50 engraved maps. (Lacking letterpress tables, some spotting or browning.) Contemporary marbled wrappers (spine reinforced in later paper, upper cover detaching, some light wear). The atlas to accompany Raynal’s L’Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Europeens dans les Deux Indes, comprising maps by Bonne engraved by Andre. $600-800

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BURRITT, Elijah H. (1794-1838). Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens. Hartford: F.J. Huntington, 1833.

Folio (408 x 355 mm). 7 hand-colored engraved celestial plans (one double-page). (A few tears occasionally touching plates, lower margin lightly dampstained.) Original printed wrappers (a few tears with minor losses, some staining).

Second edition, with plates illustrating the night sky as visible from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and during the four seasons, as well as a planisphere on Mercator’s projection. $400-600

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CAREY, Henry Charles (1793-1879) and Isaac LEA (1792-1886) A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1822.

Folio (445 x 305). 47 hand-colored engraved maps printed within wide text borders, 3 hand-colored double-page charts, uncolored double-page engraved chart depicting comparative heights of mountains and lengths of rivers, mounted on guards. (Some spotting and browning.) Contemporary half roan, boards (worn, upper cover detached, endpapers torn, lower hinge starting, some staining). FIRST EDITION of one of the most important early American atlases, with the state maps mostly after F. Lucas, Jr. Wheat calls Stephen H. Long’s map of the Arkansas Territory “the most interesting in the atlas.” This edition is the first atlas to show Mexico as a country. Phillips 1373a; Wheat Mapping of the Transmississippi West 2:81.

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[ATLAS]. CAREY, Henry Charles (1793-1879) and Isaac LEA (1792-1886). The Geographical Annual, for 1834. Family

Cabinet Atlas. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1834.

12mo (169 x 111 mm). 52 hand-colored engraved plates (48 maps and 4 leaves depicting mountains, rivers, rivers, and lakes of the world). (Some minor browning or staining, a few leaves becoming loose.) Contemporary decorated sheep (covers detaching, overall wear). Second American Edition, revised improved, including 12 maps relating to the Americas.

Provenance: S.K. Montgomery (signature); Ann E. Zane (signature). $300-500

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FINLEY, Anthony (ca 1790-1840). A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe...Compiled from the Best Authorities, and Corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1824.

4to (340 x 260 mm). Engraved title, engraved list of contents, letterpress statistical table, 56 hand-colored engraved maps (of 58, lacking map 28, Mississippi, and map 29, Louisiana), 2 hand-colored engraved plates showing comparative heights of mountains and lengths of rivers. (Some spotting, staining or browning.) Original half red roan, marbled boards, printed label to upper cover (overall wear, hinges starting). FIRST EDITION of this early American atlas including maps of the developing states in the Midwest, including Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and depicting Chicago and Indian villages around Lake Michigan. Phillips Atlases 4314.

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FINLEY, Anthony (ca 1790-1840), A New General Atlas, Comprising

[ATLASES] GRAY, O.W. Gray’s Atlas of the United States, with General Maps of the World. Accompanied by Descriptions Geographical, Historical, Scientific and Statistical. Philadelphia: Stedman, Brown and Lyon, 1873.

4to (346 x 272 mm). Engraved title, engraved list of contents, letterpress statistical table, 58 hand-colored engraved maps, 2 hand-colored engraved plates showing comparative heights of mountains and lengths of rivers.

(Some spotting, a few foremargins with light chipping.) Original half red roan, marbled boards, printed label to upper cover (worn, spine defective, upper hinge starting). Later edition. CONTEMPORARY AD FOR NEW MAPS

BY FINLEY tipped to paste-down; additional letterpress poem tipped to paste-down (“The Carrier’s Address to the Patrons of the Pittsburgh Conference Journal, January 1, 1835). RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, only four copies of this atlas have appeared on the market at auction in the last 40 years.

Folio (440 x 375 mm). Numerous hand-colored lithographic maps.

(Some chipping to edges.) Publisher’s brown half calf, brown cloth, cover gilt-stamped (hinges starting, worn, chipping). Includes doublepage maps of individual states, full-page city maps (many with insets) and geologic and scientific maps of the United States.

a Complete Set of Maps representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe...

Compiled from the Best Authorities, and Corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1830.

Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan $500-700

Provenance: Georgianna Brohanier (gift inscription from Noah Lane).

Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan $800-1,200

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JOHNSON, Alvin J. (1827-1884). Johnson’s New Illustrated (Steel Plate)

Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical. New York: Johnson and Browning, 1862.

Folio (459 x 370 mm). 91 numbered single- and double-page maps (of 92, lacking sheet number 43, half of the map of Ohio), extra unnumbered singlepage map of Russian, extra unnumbered double-page map of the United States (see below). (A few marginal tears, overall browning, a few stains.)

Original half green morocco, covers gilt- and blind-stamped (some overall rubbing or wear). The atlas includes an unnumbered map entitled “Johnson’s New Military Map of the United States showing the Forts, Military Posts, & all the Military Divisions with enlarged plans of Southern Harbors From Authentic Data Obtained at the War Department Washington” with the imprint “Johnson and Ward”; inset plans in the lower and right margin depict the harbors of New Orleans, Mobile Bay, Pensacola Bay, Key West, Savannah River, Charleston, Hampton Roads and Norfolk, Washington D.C., and Baltimore.

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JOHNSON, Alvin J. (1827-1884) and Joseph Hutchins COLTON (1800-1893). Johnson’s New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with

descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical. New York: Johnson and Ward, 1862.

Folio (457 x 372 mm). 97 (of 99) numbered single- and double-page maps, (lacking single leaf numbered 98, 99), numerous wood engravings. (Map numbers 32/33, and 47/48 with damage to left foremargin and centerfolds with tears and repairs affecting image, other leaves with short tears occasionally repaired, some overall browning.) Original half green morocco, covers gilt- and blind-stamped. Nearly complete copy of Johnson’s Civil War-era atlas, including maps of Texas and Washington D.C. Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan $600-800

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The Empire of China with its Principal Divisions. London, 12 May 1794.

Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Republics of the World, with a Special Map of Each of the United States, Plans of Cities &c. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait and Company, 1852.

LAURIE, Robert (1755-1836) and James WHITTLE (d.1818).

Hand-colored engraved map of China, image 477 x 627 mm.

Depicting the Corean Sea, the Bay of Nanking, the Gulf of Tonkin, Chinese Tartary, Quangtong, Tchekiang, Petcheli, and other inland regions. Matted and framed, not examined out of frame. $150-250

MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1790-1868). A New Universal Atlas

Folio (433 x 355 mm). Chromolithographic title, chromolithographic contents leaf, hand-colored lithographic frontispiece, 73 hand-colored lithographic maps. (Pale dampstain, other minor stains or browning.)

Modern brown cloth, lettering-piece gilt. Cowperthwait purchased Mitchell’s copyright in 1850, after which he began issuing Mitchell’s atlas.

Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan $1,000-1,500

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Atlas, to Accompany the Practical System of Modern Geography. New York: Robinson, Pratt & Co, ca 1831.

Terrarum. [Antwerp, 1577 or later].

[ATLAS]. OLNEY, Jesse (1798-1872). A New and Improved School

4to (296 x 240). 12 hand-colored engraved maps (2 double-page).

(Some overall browning, a few mild spots.) Original printed wrappers (some staining and light wear); contemporary brown paper folding wrappers. The double-page map of the United States includes the Missouri Territory, encompassing present-day Montana, Wyoming, Kansas, Iowa, and the Dakotas. The Oregon Territory extends into present-day British Columbia.

ORTELIUS, Abraham and Philippe GALLE. Tiipus orbis

Double-page hand-colored engraved map of the world, approximately 170 x 227 mm. Clouds in corners, two small cartouches, French text on verso. (Silked on verso, a few short tears repaired, part of lower border lacking but provided in manuscript, separation at fold with some minor losses.) Galle’s small-format map of the world after Ortelius. $800-1,200

Provenance: Josiah E. Westcott (signatures to wrappers). $100-200

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Etrennes Utiles et Nécéssaires Aux Commercans et Voyageurs ou Indicateur Fidèle enseignant toutes les routes royales et particulières de la France.

Paris: Desnos, 1771.

Septent? qui comprend La Nouvelle France ou Le Canada. Paris, 1755.

[ROAD ATLAS, MINIATURE]. DESNOS, Louis Charles (1725-1805)

24mo (112 x 65 mm). Engraved title, engraved double-page map of France, engraved double-page map of Paris, 150 engraved road maps printed on recto and verso, 10pp. “Table” and “Remarques” printed on recto and verso. (A few very pale stains, otherwise fine.) Contemporary tan mottled calf, smooth spine gilt, edges gilt (some overall wear, joints starting, maps 71-74 disbound, covers slightly bowed). An early edition, with 150 road maps and ending on pp.160, with maps depicting routes through France and other European cities, including London, Amsterdam, and Vienna.

ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Didier (1723-1786) Partie De l’Amerique

Hand-colored engraved map of eastern Canada, image 476 x 600 mm (551 x 796 sheet). Large inset of the Great Lakes (“Supplement pour les Lacs du Canada”), decorative cartouche. (Some light mostly marginal browning, a few short tears to margins, vertical center fold.) FIRST EDITION, second state, naming “I Charlton” in James Bay and changing the orientation of “F de la Presqu’ile” in Lake Erie. Kershaw 355.

Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Okemos, Michigan $250-350

Property from the Collection of Adrian Alexander, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

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SENEX, John (fl.1700-1740). North America According to the Latest Observations. N.p.: n.p., [ca 1719].

Hand-colored engraved map of North America, image 153 x 175 mm (158 x 215 mm sheet). Showing California as an island.

Property from the Robert L. McKay Collection, North Tustin, California $150-250

TANNER, Henry Schenck (1786-1858). A New Universal Atlas

Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1846.

Folio (442 x 357 mm). Engraved title, engraved frontispiece, 71 engraved maps. (Tear to title-page crossing vignette, overall browning and staining.)

Original half red morocco, marbled boards, red morocco lettering-piece gilt to upper cover (upper cover detached, a few maps disbound, overall wear, endpaper torn.) Mitchell acquired the rights to Tanner’s New Universal Atlas in 1845; this is the first edition of Tanner’s atlas published by Mitchell’s firm. It includes predominately maps of the United States (45 overall) and includes an early map of Texas.

Provenance: Day Woode (early ownership signature on title-page).

Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan $2,000-3,000

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[ATLASES].

JOHNSON, A.J. and J.H. COLTON. Johnson’s New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical. New York: Johnson and Ward, 1862. -- JOHNSON, A.J. and J.H. COLTON Johnson’s New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with Physical Geography, and with Descriptions Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, Including the Latest Federal Census. New York: Johnson and Ward, 1865. -- JOHNSON, A.J. and J.H. COLTON. Johnson’s New Ullistrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical. New York: Johnson and Browning, 1861. -- Condition generally good.

Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan $600-800

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[ATLASES].

Four editions of Mitchell’s New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1861 - 1864 - 1878 - 1881. -- All bound in publisher’s brown cloth, gilt, condition generally good (worn, chipping and losses), some volumes lacking maps.

Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan $800-1,200 74*

[ATLASES]. A group of atlases, comprising: MORSE, Jedidiah and MORSE, Sidney E. A New Universal Atlas of the World; Comprising, in Twenty Maps... the World, its Several Grand Divisions, and Principal Subdivisions. New-Haven: Howe and Spalding, 1822. Approximately 20 maps. Contemporary quarter red morocco, speckled boards.

Provenance: Edward Clark (1828) (previous owner inscription); Charles Edward Armstrong (bookplate). -MORSE, Sidney E. A New Universal Atlas of the World, on an Improved Plan: Consisting of Thirty Maps...

New-Haven: N. and S.S. Jocelyn, 1825. Approximately 30 engraved maps. Period half red morocco, marbled boards, upper cover paper label. -- WOODBRIDGE, William C. Modern Atlas, Physical, Political and Statistical; Exhibiting on Separate Maps, the Physical and Political Characteristics of Countries...

Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley, 1843. 2 volumes (copies of the same). Approximately 19 maps.

Original cloth-backed printed blue paper wrappers. -- Together 3 works in 4 volumes, 4to, condition generally good.

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[ATLASES]. A group of atlases, comprising: CHALIFOUR, J.E. Atlas of Canada. n.p.: Department of the Interior of Canada, 1915. -- CRAM, George F. Cram’s Unrivaled Atlas of the World. Chicago: Henry S. Stebbins, Publishers, 1889. -- HARDESTY, H.H. Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical, Encyclopedia, Illustrated. New York, Richmond, Chicago, and Toledo: H.H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, 1884. -- LOTHIAN, I. New Edinburgh General Atlas. Exhibiting the Boundaries and other Geographical Details of the Various Empires, States, & Quarters of the World , Agreeably to the Best Authorities & in Accordance with Modern Discovery. Edinburgh: J. Gellatly, n.d. -Together 4 atlases, condition generally fine.

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[ATLASES AND MAPS]. A group of 5 atlases and maps, comprising: [MARSHALL, John]. Atlas to Marshall’s Life of Washington. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, n.d. 8vo. Numerous hand-colored engraved maps. Original cloth-backed boards, letterpress label to upper cover (defective).

-- [MARCHAND, Etienne. Voyage Autour du Monde. Paris, 1798-1800]. Engraved plate, large engraved folding world map, 14 engraved folding maps. Contemporary vellum-backed wrappers. -- [VANCOUVER, George. A Voyage of Discovery. London, 1801]. Two engraved folding maps only (of 17 plates and 9 maps) from the atlas volume of this edition of Vancouver’s voyage. Modern cloth. -- COLTON, J.H. Colton’s Common School Geography. New York: Sheldon and Company, 1873. 4to. Numerous handcolored maps, in-text illustrations. Original leather-backed printed boards. -- LINDSAY, Vachel. “Map of the Universe Issued in 1909.” [N.p., 1926]. Large folding broadside. Second edition. LIMITED EDITION, number 260 of 2000 copies SIGNED BY LINDSAY. $200-300

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A’BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856). The Comic History of England. -The Comic History of Rome.

London: Punch, 1846-1848.

2 works in 3 volumes, 8vo (220 x 140 mm). Half-titles (printed in red for England), titles printed in red and black, 19 hand-colored engraved plates, numerous woodcut and steel engraved illustrations throughout SIGNED BY DE COVERLY. (Some minor spotting or browning, one leaf with a small hole repaired to Rome volume not affecting text.) Uniformly bound FROM THE ORIGINAL 20/19 AND 10/9 PARTS in red crushed levant, sides with elaborate foliate border gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt-lettered in two, the rest decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (some very minor wear, joints and spine ends discreetly reinforced). FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUES, BOUND FROM THE ORIGNAL PARTS. England volumes COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL WRAPPERS AND ADVERTISEMENTS as called for by Abbey with the following exceptions: Part 5 back wrapper with “The Comic History of England” on the inside and “Rowland’s Unique Preparations” on the outside; lacking advertisement to part 1. Rome volume with the front wrappers to parts 5 and 7, and the back wrapper to part 7 only. Abbey Life 434, 435.

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Provenance: D. Paterson (signatures to wrappers of England parts); George Browning Anderson (bookplates). $700-900 78*

[AFRICA].

BUCKINGHAM, James Silk. Travels in Mesopotamia. London, 1827. 2 volumes, 8vo. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION. -- EDMONSTONE, Archibald. A Journey to Two of the Oases of Upper Egypt. London, 1822. 8vo.

ORIGINAL BOARDS. FIRST EDITION. -- SHABEENY, Abd Salam and James Grey JACKSON. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa. London, 1820. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. --Together, 3 works in 4 volumes, condition generally fine.

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ALBINUS, Bernard Siegfried (1697-1770). Explicatio tabularum anatomicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii.

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Leiden: Johann and Hermann Verbeek, 1761.

Folio (435 x 270 mm). Half-title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 47 plates with duplicates in outline (totaling 89). (Lacking engraved frontispiece, a few plates disbound, some minor spotting or soiling.) Contemporary boards, modern leather rebacking (some overall wear to boards).

Second edition. Eustachius finished his copper plates in 1552, but only a few were published in his lifetime.

The plates were rediscovered and published in full in the first edition (Rome, 1714).

Provenance: H.W.T. Seemoller (signature on title, signature dated 1832); Fr. Michaelsen (signature dated 1842); Maday Pista (stamp on flyleaf and verso of title); four other illegible signatures, three dated (1932, 1947, and 1956). $600-800 80

[DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321)]. Sonetti e’ Canzoni di diversi antichi autori Toscani in dieci libri raccolte.

Florence: heirs of Filippo Giunta, July 1527.

Small 8vo (152 x 95 mm). Woodcut printer’s device on title-page and verso of final leaf. (Lacking q8, some light spotting or browning, minor dampstain to outer margin of a few leaves.) Modern green crushed levant (some light wear). Second and most complete edition of this 14th-century collection of Italian poets, including the first edition of Dante’s Canzoniere, and edited by Bernardo Giunta and others. From the personal Fable collection of Kenneth McKenzie (see Kenneth McKenzie, “Some Remarks on a Fable Collection,” Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.4, June 1944). EXTREMELY RARE: according to online sale records, only two copies of this work have appeared on the market at auction in the last 35 years. Adams T-1213.

Provenance: Cesaris Quirone? (early signature on title-page); A.S. (manuscript initials on title-page): Kenneth McKenzie (1870-1949) American Professor and Italian Literature scholar (signature and bookplate).

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[THE AMERICAS].

HAMILTON, John Potter. Travels Through the Interior Provinces of Columbia. London, 1827. 2 volumes, 12mo. Contemporary half morocco. FIRST EDITION. -- HIPPISLEY, Gustavus. A Narrative of the Expedition ot the Rivers Orinoco and Apure, in South America. London, 1819. 8vo. Contemporary half calf gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- HUTCHINSON, Thomas Joseph. Two Years in Peru, with Exploration of its Antiquities. London, 1873. 2 volumes, 8vo. Publisher’s red cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- LEWIS, Matthew Gregory. Journal of a West India Proprietor, Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica. London, 1834. 8vo. Contemporary green cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 4 works in 6 volumes, condition generally fine.

Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $700-900 Lot 82

[ARCHITECTURE] - RAPHAEL Sanzio d’Urbino (1483-1520). Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano. Rome: Marc Pagliarini, 1772.

Volume I only (of 3), broadsheet folio (text leaf 752 x 468 mm, plates approximately 1130/478 x 453/1356 mm, binding 665 x 460 mm). Engraved plate with title, text leaf printed within a double-rule border, 17 engraved folding plates (one printed on 3 sheets, the rest printed on 2 sheets). (Some very pale spotting.)

Contemporary paste-paper covered paper-backed boards, manuscript label on upper spine (some chipping to spine and light wear to extremities). Numerous works were published in the 17th century to illustrate Raphael’s work, but “the present work was the first to attempt to show all the decoration of the pilasters and pillars” (RIBA). A FINE WIDE-MARGINED COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING. $3,000-4,000 83*

[ARTIC AND POLAR].

DAVIS, CHARLES HENRY. Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. Washington, D.C., 1876. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. [With:] HALL, Charles Francis. Arctic Researches and Life Among the Equimaux. New York, 1866.

8vo. Publisher’s red-brown cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, condition generally fine.

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[ASIA].

LANTIER, Etienne-Francois de. The Travels of Antenor in Greece and Asia. London, 1799. 3 volumes, 8vo.

Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION in English. -- O’DONOVAN, Edmund. The Merv Oasis. London, 1882. 2 volumes, 8vo. Publisher’s brown cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- ROSS, John. History of Corea. Paisley, [ca 1879].

8vo. Contemporary half morocco. -- Together, 3 works in 6 volumes, condition generally fine.

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BAKER, Richard, Sir (1568-1645). A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of ye Romans Government unto the Death of King James. London: for H. Sanbridge and others, 1684.

Folio (340 x 215 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title. (A few minor stains, a few mostly marginal tears repaired occasionally touching letters.) 19th-century tan morocco, triple fillet border gilt surrounding central lozenge panel gilt surrounding the gilt arms of John Lumley-Savile, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest elaborately gilt, edges gilt STAMP-SIGNED

BY HERING (some minor scuffing to extremities, joints starting). Eighth edition, updated to include Charles I and Charles II. After Charles Hering’s death in 1815, his family carried on his firm’s name and moved to the Newman St. address (as here), where the firm operated until 1845.

Provenance: John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarborough (1788-1856) member of Parliament (binding, Rufford Abbey library label); M. Day (signature dated 1952).

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BARROW, John (1764-1848). Travels in China. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806.

4to (257 x 205 mm). Hand-colored engraved portrait frontispieces, 7 engraved plates (4 hand-colored, watermarked 1804). (Some minor spotting, light offsetting.) Contemporary marbled calf (rebacked, preserving original spine). Second edition. “As a writer Barrow is best known for his Mutiny on the Bounty (1831) but, during his lifetime, his accounts of his travels in eastern Asia and southern Africa, published between 1801 and 1807, were better known and more influential” (DNB). Abbey Travel, 531n.

Provenance: Sold Sotheby’s London, 15 November 2001, lot 371. $400-600

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BAUM, Frank L. (1856-1919) and Ruth Plumly THOMPSON (1871-1976). -- John R. Neill (18771943), illustrator. A group of 6 later editions of the Famous Oz Stories, comprising:

Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz. -- The Road to Oz. -- Glinda of Oz. -- Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. -- Ozma of Oz. -- The Tin Woodman of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [1907-1929]. Uniformly bound in various colored cloth with pictorial labels on upper cover, condition generally fine. $150-250

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BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832). A sammelband of 11 political and legal tracts, comprising: Jeremy Bentham to His Fellow-Citizens of France on Houses of Peers and Senates. London: Robert Heward, 1830. -- Jeremy Bentham to His Fellow-Citizens of France on Death Punishment. London: Robert Heward, 1831. -- The Book of Church Reform: Containing the Most Essential Part of Mr. Bentham’s “Church of Englandism Examined,”&c. London: Robert Heward, 1831. -- Parliamentary Candidate’s Proposed Declaration of Principles. London: Robert Heward, 1831. -- Emancipate Your Colonies! Addressed to the National Convention of France, A* 1793, Shewing the Uselessness and Mischievousness of Distant Dependencies to An European State. London: C. and W. Reynell for Robert Heward, 1830. -- Observations on the Restrictive and Prohibitory Commercial System; Especially with a Reference to the Decree of the Spanish Cortes of July 1820. London: for Effingham Wilson, 1821.

-- Bentham’s Radical Reform Bill, with Extracts from the Reasons. London: E. Wilson, 1819. -- Lord Brougham Displayed: I. Boa Constrictor, alias Helluo Curiarum; II. Observations on the Bankruptcy Court Bill, Now Ripened into an Act; III. Extracts from Proposed Constitutional Code. London: Robert Heward, 1832. -- Equity Dispatch Court Proposal: Containing a Plan for the Speedy and Unexpensive Termination of the Suits Now Depending in Equity Courts. With the Form of a Petition, and some Account of a Proposed Bill for that Purpose. London: Robert Heward, 1830. -- Truth Versus Ashhurst; or, Law as it is, Contrasted with what it is said to be. London: T. Moses, 1823. -- Letters to Count Toreno on the Proposed Penal Code, Delivered in by the Legislation Committee of the Spanish Cortes, April 25th, 1821. London: R. and A. Taylor, 1822. -- 8vo (195/215 x 130 mm). Bound in half tan calf, marbled boards, gilt-lettered and labeled Vol.II on spine (spine defective, some wear).

Provenance: Literary Union (stamps on titles); Harold J. Laski (1893-1950) British political theorist, professor at the London School of Economics (gift inscription to): E. Blythe Stason (1891-1972) Dean of University of Michigan Law School (gift inscription, letters from Laski to Stason paperclipped in).

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[BINDING]. DICKENS, Charles. Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853.

8vo (202 x 132 mm). Frontispiece, engraved title, 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne. Red crushed levant, edges slightly bevelled, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, edges gilt and gauffered to a red and green berry and leaf motif, turn-ins gilt, stamp-signed by THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (upper joint discreetly reinforced, some very minor rubbing to extreme edges). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. $400-600

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[DOVES BINDERY - COBDEN-SANDERSON]. SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles (1837-1909). Poems and Ballads. London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1866.

Small 8vo (163x 102 mm). Without half-title, as issued. (Lacking 8pp. advertisements.) Red crushed levant, overall diaper pattern of three poppy seed pods on stems, hearts and open dots, spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered in one, three poppy seed motif gilt in the rest, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY COBDEN-SANDERSON, THE DOVES BINDERY: “The Doves Bindery / 19 C-S 04” (neatly rebacked preserving original spine, hinges reinforced, a few very minor scuffs, otherwise bright). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with Moxon’s imprint. See Tidcome 546; Wise 24. $500-600

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[DOVES BINDERY - COBDEN-SANDERSON]. PATER, Walter (18391894). The Renaissance. -Plato and Platonism. -Miscellaneous Studies. New York and London: Macmillan and Co., 1893-1893-1895.

3 volumes, 8vo (195 x 132 mm). Uniformly bound in tan crushed levant, single fillet and dot border gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, giltlettered in one, the rest with floral gilt pattern, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY COBDEN-SANDERSON, THE DOVES BINDERY: “The Doves Bindery / 18 C-S 95.” (Spines darkened, joints starting, some very minor chipping to joints and spine ends, Plato volume skillfully rebacked preserving original spine). A relatively early example from Coben-Sanderson’s Doves Bindery. Cobden-Sanderson was responsible for all of the Doves Bindery designs; the bindings themselves were executed by his skilled staff, which included Charles Wilkinson, Charles McLeish, Bessie Hooley and Douglas Cockerell. $600-800

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[BINDING]. MOORE, Thomas (1779-1852). Lalla Rookh.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817.

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[BINDING]. LONG, W.H., editor. Memoirs of Emma Lady

Hamilton with Anecdotes of her Friends and Contemporaries.

London: W.W. Gibbings, 1891.

Large 8vo (250 x 164 mm). Half-title, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of 65 portraits and other engravings, many mounted or window-mounted. Contemporary red calf gilt, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (some very slight rubbing to extremities). LIMITED EDITION, number 57 of 125 copies printed on large paper.

8vo (209 x 134 mm). (Some intermittent spotting.) Green straightgrained morocco, wide gilt foliate roll-tool borders, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest with central foliate tooling, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Hagia Sophia (upper endpaper and blank leaf disbound, rebacked preserving original spine, some light rubbing). Third edition. $300-500

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[BINDING]. [CRUIKSHANK, George]. THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). An Essay on the Genius of George Cruickshank. [London: n.p., ca 1840].

8vo (215 x 133 mm). Title written in manuscript on engraved portrait of Cruikshank, numerous wood-cut illustrations in text, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of 76 illustrations by Cruikshank, many hand-colored, mounted or window mounted. Later crimson crushed levant, gilt signature of Cruikshank, four characters after Cruikshank gilt, smooth spine gilt-lettered with two characters after Cruikshank gilt, edges gilt (2 1/2 in portion of lower joint starting). A reprint of Thackeray’s essay from The Westminster Review, June 1840. $400-600

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[BINDING]. Late 19th-Century or early 20th-Century portfolio.

4to size. Brown and black alligator, upper cover with pewter cornerpieces surrounding a pewter central onlay engraved “Bettine,” green watered silk pockets, green watered silkcovered folder laid in (two pewter cornerpieces broken with segments missing, hinge starting, some light wear both internally and externally).

Provenance: Sold Sotheby’s 12 September 1995, Lot 85. $100-200

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[BINDINGS]. DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Writings of Charles Dickens. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894.

32 volumes, 8vo (195 x 126 mm). Numerous engraved frontispieces and plates. Modern half green morocco, green boards, spines giltlettered, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey. LIMITED EDITION, the “Standard Library Edition,” an unnumbered edition. $600-800

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[BINDINGS]. [THE EASTON PRESS]. A group of works published

by The Eaton Press, comprising:

BRONTE, Emily. Wuthering Heights. -- CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. -- COOPER, James Fenimore. The Praire. -DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species. -- DRYDEN, John, translator. Virgil: The Aeneid. -- FAULKNER, William. The Reivers.

-- FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

-- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The House of Seven Gables. -- IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Other Stories. -- JOYCE, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. -LONDON, Jack. The Call of the Wind. -- MITCHELL, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. 2 volumes. -- POE, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. -- VERNE, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. -- With approximately 60 others. All in original bindings, edges gilt, condition fine. Complete list available upon request.

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[BINDINGS]. KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). The Works of

Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913-1938.

31 volumes, 4to (235 x 162 mm). Titles printed in blue and black.

(Some very minor offsetting or spotting.) Contemporary half blue morocco gilt, blue boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in three, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed

by Asprey. LIMITED EDITION, one of 1050 unnumbered copies of the “Bombay Edition” SIGNED BY KIPLING on half-title to volume one. $3,000-5,000

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[BINDINGS]. POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). Works. New York:

G.P. Putnams Sons, 1902.

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[BOTANICAL]. Besler, Basilius (Germany, 1561-1629) Aloe Americana from Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt and Nuremburg, 1613 or later Copper plate engraving with later hand-coloring, image 19 x 16 in (20 3/4 x 17 1/2 in sheet), on laid paper with Latin text on verso, short tear to image repaired on verso, a few marginal pale stains, some light chipping to edges, matted. $400-600

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[BOTANICAL]. Besler, Basilius (1561-1629) I. Colocasia, II. PseudocolocĂżnthis pĂżri forma, III. Cucurbita Arantij forma from Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt and Nuremburg, 1613 or later Copper plate engraving with later hand-coloring, image 19 1/8 x 15 5/8 in (21 3/4 x 16 5/8 in sheet), on laid paper with Latin text on verso, some minor mostly marginal spotting, some light chipping to edges, matted. $600-800

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[BOTANICAL]. Besler, Basilius (Germany, 1561-1629) I. Mandragora foemina, II. Chelidonium minus from Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt and Nuremburg, 1613 or later Copper plate engraving with later hand-coloring, image 18 5/8 x 15 1/2 in (20 7/8 x 16 1/4 in sheet), on laid paper with grape cluster watermark, no text on verso, some minor mostly marginal spotting or background staining, some light chipping to sheet edge, matted. $600-800

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[BOTANICAL]. Besler, Basilius (1561-1629) Melanzana fructu pallido from Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt and Nuremburg, 1613 or later Copper plate engraving with later hand-coloring, image 19 1/8 x 15 3/8 in (20 3/4 x 16 1/4 in sheet), on laid paper with grape cluster watermark, no text on verso, some minor mostly marginal spotting, a few ink stains in the background, matted. $600-800

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[BOTANICAL]. Brookshaw, George (17511823) Four Peaches (Plate XXV) from Pomona Britannica, London, 1804-1812 Engraving with hand-coloring, plate 18 5/8 x 14 1/2 in, sheet 21 5/8 x 17 1/25 in, on J Whatman dated 1804, light mat burn to margins, a few pale marginal spots, old tissue adhered to extreme upper margin, outer margin verso with glue stains and old backing remnants, matted. $600-800

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[BOTANICAL]. Brookshaw, George (1751-1823) Three Pears (Plate LXXX) -- Six Apples (Plate LXXXVIII) from Pomona Britannica, London, 1804-1822 (but each plate watermarked IIS&S 1822) 2 engravings with hand-coloring, plates 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 in, 18 5/8 x 15 in, sheets 21 15/16 x 18 in, 21 7/8 x 17 1/2 in, pale mat burn to outer margins, a few minor surface abrasions to background, some pale marginal spotting, matted. $300-400

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[BOTANICAL]. Curtis, William (1746-1799).

[BOTANICAL]. Thornton, Robert (1768-1837)

Iris Pseudacorus from Flora Londinensis, ca 1878 Engraving with hand-coloring, plate 17 1/16 x 9 15/16 in, sheet 18 3/4 x 11 1/2 in, on unwatermarked laid paper, a few minor marginal chips discreetly repaired, manuscript plate number to upper margin, matted.

The Blue Passion Flower -- The Superb Lily from The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus, London, 1799-1807 (watermarked 1794 and H Smith 1810, respectively)

$200-300

2 engravings with hand-coloring, plates 20 1/2 x 15 in, 19 x 14 1/4 in, sheets 21 5/8 x 16 1/2 in, 22 x 17 11/16 in. Some overall browning and mat burn, Superb Lily with spotting and small holes repaired lower margin, hinged to backing board upper margin verso. $700-1,000

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[BOTANICAL]. ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). La Botanique.

Paris: Baudouin Freres, 1821-1822.

2 engravings with hand-coloring, plates 20 1/2 x 15 1/2 in, 20 5/8 x 15 11/16 in, sheets 22 1/2 x 17 5/8 in, 21 1/8 x 16 1/4 in. Some light browning, matted.

Large 4to (340 x 255 mm). 64 (of 65) stipple engraved plates, printed in color and finished by hand, by Bouquet, Gabriel, and others after PIERRE JOSEPH REDOUTE. Contemporary red leather-backed boards, edges gilt (upper cover detached, upper joint defective, some overall wear). Third edition. “This work is Redoute’s last link with the ancien regime: his old patrons had all died, or like Cels, who died in 1806, had ceased to be influential. Redoute had entered easily into a new life under the Empire. On the whole, it can be said that it is remarkable how little Redoute was affected by the political and social changes that took place around him” (Stafleu). Great Flower Books p. 74; Nissen 1688.

The Nodding Renealmia -- The Blue Egyptian Water-Lily from The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus, London, 1799-1807 (watermarked J Whatman [undated] and E&P [undated] respectively)

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[BRITISH ISLES] A group of works, comprising: CAMPBELL, Alexander. A Journey from Edinburgh through Parts of North Britain... London: John Stockdale, 1811.

(Lacking volume 2.) Contemporary calf. -- [DUNTON, John] The Phenix: or, A Revival of Scarce and Valuable Pieces...

A Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Texts... London: J. Morphew, 1707. 2 volumes. Contemporary calf. -HOYLAND, John. A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits and Present State of the Gypsies... York: WM. Alexander, 1816. Contemporary quarter morocco, cloth boards, spine gilt-lettered. -- HUGHSON, David. Walks Through London, Including Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, with the Surrounding Suburbs... London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1817. 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt. -- SAUSSURE, L[ouis] A[lbert] Necker de. Voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland... London: Sir Richard Phillips and Company, 1822. ORIGINAL BOARDS. -- Together, 5 works in 7 volumes, 8vo and 4to, condition generally good.

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[BRONTE, Charlotte (1816-1855).] Villette. London; Smith, Elder & Co., 1853.

3 volumes, 8vo (175 x 113 mm). (Lacking title-page and contents leaf to vol.III, some spotting, a few leaves with short tears repaired occasionally touching text, a few leaves creased.) Contemporary quarter blue calf (worn, rubbed).

FIRST EDITION, a reworking of The Professor, which was rejected by publishers. $250-350 112*

[BULLFIGHTING]. Real Provision de los SeĂąores del consejo

por la qual se prohibe por punto general el abuso de correr por las calles novillos y Toros que llaman de cuerda, asi de dia como de noche. Seville: Imprenta Mayor de la cuidad, 1790.

4to (302 x 211 mm). 4pp. folded sheets. (Tears to folds.) Red cloth slipcase. A 1790 denunciation of bullfighting. 2 leaves stamped with the seal of Charles IV dated 1790. The printed provision concludes with a note from Martin Perez, referencing the original document, located in the Senior Notary office, and accompanied by a signature (presumably of Perez). Also with a 2-line manuscript note in the upper margin of the first page.

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CELLINI, Benvenuto (1500-1571). Robert H. Hobart, editor.

Life of Benvenuto Cellini. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1910.

2 volumes, 8vo (190 x 130 mm). Frontispieces, numerous plates, folding genealogical table. Cadet blue polished calf gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red and black calf lettering-pieces gilt, the rest gilt-decorated, edges gilt (joints very slightly rubbed). A FINE COPY. Property from the Estate of John Connelly, Chicago, Illinois Sold to Benefit the Evanston Public Library $100-200

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[CENTRAL ASIA].

[ASPLIN, William]. Alkibla. A Disquisition Upon Worshipping Towards the East... London: J. Roberts, 1740. Contemporary calf. -- LANDOR, A. Henry Savage In the Forbidden Land...

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1899. 2 volumes. Publisher’s green cloth. -- NORDENSKIOLD, A.E. Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe... New York: MacMillan and Company, 1882. Publisher’s green cloth.

-- VAMBERY, Arminius. Travels in Central Asia... London: John Murray, 1864. Contemporary calf. Provenance of lot: Wisconsin Consistory Library (bookplate). -- Together, 4 works in 5 volumes, 8vo, condition generally good.

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CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). The

Innocents Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869.

8vo. Numerous illustrations in text, 5pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. (Occasional spotting.) Original brown gold-stamped cloth (hinges repaired, some light wear to extremities). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, lacking the page reference numbers pp.xvii-xviii, without the illustration on p.129, with chapter heading “Chapter XLI” p.643, and with the heading “Personal History” p.654. BAL 3316. $300-500 116

[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. CLEMENS, Samuel L. (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). Life on the Mississippi. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944.

8vo. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton. Original leatherbacked printed cloth boards; original glassine (some chipping); original folding box (sunned, spine broken).

LIMITED EDITION, number 72 of 1200 copies SIGNED BY THOMAS HART BENTON.

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COKE, Edward, Sir (1552-1634). The third part of the

Institutes of the laws of England. London: M. Flesher for W. Lee and D. Pakeman, 1644.

Folio (293 x 187 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece signed “I. Payne,” title printed within elaborately engraved border, final epilogue leaf, 14pp. table (not called for by ESTC) bound in at end. (Some staining, a penultimate leaf torn with slight loss to a few letters, last leaf of table and rear endpaper lacking about a third and defective.) Contemporary calf, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands (some light wear). FIRST EDITION. “Coke’s Third Institute give us a Treatise of great learning, and not unworthy of the hand that produced it” (Marvin). ESTC R12841; Marvin Legal Bibliography 208; PMM 126. $600-800

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CONRADUS DE HALBERSTADT [CONRADUS DE ALEMANIA]. Concordantiae bibliorum. [Strassburg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1474].

