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Washington, D.C., 1871. unbound. Three-page handwritten letter with outstanding content, 8 x 5 inches, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1871. Written to former Confederate Brigadier General Marcus J. Wright, commander of the District of Atlanta, in full: "Your note of June 1, awaited me here on my return from Texas. It is sharp that you even noticed in the newspaper of the day the fact that less than a year ago Capt. Buel of the Ordinance Department, the same who was on my staff at Atlanta, and who was taken prisoner the day before we entered that place, was murdered at the U.S. Arsenal Fort Leavenworth, by a discharged soldier. Buel had punished this man for some offense and was retiring from a party inside Leavenworth to his own house, just outside after entering his own yard, with his wife on his arm, was shot dead by a man concealed in a brush within a few feet. The man for a time escaped, but was hunted and at last caught, he was so badly wounded in capture that he started confessing the deed,…
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Lengthy Handwritten Letter of Recommendation
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England, 1835. unbound. 2 pages (front and back), England, no date, circa 1835, with the integral address leaf still attached, addressed to Mrs. Josiah Quincy, care of the President of Harvard University, in small part: "...I take the liberty of presenting the Bearer to you with a request that you will have the goodness to do what you can for him by means of your excellent family and friends...This young man is son of a tenant of our family's...and the education he has received at home since he left my brother's school at Edgeworthtown all induce me to hope that he will deserve to succeed in his new career...He is a protestant...I have been able to examine him his knowledge of arithmetic qualifies him for a clerks place. You will smile - but not laugh at the simplicity shown in his letters -- simplicity not folly. Irregular top margin with a slim mounting strip on the address leaf; very good(-) condition. Anglo-Irish author who was one of the earliest writers of children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe.
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Autographed Letter Signed on "Headquarters Army of the United States" letterhead
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Archive of correspondence with astronomer Arthur Beer during the production of Vistas in Astronomy.
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Manchester, 1952-1956. Including 16 typed letters signed (one with the signature clipped out for reproduction in Vistas in Astronomy) and 1 autograph letter signed by Lovell, together with yellow carbons of Beer's typed letters, bound together with green string with metal caps in Beer's tan folder with the name Lovell in ink on the cover. Rust stains to the top three documents and the lower document from the metal caps on the binding string, not affecting the Lovell letters. Occasional mild creasing, otherwise the contents fresh and in excellent condition. An interesting archive of unpublished correspondence between leading radio astronomer Alfred Lovell (1913-2012) and astronomer and science populariser Arthur Beer. Beer (1900-1980) was born in Richenberg, Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia), and educated in Austria and Germany. He worked as an astronomer at Breslau University, where he studied binary stars, and at the German Maritime Observatory. He also wrote newspaper columns and was responsible…
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Petri Bembi Card. Epistolarum familiarium, libri VI : Eiusdem, Leonis X. Pont. Max. nomine scriptarum, lib. XVI.
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1552 Bembo Letters Italian Renaissance Erasmus Rotterdam Reginald Pole AlciatoPietro Bembo was a 15th-century Italian scholar known for his direct influence in the development of the Italian language and the revival of the works of Petrarch. As a man of letters, Bembo was well-acquainted with many political, religious, and literary leaders throughout Italy and Europe. Many of his letters were collected and published in the mid-16th-century and included dozens of letters including those of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Cosmo Gherio (Bishop of Fano), Andrea Alciato, Cardinal Reginald Pole, Alfonso II Duke of Ferrara, and many others.
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BEMBO, Pietro
Petri Bembi Card. Epistolarum familiarium, libri VI : Eiusdem, Leonis X. Pont. Max. nomine scriptarum, lib. XVI.
Venezia: Apud G. Scottum, 1552.
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Brooklyn Fire Engine Co. No. 12 daily record book 1890-1891
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New York: Brooklyn Fire Department, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 400 p.; 36 cm. Half calf with morocco-grain cloth over boards. The handwritten daily record book of Engine Co. No. 12 of the Brooklyn Fire Department. The list of members, with street addresses, attached to the front free endpaper names Stephen Allen as the foreman. Allen was born in 1853 and became a fireman in 1880, assistant foreman in 1887, and foreman in 1889. It provided a daily record of the activities of the fire engine company from Oct. 25, 1890, through June 8, 1891. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good Condition: loss of leather from spine; edges rubbed; cocked; cover is soiled; front free endpaper is detached but present; some page corners creased; internally clean and solid.
