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I was unable to find Mr. Brush’s office address and the letter was sent to his house, #113 West 69^th St. He has not made his appearance, and I am to-night sending a messenger to his house to see if he is in the city. I have hesitated to employ our usual surveyor because Mr. Brush must be in possession of much useful data in connection with the work. We shall proceed as far as we can on the general lay-out of this wall without this survey, but shall be hampered until we obtain it. If we can get it soon we shall be able to send you the plans you ask for by August 15^th, but if there is any considerable delay this will be impossible. We shall also proceed with the general working drawings of the Library proper, and when we get them far enough advanced shall obtain the preliminary estimates in the order you desire. We are always hampered at this time of year by the vacations we are obliged to give our men, and unfortunately two of the men I had selected to put upon this work are taking their vacation, but I have made arrangements so that others shall be working upon the plans until they return. " ["post_title"]=> string(176) "William R. Mead, American architect and principal of McKim, Mead & White, writes to the chancellor of New York University regarding the construction of the university's library" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(169) "william-r-mead-american-architect-and-principal-of-mckim-mead-white-writes-to-the-chancellor-of-new-york-university-regarding-the-construction-of-the-universitys-library" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 12:18:28" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 16:18:28" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34555" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [1]=> object(WP_Post)#3493 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34561) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-03 16:19:36" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-03 20:19:36" ["post_content"]=> string(999) "MILHAUD, DARIUS. (1892-1974). French composer of Le Boeuf sur le toit, La Creation du Monde and other 20^th-century repertoire staples; a member of Les Six. AMusMsS. (“D. Milhaud”). 3pp. Folio. (11” x 13 ¼”). N.p., [1941]. In French. Three pages of a musical manuscript scored for first violin entitled Trois Chanson de Ronsard, totaling 156 measures for three of the four poems: “A une Fontaine (Mouv^t. de Valse),” “A Cupidon (Modéré)” and “Dieu vous gard’ (Vif).”One of the 20^th century’s most prolific composers, Milhaud’s modernist works bear the influence of Brazilian popular music as well as jazz and make innovative use of polytonality. 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(1806-1873). Influential English philosopher and political theorist. ALS. (“J.S. Mill”). 2pp. 8vo. N.p., Friday (between 1865 and 1868). On his blind-embossed House of Commons Library stationery. To G.M. Tarole (?).“If you will come to the House of Commons on Monday at four o’clock or later, and speak to the doorkeeper, you will find your name first down for the Speakers’ Gallery for that night; which is very much more convenient and agreeable than the Strangers’ Gallery. With great pleasure in having been able to render you that trifling service I am dear sir…”  Trained as an economist by his father, James Mill, and a student of the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Mill published several works of philosophy that emphasized, utilitarianism, placing the importance of society’s interests over those of the individual. Among his most important works was his 1869 essay The Subjection of Women, in which he stated his position on female suffrage. Though written in 1861, it was not published until after his unsuccessful attempt to legalize female suffrage." 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(1893-1983). Catalan surrealist artist. ALS. (“Miró”). 1p. 4to. Son Abrines, N.d. (August, after 1956). On his personal stationery. To Cuban lawyer, art critic and founding director of the Art Museum of the Americas JOSÉ GÓMEZ-SICRE (1916-1991). In Spanish with translation.“As you can see we now live in Mallorca where life is good and one can work peacefully. I’m sorry your friend couldn’t find me in Barcelona. In reference to the exhibition you mention, I do not intervene in these matters. You have to direct your inquiries to Pierre Matisse in New York or Galerie Maeght in Paris…” [caption id="attachment_34001" align="aligncenter" width="822"] Miró's Femme et Oiseau dans la Nuit, 1947[/caption]" ["post_title"]=> string(80) "ALS from the Surrealist Artist: “We now live in Mallorca where life is good”" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(73) "als-from-the-surrealist-artist-we-now-live-in-mallorca-where-life-is-good" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 12:14:38" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 16:14:38" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34965" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [4]=> object(WP_Post)#3496 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(35472) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 12:16:44" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "0000-00-00 00:00:00" ["post_content"]=> string(1694) "NAPOLEON I, EMPEROR OF FRANCE. (1769-1821) & French Empress JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS. (1763-1814). DS. (“Bonaparte” and “Joséphine Bonaparte”). 