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Schubertiade Music & Arts
BOOTH #218
Featuring Historical Americana
38th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
Hynes Convention Center
Nov. 14th - 16th, 2014.
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Boston Fair 2014
1. [Ballets Russes] Diaghilev, Sergei. (1872-1929) . Autograph Note to Boris Kochno. Autograph
note from the important ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, signed with his initial "S."
One page, 12mo, Paris, n.d. (1920s), to [Boris Kochno], on printed stationery from the Hotel Mirabeau
(Paris), in French. Diaghilev states that they have waited half an hour for Kochno and have now gone to
Cazenave's home. In fine condition.
$1,000.00
The tenor Guy Cazenave (1883 - 1937) made his debut at the Grand Opéra in 1912 and performed there
and at the Opera-Comique as well as in Marseilles, Nice and Lyons. [11084]
2. [Barber, Samuel. (1910-1981)] Auden, W.H. ( (1907–1973). Birthday Invitation addressed to
Samuel Barber, with autograph musical notations. Printed bifold 1962 invitation to the Birthday Party
of British-American poet W.H. Auden, addressed in Auden's hand to "Mr. Samuel Barber" at the head
in ink and annotated by Barber in pencil with musical rhythms and some calculations on the verso, the
inside being blank and thus easily displayed open so both sides are visible. In fine condition, a
remarkable association.
$1,600.00
Barber first met Auden in New York in 1940 and had discussed a possible text for an aria, which never
came to fruition. He later wrote two of the translations for Barber's "Hermit Songs" (1953), the "The
Monk and his Cat" being surely one of the classic American art songs of its kind. [11190]
3. Bartok, Béla. (1881-1945). Mikrokosmos - SIGNED REVIEW COPY. London: Boosey & Hawkes
[Boosey Hawkes Belwin,Inc. NYC - Sole Selling Agents], [1940]. Vol I. Piano Solo. Upright folio.
Softcover, 9.25 x 12.25 inches. 32 pp. Boldly signed in fountain pen "Bela Bartok" on the title page
which also bears a 'REVIEW COPY' ink stamp. A hint of minor handling wear to the covers and mild
toning, otherwise in fine, clean condition.
$2,500.00
In 1945 Bela Bartók described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of pieces written for "didactic" purposes, seeing
them as a series of pieces in many different styles, representing a small world, or as the "world of the
little ones, the children". Stylistically Mikrokosmos reflects the influence of folk music on Bartok's life
and the rhythms and harmonies employed create music that is as modern today as when the cycle was
written. The 153 pieces making up Mikrokosmos, written between 1926 and 1939, are divided into six
volumes arranged according to technical and musical difficulty. [11305]
4. [Book Safes]. Group of Four 18th and 19th Century French Book Safes. Group of four French
books, the center of each of their page blocks carved out to provide a secret hiding place, including:
''Offices de la Semaine Sainte'', 1869; ''Conferences Ecclesiastiques de Paris'', 1728; ''L'Enseignement de
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$750.00
L'Eglise Catholique'', 1804; and ''Meditations sur Les Evangile'', 1786. The tallest measuring 8 inches
high and all in very good condition.
[11041]
5.
Corelli, Arcangelo. (1653-1713). XII Concerti Grossi. Opera Sesta. INCLUDING THE
CHRISTMAS CONCERTO. London: J. Walsh and I. Hare,, [1715]. Second (first English) edition.
Concerti grossi. Con duoi violini, e violoncello di concertino obligati, e duoi altri violini, viola, e basso
di concerto grosso, ad arbitrio, che si potranno radoppiare. Opera sesta. XII great concertos, or sonatas,
for two violins and a violincello: or for two violins more, a tenor, and a thorough bass: which may be
doubled at pleasure. Being the sixth and last work of Arcangelo Corelli. 7 volumes (parts): Violino
Primo Del Concertino; Violino Primo del Concertino Grosso; Violino Secondo ; Violino Secondo del
Concertino Grosso; Alto Viola; and Violoncello del Concertino. Removed from bound volumes
(sometimes with previous owner’s white tape strip over inner margin of title and last page). Ink notation
on scores, "F. Cockerel." Very minor scattered foxing, mostly very crisp and fine throughout. Smith
466.
$2,200.00
Corelli's best-known set of concertos. The Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, known commonly
as the Christmas Concerto, was commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni and published posthumously
in 1714 as part of his Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6. The concerto bears the inscription "Fatto per la
notte di Natal"e ("Made for the night of Christmas"). Its composition date is uncertain, but there is a
record of Corelli having performed a Christmas concerto in 1690. [11137]
6. Dvorák, Antonín Leopold. (1841 - 1904). Signed Photograph. Rare 4.25 x 6.5 inch cabinet photo
of the composer, signed at the bottom of the image, “Ant. Dvorak,” with an additional dedication to a
woman in Czech. Published by Josef Mulac of Prague. Mild spotting to image and a tiny crease to the
upper right corner tip, otherwise fine condition. Uncommon in signed photographs, especially those
signed on the recto. [10752]
$8,500.00
7.
[Edison, Charles. (1890 - 1969)] Allen, Ivan. (1876 - 1968). Atlanta From The Ashes PRESENTATION COPY TO CHARLES EDISON. Atlanta: Ruralist Press, 1928. First Edition. 8 vo.
144 pp, including illustrations. No jacket. Number 32 of limited edition, signed and inscribed by the
author to Charles Edison. The book is dedicated in print "to the men in commerce and industry who
have made America great." In fine condition.
$650.00
Thomas Edison's second son, was Chairman of the Board of Directors, becoming President of Thomas
A. Edison, Inc. in 1926. He later served as FDR's Secretary of the Navy and Governor of New Jersey.
In 1900 while still in his mid-twenties, Ivan Allen cofounded the Atlanta office supply firm later known
as the Ivan Allen Company. Begun in 1913, Allen's presidency of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
was marked by the great fire of 1917 which destroyed fifty square blocks of the city and left more than
10,000 residents homeless. The chamber of commerce tapped Allen to head the"Forward Atlanta"
booster campaign from 1926 to 1929. This venture, designed to solidify Atlanta's emerging position as
the leading city of the South, placed advertisements in business publications across the country and
touted Atlanta as the ideal location for new factories and for southern branch offices. Allen wrote the
campaign's central document, Atlanta from the Ashes. [11059]
8. Edison, Thomas. (1847 - 1931) . The Phonograph and its Inventor. Boston: Gunn, Bliss, & Co.,
1878. First edition. Pamphlet written by Frederick Garbit for an early trade show, with Edison's middle
name misspelled "Alvah" on the cover and the title page, 15 pages, in original paper wrappers, with
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$2,500.00
wood engraved portrait of Edison on the outer cover, the same re-used as the frontispiece, and another
wood engraving, entitled "Edison's Speaking Phonograph," with a well-dressed woman operating
Edison's invention on the back cover. Early ink notation and light library stamp along upper edge of
front wrapper, a few small chips to corners and a couple of small repaired tears. Overall a crisp and
quite fresh copy of this scarce pamphlet. 6 x 9 in. Contained in a custom black cloth box.
Edison was the greatest inventor of the electrical age. His hundreds of inventions made him a giant
public figure in America and around the world at the turn of the 20th century. Inventor of the first
practical long-lasting light bulb and of the phonograph, it is not hyperbole to say that modern life would
probably be very different without him!
[9476]
9. [Film & Theatre] [Grey, Zane. (1872 - 1939)] Phillips, Henry Albert. (1880 - 1951). "The
Photodrama" - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY TO ZANE GREY. Larchmont, NY: The
Stanhope-Dodge Publishing Company, 1914. First edition. "The philosophy of its Principles, the Nature
of its Plot, its Dramatic Construction and Technique, Illuminated by Copious Examples, Together with a
Complete Photoplay and a Glossary, Making the work a Practical Treatise." 16mo. 221 pp. One of the
first books about the art of screenplay writing, inscribed on the front free endpage by the author to the
American writer Zane Grey, best known for such Western and adventure novels as Riders of the Purple
Sage, many of which were adapted by the early film industry.