Large folio (410 x 292 mm). Gothic types, 3 columns, 66 lines. COLLATION: [a-i10 kl8 m10 2a-d10 e8+1 f-l10 3a-h10 i12 4a-h10 i8 k12]: 415 leaves (of 417, lacking initial and final blanks). 9-line initial “Q” in red and yellow on first page of text, 7- to 8-line initials in red for each letter of the alphabet, column headings in red in upper margin, rubricated throughout. (Approximately 50 leaves with mostly marginal tiny worm holes occasionally touching letters, nearly half of the last leaf renewed, not affecting text, a few leaves at end with repairs to lower corner and margin, occasionally affecting signature.) Contemporary brown calf, sides decorated to a similar pattern, wide blind fillet and roll-tool border, central blind diaper pattern, all over blind flower, star, fleuron and stag(?) tools, spine in 5 compartments with 4 double-cord raised bands, later tan calf letteringpiece gilt to second compartment, clasps and catches, printer’s waste endpapers (some overall wear, old repairs to joints preserving original spine, straps renewed).

FIRST EDITION, THE FIRST PRINTED BIBLE CONCORDANCE, A WIDE-MARGINED COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING German theologian and Dominican Conrad of Halberstadt completed a new manuscript concordance ca 1310, which improved on the concordances of Hugo de Sancto Charo and other English Dominicans by citing abbreviated forms of quotations, thus making it easier to use.

This edition, printed by Mentelin, is also significant for the manner in which it is signed. “This volume is very peculiar in its method of signature, and shows in an interesting manner the transitional period between the manuscript and printed methods of signing” (W. Blades, “The Use & Development of Signatures in Books” in Books in Chains and Other Bibliographical Papers, pp.110). The signatures, MOST PRESENT IN THIS COPY, are printed in the lower left corner; signature “a” is used for every gathering in the first quarter of the book, “b” in the second quarter of the book, and so on through signature “d.”

RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, only two copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 40 years: The Blades-St. Bride Foundation-Rattey copy, sold Swann, 15 April 2004, lot 45; another copy, sold Christie’s London, 17 November 1976, lot 143. BMC I, 58; BSB-Ink C-497; Goff C849; GW 7418; H 5629. $10,000-15,000 119

DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Insectivorous Plants. London: John Murray, 1875.

8vo (182 x 122 mm). Numerous in-text wood engravings after Darwin. (Lacking half-title, scant spotting.) Later half brown calf gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges. FIRST EDITION, in which Darwin explores the significance of carnivorous habits in plants. Norman 601.

Provenance: Rickard E. Lloyd (stamps on title-page); John T. Middleton (ownership stamp). $200-300

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DU BOIS, William Edward Burghardt (1868-1963). The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., April 18, 1903.

8vo (207 x 138 mm). Half-title (Lacking portrait frontispiece.) Original black cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut (some light wear to spine ends, corners slightly bumped, very minor rubbing, otherwise fine).

FIRST EDITION, dated April 18 on verso of title-page, of Du Bois’ best-known work. $800-1,200

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EATON, Charlotte Waldie (1788-1859). The Battle of Waterloo...

London: J. Booth and T. Egerton, 1815.

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (225 x 125 mm). 2 hand-colored engraved plans, 2 hand-colored engraved folding panoramas, halfleaf 139* inserted between pp.138 and 139. (A few tears to folds of panoramas, some pale spotting.) Contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (joints discreetly reinforced, very slightly rubbed). Sixth edition, with fine plans of the Battle of Waterloo, and the Campaign in the Netherlands. Eaton was in Brussels at the time of the Battle of Waterloo, and by 1817, her work on the battle was in its 10th edition. $200-300

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EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and

Writings of John Evelyn...comprising his Diary, from the Years 1641 to 1705-6, and a Selection of his Familiar Letters. Edited by William Bray. London: Henry Colburn, 1818.

3 parts in 2 volumes, 4to (302 x 249 mm). Half-titles, errata, 3 engraved portraits, 6 engraved plates (including 3 folding). (Dd3 in in vol.II part II torn and repaired.) Late 19th-century half russia, spines gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (some light wear to joints). FIRST EDITION, THE ABEL BERLAND COPY. Evelyn’s Diary, in which he describes his contemporaries and travels on the Continent, is considered an invaluable record of life in the 17th-century.

Provenance: Castletown (bookplate); Arthur Otto Price (bookplate); Abel E. Berland (acquired from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 5 May 1972, bookplate, his sale Christie’s New York, 9 October 2001, lot 210). $400-600

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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. YOUNG, Edward (16831765). The Complaint: or, Night Thoughts. London:

Chiswick Press for Taylor and Hessey, 1812.

8vo (227 x 138 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece. (Some spotting to frontispiece and a few leaves.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, wide filigree gilt border surrounding blind foliate roll-tool border, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest with ornamental decoration gilt, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FOREEDGE PAINTING of scenes at Oxford STAMP-SIGNED ON BOARD EDGES BY TAYLOR AND HESSEY (some very light scuffing or rubbing, otherwise bright). Young wrote his Night Thoughts after the death of his wife, and his work was frequently chosen to be finely bound and presented to a special family member or friend.

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FREZIER, Amedee Francois (1682-1773). A Voyage to the South-Sea, And along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, In the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714. London: for Jonah Bowyer, 1717.

4to (233 x 180 mm). Title printed in red and black, 36 (of 37) engraved maps and views (missing plate XXXI, 19 folding), most with hand-coloring. (A few pale spots, some light offsetting.) Contemporary English panelled calf (covers detached, a few old tape repairs.) FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, preferable to the First Edition in French “because it contains Halley’s…postscript, which corrects certain geographical errors made by Frezier” (Hill). Hill 654; Sabin 25926. $500-700 126

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). Collected Poems of Robert Frost. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1930.

8vo. Frontispiece portrait, brown vignette to title-page.

(Minor soft crease to upper corner of some leaves.)

Publisher’s gold-stamped brown cloth, top edge stained red, others uncut (lacking dust-jacket, some very light wear to corners). FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED BY FROST on fly-leaf: “Robert Frost Amherst 1930.”

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GRANDVILLE (1803-1847) Les Fleurs Animee . Paris: Librairie Martinon, [ca 1857].

2 volumes, 8vo (267 x 182 mm). Half-titles, hand-colored engraved titles, 49 hand-colored engraved plates with borders painted gold, 2 engraved plates. (Some spotting.)

Contemporary half black morocco, marbled boards (some light rubbing or wear to edges). Later editions, featuring Grandville’s anthropomorphic depictions of flowers.

Property from the Collection of Jonathan Hoffman, Chicago, Illinois $500-700

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GRAY, Thomas (1716-1711). Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray. London: R. Dodsley, 1753.

4to in half sheets (386 x 277 mm). Each leaf printed on one side only. Half-title reading “Drawings, &c.” Engraved title vignette, 6 engraved plates, 12 head- and tail-pieces, and 6 historiated initials. (A few mostly marginal tears, one crossing plate border, minor dust-soiling to outer uncut edges.) UNCUT IN ORIGINAL GREY BOARDS (rebacked in paper, endpapers renewed, some light wear); morocco-backed slipcase.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, THE ABEL BERLAND COPY. finely illustrating each of the six poems with a frontispiece, head-piece, initial letter and tailpiece. Gray’s Elegy is the final poem in the work, and “A Long Story” is here printed for the first time. At Gray’s insistence, the word “Designs” precedes “Poems” in the title, and the title “Mr” was used before each name. The plates by Richard Bentley (1708-1782), are described as “an extraordinary and skilful combination of classical river gods, rococo lightness, and Strawberry Hill Gothic” (Hammelmann and Boase Book Illustrators in 18th Century England, 1975, p.14). Ray English p.4; Rothschild 1061.

Provenance: Abel E. Berland (acquired from Falkner Greirson, Dublin, 26 May 1970, bookplate, his sale, Christie’s New York, 9 October 2001, Lot 233). $800-1,200 129*

[GREENLAND AND ICELAND].

CRANTZ, David. History of Greenland. London, 1767. 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary full calf. FIRST EDITION in English. -- TROIL, Uno von. Letters on Iceland. London, 1783. 8vo. Contemporary full calf. Third edition. -Together, 2 works in 3 volumes, condition generally good.

Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $300-400 130

GRIFFITH, Acton Frederick. Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich

Collection of Early English Poetry: in the possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London: Thomas Davison for the proprietors of the collection, 1815.

Large 4to (263 x 168 mm). Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations. (Scant spotting.) Contemporary tan russia, outer wide strapwork border gilt, inner blind volute border surrounding single fillet, fleuron tools in corners, spine in 5 compartments with 4 triple bands gilt-lettered within blind borders in 2, the rest with central saltire, fleurons, dots and roundels gilt, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt BY HERING WITH HIS TICKET (skillfully rebacked preserving original spine, endpapers renewed, some very minor wear).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 50 LARGE-PAPER COPIES. Longman purchased the library of English poetical historian Thomas Park (1759-1834) from Thomas Hill (1760-1840). “Longman’s speculation was not a profitable one. A few of the more expensive books were bought by Sykes and Heber...the larger portion of the books...were subsequently brought together again in the Britwell Library” (De Ricci, pp.91-92).

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HALEY, Alex (1921-1992). Roots. Garden City and New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.

8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; original printed dust-jacket (a few short tears or nicks to edges and folds with a few small losses, price sticker to front flap, some slight rubbing or browning). FIRST EDITION of Haleys’ novel, which was adapted as a television miniseries in 1977, the same year that he won a Pulitzer Prize for the work. $150-250 132

HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). -- Edmund DULAC (1882-1953), illustrator. Tanglewood Tales. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1918].

4to (280 x 216 mm). 14 color plates tipped to mounts. (Some light toning and spotting.) Half green morocco gilt, marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands (wear to extremities, even fading to spine). LIMITED EDITION, number 31 of 500 copies, SIGNED BY DULAC. $400-600 133

HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons,

1952.

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[INDIA].

BAYLEY, Edward. History of India. London, 1886. -- EARL, George Windsor. The Eastern Seas. London, 1837. 8vo. Contemporary quarter calf. FIRST EDITION. -- MARSHALL, William. Travels Amongst the Todas or the Study of a Primitive Tribe in South India. London, 1873. -- PHILLIPS, J. Thomas (translator).

An Account of the Religion, Manners and Learning of the People of Malabar in the East-Indies. London, 1717. 12mo. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. -- WARD, William. View of the History, Literature and Mythology of the Hindoos. London, 1822. 3 volumes. -- Together, 5 works in 7 volumes, condition generally fine.

Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $400-600 135

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[JOYCE, James].

JOYCE, James A. Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1928. Later blue cloth. 10th edition.

Shakespeare & Co. advertisement card laid in. -- BECKETT, Samuel. An Exagmination of James Joyce.

Norfolk, n.d. Publisher’s teal cloth, original printed dust jacket. -- HERRING, Phillip F., editor. Joyce’s Ulysses Notesheets in the British Museum. Publisher’s brown cloth, original printed dust jacket. [With:] Joyce’s Notes and Early Drafts for Ulysses. Selections from the Buffalo Collection. Publisher’s brown cloth, gilt. Charlottesville, 1972 and 1977. Both SIGNED BY HERRING. -- LEVIN, Harry and Clive Driver.

James Joyce Ulysses. A Facsimile of the Manuscript. New York and Philadelphia, 1975. Publisher’s blue cloth, original white slipcase. -- With approximately 7 others, condition generally fine, complete list available upon request. $300-500 136

[JOYCE, James].

DALY, Leo. James Joyce and the Mulligan Connection. Ireland: n.p., 1975. Publisher’s red cloth, original printed dust jacket. -- EDEL, Leon. James Joyce: The Last Journey. New York: The Gotham Book Mart, 1947. Publisher’s printed boards. -- ELLMANN, Richard. James Joyce’s Tower. Dun Laoghaire, 1969.

Original printed wrappers. -- GOGARTY, Oliver St. John. Perennial. Baltimore, 1944. Publisher’s green cloth, gilt. -- JOLAS, Maria, editor. Pastimes of James Joyce. n.p.: n.p., 1941. Orginal printed boards. -JOYCE, James A. The Cat and the Devil. London: Faber and Faber, n.d. Original pictorial boards, original printed dust jacket. -- NABOKOV, Vladimir. Lectures on Ulysses. Bloomfield Hills and Columbia: Bruccoli Clark Publishers, 1980. Publisher’s tan cloth. -- With approximately 38 issues (including duplicates) of the James Joyce Quarterly. and 7 other works, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.

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KING, Edward (1735?-1807). Munimenta Antiqua; or, observations on antient castles. London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1799-1806.

4 volumes, 4to (455 x 255 mm). Half-titles, 167 engraved plates, 5 folding, 21 double-page, 3 hand-colored (light spotting). Contemporary half calf, edges uncut (some wear, covers detaching). FIRST EDITION of this important work on the Castles of Great Britain.

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LAVOISIER, Antoine-Laurent (1743-1794). Opuscules physiques et chymiques. Paris: Prault for Durand, Didot, Esprit, 1774.

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (198 x 127 mm). 3 engraved folding plates after La Gardette. (Some creasing to plates.)

Contemporary tan calf gilt, edges red (upper cover detached, chipping with losses to spine). FIRST EDITION in which Lavoisier refutes phlogiston theory, and including a review of his experiments with gasses, and in combustion and calcination. Lavoisier, known as the father of modern Chemistry, did not publish any additional volumes of this work.

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[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Rip Van Winkle. A Posthumous Writing of

Diedrich Knickerbocker. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1930.

8vo (250 x 163 mm). Numerous illustrations after Felix Darley, printed in “Kaatskill” type design and cut for the book by Frederic W. Goudy. (Scant spotting or offsetting.)

Original leather, spine lettered in gilt (spine worn with chipping and minor losses, wear and fading to extremities); publisher’s slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 545 of 1,500 copies, SIGNED BY GOUDY. $150-250

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[LITERARY CRITICISM]. The Calendar of Modern Letters. [London: Calendar Press, 1925-1926].

10 volumes, (241 x 162 mm). Comprising Vol.1, No. 1-2 (March-April 1925), Vol. 1, No. 5-6 (July-August 1925), Vol. 2, No. 7-12 (SeptemberFebruary 1925-26). All in original printed wrappers (some chipping).

Including many works by Douglas Garman, James Joyce, Edmund Blunden, John Doyle, Edwin Muir, E.M. Forster, and W.J. Turner. $300-500 140

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[LITERARY CRITICISM]. The Dial. Volumes 68-86, January 1919-

December 1929. New York: The Dial Publishing Company, 1919-1929.

Bound into 19 volumes, 8vo (241 x 150 mm). Uniformly bound in cloth library bindings. Including many important works by James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, Hart Crane, and Gertrude Stein. $200-300 142

[LITERARY CRITICISM]. ROTH, Samuel (1893-1974). Two Worlds Monthly. [With:] Two Worlds: A Literary Quarterly. New York: Two World’s Publishing Company and Mocki-Grisball, 1926-1927.

10 volumes, 8vo (242 x 169 mm). Two Worlds Monthly. Issues comprising December 1926, February 1927, March 1927, April 1927, and May-June 1927. Two Worlds: A Literary Quarterly. Issues comprising September 1926, December 1926, March 1927, and June 1927. All in original printed wrappers (some chipping). Including many important works by James Joyce, May Sinclair, Lewis Carroll, and Octave Mirbeau. $600-800 143

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie.

Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1847.

8vo (180 x 117 mm). (Lacking 4-page publisher’s advertisements.)

Later full green crushed levant, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in three, board edges and turn-ins gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Stikeman; green morocco-backed slipcase (bottom edge detached). FIRST EDITION, second state, with “Lo” for “Long” in the first line of page 61. BAL 12089.

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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). The Song of

Hiawatha. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855.

8vo (179 x 115 mm). 12-page publisher’s advertisements dated November 1855. (Some light browning, a few pale spots, as usual.)

Original brown cloth, sides blind-stamped, gilt-lettered on spine (some light wear, particularly to spine ends, a few minor stains or rubbing, spine leaned). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, from the collection of Henry W. Boynton, known for his edited editions of works

by Bret Harte, James Fenimore Cooper, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Tennyson, and Washington Irving. BAL 12112.

Provenance: Colonel Alfred B. Rhett (note reading: “Captured from the Residence of Col. Alfred B. Rhete near Aikin So.Ca. June 14th 1865); Henry W. Boynton (1869-1947) American author and editor (gift inscription from G.M.T.). $300-500 144

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LOUIS XVI, King of France (1754-1793).

Partially printed document signed (“Louis”), as King of France, countersigned by Armand Marc Comte de Montmorin, just prior to becoming Secretary of State for the Navy, in French, 19 August 1787. 1 page, folio (356 x 240 mm), 6-line manuscript note signed “DeBoffe” on verso, 12-line note in Russian with initials (“M.P.” or “M.L.”), 2-line note in another hand on verso, untranslated, some creasing and spotting, a few short tears to folds. Framed. $300-500

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MANN, Thomas (1875-1955). Nocturnes. New York: Equinox Cooperative Press Inc., 1934.

8vo. Lithographic vignette on title-page, 3 lithographic head-pieces, 3 full-page lithographic illustrations AFTER LYND WARD. Original blue cloth, covers with stencilled star design, printed label to spine (some chipping with small loss to label, spine slightly sunned). LIMITED EDITION, number 181 of 990 copies SIGNED BY MANN, including three short stories: “A Gleam,” “Railway Accident” and “A Weary Hour.” Thomas Mann won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, chiefly in recognition of his works Buddenbrooks, and The Magic Mountain, in addition to his short stories.

Provenance: Elizabeth F. Louq (ownership inscription dated 1934). $200-300 146

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MARLOWE, Christopher (1564-1593). Works. London: William Pickering and others, 1826.

3 volumes, 8vo (193 x 122 mm). Half-titles, wreath devices on titlepages, errata leaf at end of vol.III, (which is rarely present). (A few pale spots.) Publisher’s red cloth, printed labels on spines (chipping with a few minor losses to spines and joints, old repairs to spines, some soiling and light wear). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, AN UNSOPHISTICATED SET IN RARE ORIGINAL BINDING, ONE OF 250 COPIES. Geoffrey Keynes describes this edition of Marlowe’s works, edited by George Robinson and with an introduction by Alexander Dyce, as “inaccurate,” but contends that it is also “attractive.”

Pickering and Chatto’s William Pickering explains that this edition “occupies an important position in the bibliographies of Marlowe not only for its textual content, but also for the clarity and beauty of its typography.”

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[MASON, George Henry]. The Punishments of China. London: W. Bulmer for William Miller, 1801 (but later, plates watermarked 1817).

Folio (353 x 257 mm). Title-pages and text printed in English and French, 22 hand-colored engraved plates captioned in English and French, sheets watermarked 1817. (Some pale spotting or offsetting.)

Contemporary green straight grained morocco, sides decorated in gilt and blind, spine gilt, edges gilt (rebacked preserving original spine, some overall wear, portion of morocco lacking lower cover). Later edition of this work, attributed to artist George Henry Mason, which describes in graphic detail forms of punishment for crimes committed in China. Each plate illustrates one type of punishment from less severe penalties like “Torturing the Fingers” and “Twisting a Man’s Ears,” to the most serious “The Manner of Beheading.” The accompanying text, in both French and English, further explains the method by which the punishment is delivered. See Abbey Travel 532.

Provenance: Robert Gillow (bookplate). $800-1,200

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MILLAY, Edna St. Vincent (1892-1950).

Renascence and Other Poems. New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1917. -- The HarpWeaver and Other Poems. October 1923. Provenance: Alice Thurston, McGirr, a classmate of Millay’s at Vassar (note in her hand indicating that MILLAY READ POEMS FROM THIS COPY during a reading at the Twentieth Century Club, 21 January 1924). -- The King’s Henchman. 1927 (but 1940). Twenty-fifth edition. -- The Buck in the Snow. 1928. Original printed dust-jacket (defective). -- Fatal Interview. 1931.

-- Wine from These Grapes. 1934. -- Conversation at Midnight. 1937. Provenance: Marien Bacon (Vassar College Library label). -- Huntsman, What Quarry? 1939. -- And 11 others. Together, 19 works in 19 volumes, ALL FIRST TRADE EDITIONS except where noted, most in original bindings, published New York and London by Harper & Brothers, except where noted, condition generally fine, complete list available upon request.

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MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve

Books. London: Miles Flesher for Richard Bently, 1688.

Small folio (313 x 199 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Milton

by William Faithorne signed R. White, 13 engraved plates, most by Michael Burghers or Peter Paul Bouche, 6pp. subscriber’s list. (Some browning or spotting, a few edges fraying, a few leaves remargined, a few short tears repaired, occasionally affecting plates.) Modern quarter morocco, vellum (joint starting, some light staining or wear.

Fourth Edition, the first illustrated edition, “the earliest serious effort to illustrate an important work of English poetry” (Hodnett). ESTC R13313; E. Hodnett, Five Centuries of Book Illustration, 1988, p.63; Wing M2146.

Provenance: Gulielums Haggerson (early ownership signature on title-page). $1,000-1,500 150

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MILTON, John (1608-1674). -- PALMER, Samuel and A.H., illustrators. The Shorter Poems. London: Seeley &

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MONROE, Harriet, editor. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.

Chicago: Seymour, Daughaday and Company, 1912-1916.

Folio (374 x 263 mm). Half-title and title printed in red and black, 12 etched plates. (Some light dust-soiling to outer margin, a few leaves with scant marginal spotting.) Original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (covers slightly bowed, a few minor stains). LIMITED EDITION, number 72 of 135 LARGE PAPER COPIES. A.H. Palmer carried out the publication of this work after his father’s death: “I proposed to embellish an edition of Milton’s Minor Poems with reproductions, carefully prepared by my own hand, of ten drawings in Mr. Valpy’s collection, besides one or two examples existing elsewhere, and to publish the volume as a companion to the Virgil (introduction, p.xix).

7 volumes, 8vo (191 x 138 mm). Comprising Vols. I-VII (October 1912-March 1916). Uniformly bound in green decorated cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut (worn, even fading to spines, minor staining). Contains poetry by W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and others. [With:] Early Volumes & Numbers of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse and Other Literary Periodicals. Catalogue two from John Waite Rare Books. $300-400

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NECKER, Jacques (1732-1804). De L’Administration des Finances

de la France. [Paris:] n.p., 1784.

3 volumes, 8vo (193 x 121 mm). Folding letterpress table to vol.I, errata to vols.I and III, 4pp. Supplement to vol.II. (Lacking half-titles, some minor spotting or browning.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, edges red (joints starting, some overall wear, covers slightly bowed). FIRST EDITION, “the only authentic account of the finances of France previously to the Revolution” (McCulloch, The Literature of Political Economy, 1845, p. 347). $200-300

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NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Notes on Nursing: What it is, and What it is Not. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860.

8vo (195 x 123 mm). 4pp publisher’s advertisements. (Scant spotting and light soiling throughout.) Publisher’s brown gilt-lettered cloth (upper joint worn and split at head, small chips to head and foot of spine with associated losses, worn). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Nightingale’s work which includes guidance and tips for nurses.

Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $200-300

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ONGANIA, Ferdinand (1842-1911). Streets and Canals in Venice and in the Island of the Lagoons. Venice: Ferd. Ongania, 1895-96.

2 volumes, folio (362 x 550 mm). Text in English, numerous in-text illustrations, 200 large-format photogravure plates. Contemporary half vellum gilt, brown calf lettering pieces gilt, green boards (scuffs and a few pale stains, one lettering piece chipping with loss). Ongania was one of the earliest publishers to produce books using the photogravure process; the plates reproduce engravings and depict scenes in and around Venice. The work was also issued with text in Italian, but the English text was published for grand tourists who visited Ongania’s bookship in Piazza San Marco.

Provenance: Sir H.A. Layard (armorial bookplate). $1,500-2,000

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[PACIFIC] A group of works, comprising: ANDERSON, John. Mission to the East Coast of Sumatra in 1823.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1826. Contemporary half calf. -[BRYAN, William S.] Our Islands and Their People as Seen with Camera and Pencil. St. Louis: N.D. Thompson Publishing, 1899. 3 volumes (2 copies of volume 1). Publisher’s green cloth. -- MATHEW, John.

Eaglehawk and Crow: A Study of the Australian Aborigines. London: David Nutt, [1899]. Publisher’s maroon cloth. -- Together, 3 works in 5 volumes, 8vo and Folio, condition generally good.

Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Provenance for the Lot: Wisconsin Consistory Library (bookplate). $200-300

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PALMER, Samuel (1805-1881). An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil.

London: Seeley & Company, 1883.

Folio (311 x 212 mm). Half-title and title printed in red and black, 14 original etchings. (A few leaves with minor marginal dampstain.) Original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (a few small tears with loss to vellum of lower cover, some minor staining, covers slightly bowed). Second edition, following the limited largepaper edition of the same year. Samuel Palmer began his translation in 1856; on the advice of publishers, he created etchings to accompany his translation. After his death in 1881, his son, A.H. Palmer, completed the work. The plates comprise an original etching by Palmer, 4 original etchings begun by Palmer and finished by his son, and 8 facsimiles of Palmer’s drawings for etchings. The states of some of the plates are as follows: Opening the fold (Lister 13 viii); Homeward Star (Lister 14 ii); Cypress Grove (Lister 15 II); Sepulchre (Lister 16 ii); Moeris and Galatea (Lister 17 ii).

Provenance: John Waller Hills (Eton prize inscription from his tutor). $2,000-3,000

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PENNANT, Thomas (1726-1798). British Zoology.

Warrington: William Eyres for Benjamin White, 1776-1777.

4 volumes (203 x 130 mm). Engraved titles, letterpress titles to vols.I-III only as usual, 280 engraved plates (several folding). (Scant spotting.) Modern quarter leather, marbled boards. Fourth edition. Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant first published British Zoology, based on works by naturalists in other European countries, in 1761. It was immensely popular, and was issued in 1766 and 1767 in quarto format. $300-500

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QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS, Francisco de. Pablo de Segovia. The Spanish Sharper. London: Unwin Brothers for T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.

Folio (345 x 255 mm). Photogravure frontispiece of Quevedo after Velasquez, profusely illustrated by Daniel Vierge. (Scant spotting.) Original vellum, brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges stained red (soiled, lettering-pieces chipping with losses, covers slightly bowed). Vierge, known as the “Father of Modern Illustration,” and French photo-engraver Gillot, developed a process to transfer a drawing directly to a metal plate using photography. Pablo Segovia was the first work produced using their revolutionary new method. $100-200 160

QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur (1863-1944), editor. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930.

12mo (165 x 103 mm). (Scant spotting.) Blue cloth gilt stamp-signed by Riviere, all edges gilt (minor wear spot on spine). $80-120 161

ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882).

Ballads and Sonnets. London: Ellis and White, 1881. 8vo (220 x 142 mm). Half-title. Tan calf gilt, citron and brown morocco lettering pieces gilt, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES so stated on verso of half-title. This third collection of poems completes “The House of Life” sequence of sonnets first introduced in his Poems of 1870. [Uniformly bound with:] Poems.

London: Ellis and White, 1881. 8vo (220 x 142 mm). Half-title. New edition, first issue, ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES. The 1881 edition of Rossetti’s Poems includes four poems not included in the 1870 edition.

Both works printed on fine handmade paper. Large paper copies of Rossetti’s works are rare on the market at auction. $1,000-1,500 162

ROWLING, J.K. (b. 1965). Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000.

8vo (197 x 126 mm). Original printed boards, original printed dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of Rowling’s fourth installment in the Harry Potter series. $150-250

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SAINT GERMAN, Christopher. The Dialoges in English.

[London: Richard Tottell, 1580].

Small 8vo (140 x 98 mm). Title printed within woodcut border, woodcut initials. (Leaves browned, last few leaves with upper margin and corner repairs, title-page laid down, last leaf mounted on a stub, a few leaves with inkburn, a few stains.) Modern calf antique. Saint German’s first treatise, commonly called “Doctor and Student,” was “surely the most remarkable book relating to English law published in the Tudor period, and quite unlike any book to have come from teh pen of an English lawyer before” (DNB). The first edition was published in 1528, with many subsequent editions. Saint German’s Second Dialogue was published in 1530. Beale T478; ESTC S116367.

Provenance: Thomas Dyke(?) (early signature and annotations on title-page). $1,000-1,500 164*

SANXAY, JAMES (1713-1766). Lexicon Aristophanicum Graeco-

Anglicum. Oxford: N. Bliss, 1811.

8vo (214 x 129 mm). (Spotting and staining.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt (wear to joints and corners, fading). New edition of a comprehensive Greek dictionary which was first printed in 1754 and edited by Sanxay, a Greek scholar.

Property from the Collection of Eileen Kent, Northbrook, Illinois Provenance: The Cowper and Newton Museum (bookplate).

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SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). Ivanhoe. Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820.

3 volumes, 8vo (198 x 120 mm). Half-titles, Author’s Advertisement leaf in first volume, 3 pages of advertisements at end of third volume. Original rose silk-covered boards, edges uncut, later morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rebacked preserving original spines, some overall wear or staining).

FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR HISTORICAL NOVELS. This copy with points of the first state in vol.I as identified by Worthington with one exception: pagination ends on p.298, forme-mark on p.[iii] is 9; “Peter” reading on p.iv line 6; p.v, line 12 the second and fourth words are “which,” not the third as noted in Worthington, but with the 6 forme-mark (as often); “observed” is the first word on p.vi, line14; without commas on p.ix, line 1 after “fought or p.xii, line 5 after “people”; “toilsome” reading on p.xv, line3; no forme-marks on pp.xvi, xix, or xxiv, forme-marks “9” on p.xxviii and “12” on pp.xxx; a comma after “paste” on p.xxix. The space between the horizontal rules on the half-titles to vols.II and III differ slightly in measurement from Worthington (31mm instead of 34 mm, and 34 mm instead of 31, respectively), as does the length of the horizontal rule on p.3 in vol.

III (14 mm instead of 15); vol.II p.71 with the forme-mark “5” as per Todd (but not called for in Worthington). Scott wrote Ivanhoe between July and November of 1819. The first printing of 12,000 copies was released in December 1819, and completely sold out in two weeks. Todd 140Aa; Worthington 8.

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[SENDAK, Maurice (1928-2012)] -- HOFFMAN E.T.A. Nutcracker. New York: Crown Publishers,

1984.

Square 4to. Copiously illustrated throughout.

Original purple cloth, original slipcase (spine and edge of slipcase slightly sunned). LIMITED EDITION, number 176 of 250 copies SIGNED BY SENDAK. [With:] An original etching mounted to thick wove paper signed and of the same limitation. $200-400

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STOLBERG, Frederic Leopold, Graf zu. Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily. London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1796-1797.

Two volumes, 4to (265 x 212 mm). Half-title to vol.II, engraved folding map of Italy after F.D. Sotzman, 19 folding engraved plates, including 7 after Piranesi, 7pp. engraved music. (No title-page to vol.II.) Contemporary calf gilt, edges yellow (some light wear, joints starting with some light chipping, hinges with old tape repairs).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, following the First Edition published in Konigsburg and Leipzig, 1794. $400-600

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WILDE, Oscar. A House of Pomegranates. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, [1891].

8vo (212 x 175 mm). Decorated title-page, 4 illustrated plates by C.H. Shannon, numerous illustrations throughout by C. Ricketts. (Some light spotting.) Original green and tan cloth decorated in red and gold, uncut, decorated endpapers after Ricketts (soiled, some light wear to joints and spine ends). FIRST EDITION, with plates printed in Paris using an “improved” method. After the book was finished, each plate had a dusty deposit: “each plate was rubbed with soft flannel, which removed the surface and left the reproductions faint and in some cases almost obliterated” (Mason, p.365). $300-500

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WILKINSON, John Gardner, Sir (1797-1875).

Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. London: John Murray, 1837.

3 volumes, 8vo (214 x 132 mm). 17 lithographic plates (including 7 chromolithographic, one tinted, 3 folding), numerous in-text illustrations, errata tipped in to vols.

II and III. (Some light offsetting, plate 7 trimmed close touching imprint, lacking ads to vol.III.) Publisher’s green morocco gilt, sides with central gilt Egyptian, smooth spines gilt-lettered with lotus motif, edges gilt (some very minor wear). FIRST EDITION of the first series of Wilkinson’s profusely illustrated work about Egypt.

Wilkinson lived in Egypt for twelve years, participating in excavations at Thebes, and visiting Nubia and the Cataracts. Copies in publisher’s deluxe bindings decorated in the same style as copies in publisher’s cloth are rare on the market at auction.

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WOLFF, Tobias (b.1945). Old School. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [2003].

4to (280 x 215 mm). Photocopied proof pages. (Numerous pencil notations in the margin, presumably in the recipient’s hand.) Glued into plastic binder with clear upper cover. PROOF OF THE FIRST EDITION TWICE SIGNED BY WOLFF: “For Jim - all best, Toby 11/10/03” on the front sheet; and “For Jim - ALl best, as ever, Toby 11/10/03” on title-page.” Laid in: photocopy of an article written about the work by James Grinnell. $200-300

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YEATS, William Butler (1865-1939). The Trembling of the Veil. London: Privately printed for subscribers by T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1922.

8vo (223 x 135 mm). Frontispiece portrait. (A few leaves with a few spots.) Original parchment-backed paper-covered boards, printed spine label, edges uncut (dampstain to lower portion of both boards and spine, lacking dust-jacket). LIMITED EDITION, number 607 of 1000 copies SIGNED BY YEATS. $400-600 171

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BARRIE, James Matthew, Sir (1860-1937).

Autograph letter signed (“J.M. Barrie”), to an unnamed recipient, Garrick Club. London, 17 February 1895.

1 page, 12mo, slight browning to margins. “The two songs you ask about appear in the opera ‘Jane Annie’ which is published by Msssrs. Chappel & Co. of Bond Street.” Barrie and Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the lyrics to the comic opera Jane Annie, with music by Ernest Ford. $300-500

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[BECKETT, Samuel]. Autograph letter signed (“Samuel Beckett”), to Mr. Smythe. Paris, 6 July 1883.

1 page, oblong 12mo (80 x 127 mm), on personal stationery. -- [With:] Autograph letter signed (“Samuel Beckett”), to Mr. Smythe. Paris, 23 July 1883. 1 page, oblong 12mo (80 x 127 mm), on personal stationery.

Beckett reports: “I have no Yeats items,” and thanks Smythe for sending him copies of Theatre Business.

“USA publication rights for all my work, theatre & nontheatre, are with Grove Press, NYC. UK publication rights fro the former (theatre) are with Faber & Faber, London. For the latter with John Calder, London. Rights for the playlet ‘Come and Go’ are exceptionally with Calder. I have no general agent.” Smythe founded his publishing firm in 1966, specializing in Irish literature.

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BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861).

Autograph letter signed (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning”), to Mrs. Sunderland. Casa Solomei [Italy], [n.d.] (“Sunday Morning”).

1 page, 8vo, adhesive stain and residue along left edge, paperclip stain at head. “Thank you, my dear Mrs. Sunderland, for the confidence (which in all ways we understand & appreciate) shown in letting us see dear Mr. Opley’s letter. It has interested us much…” $800-1,200

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BROWNING, Robert (1812-1889). Autograph note

signed (“R Browning”), to Reuben. n.p., 26 April 1868.

1 page, 8vo, blind embossed seal upper margin, creasing, staple holes upper left, a few pale stains.

To Reuben Browning. In full: “Thank you very much.

Ever affectionately yours R Browning.” Written in the year Browning began The Ring and the Book, which would become his most successful. Reuben Browning was Robert’s much-loved uncle. Browning’s Correspondence 68034-10. $600-800

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BRYANT, William Cullen (1794-1878). Autograph

letter signed (“W.C. Bryant”), to Mr. Orange Ferriss.

New York, 3 May 1836.

1 page, 4to, creased, a few pale stains. Bryant writes to accept his honorary membership to the University Institute in the University of Vermont. “I pray you to communicate to your association my acceptance of the honor they have done me, and to express to them my thanks for such a token of this partiality.” $400-600

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CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). Autograph letter signed (“Truman”) to John [Dapper] and Lyman [Hallowell]. Villa Meltemi, Patros Greece, n.d. [ca 1958].

1 page, 12mo postcard, some light staining, left edge of image reinforced with tape. “This is the view from where we live. Lovely island - know you would adore Greece.” John Dapper was a set designer in Hollywood until 1956, when he moved to New York to design sets on Broadway, for the Negro Ensemble Company, and for ballets by Paula Lang. His longtime partner (and eventual husband) Lyman Hallowell was a renowned film and television editor. They lived in Brooklyn Heights in the flat above Truman Capote.

[With:D>] A photograph of Capote. $600-800

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1 page, long 8vo (315 x 150 mm), addressed in Christie’s hand on verso, on By Air Mail Air Letter stationery, some light creasing or stains. Agatha Christie thanks Russian fans for their praise of The Hound of Death. $300-500

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CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (18351910). Autograph letter signed (“S. L. Clemens”),

to Margery [H. Clinton]. New York, 2 December 1907.

1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery, light pencil annotation upper margin. Thanking the recipient for the birthday card, and inquiring about her safe passage home. “I am glad you got home safely.

If I had piloted you all through as inefficiently as I began, I’m afraid you wouldn’t have reached home at all.” $800-1,200

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COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851).

Autograph letter signed (“J. Fenimore Cooper”), to Major W. E. Frye. N.p., 9 April [no year].

1 page, 12mo (114 x 104 mm), a few pale stains.

Cooper apparently returning a copy of a translation of The Legend of Frithiof by Esaias Tegner (London, 1835), edited and translated in part by Frye: “My dear Major, I send back the Danes, big and little, Swedes, ‘pioneers and all.’ We think ‘Frithiof’ a striking poem, and owe you an especial notice for having translated it into any other than your mother tongue. With many thanks and constant good wishes, I am my dear Major, yours very truly J. Fenimore Coooper” In a postscript he adds, “Do you see the republicans were like to get the republic of Frankfurt. What a thing is a name.”

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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed (“Charles Dickens”), to John Hollingshead. Gad’s Hill, 4 October 1857.

1 page, 8vo, pale mat stain at edges, some minor ink transfer.

Regarding his submission for Household Words, Dickens writes: “I don’t think there is enough in this paper to separate it from some other similar narratives (more or less) that have appeared in Household Words. Twenty shillings in the pound I with pleasure return for insertion…”

The journalist John Hollingshead (1827-1904) continued to submit pieces to Dickens and would eventually become a major contributor to Household Words, and later turned theatrical manager in 1865.

