FRED ASTAIRE AND GINGER ROGERS. Legendary Hollywood dance team. Full-length Photograph of the duo, each posing with their right hand on their right knee and their left hand on their left hip, Signed by each in the light portion of their corresponding image. Astaire’s signature appears in red ink. The black and white photograph measures … [ Read More ]
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Bernstein, Leonard
AMERICAN COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR Half-length postcard Photograph of the maestro conducting, Signed across the light portion of his image. The black and white photograph of Leonard Bernstein measures 6 inches wide by 4 inches high. Price: $450
Clemens, Samuel
WRITING IN HIS HEAVENLY BED Mark Twain. American author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Superb oversize photograph, Signed, “Mark Twain, Jan./06,” showing the author at work on a manuscript, wearing his pajamas and propped up in bed. The black and white photograph, by Underwood & Underwood, New York, is … [ Read More ]
Cushing, Harvey
American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery. Typewritten Letter Signed, Harvey Cushing, quarto, one page, November 11, 1936, on his letterhead for The School of Medicine at Yale University. To Dr. Glanville Y. Rusk, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, California. With two photographs of brain lesions, mounted on heavy card stock. “Dear Rusk / … [ Read More ]
Gershwin, George
American composer of Rhapsody in Blue. Sepia-tone Photograph of Gershwin in profile, playing the piano, Signed, Inscribed and Dated on the lower margin, “To Hyman Sandow – All good wishes / George Gershwin / Feb. ’28”. A slight defect in the photographic surface, in the center upper portion, not affecting the image of the composer … [ Read More ]
Goddard, Robert H
ROBERT H. GODDARD. American physicist; pioneer in rocket research. Photograph of Robert Goddard standing outdoors and holding his gyroscope stabilizer, Signed R.H. Goddard in the margin below. A second photograph to the right shows Goddard and two others “testing the gyroscope and directing vanes before a flight by inclining and rotating the rocket while … [ Read More ]
Guthrie, Woody
THE AUTHOR OF “THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND” GIVES HIS PERSPECTIVES ON NEW GROUPS, ESPECIALLY THE GROUP THAT BECAME THE DRIFTERS “…I HOPE THAT I AM WAKING THEM UP TO FIND THEIR OWN TONGUES…THEY SOUND FIERY AND YOUNG…AND WHEN THE NEW SUCCESS DIES DOWN, THEY WILL STAND FLATTER ON THEIR FEET AND SING WITH MORE … [ Read More ]
Pasteur, Louis
LOUIS PASTEUR. French chemist; developed Pasteurization and inoculation for rabies. Extraordinarily well-executed engraved portrait of Pasteur, head and shoulders, inscribed by him and signed, “L. Pasteur, 26 Septembre [18]89” in the lower right corner. The engraved portrait, overall 5 7/8 inches wide by 8 inches high, is by Eugène-André Champollion [1848-1901], described in Benezit as … [ Read More ]
Piaf, Edith
EDITH PIAF. French singer and actress whose interpretation of the Chanson, or French ballad, made her internationally famous. A close-up, head-shot Photograph of the legendary chanteuse in a wistful gaze, her hand on her cheek, Signed Edith Piaf and Inscribed in the dark upper portion, “Pour Monsieur Maurice Croifer / Sympathique… / Edith Piaf”. The black … [ Read More ]
Porter, Cole
COLE PORTER. American composer. Formal bust-length portrait photograph of the composer, sporting a polka dot tie and a carnation in his lapel, Signed in the light right portion above his shoulder. The sepia-toned photograph measures 4 1/2 inches wide by 6 3/4 inches high. Matted in cream and yellow, and framed in antiqued gilt. Framed … [ Read More ]
Ravel, Maurice
MAURICE RAVEL. French composer. Autograph Letter Signed, two full pages, octavo, June 7, 1916. Written during his World War I service to his Marraine [de guerre], Mme Fernand Dreyfus, mother of the composer Roland-Manuel. Fine condition. Your label didn’t surprise me; since arriving here I have been having a misperception that packages and perhaps letters … [ Read More ]
Renoir, Pierre Auguste
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR. French Impressionist painter. Photograph of one of his paintings of a female nude, standing backward, Signed in the white space below. A statement beneath his signature authenticates his signature and is dated January 10, 1911. Renoir’s art dealer, the great Ambrose Vollard had the artists he represented sign photographs of their paintings … [ Read More ]
Rontgen, Wilhelm C.
WILHELM C. RONTGEN. German physicist; awarded first Nobel prize for physics n 1901 for his discovery of X-rays. Autograph Letter Signed, W.C. Röntgen, two pages, small octavo, Hotel Miramare, St. Margherita Ligure, March 19, 1903. On his personal correspondence card, to a colleague. “Although you have learned through the State Institute why I could not … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. President. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, Hyde Park, New York, September 14, no year. On his name-imprinted stationery, to Dear Mr. Roberts. “I’m sorry, but still I don’t understand about the certificates. These are for 6,000 shares, the full amount to go to the organizers-and I understand that while they were … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. President. Typewritten Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, on White House stationery, dated from Oyster Bay, New York, July 2, 1908. With original envelope to the Rev. William Potts George, in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. The President sends an expression of his very deep appreciation of the action of the New York Preachers Meeting … [ Read More ]
Roualt, Georges
GEORGES ROUALT. French Fauvist and Expressionist painter. Autograph Letter Signed, one full page, quarto, August 15, 1938. I am in receipt of your telegram – here is the address of my daughter, Isabelle Rouault, who is my secretary, but is not with me at this time: Chalet Pax, Route de Pau, les Hautes Pyrenées, where … [ Read More ]
Salinger, J D
J. D. SALINGER. Typewritten Letter Signed, initials, one page, large quarto, [Windsor, Vermont], September 29, 1978. With original envelope. To Amy Kassak in Japan. With the original envelope. “Please excuse this late reply. (The truth be told, I’m usually later still. I’m the world’s worst correspondent, and I usually can manage about one letter … [ Read More ]
Scott, Robert Falcon
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT. English Antarctic explorer. Autograph Letter Signed, Robt. Scott, two pages, small octavo, Chelsea, February 9, 1905. To Jean McDonal Gallup in Hampstead. “My cousin tells me that you would like me to write a letter for your book – I havent much to say because I find England is so dull … [ Read More ]
Shackleton, Ernest H.