$500.00
Besides his manuals on 'The Photodrama' and 'The Feature Photoplay,' Henry Albot Phillips also
authored 'The Plot of the Short Story' and 'Art in Short Story Narration.' [10737]
10. [Film & Theatre] Chaplin, Charlie. (1889-1977). Signed Sketch as Tramp. Extraordinary
original vintage signed fountain pen sketch of his instantly-recognizable Little Tramp character on a
4.25 x 6.75 inch album page, signed and inscribed "To Richard....From Charlie Chaplin / Nov. 20th
1920" adding an arrow beside the sketch and amusingly identifying it "me." The present signature was
obtained shortly after Chaplin finished filming "The Kid," regarded by many as his most perfect and
most personal film. Just one week prior to this signing (November 13th), Chaplin was divorced from his
first wife, Mildred Harris.
$5,000.00
Chaplin first introduced the Tramp when director Mack Sennett requested that he don comic make-up
for a film called Mabel’s Strange Predicament. He later admitted in his autobiography, “The moment I
was dressed, the clothes and makeup made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the
time I walked onstage he was fully born.” [11318]
11. [Film & Theatre] [Chaplin, Charlie. (1889-1977)] King, Alexander. (1899 - 1965). Chaplin as
Hamlet - Original Painting. Original painting of Chaplin as Hamlet, signed by Alex(ander) King lower
right, ca. 1930. 15.25 x 20.5 inches, gouache on art board. Edges chipped, but overall in fine condition.
From the collection of Kenneth MacGowan, Academy-Award winning film producer.
$1,000.00
Alex King was a bestselling humorist, memoirist and media personality of the early television era.
[10993]
12. [Film & Theatre] Disney, Walt. (1901-1966). Donald Duck on the Phone - Inscribed to The
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company. Colorful vintage reproduction of a celluloid drawing from
the 1947 Walt Disney production of "Donald's Dilemma," showing Donald talking on the phone. Very
nicely signed and inscribed by Disney himself on the mat in red artist’s crayon, "To Friends at P. T. & T
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$6,000.00
~ All My Best Wishes ~ Walt Disney." Framed to 16 1/4" x 17 1/4", the revere with the original vintage
label from Walt Disney Productions. Some tears to the brown paper backing, but the print appears to
have never been removed from the frame and is in apparently fine condition. [10995]
13. [Goya] Granados, Enrique. (1867 - 1916). Goyescas. Primera Parte: Los Majos Enamorados.
Madrid: Casa Dotésio, 1912. First Edition. Upright folio (13"x10.5"). Illustrated cover, title page, 1-44
pp. [PN] C. 42037D. Stamped signature of the composer at bottom margin of first page of music,
publisher's blindstamp lower left. Tear to lower right front wrapper, toned, otherwise fine.
$350.00
Goyescas, composed in 1911, is a rhapsodic late romantic piano suite, generally considered to be among
Granados's greatest compositions, and an important work in the romantic virtuoso piano literature. This
copy includes the first four of the seven movements total: Los requiebros (The Compliments); Coloquio
en la reja (Conversation at the Window); El fandango de candil (Fandango by Candlelight); Quejas, o la
maja y el ruisenor (Complaint, or the Girl and the Nightingale).
[10814]
14. Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759) . Autograph Signature with a Contemporary Framed
Portrait. Engraved portrait of the composer trimmed to oval size and set in a black wooden frame with
brass fittings, measuring 15 x 18 cm. Autograph signature "George Frideric Handel" on a paper
measuring 10 x 4 cm affixed to verso, below the signature, on a separate sheet, in a closely
contemporary hand, is inscribed “This was written by himself in a subscription book in [B]ath Coffee
House AD 1750.” Mounted above the inset portrait is a gilded brass triangle with numbers and the word
"Harmologon." The three numbers at the top are 15, 12 & 20 and the three numbers across the bottom
are 9, 25 & 16. The signature has strokes of a darker, but also old early, ink over the letters 'e-o-r' and
part of 'g' in the first name and the mostly faded 'c' in 'Frideric' has been altered in the same darker ink to
form a 'k.' The entire original assemblage archivally preserved in a double-sided wooden table-top
frame under UV-plexiglass.
The English physician and composer, Henry Harington (1727-1816) was mayor of Bath and founded the
Harmonic Society there. He appears in a 1799 portrait with a similar geometric diagram also inscribed
"Harmologon Trivnvm" (see image), a symbol which is also inscribed on his memorial in Bath Abbey
(see also Lightwood 'Hymn Tunes and Their Story', p. 358: "a tablet was erected to his memory in Bath
Abbey, on which is a curious mathematical figure highly suggestive of a proposition in Euclid, but
which is really a design showing the ratios of the vibration numbers in the various intervals of the major
scale.")
Handel traveled to Bath in 1749 and in 1751, as he was increasingly afflicted with failing eyesight. One
of England's major health resorts, it was a place he evidently enjoyed and to which he returned on
multiple occasions. The assembly of the autograph sheet with the frame baring the above discussed
Harmologon symbol associated with Harrington suggests that the subscription book autograph may
have been discovered by someone associated with the Harmonic Society of Bath at the end of the 18th
century, possibly by Harrington himself. Donald Burrows, in Handel and the Chapel Royal (Oxford,
2005), pp. 427-428, quotes Harington writing to Samuel Arnold while personally examining the papers
of John Christopher Smith Jr. and recognizing important autograph Handel scores. In other words,
Harington was a figure closely familiar with Handel's autographs and while it is impossible to say with
certainty, given the fittings of the frame, it at least seems plausible that he was the original collector and
assembler of the artifact as we now see it.
The overwriting of the letters in signature may have been accomplished around this time: the spelling of
Handel's name confounded his contemporaries and though the composer himself never spelled his name
with a K, it is not unusual that a contemporary would have 'corrected' his name in this way. The date of
1750 in the note should be understood to be an approximate time frame as the signature itself is undated
(for one thing, the English calendar in this year would have run from March 30 1750 to March 30 1751)
and was likely accomplished in either 1749 or 1751, years in which Handel is know to have traveled to
Bath.
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$65,000.00
The portrait line engraving is trimmed from a larger full sheet, published 1786, and is by Francesco
Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Handel scholar, Ellen T. Harris in the cataloguing of this
document.
[10122]
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Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759) [Jennens, Charles. (1700 - 1773)]. Messiah: An
oratorio. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Set to musick by Mr. Handel.
Majora Canamus. [Word Book]. London: Printed for J. Watts: and sold by B. Dod at the Bible and Key
in Ave-Mary-Lane near Stationers-Hall., [1757]. 16 pages, 4to (c.21.5 x 16.6sms), woodcut head- and
tail-pieces to each Part, some spotting and marginal fraying, final leaf browned and worn on centre-fold,
upper inner corner split and crudely stitched with a little loss to lettering of two words to recto, but
without loss of sense. Bound with [Glynn, Robert], The Day of Judgent: A Poetical Essay, 2nd edition,
Printed by J. Bentham, Cambridge, 1757, 16pp., some spotting and soiling, final leaf dust-soiled and
browned with some loss to upper inner corner affecting first three lines of recto and verso,
contemporary upper wrapper only present and near detached with printed broadside (Psalms and
Anthems to be Sung at the Anniversary Meeting of the Charity Children, at the Cathedral Church of St.
Paul, on Thursday, May 30, 1805) pasted to front pastedown, slim 4to.
$2,800.00
The first edition of Messiah libretto was printed by Watts for the first London performance in 1749;
later printings by Watts appearing in [1750] and 1757-1759. All early printings of these libretti are very
rare. [11217]
16. [Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759)] Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756 - 1791). Händel's
Oratorium Der Messias nach W. A. Mozart's Bearbeitung. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, [1803]. First
printing. Three parts bound as one: Erster Theil (108 pp); Zweyter Theil (96 pp); Dritter Theil (48 pp).