“In 1857 he sent to ‘Household Words,’ then edited by Charles Dickens, a sketch of city life, called ‘Poor Tom, a City Weed.’ The article pleased the editor, whose sentiment and style Hollingshead emulated, and he joined the staff. He was a voluminous contributor of graphic articles, chiefly descriptive of current incident and of out-ofthe-way scenes of London life” (DNB).

Provenance: Sold Anderson Galleries, 1934, Sale 4090, lot 236. $1,000-2,000

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DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). Photograph

signed (“John Dos Passos”).

5 1/2 x 5 in, black and white, by Sylvia Salmi, signed “John Dos Passos”), crease along lower margin.

[On verso:] Autographed note signed (“John Dos Passos”), to Marshall Bean, Westmoreland, Virginia, 26 December 1963. “Warmest greetings for the holiday season to Marshall Bean. Cordially.” $300-500

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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Autograph letter signed (“A Conan”), to Mr. Church. Reform Club, 21 September 1894.

1 page, 8vo, creased, pinholes upper margin.

“Among the pleasures which I hope for in the New World is that of making your acquaintance. I trust that my way (which depends upon my agent) may lie in your direction. I think your Oliver [Cromwell] is a fine book, and it has certainly taught me much your detail is so very good.” $500-700

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DREISER, Theodore (1871-1945). Autograph letter signed (“Theodore Dreiser”), to Alice Kauser. New York, 26 March 1919.

1 1/2 pages, 8vo, on blind embossed 165 West 10 Street New York City stationery, answered stamp upper margin touching date, pinholes upper left corners, creased. Dreiser writes Kauser, one of New York’s top literary agents: “The Coburn Contract runs until June 1, 1919, when, on the payment of $500 additional, they can obtain an extension of three months during which time the play must be produced or the contract lapses.

I have the feeling they will not pay the $500. In that case the book will be published in book form June 2nd.” $300-500

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DU MAURIER, Daphne (1907-1989). Autograph note signed (“Daphne”), to Grace Beittel. London, n.d. [but 16 July 1940 or later].

1 page, 4to, on verso of typed questionnaire with holograph notes in Du Maurier’s hand, with original holograph envelope addressed in Beittel’s hand with censor’s sticker, a few pale stains, paperclip burn upper margin, creased at folds. Du Maurier responds to a typed questionnaire from Beittel, penning her reponses to four typed questions in the space provided. On the verso, she elaborates: “With regard to imaginary companions, I had none, by my sister and myself continually played games in which we were imaginary people, and I would play these games alone also. From 7 or 8 years until sixteen or seventeen years, I was continually in an imaginary world.” $500-700

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ELIOT, T.S. (1885-1965). Autograph letter signed

(“Tom”) to Peggy [Lady Mallet, wife of Sir Victor Mallet, British Ambassador at Rome]. London, Tuesday (n.d., but envelope postmarked 21 September 1949].

2 pages, small 4to, creased, original holograph postmarked envelope lacking stamp. Profusely apologizing that he is unable to find an free night and morning to stay with the Mallets at Wittersham House near Tenterden: “My only consolation is, that I know I ought to keep as quiet as possible until the German tour: but I am sorry not to be able to show my proficiency in housework (it was during a blitz that I learned how to make bread sauce). …I must think of some mission to take me to Rome next year, which would make it ncecessary that I should be the guest of the Embassy. …Yours disconsolately.” Though the death of his wife Vivien in 1947 caused guilt, it also brought Eliot some relief. In 1948, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, and by 1949, his play, The Cocktail Party, was a success. $600-800

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EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). Autograph letter signed (“R.W. Emerson”), to Mr. Edward Bangs.

Concord, 18 June (no year).

1 1/2 pages, 8vo, short tears affecting the “R.W. E” of the signature silked on verso, all letters in tact.

In full: “I am very sorry to lose the happy occasion you offer me, but find my sell to be engaged on Wednesday that I cannot come to you. With affectionate regards.” In his Memoir of Edward Bangs, John Lowell recounts: “When a boy, [Bangs] formed an acquaintance with Ralph Waldo Emerson which became a friendship, filial on one side, paternal on the other, affection on both, and was continued without interruption until death adjourned it.” $450-550

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FIELDS, William C. (1880-1946). Autograph letter signed (“Grumpy Old Fields”), to his estranged mistress, Carlotta Douglas. Los Angeles, 4 December 1939.

2 pages, 4to, on recto and verso, creased at folds, with original holograph envelope. A bitter Fields writes his estranged mistress: “I can’t write you sensible letters because you don’t even take time to read them… you can’t fool anyone, leas of all me.

You listen to some bums who tell you you are going to knock them in the aisles in Berlin, Paris, Moscow… you spend all your money, run off to N.Y. and when your poke is empty, you appeal to me for a little help and advise which you never take. I feel like such a God dated fool for offering advice or even writing you…” $1,000-2,000

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FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Autograph

letter signed (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”), to Miss [Marguerite Mooers?] Marshall. St. Paul, Minnesota, n.d. [c.1922].

1 page, 4to, creased at folds, slight chipping to margins. Thanking her for her interview: “I liked your interview immensely. Thank you for the publicity which it gave me-but mostly for the interest which inspired you to write it”. Marguerite Mooers Marshall’s interview of Fitzgerald for the New York Evening World was published 1 April 1922, and presumably prompted this response. Interview reprinted in Bruccoli & Bryer, F. Scott Fitzgerald: In His Own Time, pp 255-58. $2,000-4,000 189

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FROST, Robert (1874-1963). Autograph letter signed (“Robert Frost”), to Mr. Kanti. n.p., n.d.

1 page, 12mo (145 x 145 mm), some creasing, mounted to heavy cardstock. Frost writes a note to enclose with a book which he signed and inscribed with a poem for the recipient (not present). “I am sending your book back with this letter. I’ve written you a new poem in the book. Now I’m off for Boulder Colorado to read a few poems aloud. Best wishes. Sincerely yours.” $600-800

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GILBERT, William S., Sir (1836-1911).

Autograph letter signed (“W.S. Gilbert”), to an unnamed recipient. Grim’s Dyke, 21 July 1904.

2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, on Grim’s Dyke Harrow Weald stationery, a few pale stains, light pencil notes in blank space below signature. Gilbert advises an author to send his manuscript to a publisher. $300-500

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GREY, Zane (1875-1939). Autograph letter

signed (“Bugs”), to Linda Roth (“Bugs”). n.p., n.d.

2 pages, 12mo, bifolium, drawing of four bugs in lower margin second page, original handaddressed envelope, some ink offsetting, folds.

Grey and Lina Roth (“Dolly”) were married in 1905.

He writes her: “I am in a state of mind bordering upon bug-housness…[Mr. Shields read my book, and] he criticized a good deal, but he said ‘it was great’, ‘it would certainly make a bit’, [and] ‘probably be dramatized’.” G.O. Shields, editor of Recreation and Shields Magazines, was a strong supporter of Grey’s work.

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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Autograph letter signed (“Mr. Kitten”), to his fourth wife Mary (“Dearest Kitten”). Finca Vigia, Cuba, [n.d., c.1958].

1 page, 4to, on Finca Vigia stationery, creased at folds. Discussing damage from ongoing storms, and reporting “There’s a big norther due and I’m standing by here to help Rene. Last night there was a Force 10-11 squall at 0130 followed by a huge rain. A big limb broke off the ceiba and smashed a place in the roof of your room. Worked on the flood all night. No losses, Pictures, clothes, books, papers OK”. With postscript note up right margin “who loves you”. $3,000-4,000

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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894).

Autograph quotation signed (“Oliver Wendell Holmes”). Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, 24 August 1878.

1 page, 8vo, on lined paper, slight ink smudge, very minor chipping lower corner, a few small stains or mounting remnants verso. Holmes quotes from his poem “The Silent Melody.” $300-500

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HUGO, Victor (1802-1885). Autograph letter

signed (“Vr. Hugo”), to Mr. Durmont. N.p., n.d.

2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, a few pale stains in margins, tear in upper margin, wax remnant upper corner of blank leaf, repaired hole upper corner of blank leaf.

Hugo writes regarding “our famous trial of 1832…

Le Roi S’Amuse.” He inquires about the location of his contract, and asks the recipient if he has it, or if Mr. Odilon Barrot does; he requests its return. $300-500

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HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Autograph letter signed (“Aldous”), to Denver. Los Angeles, 2 January 1959.

4 pages, 8vo, staple holes upper left. Huxley introduces a medical author: “I have taken the liberty of suggesting to Dr. Ralph Miller that he get in touch with you about a book he has in mind… on…Medical Research…he is an amusing old bird & has some true and tart things to say about scientific fundamentalism and reactionary stick-inthe-mudism. So perhaps his book might turn out to be interesting…Let us know if you ever come out West on business - or even for pleasure (which still exists here, in spite of the smog).” $400-600 196

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IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Autograph

letter signed (“Washington Irving”), to Theo. S. Fay, Esq, New York, 29 May 1835.

2 pages, 4to, bifolium, some minor creasing, browning or ink spots, two small tears and holes on blank integral leaf from wax seal. Washington Irving is flattered to receive a dedication from another writer. “I need scarcely say that I feel flattered at being thought worthy the dedication of any thing from the pen of Mr. Cox. For your own part, my dear Sir, I render you my thanks for the repreated people of good will received at your hand and which on the now grateful time as proving that you inherit a portion of that cherished friendship which existed between your father and many.”

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JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). Autograph letter signed (“Henry James”), to Lady Pollock. London, 24 March [no year].

1 page, 8vo, on De Vere Gardens, London stationery, some light staining. James confirms his attendance at an event to be held Monday the 31st of March. $300-500

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KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Autograph letter signed

(“Rudyard Kipling’), to French politician and economist Monsieur [Yves] Guyot. Burwash, Sussex, 30 December 1921.

1 page, 12mo, on Bateman’s Burwash letterhead. Kipling thanks Guyot for translating a piece (“my little absurdity”) for L’Information Universitaire, “It was most admirably done, and it ‘went’ with a lightness that I could not myself get into the original.” Kipling also sends his greetings to “your small François whose New Year card lies before me as I write and tell him that when next I have the pleasure of seeing him I demand that he shall be 8.410 kilos heavier than he is at present and 150 centimeters more round his chest. Anyone can work (unfortunately, I myself have done so sometimes) but we and the world need solid young large Gauls in the future…” He makes reference to an enclosure at the head of the letter which contains a holograph copy of an excerpt in the French, entitled “Jamet Brayer,” the captain of Pantagruel’ s fleet, from Rabelais’s Pantagruel, Book IV (included with this letter).

Kipling met the French politician and economist Yves Guyot in 1905 through Louis Fabulet, one of Kipling’s earliest and most productive of his French translators. $800-1,200

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LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). Autograph letter signed (“Sinclair Lewis”), to publisher and editor William Targ. Williamstown, Massachusetts, 20 August 1946.

1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery, creased. “No, Madame Bovary is out of my province. But some day you may have a title for which I shall be able to do an introduction & gladly.” $600-800

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MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (1874-1965).

Autograph letter signed (“W.S. Maugham”), to Lane [art collector Sir Hugh Lane]. London, n.d. [ca June 1910].

1 page, 8vo, on 23 Mount Street stationery.

Maugham invites Lane, the director of the National Gallery of Ireland, to dinner: “Will you do me the pleasure of eating a chip with me at the Carlton of Friday next, June 10 at 1:30.” $300-500

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MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). Autograph letter

signed (“Henry Miller”), to an unnamed recipient.

Big Sur, CA, 12 May 1948.

1 page, oblong 8vo, central fold. Miller writes a gallery owner or dealer about acquiring one of his own paintings, “Odalisque” (“I saw an adv. in your catalogue offering a water color of mine...for ten dollars. If you have not sold it yet, I will take it.”).

Provenance: Sold Spink Smythe, 15 May 2003, lot 162. $300-500

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MITCHELL, Margaret (1900-1949). Autograph note signed (“John and Margaret Marsh”), to her nephew Sims Maddox. Athens, GA, 20 February 1949.

1 page, oblong 8vo, on verso of printed postcard depicting a double-barreled cannon, hand addressesed. “Dear Sims - this would be nice for your front yard.” A humorous note to her nephew written just months before Mitchell tragically died while crossing a busy Atlanta street.

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RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-1970). Autograph letter signed (“Russell”), to Mr. Arcott. Richmond Surrey, 26 March 1951.

1 page, 8vo, on Penralltgoch, Llan Ffestiniog, Merioneth, Ffestiniog 235 stationery, address corrected in Russell’s hand, a few pale stains, creased. Russell thanks the recipient for his praise of The Rewards of Philosophy, and signs books for the recipient. $300-400

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SAND, George (1804-1876). Autograph letter signed (“G. Sand”), in French, to Monsieur Brewster. N.p., n.d. (“Saturday”).

1 page, 8vo, bifolium, faint dampstain touching writing, a few other small stains, mounting remnants to three corners, one inch segment excised from top margin of blank leaf. Sand tells the recipient that her daughter will not be free at until later that afternoon, and asks to change their meeting time. $300-500

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SANDBURG, Carl (1878-1967). Typed manuscript with autograph note signed (“Carl Sandburg”), to Miss Newell, Flat Rock, 23 July 1958.

1 page, oblong 8vo, on Connemara Farm stationery, tape residue to typed salutation, staple holes upper left corner.

Discussing Herbert Mitgang’s recent book about Lincoln, and closing (in his hand): “The above & foregoing you may use as you like. My affectionate regard to Mr. Mitgang.” $300-400

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SARTRE, Jean-Paul (1905-1980). Autograph letter signed (“J.P. Sartre”), in French, to Gerald [probably his translator, Gerald Hopkins]. N.p., n.d.

1 page, 4to, on grid-lined paper, creased, lightly stained, a few minor marginal chips. Sartre, possibly writing to Gerald Hopkins, his translator, discusses a recent trip to Austria and Lucerne Switzerland, and mentions that he and the “beaver” (Simone de Beauvoir) are leaving for Florence and Rome the following day. $400-600

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SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). Autograph letter signed (“Walter Scott”), to Mr. Aylvin. Abotsford, Saturday, n.d.

1 page, 4to, integral address leaf addressed by Scott, address leaf lightly soiled, small diagonal area torn away where wax seal was opened, seal attached at lower margin, staining extremem right margin, creased. Scott promises to reach out to his Majesty’s private Secretary to inquire on the recipient’s behalf. “I have your letter and I venture to say that you have no reason whatever to apprehend that you have done or said any thing which could be otherwise deemed(?) very acceptable to his Majesty.” $400-600 208

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SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). Autograph note signed (“Upton Sinclair”), to an unnamed recipient. N.p., n.d.

1 page, oblong 12mo (126 x 140 mm), on personal stationery, slight loss upper right, toning. “You have read ‘The Jungle’, and now what are you going to do about it!” [With:] 8 x 10 black and white photograph, signed (“Upton Sinclair”). 1 page, slight ink smudge to signature. $300-500

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STEIN, Gertrude (1874-1946). Autograph letter signed (“Grtde Ste”), to Mrs. [Marcella Burns] Hahner. Chicago, n.d. [ca 1934-1935].

2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, on The Drake Hotel stationery, a few minor creases, two short tears touching letters.

Stein writes to Marcella Burns Hahner, who established the Marshall Field’s book department in 1914: “Thanks so much for the books you sent me, one I like a lot and the others I have not yet read, Mr. Harcourt spoke so warmly of you that it seems very natural to find you so kind and considerate as you have shown yourself to be and I look forward to our really meeting.” Hahner “ruled her department like a feudal lord, dictated literary taste to Chicago’s carriage trade, entertained the likes of Somerset maugham at tea in her office, revealed a heart of gold to a select few, and turned in $750,000 in yearly sales” (Susan Porter Benson, Counter Cultures…, 1987, p.51).

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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Autograph letter signed (“John Steinbeck”), to Bryan Dobell. New York, NY, 2 February 1965.

1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, creased. Byron Dobell, managing editor at Esquire, was influential in the careers of Tom Wolfe and Mario Puzo. Steinbeck, who was working on America and Americans at the time, writes to decline an invitation: “Thank you for your invitation to participate in the Esquire Symposium. I can’t do it but I am deeply sensible of the compliment of being asked.” $400-600 211

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STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Autograph

letter signed (“Robert Louis Stevenson”), to his publisher John B. Day. N.p., 30 June 1893.

1 page, 8vo, some browning and staining, creased at fold, pencil notation in an unidentified hand on upper left corner. Explaining a delay in travel plans due to influenza, and promising to inquire on behalf of Day’s son once he is abroad. “I am unfortunately confined to the house by influenza, but so soon as I shall be able to go abroad, I shall institute inquiries for you son, and hope by next mailor the mail after-to give you some intelligence.” $1,200-1,800

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TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892). Autograph letter signed (“A. Tennyson”), to “My dear C”. Burlington House, 18 June 1828.

1 page, small 12mo, on blind embossed stationery, laid down, stained, creased. Requesting an address of the Defoes. Mounted to card bearing signatures of Ellen Lancaster Wallis (British actress), and Marie Marimon (French opera singer) on verso dated 1878. $300-500

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THURBER, James (1894-1961). Autograph letter signed (“Jim Thurber”), in pencil, to Mrs. Eugene F. Saxton. [New York], 28 June 1943.

8 pages, 4to on yellow paper, creased at folds, with original envelope addressed in another hand. Eugene Saxton was a senior editor at Harper and Sons with whom Thurber worked. Upon hearing news of his passing, Thurber writes his widow: “Helen and I were profoundly shocked to hear of Gene’s passing. We deeply share the grief which everyone who knew him and worked with him must so keenly feel. I cherish what must have been one of Gene’s last letters, in which he proposed the agreeable and exacting plan of us working together on a collection of my pieces…Gene’s name was often spoken in our house because we remembered him affectionately as friend, counsellor, companion and host…

He was highly accomplished in understanding the real and fancied problems of his writers…” A rare autograph letter from Thurber, boldly written in an oversized hand.

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VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Autograph note signed (“Jules Verne”), in French. Amiens, October 1899.

1 page, 12mo (58 x 97 mm), on a deckle-edged card.

Translated, in full: “With my thanks for your letter and for the curious little painting it enclosed.” $400-500

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WELLS, Herbert George (1866-1946). Autograph letter signed (“H.G. Wells”), to an unnamed correspondent, Spade House, Sandgate, 20 May 1905.

1 1/2 pages, 8vo, bifolium on Spade House Sandgate stationery, some minor toning, creasing, small 1/2 in abrasion upper margin second leaf. Wells thanks the recipient for an “amusing suggestion,” presumably for a short story. $300-500

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WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). Autograph note on postcard signed (“Walt Whitman”), to W. J. Forbes. Camden, New Jersey, 26 October [c.1880].

1 page, oblong 12mo (82 x 137 mm), with holograph address on verso, mounting remnants along edges, some staining and minor creasing, small scotch tape remnants left corners. Complying with a request ordering the 2- volume 1876 Centennial Edition of Leaves of Grass: “…Yours recd with Enc. Thanks- I forward the two vols. by mail to-day to the same address as this card. Please notify me by postal soon as they reach you…” A fragment of Forbes’s letter to Whitman enclosing $10 for the 2 vol. Centennial Edition (“…would you put your autograph on the fly leaf of each volume…”) is in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, Library of Congress. Whitman apparently cut Forbes’s letter into pieces which were then pasted together with pieces from other letters upon which he wrote part of a prose draft titled “Poetry in America-Shakspere-the Future.” The surrounding fragments are dated 1880.

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WHITTIER, John Greenleaf (1807-1892). Autograph letter signed (“John G. Whittier”), to Charles Thorndike. Danvers, Massachusetts, 16 April, 1888.

2 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, in purple ink, with original envelope addressed by Whittier, some ink showthrough, creased. Whittier, Quaker poet and ardent abolitionist, writes: “Thy dear & honored father was one of the earliest and worthiest advocates of Emancipation in N[ew] H[ampshire]. He was one of the few who dared to befriend George Thompson & myself when we visited N.H. in 1836 and narrowly escaped brutal violence from the great Concord mob....I am glad thou art collecting the facts of thy father’s life. He is worthy of remembrance...”

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WILDER, Thornton (1897-1975). Autograph letter

signed (“Thornton Wilder”), to Miss Agoston. Hamden, Connecticut, 9 November 1961.

1 page, 8vo, on Deepwood Drive stationery, creased, short tears or a few small chips to folds and edges, pencil note in an unknown hand lower margin, erased red ink notes. “Yes, it would be a great pleasure - in fact, lots of fun - to be that group on the ‘Berlin’...But lately I’ve had to restrict my movements and I come less and less often to New York.” $300-500

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WORDSWORTH, William (1770-1850). Cut autograph signature (“Wm Wordsworth”) with closing sentiment, from a letter to his nephew. Rydal Mount, 6 May 1849.

1 page, 12mo (90 x 103 mm), a few pale stains, short marginal tear.

Comprises closing statement & signature cut from a larger sheet: “I remain, my dear Christopher, faithfully your affectionate Uncle.” Christopher Wordsworth was the youngest son of Christopher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity, who was the youngest brother of the celebrated poet. $800-1,200 220

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ZOLA, Emile (1840-1902). Autograph letter signed (“Emile Zola”), to an unnamed recipient. N.p., “Tuesday Evening” (n.d.).

1 page with integral blank leaf, 12mo, slight crease from paperclip upper left. Zola writes that Alphonse Daudet’s wife will not be able to attend a dinner, and that he must cancel. Zola asks the recipient if she can postpone until Thursday at the Vaudville. $300-500

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FEIFFER, Jules (b.1929). Autograph letter signed (“Jules”), to Bill, New York, 12 June, no year. 1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery, creased. Feiffer turns down an invitation to a party for Alan Harrington. -- HERSEY, John (19141993). Autograph letter signed (“John Hersey”), to Mr. Searle, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 12mo, written in the top margin of a larger sheet trimmed down. “I am breaking an iron rule of my life--that I shall never answer letters addressed to me as John Hershey. I have often wished I were a chocolate manufacturer, but I’m not.” -- ISHERWOOD, Christopher (1904-1986). Autograph letter signed (“Christopher Isherwood”), to Mr. Roest, Santa Monica, California, 15 December 1971. 1 page, 4to, on blue paper, hand-addressed with return address on verso, creased, slight chipping to edges, pencil notation upper margin. -- SAROYAN, William (1908-1981). Autograph note signed (“William Saroyan”), to an unnamed recipient, n.p., 19 May 1942. 1 page, 8vo, ink offsetting, a few pale stains. In full: “I do not send autographs or autographed photographs William Saroyan.” -- SUSANN, Jacqueline (19181974). Autographed letter signed (“Jackie”), to High School classmate Eleanor Pennabecker, New York, n.d. [postmarked 3 February 1938]. 4 pages, 8vo, bifolium, original hand-addressed envelope, a few stains.

“Honey, I speak from wisdom. Stay away from show business!” -- TOKLAS, Alice B. (1877-1967). Autograph note signed (“A.B. Toklas”), to Mrs. Schlenoff, n.p., n.d. 1/4 page, 4to, on verso of TLS from Norman Schlenoff to Alice B. Toklas, a few creases and pale stains. Toklas makes plans to meet a friend. -- WOLFE, Thomas (b.1931). Autograph letter signed (“Tom Wolfe”), to Karen, New York City, 10 July 1969. 1 page, 4to, on personal blind embossed stationery, creases. Wolfe thanks the recipient for sending the correct article. -- Together, 7 manuscripts. $600-800

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ALGER, Horatio (1832-1899). Autograph letter signed (“Horatio Alger Jr.”), to Henry Parch, New York, 7 April 1893. 1 page, 8vo. Alger sends his signature and adds that he “has no suitable quotation in mind.” -- LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). Autograph letter signed (“Henry W. Longfellow”), to Mr. Williams, Newport, 9 July 1855. 2 1/4 pages, 8vo, bifolium, a few pale stains. Longfellow writes to see if his Illustrated Papers by the “American” have been sent yet, as he hasn’t received them; he requests another set. -- STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Autograph letter signed (“H.B. Stowe”), to Mr. Mason, Hartford, Connecticut, 27 October 1881. 2 pages, 8vo. Stowe writes a Thanksgiving story. “I am writing a short story in response to your request for another Sam Lawson…I wish I could correct the proofs of ‘Den Muggins’ before I go to Florida.” -- Together, 3 manuscripts. $400-600 224*

[AMERICAN AUTHORS].

GARDNER, Erle Stanley (1889-1970). Autograph letter signed (“Erle”), to his secretary Jean Bethell, San Francisco, n.d. 1 page, 4to, on Maurice Western Hotel stationery, staple holes upper margin, creased. “I am walking...I’ll be back in the hospital by 4:30 or less.” -- HARTE, Bret (1836-1902). Autograph letter signed (“Bret Harte”), to Mr. Watt, Trewsbury, Cirencester, England, 12 August 1889. 1 1/4 pages, 8vo, bifolium, receipt stamp “Received 12 Aug 89 ans. 12.8.89” upper left corner of first page. Harte requests two copies of the “cheap editions” of Cressy. -- KILMER, Joyce (1886-1918). Autograph letter signed (“Joyce Kilmer”), to Miss Bates, New York, 5 May 1915. 1 page, 4to, on New York Times stationery, creased, a few pale stains, some slight marginal chipping. Kilmer asks the recipient, an employee at D. Appleton & Co., to give photographs of Mr. Chambers to the bearer of the letter. -- RILEY, James Whitcomb (1849-1916). Autograph quotation signed (“James Whitcomb Riley”), Indianapolis, 24 May 1897. 1 page, oblong 12mo. In full: “God’s hands on the helm and His breath in the sails.” -- Together, 4 manuscripts.

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[BRITISH AUTHORS].

CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881). Autograph quotation signed (“T. Carlyle”), Chelsea, 12 April 1847. 1 page, oblong 12mo, margins trimmed, laid down on an album page with free frank of 1833 on verso. In full: “Nach dem Uebel kommt das Weh, Das ist die Regel im ABC.” -- FORSTER, Edward Morgan (1879-1970).

Autograph letter signed (“E.M. Forster”), to Mr. Shone, Cambridge, 5 September 1964. 1 page, 8vo, lightly browned. “I am so glad my work is giv ing your [sic] pleasure. The Longest Journey and Dickensen are both of them books I am glad to have written, though neither has become popular.” -- THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Autograph letter signed (“WM Thackeray”), to Mr. Sevira, Ouslow Square, London, 26 December 1860. 1 page, 8vo, on The Cornhill Magazine stationery, overall browning more prominent at margins.

Thackeray thanks Sevira for the present of birds and flowers, which “are delightful to the eye in this season of snow & fog.” -- Together, 3 manuscripts.

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DUMAS, Alexandre, fils (1824-1895). Autograph letter signed (“A Dumas fils”), in French, to an unnamed recipient, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 8vo, a few minor marginal stains. Dumas arranges a meeting between the recipient and Miss Delaports.

-- IONESCO, Eugene (1909-1994). Autograph letter signed (“Ionesco”), to an unidentified recipient [but probably Maurice Roche], n.p., n.d. 1 page, 8vo, on a grid-lined sheet, pencil address presumably in the author’s hand in wide upper margin. Ionesco apologies that the recipient had to wait for a speech, but promises it is coming soon, as he has just found his inspiration. -- SANTAYANA, George (1863-1952). Autograph letter signed (“G. Santayana”), to Reverend Theodore Sedgwick, Rome, Italy, 18 November 1930. 2 pages, 8vo, with original handaddressed envelope. Santayana makes plans for a lunch date with the recipient.

-- Together, 3 manuscripts. $300-600

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BARTHOLDI, Frederic Auguste (1834-1904).

Autograph letter signed (“Bartholdi”), in French, to Albert Bierstadt. New York, 6 November 1886.

1 page, 8vo, creased at folds, on Hoffman House, New York stationery. Following a visit to the Statue of Liberty, Bartholdi apologizes to the American artist Albert Bierstadt for missing an engagement.

“Dear Mr. Bierstadt, I am returning from Bedloe Island where I had gone to study the lighting of the statue [of Liberty]. I feel tired and very exhausted, please excuse me to our friends and colleagues of the Circle. In spite of the strong desire I have to come and see you, I am obliged to put this pleasure off until another Saturday….

Your very devoted Bartholdi.” $2,000-3,000

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CALDER, Alexander (1898-1976). Autograph

letter signed (“A. Calder”), to Raymond Dowden.

Roxbury, n.d., 1952.

1 page, oblong 12mo, on verso of a correspondence card. Calder informs Dowden that he will be unable to attend a lunch, as he is traveling to Europe that day. $300-500

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CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985). Autograph letter signed (“Marc Chagall”), in French, to Mademoiselle [Berthe] Weil[l]. N.p., 21 January [no year].

1 page, 4to, on blue stationery, creased at folds, a few pale spots.

Chagall requests the French dealer Weill to enquire if the purchaser of his most recent picture would allow it to be included in the retrospective exhibition at the Salon des Independants. “I have no pictures at the house-everything is on show at the moment, most of it in America, and a few others hare and there, and since people say it is a good picture, it deserves to be shown…” $1,000-1,500

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COCTEAU, Jean (1889-1963). Autograph letter signed (“J.C.”), to Manuel Gasser. N.p., n.d. [postmarked Milly la foret, 18 January 1962].

1 page, 4to, with original hand-addressed envelope, a few stains and creases, short tears to creases. Cocteau writes Gasser, writer and journalist of “Du” magazine, about his continued ailing health. Gasser was Editor in Chief at Du magazine from 1957-1974; during Gasser’s tenure, the magazine influenced by important artists including Cocteau, Chagall, Miro, and Cartier-Bresson. $400-600

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DALI, Salvador (1904-1989). Autograph manuscript signed (“Salvador Dali”), in French, to an unnamed recipient, n.p., n.d.

2 pages, 8vo (183 x 138 mm), on a small placemat, inkblotting, a few creases and light stains. 12 small pen surrealist sketches. Translated: “And it is precisely in the invisible anguish…of the void, in these vast horizons filled with nothing...that Salvador Dali plunges and submerges his nails, his fingers, his hands, his wrists, his arms and his shoulders, so that he… causes the ecstatic soul to spring out through his mouth…We will think he is learning about the true anguish of the void of his love and his arms… his saliva, his own back…To fall again off the precipice, into the void of ejaculation, to put it properly, which is nothing more than the very delicate mystery of which exstasy is made.”

12 ORIGINAL PEN SKETCHES BY DALI on the second page, depicting two human figures in costume, a bust profile of a woman, a Surrealist face, two bones, the capital of a column, a stylized chess pawn, three elaborate ladies hats, and a five-pointed star with a crescent moon. $600-800 231

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DEGAS, Edgar (1834-1917). Autograph letter signed (“Degas”), in French, to Monsieur Halevy. N.p., n.d.

1 page, 12mo. Degas tells Halévy that he will not be able to attend dinner, but promises that he will come visit. Degas was a close friend of Ludovic Halévy, and executed gelatin silver prints of numerous members of the Halévy family. $600-800

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DUFY, Raoul (1877-1953). Autograph letter signed (“Raoul Dufy”), in French, to Mrs. Bignou. Ceret, [May 1940].

2 pages, 4to, on blue paper, creased. Writing Mrs. Bignou, an art dealer, at the outset of WWII, Dufy reports that he found an apartment in Ceret and is settling in: “I am going like the devil to gather color materials, etc., because I think that it will be hard to find them later. That is why it is necessary for me to part with the finished water-colors, for I need money to continue and to accomplish the plan which we have made.” The village of Ceret and the harbor at Collioure were places of refuge for Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, George Braque and Juan Gris in the early 1910s. After World War I, a second wave of artists landed in Ceret, icluding Chaim Soutine, Raoul Dufy, and poet Jean Cocteay. After World War II, a third wave of artists made their way, including Marc Chagall, Jean Dubuffet, and Tristan Tzara. It was known as a mecca for Cubists and Fauvists, who drew influence from the dark earth tones of Ceret and the Mediterranean light of Collioure, respectively. $600-800

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HOMER, Winslow (1836-1910). Autograph letter signed (“Winslow Homer”), to Thomas B. Clarke. N.p., 30 December 1897.

1 page, 8vo, light creasing, a few pale stains. Homer writes informing the collector that he has asked Mr. Beatley and Badworth & Sons “to forward my picture in time for your exhibit.”

In March 1898, Clarke held an exhibit at the Union League Club of works by George Inness and Homer. $1,000-2,000

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MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954). Autograph letter signed (“H. Matisse”), in French, to an unnamed recipient. Cimiez, 20 January 1949.

1 page, 4to, creased to folds; matted and framed with a portrait of Matisse in his studio. Thanking the recipient for a letter and discussing a collaboration with Colette.

“Although Colette’s collaboration is very important to me, I was remaining in obscurity, full of hope. When she has a chance to think of me, that will make me happy…” The collaboration he is discussing may be for Colette’s La Vagabonde, published in 1951, which included a lithograph portrait frontispiece by Matisse. $2,000-3,000

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MIRO, Joan (1893-1983). Autograph letter signed (“Miro”), to publisher Rosabianca Skira. Geneva, 30 October 1976.

2 pages, 4to, on personal stationery, with original holograph addressed envelope, creased at folds. In advance of publication Miro effusively responds to his book Carnets catalans, published by Skira: “…The book Carnets catalans [Catalan Notebooks] is great… inhabited by beautiful passion, surrounded by beautiful… and full of beautiful songs… It’s with great emotion the I think about… and poor Gaeton…” Gaeton Picon edited and provided the introduction for the book, which was published in 1977. $1,500-2,500

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MONET, Claude (1840-1926). Autograph letter signed (“Claude Monet”), in French, in purple ink, to art critic Gustave Geoffroy. Giverny, 26 December 1902.

3 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, some light creasing, with original holograph addressed envelope, creased. Monet thanks Geoffroy for his letter and apologizes for missing him when recently in Paris. He discusses family matters, and thanks him for sending his book Le Louvre, and mentions never receiving a copy of his previous book Belleville. In a postscript, he asked Geoffroy to wish the painter Carriere well and to send his regards for a speedy recovery. With a portrait of Monet in his garden. $4,000-6,000

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O’KEEFFE, Georgia (1887-1986). Autograph letter initialsigned twice (“G” in two places), to her sister Anita Young.

Albiquiu, New Mexico, 14 July 1966.

2 pages 4to, on recto and verso, some light ink showthrough, creased at folds. O’Keefe writes her sister discussing an arrangement for her sister to “lease” some of her works to decorate her home. “I have photographs of what you wanted from my storage-all spread out on this table… I have worked out a lease-if you don’t like it do better if you can. I thought if you paid me 6% rent it would be reasonable. When you get into your new house and we look at the paintings there you may wish to give up more-or different ones. Write me what you think of the lease.” As a postscript she writes, “If this suits you I must now work on where the paintings are to be given in time-let me know.” $800-1,200 238

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PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973). Autograph note on a

postcard signed (“Picasso”), in French, to an unnamed recipient. Paris, n.d.

1 page, 12mo (90 x 67 mm), clipped from a larger card with stampped “Correspondance” and line upper margin and typed “fs” left margin. Inviting a friend to seem him at his studio. Written from his long-standing Paris address at 23 rue de La Boétie, close to his dealer Paul Rosenberg’s gallery, where the artist lived form 1919 until 1941. $1,500-2,500

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Pissarro”), in French, to Coutel. Dieppe, 7 September 1901.

REMINGTON, Frederic (1861-1909). Autograph letter signed (“Frederic Remington”), to Thomas. New Rochelle, NY, n.d.

1 page, 8vo, some ink smudges (mostly at upper left affecting address and date), pinholes along left margin, toned at bottom.

Pissarro ordering paint from is supplier: “Send me 12 whites. If it is cold you must avoid that the white not be too hard.”

1 page, 8vo, scotch tape remnants verso upper margin, one reinforcing a short tear, creased, scant spotting. Remington asks the recipient to handle a membership matter for him: “I am not a member & never was [so] I don’t propose to pay it - will you kindly call the treasurer off.”

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PISSARRO, Camille (1860-1903). Autograph letter signed (“C.

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(“Renoir”), to “my dear friend.” N.p., n.d.

(“Diego Rivera”), to Miss Elsa B. Krauskoph. N.p., n.d. [ca 1930s?].

RENOIR, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919). Autograph note signed

1 page, 12mo, some light spotting. Renoir tells his friend of his plans to attend a dress rehearsal the following week, and invites him to attend. ‘My dear friend...as there won’t be anyone [at the dress rehearsal], that’s the one I will attend. If it appeals to you, come along.” $1,000-2,000

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Autograph note signed

1 page, 16mo (52 x 88 mm), on verso of a business card, discoloration to printed side from previous mounting.

“Souvenir for Miss Elsa B. Krauskoph.” $400-600

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ROCKWELL, Norman (1894-1978). Typed letter signed (“Norman Rockwell”) with an ink sketch, to Mr. Hartunian.

Stockbridge, MA, 26 May 1970.

1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery, creased at fold.

Responding to a young young artist on his path to success, Rockwell writes: “My ‘superb talent’, as you call it, was the result of some small talent, art school and hard work.” Illustrated at bottom with a small humorous drawing of a dog with a tin can tied to his tail. $700-900

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RODIN, Auguste (1840-1917). Autograph letter signed (“Rodin”), in French, to Gustave Geffroy. Paris, 28 September 1911.

1 page, 8vo, on 77 Rue de Varenne stationery, with original holograph envelope, age toned with a few pale stains. Gustave Geffroy met Rodin in 1883, shortly after he wrote a highly complementary article about the sculptor; it was the beginning of a long friendship between the two. Geffroy wrote a biography about Monet, and promoted the works of Cézanne and Rodin. Rodin sculpted a bronze bust of Geffroy in 1905. $400-600

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SARGENT, John Singer (1856-1925). Autograph letter signed (“John S Sargent”), to Mr. Salisbury. London, Monday (n.d., but 1885 or later).

1 1/4 page, 12mo (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 mm), on a Tite Street correspondence card, two small holes punched in left margin, affecting one word of text, slight mounting remains on verso, slight ink smudge to one word. Regarding a sitting. Sargent settled in London, taking over Whistler’s former rooms on Tite Street, after the controversy of his portrait of Madame Gautreau in Paris in 1884.