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Etudes et Lecons sur la Revolution Francaise , Premiere Serie and Seconde Serie (Two Volumes) with ALS
de Aulard, F.-A.
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Paris: Felix Alcan, Editeur, 1893. RARE in the First Editions and RARER yet with ALS.. Premiere Serie published 1893, Seconde Serie, 1898. With one page Autograph Letter Signed on Place de L'Ecole stationery dated 1901, roughly 40 words in French, SIGNED A. Aulard. Bound in period quarter brown pebbled morocco over marbled boards, gilt backs, marbled end papers, ribbon markers. Near Fine, slight toning at edges, corners lightly rubbed, small labels front paste downs. Each volume with fold-out facsimiles. François Victor Alphonse Aulard (1849-1928) was the 1st professional French historian of Napoleon and of the French Revolution. . Autograph Letter Signed. First Edition. Quarter Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Autographed Letter Signed on "Headquarters Army of the United States" letterhead
de SHERMAN, William T. (1820 - 1891)
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Washington, D.C., 1871. unbound. Three-page handwritten letter with outstanding content, 8 x 5 inches, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1871. Written to former Confederate Brigadier General Marcus J. Wright, commander of the District of Atlanta, in full: "Your note of June 1, awaited me here on my return from Texas. It is sharp that you even noticed in the newspaper of the day the fact that less than a year ago Capt. Buel of the Ordinance Department, the same who was on my staff at Atlanta, and who was taken prisoner the day before we entered that place, was murdered at the U.S. Arsenal Fort Leavenworth, by a discharged soldier. Buel had punished this man for some offense and was retiring from a party inside Leavenworth to his own house, just outside after entering his own yard, with his wife on his arm, was shot dead by a man concealed in a brush within a few feet. The man for a time escaped, but was hunted and at last caught, he was so badly wounded in capture that he started confessing the deed,…
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Archive of correspondence with astronomer Arthur Beer during the production of Vistas in Astronomy.
de Lovell, Alfred Charles Bernard, Sir
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Manchester, 1952-1956. Including 16 typed letters signed (one with the signature clipped out for reproduction in Vistas in Astronomy) and 1 autograph letter signed by Lovell, together with yellow carbons of Beer's typed letters, bound together with green string with metal caps in Beer's tan folder with the name Lovell in ink on the cover. Rust stains to the top three documents and the lower document from the metal caps on the binding string, not affecting the Lovell letters. Occasional mild creasing, otherwise the contents fresh and in excellent condition. An interesting archive of unpublished correspondence between leading radio astronomer Alfred Lovell (1913-2012) and astronomer and science populariser Arthur Beer. Beer (1900-1980) was born in Richenberg, Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia), and educated in Austria and Germany. He worked as an astronomer at Breslau University, where he studied binary stars, and at the German Maritime Observatory. He also wrote newspaper columns and was responsible…
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Petri Bembi Card. Epistolarum familiarium, libri VI : Eiusdem, Leonis X. Pont. Max. nomine scriptarum, lib. XVI.
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1552 Bembo Letters Italian Renaissance Erasmus Rotterdam Reginald Pole AlciatoPietro Bembo was a 15th-century Italian scholar known for his direct influence in the development of the Italian language and the revival of the works of Petrarch. As a man of letters, Bembo was well-acquainted with many political, religious, and literary leaders throughout Italy and Europe. Many of his letters were collected and published in the mid-16th-century and included dozens of letters including those of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Cosmo Gherio (Bishop of Fano), Andrea Alciato, Cardinal Reginald Pole, Alfonso II Duke of Ferrara, and many others.
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Petri Bembi Card. Epistolarum familiarium, libri VI : Eiusdem, Leonis X. Pont. Max. nomine scriptarum, lib. XVI.