Oblong quarto. Contemporary marbled boards, front hinge weak. Internally in very fine condition,
ownernship signature on title. First edition of the full score of Mozart's re-orchestration of Handel's
Messiah, fully engraved. Köchel 572.
$3,500.00
"In 1789, at the request of Baron Gottfried van Swieten, Mozart, by all accounts a profound admirer of
Handel, also re-orchestrated Messiah. It is often said that the subject of the re-orchestration was to
compensate for the absence of an organ in the hall, but this is not borne out by what Mozart does, which
seems more of a translation into terms suggested by the ordinary forces for these concerts; these
included flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and trombones. The trumpets were demoted from
melodic to harmonic instruments. 'The trumpet shall sound' and 'If God be for us,' which van Swieten
called the 'cold aria,' were rewritten, the latter as a recitative" (Luckett, Handel's Messiah: A
Celebration, 214). [11135]
17. Heifetz, Jascha. (1901-1987). Signed 1926 Photograph. Stunning and boldly signed doubleweight
matte 1926 Lipnitzki photograph of the supreme violinist. Heifetz is shown with his violin in full
performance attire and position and has boldly signed with his name alone and dated it 1926. With the
raised photographer's stamp lower left, some silvering around the edges, mounting remnants on verso,
overall fine and truly one the cleanest and boldest examples of this signature we've seen. 6.5 x 9 inches.
Heifetz had made his Carnegie Hall American debut in 1917 and became a U.S. citizen in 1925. The
present image dates from the violinist's prime! [11167]
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$1,500.00
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[Historic Americana] [Clay, Edward Williams. (1799 - 1857), AFTER]. "Life in
Philadelphia" - Watercolor and Ink Drawing, Ca. 1830. Large original watercolor and ink drawing,
ca. 1830, a satire based Edward William Clay's 'Life in Philadelphia', with a black man serenading a
black woman, who plays a guitar. Both are dressed à la mode, the man sings "Take Away, Take Away,"
which in the original printed caption continued "Take away, take away dose rosy lips [...] Dat is bery
fine, Mr Mortimer; - you sing quite con a moor, as de Italians say!!" 12 x 15 inches [30.5 x 38 cm]. In
fine condition, with a few chips to edges and mounting traces to the verso. Archivally framed under UV
plexiglass.
$5,000.00
Philadelphia printer Edward Williams Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series,
published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints, ten pictured
members of Philadelphia's free black community (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in
1780), in various stereotypical and absurd situations and did much to enforce the negative stereotypes
held even in the free North. Very popular, these prints inspired a variety of printed and original copies
and reinterpretations, of which this is a particularly vidid and fine example.
[3643]
19. [Historic Americana] Cody, William F., "Buffalo Bill". (1846 - 1917). Signed Photograph and
Lock of Hair. A 3-inch lock of hair, approximately 30 strands from the head of the celebrated
frontiersman and entertainer, together with a Stacy cabinet card photograph of Cody in an embroidered
rawhide jacket, signed and inscribed: "Mrs. Bell Hayes...WF Cody." The hair in fine condition, card
with losses and chips around the edges and to lower corners, most faults matted out of sight under
UV-plexiglass in a fine period frame.
$5,000.00
Accompanied by a notarized letter of provenance from Cody’s direct descendant, William Kevin Cody,
who is Buffalo Bill’s great-great grandson, demonstrating his lineage with a family tree diagram. In
part: “This blonde hair belonged to Colonel William Frederick Cody…that was passed on down to me
directly through my Cody Family lineage, as I am a Direct Descendant of Buffalo Bill…A couple
decades ago my father, Kit Carson Cody, spoke of having some of Buffalo Bills hair along with his
military buttons…I came across my father’s collection of Cody Family Archives…Among the hoard of
family mementos was a small wooden box containing Buffalo Bills’ military buttons and lock of his
hair just as described.”
A lock of the famously flowing hair of the Wild-West impresario and myth-maker. More than any other
of his physical characteristics, Buffalo Bill's long hair and goatee are emblematic of the man himself, as
much in his time as in ours; indeed, the Plains Indians with whom Cody dealt as a young scout dubbed
him Pahaska, a Lakota word meaning "long hair." By the age of fifteen Cody had already been a horse
wrangler, pony express rider, and unsuccessful prospector. He became a scout for the Union army and
after the war took a job for a company that supplied meat for railroad construction crews, killing 4280
buffalo during 1867–1868. Dubbed “Buffalo Bill” by writer Ned Buntline, Cody organized his famous
Wild West Show in 1883 and toured with it with great success for many year. An extremely rare and
unique piece of Western history enhanced by its excellent familial provenance.
[11095]
20. [Historic Americana] Oakley, Annie. (1860 - 1926). Signed Photograph. A rare ink signature
("Compliments of Annie Oakley") in the blank lower margin of a vintage Baker's of Columbus, OH
photograph of the greatest of all female sharpshooters, perhaps the greatest regardless of gender, a
legend in her own time, who toured for many years with William Cody's Wild West Show. Her many
feats astound merely in their retelling, such as splitting the thin edge of a playing card at 90 feet, then
hitting it five or six more times before it hit the ground. The upper right corner of the photograph
(including the top of Oakley's hair) is lacking, but the signature is unaffected and the card is otherwise
in good shape. Better condition signed photographs of Oakley are rare and generally retail for upwards
of $10k. This one is sold together with an unidentified newspaper clipping ("Annie Oakley to be here"),
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$3,000.00
describing her upcoming visit where this was presumably obtained.
[11071]
21. [Historical Americana]. 19th C. Autograph Book containing Six U.S. Presidents and Many
Political, Literary and Other Notables. The autograph album of book of Walter W. Cobb, a member of
the Illinois House of Representatives from Franklin County. Labeled "Autographs/Walter W. Cobb" on
the front and beginning with 26 pages of autograph letters and inscriptions from friends and family,
followed by 100 pages of additional autograph quotations, autograph notes (mostly in response to
request for autographs), autograph signatures. Most pieces laid down to the album pages and not
inscribed directly to the volume, the majority affixed one per leaf, though some affixed to both sides. A
facsimile of the Jefferson draft of the Declaration of Independence, removed from the July 3, 1858 issue
of Harpers Weekly is laid down to the inner front board. A few signatures unidentified, but containing
the following:
John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States (1841–1845) - ANS and autograph Signature
James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States (1857–1861) - Free Frank Signature
John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. - Autograph Signature
Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States (1853–1857).- Autograph Signature
Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States (1850–1853). - Autograph Signature
Martin van Buren, the eighth President of the United States (1837–1841). - TWO Autograph Signatures
Sam Houston, American statesman (1793–1863) who served as the first President of Texas. - Large and
bold ink signature
Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), American military officer and politician who, after serving as senator and
U.S. Secretary of War, was the first and only president of the Confederacy, from 1861 until its collapse
at the end of the Civil War. - Autograph Signature ("very respectfully / yr. fellow citizen / Jefferson
Davis") together with a confederate 7-star envelope printed "Jeff. Davis, Prest. / Alexr. H. Stephens,
Vice Prest."
John C. Breckenridge (1821-1875), American lawyer and politician who served as a U. S.