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TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de (1864-1901). Autograph letter signed (“Henri”), in French, to his mother. “Lucas” [a restaurant, n.p.], 15 August, [no year].

2 pages, 8vo, on recto and verso of a bifolium with conjugate blank, toned, weak at folds, hole at center of sheet fold affecting a few letters slightly on verso, a few marginal chips or tears, tape stains to blank conjugate. Lautrec updates his mother on his busy schedule, recent work and an upcoming showing of his work: “…If I have not written you it is that I have been overbooked with work.

I have worked as much as I am able only on my drawing of Figaro, but Bachon is not happy, I have not sent him Figaro. He made the observation to me that as an artist I have to show all the best works I am doing always so maybe I should not show it. I think that you would want me to listen to this sage reasoning… I am going to work this evening at the bar…Shoot!…” $3,000-5,000

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WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903). Autograph

letter signed (signed with his “butterfly” emblem), to Malcolm Salaman. N.p., n.d. [envelope postmarked 27 December 1888].

1 page, oblong 8vo, with original addressed stamped and postmarked envelope, traces of mounting on blank verso, slightly creased, small red mark lower right corner. Malcolm Salaman (1855-1940) was the art and drama critic of the Sunday Times, and was on the staff of The Graphic. He wrote a number of books and articles about art and art history, including The Great Painter-Etchers, from Rembrandt to Whistler (1913). Whistler writes: “Have you seen the enclosed my dear Salaman? [presumably an article, not present here] - Sometimes you miss The World and I doubt not you read the Pall Mall (Dec. 13) Interview so you had better have this! - There was a curious little paragraph in last Sunday’s S[unday] T[imes] that I am sure could not have been written by you.” $600-800

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[ARTISTS].

BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963). Autograph letter signed (“G. Braque”), in French, to an unnamed recipient, n.p., 10 April 1907. 1 page, 12mo, on a postcard. Braque confirms plans for a future visit with his friend. -- GIBSON, Charles Dana (1867-1944).

Autograph letter signed (“Ch. Gibson”), to Dan, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 4to, creased, a few pale marginal stains, slight offsetting. Gibson promises to send tickets to the “Secrets of Illustration” show.

-- MONTGOMERY, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976). Autograph letter signed (“Montgomery of Alamein”), to Mr. Salisbury, London, 29 March 1947. 2 pages, 8vo, on 7 Westminster Gardens, Marsham Street stationery.

Montgomery sends his regrets, but promises to “do my best to unveil the [portrait of] Parnel in a worthy manner.” -- MOORE, Henry (1898-1986). Autograph letter signed (“Henry Moore”), to Miss Wilson, North Canterbury, Kent, 30 June 1936. page, 8vo, fold touching “n” in signature, slight ink smudge to final “e” in signature, very minor soiling. Thanking the recipient for her invitation to attend the Sketch Club, and sending his regrets that he cannot attend. -- Together, 4 manuscripts.

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BATES, Katharine Lee (1859-1929). Autograph letter signed (“Katharine Lee Bates”), to an unnamed “Dear Poet.”

Wellesley, 3 December 1923.

1 page, 8vo, tiny stain in lower blank margin. Bates thanks the recipient for the “vivid lyrics. I am especially impressed

by Return, After the Announcement, and l’Envoi.” From the author of “America the Beautiful.” $300-500

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BERNSTEIN, Leonard (1918-1990). Autograph musical quotation signed (“Leonard Bernstein”) and inscribed for Debra. N.d.

1 page, oblong 12mo (77 x 128 mm), two bars of music, hand-drawn stave, of “Sing God a Simple Song (“Mass”).

[With:] Unsigned photograph, 4to. $600-800

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BIZET, Georges (1838-1875). Autograph letter signed (“George Bizet”), in French, to an unnamed recipient addressed “Mon cher ami” [probably J. Massenet]. N.p., 20 January 1870.

1 page, 8vo, slightly age-toned. Bizet responding to an invitation to a meeting.

Provenance: Stargardt, 19 March 2003, lot 812. $1,000-1,500

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BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897). Autograph letter signed (“J. Brahms”), to Dr. Hartmann of the Musikhaus Gesellschaft. Frankfurt, [n.d.].

1 page, 12mo postcard, some toning & mat burn. In German. Sending apologies & thanks for a letter which was forwarded to an unnamed composer in Italy.

Provenance: Sotheby’s, May 6, 1988, lot 323, £600 ($1,122) [sold with AN on ptd visiting card & autograph envelope front, not present]. $2,500-3,500 253

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CARMICHAEL, Hoagy (1899-1981). Autograph

musical quotation signed (“Hoagy Carmichael”). N.d.

1 page, oblong 8vo (92 x 225 mm), four bars, entitled “Washboard Blues.”

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CARUSO, Enrico (1873-1921). Original drawing, selfportrait full length caricature, in pen and ink, on paper, signed and dated (“Enroco Caruso London 1906”) lower right margin.

8vo (200 x 160 mm), tipped to mat board, a few tiny spots, slight mat burn. The Italian operatic tenor depicts himself in a top hat and tails; in 1906, Caruso was at the height of his international celebrity. He frequently sketched himself as well as his contemporararies. Note on verso of mount reads: “Caruso signed his caricature for the Dancer Juanita Trevar 1906.”

Provenance: Ray Rawlins (illustrated on pg. 38 of his Guinness Book of World Autographs, 1977). $500-700 255

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COPLAND, Aaron (1900-1990). Autograph note signed (“Aaron”), to Renée. Ossining, New York, n.d. [27 November 1954].

1 page, oblong 12mo, on personal correspondence card.

Copland writes: “My flight is non-stop; N.Y. to Caracas.

Sorry! Hope the Quartet goes well. There is an excellent recording on Columbia Records if you need any hints to tempos etc.” $400-600 256

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DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918). Autograph letter signed (“Claude Debussy’), in French, to an unnamed recipient (“My dear friend” [likely Louis Laloy]). Paris, 31 January 1906.

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2 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, on personal stationery, small tear at upper left corner with minor marginal loss, a few pale stains; matted with a portrait photograph and framed. “Excuse me for not having answered immediately on the subject of your charming communication from your subscriber. This man is sinister, and why does he call me M[onsieur] Claude? As if we have to watch out for Monsieur Croche, the two of us? Otherwise all this is of no importance; Monsieur Croche has seen plenty of others and has never despaired of human stupidity…” As a music critic for La revue blanche Debussy created an imaginary visitor whom he calls “M. Croche” (croche is the French word for an eighth-note, although the word also suggests “crossed” or “hooked” in a variety of French idioms). M. Croche is an argumentative character whose ideas about music are filled with ambiguity. In his words we hear the arch side of Debussy’s own personality. Debussy’s friend and biographer Louis Laloy was an eminent musicologist, music critic, co-founder of Le Mercure musical, which had just announced it would be printing “Interview with Monsieur Croche.” $1,000-2,000

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DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848). Autograph letter signed (“Donizetti’), in French, to M. Mauroy. Paris, 8 August 1843.

1 page, 8vo, creased at folds. Written in haste, Donizetti announces the start of rehearsals for his opera Dom Sebastien: “Now you are coming to lunch with me, after that you can go about your business, and I go to the first rehearsal of my Sebastien.”

Provenance: Sold Sothebys London, 4 December 1998, lot 91.

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ELGAR, Edward (1857-1934). Autograph letter signed (“Edrd. Elgar”), to Alfred Littleton. N[ew] C[avendish] St., 5 May 1910.

1 page, 8vo, bifolium, some light staining, creased, pencil note upper margin. Elgar writes to the Chairman of Novello Co., his music publishers: “I do not think we need to withhold permission to sing the songs any longer.” $300-400

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GERSHWIN, George (1898-1937). Autograph musical manuscript, titled “Themes from ‘An American in Paris.’” Signed twice

(“George Gershwin” below title and dated “Aug 1928,” and again below inscription at bottom dated “Aug. 17, 1928”), inscribed to Hyman Sandow. N.p., 17 August 1928.

1 page, 4to, on a single sheet of 12-stave printed music paper, slightly toned; matted and framed. Comprising twelve measures of three themes from his tone poem, An American in Paris, in three lines (the first two line over two staves each), the opening theme in four measures, another theme in the next four measures, and the blues theme in the remaining four measures. With the tempo marking: “Allegretto-grazioso” and “Tempo-Blues,” and the dynamics “m-p-semplica” and “p.”

Gershwin composed An American in Paris in 1928, inspired by the times he had spent in Paris. Evoking the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s, it became one of his best-known compositions. Gershwin composed An American in Paris on commission from the conductor Walter Damrosch. He scored the piece for the standard instruments of the symphony orchestra plus celesta, saxophones, and automobile horns. He brought back some Parisian taxi horns for the New York premiere of the composition, which took place on December 13, 1928, in Carnegie Hall, with Damrosch conducting the New York Philharmonic. Gershwin completed the orchestration on November 18, less than four weeks before the work’s premiere.

Inscribed on the lower three unused staves to Gershwin’s friend and early supporter, the music journalist Hyman Sandow: “For Hyman Sandow- In appreciation, with All Good wishes. George Gershwin / Aug. 17, 1928.” An article by Sandow entitled “Gershwin to Write New Rhapsody,” had appeared in Musical America on February 18, 1928 discussing Gershwin’s forthcoming work, and his support of the piece was undoubtedly much appreciated by Gershwin as evident in this inscription. The article is frequently cited for the composer’ss early description of a “blues” episode that forms the central section of the work. This article is reprinted in Suriano, Gershwin in His Time, p. 58. See Musical America, Vol. 47, no. 18, February 18, 1928. $6,000-8,000

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GERSHWIN, George (1898-1937). Song Book. New York: New World Music Corp., 1932.

4to. Illustrated. (Some light browning or staining.) Original cloth (lightly rubbed at extremities). INSCRIBED BY GERSHWIN: “To Jerry - with my warmest greetings. (In Palm Springs) George Gershwin Mar. 1937.” Later trade edition. $600-800

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GERSHWIN, Ira (1896-1983). Autograph letter signed (“Ira Gershwin”), to John Fischbach. Beverly Hills, CA, 5 January 1949.

1 page, 4to, corners slightly creased, with original holograph addressed envelope. Gershwin patiently (and humorously) responds to a series of questions posed on a variety of musical matters. He begins his response: “Answering you in full would be taking on a new career for me…” Then goes on: “Have I ever collaborated with an amateur? Haven’t any idea. Is it possible for a person to write a good song without formal music education? Of course. Irving Berlin is an outstanding example. There are many others. Yes, I wrote the lyrics for ‘I Can’t Get Started.’ Vernon Duke did the music… ‘Let’s Take a Walk Around the Block’ is by E. Y. Harburg and myself (lyrics) and Harold Arlen (music). Yes, B. G. De Sylva wrote the lyrics and Geo. Gershwin the music for ‘Somebody Loves Me.’ Lots of music of Geo. Gershwin is still to be published. Yes. Jack Benny lives on the same block that I do.” He concludes the letter: “O.K., Mr. Fischbach? Am holding you to your promise not to write me again for a long, long time. Best Wishes, Ira Gershwin.” $800-1,200 262

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HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar II (1895-1960). Autograph letter signed (“Oscar Hammerstein”), to Mrs. Nathan. St. Louis, 9 June 1938.

2 pages, 4to, bifolium, on Hotel Chase stationery, slight rust mark from paper clip to upper margin, creased. Hammerstein discusses leaving St. Louis and returning to California to meet with Laurence Selmach. $300-500

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HEIFETZ, Jascha (1901-1987). Autograph letter signed (“Jascha”), to Theodore Steinway. Beverly Hills, 13 March 1955.

1 page, 4to, on 1520 Gilcrest Drive, Beverly Hills, California stationery, staple hole upper left corner. Heifetz inquires about an envelope he requested for his collection “the one cancelled

by Post Office of ‘Steinway - Long Island’,” which would complete his collection of Steinway envelopes. $300-500

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HEUSEN, James Van (1913-1990). Autograph musical quotation signed and inscribed (“James Van Heusen”), to Linda Gaye Moody. N.p., n.d.

1 page, 4to, 10 bars on printed staves with lyrics from “It Could Happen to You.” $400-600

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KHACHATURIAN, Aram (1903-1978). Autograph musical quotation signed (“Aram Khachaturian”), to W. Godward, Moscow, 15 March 1977.

1 page, 12mo (110 x 152 mm), on a hand-drawn stave. $250-350

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LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Autograph letter signed (“F. Liszt”), to Madame la Baronne. N.p., n.d.

1 page, 8vo, pinholes to left margin. Declining an invitation and sending his regrets. $1,500-2,500

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MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912). Autograph letter signed (“J.

Massenet”), in French, to an unnamed recipient. Paris, 4 December 1890.

2 pages, 8vo, some browning. Translated: “I am in receipt of the program of the concert in which you have done me the honor of directing Marie Magdeleine. I am most happy and proud of this tribute.”

[With:] Autographed musical quotation signed (“J. Massenet”), to an unnamed recipient, Paris, 1887. 12mo (90 x 113 mm), 4 bars on a hand-drawn stave, from the third act of Marie Magdeleine. $600-800 268

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MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847). Autograph

letter signed (“Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy”), in German to the Lord Mayor [of Leipzig]. Leipzig, 4 October 1843.

1 page, 4to, some toning, a few pale stains. Mendelssohn intervenes on behalf of the Leipzig town orchestra in a dispute over compensation for its members. He writes the Lord Mayor of Leipzig requesting his assistance in forwarding a letter (not present) to the Board of Aldermen, and to “state on my behalf that no personal interest of any kind have moved me to write this petition, and that the reasons for sending it are the love of local musical affairs and the wish to secure for the future the same prosperity that our musicians have always enjoyed in the past. I also would like the entire Board of Aldermen to be fully informed about a matter which concerns the whole city, as far as it is interest in music…” $2,500-3,500

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OFFENBACH, Jacques (1819-1880). Autograph letter signed (“Jacques Offenbach”), in French, to Mr. Taube. N.p., n.d.

2 pages, 8vo, written on recto and verso of a bifolium, creased at folds, short tear to fold with small loss, integral leaf blank. Arranging a theatre box for a friend, and setting up a meeting in the coming days to “talk about the thing in question.” $800-1,200

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PORTER, Cole (1893-1964). Autograph music quotation from

the opening of Night and Day, captioned and signed (“Night & Day / Cole Porter”). N.p, n.d.

1 page, 8vo (132 x 155 mm). Three of the most famous notes ever written by Porter, composed for the film The Gay Divorcee (1932). $1,500-2,500

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PORTER, Cole (1891-1964). Autograph letter signed (“C.P.”), to Mrs. Smith, [Lisbon], 20 April 1955.

1 page, 12mo, on Avis Hotel memo paper, small tear with old tape repair top margin, docketed in another hand. “I believe the title has an A in it.” Porter requestes a book by Richard Aldrich about his marriage with Gertrude Lawrence. “After writing you about our continuously beautiful weather it rained all day yesterday. Off to Madrid this afternoon.” [With:] Autographed note, unsigned, in pencil, [New York, 22 January 1963]. 1 page, 12mo, on WaldorfAstoria memo paper. In full: “Mrs - For Mrs Hornblow jade camel on desk in my library.” $600-800 272

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PUCCINI, Giacomo (1858-1924). Autograph note signed (“G. Puccini”), in Italian, to Carlo Clausetti. N.p., 23 December 1917.

1 page, 12mo postcard, a few small marginal chips. Puccini writes Clausetti, who ran the Naples branch of the Ricordi publishing house, and sends good wishes to his family: “A thousand good wishes to you, your wife and your children. Can you give me any news of Boito? Let’s hope he gets better!” $500-700 273

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RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937). Autograph letter signed (“Maurice Ravel”) to an unnamed recipient. St. Cloud, 29 September 1919.

2 pages, 12mo. Ravel writes about a delay caused by his ill health. $800-1,200

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ROSSINI, Gioacchino (1792-1868). Autograph letter signed (“G. Rossini”), to Henri Duponchel. Milan, 22 January 1838.

1 page, 4to (195 x 118 mm), some ink transfer and stray ink blotches. Rossini writes a letter of introduction to the managing director of the Paris Opera for his friend Henri de Briche. $800-1,200

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SAINT-SAENS, Camille (1835-1921). Autograph letter signed

(“C. Saint-Saens”), in French, to an unnamed recipient. Madrid, 2 December 1907.

2 pages, 8vo, on Grand Hotel De Roma en Madrid stationery, pencil note upper margin, a few pale stains or spots. Saint-Saens writes that the pleasure of being in the presence of the King and Queen of Spain was all his, and he hopes he has not left them with a bad memory. $400-600

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SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Autograph letter signed (“G. Bernard Shaw”), to Morley Dainow Jr. St. Lawrence, 6 September 1924.

1 page, 12mo postcard, with Shaw’s sepia-toned photograph, creased touching letters in the signature, slight surface chipping to the photograph., addressed by Shaw, some minor creasing.

“You know (or ought to) my views as to the necessity of discovering some method of measuring capacity which will enable us to form panels of persons eligible for election to or selection for (A) Diplomacy and Finance Departments, B Home Departments on a national scale, C municipalities, & so on….Can you do anything in that direction?”

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SEBELIUS, Jean (1865-1957). Autograph note signed (“Jean

Sebelius”). Helsinki, 4 June 1907.

1 page, 8vo, on lined paper, creased. In full: “I hereby recognize that I have sold the copyright of my chorus piece At Albert Edelfelt’s Grave to Mr. K.E. Holm.”

Provenance: sold Stargardt, 22 March 1996, lot 1059. $300-500

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SONDHEIM, Stephen (b. 1930). Autograph musical

quotation signed (“Stephen Sondheim”), n.p., 8 June 1984.

1 page, oblong 8vo (134 x 185 mm), two bars on a handwritten stave. $500-700

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STRAUSS, Johann (1825-1899). Autograph letter signed (“Joh. Strauss”), in German, to publisher Fritz Simrock. [Vienna], 16 January [1892].

4 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, ink spot on upper margin (for which Strauss apologizes at the start of his letter), a few stains in corners from mounting residue. Strauss reporting in a lengthy letter to his friend and publisher on Ritter Pasman’s fifth performance, and speculates that if the opera continues to make sufficient income, Jauner will not be able to remove it from the repertoire. He also discusses Massenet’s medal of the Legion of Honor: “Massenet has obtained for him the medal of the Legion of Honor-thus he became worthy to live in the opera house free of charge-while J[auner] can expect no less than a medal from the performance of Pasman. For the performance of the Spanish opera of Breton he has received a Commandeur (a kind of decoration or medal), for the opera by Massenet he has received the Legion of Honor-from me he gets nothing! Goodbye Pasman, he said thereafter. If today, again Hohenlohe was present at the opera for the 4th time, I do not yet know-he [Jauner] cannot jump around so carelessly. More news tomorrow…” In a postscript written vertically along the margin of the second page, Strauss adds: “Orchestral parts of the first act are completed, [Schilar] will bring to you the necessary items.” $700-900

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STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949). Autograph musical quotation signed (“Richard Strauss”) with two bars of music in pencil in the lower left margin of an illustrated menu for a dinner in his honor held at the Lotos Club in New York, March 19th 1904. New York, 1904.

Broadsheet (410 x 537 mm), creased at folds, 3-inch separation at lower right fold, 1-inch separation at lower left fold, two mounting remnants on verso with light show-through in upper blank area. Additionally inscribed at lower right with 3 bars of music and signed in pencil “Rafael Josef.” $1,000-1,500

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STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971). Autograph letter signed (“Stravinsky”), in French, to conductor Pierre Monteux. Paris, 17 February 1939.

2 pages, 4to, on a bifolium, lightly creased, lower right corner torn away. Sharing information about his wife’s ailing healthy and thanking the recipient for dedicating a concert to his compositions. “Thank you for the “Sacre” and thank you for dedicating the whole concert to my compositions. I am deeply touched…” $800-1,200

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SULLIVAN, Arthur, Sir (1842-1900). Autograph letter signed (“Arthur Sullivan”), to Mr. Keynes, Monaco. 17 January 1892.

1 page, 8vo, bifolium, creased. “I shall not be in London until April, unless by some miraculous feat I get on faster with the new opera than is humanly possible.” On September 24, 1892, Sullivan’s opera Haddon Hall premiered at the Savoy Theater.

It ran for more than 200 performances over the course of a number of years, and was the first opera he composed after his collaboration with Sir William Gilbert ended in 1891. $400-600

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TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilich (1840-1893). Autograph letter signed (“P. Tchaikovsky”), to Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník. N.p., 10 September 1883.

3 pages, 8vo, creased to folds; matted and framed with original holograph envelope and a postcard photograph. Tchaikovsky writes to the director and chief conductor of the Imperial theaters in St. Petersburg regarding casting for a production of an opera.

“Dear Friend Eduard Frantsevich, judging by the tone of your letter it seems that you are angry with me and this makes me very unhappy. It was never my intention to irritate you about anything, but if this has happened, the it can only have been due to a hasty or poor choice of words on my part when I expressed my thoughts and feelings… The whole misunderstanding lies in the fact that I had imagined the company was much richer than it is in reality. My main concern is as follows: my operas (the shortcomings of which I am fully aware and acknowledge even more strongly than anyone else) need good singers and experienced actors; and if these people are not presently available, then it is better to delay the performance of the opera until they are available. I am not looking for perfection, as I know this does not exist. If there had been actors like Meljnikov, Pryanishnikov and Stravinsky [father of Igor] for the parts of Audrey, Maria and the mother I would have been quite happy, although even these actors are not ideal. From your letter I can see that you have already begun to rehearse the choirs, and since you have already started work on the set, we will not be able to postpone Mazeppa until a future date. I am therefore going to assign the roles according to your letter of today… We will discuss this in more detail when we meet…”

The Czech conductor and composer Nápravník (1839-1916) settled in Russia and is best known for his leading role in Russian musical life as the principal conductor of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg for many decades. In that capacity, he conducted the premieres of many operas by Russian composers, including those by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.

The opera Mazeppa was composed between June 1881 and April 1883. The libretto was based on Poltava, a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin.The premiere performance took place on 15 February 1884 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and four days later it premiered in St. Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Eduard Nápravník. Tchaikovsky’s concerns were not unfounded as in both performances, the work was brilliantly staged but marred by the uneven vocal and acting abilities of the cast. $8,000-12,000

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TOSCANINI, Arturo (1867-1957). Autograph letter

signed (“A. Toscanini”), in Italian, to Natalia Danesi Murray.

N.p., n.d. [New York, 3 May 1941].

1 1/2 pages, 4to, on personal stationery, with original hand-addressed envelope, holes top and bottom center, some light wrinkling or creasing. Toscanini writes about a missed meeting, noting that he tried to find the recipient at NBC studios and her home. “How long has it been since I have seen you? It seems like a century!”

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VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901). Autograph letter signed (“G. Verdi”), in Italian, to Signora [Esther?] Sezzi. [Paris], n.d. [c.1850s?].

1 page, 12mo, with integral address leaf, remains of seal on address leaf, possibly cut down from a larger sheet, creased. Requesting a ground-floor box (“Baignoire”) at the opera for that night’s performance at the Théatre Italien, presuming the performance is not “Le tre nozze”. Probably written during his productive years while residing in Paris with his companion Giuseppina Strepponi. Jules Alary’s three-act comic opera Le tre nozze was first performed in Paris at the Théatre-Italien on 29 March 1851. $1,000-2,000 286

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WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Autograph letter

signed (“Richard Wagner”), in French, to Mr. Anderson.

Zurich, 12 December 1857.

1 1/2 pages, 4to, written on recto and verso of a bifolium, a few minor stains, creased at folds, docketed by recipient on verso of blank integral leaf, some loss from seal not affecting text. Wagner promises the conductor of the Queen’s private band the score for a concert at the Royal Court, but regrets that he can only send the choral parts, as he no longer has the orchestral score. $1,500-2,500

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WILLIAMS, John (b.1932). Autograph musical quotation signed (“John Williams”), to Peter Benchley. Boston, MA, 4 April 1985.

1 page, oblong 8vo, on envelope honoring the Calico Scallop stamp on first day of issue, two bars on handwritten stave from the “Jaws” theme. $300-500 289*

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CASALS, Pablo (1876-1973). Photograph, signed and inscribed (“Pablo Casals”), 1950. 1 page, 12mo, signed an inscribed lower margin, additional inscription on verso in Spanish. -- FLAGSTAD, Kirsten (1895-1962).

Autograph letter signed (“Kirsten Flagstad”), to Mrs. Digman, New york, n.d.

1 page, small 4to, on Dorset Hotel stationery, a few pale stains. “I hereby send you the pictures of Elsa and Brunhilde. I can see that I have sent you a picture of Isolde before.” -- MOORE, Grace (1898-1947). Autograph letter signed (“Grace Moore”), to Charles Wagner, Paris, 6 October 1928. 2 pages, 8vo, on Hotel Astoria stationery, a few pale stains. “Here are some clippings from my Opera Comique debut. They say it was the greatest debut since Garden. How happy I am. Even more so than after the Met....I’m off tomorrow to sing a gala of Juliette...watch me, I’ll be the greatest lyric soprano of our day.” -- PIATIGORSKY, Gregor (1903-1976). Autograph letter signed (“Gregor Piatigorsky”), to Rabbi Wolf, Los Angeles, California, 2 July 1973. 1 page, small 4to, on 400 South Bundy Drive stationery. Piatigorsky writes regarding his composition The Prayer: “I would have loved to play it in the Annual Retreat of the Interreligious Council...but unfortunately because of previous engagement it would be not possible.” Rare. -- Together, 4 manuscripts. $400-600 290*

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KREISLER, Fritz (1875-1962). Autograph letter signed (“Fr. Kreisler”), to his manager Arnold Rose, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 12mo. The violinist tells his manager that the fee should be on the way, and addressing the accusation that he did not play in Vienna the previous Friday (“The accusation...is presumably not serious. It rained and stormed in biblical proportions.”) -- LEONCAVALLO, Ruggiero (1857-1919). Autograph letter signed (“R. Leoncavallo”), in French, to an unnamed recipient, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 12mo, creased. The sender apologizes that he cannot make a dinner engagement. -- SEGOVIA, Andres (1893-1987). Autograph letter signed (“A. Segovia”), in French, to an unnamed recipient, New York, n.d. 1 page, oblong 8vo, on Le Café Arnold postcard, hand-addressed. Segovia reports he is with Maestro Hauert for dinner, having picked this restaurant because he refused to eat a Spanish meal. -- SEGOVIA, Andrés (1893-1987). Autograph quotation signed (“Andrés Segovia”), Havana, March 1933. 1 page, 8vo, a few pale stains. In full: “Marriage is to love, like history is to the novel.” -- Together, 4 manuscripts. $400-600 290

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CHEVALIER, Maurice (1888-1972). Autograph letter signed (“Maurice Chevalier”), to his agent Don, Taormina, 29 March 1961. 2 pages, 4to, on Hotel Mediterraneo stationery, lightly creased, a few pale stains. “Thanks for the good news about the Crosby Show. After the Gershwin one, it is fine. It gives me courage and confidence...All that philosophy - mixed with a simple and effective showmanship - should be constructive and would make me proud to have become that man.” --FITZGERALD, Ella (1917-1996).

Autograph note signed (“Ella Fitzgerald”), to Leo Bell, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 8vo, in a printed birthday card. Fitzgerald wishes the recipient a Happy Birthday.

-- SPRINGSTEEN, Bruce (b. 1949). Autograph manuscript, lyrics to a song, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 8vo, five lines. In full: “Devil rode by the night…Temptation I had to have it look so good.” -- YOUNG, Loretta (1913-2000). Autograph note signed, to Pearl Bailey, n.p., 4 September 1968. 2 pages, oblong 12mo, on personal notecard. “Yes dear we are both fortunate to know, where we came from, what we’re here for, and where we’re going. Straight into His loving arms…Without this knowledge I would surly [sic] have drowned years ago.”

-- Together, 4 manuscripts. $400-600

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BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-1976). Autograph letter signed (“Benjm Britten”) to the Mayor, Aldeburgh, 9 August 1951. 1 page, 8vo, on Crabbe St. Aldeburgh stationery, two filing holes in left margin touching a few letters. Britten thanks the Mayor for the invitation to an Oyster Feast, but has to decline, as he has a professional engagement. -- HAMLISCH, Marvin (1944-2012). Autograph musical quotation signed (“Marvin Hamlisch”), to Sharon, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 8vo, two bars from “The Way we Were.” -- MANCINI, Henry (1924-1994). Autograph musical quotation signed (“Henry Mancini”), n.p., n.d. 1 page, 4to, two bars on a handwritten stave from “Moon River”, beneath typed lyrics of the song.

-- SOUSA, John Philip (1854-1932). Autograph musical quotation signed (“John Philip Sousa”), 1899. 1 page, oblong 12mo, three measures notated on a handdrawn stave from a march in 6/8 time. -- Together, 4 manuscripts. $700-900

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FRIML, Rudolf (1879-1972). Autograph musical quotation signed (“Rudolf Friml”), to Maria Teritza, Los Angeles, 17 April 1934. 1 page, small 4to, two bars, on a hand-drawn stave, from “Amina”. -- HERBERT, Victor (1859-1924).

Autograph musical quotation signed (“Victor Herbert”), n.p., December 1912.

1 page, oblong 12mo, three measures on a hand-drawn stave from his opera “Natoma.” -- LEHAR, Franz (1870-1948). Autograph musical quotation signed (“F Lehar”), Vienna, 14 October 1926. 1 page, oblong 8vo, three bars from his operetta “Paganini.” -- Together, 3 manuscripts. $400-600 294*

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COWARD, Noël (1899-1973). Autograph letter signed (“Noël Coward”), to Cedric Hardwick, London, n.d. 1 page, 8vo, on blue 111, Ebury Street stationery. Coward thanks Hardwck for the wire “which did make me laugh which wasn’t idiotic at all.” Coward lived at 111, Ebury Street in Belgravia from 1917 to 1930 while writing his early plays. [With:] Portrait photograph of Coward. -- LIVINGSTON, Jay (1915-2002). Autograph musical quotation signed (“Jay Livingston”), to Michael Judd, n.p., n.d. 1 page, oblong 8vo, with 8 quotations on cut printed staves. Including bars from: “Silver Bells,” “Buttons and Bows,” “Tammy,” “Bonanza,” “Mister Ed,” “To Each his Own,” “Mona Lisa,” and “Que Sera Sera.” -- SIMON, Neil (b.1927). Autograph letter signed (“Neil Simon”), to Mark Gauthier, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery.

Simon responds to a fan’s letter, and writes about nuclear war, North Korea, Saddam Hussein, and the hole in the ozone layer. -- WILLSON, Meredith (19021984). Autograph letter signed (“Meredith Willson”) and musical quotation, to John A. Fischbach, [Los Angeles], 9 January 1949. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery,with type-addressed envelope, lightly creased, tiny pin hole.

Willson writes “both words and music,” and includes 5 bars on a handwritten stave: “Darling - you and I kno the reason why” which he calls “my favorite composition (of my own).” -- Together, 4 manuscripts.

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GOUNOD, Charles (1818-1893). Autograph letter signed (“Ch. Gounoud”), in French, to Desiree, Saint Cloud, 26 January 1877. 2 pages, 8vo. In part (translated): “Today I am going to Paris, and I am asking for the loge you desire for Thursday” -- GRIEG, Edvard (1843-1907). Autograph letter signed (“Edvard Grieg”), in English, to an unnamed recipient, London, 27 October 1897. 1 page, 8vo, on Clapham Common signature, traces of mounting at the corners on verso. Thanking the recipient for his letter, and requesting that he discuss a matter with Mr. Berger on his behalf, as he cannot “express [his] opinion in English.” -- ITURBI, José (1895-1980). Autograph musical quotation signed (“José Iturbi”), to an unnamed recipient, 14 August 1927. 1 page, oblong 8vo, one bar of Beethoven’s Sonata on a handwritten stave. -- LIND, Jenny (1820-1887). Autograph letter signed (“Jenny Lind Goldschmidt”), to Mr. Lack, South Kensington, 7 July [no year]. 4 pages, 8vo, on 1 Moreton Gardens, South Kensington stationery. “I extremely regret that I cannot have the honour of receiving Her Royal Highness on Thursday as I am leaving for Malvern that day...My silver is all packed up---the house dismantled so Her Royal Highness will graciously see the impossibility for me to obey Her commands.”

-- Together, 4 manuscripts.

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BEN-GURION, David (1886-1973). Autograph letter signed, in Hebrew, to Hanna Bentov, 12 March 1966.

1 page, 8vo (159 x 117 mm), faint “19” stamped upper left corner, hinged on verso of lower blank margin to cardstock, pinholes upper right corner. Sending regrets that he will not be able to meet the recipient prior to Passover. $300-500

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CASTRO, Fidel (1927-2016). Autograph letter signed (“Fidel”), in Spanish, to an unnamed recipient. N.p., n.d. [c.1962].

1 page, 4to, on Secretaria de Organizacion, C.T.C. Revolucionara letterhead, lightly creased at fold. Castro urgently requesting specific information about the height above sea level of a particular area and the fluctuation due to its changing tides: “I need to know the height of the land above sea level in that area, and the fluctuation of the sea with complete exactitude. You will do me a great favor if you get the people to do it. Give them everything they need as soon as possible, and tell them mot to make any mistake in this undertaking.

Fidel.” Rare. [With:] 5 x 8 in. photograph of Fidel Castro signing an autograph for a Vietnamese student, captioned on verso: “13A Hungria 1972.”

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CHURCHILL, Winston, Sir (1874-1965). Autograph note signed

(“Winston Churchill”). N.p., 1 March 1950.

1 page, 8vo, on blind embossed House of Commons stationery, creased to fold, a few pale spots; matted and framed. “Thank you so much for your message of goodwill at this anxious time for our country.” [With:] Typed note signed by Churchill’s Secretary (Edward A. Odd?). “Mr. Churchill very much regrets that he cannot comply with your request. He has so many requests for his autograph that he has had to make a rule to refuse them all. However, I am enclosing a cigar band as a souvenir” (present here). $500-700 298

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DE GAULLE, Charles (1890-1970). Autograph letter signed (“C. de Gaulle”), in French, to an unnamed recipient. N.p., 16 January 1963.

1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery, lightly creased. De Gaulle encloses a check for 11,480 Francs (not present) toward the January bill of the Building Society of Grenelli. $400-600

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DIANA, Princess of Wales (1961-1997). Autograph letter signed (“Diana”), to an unnamed recipient. N.p., n.d.

1 page, 12mo postcard showing a koala bear. In full: “I just wanted to write to say how very sorry we were to hear of your broken hand - it didn’t by any chance happen the day Michael passed his driving test did it?! I do hope it’s not too painful. It must make bathtime quite interesting, but we wanted you to know that we’re thinking of you.” $400-600

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DISRAELI, Benjamin (1804-1881). Autograph letter signed (“B. Disraeli”), leader of the Conservative opposition in the House of Commons, to George Buckley Matthew. London, 30 July 1864.

4 pages, 8vo, on Grosvenor Gate stationery, some light creasing or toning. Disraeli writes as leader of the Conservative opposition in the commons during Palmerston’s Liberal administration to diplomat George Buckley Matthew: “I hope you aren’t going to return to your post at present, & that we may be fortunate enough to induce you to pay us a visit at Hughenden…Some radiant birds, a little while ago, perched at Grosvenor Gate…they must have flown from Guatemala.”

Grosvenor Gate was Disraeli’s London home. $400-600

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EDWARD VII, King of England (1841-1910). Autograph letter signed (“Albert Edward”), as Prince of Wales, to Mrs. Hope. Sandringham, Norfolk, 12 April 1884.

3 pages, 8vo, on black-bordered stationery, mounting remnants on top of first and fourth pages, light glue stain along right blank margin. The future King writes about the death of his brother, Prince Leopold, 15 days earlier. “It is most kind of you to have written & I feel deply touched at your kind sympathy in the present occasion. You who have so lately experienced a similar sorrow can feel for me in the present occasion above all others. Besides losing a kind & affectionate Brother, the suddenness with which the terrible news arrived - was a terrible shock. Our only consolation is the universal sysmpathy which has been manifested on all sides & which has deeply touched us.” $600-800

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ELIZABETH II, Queen of England (b. 1926). Autograph letter signed (“Elizabeth”), as Princess, to Colonel Goullrem(?). London, 13 May 1948.

2 pages, 8vo, on recto and verso, on Buckingham Palace stationery, soiled with a few pale stains, creased at folds with slight separations. Declining an invitation to lunch with the officers while attending a review of the 3rd Battalion at Windsor citing a prior engagement: “…I have just learned that the King wishes me to attend a meeting on the afternoon which means that I shall be unable to stay to lunch at Windsor… I’m afraid I must be back in London for lunch..” $700-900

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FERDINAND, Franz, Archduke (1863-1914). Autograph letter signed (“Franz”), in pencil, in Hungarian, to Velicogna. Cannes, 23 March, [no year].

1 page, 8vo, on a bifolium with integral blank, a few light pencil notes in margin verso of blank leaf. The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire writing his accountant secretary: “I forgot to give you the order that His Excellency Count Truan should naturally receive the same emoluments as Count Wurmbrand, and that these should be payable to him from the moment of taking his post.” $700-900

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FREDERICH II, King of Prussia (1712-1786). Manuscript signed (“Frch”), in German. Berlin, 19 September 1774.

1 page, folio, integral blank leaf, official stamps at head, a crowned eagle and “Vier G. Groschen” at left, elaborate crowned monogram “FR” at right, hole in center blank area, presumably from seal, creased, some light stains. Written in an attractive secretarial hand, a letter of safe conduct for Major von Bulow, describing a straw-colored English dinner service he is to transport to Helmsdorff. $500-700

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GANDHI, Indira (1917-1984). Autograph letter signed (“Indira Gandhi”), as Prime Minister of India, to an unnamed recipient. New Delhi, 21 February 1966.

1 page, 4to, on Prime Ministers’s House stationery, staple holes upper left corner, lightly creased. Gandhi sends her greetings and good wishes to Regina High School, and hopes the students will take a special interest in India. $300-400

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GANDHI, Mohandas K. (1869-1948). Autograph letter signed (“MK”), to Allan Taumer. [Paris], Friday [30 April 1926].