Venezia: Apud G. Scottum, 1552.
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Brooklyn Fire Engine Co. No. 12 daily record book 1890-1891
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New York: Brooklyn Fire Department, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 400 p.; 36 cm. Half calf with morocco-grain cloth over boards. The handwritten daily record book of Engine Co. No. 12 of the Brooklyn Fire Department. The list of members, with street addresses, attached to the front free endpaper names Stephen Allen as the foreman. Allen was born in 1853 and became a fireman in 1880, assistant foreman in 1887, and foreman in 1889. It provided a daily record of the activities of the fire engine company from Oct. 25, 1890, through June 8, 1891. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good Condition: loss of leather from spine; edges rubbed; cocked; cover is soiled; front free endpaper is detached but present; some page corners creased; internally clean and solid.
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Etudes et Lecons sur la Revolution Francaise , Premiere Serie and Seconde Serie (Two Volumes) with ALS
de Aulard, F.-A.
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Paris: Felix Alcan, Editeur, 1893. RARE in the First Editions and RARER yet with ALS.. Premiere Serie published 1893, Seconde Serie, 1898. With one page Autograph Letter Signed on Place de L'Ecole stationery dated 1901, roughly 40 words in French, SIGNED A. Aulard. Bound in period quarter brown pebbled morocco over marbled boards, gilt backs, marbled end papers, ribbon markers. Near Fine, slight toning at edges, corners lightly rubbed, small labels front paste downs. Each volume with fold-out facsimiles. François Victor Alphonse Aulard (1849-1928) was the 1st professional French historian of Napoleon and of the French Revolution. . Autograph Letter Signed. First Edition. Quarter Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) on letterhead of Harper & Brothers Editorial Rooms, to a Miss Bridgman, 24 January 1895
de Sangster, Margaret E
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NY, 1895. Original manuscript. Very Good. One page, written clearly in black ink. Sangster sends her autograph and thanks Miss Bridgman "for your very kind and sweet letter....Cordially yours...." Signed in full. 8.25" x 5.25
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Two page autograph letter signed selling copies of Old Chelsea
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London: Aug. 11, 1888. 4to, 39 lines, approx. 220 words, on Century Illustrated Magazine letterhead, to the publishers Roberts Brothers, soliciting orders of the book Old Chelsea by Benjamin Ellis Martin. Previous solds, some toning, all else very good. "At the request of Mr. Pascoe I have pleasure sending you ... proofs of Old Chelsea. It is written by Dr. Martin, an American literary man, and a contributor to Harper & Century & the illustrations are by Joseph Pennell ... Altogether it will be a most charming and attractive got up book and for you it must be impotrant as the publisher of Pennell's book and also it will be a copyright book. Within a week I shall send you page and complete proof etc and terms for 500 copies if you wish for a larger number please say so."
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Holograph Note Signed
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(np): (np) Aprx 9x12 inch 20 lb green stock dated "August 4 Bridgehampton." "Yes, it is a nice collection. A pleasure to sign. My regards to Ms Mason." Salter has signed with his initials "J.S" Folded in half with beginning toning at extremities. Very Good condition.. Signed. Unbound. Very Good/Not Issued.
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The Complete Letter-Writer. Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common Occasions in Life. Also a Variety of Elegant Letters for the Direction and Embellishment of Style, On Business, Duty, Amusement, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friendship,.....
de (Donaldson, Alexander, Printer)
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Edinburgh: Printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1781. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 230 +9pp contents. Full leather, leather label. Covers worn and scuffed, free endpapers lacking, joints tender, contents tanned and foxed, minor dampstaining to last pages,drawing and doodling on front pastedown, strip torn from lower margin of last page, no loss of text, former owner's name on title page. A very early edition of this title, by the author referred to by James Boswell as the "Prodigious Vendor of Literature.
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From.... "HELL RECONSIDERED"
de Styron, William
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Faircopy. 8.5x11 inch 20lb tan stock with perforation line on topedge. Signed in ink by Styron. One typo (uncorrected). Fine condition. Contents are a one paragraph excerpt from Styron's essay that appeared in the June 29, 1978 issue of "The New York Review of Books.". Signed by Author. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. Faircopy/Typescript.