Representative and Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States, to date
the youngest vice president in U.S. history. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, he
served in the Confederate States Army as a general. - ANS
Nathaniel P. Banks (1816–1894), Union general who led forces at Shenandoah, Red River, and
elsewhere. Prior to the Civil War, he served as governor of Massachusetts and Speaker of the US House
of Representatives. - ANS
Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861), Eminent American senator and statesmandubbed the ‘Little Giant,’
perhaps best remembered for his role in the Lincoln-Douglas debates during the 1858 campaign for the
Senate race in Illinois. - ANS with mounted photograph
Samuel F.B. Morse (1791–1872), Inventor best known for his creation of Morse code. ANS
Bonaparte - Autograph Signature with wax seal. - ANS
James Lawrence Orr. (1822 - 1873), American politician who served as Speaker of the United States
House of Representatives in the United States Congress.[1] He later served in the Confederate Congress
during the American Civil War and was the 73rd Governor of South Carolina. - ANS
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$14,500.00
Roger B. Taney (1777 - 1864), the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from
1836 until his death in 1864. He was the eleventh United States Attorney General. He is most
remembered for delivering the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) - ANS
Matthew F. Maury (1806–1873) , Naval officer and oceanographer who published the first textbook of
modern oceanography - ANS
James Fenimore Cooper, American writer (1789–1851) best known for his series of Leatherstocking
Tales and the novel The Last of the Mohicans. - Autograph Signature
Washington Irving, American author (1783–1859) best known for his stories The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. - Autograph Signature
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), American poet and educator. - Autograph Signature
Louis Agassiz, Eminent and versatile Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist (1807–1873) who
carried out much of his research as a longtime faculty member at Harvard, where he was also
instrumental in building the university’s enviable natural history collection. - Autograph Signature
Charles Sumner, American politician (1811–1874) and Massachusetts senator best known as a radical
Republican and a staunch opponent of slavery. On May 22, 1856, Sumner was famously assaulted and
severely beaten in the Senate chamber by South Carolina Congressman Preston Brook. - TWO AQS
("Do unto others..." & "Blessed are the Peace-makers!")
Henry William Herbert (1807 - 1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet,
historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. - ANS dated 2 months before he shot himself
through the heart following a poorly attended dinner party.
John B. Floyd, 31st Governor of Virginia, U.S. Secretary of War, and the Confederate general in the
American Civil War who lost the crucial Battle of Fort Donelson. - Autograph Signature
William Seward, American statesman (1801–1872) who served as secretary of state in the Lincoln
administration and who was severely injured in an attack that was part of the assassination conspiracy.
His greatest political achievement was the purchase of Alaska from Russia, derided by contemporary
skeptics as “Seward’s Folly.” - ANS
John K. Kane (1795 - 1858), American politician, attorney and jurist. Kane was noted for his political
affiliation with President Andrew Jackson and for an 1855 pro-slavery legal decision related to the
freeing of Jane Johnson and application of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. - AQS penned 2 weeks
before his death
John Abbott (1821 - 1893), third Prime Minister of Canada. - ANS
John Scott Harrison (1804 - 1876), member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
and the only person to be both the child and the parent of U.S. Presidents. His father, William Henry
Harrison was the ninth President in 1841; and, his son, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President from
1889 to 1893. - ANS
Sarah Hopkins Bradford (1818 - 1912), American writer and historian, best known today for her two
pioneering biography books on Harriet Tubman though most of her work consists of children's
literature. - ALS
Henry A. Wise (1806 - 1876), American lawyer and politician from Virginia, U.S. Representative and
Governor of Virginia, and US Minster to Brazil. During the American Civil War, he was a general in
the Confederate States Army. - ANS
Elihu Burritt (1810 - 1879), American diplomat, philanthropist and social activist. - AQS
George Bancroft (1800 - 1891), American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting
secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary
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of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845. - Autograph Letter
Preston King (1806 - 1865), United States Representative and Senator from New York. - ANS with wax
seal
John Ellis Wool (1784 - 1869), Officer in the United States Army during three consecutive U.S. wars:
the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. By the time of the
Mexican-American War, he was widely considered one of the most capable officers in the army and a
superb organizer. - Autograph Letter
Roscoe Conkling (1829 - 1888), politician from New York who served both as a member of the United
States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was the leader of the Stalwart faction
of the Republican Party, the first Republican senator from New York to be elected for three terms, and
the last person to refuse a U.S. Supreme Court appointment after he had already been confirmed by the
U.S. Senate. - Autograph Letter and Autograph Signature
Emma Willard (1787 - 1870) - American women's rights activist who dedicated her life to education. AQS
William H. DeLancey (1797 - 1865), bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
and the sixth Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. - Autograph Signature
Fitz-Green Halleck (1790 - 1867), American poet notable for his satires and as one of the
Knickerbocker Group. - ANS
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Eminent American writer (1809–1894) best known for his collection The
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, and the much-anthologized poem ‘The Chambered Nautilus.’ - ANS
Henry Wilson (1812 - 1875) - Vice president who died in office during the Grant administration. Autograph Signature
Henry Hamlin, American politician (1809–1891) who served as Lincoln’s first vice president. - AQS
Jared Sparks (1789 - 1866), American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister who served as
President of Harvard College (now Harvard University) from 1849 to 1853. - Autograph Signature
William Cullen Bryant (1794 - 1878), American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the
New York Evening Post. - Autograph Signature
Mary Jane Holmes (1825 - 1907), bestselling and prolific American author who published 39 popular
novels, as well as short stories. Her first novel sold 250,000 copies; and she had total sales of 2 million
books in her lifetime, second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe. - TWO ANS
James Lloyd Breck (1818 - 1876), priest, educator and missionary of the Episcopal Church in the
United States of America. - ANS
Washington Hunt (1811 - 1867), American lawyer and politician. - Autograph Signature
Hamilton Fish, Politician (1808–1893) who served as governor of New York, US senator, and secretary
of state. - Autograph Signature
Horace Greeley, Journalist, politician, editor, and founder of the New York Tribune (1811–1872).. Autograph Signature
Bayard Taylor, American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author (1825–1878) who is probably
best known for his translation of Goethe’s Faust. - ANS and Autograph Signature
Lyman Trumbull (1813 – 1896), United States Senator from Illinois during the American Civil War,
and co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitutio. - Autograph Signature
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Dewitt Clinton, American politician (1769-1828) who served as senator and who, as Governor of New
York, played a major role in the construction of the Erie Canal. - Autograph Signature
William B. Sprague, American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of Annals of
the American Pulpit - ALS
William M. Gwinn (1805 - 1885), American medical doctor and politician, serving in elected office in
Mississippi and California. In California he shared the distinction, along with John C. Frémont, of being
the state's first U.S. senators. - Autograph Signature
Edward Everett (1794 - 1865), American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from
Massachusetts who served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts,
Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State. He also taught at Harvard University and
served as its president. - Autograph Signature
Horatio Potter (1802 - 1887), Episcopal Bishop in the Diocese of New York. - ALS
Horatio Seymour (1810 - 1886), American politician. He was the 18th Governor of New York from
1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president of the United
States in the presidential election of 1868, but lost the election to Republican and former Union General
of the Army Ulysses S. Grant. - ANS
Theodore Parker (1810 - 1860), American Transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister of the
Unitarian church. - ANS
Robert Charles Winthrop (1809—1894) , American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of
the United States House of Representatives. - Autograph Signature
AQS [Psalm 74:20] - signed?
Henry Grinnell (1799 - 1874), American merchant and philanthropist.- Autograph Signature
George Williams (1821 - 1905), founder of the YMCA - Autograph Signature
Eliph I. Nott - AQS in Latin
George D. Prentice (1802-1870), editor of the Louisville Journal, which he built into a major newspaper
in Louisville, Kentucky and the man created and wrote about a fictional guerrilla "Sue Mundy", whose
activities he used to taunt the Union military commander of the state. - Autograph Signature
Reverend Dr. Abner Jackson (1811-1874), American minister and teacher and President of Hobart
College in Geneva, New York from 1858–1867 and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut - ANS
Park Benjamin, Sr. (1808 - 1864), American poet, journalist, editor and founder of several newspapers. Autograph Signature
Benjamin Hale (1797 - 1863), American educator and clergyman in the nineteenth century notable for
teaching at Dartmouth College and becoming the first instructor of the first vocational trade school in
America. - Autograph Signature
William Buell Sprague (1795 - 1876), American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and
compiler of Annals of the American Pulpit. - ANS
George William Curtis (1824 - 1892), American writer and public speaker. - Autograph Signature
Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791 - 1865), popular American poet during the early and mid 19th century.
She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford". - Autograph Signature
Illinois Congressman R.W. Dunham - ANS
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Hand-cut silhouette, laid down and labeled by Cobb "Frank Parker / my old room mate." [11262]
22. [Historical Americana] . Order of Arrangement for a Sabbath School CELBRATION, On the
4th of July, 1839. Being the Sixty-Third anniversary of American Independence. - BROADSIDE.