9pp. Tall 4to. St. Cloud, April 11, 1803. A marriage contract between GENERAL MARIE-FRANÇOIS AUGUSTE DE CAFFARELLI DU FALGA (1766-1849, “A. Caffarelli” and “A.C.”) and JULIENNE LOUISE BLANCHE D’HERVILLY (1784-1854, “J. d’Hervilly” and “J.D.H.”). In French.Joséphine, a widow six years older than her future husband, was the daughter of a Creole family from Martinique who intoxicated Napoléon with her charm and the praise she lavished on the shy, awkward officer. In March 1796, Joséphine and Napoléon signed their marriage contract amidst the commotion surrounding Napoléon’s promotion as commander of the Army of Italy. Although their union was fraught with troubles and infidelities from the start, the pair renewed their vows in a religious ceremony on December 1, 1804, and the following day, Joséphine accompanied Napoléon to his coronation. Her inability to give Napoléon a son strained an already difficult marriage and, in 1810, Napoléon dispensed with Joséphine without resorting to a divorce, nullifying the marriage on the grounds that a parish priest had not been present at the legal ceremony. Nonetheless, Napoléon and Joséphine are considered among history’s most famous lovers, and his last words were reported to be: “France, armée, tête d’armée, Joséphine.” (“France, army, head of the army, Joséphine.”)" ["post_title"]=> string(82) "History’s Most Romantic Couple, Napoleon and Josephine, Sign a Marriage Contract" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(5) "draft" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(0) "" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 12:16:44" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 16:16:44" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=35472" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [5]=> object(WP_Post)#3497 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34584) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 16:19:20" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 21:19:20" ["post_content"]=> string(456) "NEVELSON, LOUISE. (1899-1988). Pioneering Russian-born, American sculptor. LS. (“Louise Nevelson”). 1. 4to. New York, January 24, 1978. On her personal stationery to American actress and arts advocate KITTY CARLISLE-HART (1910-2007).“I want to thank you for introducing me so beautifully Sunday evening at the ‘Salute for Governor Carey’ – I hope there will be other such sweet occasions." ["post_title"]=> string(130) "A Letter to American Actress and Arts Advocate Kitty Carlisle-Hart: "You will understand how deeply I feel about New York City..."" 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(1913-1985). Swiss-German artist who was the leading female surrealist. ALS. (“Meret Oppenheim”). 1p. Oblong 8vo. Bern, April 17, 1975. Written on her personal stationery to German art historian SIEGFRIED SALZMANN (1928-1994), director of the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg from 1971-1984. In German with translation." 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(1790-1855). English explorer who established an arctic “farthest north” of 82 degrees, 45 minutes; a record which stood until 1876. ALS. (“WParry”). 1p. 8vo. Admiralty (London), October 23, 1838. To JOHN BARROW (1764-1848), English statesman and promoter of Arctic exploration as second secretary to the Admiralty.“I will immediately forward your letter to Mr. Stanley, who is in Ireland, with an earnest request that he will do what he can for Lowe. I shall be truly rejoiced to be instrumental in doing anything for you or yours, but we must not be too sanguine, as the applications, I know, are numerous…” " ["post_title"]=> string(130) "Autograph Letter Signed by the English Explorer who Reached the Arctic "Farthest North" in 1827, a Record Held for Nearly 50 Years" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(127) "autograph-letter-signed-by-the-english-explorer-who-reached-the-arctic-farthest-north-in-1827-a-record-held-for-nearly-50-years" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 12:03:09" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 16:03:09" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34970" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [8]=> object(WP_Post)#3500 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34589) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 16:21:07" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 21:21:07" ["post_content"]=> string(793) "PEARY, ROBERT E. (1856-1920). American admiral and explorer; widely recognized as the first person to reach the North Pole. ALS. (“R.E. Peary”). 1p. 8vo. New York, October 18, 1895. On stationery of the Grand Union Hotel, “Opposite Grand Central Station.” To Yale chemistry Professor FRANK AUSTIN GOOCH (1852-1929).