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Original Handwritten Letter From Pianist Harold Bauer, 1907, With Three Performance Programs, 1917
de Harold Victor Bauer
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Florence (1907) And Los Angeles (1917): Trinity Auditorium Villa Braggiotti, 1907. Original Documents . No Binding. Fine. Original Handwritten Two Page Letter To One Of His Students, A Miss Wilson, From Pianist Harold Bauer, 1907, On Villa Braggiotti, Florence Stationary, With Three Performance Programs At The Trinity Theatre, Los Angeles, 1917. Some Wear And Soiling. Harold Victor Bauer (1873 - 1951) Was A Noted Pianist Who Began His Musical Career As A Violinist. He Took Up The Study Of The Violin Under The Direction Of His Father And Adolf Pollitzer. He Made His Debut As A Violinist In London In 1883, And For Nine Years Toured England. In 1892, However, He Went To Paris And Studied The Piano Under Ignacy Jan Paderewski For A Year, Though Still Maintaining His Interest In The Violin. An Anecdote Reports That Paderewski Jokingly Told Bauer To Concentrate On The Piano Because "You Have Such Beautiful Hair". In 1893, In Paris, He And Achille Rivarde Premiered Frederick Delius's Violin…
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Autographed Photo of Bob Hope
de Hope, Bob
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Bob Hope was, and still is, one of the most iconic actor/comedians to ever emerge from Hollywood.This photo is a promotional movie still for the movie "The Cat and the Canary", released in the year 1939, which starred Bob Hope with Paulette Goddard.
The photo is matted in a pale green photo mat and is autographed,
"Bob".
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Autographed Photo of Penn and Teller
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Penn Jillette and Joe Teller have successfully combined magic and comedy for decades, becoming one of the most enduring and successful pairings in the entertainment industry.This 8 inch by 10 inch black & white photo is a publicity still from the Warner Brothers movie "Penn & Teller Get Killed", made in 1989.
It is autographed in red ink by both Penn and Teller.
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2 billets autographes signés à Jean-Paul Brunet à propos de sa poésie, 1901
de Breton, Jules (peintre et poète français, 1827-1906)
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Paris, 1901. Autographe. Très bon. Aucune reliure. Signé par l'auteur. Ed. originale. in-24. 1 lettre autographe signée sur bristol vert à coins ronds, 2 pp. in-24, 16 juin 1901. On joint 1 billet autographe signé sur sa carte de visite à l'adresse du 136 rue de Longchamp, 2 pp. in-48, sd [ca 1901]. Dans le premier billet, il indique à son correspondant (Jean-Paul Brunet, critique à l'hebdomadaire "Le Mondain bordelais") que l'édition tirée à part de "Jeanne" est épuisée depuis longtemps mais que l'on peut trouver ses poésies chez Lemerre. Il regrette de ne plus voir son père, mais en a des nouvelles par Daniel de Sèze. Dans le second billet, il remercie Jean-Paul Brunet pour tout le bien qu'il dit de ses poèmes. Bel état. Nota : ces documents ne pourront être exportés en dehors de l'Union Européenne sans…
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Robert Dale Owen Signed Letter
de Owen, Robert Dale
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, . 5 1/8" x 6 3/4" signed letter from Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) dated May 5, 1865 at Cincinnati and addressed to publishers Mssrs. Tickner & Fields, acknowledging receipt of $50 as payment for his article on Hofwyl appearing in Atlantic Magazine that month, a fond history of his years at Hofwyl school, the independent self-governing private college in Switzerland to which Owen credited the molding of much of his character and philosophy. In addition to his notorious involvement with social reforms, Robert Dale Owen served in the Indiana legislature and the U.S. House Of Representatives (1843 to 1847), where he introduced and secured passage of the bill to establish the Smithsonian Institution, for which he was appointed to its first board of regents. Never without controversy, in the 1850 ‘s he turned to spiritualism, and while his book on the subject, "Footfalls On The Boundary Of Another World" was popular with the general public, it incurred ridicule from a number of his…
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