1967 - 1968. hardcover. Autograph Guest Book (10" x 7-5/8") in gilt-lettered red cloth maintained 1967-1968 by the Banfer Gallery, Inc. in New York City and containing autographs on 95 pages including Edward Albee, John Ashbery, Paul Cadmus (5 times), Truman Capote, Jean Charlot, Adolf Dehn, Michael Frank, Stephen Holden.....
Autograph. An envelope (6" x 3-1/4") with a lengthy printed statement by The Citizens' Suffrage Association. Although not signed by her, it is addressed in the hand of Susan B. Anthony to her younger sister: "Miss Mary S. Anthony/Rochester -- N. Y./U. S. America." On the side of the envelope.....
Reno, NV: Jack Bacon & Co., 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in half black leather and blue marbled boards. Illustrated with photographs. The story of the Lear Jet written by the widow of the founder in a personal, autobiographical manner. Of a total edition of 5000 copies, there were 26.....
Louisville, KY: 3 February 1870. Letter. A 2-page letter on the front and verso of a 5-1/8" x 8" sheet of blindstamped Galt House letterhead addressed to Mr. Grinnell and SIGNED as "P. T. Barnum." In full: "I enclose a letter from Congressman Kellogg according to my agreement with you.....
Glen Echo, MD: 4 February 1906. Letter. A four-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on both sides of a 10-5/8" x 6-3/4" sheet of light blue paper from the 85year-old founder of the American Red Cross to her friend and supporter Roscoe [Green Wells], who held various positions in the National First.....
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1911). First Edition. Hardcover. Lightly tipped to the front pastedown is a printed copy of the author's most famous poem "America the Beautiful," complete with music. Lightly tipped to the front endpaper is a printed copy of the same poem (3-1/2" x 5-1/2") signed.....
Photograph. An 8" x 10" photo of Belafonte with his business manager, Jay Kennedy, and another man, apparently producer Sidney Buchman, Kennedy's partner, at a restaurant table from the early to mid-1950s. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Belafonte to Kennedy: "Dad! Dad!! Dad!!! On this day we released ourselves to further.....
Letter. An interesting SIGNED letter from Belafonte to Brooks Atkinson, drama critic of the New York Times, dated 19 May 1955. In this letter of @250 words, the singer and actor wishes to clarify that a letter sent by him a few days before is not misunderstood. Essentially, Belafonte wants.....
Tel Aviv: 17 November 1964. Letter. A short but very interesting letter written and SIGNED in Hebrew on 5-1/2" x 7-3/4" ruled paper with punch holes in the margin. Addressed to "Dear friend" David Hacohen, an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1949 and 1953.....
(Jerusalem): 5 December 1956. Document. An official two-page document on one large sheet of heavy paper folded to make four pages (8-1/4" x 13") printed in Hebrew and SIGNED at the conclusion in Hebrew by Ben-Gurion and Izhak Ben-Zvi (1884-1963) as President of Israel (1952-1963). The document, which regards the.....
Washington, DC: 1890. Document. A deed SIGNED by Bruce as Recorder of Deeds, a position appointed to him by President Benjamin Harrison replacing Frederick Douglass. Bruce is best known as the first African-American to serve a full term in the United States Senate.
London: 18 May 1967. Letter. An attractive full-page handwritten letter SIGNED in full by Burgess. In full: "How very kind of you to write. Bless your heart, & thank you for your encouragement. Unfortunately, I've only a paperback of THE DOCTOR IS SICK here in the house, but I've signed.....
Northampton, MA: 30 November 1888. Letter. A one-page letter in Cable's hand and SIGNED by him as "G. W. Cable" to Mrs. Henry M. Phillips. In full: "Thank you kindly for your invitation to meet Professor and Mrs. Fiske, but Mrs. Cable's health is delicate. She is virtually confined to.....
Letter. Three HOLOGRAPH notes from this Connecticut poet which, in her small hand, amount to several hundred words.
n.p. 28 September 1993. Letter. On personal stationery (6-3/8" x 8-1/2") SIGNED in full thanking the recipient for her birthday wishes. With envelope.
[Plains, GA]: 1998. Letter. On the first page of a letter to Carter, in which the writer describes a chair he purchased at an auction at the Historic Bayside Inn in Annapolis with Carter's name on it, Carter humorously responds in this handwritten note: "To James Carrier-- I'm sorry, but.....
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1922). First Edition. Hardcover. A very early, if not first, printing with no date on the title page and the code "B-W" on the copyright page indicating publication in February 1922. Chaplin's account of what Europe did to the world's most popular movie.....
Los Angeles: 1920. Letters. Four AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, totaling 9 pages, three of them to his good Hoosier friend and fellow socialist, Oliver M. Sayler. In the first letter, dated 9 January 1920, Dreiser suggests places Sayler could work in New York, mentioning many names including T. R. Smith of.....
Los Angeles: 24 March 1920. Letter. An interesting two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED in which Dreiser tries to buy a first edition of his landmark novel SISTER CARRIE. Addressed to Jeremiah Cullen. In part: "If you still have the copy of SISTER CARRIE you mention, 1st edition, I will take it........
Photograph. Carte-de-Visite (2-1/2" x 4") photograph of Ralph W. Emerson. A distinguished bust-length profile by Allen [Boston], strongly SIGNED on verso : "R.W. Emerson." Signed photographs of Emerson are very scarce.
[Boston]: [New England Loyal Publication Society], [1864]. Pamphlet. Stitched wraps; 16 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED at the top of the title: "Mr. John Andrews/from his ancient school-fellow/Edward Everett." The last two pages contain a statement by the vice-president of the Confederacy: "The Rebellion Inexcusable: Warning and Protest Against It. By.....
1848. Letter. One-page letter to the Honorable John Davis, former governor of Massachusetts and United States senator at the date of this letter: 11 August 1848. On an integral sheet is Everett's SIGNATURE with a Cambridge postmark, red wax seal, and a free frank in the form of a stamp.....
n.p. [1835]. Manuscript. Stitched wraps (8" x 9-3/4") consisting of a title and 65 pages bound together with a ribbon, all edges gilt. A lengthy, closely written MANUSCRIPT by Edward Everett, not signed though initialed after his instructions. An early oration from Edward Everett (1794-1865), Whig politician, U.S. Representative and.....
Washington: 12 June 1975. Letter. Fine letter thanking Congressman Wilbur D. Mills for supporting his veto on the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1975, SIGNED "Jerry Ford." Mills was a Democrat from Arkansas who, as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1958 to 1974, played.....
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Nicely INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to a close friend: "For my beloved Florence, this one,/after a long wait. And this one comes/at a time of new beginning, a time/of new strength and of healing./Through the years, Florence,/God love.....