“Your favor of the 7^th inst, in re analysis of meteoric sample is at hand. Kindly have analysis made as suggested by you & the report forwarded to me at 2014 12^th St. N.W. Washington, D.C. I presume that the name of the gentleman making the analysis will accompany the report so that I can give him proper credit when I make use of his results. Thanking you for your kindness I am…”" ["post_title"]=> string(76) "Letter Arranging for the Chemical Analysis of the Famous Ahnighito Meteorite" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(147) "autograph-letter-from-robert-e-peary-american-admiral-and-explorer-in-which-he-arranges-for-the-chemical-analysis-of-the-famous-ahnighito-meteorite" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-03-25 15:44:18" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-25 19:44:18" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34589" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [9]=> object(WP_Post)#3501 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34594) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 16:22:35" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 21:22:35" ["post_content"]=> string(503) "PIERCE, FRANKLIN. (1804‑1869). Fourteenth president of the United States. ALS. (“Franklin Pierce”). 11pp. 8vo. Langen Schwalbach, June 2, 1859. To SIDNEY WEBSTER (1829-1910), his personal secretary when president.[caption id="attachment_35126" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Franklin Pierce[/caption]" ["post_title"]=> string(103) "11-page Letter Describing his Impressions of Europe, War Between France and Austria, and U. S. Politics" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(185) "former-u-s-president-franklin-pierce-in-an-eleven-page-autograph-letter-describes-his-impressions-of-europe-war-between-france-and-austria-and-u-s-local-and-national-politics-i-am-not-s" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-03-25 15:38:16" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-25 19:38:16" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34594" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [10]=> object(WP_Post)#3502 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34984) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-03 17:00:10" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-03 21:00:10" ["post_content"]=> string(893) "PORTER, DAVID. (1780-1843). American naval officer and commander the USS Constitution during the First Barbary War. ALS. (“David Porter”). 1p. 4to. Chester, October 12, 1829. To Messrs. John Kitzing Kane, Robert M. Lewis and William Platt, directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.“I have had the honor to receive your note of the 7^th inviting me to attend the opening of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on the 17^th, and regret that an engagement to dine with the Citizens of Delaware county on that day will prevent my accepting your invitation…”[caption id="attachment_34988" align="aligncenter" width="345"] David Porter[/caption]" ["post_title"]=> string(163) "ALS from the American Naval Officer and Commander of the USS Constitution, Advising of his Inability “to attend the opening of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal”" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(154) "als-from-the-american-naval-officer-and-commander-of-the-uss-constitution-advising-of-his-inability-to-attend-the-opening-of-the-chesapeake-delaware-canal" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 10:38:24" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 14:38:24" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34984" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [11]=> object(WP_Post)#3503 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(35390) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-03 11:57:01" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "0000-00-00 00:00:00" ["post_content"]=> string(692) "POWELL, DAWN. (1896-1965). Prolific American novelist and playwright. Three DSs (four signatures). (“Dawn Powell”). 23pp. 4to. and tall 4to. New York, June 16, 1933 and December 4, 1934. Three Theatre Guild contracts: one on the letterhead of pioneering literary agent Ann Watkins, dated June 16, 1933, granting “The Theatre Guild the first reading of her next two plays;” an 18-page contract dated June 16, 1933 with The Theatre Guild for the production of her play Jigsaw; and a 4-page December 4, 1934 contract between The Theatre Guild, Powell and drama publisher Samuel French detailing the arrangements for the publication of Powell’s works." 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(1858-1924). Modern Italy’s most successful opera composer after Verdi. ALS. (“G. Puccini”). 1p. 8vo. Torre del Lago, November 11, 1901. To the Mayor of Viareggio [CESARE RICCIONI (1868-1936)]. In Italian with translation.