Norwich, Conn.: M. B. Young, 1839. Broadside, folio, 11.25" x 15", printed by a Norwich bookseller
and printer. The celebration featured, among other hymns and music, performances of the Choctaw
Hymn and "Let Washington's great name, Ring through the world with loud applause..." Corners
trimmed, 2" loss left margin, light foxing, toning. Overall very good.
$275.00
[11268]
23. [Historical Americana] Anthony, Susan B. (1820–1906) . Autograph Quotation. Autograph
statement "Equality of Rights for Women / Susan B. Anthony / Rochester N.Y. July 26, 1882" penned
by the pioneering American social activist who was one of the leading figures in early feminism and
whose efforts on behalf of women’s suffrage were instrumental in the ratification of the 19th
Amendment in 1920. On a card measuring 3.5 x 2 inches, in fine condition. Sold together wtih two First
Day Covers dated 1936 and 1955, and a few 3 cent stamps and a 1955 article about the stamp issue.
[10294]
$850.00
24. [Historical Americana] [Evolution or Degeneration] Bachmann, Max. (1862 - 1921). "Isn 't
That Awful" - 1897 Terracotta Sculpture for LIFE Magazine. Unique hand sculpted terracotta
sculpture of two monkeys, measuring 16 x 14 x 13 inches, titled along the front edge of the base "Isn't
That Awful," incised on the rear base "Copyright by Mitchell & Miller Publishers of LIFE 1897," and
signed on the side of the base "Max Bachmann Sclpt." The monkeys are sitting on books and the one on
the left, atop Darwin's "Descent of Man," is reading Max Nordau's "Degeneration." In very good
condition, with chips to one book corner and to the ear of the monkey on the right. Apparently
accomplished and intended for reproduction in an 1897 issue of LIFE magazine, founded in 1883 and at
the time, the foremost American humor magazine of the period.
$3,500.00
Nordau's "Degeneration" (Entartung, 1892), is an attack on so-called degenerate art, though he
condemns the rising Anti-Semitism of the late 19th Century as a product of degeneration and his
viewpoints are more aligned with a sort of 18th-century belief in Reason, Progress, and more traditional,
classical rules governing art and literature. His book deals with numerous case studies of various artists,
writers and thinkers (Wilde, Ibsen, Wagner and Nietzsche to name but a few) but its basic premise is
that society and human beings themselves are degenerating, and this degeneration is both reflected in
and influenced by art. The present monkeys, literally propped up by Darwin's more hopeful 1872 "The
Descent of Man," seem amused on behalf of the human race, which despite every apparent advantage of
evolution, are now apparently sliding backwards...to their lowly station.
"Max Bachmann was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1862, emigrated with his family to New England,
and was living in New York by the mid-1890s, the city he would call home for the rest of his life.
Somewhere along the line, he received training in the sculpting arts. Though some of his pieces had
been displayed at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, he was little known in 1896 when he began
contributing political cartoon sculptures to Leslie’s Weekly Illustrated, which printed them large scale
on the front page. His first sculpture, depicting New York Republican boss Thomas Platt, appeared on
the cover of the June 18, 1896, issue. Thereafter followed twenty-three cartoon statues, one every
week...The New York Mail and Express wrote: “Leslie’s Weekly’s unique and telling statuary groups
on its first page have proved a novel and valuable contribution to modern campaigning.” The New York
Tribune said, “Perhaps the most novel feature of this year’s caricature has been its expression in
sculpture… While many of [Bachmann’s sculptural] arguments have been self-evident, they have
doubtless had a considerable influence by their effect of sculptured permanence; as if, after each week’s
puzzling argument in the daily papers, some clear voice rose above the clatter and said in a downright
way: “But the fact remains!” ...After his stint with Leslie’s Weekly, Bachmann gained a reputation as an
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architectural sculptor. In 1899 Joseph Pulitzer commissioned him to design allegorical figures
representing the seven continents for the Pulitzer building on Park Row. His busts of an American
Indian (1902) and of Lincoln (1905) are still widely celebrated."(Richard Samuel West, "Max
Bachmann, Political Cartoonist in Clay – 1896," on "Yesterday's Papers" blog [January 26, 2013])
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25. [Historical Americana] F.B. Helmsmüller. Pukwudjie's galop : as performed at the Matinée
Dansante, Irving Hall, April 16, 1864 for the Metropolitan Fair. New York: Wm A. Pond & Co.,
1864. Upright folio (34 cm). 7 [1] pp. Dedicated at the head of the cover " À la Jeunesse de la Ville de
New York," above an illustration of puckwudgies (mythical Native American creatures) with frindged
trousers and feathered head decorations dancing in a circle in a clearing at sunset. Lithographed by
Major & Knapp. Edges toned and a little wrinkled, small hole/abrasion upper right corner, else very
good. Rare. Worldcat records three copies only (New York Historical Society, University of Michigan,
British Library).
$200.00
"The New York sanitary fair was perhaps the largest fair held to raise funds for the United States
Sanitary Commission, a quasi-government agency designed, as Katherine Prescott Wormeley put it, as
the 'great artery which bears the people's love to the people's army.' Since April of 1861 the U. S.
Sanitary Commission had acted as the umbrella organization coordinating the donations of hundreds of
individual soldiers, aid societies throughout the North, funnelling hospital and relief supplies to central
depots and thence to the various fronts on which troops were stationed. By 1864, the Sanitary
Commission was recognized as a major American institution and was certainly the most ambitious
civilian undertaking of the Civil War era. The 'metropolitan Fair' was not the first large-scale fair in
support of the Commission, but it was the most elaborate." (Robert D. Madison, James Fenimore
Cooper Society Websitem, accessed 10/28/14)
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26. [Historical Americana] Grant, Ulysses S. (1822 - 1885). Autograph Letter, Grant's Worn
Gloves and Important Ephemera. A fascinating collection of items passed down through the
Jenks-Metcalfe family, descendants of William Metcalfe who served at Vicksburg as Captain of the
U.S. Mail Packet Caledonia which was used there as a prison boat. The collection includes a pair of
gloves worn by Ulysses S. Grant with a letter of provenance, an 1867 autograph letter from Grant
recommending Harry B. Jenks to the U.S. Railway Service (Head-Quarters Armies of the United States
letterhead, September 13th, 1867), letters to and from Captain Metcalfe including a very detailed and
moving one reporting to his wife from Vicksburg (Feb. 12, 1863), cased tintype photographs of the
Caledonia stationed there and of Metcalfe and his wife around that time, original CDV photographs of
U.S. Grant and his parents and numerous additional photographs (mostly CDVs, but including a cased
daguerreotype), 1862 "Head Quarters Fatigue Forces" Civil War pass, as well as dozens of family letters
and documents (genealogy records, cemetery plot purchases, Jenks postal service appointments 1867 1900 etc.), and a silver fob engraved "H.B. Jenks / Custom House room 5 / Louisville, KY." The
collection contained in the original japanned tin lockbox.
The pair of finely made white leather gloves, soiled and including one stamped "8 / M / O 123" inside,
are contained in an enveloped inscribed in pencil "Gloves worn by General U.S. Grant and given by his
mother to my great-grandmother Metcalfe, who had formerly lived next door to Mrs. Grant on Third
Street in Covington, Kentucky. Mother was born here." Grant is known to have had delicate hands with
long, slim fingers. Horace Porter, chief of ordnance for the Army of the Cumberland, later a member of
Grant's staff (Cited in Waugh, p. 67) described him as "a man of slim figure, slightly stooped, five feet
eight inches in height, weighing only a hundred and thirty-five pounds, and of a modesty of mien and
gentleness of manner which seemed to fit him more for the court than for the camp."
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant;) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877)
as well as military commander during the Civil War and postwar Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's
command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of
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America.
The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American
Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last
Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Maj.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gained control of the river by capturing this stronghold and defeating Lt. Gen.