1 page, 4to, on 27 Rue de Fleurus stationery, slight loss at extreme upper edge. Writing to his friend Allan Taumer from Paris: “Have asked Nora to come in to tea tomorrow… Nora and you two would be an ever present help in trouble so will you instead of today come in to-morrow, if she doesn’t come well there is always us but if she does then there will be you…” $1,000-1,500

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GRACE, Princesse de Monaco (1929-1982). Autograph letter signed (“Grace”), to Warner Brothers executive Richard Gully.

Monaco, 13 June 1958.

1 pages, 4to, on official royal stationery, original hand-addressed envelope, creased. “I know what you mean about Cannes Festivalswhat madness! I hope you have fun in Paris.” Kelly writes former Warner Brothers employee, and assistant to Jack L. Warner: “So sorry to hear of your split with Jack Warner - Buit I sincerely hope that your new association will be a happy one.” Gully formed his own public relations firm in 1959, representing celebrities such as Angie Dickinson, Burt Bacharach, Jill St. John and Darren McGavin.

Kelly concludes: “Monte Carlo is very gay this week-end with the première and Gala for Sinatra’s new film - He is here with the Peter Lawford’s and Frank Rosses.” $500-700

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MUSSOLINI, Benito (1883-1943). Autograph letter signed

(“Mussolini”), in Italian, to Paolo Orano. Rome, [October 1917].

1 page, 4to, on Popolo d’Italia letterhead, some cello-tape repairs on verso with show-trhough affecting a few words, creased and nicked at edges, some separation at folds, tear on right edge. A rare early Mussolini letter to his early associate Paolo Orano, requesting various articles and proofs “as soon as the censor permits…send me a proof of yours…” He goes on to report on the current political situation in Italy: “The secret committee was the apotheosis of defeatism.

Canepa, Sandulli and particularly Alessio were in particular ignoble and Faelli assured me yesterday that Sonnino was finished. Giolitti already settled on a successor. Here the atmosphere is dull. But in northern Italy, the strong currents-even working class-are putting themselves on the line to save the country from extreme shame…”

Paolo Orano (1875-1945) was an Italian psychologist, politician and writer who began his political career as a revolutionary syndicalist in the Italian Socialist Party. He later became a leading figure within the National Fascist Party. During the March on Rome he served as Mussolini’s chief of staff, while occupying a seat on the Grand Council of the party. He enjoyed a high-profile under the fascist government, serving in the parliament and holding the post of rector of the University of Perugia.

Paolo Orano (1875-1945) was an Italian psychologist, politician and writer who began his political career as a revolutionary syndicalist in the Italian Socialist Party. He later became a leading figure within the National Fascist Party. During the March on Rome he served as Mussolini’s chief of staff, while occupying a seat on the Grand Council of the party. He enjoyed a high-profile under the fascist government, serving in the parliament and holding the post of rector of the University of Perugia.

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NAPOLEON I (1769-1821). Letter signed (“Bonaparte”), to his Minister of War, Louis-Alexandre Berthier. “9 Florial An X” [29 April 1802].

1 page, 4to, on Republic of France engraved letterhead, small tear lower left corner, a few pale spots; matted and framed with a medal.

Bonaparte instructs his Minister of War Louis-Alexandre Berthier of a change in command in which General Broupard is replaced as commander of the newly formed 6th regiment. Docketed by Berthier. $1,000-2,000

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NICHOLAS I, Emperor of Russia (1796-1855). Autograph letter signed (“Nicolas”), in French, to an unnamed Royal Highness. St. Petersburg, 8 April 1820.

2 pages, 4to, creased, a few inkstains. Thanking the recipient for her gracious reception of his son, who felt like a member of the family due to the warm hospitality. In a postscript, he asks to be warmly remembered to her daughter. Nicholas I manuscript material is rare on the market at auction. $500-700

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[STALIN, Joseph (1878-1953), his copy]. Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940). In Russian: The Problems of the Civil War. Leningrad: Priboi,

1924.

8vo, 40 pp, original printed wrappers (small stain or repair on lower margin of front wrapper). STALIN’S COPY, WITH NUMEROUS MARGINAL ANNOTATIONS AND UNDERLININGS in pencil in his hand. With his library stamp “J. V. Stalin” on title-page.

STALIN’S OWN COPY, WITH CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS, OF A RARE PAMPHLET WRITTEN BY HIS RIVAL TROTSKY IN 1924-THE YEAR OF LENIN’S DEATH This rare pamphlet discusses Trotsky’s thoughts and philosophy concerning the Russian Civil War. It was published the same year of Lenin’s death, which opened the way for a power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky, who had been favored to succeed Lenin. Stalin has annotated the margins with mostly critical comments on five pages, as well as a few markings elsewhere. The significant annotations are as follows: Page 3: Stalin underlines text reading: “I’ve said this in various speeches…” and adds “find out.”

Page 4: Stalin underlines: “…compose a universal encyclopedia, or leadership, or textbook, or list with questions about civil war, following, first of all containing armed revolt, just like the highness moment of Revolution…” Stalin’s comment is a Russian equivalent of “Bullshit.”

Page 5: Stalin underlines a lengthy section discussing revolt, and adds: “analogy but not close.”

Page 6: Stalin underlines: “Even though, without regulations, military knowledge that is brought together in one, is under the conceivable leadership of armies. Not in a peaceful time or in a conflict…”

Stalin adds: “One thing is war army, another thing political army.”

Page 7: Stalin underlines: “Correspondence with this regulation of a Civil War-will conventionally call our work by this name, should fall apart, minimum, into three parts: Section about preparation about armed revolt, section about just revolt, and the last section about fortifying the victory.” Stalin has added the numerals “1” and “2” in the appropriate sections for emphasis.

RARE: According to online auction databases only one other copy of a Trotsky pamphlet annotated by Stalin has appeared on the market. $4,000-6,000

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TROTSKY, Leon (1879-1940). Autograph note

on correspondence card signed (“LD”), in French, to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. N.p. [Mexico], n.d. [c.1940].

1 page, 12mo (85 x 140 mm), with holograph address on verso, age-toned, small dampstain affecting one word. Trotsky sends his greetings and thanks Frida for sending him some medicine (“une petite pharmacie”). He promises a fuller update after he is settled the next day, and signs with his initials after his real name, Lev Davidovich Bronstein.

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Victoria, Queen of England (1819-1901).

Autograph letter written in the third person (“The Queen”, four times), to Sir Austen Henry Layard.

Balmoral Castle, 11 June 1879.

4 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, black-bordered stationery, a few minor scuffs to border, creased at folds. Victoria thanks the English archaeologist for the gift of Venetian glass, and discusses her recent visit to Italy. She also mentions sending Layard “the 4th Vol of the dear Prince’s life…” Sir Austen Henry Layard is known for his excavations of Assyrian and Babylonian remains, and especially for his confirmation of the site of Ninevah. He was British Minister to Constantinople when this letter was written. $800-1,200 314

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WINDSOR, Edward, Duke of (1894-1972).

Autograph letter signed (“Edward”), as Prince of Wales, to “My dear Sub.” London, 2 May 1911.

2p, 12mo (96 x 122 mm), on black-bordered Buckingham Palace stationery, very light creasing or soiling. The 16-year-old future king is concerned about his teacher’s health: “I am so sorry you have had such a sharp attack. I hope it has quite passed off now.” He notes upper left: “[Have you tried the celebrated NOT TONIC.” Notes in two unidentified hands on blank envelope. In 1911, Edward was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. When he took the throne in 1936, he was Britain’s first bachelor King in 176 years. He abdicated the throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson later that year. $600-800

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[BRITISH MONARCHS].

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ALBERT, Prince Consort of Victoria of England (18191861). Autograph letter signed (“Albert”), in German, to “His Royal Highness,” Claremont, 28 April 1845. 4 pages, 8vo, two bifolium, some browning and staining.

Writing from Claremont, the English residence of King Leopold of Belgium (who was both Victoria and Albert’s uncle), Prince Albert sends updates about future King Edward VII (“The little gentleman whom you saw baptized here is growing up and in best health”, translated), and thanks the recipient for sending a gift. -- ELIZABETH, Queen of George VI of England (1900-2002). Autograph note, to David, Viscount Linley, London, 7 June 1977.

1 page, 8vo, on Clarence House stationery, central fold. “A reminder of the Jubilee from Granny with much love.” -- GEORGE V, King of England (1865-1936).

Partially printed document signed (“George R.I.”), St. James, 19 May 1928. 1 page, folio, prominent central fold. An appointment of Bernard Gottleib as Counsel at Wellington. -- MARY, Queen of George V of England (1867-1953). Postcard signed (“Mary R.”), 1926. 1 page, 12mo. Photographic depiction of the Queen in a garden, wearing a three-quarter length coat embroidered with a Turkish motif, and a turban-style hat, signed on recto with a handwritten note on verso thanking the recipient for a gift. -- VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901).

Autograph note, to Mr. J. Campbell, Windsor Castle, 29 November 1875. 2 pages, bifolium, on black-bordered Windsor Castle stationery, a few pale stains and creases.

The Queen thanks the recipient for the beautiful screen from Japan, which she will place in Windsor Castle with other fine objects from the East. -- WILLIAM IV, King of England (1765-1837). Autograph letter signed (“William”), as Duke of Clarence, to an unnamed recipient [Sir Francis Freeling], Bushey House, 4 January 1829.

1 page, 4to, note in a different hand lower margin identifying both sender and recipient, creased, a few pale stains. The sender says he “will thank you to forward the three enclosed letters to their destinations in India.” -Together, 6 manuscripts. $800-1,200

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[BRITISH POLITICAL FIGURES].

CHURCHILL, Randolph Henry Spencer, Lord (1849-1895). Autograph letter signed (“Randolph Churchill”), to Sir Daniel Gooch, London, 20 March [1883]. 1 page, 8vo on 2 Connaught Place stationery (address crossed out). Churchill writes: “with reference to the Woodstock Railway, whenever you are kind enough to drop me a line...and have a moment’s leisure to receive me.” -- PEEL, Robert, Sir (17881850). Autograph letter signed (“Robert Peel”), to the Bishop of London, Whitehall, 24 June no year. 1 page, 8vo, integral blank leaf, creased. Writing about the qualifications of Mr. Douglas on the news of Archdeacon Jones’ request for an early resignation. -- RHODES, Cecil John (1853-1902). Autograph letter signed (“C.J. Rhodes”), to Sir James Sivewright, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 8vo, integral blank, with note from the recipient on verso. Rhodes writes “Jameson goes away tonight so kindly excuse me from dining with you.” Sivewright notes, “I will as him for tomorrow-night. He is not in this afternoon. Jim.” -WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke (1769-1852). Autographed letter signed (“Wellington”), to Jos. Wagstaff, London, 5 May 1821.

1 page, 4to, folds, one touching signature, a few pale stains or light soiling, left edge chipping. Thanking the recipient for the invitation to join the Pitt Club of Warrington. -- WINDSOR, Wallis Simpson, Duchess of (1896-1986). Autograph note signed (“W”), to Anita O’Keeffe Young, Tucson, Arizona, [5 March 1956]. 1 page, 12mo, on verso of printed postcard of the Arizona Inn, addressed in the Duchess’s hand. The Duchess writes Anita O’Keeffe Young, the sister of artist Georgia O’Keeffe, who is staying in Palm Beach. -- Together, 5 manuscripts.

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[WORLD POLITICAL FIGURES].

DALAI LAMA, 14th (b.1935). Photograph signed in Tibetan, stamped October 1998 on verso. 1 page, oblong 4to, signed center.

-- HINDENBURG, Paul von (1847-1934). Autograph letter signed (“Hindenburg”), in German, to Mr. Eberhardt, Luneburg, 19 April 1923. 1 1/2 pages, 4to, on a single sheet. Discussing travel plans and a funeral ceremony, and pointing out: “The chain of the Black Eagle Order, according to statutes, can be worn only for the chapter and funeral of knights of the order. The chain of the Hohenzollern House Order is therefore the highest admissible decoration, with the ribbon of the Black Eagle.” -- MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979). Autograph letter signed (“LMB”) to Jack Barrett, Broadlands, 24 December 1976. 1 page, 8vo, on Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire stationery, central fold. Mountbatten sends a gift to his aide de camp: “Each year you grow in stature, experience and efficiency and I am sure you realize what your help and companionship have come to mean to me.” -- PERON, Maria Eva Duarte (“Evita”) (1919-1952). Autograph letter signed (“Evita”), in Spanish, to Ché, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery, corner mounts just adhered to extreme margin. Peron thanks the recipient for his invitation, but regrettably has to decline. She promises they can get together the next week. -- TUTU, Desmond (b. 1931). Photograph signed and inscribed. 1 page, 8vo, signed and inscribed lower margin.

“God Bless You Desmond Tutu Mar 98.” -- Together, 5 manuscripts.

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EIFFEL, Gustave (1832-1923). Autograph letter signed

(“G. Eiffel”), in French, to Adolphe [Salles?]. N.p., 29 June 1895.

3 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, creases, a few pale stains.

Regarding the formation of a business partnership, Eiffel writes: “My dear Adolphe, Your letter arrived and I do not have time to respond to you regarding the Richard affair. I accept the principle of a company with a capital of 200,000 francs… I will give 50,000 francs and would receive 30% of the net profits…” He then goes on to explain what portion of the profits would go to other partners, and continues regarding other projects: “My drawings will not be finished tomorrow Sunday, and I will only leave on Monday… I will go to Geneva, Lyon… St. Germain… What is the best itinerary to take… I am still very busy and that pleases me. I am very satisfied of my results. If I did not have a sketch artist I would never finish…”

Adolphe Salles was the son-in-law of Gustave Eiffel, and one of the founders of the Eiffel company; he headed the general company of the locks of the Panama Canal in the early 1890s, among other engineering projects. The “Richard affair” he mentions refers to the take-over of the French camera manufacturer Comptoir General de Photographie company, owned by Felix-Max Richard. Felix-Max Richard had just lost a lawsuit against him by his brother to enforce a non-competition agreement, and as a back-up plan Richard arranged for Eiffel to purchase the Comptoir with three other men: Joseph Vallot, Alfred Besnier, and Leon Gaumont. The company was renamed L. Gaumont et Cie after its youngest partner because Eiffel did not want his name on the company. Gaumont was manager and Eiffel was president from 1895 through 1906.

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GOETHALS, George W. (1858-1928). Autograph letter signed (“G.W. Goethals”), to General Henry L. Abbott.

Washington Territory, 15 January 1883.

1 page, 4to, on Headquarters Department of the Columbia, Office of the Chief Engineer, Vancouver Barracks, Washington Territory stationery, creased from folding, short tear along one fold. “I find my new position an excellent one, though I have no opportuinty for out door work as yet...I regret that my tour at Willet’s Point was cut so short, and I wish that I might have remained there for winter.” Goethals and Abbot later collaborated on planning the design of the Panama Canal. $300-500

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LE CORBUSIER, Charles Édouard Jenneret (1887-1965).

Autograph letter signed (“Le Corbusier”) at head, in French, to Mr. Stefan Osusky. Paris, 8 May 1929.

1 page, 4to, on Jeanneret Architecte letterhead. Le Corbusier sends the influential Czechoslovakian Ambassador in France photographs (not present) for two projects related to the architectural competition held in the 1920s to choose a design for the complex to house all the organs of the League of Nations in Geneva: “…in order to complete your documentation, I send you five photographs from our project ‘Palace of the Nations in Ariana Park’. I’ll attach a general overview (new) of the ‘Cité mondiale’…” Despite Osusky’s support, Le Corbusier’s firm was not among the the five architects behind the leading entries which were chosen to collaborate on a final design. $1,500-2,500

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OLMSTED, Frederick Law (1822-1903). Autograph letter signed (“Fred. Law Olmsted”), to Mrs. Vincenzo Botta. New York city, n.d.

1 page, 8vo, mounting strip left margin, normal age-toning. “I am truly sorry that I can not accept your invitation to breakfast tomorrow, but I am obliged, if possible to go home tonight and the snow and ice in the bay will make it impossible to get up to your house at nine o’clock.”

New York socialite Anne Lynch Botta hosted salons in her home on 37th Street. In attendance at her receptions were the best-known writes, actors and artists of the day, including Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Julia Ward Howe, William Cullen Bryant, Fanny Kemble and many others. $400-600

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AMMANN, Othmar (1879-1964). Autograph letter signed (“Othmar Ammann”), to Mrs. Krasilovsky, New York, 9 July 1964. 1 page, 8vo, on The Carlyle Hotel stationery. Ammann, the engineer of suspension bridges including the George Washington Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, thanks the recipient for her approval of the appearance of the George Washington Bridge: “The name of its designer is not important. Satisfaction of the public is what counts on a structure of this kind.” -- LESSEPS, Ferdinand, Viconte de (1805-1894). Autograph quotation signed (“Ferd de Lesseps”), in French, n.p., 1884. 1 page, 8vo. Translated, reads: “Do what you have to, come what may.” -- WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1867-1959). DS (“Frank Lloyd Wright”), n.p., n.d. 1 page, 4to, on the title-page from his 1932 work “An Autobiography.” “Fred Pedifer from Frank Lloyd Wright. -- Together, 3 manuscripts. $350-450 323

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BABBAGE, Charles (1792-1871). Autograph letter signed (“C. Babbage”), to Mr. Barthow. 6 December 1853.

1 page, 12mo (113 x 93 mm). Babbage accepts a dinner invitation (“I shall have great pleasure in dining with you...”). $250-350

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BELL, Alexander Graham (1847-1922). Letter

signed (“Alexander Graham Bell”), to the Editor of the Journal of the Franklin Institute. Washington, D.C., 19 March 1881.

1 page, 8vo, on Volta laboratory stationery, with note “Personal” written at upper left (possibly in Bell’s hand), with holograph envelope in a secretarial hand, slight ink bleed. Bell requests an account of experiments concerning the mechanical actions of light referenced in an article on page 225 of the Franklin Journal for March 1881. “…Can you kindly direct me where to obtain an account of the experiments referred to. Is the American Philosophical Society the same as the Washington Phil. So.?” $1,000-1,500

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CANDLER, Asa Griggs (1851-1929). Autograph letter signed (“Asa G Candler”), to his mother. Atlanta, 22 May 1897.

3 pages, 8vo, unobtrusive tear to top of first page, light browining or staining, creased. Candler updates his mother on his busy life: “The week has been crowded with work. We have probalby done more business than during any week of our existence.” $300-500

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DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Autograph letter signed (“Ch. Darwin”), to Dr. [Michael Foster]. Kent, England, 9 May [1874].

1 page, 8vo, on Down, Beckenham, Kent stationery. Darwin thanks Foster for sending a a long-awaited report on the state of the appeal for the Naples Zoological Station: “My dear Dr. Foster, I am very much obliged for the paper, as I was anxious to hear how it was getting on. I am rather disappointed at £480. I fear we shall not get up much more. I had hoped for 700 or 800. Well, we have done our best. I suppose even 500 would be a maerial aid to Dr. [Anton] Dohrn. Yours very sincerely, Ch. Darwin.” In a postscript vertically along the margin he adds: “a rich & hopeful backer? has been sent to.”

Mindful of the scientific assistance he received from so many quarters, Darwin remained keen to help those in his circle of correspondents when the occasion arose. He continued to provide support to Anton Dohrn’s Zoological Station at Naples, which had got into financial difficulty and needed more funds if it was to be completed. Darwin learned from Huxley that Dohrn’s father would allow him to accept a public subscription for the Zoological Station and that Dohrn was overworked and troubled about the zoological station’s debts of £1500. Darwin immediately sent a donation of £100, and £10 each from his sons George and Francis.

Dohrn replied from his sickbed mentioning a photograph of the station to be sent to Darwin by Francis Maitland Balfour; Darwin offered to try to get it exhibited at a Royal Society of London soirée. Darwin also helped Michael Foster to prepare a printed appeal for funds, raising £860. $3,000-4,000

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EARHART, Amelia (1897-1937). Typed letter signed (“Amelia Earhart”), to Mrs John Jay White. Rye, New York, 25 May 1933.

1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, creased at folds, slight toning. Thanking her for an anniversary gift and apologizing for not being home when she visited. She continues, “we also might have a discussion concerning the National Women’s Party, in which we are so much interested.” With a holograph note at the top of the letter: “I returned from Chicago to find this letter. I do not know why this was not sent unless it is somehow a duplicate. Please forgive the delay if you did not receive an acknowledgment before.” Signed “A.E.” and dated 15 June 1933.

Provenance: sold Spink Smythe, 17 November 2004, lot 38. $2,000-3,000

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EDISON, Thomas (1847-1931). Autograph note signed (“Edison”), to Holland. N.p., 13 November 1911.

1 page, 4to, some creasing, light marginal chipping, some minor staining or browning. “Once in a whole look at Nickel plates as they are Gerry assembled...sometimes there will be changes made unconsiously.” Edison patented and commercialized the Nickel-Iron (NiFe) battery in 1901. He offered it as a potential energy source for electric vehicles, and he claimed the design was superior to the lead-acid battery. NiFe was ultimately not adopted to start internal combustion engines, and electric vehicles went out of production a few years after his battery was introduced. $700-900

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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed (“A. Einstein”), in German, to Herr [Herman] Bernstein. Berlin, 6 May 1929.

1 page, 4to, on personal stationery. Einstein thanks the recipient and his friends for defending his “wretched self.”

He further comments: “[I] don’t think taking a personality cult to such extremes is good. But I think that by doing so you wanted to serve the Jewish cause. In this regard, I thank you kindly.”

Herman Bernstein (1876-1935) was an American journalist, poet, novelist, playwright, translator, Jewish activist, and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Albania and was the founder of The Day, the Jewish daily newspaper. Bernstein was chairman of Jubilee Committee which sponsored the celebration in honor of Einstein’s fiftieth birthday under the auspices of the Jewish National Fund and the Zionist Organization of America held April 16, 1929. $3,000-5,000

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FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). Autograph note on postcard signed (“Freud”), in German, to Dr. [Ulrich] Grüninger. Vienna, 3 January 1922.

1 page, 8vo (90 x 140 mm), some slight toning.

Freud thanks his Zurich colleague, and member of the Swiss Psycho-Analyticial Society, for sending his forceful, but restrained defense of his position. $2,000-3,000

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KERN, Jerome (1885-1945). Autograph letter signed (“Jerome D. Kern”), in green ink, to an unnamed recipient. N.p., 20 October 1920.

1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, creased, a few small holes at folds, a few small stains, creased at folds, a few short chips or tears to edges of folds. Kern writes a letter of reference for future employment for Jack and Jessie Jackson. $300-500

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KEYNES, John Maynard, 1st Baron (1883-1946).

Autograph letter signed (“JM Keynes’), to Charles Kay Ogden. Firle, Sussex, 6 September 1919.

2 pages, 8vo, creased at folds, 3-inch marginal separation at fold. Keynes writes his friend and fellow Heretic Society member regarding his Cambridge Magazine Bookshop venture. “My dear Ogden, I am not prepared to undertake the duties of arbitrator as you suggest, and I feel that the plan you propose in your letter of the 4th Septr does not provide a workable basis…” He continues to outline fundamental conditions for a successful business, including “…that the proposed bookshop should be the exclusive bookselling agency outside Cambridge, associated with the Cambridge Magazine…” $800-1,200

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KILBY, Jack S. (1923-2005). Original drawing signed

(“Jack S. Kilby”).

Oblong 8vo (143 x 185 mm). Kilby draws his 1959 invention, the microchip. Kilby won a Nobel Prize in 2000 for his invention. $300-500 334

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LINDBERGH, Charles (1902-1974). Autograph letter signed (“Charles A. Lindbergh”), to Martin. Los Angeles, 26 January 1943.

2 pages, 8vo, on blue stationery, a few pale stains, with original holograph envelope. Lindbergh sends his wishes for a quick recovery from an illness and an update: “I am in California on business connected with the Ford Motor Co’s aviation activities, and have been held up in Los Angeles for several days because of bad weather and a broken part in the bomber I am flying…” $800-1,200

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MARCONI, Guglielmo (1874-1937). Autograph note signed (“Marconi”), in Italian, to his son Giulio. London, n.d.

1 page, oblong 12mo, on Savoy Hotel notepaper, pinholes upper right corner. Marconi writes to his son Giulio at the Royal Naval Academy in Livorno: “A thousand thanks and embraces.” $400-600

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MONTESSORI, Maria (1870-1952). Autograph letter

signed (“Mammolina”), to Adele Costa Gnocchi. London, n.d. [c.1946].

1 page, 4to, on Twenty-Eighth International Training Course in Education letterhead, creased at folds, paperclip stain on upper margin, with original holograph envelope. Writing a teasing letter to her former student and advocate, on her silence: “So Adelina, what happened? Such an impressive silence! I am sure you are alive and healthy. Some problems are perhaps closing up your heart? Speak! Open up to your confidante.” Adele Costa Gnocchi was a philosophy professor and a student of the educator Maria Montessori.

In 1947, she developed the Assistants to Infancy course, for children from birth to three years of age, in close consultation with Montessori. $700-900

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NIMITZ, Chester W. (1885-1966). Autograph letter signed

(“C.W. Nimitz”), to Henry. Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, 28 July 1964.

1 page, 4to, on Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy staionery, lightly creased, a few tiny stains. Nimitz responds to a student of American History with an interest in WWI and WWII, recommending History of United States Naval Operations in World War II by Samuel E. Morison, an official historian of the Navy Department. $300-500

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PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Autograph letter signed (“L. Pasteur”), in French, to Maileot. Paris, 1 February 1876.

1 page, 4to, lightly creased. Pasteur writes Maileot about his attempt to secure him an assistant professorship. “I tried hard to find you a post among the assistants of the School, as you wanted; but at present the position pays too little and it offers little of a future.” [With:] Original cabinet card bust-length photograph of Pasteur by Navartz. $1,500-2,500

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SCHWEITZER, Albert (1875-1965). Autograph letter signed (“Albert Schweitzer”), to Reverend R.F. Rattray.

Lausanne, Switzerland, 23 September 1955.

5 pages, 8vo, bifolium and one half sheet, with original envelope. Responding to an invitation to give the Hibbert Lecture at Cambridge University, and commenting that he only lectures in French or German. He expresses grief over the death of his dear friend Professor Burkitt in Cambridge: “His death deeply grieved me. I owe him so much.” $400-600

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VON BRAUN, Wernher (1912-1977). Autograph

mathematical equation and diagram in pencil on place card.

N.p., n.d.

1 page, small 16mo (63 x 89 mm). Formula to determine the velocity of flight necessary to send a vessel to space to float in the Earth’s orbit, and a diagram on verso. [With:] Clipped signature on the back of Frederick S. Blackall Jr.’s business card. $400-600 341

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WRIGHT, Orville (1871-1948). Autograph letter signed (“Orville Wright”), to Mr. Woodhouse. Dayton, Ohio, n.d.

1 page, 4to, on The Wright Company letterhead, minor creasing at folds, a few pale marginal stains. He writes about use of some old photographs (not included), presumably of the early flights: “I am inclosing [sic] several old prints. You may use any you choose, but please take good care of them and return as soon as you are done with them. The negatives from which these were made were in the flood and were somewhat injured.” Orville Wright letters in autograph are uncommon. $1,500-2,500

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[ASTRONAUTS].

SCHIRRA, Wally (1923-2007). Autograph letter signed (“Wally Schirra”), to Sue, 19 September 1996. 1 page, 4to. Schirra responds to a letter from a stranger: “The nicest thing about space flight was realizing that a team of over 300,000 people were working to make each Apollo mission a success.”

-- SHEPARD, Alan B. (1923-1998). Autograph note signed (“Alan Shepard”), to Bess Holmes, n.p., 21 January 1976. 1 page, 8vo, slightly creased.

Shepard writes: “What marvelous things you have seen in your 100 year span-including the moon!” -- Together, 2 manuscripts. $300-500 344*

[AVIATORS].

Document signed (“J.H. Doolittle”, “Paul Tibbets”, “Chuck Yeager”, and “John Glenn”), n.p., n.d. 1 page, oblong 8vo, on an envelope honoring the May 13, 1918 issue of the misprinted and inverted Flying Jenny, with a 22-karat gold replica of the Inverted Jenny. Signed by Doolittle, who led the first raid over Tokyo in 1924, Tibbets who piloted the Enola Gay in 1945, Yeager, who was the first pilot to break the sound barrier in 1947, and Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. -- CORRIGAN, Douglas (19071995). Autograph letter signed (“Douglas Corrigan”), to Bill Schneider, [Los Angeles], 28 June 1945. 1 page, 8vo, bifolium, on blank leaf of a conjoined request from Schneider for an autograph, original envelope addressed in Schneider’s hand, lightly creased, erased pencil notes upper margin. “A day off from flying due to a tooth ache enables me to sign these photos for you” [not included]. -- SIKORSKY, Igor (1889-1972). Autograph letter signed (“I. Sikorsky”), to Catherine, Pass Christian, Mississippi, 3 September 1960. 2 pages, 4to, on Palms Hotel stationery, staple and staple holes upper left, lightly creased, slight chipping to edges. Sikorsky sends a report of the progress of his travels and asks that the recipient send four blank checks and the address of an officer at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs to a Colorado address. -- Together, 3 manuscripts. $350-450 345*

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PAULING, Linus Carl (1901-1995). Autograph chemical formula signed (“Linus Pauling”), n.p., n.d. 1 page, 12mo, on a card. Handwritten formula from his work in chemical bonding for which he was awarded one of his two Nobel Prizes. [With:] SHOCKLEY, William (1910-1989). Original diagram of a transistor signed (“W. Shockley”) on a 3x5” card, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 16mo.

Shockley, a solid-state physicist, invented the transistor and was influential in early Silicon Valley. $250-350 346*

[SCIENCE AND MEDICAL INNOVATORS].

BARTON, Clara (1821-1912). Autograph letter signed (“Clara Barton”) to an unnamed recipient, Oak Park, IL, 15 May 1910. 1 1/4 pages, 8vo, a few holes, one touching a letter, a few pale stains. Barton discusses her travels (“I am getting to be almost as remarkable a traveller as T.R.”), and her desire to return home to Glen Echo. -- MORSE, Samuel F.B. (1791-1872).

Clipped signature (“Respectfully Yr Ob Servt Saml. F.B. Morse”). 1 page, 16mo, laid down on slightly larger sheet, minor vertical fold touching the “S” in signature. [With:] Printed portrait of Morse. -- SPOCK, Benjamin (19031998). Autograph letter signed (“Benjamin Spock”), to Mr. Hunt, Falmouth, Massachusetts, n.d. 1 page, 4to, on Quinsett Harbor House stationery, pencil notations upper margin. “Redbook wants my child rearing pieces…I want to save my ideas for this column. Occasionally I’m bursing with a non-nursery theme...but other publications are less interested.” [With:] TLS (“Benjamin Spock”), to Robert Johann, New York, 4 December 1967. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery. Regarding the New Politics Convention in Chicago. [With:] Photograph signed lower margin. -- STANLEY, Henry Morton, Sir (1841-1904). Autograph letter signed (“Henry M. Stanley”), to an unnamed recipient, Whitehall, 6 May 1896. 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, on Richmond Terrace, Whitehall stationery. Stanley writes about a conflict with future dinner plans; he has to attend the Transvescal Debate that evening as a debate participant. -- Together, 4 manuscripts.

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ALI, Muhammad (1942-2016). Photograph inscribed and signed (“Muhammad Ali”).

8 x 10 in., black & white photo port of Ali from the film The Greatest. Inscribed above image “To Bill from Muhammed Ali” and below image “Love is the net, where Hearts are caught like Fish [happy face doodle] Aug 30-84”. $1,000-2,000

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ALI, Muhammad (1942-2016). Original drawing, signed left center (“Muhammad Ali”).

In pen, on 8 1/2 x 11 in sheet of yellow lined paper.

Depicting a tree and the horizon, signed left center, 26 March 1981. $300-400

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BARNUM, Phineas Taylor (1810-1891). Autograph manuscript signed (“P.T. Barnum”), “To the public,” Chicago, [1890s].

1 page, 8vo, on Auditorium Hotel stationery (inverted), James A. Bailey’s name added in Barnum’s hand, with several revisions and corrections, creased, tiny pin hole lower margin. Announcing Barnum and Bailey’s new controlling interest (along with James E. Cooper) of a rival circus, the Adam Fonepaugh Show. $300-500

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BERGMAN, Ingrid (1915-1982). Autographed letter

signed (“Ingrid”), to director Jose Quintero, n.p., 21 April 1968.

2 pages, 4to, tiny spot upper left. Quintero directed Bergman in “More Stately Mansions,” Eugene O’Neill’s last play. She discusses the opening of Tenessee Williams’ play, and sends updates about her travels. “I heard...that I was not even nominated for a Tony. I can’t help but be a bit hurt.” $300-400

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BERNHARDT, Sarah (1844-1923). Autographed letter

signed (“Sarah”), in French, to an unnamed recipient, n.p., n.d.

4 pages, 12mo, on black-bordered mourning stationery, mounting traces to verso, a few small stains. Untranslated. $500-700

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CHAPLIN, Charles (1889-1977). Autographed letter signed (“Charles Chaplin”), to Mr. Rash.

Vevey, Switzerland, 9 August 1965.

1 page, 4to, return address printed upper right corner, a few creases. Chaplin sends details of his time in Switzerland: “Last weekend we had a visit from Audrey Hepburn who as you will remember has a house just along the coast near Montreux we had tea in the drawing room and she commented how beautiful the rooms had been transformed.

Geraldine is in America at present we all miss her laughter in the house. Tomorrow Oona and myself are going for a day on the lake.”

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CODY, William F. (1846-1917). Autograph letter signed (“Uncle Will Cody”), to his niece Josie. New York, 26 February 1908.

2 pages, 8vo, on The New Hoffman House stationery, creased at folds, a few pale spots.

Writing his niece on his 62nd birthday (“Your uncle is 62 years young to-day….”), Cody discusses family and friends, and asks his niece to mention sheep to her brother Harry, who herded cattle for Cody in Wyoming: “Tell Harry I make application to give six or eight thousand head of sheep on the reserve by the year and not to make it over 10¢ a head.” He also mentions an article he published the week prior regarding forest reserve protection. $1,500-2,500

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[THE GODFATHER]. Photocopied third draft

screenplay. March 29, 1971 [revised May 11, 1971].

4to. Photocopy of a third draft screenplay, with notes lower left indicating first date of issue (March 29, 1971) and date of revision (May 11, 1971), pp.1-158. (A few pages copied crooked affecting a few words.) Three-hole-punched left margin, two brads. SIGNED BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, AL PACINO, DIANE KEATON, JAMES CAAN AND ROBERT DUVALL. The third edition of the script was issued on the first day of shooting. The Godfather, released in March 1972, won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Male Lead (though Brando famously refused the award), and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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JOPLIN, Janis (1943-1970). Autograph letter signed (“J”), to Peter J. de Blanc, Port Arthur, n.d. [envelope postmarked 3 September 1965].

2 pages, 4to, original hand-addressed envelope.

“So baby, where are you? Brooklyn?!”

Joplin hitchhiked to San Francisco in 1963, and soon after began performing in coffee shops; in 1965, she and Peter de Blanc began their intense relationship. By May 1965, Joplin’s drug habit had whittled her down to 88 pounds, and she returned home to Port Arthur, Texas, and shortly thereafter, de Blanc returned to New York. The two maintained a correspondence through the summer and fall of that year. In Texas, Joplin re-enrolled at Lamar College, and planned to pursue a teaching degree with the intent to settle down. She and de Blanc got engaged, but by the fall, he broke off the engagement. In May 1966, Joplin returned to San Francisco, where she joined Big Brother & The Holding Company, and

by June 1967, after the band’s appearance at the Monterey International Pop Music Festival in California, she was a star.

“I just called you and now I’ve had a little cry & here I am writing you another g-ddam letter & you aren’t even f-cking reading them anyway probably...Oh, f-ck you, call me please, convince me, I love you so Peter, just convince me. Guess I’ll go cry a little more & then mail these letters - this one (#10) from last night you might enjoy...I love you.” $2,500-3,500

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MAX, Peter (b.1937). Original pen drawing, signed lower right (“Peter Max”).

On standard business envelope with 1974 Expo stamp designed by Max on first day of issue, signed lower right. Matted and framed. $300-400

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REDFORD, Robert (b.1936). Autograph letter signed (“Robert”), to his agent Ms. Monique James. N.p., [ca 1961-1962].

2 pages, square 8vo (202 x 214 mm), on Bucks County Playhouse stationery, two holes punched upper margin, slight marginal toning. “Dear Dragon Lady, Out side of a nite I spent in jail in Illinois for speeding, my drive back was good…The play is of course a huge success here.” $300-400

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REEVE, Christopher (1952-2004). Autograph note signed (“Christopher Reeve”), to Charles Melniher. New York, 19 April 1986.

1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery. Reeve comments “this is the treatment sent to me by one Barry Taff last fall.” [With:] One photocopy of “Story Treatment, Superman IV” (mentioned in the letter). $300-500

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ROGERS, Will (1879-1935). Autograph note signed (“Will Rogers”), to Tommy Kirnan. N.p., 22 August 1923.

1 page, 4to, pin holes upper left corner, short tear to fold just touching one letter, light creasing, mounting remnants top edge verso lightly showing through. Sending regrets that he wasn’t able to visit before he left New York. [With:] A copy of the telegram. -- Black and white 8x10 photograph. $250-350 359

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STEWART, James (1908-1997). Autograph letter signed (“James Stewart”), to Rich. N.p., n.d.

1 page, 4to. “Thank you with all my heart for the work you have done in opposition to colorization of movies. You are doing a fine thing for the movie business.” $300-500

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SULLIVAN, Ed (1901-1975). Autograph letter

signed (“Ed”) to Frank Sinatra. New York City, 28 August 1973.

1 page, 8vo, with original airmail stamped envelope addressed by Sullivan to Sinatra at the Friars Club, pinholes upper left corner. Sullivan tells Sinatra that he will mention Milton Berle in his Friday October 12th column including Berle’s victories in “Charlie Chaplin contests.” $250-350

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YOUNG, Chic (1901-1973). Original pencil and ink drawing on bristol board, blue pencil editor’s border and note, signed lower margin.