“Honorable Mayor of Viareggio, Yet again I take the liberty to recommend to Your Honor an increase in the stipend for Sig. Damerino Gragnani [?], having told you already that he has a large family and is in financial difficulties…”" ["post_title"]=> string(86) "Autograph Letter Signed by Modern Italy’s Most Successful Opera Composer after Verdi" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(83) "autograph-letter-signed-by-modern-italys-most-successful-opera-composer-after-verdi" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-05-15 15:07:18" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-05-15 19:07:18" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34991" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [13]=> object(WP_Post)#3505 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34995) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 17:41:10" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 21:41:10" ["post_content"]=> string(524) "[RAWLINS, JOHN AARON. (1831-1869)]. Union officer and President Grant’s secretary of war. Secretarial Ms. 1p. Oblong 12mo. Holly Springs, Mississippi, [Dated “3rd,” suggesting, perhaps, the date of December 3, 1862]. A draft telegram written in pencil in the hand of an unknown secretary to Union General JAMES B. MCPHERSON (1828-1864), the second highest ranking Union officer killed during the war.“Cars are on the way to your Head Quarters loaded with supplies…”" ["post_title"]=> string(117) "President Grant's Secretary of War John Rawlins to Union General McPherson at the Beginning of the Vicksburg Campaign" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(118) "president-grants-secretary-of-war-writes-to-union-general-general-mcpherson-at-the-beginning-of-the-vicksburg-campaign" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-05-21 13:51:09" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-05-21 17:51:09" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34995" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [14]=> object(WP_Post)#3506 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34675) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 15:31:49" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 20:31:49" ["post_content"]=> string(1534) "ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. (1882-1945). Thirty-second president of the United States. TMs with holograph corrections. (Unsigned). 1p. 4to. (Washington, D.C.), February 13, 1935. President Roosevelt’s annotated typed statement Mark Twain on White House stationery with 13 words in his hand.“I shall have no fear for the future of America so long as we are able to laugh at ourselves as we learned to do with Mark Twain; he was the embodiment of that sense of humor without which the essential qualities of American nature could not have been the same survived. Mark Twain did not bring humor to the American people; he brought it out. He enabled us to focus our minds upon our extravagances, our shortcomings, and our idiosyncrasies. Such humor as his is the solvent in which the ore of our Americanism becomes purified and is made to yield the metal of which American character has been built; and We were taught by him to know ourselves; to despise all shams, and to cherish the genuine, the noble and the true and to retain a sense of proportion in work and at play. This has been his contribution to our national life and For this we shall always owe a debt of gratitude to Mark Twain.”" ["post_title"]=> string(44) "FDR on Mark Twain: Make America Laugh Again!" 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First Lady and second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 26^th President of the United States. ALS. (“E”). 4pp. Small 8vo. Washington, D.C., Saturday [January 30, 1904]. On White House stationery. To Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt, the wife of Theodore Roosevelt’s cousin and advisor William Emlen Roosevelt (1857-1930).“It was a relief to hear from Sue, – who is so good about always sending me a daily bulletin, – that Emlen had gone to Oyster Bay today. She & Lucy came in yesterday & I felt so discouraged by what she told me that I did not dare to even talk about it. It has been a winter of great trial for you and Emlen and I have felt so helpless and useless, when I would so willingly have shared your cares. Each Saturday Theodore & I have breathed sighs of relief & said “One more week of the season over.” Yesterday I had my last musical. Busoni played very beautifully, & held the attention of a large & incongruous audience. Corinne & Douglas dined with us, & some senators & their wives & Mrs. Lister gorgeous in her rubies & a wonderful red velvet woven with velvet flowers, & other lesser lights. The Mumfords (Bella Lee) & Mrs Leavite were staying in the house. Washington is deep in snow. Yesterday, Theodore and I tried to ride, but had to turn back immediately for the horses could scarcely keep their feet. With love dear Christine Affectionately E”" ["post_title"]=> string(128) "Letter from the First Lady and Second Wife of Theodore Roosevelt: “Each Saturday Theodore & I have breathed sighs of relief”" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(169) "autograph-letter-on-white-house-stationery-from-first-lady-and-second-wife-of-theodore-roosevelt-edith-k-roosevelt-each-saturday-theodore-i-have-breathed-sighs-of-relief" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-03-25 15:28:51" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-25 19:28:51" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34608" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [16]=> object(WP_Post)#3508 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(35001) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 17:42:53" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 21:42:53" ["post_content"]=> string(223) "ROSENQUIST, JAMES. (1933-2017). Seminal American pop artist. TLS. (“James”). 