John C. Pemberton's forces stationed there. [10783]
27.
[Historical Americana] Keller, Helen. (1880 - 1968). Autograph Quotation. Autograph
quotation in bold pencil: "All sight is of the soul / Helen Keller / New York / Feb. 24 1920." On an
album page measuring 4.25 x 6.75 inches and in very fine condition.
$2,000.00
Moving words from the extraordinary American author, political activist, and lecturer who, though
blind, deaf, and dumb,did so many amazing things in her rich life. The present line is from Keller's
poem "A Chant of Darkness," originally published in Century Magazine (May, 1908). The stanza in full
reads:
"All sight is of the soul. Behold it
In the upward fight
Of the unfettered spirit! Hast thou
Seen thought bloom in the blind child's face?
Hast thou seen his mind grow,
Like the running dawn, to grasp
The vision of the Master?
It was the miracle of inward sight."
Keller was, at one time, the most famous handicapped person in the world. A severe fever at age 19
months left Keller blind and deaf. At age six Keller met Anne Sullivan (later Anne Sullivan Macy), the
teacher who taught Keller the alphabet, thereby opening the world to her. Keller became an excellent
student and eventually attended Radcliffe College, where she graduated with honors in 1904. While at
Radcliffe she wrote an autobiography, The Story of My Life (1902), which made her famous. In later
life Keller became an activist and lecturer, sometimes in support of the blind and deaf, and sometimes
for causes including Socialism and women’s rights. She also founded and promoted the American
Federation for the Blind. During her lifetime Keller was regarded as one of America’s most
inspirational figures. Her story was told in a 1962 film starring Anne Bancroft as Sullivan and Patty
Duke as Keller; both Bancroft and Duke won Academy Awards for their work. [11320]
28. [Historical Americana] [Lincoln, Abraham. (1809 - 1865)]. Proclamation of Emancipation by
the President of the United States. Engraved oval-shaped broadside, a calligraphic portrait memorial of
Lincoln composed with the text of his Emancipation Proclamation drawn to form his likeness.13 x 9-1/2
inches, in an antique mahogany frame under early thin glass, 12 ¾” by 16". Davenport, Iowa: W. H.
Pratt and A Hageboeck, 1865. Two shrinkage cracks to the mahogany matting around the broadside, a
few small spots of foxing, paper backing to frame with notations from a recent owner and with tears,
overall very good.
$2,000.00
"Designed and written by W. H. Pratt and printed in Iowa, the state that sent the most soldiers per capita
to the front in the Civil War." Eberstadt 40. [11302]
29. [Historical Americana] Roosevelt, Theodore. (1858 - 1919). Huge Signed Photograph as
President. Oversized 16 x 19 inch photograph of a determined-looking Roosevelt in a three-piece suit,
with Roosevelt's image measuring 10.5 x 13.75 inches, signed in the left area of the image "To Judy V.
Brians with regards of Theodore Roosevelt, April 25th, 1904." Framed in an antique frame under recent
plexiglass to 17 x 21 inches overall. The ink has largely flaked off of the image and the inscription is
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thus visible largely in a ghosted - albeit with excellent contrast - impression. The photograph mount is
heavily worn and chipped likewise.
This grandiose likeness is nearly as big and bold as the man himself! A fantastic pose, enhanced by the
added date conclusively narrowing it to his presidency. [11264]
30. [History] Churchill, Winston. (1874 - 1965). Original 1900 Cabinet Card Photograph. Rare
original Elliott & Fry of London cabinet card photograph of the dapper young Churchill, ca 1900 when
he became Conservative MP for Oldham. A few minor smudges, corners nicked or rounded, overall
fine. 11 x 16.5 cm.
$1,400.00
Churchill's taste for fine clothing extended even to his choice of underclothes, which were made from
silk. ‘It is essential to my well-being,’ he once said in defence of this expensive habit.
A very rare early original photograph he British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the
United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from
1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, an
historian, writer and artist. To date, he is the only British Prime Minister to have received the Nobel
Prize in Literature, and the first person to be recognised as an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
[10456]
31. [Jazz & Song] Armstrong, Louis. (1901-1971). Autograph Letter mentioning Bing Crosby,
signed "Red Bean + Ricely". ALS signed “Red Beans & Ricely, Louis Armstrong,” one page, 5.5 x
8.5, May 29, 1949. Letter to Mr. John B. Elwood. In full: “‘Man,—I’ve just finished reading your script
concerning the Crosby Cavalcade—I’m ‘tellin’ yooo’ ‘you really ‘came on.’ You sure ought to see that
my boy—‘Pappa Bing’ Crosby get one of these scripts, ‘That would really ‘gas him no end. And I
wanna thank ‘ya too.” Overall writing somewhat faded but legible, otherwise fine condition.
Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Autograph letters from Armstrong are very rare.
[11063]
$2,400.00
32. [Jazz & Song] Baker, Josephine. (1906-1975). Signed Photograph. An extraordinary signed
vintage sepia E. Bieber of Hamburg photograph of the legendary entertainer shown in a head and
shoulders pose with her famous shellacked curled hair, boldly signed in thick ink, inscribed "A Mlle.
Alice Daems 'du Neptune' Souvenir et Salutations / Josephine Baker, 1930." Impressed photographer's
stamp lower right, in very fine condition. 12 x 16 cm.
$1,500.00
Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given
the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone
nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."
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33. [Jazz & Song] Holiday, Billie. (1915-1959). Billie Holiday – Teddy Wilson: A Hot Jazz Classic
Set - SIGNED. Uncommon signed 1949 set of 78 RPM records "Hot Jazz Classics" on the Columbia
label. Signed "Best of Everything Always / Billie Holiday" in ink on the inside front cover and signed
additionally at the foot in blue ink by saxophonist Bob(bie) Barfield. Spine of album case mostly
perished and separated, the signed inside flap with an approx. 2 inch surface loss at upper left and tape
remnants lower left, neither affecting the signed areas. Records in apparently fine condition, though
untested.
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Revered as one of the greatest and most individual vocalists in the history of blues and jazz, Holiday
died from cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 44. [10940]
34. [Jazz & Song] Holly, Buddy. (1936 - 1959) & Valens, Ritchie. (1941 - 1959) & Richardson,
Jiles Perry "Big Bopper." (1930 - 1959). Oversized hand-painted radio station poster announcing
Holly, Valens, and the Big Bopper “Dead In Crash”. Graphically striking hand-painted poster, 28 x
36, alerting the public of the sudden and tragic deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big
Bopper, and for fans to tune in to radio station WEBR, a station out of Buffalo, New York.
Accomplished in black, green, and red paint on a heavy board, the headline at the top announces “Dead
in Crash,” going on to list the names of the three performers and their most recent hits, “Ritchie Valens,
His hit was ‘Donna,’” “Buddy Holly, His hit was ‘Peggysue,’” and “Big Bopper, His hit was ‘Chantilly
Lace.’” Some scattered mild soiling and small stains, not detracting from the overall impressive visual
appearance of the piece, and some corner bumps and creases, otherwise fine condition. All three stars
were killed when their single engine plane crashed shortly after take-off from an Iowa airport on
February 3, 1959. Interesting to note that Valens is listed over Holly, most likely due to the fact ‘Donna’
and ‘La Bamba’ were still on the chart. [10528]
$3,000.00
35. [Jazz & Song] Simone, Nina. (1933-2003). I Put A Spell On You - SIGNED. New York:
Pantheon, 1991. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 181 pages.
Signed on the front of the dust jacket in black felt tip, “Dr. Nina Simone, 2001.” In fine condition,
signed at the Heathman Hotel the day after her 2001 performance in Portland. [11062]
$650.00
36. [Jazz & Song] Walker, T-Bone. (1910 - 1975). Signed Photograph. Rare signed photograph of
the influential blues musician and pioneer of the electric guitar. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Harold Oxley
publicity photo of Walker playing his guitar, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “(Love) / Best of
Everything / Roberta / From / T-Bone Walker,4-14-46.” In fine condition, with a few scattered light
dings and creases. [10861]
$1,250.00
37. [Lind, Jenny. (1820-1887)]. Walkers Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language FROM JENNY LIND'S LIBRARY, SIGNED.