275 x 214 mm. A “then and now” cartoon drawn for publication of his famous characters, depicting “Dagwood and Blondie at age of twenty-one,” and “Dagwood and Blondie today,” with the comment “Some improvement, huh?” $300-500 363*

[ATHLETES].

YOUNG, Denton True (“Cy”) (1867-1955). Autograph letter signed (“Cy”), to Hazel, New York, 21 July 1947. 1 page, oblong 8vo, on pictorial postcard depicting New York, hand-addressed, creased, tape remnants on corners. Young writes about his travel plans: “I’ll be home Thursday, we are going by auto.” [With:] DEMPSEY, Jack (1895-1983). Autograph letter signed (“Jack Dempsey”), to Mr. Enright, Paris, n.d. 1 page, 8vo, on Claridge’s Hotel stationery, a few pale spots. Dempsey thanks the recipient for sending a card, and comments that he hopes they meet in person in the near future.

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[CARTOON CHARACTERS].

BLANC, Mel (1908-1989). Autograph quotation signed (“Bugs Bunny / Mel Blanc”), CBS Radio Station, 23 February, 1952. 1 page, 12mo. “Eh - what’s up Bev?” -- FRELENG, Friz (1905-1995).

Original drawing of Bugs Bunny, in pencil, on 8 1/2 x 11” sheet of paper, signed “Friz Freleng” lower right. -- GROENING, Matt (b. 1954). Original drawing of Marge Simpson, blue ink on paper, signed “Matt Groening 9 3 1995” lower right. -- KETCHAM, Hank (1920-2001). Original drawing of Dennis the Menace, ink and watercolor, on paper, signed and inscribed in lower margin: “For Mother Mandy! Hank Ketcham 10-10-94” -- LANTZ, Walter (18991994). Original drawing of Woody Woodpecker, in pencil on lined yellow paper, signed lower right, caption bubble reading: “Woody Woodpecker’s friends don’t play with matches!” A drawing likely for an ad campaign for the State Forester, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. -- WENDELIN, Rudolph (1910-2000). Original drawing of Smokey the Bear, in pencil, on card, signed in ink “Rudolph Wendelein & Smokey” lower margin.

-- Together, 6 manuscripts.

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[COMIC STRIPS].

CAPP, Al (1909-1979). Li’l Abner. Original comic strip art, 16 July 1964, signed and inscribed by Capp to Sam Stone. 1 page, pen and ink on illustrator’s board in 3 panels. Li’l Abner, Daisy Mae, and others take a poster for inspection. -- FISHER, Ham (19001955). Joe Palooka. Original comic strip art, n.d., signed and inscribed by Fisher to John Rosol above the final panel. 2 pages, oblong 8vo, pen and ink on illustrator’s board in 4 panels. Palooka has a conversation with a nurse about a patient. [On verso:] Autograph note signed (“Ham”), to John Rosol, n.p., n.d. “Thanks for the swell letter. My head’s swelled up ten times its size. Some guys seem to soak up all the luck. That seems to be my break.”

-- GOLDBERG, Ruben Lucius (1883-1970). “Very Nosey.” Original comic strip art, 30 April 1948. 1 page, single panel, pencil and ink on illustrator’s board. Featuring Stalin peering out of doors on both sides of a corridor labeled “American-British Corridor to Berlin.” -- GOULD, Chester (1900-1985). Original comic strip art, 18 February 1980, Signed and inscribed by Gould to Brandon, wishing him happy birthday. 1 page, pen and ink, on a personal envelope with elaborate printed return address. -- Together, 4 manuscripts.

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[ENTERTAINERS AND ACTORS].

BERGEN, Edgar (1903-1978). Clipped signature (“Edgar Bergen and Charlie”). 1 page, 12mo, on a clipped sheet, with two drawings by Bergen of his famous wooden “dummies” Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, lightly creased. -- BERLE, Milton (1908-2002). Original drawing, a self-portrait/ caricature, in ink, on cotton paper, signed center right. “To Paul Carey Best wishes!” -- FAIRBANKS, Douglas (1909-2000). Autograph letter signed (“Douglas”), to Pearl Bailey, New York, 30 September 1968. 3 pages, 4to, on 50 East 58th Street New York stationery, lengthy post-script. Fairbanks thanks legendary jazz singer Bailey for sending a copy of her book (“it was the first thing I noticed on my homecoming”). -- ROGERS, Fred (1928-2003). Autograph musical quotation signed (“Fred Rogers”), n.p., n.d. 1 page, oblong 12mo, one bar on printed staff. Rogers writes “Congratulations!” -- Together, 4 manuscripts. $300-500 366

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[ENTERTAINERS AND ACTORS].

DIETRICH, Marlene (1901-1992). Autograph letter signed (“Marlene”), to Clifton [Webb?], Hollywood, California, 28 September 1931. 1 page, 4to, on Paramount Publix Corporation stationery. Dietrich writes to schedule visits: “Please send all the dates, and adresses [sic] that I can reach you in the next months.

I am lonseome as always. Please don’t forget me.” -- EDERLE, Gertrude C. (1906-2003). Autograph letter signed (“Gertrude C. Ederle”), to Mr. Elliott, Middlebury, VT, 29 June 1934. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery. “I am very sorry to have missed seeing your request of an autograph…” -- HAYES, Helen (1900-1993). Autograph letter signed (“Helen”), to Ludi, Nyack, NY, 12 October 1964. 2 pages, 8vo, on 235 North Broadway Nyack, New York stationery, lightly creased. Hayes mentions the dedication of the Mary MacArthur Theater in her deceased daughter’s honor, and a recent visit to John MacArthur.

-- LAUDER, Harry, Sir (1870-1950). Original sketch, in ink, signed lower right, on a postcard, of a man in a beret. -- OLIVIER, Laurence, Sir (1907-1989). Autograph letter signed (“Larry Olivier”), to O.B. Clarence, London, 28 September, no year. 1 page, 4to, on Paramount Publix Corporation stationery. “I have always envied your water-colour make-up idea, but I have never been able to cotton on to it!...You won’t remember me then I’m sure--but I was 3rd A.S.M. [Assistant Stage Manager] & you were very kind to me.” $500-700 368*

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CANTOR, Eddie (1892-1964). Autograph note signed (“Eddie Cantor”), to an unnamed recipient, Hollywood, CA, 19 July 1933. 1 page, 8vo, on “Angels from friendships gather half their Joys” stationery.

“Beer is back, and so is Eddie Cantor.” [On verso:] ERROL, Leon (1881-1951). Autograph note signed (“Leon Errol”), to an unnamed recipient, New York City, n.d. “Happy at all times, especially when called upon to clown.” -- DAVIS, Bette (1908-1989). Autograph letter signed (“Bette Davis”), in green ink, to Charles K. Dickson, n.p., 17 September 1740. 1 page, 8vo, on Butternut stationery, ink smudge to first letter of Dickson’s name, creased. Davis thanks Dickson for sending his book about the President. -HEPBURN, Katharine (1909-2003). Autograph letter signed (“K. Hep”), to Johnny, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, with original hand-addressed envelope. “Rin says you are 80 (I’m 85)…You’ve been wonderful.” -- TEMPLE, Shirley (1928-2014). Autograph letter signed (“Shirley Temple”), to Carlos, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 8vo, written as a child on personal stationery, light soiling and creasing, pencil note in an unknown hand upper left, mounting remnant on verso edge with light showthrough. “Sintonia has been nice to me. Will you thank them for me?” -- Together, 4 manuscripts. $500-700 369*

[ENTERTAINERS AND ACTORS].

BARRYMORE, Ethel (1879-1959). Autograph letter signed (“Ethel Barrymore”), to Gladys George, New York, n.d. 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, on 52 East 64th Street stationery, very light toning to margins.

Barrymore writes Gladys about her performance: “Please let me thank you for one of the very very few memorable evenings I have ever spent in the theatre.” -- COHAN, George M. (1878-1942). Autograph letter signed (“George M.), in pencil, to Jules Goodman, n.p., Saturday, n.d. 1 page, 4to, creases. “I like everything but I wouldn’t be good in the part... Thanks old boy for your thought of me.” -- GRIFFITH, D.W. (1875-1948). An archive of tributes. 8 pages, 4to, each bearing the 10-cent D.W. Griffith stamp, postmarked “Beverly Hills, California, May 27, 1975, First Day of Issue”, each sheet with a tribute to the movie pioneer by an actor or actress. Comprising tributes from: Lillian Gish (who spearheaded the campaign to have the USPS issue a stamp in Griffith’s honor), Jimmy Stewart, Helen Hayes, Blanche Sweet, and others. -- LANGTRY, Lillie (1852-1892). Autographed letter signed (“Lillie”), to Mr. Rose, n.p., n.d. 3 pages, 8vo, bifolium, on 21 Pont Street stationery, creased, a few pale stains. “I rehearse tomorrow for the first time. Haven’t the slightest idea what Buchanan’s play is or anything about it.” -ZIEGFELD, Florenz (1869-1932). Autograph letter signed (“Flo”), to theater owner Charles B. Dillingham, New York, n.d. (“Wednesday”). 1 page, 4to, on Ziegfeld Danse de Follies stationery, light ink transfer and minor staining to lower blank margin. “Is there anything more...please keep me posted.” -- Together, 5 manuscripts.

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AUDUBON, John J. (1785-1851). Autograph letter

signed (“John J. Audubon”), to publisher Charles C. Little of Little & Brown, Boston. New York, 1 February 1841.

1 page, 4to, glue stain on verso on verso showing through at center and crossing portion of signature, portion of sheet reinforced along left margin on verso with some show-through, creased at folds. Acknowledging receipt of payment for $200 and reporting: “I can scarcely yet say when you will receive No. 25 as one of the Stories containing 2 plates of that No. broke while printing-It will come to you however very soon and will be a lovely Number!” He mentions Little’s partner salesman James Brown’s progress through the South and sends his hopes “that the grand business he will do may compensate him for all his traveling labours.” The letter concludes sending his regards to his Boston friends associated with his own project: Dr. George Parkman, Dr. George Shattuck and George Bancroft. At the time of this letter, Audubon was working on his revised, smaller-format version of his great work, The Birds of America, but the subscription referred to here seems more likely to relate to the double elephant edition. The Little, Brown & Co. copy containing 102 individual plates plus the title page for the first volume and two duplicate plates was purchased by the Boston Public Library in Dec. 1875. $1,500-2,500

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CARNEGIE, Andrew (1835-1919). Partial Autograph letter signed (“Andrew Carnegie”), to an unnamed recipient.

N.p., n.d. [but probably after 1887].

1 page, 4to, folds touching signatures, a few small chips to upper left and lower right corners, a few pale stains.

Carnegie discusses the secret marriage of his niece Nancy to coachman James L. Hever. “We receved her and her husband upon arrival from Europe Sunday last at our house, Her sister and two Brothers wen came to New York to welcome the couple - My wife was on the pier to greet them as were the others. Mr Hever is not rich but he is a sober, moral, well doing man & the family would much arther have such a husband for Nancy than a worthless Duke.

There is no truth whatever in the report that the family is unreconciled.” $500-700

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CARVER, George Washington (1864-1943).

Autograph letter signed (“G.W. Carver”), to Mr. Grady Porter of the Tom Huston Peanut Company.

Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 9 March 1931.

1 page, 4to, on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute stationery, a few minor folds, one touching the “r” in the signature. “My, but it seems good to hear from you again, and to learn that you plan to be on the Job again Tues. I hope you will take it moderately until you get strong again…P.S. Since you were here I have had all of my teeth taken out. I feel better already.” Porter was a researcher for the Tom Huston Peanut Company, and Carver was enlisted by the Columbus, Georgia-based company to perform research relating to peanut diseases. $600-800 373

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GETTY, J. Paul (1892-1976). Autograph letter signed (“Paul”) to his mother. [Berne or Mexico City], 15 July 1932.

3 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, on Bellvue Palace Berne stationery, with original holograph addressed envelope (Hotel Ritz, Mexico City envelope postmarked Mexico City), some ink showthrough.

Writing his mother, the businessman Getty details his travel from Paris to Switzerland, and discusses both family and business matters: “Dearest Mama, As you see I am among the yodeling Swiss…

It must be hard on you to have both your boys away from home. From the reports I get business is going fine and our companies are in a strong position.” $1,000-1,500

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HEARST, William Randolph (1863-1951). Autograph

letter signed (“WR”), to Charles. N.p., n.d.

1 page, 12mo on postcard. In full: “My dear Charles, you are wrong. I would rather have the gift and I will go around to Cartier’s in the morning and select it.” [With:] Autographed note signed (“Charlie”) to Hearst. 1 page, oblong 12mo, on Ritz-Carlton Hotel notepaper. Charlie comments that he “thought [Hearst] would rather have the cash than have me spend it on some silly gift you might not like.”

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HOWE, Julia Ward (1819-1900). Autograph letter signed (“Julia Ward Howe”), to the editors of The Transcript. N.p., n.d.

2 1/4 pages, 8vo, two holes in the same location all three pages just touching a few letters, one hole second leaf, a few pale stains, creased. Julia Ward Howe, author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, writes to the editors of The Transcript in support of the fight to save Paul Revere’s home in Boston: “The debts which we owe to the Past we must…pay to the future…Prominent among these benefactors of our early history is Paul Revere, whose wonderful ride, celebrated by Longfellow, is so identified with the beginning of our struggle for national independence.” In part through the efforts of Howe, money was raised by the public to form the Paul Revere Memorial Association, still in existence today. In 1908, Revere’s house at 19 North Square was opened as one of the nation’s first historic house museums. $400-600

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HUGHES, Howard R. (1905-1976). Autograph letter signed (“Howard”), to his second wife Jean Peters. N.p., n.d. [c.1965].

1 page, folio, on lined yellow legal paper. Hughes asks his wife if she “would like to come at the end of Cinema IX… I[f] you are sleepy, I will go after you go to bed. I love you so very much.” Peters replies on the lower third of the sheet: “I guess you know me pretty well. I am watching IX. I’ll come in when it’s over. J.” Some other unrelated notes in her hand at bottom concerning a family matter, with note up side margin in Hughes’s hand “Boats this big are Hell to sell.”

Provenance: Sold Phillips New York, 3 April 1985, lot 22. $1,000-2,000

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KELLER, Helen (1880-1968). Mounted sepia photograph portrait of Keller standing in her garden, signed and inscribed on mount in pencil.

Image 240 x 190 mm (340 x 248 mm sheet), mount chipped at two corners and with other wear at edges including minor tears, nicks, and creases, a bit soiled. Signed and inscribed on mount in pencil: “To Miss Brudsche / With cordial greetings from a garden nook in my wee garden in Forest Hills New York / April 16, 1926 / Helen Keller”. Additionally signed by the New York photographer in pencil below image at right. $1,500-2,500 379

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NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Autograph letter signed (“Florence Nightingale”), to an unnamed recipient. Barrack Hospital, Scutari, 8 February 1856.

4 pages, 8vo, on black-edged paper, spotting and browning particularly around folds, usual creasing.

Nightingale writes in the last days of the Crimean War regarding the improper behavior of a Mrs. Howes. She tells the recipient that Mrs. Howes begs forgiviness for telling a falsehood, for wishing to return home, and for underhandedly requesting a certificate from the recipient. $1,500-2,500

381*

WASHINGTON, Booker T. (1856-1915).

Autograph letter signed (“Booker T. Washington”), to Mr. Curtis H. Petit. Tuskegee, Alabama, 23 September 1904.

1 page, 4to, on The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute stationery. Washington solicits a donation from the recipient for the school’s endowment.

[With:] WASHINGTON, Margaret Murray (18651925). Autograph letter signed (“Mrs. Booker T. Washington”), to Mrs. Sergeant. Tuskegee, Alabama, n.d. 2 pages, 8vo, on The Oaks, Tuskegee stationery, mounting remnants upper margin, creased. Apologizing for the delayed check and receipt. $800-1,200 381

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[AMERICAN CRIME].

[OSWALD, Lee Harvey (1929-1963)]. McDONALD, Maurice N. (1928-2005). Document signed (“Officer M. ‘Nick’ McDonald 1178”), n.p., n.d. 1 page, 4to, on a reproduction of Lee Harvey Oswald’s fingerprint card. The card also contains information about the circumstances of Oswald’s arrest after the assisnation of John F. Kennedy. [With:] STROUD, Robert (1890-1963). Autograph letter signed (“Bob, Robert Stroud #594”), additionally signed (“Robert Stroud”) on first leaf, to Mamie E. Stroud. Alcatraz, California, 16 August 1957.

2 pages, 4to, on lined paper. Stroud, known as the “Birdman of Alcatraz,” writes his sister in Metropolis, Illinois: “Of course, if Eisenhower were anything more than a rotten, four flushing, communist-loveing [sic] demagogue, such things would not be necessary, but in that case, I would have been free five years ago.” $400-600 382

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[AMERICAN INDUSTRIALISTS].

BARUCH, Bernard M. (1870-1965). Autograph letter signed (“Bernard M. Baruch”), to Mrs. Moore, Kingstree, South Carolina, 3 March 1963.

1 page, 8vo, on Little Hobcaw stationery, a few pale stains at creases. Baruch, a personal advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt, thanks Moore for her nice message, and discusses a recent bout of arthritis. -- CARNEGIE, Andrew (1835-1919).

Signature (“Andrew Carnegie”), n.p., 16 October 1893. 1 page, small 12mo, slight toning to left margin. In full: “Truly Yours Andrew Carnegie.”

-- VANDERBILT, George Washington (1862-1914).

Autograph letter signed (“Geo. W. Vanderbilt”), to Mr. Roebling, New York, 17 February 1902. 4 pages, 8vo, on 640 Fifth Avenue stationery, lightly creased with light soiling. Vanderbilt discusses acquiring land from the Perry family, presumably to expand his estate at the Biltmore. -- Together, 3 manuscripts. $250-350

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[STOCK AND CURRENCY].

[CONTINENTAL CURRENCY]. Eight dollar bill issued 17 February 1776. Hand-signed with an eagle vignette on front. Printed by Hall and Sellers. -- [CONFEDERATE CURRENCY].

Twenty dollar bill issued 1883. Hand-signed and numbered “No.21561”. Original cut from sheet on left side of note touching three letters. -- [ENRON].

One share original Enron Corp. Common Stock, 31 March 2004, facsimile signatures lower margin. -- [ENRON]. One share original WorldCom Common Stock, n.d., facsimile signatures lower margin. -- Together, 4 items. $200-300 384

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BEAUREGARD, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893). Autograph letter signed (“G.T.

Beauregard”), to ex-Union General Henry L. Abbot.

New Orleans, 12 April 1886.

1 page, 8vo, small pinhole lower blank margin, some light ink smudging. Beauregard thanks abbot for the photograph of the Explosion at Flood Rock, NY on October 10th 1885. “I congratulate you and the other Officers engaged in that great enterprise.” $300-500

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BRYAN, William Jennings (1860-1925).

Autograph letter signed (“W. J. Bryan”), to Mr. Thomas. Lincoln, Nebraska, 23 July [1920?].

2 pages, 4to, on recto and verso, on The Commoner letterhead, minor ink blotting, small hole in upper blank margin, some minor show-through, creased at folds. Requesting a postponement of a trial until after the election, written the day after Bryan declined the nomination for President at the National Convention of the Prohibition Party held in his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska. In the letterhead Bryan is listed as Editor and Proprietor of The Commoner (his brother is listed as Associate Editor and Publisher). $500-700

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BUCHANAN, James (1791-1868). Autograph letter signed

(“James Buchanan”), as Secretary of State, to General Persifor F. Smith. Washington, D.C., 24 December 1848.

1 page, 4to, faint staining, minor nicking at upper and right edges at folds, short tear to center fold. Buchanan sends a letter of introduction to Persifor F. Smith, commander of the Pacific Division of the United States Army after the Mexican War. The introducee, Caleb Lyon, was appointed U.S. Consul at Shanghai

by President Polk in 1847. In 1848, he resigned the post to go to California, where gold had just been discovered; there, he was chosen secretary of the state of California’s Constitutional Convention of 1849. $400-600 387

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BYRD, Richard E. (1888-1957). Autograph letter signed (“Dick Byrd”), to an unnamed recipient. East Sullivan, Maine, July 1941.

2 pages, 4to, on Council for Democracy stationery, staple holes with tiny rust stains upper corners, some light soiling, pencil notation upper margin. “Ten thousand thanks for Emerson essays...a thousand letters have come in...I’m still getting letters suggesting that the speech be distributed all over the country.” $300-500

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ADAMS, John (1735-1826). Partly printed document

acomplished in Adams’s holograph manuscript and signed (“Adams”) in corner on verso. Boston, 21 March 1763.

1 page, 4to, some browning and separation at folds, some chipping at corners, left edge irregular. Docketed on verso including notes for expenses for serving the writ, signed by Adams’s younger brother Peter B. Adams (1738-1823) as Deputy Sheriff.

An early legal document concerning the estate of Jonathan Hayward of Braintree and sums owed to Jonathan Hayward with extensive manuscript additions by John Adams (c.300 words).

Following his graduation from Harvard College in 1755, Adams returned to Braintree (now Quincy) to launch his law practice where he married Abigail Smith of Weymouth on 25 October 1764.

For several years the Adamses moved their household between Braintree and Boston as warranted by John’s successful law practice and the demands of the circuit court system. The present document sheds light on the local legal activities the young Adams was diligently engaged in during his early career, prior to his rise to prominence when he successfully defended the British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre Trials. $2,000-2,500 389

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ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848). Autograph letter signed (“John Quincy Adams”), to H. P. and W. C. Taylor of Philadelphia. Washington, D.C., 2 June 1846.

1 page, 8vo, toned, creased, some pale stains & smudges. Acknowledging the receipt of a letter and goods from the Philadelphia manufacturers of soaps and perfumery. “I have received with grateful emotions your kind letter of the 30th and the articles of your useful manufacture with which it is accompanied….” $1,000-1,500

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ARTHUR, Chester A. (1830-1886). Autograph letter signed (“C.A. Arthur”), to John E. McElroy.

New York, 8 May 1878.

1 page, 4to, on Custom House, New York, Collector’s Office stationery, ink transfer in blank area, vertical fold touching “C” of signature. “What date would Regina prefer for sailing & from which port of those at which steamers of the Anchor Line tough? In haste.” By the time Arthur assumed the Presidency upon the death of James Garfield, he was a widower. His sister Mary, wife of recipient John McElroy, served as White House hostess for her brother, and after his Presidency ended, Arthur and two of his children moved in with John and Mary. His eldest sister, Regina Malvina Arthur, never married. $600-800 391

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CHASE, Salmon P. (1808-1873). Autograph

letter signed (“S.P. Chase”), as Governor of Ohio, to Hon. R.P. Ranney, Columbus, Ohio, 17 November 1856.

1 page, 8vo, on State of Ohio, Executive Department, Columbus stationery, remnants from hinging on verso. Chase, then Governor of Ohio, responds to a letter of resignation from eminent Cleveland jurist, R.P. Ranney. He expresses his respect (expressing the “sentiments of care [and] esteem I have long-cherished for you”), and wishing a speedy recovery (“we regret that, while on almost all questions our views coincide as are politically divided, and my earnest wish that your health may be speedily recovered”). $400-600

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CLAY, Henry (1777-1852). Autograph letter signed (“H. Clay.”), to Thomas Ray. N.p., 22 April 1840.

1 page, 4to, a few crases and stains. Clay wants to accept an invitation to visit Morgantown, but his travel plans for the future are unknown; he promises to visit when he next passes through town. $300-500

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CLEVELAND, Grover (1837-1908). Autograph

letter signed (“Grover Cleveland”), as former President and President-Elect, to Sidney Webster.

New York, 7 January 1893.

3 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, on personal stationery.

Arranging a visit, and discussing his busy schedule in the face of the Treasury crisis, the Panic of 1893: “I hardly think in present circumstances that it would be well for me to do as you suggest though I am very anxious on the subject and am doing all I prudently can, as it seems to me, in the direction a better silver condition. I go to the office every day but remain until quite late.” Upon taking office, Cleveland successfully convinced Congress to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, which he felt was mainly responsible for the economic crisis. $700-900

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CLINTON, Hillary Rodham (b. 1947). Autograph letter signed (“Hillary”), as First Lady, to Illinois Senator Paul Simon, Washington, D.C., 15 May 1999.

1 page, 12mo, on personalized White House embossed correspondence card, original typed envelope, staple holes upper left. Clinton thanks Simon for sending a copy of his book: “I also appreciate your kind references to me.” $300-500 395

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CLINTON, William Jefferson (b.1946). Early photograph, signed and inscribed to Doug, n.p., 24 August 1976.

8 x 10 in photograph, a few very minor surface scratches, minor stain lower left blank corner.

Signed and inscribed: “To Doug who started out and stayed -- it finally has begun to turn out all right -- Thanks for everything Bill.” Inscribed just after Clinton received the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of Arkansas, a position he won after running unopposed the following November. $500-700

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COOLIDGE, Calvin (1872-1933). Early autograph letter signed (“Calvin Coolidge”), to the Trustees of the Smith Charities, Northampton, Massachusetts, 26 December 1901.

1 page, 4to, on City of Northampton Law Department stationery, also signed by Frank S. Parsons lower margin, thumb mark lower left margin. Authorizing Frank S. Parsons to take a loan on his maturing legacy in the form of a note or a bond. $300-500

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DARROW, Clarence (1857-1938). Autograph

letter signed (“Clarence Darrow”), to Dr. Holmes.

N.p., 13 December [no year].

1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, creased at folds, small tear to upper left margin (with tape remnants on verso, pale vertical stain along central vertical fold crossing signature. Remarking on a church service he attended at the recipient’s church, most notably “the congregation has been educated to Tolerance and Curiosity-both are important,” with a postscript commending an editorial written by the recipient initialed “D.” $400-600

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DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889). Autograph letter signed (“Jefferson Davis’), as Secretary of War, to editor of the Union, A. O. Nicholson.

War Department, [Washington, D.C.], 14 September 1855.

2 pages, 4to, on lightly lined paper, on recto and verso, marked “Private” at head of first page, creased to folds; matted and framed.

Sending a newspaper article and letters regarding accusations against the Jesuits for a future story. “I send you a copy of the ‘Mississippian,’ containing the reply of the Superior of the Order of the Jesuits to certain charges which have been made against that Society, and some other letters connected therewith. If you should find it such a matter as you would like to use it int he Union, please use it for that purpose, otherwise I will thank you to return the paper to me; as I wish to preserve the correspondence. I have also marked a paragraph on the yellow form, by which you will see it has been transmitted to the favorite watering place of Mississippi, and one of the healthiest localities in the State. As connected with a question which is now of particular interest. I have called your attention to it by marking the paragraph…” $800-1,200

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EISENHOWER, Dwight D. (1890-1969). Typed letter signed (“Ike”) with autograph postscript signed (“D”), to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Strauss, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 19 October 1966.

1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, creased at folds; matted and framed. Lewis Strauss, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, was appointed by Eisenhower to serve as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and later as his Secretary of Commerce. Eisenhower’s post-script to his friend reads: “To Lewis - I shall obey your orders about refraining from refraining from writing a letter about my favorite Scotch.” $400-600

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FILLMORE, Millard (1800-1874). Autograph letter signed (“Millard Fillmore”), as President, to Philip. R. Fendall, Esq. Washington, D.C., 8 July 1851.

1 page, 4to, a few small holes to blind seal at upper left, minor creasing. Fillmore writes the U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Trial of George A. Gardiner in the Criminal Court: “I have perused and herewith return the testimony re the Gardiner case, which you enclose me this morning. The case looks suspicious and I hope Mr Poote will be critically examined…” The case involved an indictment against Gardiner for perjury in reference to his claim agains the United States for losses in silver mines at the outbreak of the Mexican War. $1,500-2,500

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FORD, Gerald (1913-2006). Autograph letter signed (“Jerry Ford”), to Pearl [Bailey]. N.p., 27 July 1980.

1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery bearing the Presidential seal, diagonal crease lower right corner.

Ford writes to American actress and singer Pearl Bailey: “Congratulations on your new knee. From my experience you will be dancing fancier than ever. Mine turned out 100% so I have no more alibis on the golf course.” Bailey, well known playing the lead in the musical “Hello, Dolly,” supported Ford in the 1976 election, voiced her support in a commercial for Ford during the election. $400-600

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FRANKFURTER, Felix (1882-1965). Autograph letter signed (“Felix Frankfurter”), to Harry, Cambridge, n.d.

1 page, 8vo, on 22 Queen Anne’s Gate, Westminster stationery, central fold, some light offsetting. “I’m glad that the ultimate personal happiness that can come to one in this sorry world is now found. My very best wishes to you both.” Frankfurter was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1939-1962. In 1920, he helped found the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). $500-700

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FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph letter signed (“B. Franklin”), to his great-nephew Jonathan Williams, Jr. London, 6 October 1773.

1 page, oblong 8vo (157 x 199 mm) some staining and separation at folds (crossing signature), silked on verso along folds; mats and frame available. Franklin writing his nephew from London regarding an organ he has sent the family in Boston in the months leading up to the Boston Tea Party: “Dear Jonathan, Inclos’d is the Receipt for the Organ which I wish safe to hand, and that it may please. My Love to the Family, & to my Sister. I shall write fully to you per some Boston Ship when I have a little time. I am eve, Your affectionate Friend…” Published in The Papers, Vol. 20. $8,000-12,000

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GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881). Autograph letter signed (“J.A. Garfield”), as Congressman, to an unnamed recipient.

Washington, D.C., 17 May 1864.

1 page, 12mo (65 x 100 mm). Enclosing some speeches (not included): “I enclose you some speeches which may perhaps contain the sentiment you desire. Very truly yours.” [With:] Unsigned Cabinet Card Photograph “Artotype”, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in, mounted on card, stamp-signed by Edward Bierstadt, NY, lower right corner.

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GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Autograph letter signed

(“U. S. Grant Lt. Gen.”), to Edward Otho Cresap Ord. City Point, Virginia, 16 March 1865.

1 page, 8vo, on Head Quarters Armies of the Unites States letterhead, marked “sent” in a secretarial hand at top, pinholes upper left corner, creased at folds; matted and framed. Grant gathers his forces for a final push on Richmond, which would have Lee on the run to Appomattox within two weeks. “Maj. Gen. Old, you can send a dispatch to F. Monroe and Norfolk directing that when Sumner [Edwin Vose, Jr.?] reaches there he will come up the river without debarking his troops. I think he will not leave White House earlier than tomorrow noon. Last night [Major General Philip] Sheridan had not reached there…” $3,500-4,500

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GREELEY, Horace (1811-1872). Autograph letter signed (“H.G.”), to an unnamed recipient. New York, 4 June 1842.

1 page, 4to, on lined paper, lightly browned, a few short nicks at creases. Greeley makes plans for a friend to meet him on a train passing through Herkimer so he can return his friend’s types.

He also comments on current affairs: “Thurlow is making an ass of himself about a Bank out of hatred to Clay. Give him a quiet dig.” $300-400

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HARDING, Warren G. (1865-1923). Typed letter signed (“W. G. Harding”), to Hon. William E. Mason. Marion, Ohio, 16 July 1920.

1 1/2 pages, 8vo, written on recto and verso on United States Senate letterhead, spotted, smudge in margin on first page, mounting remnants on verso, pencil note (in an unknown hand) with reply date in upper margin. Harding writes the Congressman (and former Senator) from Illinois discussing his upcoming acceptance speech after receiving the Republican nomination for President at the June convention in Chicago. “In the stress of matters here I have been unable earlier to answer your kind note of the twelfth instant. I have been so driven that I have frankly had to postpone all personal conferences until I could prepare my speech of acceptance… I know that you can be tremendously useful in the campaign and that the Party can rely upon you for your best service…” In a holograph postscript he adds: “P. S. It will be good to see you any time now.

The acceptance die is cast. You are always welcome.” $600-800

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HANCOCK, John (1737-1793). Autograph note signed

(“Accepted/Tho. Hancock”), to Thomas Hancock and Company Boston. Annapolis Royal, 12 July 1763.

1 page, 8vo (104 x 189 mm), docketed by Hancock on verso, blank lower right corner chipped away, top edge with light chipping touching a letter, fold touched “k” in signature, creased, light pencil notation on verso. John Hancock, acting as representative of his uncle Thomas Hancock’s shipping business, signs receipt in the name of his uncle, with his familiar signature and paraph. After John Hancock’s father passed away, his uncle, Thomas Hancock, adopted him. Thomas Hancock taught John the shipping business, and when he passed away at the age of 62 (the summer after this receipt was signed), his business and most of his fortune passed to his nephew John, as he had no children; this inheritance made John Hancock one of the richest men in the colonies.

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HARRISON, Benjamin Henry (1833-1901). Autograph letter

singed (“Benj Harrison”), as President, to an unidentified recipient.

Washington, D.C., 21 October 1889.

1 page, 8vo, on Executive Mansion stationery, light ink transfer.

Expressing gratitutde that the public is pleased by his appointment of General Rains for the Pension Office. [With:] An autograph endorsement signed, N.p., n.d. [measure in mm], on slip of paper clipped from larger leaf (printed text on verso), ink burn affecting one word, a few small stains. “This request is approved. Benj Harrison.” $800-1,200

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HARRISON, William Henry (1773-1841). Autograph Document Signed (“W.H. Harrison/aid de camp”), to an unnamed recipient, Greeneville, 11 June 1795.

411

1 page, 8vo (117 x 201 mm), small hole upper left touching two words, toned, 1cm portion of lower right corner just touching a letter lacking, 1-in portion of left margin torn away but present touching four lines of text. Harrison directs the commissary to issue beef, flour, whisky and salt for the use of the Wabash Indians. Harrison became Aide-de-Camp to General Anthony Wayne in 1793, after receiving his commission as Ensign in the 1st Infantry in 1792 from President George Washington, his father’s friend. He studies medicine at Philadelphia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, and despite the objections of his guardian, Robert Morris, he fought in the 1794 Indian Wars. One June 16, 1795, 5 days after Harrison issued this request, General Wayne opened peace negotiations at Greenville. The Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3rd. $600-800

412*

HAYES, Rutherford B. (1822-1893). Autograph letter signed

(“Rutherford B. Hayes”), to Mr. Morrison, Spiegel Grove. Fremont, O., 8 January 1893.

1 page, 8vo, two pin holes in upper left blank area, horizontal folds, one just touching the top of the “H” in Hayes, light ink transfer, short tears to folds. Proctor’s 48-line poem argues in favor of naming corn the national flower. Morrison, the editor of the Fremont Journal notes: “sunflowers, golden-rod, arbutus and laurel each have their ardent advocates. In corn, however, Miss Edna Dean Proctor, the accomplished young poet of Boston, finds the truly national symbol… we gladly give our vote to her candidate.” In his letter, Hayes “commend[s Morrison’s] favorable commendation of Miss Proctors fine poem in favor of corn as the Emblem of America.” Hayes’s letter was written just over a week prior to his death. [With:] a vintage reprint from The Fremont Journal of the poem. $400-600

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HENRY, Patrick (1736-1799). Autograph letter signed (“P. Henry”),

to his sister Anne Christian Dunkard Botton. Richmond, 13 November 1782.

2 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, some light toning, creased a folds with slight separation affecting a few letters, discreet repairs to folds, with integral holograph address leaf, stains and some light wear with holes at folds on address leaf, repaired where wax seal was removed.

Written while a member of the Virginia Assembly, Henry begins: “I have just time to drop a Line to you my dear Sister. I am in the Room with your good man & lodge with him. I hear no News from our Kindred hereabouts in particular, they being generally well. I left my Family well 10 Days ago. I wrote you I think I had a Son born in August. He is the 4th Child of my Dear Dolly…” Henry pleads with his sister not to move to Kentucky with her husband, as he had hoped that their families would stay close to one another. His sister did indeed decide to move to Kentucky, where her husband was killed in an attack. $3,000-5,000 413

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HOOVER, Herbert (1874-1964). Photograph signed and inscribed (“Herbert Hoover”), to Nora Mamix, n.d.

9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in black and white photograph, signed and inscribed in lower margin, small crease to lower left corner; framed. “To Nora Mamix with Kind Regards, Herbert Hoover.” $300-500

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HOOVER, Herbert C. (1874-1964). Pencil sketch attributed to Hoover, as President.

1 page, 8vo (200 x 125 mm) on a lined sheet, lightly toned. A geometrically-shaped doodle, with a note from White House Chief Usher Irving H. Hoover: “Sample of President Hoover’s amusement. I.H. Hoover.” $300-500

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JACKSON, Andrew (1767-1845). Autograph document

signed (“Andrew Jackson”), as solicitor of the Western District of North Carolina. May Term 1790.

1 page, 4to, correction in Jackson’s hand to the date, browned and frayed at edges with some nicks, hole in lower blank margin, vertical folds slightly toned (slightly affecting a letter in the signature), docketed on verso. The 23 year-old Jackson details John Boyd’s legal complaint of assault against John Deadcreek.

An early legal document during his time in Nashville, where he established a legal practice specializing in debt collection with friend John McNairy.

Provenance: Sold Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, 25 September 1983, lot 90. $1,000-1,500

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JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826). Autograph letter signed (“Th. Jefferson”), as President, to Wilson Cary Nicholas. Monticello, 27

April 1804.

1 page, 4to, browned, central area with glue stain showing through from old fold repair on verso, lacking approximately 1-inch section of lower left corner, laid down; matted and framed. Writing to a close personal friend and political associate regarding his appointment as collector of the port of Norfolk following his term as Senator-and before his return to Washington as Congressman in 1807.

“In a letter of Apr. 15. I informed Mr. Gallatin of what had passed between us here, and desired him to take measures for winding up the commission at Norfolk with as little delay as should be consistent with a resignation… I have this day informed him that he misunderstood my letter, which was meant to say that you made up your mind to accept, and desiring him to let the change be now made & notified to you as quickly as possible, so that I presume you will hear form him about the 7th of May, at which time I shall probably be on the road to Washington. but I Imagine his letter will enable you to set out immediately for Norfolk…. Accept my affectionate salutations and assurances of great respect & attachment….”

Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761-1820), residing in Albemarle County, Virginia, had served in the Revolution and became commander of General Washington’s Life Guard. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1784, he supported Madison’s stand for religious liberty and championed the adoption of the Federal Constitution. He became an ardent Jeffersonian, worked with Jefferson and Madison in the formulation of the anti-Federalist Virginia Resolutions and in 1799 was elected to the Senate, where he served until 1804, when he resigned to become collector of the port of Norfolk 1804-1807, then returned to Washington as a Congressman in 1807. He corresponded with the President on the subject of the Constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase, and in 1809 was a principal organizer of Madison’s Presidential candidacy. In 1814 he was chosen Governor of Virginia. He collaborated with Jefferson in the organization and founding of the University of Virginia, and was briefly head of the Richmond branch of the Bank of the United States. In 1819, due to heavy speculations in frontier real estate, he defaulted on a $20,000 debt which his old friend Jefferson had endorsed on his behalf, causing considerable distress to his political mentor (see Dumas Malone, Jefferson and His Time; The Sage of Monticello, 1981, pp.302-305, 309-14). Nicholas died in virtual poverty in October 1820 and was interred in the graveyard at Monticello. $6,000-8,000

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JOHNSON, Andrew (1808-1875). Autograph note signed (“Andrew Johnson”), as President, to John VanSchiack Pruyn. [Washington, D.C.], 29 January [ca 1867].

1 page, 16mo (64 x 94 mm), mounting tape in blank upper margin on verso. [Written on the verso of:] PRUYN, John VanSchiack Lansing (1811-1877).

Autographed note signed, New York, 29 January [ca 1867]. A pencilled note from John VanSchaick Lansing Pruyn of Albany, New York reads: “To recommend Duncan Sherman of New York For a Lieutenancy in the Cavalry. Paper on file in War Dept.” Johnson replies on verso: “If there is a vacancy let the appointment be made.” Duncan Sherman was nominated second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry

by Jackson based on the recommendation of his Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on 21 March 1867.

Not five months later, Johnson would make a move to remove Stanton from his position, suspending him pending the next session of the Senate.

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JOHNSON, Lyndon B. (1908-1973). Photograph, signed and inscribed (“Lyndon Johnson”), n.d., possibly taken at the National Prayer Breakfast, and including Senator Frank Carlson.

1 page, oblong 4to, signed and inscribed in lower margin; framed. “In appreciation for an inspiring and meaningful occasion in which I am always proud to participate.” $400-600

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KENNEDY, Jacqueline Bouvier (1929-1994).

Autograph letter signed (“Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis”), to Joseph Volpato. New York, 9 December 1984.

2 pages, 8vo, on light blue personal stationery, with addressed postmarked envelope, a few pale stains.

“There are no words with which to thank you for all that you have done for my daughter Caroline. …I get so upset whenever these things happen, because I worry about how they will affect Caroline. What has made me so deeply happy, in talking to her this weekend, is to see that instead of feeling frightened or threatened or anxious, she feels so protected and safe because of you, and your constant solictude, kindness, and effectiveness. So she can life her life with peace of mind and her wonderful sense of fun and trust in people - all the things you wish for someone you love -, and not be always in a state of apprehension.” $600-800

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KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963). Typed letter signed (“John Kennedy”), as Senator, to Mr. Alton H. Hathaway, Jr., with holograph postscript.

Washington, D.C., 18 June 1956.

1 page, 4to, on United States Senate stationery, minor creasing at folds. Kennedy thanks the proprietor of a North Cambridge bakery for sending his thoughts about the Federal Wage and Hour Coverage, and commenting that the matter is pending before the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee. In a holograph postscript he adds: “I don’t think action will be taken this year.” $800-1,200

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KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick (1888-1969). Typed letter signed (“Joe”) with autographed note signed (“Joe”), as Ambassador to Great Britain, to Harry H. Woodring, London, 24 April 1939.

1 page, 4to, Embassy of the United States of America and Seal of the United States in blind , rubber-stamped “Secretary’s Office May -2 1939 War Department” upper right, lightly creased with horizontal fold touching the “J” in the first signature, short tear upper left, pencil notations in an unknown hand upper center. Kennedy writes Woodring about an invitation for Mrs. Woods Plankinton to the Royal Enclosure at Ascot and an invitation ot the Royal Garden Party. $300-500

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KENNEDY, Robert Francis (1925-1968). Autograph letter signed (“Bobby”), as Attorney General to the Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg. Washington, D.C., 16 May 1961.

1 page, 8vo, on Attorney General stationery, received stamp on upper left corner, pencil and ink notations in upper margin. Kennedy comments on Goldberg’s memo about the reorganization of the C.I.A., remarking it makes “great sense. I though you hit the nail on the head.” [With:] A copy of Goldberg’s memo, written immediately following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.

Goldberg was a prominent Chicago labor attorney who helped arrange the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

During World War II, he served in the Office of Strategic Services, organizing European resistance to Nazi Germany. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Goldberg as the Secretary of Labor. In 1962, Kennedy successfully nominated Goldberg to the Supreme Court to fill a vacancy caused by the retirement of Felix Frankfurter. $700-900

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KENNEDY, Rose Fitzgerald (1890-1995).

Autograph letter signed (“Rose”), to Arthur Goldsmith.

Palm Beach, 4 January (no year).

3 pages, 12mo (125 x 97 mm), bifolium, pale stain upper corner. Kennedy thanks Goldsmith for the Christmas gift (a red plant), and recounts the holidays: “Being an optimist, I think we were lucky that only half the family had colds.” $300-500

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KEY, Francis Scott (1779-1843). Autograph letter signed (“F. S. Key”), to Mr. William Taylor. Georgetown, 23 December 1815.

1 page, 4to, addressed in holograph on verso, seal tear and hole causing loss of a few letters, light toning at folds, minor chipping at edges, one fold crossing signature, wax seal stain and remnants affecting one letter on recto, docketed on verso. Regarding a disagreement over payment in a case between his client and the recipient: “…He declines doing it, saying that he thinks it has been paid - & that your Bill-book (he thinks) will show you that he paid a d[ra]ft or bill on ac[coun]t of it long ago…” $1,000-2,000

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LAFAYETTE, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834). Autograph letter signed (“Lafayette”), in English, to James Monroe. Paris, 8 January, [c.1811-1817?].

1 page, approximately 5 1/2 by 6 in., creased at folds, minor marginal loss at upper corner, pinhole at upper left corner, some paper mounting remnants on verso.

A fine letter from Lafayette to Monroe, who was probably Secretary of State at the time, enquiring if he has made any progress in helping with his financial difficulties.

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“Permit me to inquire whether you have Received a Letter from me Relative to the pecuniary Business, of great moment to me, you Had Kindly undertaken to Manage, and whether any answer from you on this subject Has Ever been sent to me, General Armstrong, or Mr. Parker? The Affair itself and my situation Respecting it are so well known to you that I Have only to add my affectionate Respects to Mr. and Miss Monroe and the expression of my old and everlasting friendship. Lafayette.” As a postscript he adds: “We are waiting for the Agricultural Book two Vol you Have promised to send to our friend Parker.”

As a result of the French Revolution, Lafayette spent from 1792 until late 1799 in prison or exile. His wife Adrienne narrowly avoided execution during the Reign of Terror and was finally released from prison as a result of Monroe’s efforts while he was serving as American Minister Plenipotentiary to France. Returning to France a free man in 1799, Lafayette was financially ruined. He received a monetary grant while he was imprisoned, which was made in part because he accepted no payment for his services to the Continental Army during the Revolution. In 1803, wishing to do more for Lafayette, Congress granted him over 11,000 acres in the Northwest Territory, but in April of that year the Louisiana Purchase was acquired, and in 1804 the grant was authorized to be made in the new territory. The turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and Lafayette’s borrowing of considerable sums against his land grants meant the Louisiana lands would have to be sold to repay his debts. The matter was complicated by conflicting claims on some of the land, and dragged on for many years while Lafayette remained in France. He enlisted various American friends, Monroe among them, to assist him in theses matters. It was during Monroe’s presidency and partly at his invitation that Lafayette made his triumphant farewell tour of the United States in 1824-1825. In this letter he probably refers to General John Armstrong (1758-1843), who served as a Minister to France and as U. S. Secretary War.

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LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870). Autograph letter signed (“RE Lee”), to Major [Richard Delafield]. Washington, D.C., 31 August

1846.

2 pages, 4to, written on recto and verso, docketed by recipient on lower portion of verso, some minor spotting, creased; matted and framed.

Written while en route from Fort Hamilton in New York to San Antonio to join General Wool’s Army in the Mexican War. “.... I am very much obliged to you for your interest in my horses. You must do with them what you think best. At this distance, I can say nothing, but sell the whole concern & place the amount to my credit in the Bank of Commerce ... I am detained here today or aft if the arrangements for money, but shall be off tomorrow, by the Charleston route ... it is the intention of Govt: to put up a Fortress at San Antonio against the Moschitoes, which are so large that they stand on the ground & drink out of a pint cup-I do not know whether I am to be the Engineer…” In a postscript he adds: “Tell Mr. Rider that the Saddle bags had not arrived this morning & I shall have to go without them.”

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MAC ARTHUR, Douglas (1880-1964). Autograph

letter signed (“D Mac A”), to Dan Poling. N.p., n.d. (ca 25 September 1963).

1 page, 4to, penned beneath a TLS from Poling, on Christian Herald stationery, lightly creased, staple holes in upper left corner, a few tiny stains, light pencil erasure upper right. MacArthur responds to an inquiry about the publication of his memoirs. Dan Poling, Chairman and Editor of “Christian Herald Magazine” writes: “An unnumbered multiple of people are happy with the announcement of your memoirs. We have all been waiting for them. I, of course, wish to do a review in Christian Herald magazine for our associated channels.

May I have an early review copy?” MacArthur responds below Poling’s letter: “The book will be published next year by McGraw, Hill Co. I will see tha tyou get an advance copy.” MacArthur never lived to see his memoirs in print; he died just over 6 months later at the age of 84. Prior to the publication of his book, the FiveStar General signed 1,750 blank sheets to be inserted into a limited edition of his autobiography. $500-700

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MADISON, James (1751-1836). Autograph letter

signed (“James Madison”), as President, to an unnamed recipient. Washington, D.C., 19 April 1816.

2 pages, 4to, written on recto and verso, some ink showthrough. Madison sends a letter hoping for help in locating his missing nephew, Ambrose Rose, son of his sister Frances Taylor Madison and Robert Hugh Rose of Lynchburg. “He has just entered his 15th year is a bout 5 feet high, square but and stoops a little in his shoulders… [he] left Lynchburg in Virginia in the month of January last and instead of returning to his father… took an unknown direction, and has not since been heard of. His parents apprehensive that he may have possibly formed a project of going to sea are extremely anxious to prevent an execution of it. You will oblige them therefore greatly, as well myself by taking the necessary steps for discovering whether such a youth has connected himself with any vessel in your port, or be hovering about with an appearance of having that in view…” $2,000-4,000

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McKINLEY, William (1843-1901). Autograph letter signed (“Wm.

McKinley”), as Representative for the state of Ohio, to Thomas Thomas.

Canton, OH, 11 October 1886.

1 page 8vo, on House of Representatives stationery, creasing, a few short tears to folds. McKinley reports that he is glad to be home, and comments on recent travel; he mentions he’d be glad to see the recipient while he is in town. $300-500

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MONROE, James (1758-1831). Autograph letter signed (“James

Monroe”), as President, to an unnamed recipient. Washington, D.C., 20 November 1818.

1 page, 4to, creased with a few holes or tears at folds occasionally touching letters. Arranging a land transaction with some urgency, Monroe writes: “I am very anxious to hear from you respecting the land of Shorr’s Esq. as it is important for me to take steps in regard to it. I have procur’d the cloth for the people, and can furnish it when the waggon or other opportunity favors. I wish to hear from you without delay. Whatever your opinion may be you had better say nothing respecting the land. I wish the papers mentioned when I saw you and the grant(?) when the waggon comes down. I hope that every thing goes on to your satisfaction.” $1,000-2,000

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NIXON, Richard (1913-1994). Autograph letter signed (“Dick Nixon”), to James Crosby. New York, 16 November 1981.

1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery, creased at folds, some pale stains; matted and framed. Nixon writes his good friend to wish him well upon hearing the news of his recent health issues. James Crosby was founder and owner of Resorts International Casino and Paradise Island, who gave refuge to the Shah of Iran at his home there when the United States was unable to do so. The letter mentions Bebe Rebozo, another of Nixon’s close friends and political allies. “…Now that I am back in these parts there is nothing I would enjoy more than a good chat with you about national & international issues. Our mutual friend, Bebe, may be up here early next month I hop we may all find a mutually convenient time to get together…” $1,000-2,000

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PIERCE, Franklin (1804-1869). Autograph letter signed (“Franklin Pierce”), as President, to Hon. John Aiken.

Andover, MA, 27 March 1856.

2 pages, 8vo, on blind embossed Platner & Porter Congress stationery, creased, one fold between “nk” in signature, one letters smudged, short marginal tear. Pierce writes his wife’s sister’s husband about a $10,000 loan, and sending regrets that the recipient won’t be able to visit in the spring. $800-1,200

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POLK, James K. (1791-1868). Autograph letter written in the third person (“The President”), as President.

[Washington, D.C.], 20 December 1846.

1 page, 4to, creasing. Requesting that Judge Mazan (sic) pay him a visit that evening. Presumably written to John Young Mason, who Polk appointed Attorney General in 1845. $1,000-2,000

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REAGAN, Ronald (1911-2004) and Nancy REAGAN (1921-2016). Autograph notes twice signed (“Nancy

Reagan” and “Ronald Reagan”), to unnamed recipients (“Dear children”). N.p., n.d.

2 pages, 8vo (214 x 150 mm), on a printed card, twice signed, tipped to backing. “Dear Children - Thank you so much for sending us the lovely card - it’s beautiful - Nancy Reagan.” “Let me add my thank you for your card - it was beautifully done and we are very proud to have it.

Sincerely, Ronald Reagan.” Additionally signed under printed sentiment “Nancy and Ronald Reagan.” $300-500 435

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ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano (1882-1945). Autograph letter signed (“Franklin D. Roosevelt”), to Mr. Crowley. Warm Springs, Georgia, 18 November 1921.

1 page, 4to, on Georgia Warm Springs Foundation letterhead, pencil notation in recipient’s hand, holes punched in left margin just touching first letter of salutation; mats and frames available.

Enclosing checks for Georgia Warm Springs Foundation (not present here). Written within his first year of founding and serving as President of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, a nonprofit organization which treated polio victims through water therapy. $800-1,200

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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Autograph letter signed

(“Theodore Roosevelt”), as Assemblyman, to James S. Lehmaier.

Albany, 20 January 1882.

1 page, 8vo, on State of New York’s Assembly letterhead, three holes punched in left margin. Confirming that he has sent Lehmaier’s appointment to the Governor: “I have sent in your appointment for Governor, and I have not doubt it will be all right, so the Clerk assures me…” $1,000-2,000

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SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891). Autograph letter signed (“W.T. Sherman”), to Geo. S. Gideon. Washington, D.C., 17 August 1858.

1 page, 8vo, ink smudged but legible, folds through the signature, light stains in margins. Sherman sends Gideon a check (not present) for $21.50 “in full for your Bill against the Hon Thos Ewing of this place.” Thomas Ewing served as Secretary of Treasury under William Henry Harrison and John Tyler, and Secretary of the Interior under Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. He was Sherman’s foster father and, subsequently, his father-in-law after the marriage of his daughter, Eleanor Boyle Ewing, to Sherman. $500-700

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TAFT, William Howard (1857-1930). Autograph letter signed (“Wm. H.T.”), as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to Lily.

Washington, D.C., 12 October 1928.

1 page, 8vo, bifolium, on Supreme Court stationery, very faint pencil marks lower margin, creased. “Was delighted to be of any assistance to you or Jack or Charley or any of your sweet family.”

Taft, who twice turned down Theodore Roosevelt’s offer of an appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was appointed Chief Justice by Warren G. Harding in 1921. $400-600

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TAYLOR, Zachary (1784-1850). Clipped signature.

1 page (27/37 x 192 mm), removed from a larger sheet, recipient’s name penned in Taylor’s hand.

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TRUMAN, Harry S. (1884-1972). Autograph letter signed

(“Harry Truman”), to Ladies Shepard. Kansas City, Missouri, 10 February 1953.

1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery, with original holograph envelope, creased to folds, a few pale stains; matted and framed. Thanking Shepard for his well-wishes: “Your good letter congratulating me on the past national administration’s work for all the people, and wishing Mrs. Truman, Margaret and myself happiness and prosperity for the future is highly appreciated…” $1,000-2,000

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TWEED, William M. (“Boss”) (1823-1878). Autograph letter signed (“Wm. Tweed”), as New York Senator, to John L. Flagg.

Albany, 13 April 1869.

1 page, 8vo, on Senate of New York stationery, some light browning, light pencil notes erased upper left corner. In full: “Am obliged to you for compliance with my request relating to Juvenile Guardian Society.” [With:] Small sepia-toned photograph of Tweed. $300-500

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TYLER, John (1790-1862). Autograph letter signed (“John Tyler”), as President, to Mr. Gilman. Washington, 14 January 1842.

1 page, 8vo, left corners creased with mounting remnants on verso, folds. In full: “Your letter has been received and your wish is complied with.” After the death of William Henry Harrison, Tyler became the first Vice President to fill the role of President.

Constitutionally, the “Powers and Duties” of the President “shall devolve on the Vice President,” which Tyler interpreted to mean that he should assume the title of President. He set a precedent by taking the title, earning him the nickname “His Accidency, the President.” With an engraved portrait. $600-800

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VAN BUREN, Martin (1782-1862). Autograph letter signed (“M.

Van Buren”), to Mr. McPhilily(?). Lindenwald, 19 June 1858.

1 page, 8vo, some light spotting or creasing, left margin reinforced, pinholes upper right corner, small tear to lower left corner with small loss. Van Buren mentions that he has not seen John C. Calhoun’s replies to James Monroe’s inquiries, in full: “I have never seen Mr. Calhoun’s reply to the queries of Mr. Monroe refd. to by you & was not aware that yours remained unanswered.” John C. Calhoun served as James Monroe’s Secretary of war from 1817 tho 1825, and as Andrew Jackson’s Vice President. After falling out of favor with Jackson, Calhoun resigned as Vice President to return to the Senate, allowing Martin Van Buren to replace him as Jackson’s running mate as Vice President in the 1832 election. $600-800

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WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Autograph letter signed (“Go: Washington”), to Samuel M. Fox, President of the Bank of Pennsylvania. Mount Vernon, 10 June 1799.

1 page, 4to, pinholes in upper corners; mats and frames available.

Washington in retirement initiates his final effort to secure payment for remaining debts owed him from the sale of two of his land tracts in Pennsylvania.

After returning home to Mount Vernon to enter his long-awaited retirement from political responsibilities and resume the role of gentleman farmer, the former President became embroiled in an effort to chase down debts owed on two land transactions in Pennsylvania.

The larger Miller Run tract in Washington County, comprising 2,183 acres, was sold to Matthew Ritchie for $12,000 in 1796. The other the tract known as Washington’s Bottom in Fayette County, comprising 1,644 acres, was sold to Col. Israel Shreve for 4,000 pounds Pennsylvania currency the previous year. Their failed annual payments due in 1798, and again in1799, prompted Washington to take further action and contact the President of the Bank of Pennsylvania, Samuel M. Fox, to intervene on his behalf: “Sir, Two Bonds due to me, the one from Matthew Richie [sic] Esqr., deceased, the other from Colo. Israel Shreve, have been deposited in the Bank of Pennsylvania for Collection. On each an Instalment was due, and to have been paid into that Bank, on the first day of June 1798; and another on the first day of the present month. From the Executors of Colo. Ritchie I did, in the course of last sum[mer], receive $1700-and this is all I have received on both Bonds. Let me pray you to inform me, if any more has been paid into the Bank? and if not, whether any intimation has been given to it, that it will be done?”

Washington makes clear his preference to resolve the matter outside of court: “I am unwilling to put the Bonds in suit, if the money could be obtained without.” But the clearly frustrated Washington concludes, “But my want of it is such, that I must have recourse to this expedient soon, if the end cannot be accomplished without.”

On June 13, Fox wrote to Washington reporting no payments had been made upon the bonds of Ritchie or Shreve, nor had any “intimation” been given of an intention to pay the installments due. Washington wrote Fox again on 26 June, asking him to forward a related letter to his agent in both sales, James Ross, and ends the letter: “It would distress me to be obliged to put the judgment Bonds of the above named persons in Suit, but necessity will drive me to it if I cannot obtain payment, & shortly, without” (Papers, Retirement Series, Vol IV, no. 159). By the time of his unexpected death in December 1799, Washington was still awaiting money from Shreve. Final payment from Shreve’s heirs would not be received by Washington’s executors until 1802.

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WEBSTER, Daniel (1782-1852). Autographed

letter signed (“D. Webster”) as Senator, to Mr. March.

Boston, 13 November 1830.

1 page, 4to, mounting remnants on verso with pale show through touching a few words, folds, one touching the “W” in signature, some light browning.

Discussing Judge Samuel Prentiss, who had recently been appointed Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. [With:] Engraved portrait of Webster, 8vo. $300-500

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[AMERICAN HISTORICAL FIGURES].

BRANDEIS, Louis (1856-1941) and Samuel D. WARREN (1852-1910). Autographed letter signed (“Warren & Brandeis”), to W.L. Putnam, Boston, 7 December 1881.

1 page, 4to, on Warren & Brandeis stationery, some ink offsetting. Writing regarding a bond filed by the recipient.

-- BUNCHE, Ralph J. (1904-1971). Autograph letter signed (“Ralph”), to Leonard Lyons, Leopoldville, Congo, 21 August 1960. 1 page, 4to, with holograph envelope, lightly creased, paperclip impression upper margin.

Bunche comments on one of Lyons’ columns from The New York Times, and says he eagerly awaits his return to New York “to resume living again.” -- NATION, Carry A. (1846-1911). Autograph letter signed (“C.N.”), in pencil, to Belle Gillham, Okema, Oklahoma, 28 September 1908. 1 page, on verso of printed postcard showing the public school in Okemah, addressed in Nation’s hand, postmarked. Nation tells her friend about recent travels and reports that she’s headed to Paden, some 20 miles away. -- Together, 3 manuscripts. $400-600 447

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[AMERICAN MILITARY].

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BRADLEY, Omar N. (1893-1981). Autograph letter signed (“Omar N. Bradley”), as General of the Army, to Mr. Plohn, n.p., 9 October, no year. 1 page, small 4to, on United States Army, The Chief of Staff stationery, red pencil underlining and light pencil erasures in upper left blank corner. Bradley requests season tickets to a series of plays for the first Friday night of each engagement. -- GORGAS, William C. (1854-1920).

Autograph note signed (“W.C. Gorgas”), n.p., n.d. [ca 25 June 1914). 1 page, 8vo, likely on an endpaper from a novel, with manuscript compliment sentiment from A. Fitzroy Stafford, some browning. Regarding his reading of a novel: “Commenced May 18th, 1914 at Washington, D.C., finished June 25th en route from Atlantic City to Washington.” [With:] Signature on a small sheet dated 1889. -- LE MAY, Curtis (19061992). Autographed letter signed (“Curtis”), to Jim, Newport Beach, 5 May, no year. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, creased, slight soiling to upper left margin. Le May writes about Anderson, “I don’t know anyone better qualified for the job and we certainly need all the clout we can muster.” -- PERSHING, John J. (1860-1948). Autograph letter signed (“John J. Pershing”), to Cobb, New York, 14 January 1933.

2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, on Waldorf-Astoria stationery, paperclip impression touching two words, mounting remnants upper blank edge. Pershing turns down a speaking engagement due to “a very annoying case of chronic bronchitis.” -- WESTMORELAND, William C. (1914-2005). Long autograph note signed (“W.C. Westmoreland”), to Atul Jain, n.p., n.d. [but 1979]. 1 page, 8vo, on lined sheet, on verso of 14 August 1979 letter to him from Jain, Corona N.Y., folds touching signature. “Yes, we should fear the Russians in the knowledge that they have announced to the world that they seek world domination, and their military and psychological programs are compatable [sic] with that goal. No, we should not fear the peaceful use of nuclear energy.” -- Together, 5 manuscripts. $500-700 449*

[AMERICAN POLITICAL FIGURES].

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ROCKEFELLER, Nelson A. (1908-1979). Autograph letter signed (“Nelson A. Rockefeller), as Governor of New York, to Jeanadale, Albany, Tuesday (n.d.).

6 pages, 8vo, on Executive Mansion stationery, staple holes in top margin not affecting text, a few tiny stains touching two words. Thanking Jeanadale (presumably) for her supportive note regarding his second marriage, and writing that he and his second wife, Mary Todhunter Clark “have experienced very much the same reaction experienced by you & Ken.” The couple faced scrutiny as it was Rockefeller’s second marriage. -- SEWARD, William Henry (1801-1872). Autograph note signed (“William H. Seward”), as Secretary of State, to Mr. Mayer, n.p., n.d. 1 page, 8vo, on embossed stationery. “Send no speculations about charges in the Cabinet.” -STEVENSON, Adlai E. (1900-1965). Autograph letter signed (“A.E. Stevenson”), as Vice President, to P.A. Wieting, New York, 21 June 1893. 1 page, 4to, on Bloomington Ill. stationery, lightly penned, otherwise fine. Acknowledging receipt of Wieting’s letter, and promising to comply with his request. -- Together, 3 manuscripts. $400-600

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[AMERICAN PRESIDENTS].

BUSH, George Herbert Walker (b. 1924). Autograph note signed (“George”), to Bill, Houston, 27 December 1979. 2 pages, 12mo, on blue-bordered personal stationery. “We are going to win. Happy New Year.” -- BUSH, George W. (b.1946). Autograph letter signed (“George W.”), to Ron, n.p., n.d.

2 pages, oblong 8vo, on two sides of a Texas gubernatorial card. “Thanks for the letter copy of key notes - great work - I hope to see you soon.” -CARTER, James Earl (“Jimmy”) (b.1924). Autograph letter signed (“Jimmy”), as Governor of Georgia, to Chester & Joan Kerr, Plains, Georgia, 27 March 1975. 1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery, staple holes upper left blank corner. Carter, having recently annouced his run for president, visits Yale University, where he dined with Joan and Chester Kerr. [With:] 2 page typed Yale University News Release; 1 page carbon typescript copy of Chester Kerr’s reply; and a copy of the first “Carter for President” brochure. -HOOVER, Herbert (1874-1964). Typed letter signed (“Herbert Hoover”), to novelist Rupert Hughes, The Waldorf-Astoria Towers, New York, 26 June 1945.

1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, some light toning, creased as usual. “I am not going to say that I agree with your eulogistic remarks but I can say that I am deeply appreciative of anyone who makes them.” -- WILSON, Woodrow (1856-1924).

Autograph sentiment signed (“Woodrow Wilson”), to Mrs. Howard A. Bridgman, n.p., 27 July 1913. 1 page, 16mo, on embossed White House card, light marginal soiling. Sending anniversary wishes. -Together, 5 manuscripts. $700-900

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BUSH, Barbara (b. 1925). Typed letter signed (“Barbara”), as the Vice President’s wife, to Madelin (Mrs. Thayer) Gilpatric, [Washington, D.C.], 21 December 1988. 1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery with a red, white, and blue border, handwritten postscript. “I agree with you on the luxury tax... but then I wasn’t elected.” -- EISENHOWER, Mamie Doud (1896-1975). Autograph letter signed (“Mamie Eisenhower”), to Mr. Pruett, [Gettysburg], 9 Februrary 1977. 1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery.

In full: “Sorry I do not think I can help you identify the pictures of President Johnson. They are all interesting photos.” -- ROOSEVELT, Eleanor (18841962). Autograph letter signed (“Eleanor Roosevelt”), to Mrs. D. Basil, Albany, 20 September [1930]. 2 pages, 8vo, on State of New York Executive Mansion Albany stationery, with stamped addressed and postmarked envelope, paperclip burn in blank upper margin, short tear at top edge. Writing the wife of her husband’s law firm partner, D. Basil O’Connor (of Roosevelt & O’Connor). -- TRUMAN, Bess Wallace (1885-1982). Autograph letter signed, as First Lady, to Mrs. Barnet Nover, Washington, D.C., [25 October 1949.] 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, on White House stationery, with original hand-addressed envelope, some light browning. “It was so thoughtful of you to write me about my Denver family. I had heard from them, of course, of your visit and how greatly they had enjoyed both of you.” -- Together, 4 manuscripts. $500-700

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[AMERICAN FRONTIER]. A group of 4 works about life on the American Frontier, comprising:

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BRYAN, Daniel. The Mountain Muse: Comprising the Adventures of Daniel Boone and the Power of Virtuous and Refined Beauty. Harrisonburg: Printed for the Author by Davidson & Bourne, 1813. 12mo. Half-title. Contemporary calf.

FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ericson Public Library, Boone, Iowa (bookplate). -- CARSON, Kit and John C. Fremont.

The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies and Indians... New York: Hurst & Co., Publishers, 1885. 8vo. Frontispiece. Publisher’s dark green cloth, black and gilt embossed lettering. “Arlington Edition.”

Provenance: Possible copy belonging to Albert Bernhardt Faust (1870-1951) from his days at St. Paul’s Sunday School.

Bernhardt Faust was a renowned German scholar and professor, most notably Cornell University. -- McREYNOLDS, Robert. Thirty Years on the Frontier. Colorado Springs: El Paso Publishing Co., 1906. 8vo. Frontispiece and 10 other photographic illustrations. Publisher’s light blue pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY McREYNOLDS on front pastedown. -- LEWIS, Henry Clay (“Madison Tensas”).

“Swamp Doctor’s” Adventures in the South-west Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson and Brothers, [1858]. Additional illustrated title-page, other numerous engraved plates. Publisher’s blue cloth, black and gilt lettered covers and spine. Provenance: Bryant Circulating Library Association of Roslyn, New York (bookplate). -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally fine. $200-400

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[AMERICAN HISTORY] A group of works, comprising: BUEAL, J.W. and MAWSON, Harry P. Leslie’s Official History of the Spanish-American War. Washington: General Marcus J. Wright, 1899. Folio. Frontispiece and numerous original illustrations.

Publisher’s brown pictorial cloth, marbled edges. Provenance: J.W. DeRoche (inscription). -- MATTHEWS, James M. (editor). The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its termination, February 18, 1862, inclusive. Richmond: R.M. Smith, 1864. 8vo. ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. -- TOWNSEND, C.H., and others. Reports to the Secretary of the Treasury, in Relation to the Condition of Seal Life on the Rookeries of the Pribilof Islands and to Pelagic Sealing in Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean in the Years 1893-1895. In two parts. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1896. 8vo. Text volume part one (lacking second part of text and atlas). Contemporary brown half morocco, marbled edges.

-- [WASHINGTON, George]. Legacies of Washington: being an a Collection of the Most Approved Writings of the Late General Washington… Trenton: Sherman, Mershon, and Thomas, 1800.

16mo. Stipple portrait frontispiece of General George Washington

by W. Harrison. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally good.

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[AMERICAN POLITICS - 19th CENTURY]. A group of 6 pamphlets and speeches, 18581861, including: [SEWARD, WILLIAM]. Three campaign documents, including: Speech of William H. Seward, Delivered at Rochester, Monday, October 25, 1858. Gazette Campaign Documents No. 2. and Speech of Hon. William H. Seward, in the Senate of the United States, February 28, 1860. [with] Homesteads. The Republicans and Settlers Against Democracy and Monopoly. The Record.

-- Minority Report of Mr. Stevens, Delegate from Oregon, Showing the Grounds Upon Which the Regular Southern Delegation were entitled to Seats in the Convention at the Front Street Theatre, Baltimore. Breckinridge and Lane Campaign Documents, No. 2. Washington City: Issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee, 1860. -- [BUCHANAN, JAMES]. Speech of President Buchanan, on the Evening of Monday, July 9, 1860. Breckinridge and Lane Campaign Documents, No. 4. Washington City: Issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee, 1860.

-- [DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A.]. Addresses on the Death of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 9, 1861. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. -- Together, 6 pamphlets, condition generally fine. $100-200

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[AMERICANA]. A group of four works relating to American History, comprising: [MARSHALL, John]. The Life of George Washington. Maps and Subscribers’ Names.

Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1807. 4to. Atlas volume only. 8 (of 10) engraved maps (lacking maps 8 and 10), 22pp. letterpress list of subscribers. Contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, letterpress label to upper cover.

-- [MASSACHUSETTS]. Resolves of the General Assembly of the State of Massachusetts-Bay Begun...the twenty-eighth day of May...1777... and thence continued...the twenty-sixth day of November. Small folio. 3 bifolium, pp.1-12 (lacking pp.13-18). -- HIGGINSON, Thomas Wentworth.

History of the United States from 986 to 1905.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1905. 8vo. Illustrated. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF 13 MANUSCRIPTS FROM HIGGINSON, numerous additional illustrations and photographs tipped in, PHOTOGRAPH OF HIGGINSON tipped in. Original red cloth (defective). PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM HIGGINSON to George Steele Seymour pasted in.

Provenance: George Steele Seymour (bookplate, presentation inscription). -- JONES, John T. [Plates to Jones’s War in Spain, Portugal, and the South of France. London, 1818 or later]. 4to. 8 engraved folding maps. Contemporary half calf (worn). $150-250

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AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) Purple Heron (Plate CCLVI) Ardea Rufescens Engraving with etching, aquatint and handcoloring, ca 1835, on J Whatman paper watermarked 1835, plate 24 1/2 x 36 5/8 in (25 5/8 x 38 in sheet), some overall browning and spotting, a few short tears to upper margin, adhered in top and bottom margins on verso to mat, matted and framed Low p. 121, variant 1 $10,000-15,000

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AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) Velvet Duck (Plate CCXLVII) Fuligula fusca Engraving with etching, aquatint and handcoloring, ca 1835, on J Whatman Turkey Mill paper watermarked 1835, plate 20 3/4 x 30 1/4 in (25 3/4 x 37 7/8 in sheet), slight mat burn, some light chipping to edges, upper margin with sewing holes from binding, a few pin holes in extreme outer right margin, matted and framed Low p.118 Property from the Collection of Dimitrios & Christine Sereleas, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000

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AUDUBON, John James (1808-1851).

Common Wild-cat (Plate 1) -- American Cross Fox (Plate 6) -- Canada Lynx. Male (Plate 16) -- ProngHorned Antelope (Plate 77) -- Cougar (Plate 97) -- Tawny Weasel (Plate 148) From Quadrupeds of America, octavo edition, Philadelphia, ca 1849-1854 5 lithographs with hand-coloring, sheets approximately 6 13/16 x 10 1/2 in, some minor browning $300-400

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459 Battle of Atlanta. Chicago and Buffalo: Cosak & Co., 1888.

Chromolithographic print with handcoloring, visible area 20 x 35 3/4 in, some overall browning and marginal chipping, framed, not examined out of frame Notes in lower margin indicate the print was “copied by special permission from the Panorama Painting,� and the copyright is held by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. The print depicts the death of General James B. McPherson during the Battle of Atlanta. $100-200 459

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BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) Herd of Bisons (plate 40) From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz, Paris, and London, 1839-1842 Aquatint engraving with hand-coloring, Bodmer blindstamp lower margin, title in French, German and English, plate 14 3/4 x 17 in (17 7/16 x 23 7/16 in sheet), a few tiny spots, minor adhesion remnants from old hinging upper margin verso, tiny crease lower corner Property from a Midwestern Collection $1,000-2,000

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BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) Junction of the Yellow Stone River with the Missouri (plate 29) From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz and Paris, 1839-1842 Aquatint engraving with hand-coloring, Bodmer blindstamp lower margin, title in French and German, plate 16 x 21 17/18 in (16 7/8 x 23 5/8 in sheet), on wove paper, discreet repairs to lower right corner, slight marginal chipping, hinged to mount, matted and framed Property from a Midwestern Collection $800-1,200 162 f i n e B O O K S A N D M A N U S C R I P T S

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BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) Pehriska-Ruhpa (Plate 17) From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz, Paris, and London, 1839-1842 Aquatint engraving with hand-coloring, Bodmer blindstamp lower margin, title in French, German and English, plate 20 1/4 x 14 1/2 (24 1/4 x 17 1/2 in sheet), some light marginal browing, 1/2 in marginal tear to lower left corner, pin holes left margin, matted and framed showing sheet edge, not examined out of frame Property from a Midwestern Collection $2,000-3,000

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BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) Sih-Chida & Mahchsi-Karehde (Plate 20) From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz, Paris, and London, 1839-1842 Aquatint engraving with hand-coloring, Bodmer blindstamp lower margin, title in French, German and English, plate 19 5/8 x 16 in (22 1/4 x 17 5/8 in sheet), 1/2 in tear in lower blank portion of plate, some light browning, matted and framed showing sheet edge, not examined out of frame Property from a Midwestern Collection $2,000-3,000

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BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) View of the Rocky Mountains (plate 44) From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz, Paris, and London, 1839-1842 Aquatint engraving with hand-coloring, Bodmer blindstamp lower margin, title in German, French and English, plate 16 3/8 x 21 1/8 in (25 3/4 x 37 7/8 in sheet), some light chipping to edges, more pronounced at lower corners, slight mat burn, some spotting, matted and framed Property from a Midwestern Collection $1,000-2,000

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CATLIN, George (1796-1872) Buffalo Dance (Plate 8) From The North American Indian Portfolio, London, 1844 Lithograph with hand-coloring, image 12 x 17 3/4 in (16 3/8 x 22 3/4 in sheet), a few tiny pinholes, some light browning, sewing holes from binding visible top margin, matted and framed with full sheet edge visible, not examined out of frame Property from a Midwestern Collection $1,000-2,000

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CATLIN, George (1796-1872) Buffalo Hunt, Chase (Plate 5) From The North American Indian Portfolio, London, 1844 Lithograph with hand-coloring, image12 x 17 3/4 in (16 3/8 x 22 3/4 in sheet), some mostly marginal spotting or browning, stab holes from binding upper margin, some minor creasing to lower margin, a few pinholes, matted and framed showing sheet edge, not examined out of frame Property from a Midwestern Collection $800-1,200

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CURREY, J. Seymour. Chicago: Its History and Its Builders.