ERNEST R. SHACKLETON. English Antarctic explorer. Autograph Letter Signed, E.H. Shackleton, two pages, small octavo, on an imprinted correspondence card, Royal Societies Club, St. James Street, September 29, 1903. To “Dear Sir.” “I am afraid that until I have seen the President I cannot settle anything about a lecture. I will let you know when … [ Read More ]
Strauss, Johann
JOHANN STRAUSS. Viennese composer of waltzes. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, undated, [Saturday]. To a colleague. As no concert is taking place today Herr Geber is asking for a new program for Sunday, as the one which would have been given tomorrow has already been publicized twice. I have therefore taken the liberty of … [ Read More ]
Strauss, Johann
JOHANN STRAUSS. Viennese composer of waltzes. Very fine contemporary carte-de-visite size photograph of the Waltz King, wearing formal attire and medals, inscribed to Monsieur Tudshoorn in bold blue pencil, and signed beneath the image of Johann Strauss. A fine example. Matted in tan and claret, in an antique gilt frame measuring 9 inches wide by … [ Read More ]
Strauss, Richard
RICHARD STRAUSS. German composer. Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, Richard Str, two pages, folio, undated. Together with a typewritten letter of the composer’s son, Dr. Franz Strauss, dated July 24, 1978, stating that manuscript sketches of his father are very rare. This manuscript is [leaf] 31 of a sketch from Richard Strauss’s opera Capriccio, comprising thirty … [ Read More ]
Stravinsky, Igor
IGOR STRAVINSKY. Russian composer of Firebird. Typewritten Document Signed, a carbon typescript signed in ink, one page, quarto, April 27, 1964. A legal agreement with Paul Kohner, Inc., in which Stravinsky states “that you acted as my exclusive agent in procuring employment…with Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica…covering my services as composer and conductor of music in … [ Read More ]
Tolstoy, Leo
Price: $15,000 Russian author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. A pensive Cabinet Card Photograph Signed, “Leo Tolstoy / 29 March 1901,” in Russian on the mount. The sepia tone photograph measures 4 inches wide by 5 * inches high; overall 4 1/16 inches wide by 6 5/16 inches high. Leo Tolstoy joined the … [ Read More ]
Tolstoy, Leo
Russian author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Bust-length postcard Photograph of Leo Tolstoy, Signed and Dated, “Leo Tolstoy / 24 Febr. 1910” in the lower portion. The photograph by C. Kraft is captioned “Tolstoi.” The black and white photograph measures 3 ½ inches wide by 5 ½ inches high. Matted in ivory ad … [ Read More ]
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henry de
Autograph Letter Signed, HT Lautrec, one and a half pages, small quarto, [1894]. In French, to the publisher and lithographer André Marty. Requesting a meeting at 6:30 at the Napolitain, Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec writes: “I gave you my last instructions. I am going with Geffroy tomorrow (Friday) to see Yvette in Vaux.” In 1894 Marty … [ Read More ]
Verdi, Giuseppe
Italian operatic composer. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, “G. Verdi,” 1889, one page, from “Otello.” On an album page, Giuseppe Verdi has penned five notes from the arresting theme of the “Ave Maria” (“Prega per chi ado[rando]” or “Pray for all sho adore…”) from the fourth act of his tragic opera “Otello.” Interestingly, Verdi substituted the … [ Read More ]
Wagner, Richard
German operatic composer. Autograph Musical Manuscript, Richard Wagner, one page, small oblong octavo, [Paris], undated but circa March 1861. A manuscript comprising Tannhäuser’s final words in the second Act “Vers Rome,” in score, for voices and strings. Four measures, notated in pencil on six staves. This is probably an alteration attached to the manuscript of … [ Read More ]
Washington, Booker T
Black American educator; founded the Tuskegee Institute for practical training of blacks in trades and professions in 1881. Autograph Letter Signed Booker T Washington, one page, large quarto, Tuskegee, Alabama, March 13, 1897. On imprinted stationery of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, to a supporter, Ella Kent in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Booker T Washington, the … [ Read More ]
Weizmann, Chaim
Polish-born Israeli chemist and politician who was the first President of Israel. Autograph Letter Signed, Chaim Weizmann, one page, octavo, August 4, 1940. On imprinted stationery of the Dorchester Hotel in London, to Dr. Josef Cohn at the Zionist Organization of American in New York City. “I would like to thank you for your reports. … [ Read More ]
Whistler, James McNeill
American artist. Superb sepia tone albumen photograph of James Whistler’s work in White III, Signed Whistler and with his butterfly signature, in pencil on the lower mount. From the private collection of the American painter Chauncey Ryder. A fine example measuring 15 ½ inches wide by 21 inches high. Price: $5,750
Whitman, Walt
American poet. Printed Poem Signed Walt Whitman, one page, small oblong octavo, undated [ca. 1884-1885]. Entitled “Of that Blithe Throat of Thine.” “Of that blithe throat of thine from arctic bleak and blank/ I’ll mind the lesson, solitary bird – let me too welcome chilling drifts,/ E’en the profoundest chill, as now – a torpid … [ Read More ]