. London: Longman & Co. [and others], 1865. 7th ed. Ownership autograph signature "Jenny
Lind-Goldschmidt" to front free endpaper, upper hinge cracked and partially repaired, calf, stamped
with Lind monogram to upper board (J.L.G.), worn, contained within purpose-made book box, thick
8vo. 792 pp.
$1,400.00
The "Swedish Nightingale" was one of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century. In great
demand in opera roles throughout Sweden and northern Europe during the 1840s, she was closely
associated with Felix Mendelssohn. After two acclaimed seasons in London, she announced her
retirement from opera at the age of 29. In 1850, Lind went to America at the invitation of the showman
P. T. Barnum and undertook an extraordinarily popular concert tour. Although Lind refused all requests
to appear in opera after her return to Europe in 1852, she continued to perform in the concert hall. In the
year following the publication of the present volume, she gave a concert with Arthur Sullivan at St
James's Hall. The Times reported, "there is magic still in that voice ... the most perfect singing – perfect
alike in expression and in vocalization. ... Nothing more engaging, nothing more earnest, nothing more
dramatic can be imagined." [11080]
38. Liszt, Franz. (1811-1886). "Dante Symphony" - Autograph Musical Quotation. Substantial
AMQS, dated April, 1858. 1 1/2 pp. 8vo. The first side with 17 measures on 4 systems marked within
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the passage "dolcissimo" and "sempre dolcissimo," concluding on the verso with 4 measures, signed "F.
Liszt / April 58" and with an affixed snip of grass and ribbon in the colors of the German flag pasted
beneath. The first movement of the Dante Symphony, transcribed note-for-note, taken from bars
287-293; 302-307 (1st half); 344 (2nd half)-352. In very good condition, with some stains, small chips
around edges and creases. The album from which the leaf was originally removed remains unknown,
but it has been proposed - based on the date and Lisz'ts correspondance with her at that time, including
about the Dante Symphony - that it may have been penned for Agnes Street-Klindworth.
'A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy', S.109, or simply the "Dante Symphony", is a program
symphony written in the high romantic style, based on Dante's journey through Hell and Purgatory, as
depicted in The Divine Comedy. It was premiered in Dresden in November 1857, with Liszt himself
conducting, and was unofficially dedicated to the composer's friend and future son-in-law Richard
Wagner.
[10892]
39. Liszt, Franz. (1811-1886) [Moscheles, Ignaz. (1794-1870)]. Etudes d’exécution transcendante
pour le Piano - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY TO MOSCHELES. Leipzig: Breitkopf &
Härtel, [1852]. First edition. Upright folio (26 x 32 cm), 2 volumes in one. 54, 55 pp. Engraved. [PN]
8484-8485. Inscribed on the title page "I. Moscheles / son affectionné / F Liszt / Weymar 21 Nov 52.“
Red cloth binding, embossed in gilt ("Etudes pour le Piano / Liszt"). Pagination in ink added upper right
corner through the second volume, a few markings in pencil possibly in the hand of Moscheles,
scattered light foxing, overall in fine condition.
$12,500.00
The Transcendental Études S. 139 are revisions of the composer's earlier Douze Grandes Études. This
third and final version is dedicated to Carl Czerny, Liszt's piano teacher, and himself a prolific
composer of études. The present copy is inscribed to the important Bohemian composer and piano
virtuoso Ignaz Moscheles, who visited Liszt in Weimar in November of 1852 during Liszt's "Berlioz
weeks," in which both he and Berlioz lead performances. An extraordinary association copy. [10705]
40. [Literature & Art] Barrie, J.M. (1860 - 1937). Autograph Letter Regarding "Peter Pan" to
Minnie Maddern Fiske. Fine autograph letter from the Scottish Novelist and creator of Peter Pan.
Signed "J M Barrie," one page, 8vo, Strand, London,28 October, 1921, to Mrs. Fiskes White. Penned in
a more legible hand than is usually encountered, Barrie writes, in part, that "if an opportunity arrives I
hope you will play in something of mine. The part of P. Pan however, was definitively arranged for by
yesterday so in that matter nothing can be done."
$1,400.00
Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865 - 1932) was one of the leading American actresses of the late nineteenth
and early twentieth century and was widely considered the most important actress on the American
stage in the first quarter of the 20th century. Her performances in several Henrik Ibsen plays widely
introduced American audiences to the Norwegian playwright.
Letters by Barrie referring to his most famous creation are suprisingly uncommon. [8696]
41. [Literature & Art] Carlyle, Thomas. (1795–1881) [Elliott & Fry]. Portrait of Thomas Carlyle.
An evocative image of the influential Scottish-born Victorian philosopher, essayist, and historian.
Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, bust-length, in profile, wearing a grey coat. Albumen photograph, 10.2 x 14
cm, laid down to board, 20.4 x 25.4 cm overall. Though unsigned, the National Portrait Gallery
(London) identifies the photographer of this portrait as the Victorian photography studio founded in
1863 by Joseph Elliott and Clarence Edmund Fry. Edges of the mount chipped, otherwise in fine
condition. [10461]
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$1,500.00
42. [Literature & Art] Hemingway, Ernest. (1899 - 1961). Signed Photograph during filming of
"Old Man and the Sea," inscribed to Toots Shor. Visually-striking iconic vintage photograph of
Hemingway posing alongside a giant marlin, signed and inscribed in blue ink pen “To Toots, small
edible fish from his pal Ernie Hemingway." The Toots is Bernard "Toots" Shor, friend of Hemingway
and owner of Toots Shor's Restaurant, a trendy Manhattan restaurant from the 1940s and 50s, known for
being frequented by Hemingway and celebrities such as Joe DiMaggio, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe
etc. Very good condition with toning and expected minor wear to the edges and corners, markings in
pencil on verso. 6" x 4".
$10,000.00
Just off the northern coast of Peru, Cabo Blanco was known worldwide as Marlin Boulevard for the
record-setting fish that filled its waters. It was there that Hemingway spent April and May of 1956 with
a film crew from Warner Brothers studios making the movie version of his book, The Old Man and the
Sea. From Hemingway’s quintessential fisherman pose, to the Old Man and the Sea story-related
setting, to the amusing inscription in his hand, to the dedicatee of the inscription, this photograph is
exceptional! [10756]
43. [Literature & Art] [Illustrators] Goldberg, Rube. (1883 - 1970) & Fisher, Bud. (1885 - 1954)
Sarg, Tony. (1880 - 1942) & Darling, Jay Norwood. (1876 - 1962) & Briggs, Clare. (1875 - 1930).
Five Original Signed Sketches. Five original signed drawings from leading American illustrators and
comic strip artists, all ca. 1920, all on album pages measuring 4.25 x 6.75 inches, all but one in black
ink, and all in very fine condition. Sarg has accomplished a full watercolor in several colors of a man
fleeing an unleashed dog. Fisher has drawn Jeff (from Mutt and Jeff) being hit in the head by a brick,
and Goldberg, Briggs and Darling have all sketched cigar-smoking men. [11321]
$600.00
44. [Literature & Art] Milne, A. A. (1882 - 1956). Autograph poem from When We Were Very
Young. 1929. The complete first poem, "Corner of the Street," from the author's 1924 When We Were
Very Young. 5.5 x 7.5", signed and inscribed "For Mrs. P[...] / From A.A. Milne, 20-2-1929." Mounted
to a rigid backing, toned, small tears to edges including 2-inch tear at right just between signature and
dedication, writing and tears to mount not visible. Nicely matted with a postcard photograph of the
author with Christopher Robin and Pooh. The letter measuring 12.5 x 17 cm.
$2,500.00
When We Were Very Young was published in 1924 and includes the poem "Teddy Bear," Milne's first
poem about the character who would become Winnie-the-Pooh, one of the most iconic figures in all of
childrens' literature.