A Century of Marvelous Growth. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.

5 volumes, 4to (260 x 174 mm). Numerous photographic illustrations. (Scant spotting.) Contemporary half brown leather, spine stamped in gilt (joints worn, wear to extremities, corners bumped). LIMITED EDITION, number 73 of an unknown limitation of the “DeLuxe Edition,” SIGNED BY CURREY. $300-500

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[DONALDSON, Thomas]. Report on Indians Taxed and

Indians not Taxed in the United States (except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census: 1890. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894.

4to (289 x 233 mm). Numerous chromolithographic, lithographic, and photographic plates, and lithographic maps (a few folding, complete count available upon request, lacking a few.) (Small stain in upper margin, a folding map loose.) Publisher’s black cloth (some light overall wear, shaken as usual, hinges loose.)

A comprehensive compilation of information known about the remaining Native Americans at the end of the 19th century. $300-500

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FRÉMONT, John Charles (1813-1890). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains...and to Oregon and North California. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1845.

8vo (226 x 143 mm). 2 engraved folding maps, 2 engraved maps, 22 engraved plates in text; large folding map in rear pocket (with short tears to folds). (Spotting, dampstained). Original blindstamped brown cloth (some wear, joints splitting). FIRST EDITION, Senate issue, of Fremont’s first and second expeditions. Howes F370; Sabin 25845. $500-700 470 469

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IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1836.

2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 137 mm). Engraved folding map of the routes of Hunt and Stuart to vol.II. (Map torn with old tape repairs on verso, a few marginal tears, one with early sewn repair, some spotting and dampstaining.) Contemporary brown cloth embossed with dots, later rough brown cloth rebacking (spines leaned, overall wear and a few pale stains). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with Rees imprint on verso of title page to Vol. I, and garbled footnote on page 239 to Vol.II, of Irving’s “Classic account of the first American attempt at settlement on the Pacific coast” (Howes). BAL 10148 (issue 1, see binding B); Graff 2158; Sabin 35129; Wagner-Camp 61:1.

Provenance: A Cander (early ownership signature); A.K. (note lower flyleaf to Vol.II stating “Map torn and back loose”); Robert W. Bingham (bookplates). $300-500

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JAMES, Edwin (1797-1861), compiler. Account of an Expedition

from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and ‘20, by Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec’y of War: Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822-1823.

3 volumes: comprising 2 volumes text, 8vo (210 x 134 mm) and atlas, 4to (300 x 240 mm). Atlas with 2 double-page maps after S.H. Long

by Young & Delleker, 8 plates (one hand-colored). (Some spotting to text leaves as usual, a few margins repaired or renewed, a few plates spotted, two maps, three plates and geological projection possibly later, possibly supplied from another copy) Text bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards (rebacked preserving original spines), atlas in contemporary brown paper covered boards, brown printed label to upper cover (rebacked in brown cloth). FIRST EDITION of this “Notable government expedition [commanded by Maj. Stephen H. Long], supplementing earlier discoveries of Pike and of Lewis and Clark, and pronouncing the plains region as nothing but a desert, incapable of cultivation! The atlas volume of the original edition is dated 1822” (Howes). Howes J41; Sabin 35682; WagnerCamp 25:1. $3,000-4,000

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KOHLSAAT, Herman Henry (1853-1924). From McKinley to Harding Personal Recollections of our Presidents. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923.

8vo. Illustrated. Original blue cloth, printed label on spine (frontispiece portrait disbound, upper hinge starting). FIRST EDITION. [With:] A small archive of letters to Kohlsaat from various recipients, including: WALLACE, Lew. ALS, 14 February 1898. Asking for a job for his nephew. -- DUCHALLIER, Paul. ALS. 15 May 1897. A warm personal letter. -- Also with four letters from Senator Mark Hanna, Assistant Secretary of State William R. Day, and two Secretaries to the President, on United States Senate, Department of State, or Executive Mansion Washington stationery.

Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $300-500

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[LEWIS, Meriwether and William CLARK]. The Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke, by Order of the Government of the United States, performed in the years 1804, 1805 & 1806. Philadelphia: Hubbard Lester, 1809.

8vo (184 x 107 mm). Partial engraved folding map (lacking left half, chipped and torn at edges and folds), 4 hand-colored engraved Indian portrait plates (lacking engraved frontispiece portrait entitled “Sioux Queen”). Contemporary mottled calf (lacking upper cover, spine broken, worn). FIRST EDITION OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK “APOCRYPHA”, including printings of President Jefferson’s Message... Communicating Discoveries of 1806, letters of William Clark, and plagiarized portions of the journals of Jonathan Carver, Patrick Gass and Alexander Mackenzie.

The Lester anthology was “first in a long and mostly related series of unauthorized published accounts of the expedition” (Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 4a.1). It was one of the primary sources of information about the West until the official publication of the Lewis and Clark narrative in 1814 . See Wagner Camp 8:1. $800-1,200

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[MILITARY HISTORY]. A group of 7 works, including:

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[AERONAUTICS]. Confederation Nationale, Ou recit exact & circonstancie de tout ce qui s’es paffe a Paris, le 14 Juillet 1790. Paris: Chez Garnery, 1794. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. -- Official Army Register from January, 1870. n.p.:n.p., [1870]. Half leather, marbled boards. Provenance: Emerson H. Liscum (bookplate). -- BYERS, S.H.M. What I Saw in Dixie; or Sixteen Months in Rebl Prisons. Dansville: n.p. (lower portion of title-page missing), 1868. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. -- BYERS, S.H.M. What I Saw in Dixie; or Sixteen Months in Rebl Prisons. Dansville: n.p. (lower portion of title-page missing), 1868. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. -- [DeFONTAINE, Felix Gregory].

Marginalia; Gleanings from an Army Note-book. Columbia: Steam PowerPress of F.G. DeFontaine & Co., 1864. Half leather, cloth boards. -- DUKE, Basil. Morgan’s Calvary. New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1906. Portrait frontispiece and other illustrations. Publisher’s green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. -- SHERBURNE, Andrew. Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Penioner of the Namy of the Revolution. Providence: H.H. Brown, 1831. Contemporary calf. -- WOODBURY, Augustus. A Narrative of the Campaign of the First Rhode Island Regiment, in the Spring and Summer of 1861. Providence: Sidney S. Rider, 1862. Portrait frontispiece and a map of the battle fields of Blackburn’s Ford and Bull Run. Contemporary black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, condition generally fine. $150-250 476

MONROE, James (1758-1831). Documents Accompanying the Message of the President of the United States to Both Houses. 206 pages. 18th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Executive Document, no. 2. Washington, D.C.: Gales & Seaton, 1823.

8vo (240 x 150 mm). Half-title slip, 109 pages (of 206), 20 (of 26) folding letterpress tables. (Browned and spotted as usual.) Stab sewn, uncut (a few minor chips to edges, lacking one sewing thread). Documents from the War Department to accompany the first edition in book form of the Monroe Doctrine, preceded only by the National Intelligencer’s broadside of 2 December 1823. The Monroe Doctrine was first presented to Congress in an otherwise routine annual message. Included here is General Games’ report on the upper Missouri campaign against the Arikaras (Document L, pages 55-108). Wagner-Camp 22; Howes M724.

[Laid in:] Fair copy in a secretarial hand of Legislation passed by Congress 7 May 1822 regarding the building of lighthouses with a note in a different hand confirming the passage of the legislation, wax seal on verso. The legislation (Seventeenth Congress, Sess.I, Ch.119, Sec.6) reads in part: “And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and required to cause to be erected in the Bay of Delaware, at or near a place called the Shears, near Cape Henlopen...” (cleanly torn at both folds).

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[MORMONISM]. Gazetteer and business Directory of Wayne, County, N. Y. for 1867-8. Syracuse: Printed at the Journal Office, 1867.

8vo (210 x 135 mm). 4 pages advertisements printed on blue paper, folding map of Wayne County, additional advertisements throughout occasionally printed on colored paper. (Some light offsetting.) Original brown cloth (some light wear, particularly to edges and corners).

Palmyra, in Wayne County, is the birthplace of Mormonism. Though many Mormons were well-established in Utah by 1867, the Directory includes a 4-page excoriation of Mormonism, concluding: “Not a soldier was sent out, not a dollar was given, to aid the Union cause.

No doubt the ‘prophets’ saw that in the future, the same power which was wiping the stain of slavery from our national life, would raise its arm to strike down polygamy. May the vision prove a true one.” $100-200

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[NATIVE AMERICANA]. A group of 4 works in 5 volumes, including: HYDE, George E. Red Cloud’s Folk. A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians. Normam: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. Portrait frontispiece and illustrations. ORIGINAL pictorial dust jacket. -RIGGS, Stephen R. Tah-Koo Wah-Kan; or, The Gospel Among the Dakotas. Boston: Cong, Sabbath-School and Publishing Society, 1869.

Portrait frontispiece. Publisher’s green cloth. -- THATCHER, B.B. Indian Biography: or, An Historical Account of those Individuals who have been Distinguished Among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. 2 volumes. Portrait frontispiece. Publisher’s brown cloth, spine gilt lettered. -- VIDE, V.V. American Tableaux No. 1. Sketches of Aboriginal Life. New York: Buckland & Sumner, 1846.

Publisher’s brown cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 4 works in 5 volumes, condition generally fine. $150-250 478

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[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. NICOLAY, John G. and John Hay, (editors). Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. N.p.:

Lincoln Memorial University, 1894.

12 volumes, 8vo (225 x 145 mm). Portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations, fold-out facsimiles. Half red leather, red cloth boards, spines gilt-stamped, top edges gilt, others uncut. LIMITED EDITION, number 318 of an unknown limitation. Complete set of the Sponsors’ Edition issued by Lincoln Memorial University.

SIGNED by John Wesley Hill, Chanellor of Lincoln University. $1,500-2,500 479

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480*

[NEWSPAPER]. Gazette of the United States. Vol. II, No. 22, Whole No.126. New York: John Fenno, 26 June 1790.

4 pages on a single bifolium sheet. Includes an Act of Congress establishing judicial courts in Rhode Island (just one month after Rhode Island became the last state to ratify the Constitution), signed in print by President George Washington, Vice President John Adams, and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Other articles include a translation of an Address form the National Assembly to the People of France, written six months after the start of the French Revolution; and “Discourses on Davila” No. XII, by John Adams.

Property from the Robert L. McKay Collection, North Tustin, California $400-600

480

481* Vanity Fair. Vol. 4, No. 84. New York: Vanity Fair, 3 August 1861.

4to (278 x 214 mm). Full-page woodcut entitled “The Great War Comet of 1861,” numerous woodcut illustrations. Original printed wrappers (old tape repair on spine). Rare early issue, published just after the start of the Civil War, with a woodcut entitled “The Final Result of the War” on the cover.

Property from the Robert L. McKay Collection, North Tustin, California $100-200

481

482

PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813). Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811.

4to (267 x 215 mm). 2 engraved maps (one folding). (Some light browning or offsetting, a few short marginal tears.)

Contemporary half tan calf (some light wear, hinges starting).

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, edited by Thomas Rees, of Pike’s journey, the first government-endorsed exploration of the American Southwest. Pike received orders to explore the Arkansas and Red Rivers; it was on this expedition that he attempted to summit the peak later named for him. $1,500-2,500 482

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483

ROCKWELL, Norman (1894-1978). Four Freedoms

Posters (OWI Nos. 43, 44, 45, and 46). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943 Four full color posters, sheets approximately 27 15/16 x 19 15/16 in, including: “Save Freedom of Worship: Buy War Bonds: Each According to the Dictates of his Own Conscience.” OWI Poster No. 43. -- “Save Freedom of Speech: Buy War Bonds” (lower half torn at fold, a few other short tears to folds). OWI Poster No. 44. -- “Ours... to fight for: Freedom from Want.” OWI Poster No. 45. -- “Ours... to fight for: Freedom from Fear.” OWI Poster No. 46.

Inspired by FDR’s 1943 address to Congress, Rockwell was inspired to create this series of “Four Freedoms” for covers of the Saturday Evening Post. $300-500

483

484*

SHERIDAN, Philip Henry (1831-1888). Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan. General United States Army. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888.

2 volumes, 8vo (230 x 143 mm). Portrait frontispieces, numerous illustrations, portraits and maps, some folding. (offsetting or spotting, a few light stains.) Publisher’s green pictorial gilt-stamped cloth (wear to extremities, corners bumped, hinge starting). FIRST EDITION. Sheridan was a Union general in the Civil War and his career was noted for his rapid rise to major general as well as his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.

Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $200-300 484

485

STANDLEY, H.L. A group of 7 early hand-colored

photographic reproductions (possibly hand-tinted autochromes), after H.L. Standley, including views of: Dream Lake Rocky Mt. National Park, Colorado. -- Gem Lake Estes Park Colorado. -- Pikes Peak behind Gateway Garden of the Gods, Colorado. -- Longs Peak from Gem Lake Estes Park Colorado. -- Echo Lake Mt. Evans in distance Colorado. -North Cheyenne Canon Colorado Springs. -- Echo Lake from Mt. Evans Highway, Colorado. -- Together 7 images, (5 matted and framed, not examined out of frame). $100-200 485

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486

STANSBURY. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah. Philadelphia, 1852. -- MARCY Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana. Washington, 1854.

STANSBURY, Howard (1806-1863). Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. One volume only (of two, lacking the Atlas with two maps), 8vo. Numerous plates (many folding). Original blind-stamped cloth (spine chipping with some losses, worn). FIRST EDITION, Senate issue.

PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY STANSBURY. [With:] MARCY, Randolph Barnes (1812-1887). Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana. Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1854.

One volume only (of two, lacking the atlas with two maps), 8vo. Numerous plates. Original blind-stamped cloth (some light overall wear). FIRST EDITION, House issue. $200-300

486

487

TAYLOR, Zachary (1784-1850). Partially printed document signed (“Z. Taylor”), as President, 1 May 1849.

1 page, large 4to, on vellum, with official paper seal, matted and framed, creased, a few spots. Counter-signed by Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Interior, and S. H. Laughlin.

Granting land in DeKalb County Illinois to Joseph Taylor. $1,000-1,500

487

487A

[WASHINGTON, George]. CLARKE, Thomas, engraver. Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious G. Washington. Boston: n.p., 1801.

Stipple engraving, sheet 192 x 296 mm (trimmed tightly as usual), a few pale spots Second state, with thicker border and shadows across monument base SCARCE: According to online auction records, only two copies of this print have appeared on the market at auction in the last 40 years.

Hart, Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington 279a $500-700

487A

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488

[WASHINGTON, George]. Fac-Simile of Washington’s Accounts from June, 1775 to June, 1783. [Washington, D.C.: The Treasury Department, 1833].

Small folio (332 x 206 mm). Facsimile of accounts throughout, 3pp. facsimile documents and plans and 1p. letterpress “Extract from Marshall’s Life of Washington, Vol.I. 1758.” at end. (Dampstain to lower gutter corner, some light browning or stains.) Contemporary half sheep, marbled boards, letterpress label to upper cover, stabsewn (lacking top sewing thread, some rubbing or light wear).

The first letterpress leaf is signed by Chief Clerk in the Registrar’s office Mich. Nourse, and notes: “General Washington’s account of expenses during the Revolutionary War, in his own hand writing, is on file in this office:---the annexed is a fac simile copy thereof.” The four final pages include a facsimile of a plan submitted to General Forbes by Washington in 1758.

According to Sabin, “As many copies have been rebound it is difficult to be certain how many of the variations in preliminary and final leaves represent varying issues.” A FINE COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING. RARE: According to online auction records, no copy of this work has ever appeared on the market at auction. Sabin 101546.

488

Provenance: Mr. Galland(?) (early gift inscription from M.B.W. Edgar on slip of paper pinned to front free endpaper). $100-200 489

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 5 works, comprising: Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of War, and of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in Relation to the Salt Springs, and Lead and Copper Mines. 18th Congress, 1st Session. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1824. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, uncut. -- COLT, Miriam Davis. Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill’fated Expedition to that Fairy Land and its Sad Results. Watertown: L. Ingalls & Co., 1862. Publisher’s brown cloth, letters gilt. -- MARSH, O.C. A Statement of Affairs at Red Cloud Agency, Made to the President of the United States. n.p.: privately printed, [1875].

Contemporary quarter leather, cloth boards. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY MARSH. -- McKENNEY, Thomas L. Memoirs, Official and Personal; with Sketches of Travels Among the Northern and Southern Indians; Embracing a War Excursio, and Descriptions of Scenes Along the Western Borders. New York: Paine and Burgess, 1846. Portrait frontispiece and illustrations. Contemporary brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Second edition. -- MORECAMP, Arthur.

Live Boys in the Black Hills, or the Young Texan Gold Hunters.

Boston and New York: Lee and Shepard Publishers and Charles T. Dillingham 1880. Frontispiece. Publisher’s green cloth, black and gilt embossed lettering. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, condition generally fine.

489

$150-250 490*

VAN HORNE, Thomas B. (d. 1895). History of the Army of the Cumberland. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1875.

3 volumes, comprising 2 text volumes and one atlas volume, 8vo. Atlas volume including 22 maps, some folding. (Small tears in folding maps, scant spotting.) Publisher’s red pictorial giltstamped cloth (some light wear and minor chipping with losses, hinge starting). Complete set including the atlas volume, illustrating campaign and battle maps complied by Edward Ruger.

Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois

490

$300-500

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LESLIE HINDMAN AUCTIONEERS u p co m ing a u c t ion sch e d u l e

680 | fine books and manuscripts may 1 | chicago

600 | scientific instruments may 2 | online only

569 | Modern Design May 7 | chicago

609 | classic glass May 8 | chicago

608 | a numismatic collection from the estate of scott e. strahan, III may 21 | chicago

572 | american and european art May 24 | chicago

610 | photography May 24 | online only

605 | hermÈs accessories june 12 | online only consignments due april 13

603 | designer silver jewelry june 13 | timed online only

574 | fine furniture, decorative arts and silver july 17 – 18 | chicago consignments due may 18

570 | post war and contemporary art May 23 | chicago

575 | interiors august 1 – 2 | online only

571 | fine prints May 23 | chicago

578 | important jewelry august 27 – 28 | chicago consignments due june 28

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers offers a complete range of appraisal and auction services designed to assist you.

If you have property to sell, be it a single item, a large collection or an entire estate, please contact us for a complimentary evaluation at 312.280.1212 or consign@lesliehindman.com.

This schedule is subject to change. Changes can be found at lesliehindman.com

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Auction Inquiries FINE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Gretchen Hause Head of Sale | Director gretchenhause@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4229

Elizabeth Keithley Account Executive elizabethkeithley@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4231

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Leslie S. Hindman CEO 312.280.1212 Adam Spender Executive Assistant 312.334.4201

finance Christopher Reimann CFO christopherreimann@lesliehindman.com 312.280.1212

ESTATES, APPRAISALS AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Molly Gron Director mollygron@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4235 Katelyn Finn Important Collections Manager katelynfinn@lesliehindman.com 312.447.3297 Katie Matusik Estates and Appraisals Manager katelynmatusik@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4224

museum services Michael Shapiro Senior Advisor, Museums and Private Collections michaelshapiro@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4210

consignment department Raluca Mondi Consignment Coordinator ralucamondi@lesliehindman.com 312.447.3263

Francis Wahlgren Consultant

Fine Art

Asian Works of Art

Zack Wirsum Senior Specialist zachary@lesliehindman.com

Annie Wu Specialist anniewu@lesliehindman.com

Reed Landin Associate Specialist reedlandin@lesliehindman.com

Flora Zhang Account Executive florazhang@lesliehindman.com 312.447.3290

Nate Brady Account Executive nathanbrady@lesliehindman.com 312.600.6064 Eve Hoffman Account Executive evehoffman@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4228 Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts Mike Intihar Senior Specialist mike@lesliehindman.com

Fine Jewelry and Timepieces Katie Guilbault, G.G. Gemologist katieguilbault@lesliehindman.com Jamie Henderson Associate Specialist / Cataloguer jamiehenderson@lesliehindman.com Ian Klopfer, G.G. Gemologist ianklopfer@lesliehindman.com

Corbin Horn Specialist corbinhorn@lesliehindman.com

Katie Meyer Account Executive katiemeyer@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4213

Nick Coombs Associate Specialist nickcoombs@lesliehindman.com 312.447.3292

Madeline Schroeder Account Executive madelineschroeder@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4223

Cassia Baker Senior Account Executive cassiabaker@lesliehindman.com 312.447.3282 Genevieve King Cataloguer genevieveking@lesliehindman.com Modern Design Luke Palmer Specialist lukepalmer@lesliehindman.com Mike Intihar Senior Specialist mike@lesliehindman.com Cassia Baker Senior Account Executive cassiabaker@lesliehindman.com 312.447.3282 Fine Books and Manuscripts Gretchen Hause Director gretchenhause@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4229 Francis Wahlgren Consultant Elizabeth Keithley Account Executive elizabethkeithley@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4231

Luxury Accessories and Couture Mary Shearson Director maryshearson@lesliehindman.com Dawn Butler Account Executive dawnbutler@lesliehindman.com 312.447.3288 Arts of the American West Rachel Enright Consignment Manager rachelenright@lesliehindman.com 303.825.1855 Interiors Gia Spezia, Director gia@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4219 LH Exchange Alicia Silva Account Executive aliciasilva@lhexchange.com 312.600.6070

REGIONAL offices Jim Sharp Vice-President jim@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4203 Vaughn Smith Regional Development Manager vaughnsmith@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4238 Michael McCarthy Account Executive michaelmccarthy@lesliehindman.com 312.334.4204

Atlanta

Mary Calhoun marycalhoun@lesliehindman.com 404.858.9155

Denver

1024 Cherokee Street, Suite 200 Denver, Colorado 80204 denver@lesliehindman.com 303.825.1855

Milwaukee

414 East Mason Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 414.220.9200

Naples

850 6th Avenue South Naples, Florida 34102 239.643.4448

West Palm Beach

1608 South Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 561.833.8053

Scottsdale

Logan Browning loganbrowning@lesliehindman.com 480.490.3175

St. Louis

32 North Brentwood Boulevard Clayton, Missouri 63105 314.833.0833

Kansas City

Pam Kirkland pamkirkland@lesliehindman.com 314.833.0833

Rockford, Illinois

Janet Moore 815.399.3983

Ohio

Macy Nyhart Hansen 513.560.3200

Washington, D.C.

Maura Ross 561.676.3199

Mid Atlantic

Roger Schrenk and Chris Fultz 703.217.3811

International

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Guide for Prospective Sellers Evaluation of Property If you have property you wish to sell, please call our Consignment Department at 312.280.1212 to arrange for a consultation. At that time, you may make an appointment to bring your property or photographs, along with any other pertinent information, to Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and we will be happy to provide you with complimentary estimates and advice. If you have a large collection, an appointment may be made to evaluate the property on-site. Fees for on-site visits may vary.

Standard Commission Rates Our standard rate of commission is equal to ten percent (10%) of the hammer price on each lot sold for $5,001 or more; fifteen percent (15%) of the hammer price on each lot sold for $2,001 or more but less than $5,001; and twenty-five percent (25%) of the hammer price on each lot sold for $2000 and less with a minimum commission of $25 per lot sold. If your property fails to reach the reserve price agreed upon between you and Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, you may be obligated to pay a reduced commission rate of five percent (5%) of the reserve price.

Shipping Arrangements Leslie Hindman Auctioneers can advise you as to how to have your property delivered to our galleries. Packing, shipping and insurance are payable by the seller. In certain instances, packing and shipping costs may be paid by Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and deducted from the proceeds of the sale. We may recommend packers and shippers, but we are not responsible for their acts or omissions.

Appraisals Appraisals can be arranged for insurance, donation, estate tax, family division or other purposes. Appraisal fees vary according to circumstances. Please contact our Estates and Appraisals Department at 312.280.1212 for further information.

Guide for Prospective Buyers Conditions of Sale Leslie Hindman Auctioneers encourages all prospective buyers to read the Conditions of Sale printed in this catalogue.

Exhibitions Leslie Hindman Auctioneers recommends that all prospective buyers attend the pre-sale exhibition prior to the auction. Staff members are available at our pre-sale exhibitions to advise prospective buyers on particular objects or on any aspect of the bidding process.

Estimates Leslie Hindman Auctioneers provides catalogue descriptions and pre-auction estimates for each lot included in the sale. These estimates are a guide for prospective bidders. They are not definitive. All pre-sale estimates are subject to revision.

Condition Reports We are happy to provide a condition report for lots with a low estimate of $300 and above. Nevertheless, intending buyers are reminded that condition reports are statements of our opinion only, and that each lot is sold “AS IS,” per our Conditions of Sale, as outlined in the back of this catalogue. All lots should be viewed personally by prospective buyers or their agents to evaluate the condition of the property offered for sale due to the highly subjective nature of condition reports.

Bidding at Auction The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer will be the purchaser.

In addition to the hammer price, the buyer agrees to pay Leslie Hindman Auctioneers a buyer’s premium as well as any applicable taxes.

Bidding generally opens at half the low estimate and advances in the following order, although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction.

The normal bidding increments are:

$0 - $200 ............................................. $10

$200 - $500 ............................................. $25

$500 - $1,000 .......................................... $50 $1,000 - $2,000 ........................................ $100 $2,000 - $5,000 ........................................ $200 $5,000 - $10,000 ...................................... $500 $10,000 - $20,000 ................................... $1,000 $20,000 - $50,000 ................................... $2,000 $50,000 - $100,000 ................................. $5,000 $100,000 - $200,000 ............................... $10,000

Over > $200,000 ......... Auctioneer’s Discretion

In-House Bidding Live bidding at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is by paddle only. Please register for a paddle at the entrance of the sales room. If you are the successful bidder, your paddle number and the hammer price will be announced by the auctioneer.

Online Bidding Leslie Hindman Auctioneers allows absentee and live bidding through our website at www.lesliehindman.com as well as absentee and live bidding through third party online bidding providers which vary by sale. For more information regarding online bidding please visit our website at www.lesliehindman.com.

Absentee Bidding If you are unable to attend an auction, you may use the absentee bid form provided at the back of this catalogue. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will exercise written order bids and telephone bids at no additional charge. Lots will always be sold as inexpensively as is allowed other bids and reserves as are on our books or bids executed in competition from the audience.

Tax Exempt Notice Lots marked with an asterisk (*) are tax exempt as permitted by law.

Driving Directions/Parking From the WEST: Take I-290 east. Take the Paulina Street/Ashland Boulevard exit 28B. Stay straight to go onto West Congress Parkway. Turn left onto South Paulina Street. Take a slight right onto West Ogden Avenue. Turn right onto West Lake Street. Building will be on the left side at 1338 West Lake Street.

From the NORTH/NORTHWEST: Take I-90/I-94 east toward Chicago. Take the Ogden Avenue exit 50A. Stay straight to go onto North Racine Avenue. Turn right onto West Lake Street.

Building will be on the right side at 1338 West Lake Street.

From the SOUTHWEST: Take I-55 north. Exit 292A I-90/I-94 W Wisconsin Follow I-90/I-94 W Wisconsin to the Lake Street exit 51A. Turn left onto West Lake Street. Building will be on the right side at 1338 West Lake Street.

From the SOUTH/SOUTHEAST: Take I-90/I-94 west Follow I-90/I-94 W via the exit on the left toward Chicago Loop. Take the Lake Street exit 51A and turn left onto West Lake Street. Building will be on the right side at 1338 West Lake Street.

Parking: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Inc. has a private parking lot located on Ada Street, diagonally across the street from our entrance.

Conditions of Sale HINDMAN LLC AS AGENT

The lots listed in this catalogue will be offered by Hindman LLC as owner or as agent for consignor(s) subject to the following terms and conditions. By bidding at auction you agree to be bound by these Conditions of Sale.

BEFORE THE SALE

Prospective buyers are strongly advised to personally examine any property in which they are interested before the auction takes place. Condition reports are usually available on request, on lots with a low estimate of $300 and above.

All lots are sold “AS IS” and without recourse and neither Hindman LLC nor its consignor(s) makes any warranties or representations, express or implied with respect to such lots. Neither Hindman LLC nor its consignor(s) makes any express or implied warranty or representation of any kind or nature with respect to merchantability, fitness for purpose, correctness of the catalogue or other description of the physical condition, size, quality, rarity, importance, medium, material, genuineness, attribution, provenance, period, culture, source, origin, exhibitions, literature or historical significance of any lot sold. The absence of any reference to the condition of a lot does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. No statement, whether written or oral, and whether made in the catalogue, or in supplements to the catalogue, an advertisement, a bill of sale, a salesroom posting or announcement, the remarks of an auctioneer, or otherwise, shall be deemed to create any warranty, representation or assumption of liability. Hindman LLC and its consignor(s) make no warranty or representation, express or implied, that the purchaser will acquire any copyright or reproduction rights to any lot sold.

Hindman LLC expressly reserves the right to reproduce any image of the lots sold in the catalogue.

AT THE SALE Refusal of Admission Hindman LLC has the right, at our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises or participation in any auction and to reject any bid.

Registration before Bidding A prospective buyer must complete and sign a registration form and provide identification before bidding. We may require bank or other financial references.

Bidding as Principal When making a bid, a bidder is accepting personal liability to pay the purchase price, including the buyer’s premium, all applicable taxes and all other applicable charges, unless it has been explicitly agreed upon in writing with Hindman LLC before the commencement of the sale that the bidder is acting as agent on behalf of an identified third party acceptable to Hindman LLC, and that Hindman LLC will only look to the principal for payment.

Absentee Bids We will use reasonable efforts to carry out written bids given to us at least 24 hours prior to the sale for the convenience of clients who are not present at the auction in person, by an agent or by telephone. Bids must be placed in U.S. dollars. If we receive written bids on a particular lot for identical amounts, and these are the highest bids on the lot at the auction, it will be sold to the person whose written bid was received and accepted first. Execution of written bids is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the sale and we do not accept liability for failing to execute a written bid or for errors and omissions in connection with the written bid.

Telephone Bids On lots with a low estimate of $300 and above and if a prospective buyer makes arrangements with us prior to the commencement of the sale we will use reasonable efforts to contact them to enable them to participate in the bidding by telephone and we do not accept liability for failure to do so or for errors and omissions in connection with telephone bidding. These telephone bids may be recorded at the discretion of Hindman LLC. Online Bids We will use reasonable efforts to carry out online bids and do not accept liability for equipment failure, inability to access the Internet or software malfunctions related to the execution of online bids.

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Reserves Some lots in the sale are subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which such lot will not be sold. The reserve will not exceed the low estimate of the lot. Reserves are agreed upon with consignors or, in the absence thereof, the absolute discretion of Hindman LLC. The auctioneer may open the bidding on any lot below the reserve by placing a bid on behalf of the seller. The auctioneer may continue to bid on behalf of the seller up to the amount of the reserve, either by placing consecutive bids or by placing bids in response to other bidders. With respect to lots that are offered without reserve, unless there are already competing bids, the auctioneer, in his or her discretion, will generally open the bidding at half of the low estimate for the lot. In the absence of a bid at that level, the auctioneer may proceed backwards at his or her discretion until a bid is recognized, and then continue up from that amount.

Auctioneer’s Discretion The auctioneer has the right at his or her absolute and sole discretion to refuse any bid, to advance the bidding in such a manner as he or she may decide, to withdraw any lot, and in the case of error or dispute, and whether during or after the sale, to determine the successful bidder, to continue the bidding, to cancel the sale or to reoffer and resell the item in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, our sale record is conclusive.

Successful Bid The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer will be the purchaser.

In the case of a tie bid, the winning bidder will determined by the auctioneer at his or her sole discretion. In the event of a dispute between bidders, the auctioneer has final discretion to determine the successful bidder or to reoffer the lot in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, the Hindman LLC sale record shall be conclusive. Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer to the highest acknowledged bidder subject to the Conditions of Sale set forth herein, and the bidder assumes full risk and responsibility.

AFTER THE SALE Buyer’s Premium In addition to the hammer price, the buyer agrees to pay Hindman LLC a buyer’s premium and the applicable sales tax added to the final total. The buyer’s premium for all purchases except via live online bidding is twenty-five (25%) of the hammer price up to and including $250,000; twenty percent (20%) of any amount in excess of $250,000 up to and including $3,000,000; and twelve percent (12%) of any amount in excess of $3,000,000.

The buyer’s premium for purchases made via live online bidding is twenty-six (26%) of the hammer price up to and including $250,000; twenty-one percent (21%) of any amount in excess of $250,000 up to and including $3,000,000; and thirteen percent (13%) of any amount in excess of $3,000,000.

Payment The buyer must pay the entire amount due (including the hammer price, buyer’s premium, all applicable taxes and other charges) no later than 5 p.m. on the seventh (7) business day following the sale. Payment in U.S. dollars may be made with cash; bank check or cashier’s check drawn on a U.S. bank; money order; or wire transfer unless other arrangements are made with Hindman LLC. Hindman LLC reserves the right to hold merchandise purchased by personal check until the check has cleared the bank. The purchaser agrees to pay Hindman LLC a handling charge of $50 for any check dishonored by the drawee.

Tax Exempt Notice Lots marked with an asterisk (*) are tax exempt as permitted by law.

Collecting Purchases Once Hindman LLC has received all funds due to us, the buyer shall collect purchased lots within seven (7) business days from the date of the sale.

Packing and Shipping If your bid is successful, we can provide you with a list of shippers. We will not be responsible for the acts or omissions of carriers or packers whether or not recommended by us. Property will not be released to the shipper without the buyer’s written consent and until payment has been made in full. Packing and handling of purchased lots by us is at the entire risk of the purchaser, and Hindman LLC will have no liability of any loss or damage to such items.

Non Payment If we do not receive payment in full, in good cleared funds, within seven (7) business days following the sale, we are entitled in our absolute discretion to exercise one or more of the following measures, in addition to any additional actions available to us by law: a.) to impose a late charge of one and a half percent (1.5%) per thirty (30) days of the total purchase price b.) to hold the defaulting buyer liable for the total amount due and to begin legal proceedings for its recovery together with interest, legal fees and costs to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law c.) to cancel the sale d.) to resell the property publicly or privately with such terms as we find appropriate, to resell the property at public auction without reserve, and with the purchaser liable for any deficiency, cost, including handling charges, the expenses of both sales, our commission on both sales at our regular rate, all other charges due hereunder and incidental damages. In addition, a defaulting purchaser will be deemed to have granted us a security interest in, and we may retain as collateral security for such purchaser’s obligations to us, any property in our possession owned by such purchaser. At our option, payment will not be deemed to have been made in full until we have collected funds represented by checks, or in the case of bank or cashier’s checks, we have confirmed their authenticity.

LIABILITY

Condition Reports Hindman LLC is not responsible for the correctness of any statement of any kind concerning any lot, whether written or oral, nor for any other errors or omissions in description or for any faults or defects in any lot. Neither the seller, ourselves, our officers, employees or agents, give any representation, warranty or guarantee or assume any liability of any kind in respect of any lot with regard to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, description, size, quality, condition, attribution, completeness, authorship, authenticity, rarity, importance, medium, provenance, exhibition history, literature or historical relevance. Except as required by local law any warranty of any kind whatsoever is excluded by this paragraph. Items under $1,000 are collated upon request.

Purchased Lots If for any reason a purchased lot cannot be delivered in the same condition as at the time of sale, or should any purchased lot be stolen, mis-delivered or lost prior to delivery, Hindman LLC shall not be liable for any amount in excess of that paid by the purchaser.

Legal Ramifications The rights and obligations of the parties with respect to these Conditions of Sale, the conduct of the auction and any matters connected with any of the foregoing shall be governed and interpreted by the laws of the jurisdiction in Illinois. If any part of these Conditions of Sale is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part shall be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Discretion Any and all of the conditions may be waived or modified in the sole discretion of Hindman LLC.

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e.) to offset against any amount owed f.) to not allow any bids at any upcoming auction by or on behalf of the buyer

Failure to Collect Purchases If property is not picked up within seven (7) business days following the sale, whether or not payment has been made, Hindman LLC reserves the right to charge $5 per lot per day or to deliver said property to a public warehouse for storage at the purchaser’s expense. Hindman LLC shall have no liability for any damage to property left on its premises for more than seven (7) business days following the sale. In addition, we reserve the right to impose a late charge of one and a half percent (1.5%) per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. For property that is not picked up after thirty (30) calendar days, an additional administration fee of $75 will be charged. Property which is paid for but left on our premises for any reason in excess of sixty (60) calendar days is subject to sale by us with the balance of any funds recovered in excess of storage charges and any other fees being remitted to you.

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BID FORM

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Sale Number/Name

Business Name Billing Address City State Country/Zip Contact Name Primary Phone Secondary Phone Email Fax

Bidding generally opens at half the low estimate and advances in the following order, although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are:

$0 - $200 ........................................ $10

$200 - $500 ........................................ $25

$500 - $1,000 ..................................... $50 $1,000 - $2,000 ................................... $100 $2,000 - $5,000 ................................... $200 $5,000 - $10,000 ................................. $500 $10,000 - $20,000 .............................. $1,000 $20,000 - $50,000 .............................. $2,000 $50,000 - $100,000 ............................ $5,000 $100,000 - $200,000 .......................... $10,000

Over > $200,000 .... Auctioneer’s Discretion For absentee bids, indicate your limit for each lot. Your bids will be executed at the lowest prices allowed by reserves and competing bids.

If we receive more than one bid of the same value, the first one received will take precedence.

I authorize Hindman LLC to bid on my behalf up to the amount stated below. By bidding at auction you agree to be bound to the Conditions of Sale as stated in the sale catalogue and on our website.

A per lot buyer’s premium is added to the final hammer price as per the following:

Signature Date

Hindman LLC is not responsible for failure or other inadvertent errors relating to the execution of your bids.

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$0 - $250,000 .......................................... 25% $250,001 - $3,000,000 ............................ 20% $3,000,001 + ............................................ 12%

First time bidders please provide a valid credit card and one of the following: Passport / Driver’s License / National Identity Card Lot Number

Absentee Bid

LOT DescriPtion

US Dollar Limit

EXCLUDES BUYER’S PREMIUM

PHONE BID

PLEASE CHECK

Back-up Bid

FOR TELEPHONE BIDDERS ONLY

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