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[Literature & Art] Twain, Mark. [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1834 - 1910). "The
American Humorists" - Original CDV Photograph with Billings and Nasby. Original albumen print
CDV photograph of the Twain with Josh Billings and Petroleum V. Nasby, ca. 1869. Published by G.M.
Baker of Boston. 6.3 x 10.5 cm. [10411]
$1,000.00
46. Mahler, Gustav. (1860-1911). Signed Cabinet Photograph. A full and bold autograph signature
"Gustav Mahler" on an original cabinet card photograph by E. Bieber of Hamburg and Berlin. 4.25 x 6.5
inches and in very fine condition.
$20,000.00
Originally from the collection of the descendants of German sculptur Ernst Julius Hahnel (1811 - 1891),
responsible for the Beethoven monument on the Munsterplatz in Bonn. [11069]
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47. Marks, Johnny. (1909-1985). "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," SIGNED Sheet Music. New
York: St. Nicholas Music Inc. Vintage sheet music for “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” vertically
signed and inscribed in red ink by the composer, “Dear Marlin, Merry Christmas / Johnny Marks.”
Some edge and corner wear, otherwise fine condition.
$750.00
Originally a story written in 1939 by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May, for Montgomery Ward, &
Co., Inc., Chicago, the story was first printed in pamphlet form and distributed by the store at Christmas.
In 1949, Marks wrote the lyrics and music for the song which was soon recorded by Gene Autry, rose to
#1 on the Hit Parade and went on to become one of the best-selling songs of all time (second only to
1942's "White Christmas). More than 80,000,000 copies have been sold!
[10718]
48.
[Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756-1791)] Barrington, Daines. Miscellanies By the
Honourable Daines Barrington. London: Printed by J. Nichols, 1781. First Edition. Large 4to (11 1/2 x
8 1/2 in.; 292 x 215 mm). Folding pedigree chart, five tables, two maps (one folding), engraved portrait,
19th century half calf, joints cracked but firm.
$3,500.00
This work contains the celebrated "Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician," a detailed
description of the young Mozart's visit to London in 1764--65, with an engraved portrait by P. Cook,
reprinted from the Philosophical Transactions, lx (1770). The Miscellanies also contain tracts and
discourses on the North Pole and on natural historical themes. [11078]
49. [Pavlova, Anna. (1881-1931)] Svétlov [Svétlow], V[alerien]. Anna Pavlova - SIGNED BY
PAVLOVA. Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1912. First English Edition. Translated from the Russian by A. Grey.
Large 4to, original lettered paper wrappers, with original slipcase. 194 pp. 23 plates by Bakst, Barbier,
Serov, Soudekine, and others including photogravures and woodcuts in margins etc.. A very bold
original signature by Anna Pavlova on the half-title. Number 67 of 300 copies, also signed by Publisher.
This being the copy of dancer Elsa Heilich, inscribed on the ffe to her on Christmas, 1930. Pages bright
and clean, wear to slipcase and spine with a small tear starting lower right front, some spliting from the
block throughout. Reference: Derra de Moroda 2452. Magriel 126. [11274]
$3,000.00
50. Puccini, Giacomo. (1858-1924). Autograph Musical Quotation, "Butterfly". A boldly penned
AMQS from "Butterfly," on an vintage postcard, written and signed "GPuccini" in the blank recto
section below a printed Japanese tableau. A few light age spots, overall fine. 9 x 14 cm.
$3,000.00
First performed on February 17, 1904 at La Scala in Milan, "Madama Butterfly" is a staple of the
standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world and it is the most-performed opera in the
United States. [10604]
51. [Racism through music]. "Don't Buy Negro Records" Segregationist Era Poster. Rare and vile
vintage segregationist silkscreen poster, mounted on board:
"NOTICE! // STOP // Help Save The Youth of America // DON'T BUY NEGRO RECORDS // (If you
don't want to serve negroes in your place of business, then do not have negro records on your juke box
or listen to negro records on the radio.) // The screaming, idiotic words, and savage music of these
records are undermining the morals of our white youth in America. // Call the advertisers of the radio
stations that play this type of music and complain to them! // Don't Let Your Children Buy, or Listen To
These Negro Records."
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$3,500.00
Approximately 12 1/4 inches long by 8 1/4 inches wide with a depth of 1 inch. Evidendly originating
from the American South, ca. 1960. Silkscreened text, paper aged and slightly mottled. Mounted on
Masonite with a wooden support frame and finished with a thin protective coat of lacquer or paste. In
very good condition with some wear along the edges and some light scratches to the face of the poster.
From the estate of Bob Sidebottom, founder of California Comics. [10606]
52. [Ragtime] Lamb, Joseph F. (1887 - 1960). Signed Christmas Card. Christmas card signed with a
long message, “Joe Lamb”. The first autograph we’ve seen of the great ragtime composer, a
collaborator of Scott Joplin, and creator of several standards including The American Beauty Rag and
Excelsior. Lamb was one of the “big three” comprised of James Scott, Scott Joplin and himself, the only
non-African American. Punch holes at the top of the card, not affecting writing, and original envelope,
autograph name and address.
$350.00
Lamb first met his idol, Scott Joplin, in New York in 1907. It was Joplin who introduced Lamb to his
publisher, John Stark, who went on to issue his pieces for the next decade, beginning with "Sensation,"
a collaboration between the two composers. [10186]
53. Rossini, Gioacchino. (1792-1868). Printed funeral invitation. Rare printed funeral invitation,
Paris, [1868], inviting the unnamed recipient to be part of the convoy, service and burial of
Gioacchino-Antonio Rossini at the Church of the Trinity on Saturday 21 November, asking to meet at
the church at 11:30am. Printed with no manuscript insertions, black-edged mourning paper with integral
blank, small split and a little dust-soiling, 4to.
$1,500.00
Rossini died on 13 November 1868 and was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, near Cherubini,
Chopin and Bellini. In 1887 his body was handed over to the city of Florence for reburial in Santa
Croce, with a procession of more than 6,000 mourners including four military bands, and a chorus of
300. [11215]
54. Sousa, John Philip. (1854-1932). Signed Photograph. Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 three-quarter length
postcard portrait photo of Sousa in his band uniform, signed vertically in fountain pen, “John Philip
Sousa, 1911." In fine condition, nicely matted and framed to 7.25 x 8.75 inches overall. It's his 160th
birthday year! [11224]
$500.00
55. Stravinsky, Igor. (1882-1971) [Picasso, Pablo. (1881 - 1973)]. Signed Picasso Portrait. Signed
programme from a Stravinsky performance at the piano of his own Concerto. VIII Concerto Sinfonico
dell' Orchestra del Teatro al La Scala, [Milan], direttore [Herman] Ermanno Scherchen, 17 June 1926,
signed on the third page in fountain pen "I Stravinsky" beneath a reproduction of a 1917 caricature
portrait of the composer by Picasso. A little toning and old damp staining to upper inner margins, orig.
printed wrappers, split along head and foot of spine, 8vo. [11216]
$1,500.00
56. Wagner, Richard. (1813 - 1883). Autograph Letter "very much concerned about a speedy
publication of my works". Autograph Letter Signed ("Richard Wagner") in German, 1 p, 8vo, Zurich,
Switzerland, November 11, 1851, to Wagner's half-sister's husband expressing concerns about
publication of his music. Folding creases, one tiny edge tear not affecting rest, beautifully matted and
framed with original transmittal envelope and portrait. 21.5 x 23 inches overall.
$8,000.00
Wagner writes to the husband of Wagner's half-sister, Cacilie Geyer, the Leipzig book dealer/publisher
Eduard Avenarius. The composer expresses great concern over his lack of communication, pressing
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"Did you or did you not receive my two letters? Your failure to answer them disturbs me for reasons I
wish to make known to you." Wagner says that he is "very much concerned about a speedy publication
of my works," and presses Avenarius to "got to Haertel's and introduce yourself as the publisher of the
three opera libretti." He asks him to "please send me immediately the sheet which contains the passage
that required correction so that the matter can be cleared up." [11099]
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