1p. 4to. Aripeka, Florida, March 1, 1991. To businessman and art collector FRED HOWARD (1922-2008)." ["post_title"]=> string(146) "Typed Letter Signed by the American Pop Artist: “We arrived in Moscow the day the war in the Gulf and the demonstrations in Lithuania started”" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(139) "typed-letter-signed-by-the-american-pop-artist-we-arrived-in-moscow-the-day-the-war-in-the-gulf-and-the-demonstrations-in-lithuania-started" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-09 11:51:32" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-09 15:51:32" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=35001" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [17]=> object(WP_Post)#3509 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34614) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 16:36:37" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 21:36:37" ["post_content"]=> string(478) "ROSS, SIR JOHN. (1777-1856). English polar explorer who attempted to navigate the Northwest Passage and led the third expedition in search of Sir John Franklin in 1850. ALS. (“John Ross”). 2¼pp. 12mo. N[orth] W[est] Castle, June 28, 1849. To his brother and occasional business partner George Ross (1770-?), whose son James Clark Ross was also a noted polar explorer and discovered the magnetic North Pole during the elder Ross’ 1829 expedition." 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(1800-1862). Arctic explorer who discovered the magnetic North Pole. ALS. (“Jas C Ross”). 3pp. Small 8vo. London, N.d. (Circa 1837).  To English Quaker businessman ALFRED FOX (1794-1874), famous as the owner of Glendurgan Garden and known for the collection of minerals he assembled with his brother, British geologist and inventor Robert Were Fox (1789-1877)." 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(1841-1910)]. DS. 1p. Folio. N.p., February 4, 1910. A handwritten and illustrated royal license granting the use of the last name and arms of Luxmoore to Allan Aylmer Wilson (1880-1969) and his wife Lucy Luxmoore Dumville Lees Wilson. Signed by Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty (1847-1918) and William Henry Weldon (1837-1919) both officers of arms at the College of Arms and George Edward Cokayne (1825-1911), English genealogist, author of The Complete Peerage, and herald at the College of Arms and Clarenceux King of Arms. Also signed on the verso by Henry Farnham Burke (1859-1930) officer of arms at the College of Arms in his capacity as Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary." 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A Christmas card illustrated with a street scene signed by three sons of King George V: the princes EDWARD (1894-1972; future King Edward VIII, at age 13), ALBERT (1895-1952, future King Edward VIII, at age 12) and HENRY (1900-1974, future Duke of Gloucester and Governor-General of Australia, at age 7). (“Edward,” “Albert,” and “Henry”). 1p. Oblong 16mo. Sandringham, (December 21), 1907. The message printed on the paper insert (detached from the binding, but present) reads “With sincere wishes for a happy Christmas from” underneath which the three princes have signed their names. The stamped envelope is addressed to the Italian-born, British artist EDOARDO DE MARTINO (1838-1912), known for his maritime scenes.At the time our card was signed Queen Victoria’s eldest son, Edward VII, had succeeded her to the throne. Our card was signed by three of his grandchildren, sons of the future King George V, who would succeed his own father in 1910. Upon George V’s death in 1936, Edward, Prince of Wales, became Edward VIII, the controversial monarch who abdicated the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. Edward and his wife were made Duke and Duchess of Windsor but lived the rest of their lives in the Bahamas and France. It was not until the late 1960s that the royal family officially accepted Simpson and invited them to England. Edward’s reign is the second shortest in the history of the British monarchy and he is the only British monarch to have abdicated voluntarily." 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(1831-1906). Union General in the Civil War, and secretary of war under presidents Grant and Johnson; commanding general of the Army. ALS. (“J.M. Schofield”). 2pp. 8vo. Washington, D.C., July 23, 1890. On Washington, D.C. stationery to a General. An unidentified hand notes, in pencil, that the recipient is FITZ-JOHN PORTER, (1822-1901), Union major general who was court-martialed for his actions at the Second Battle of Bull Run.“I am much obliged for your letter of the 21^st – That schorched [sic.] parchment will be a genuine historical curiosity, and I shall watch for its appearance in the Department. I doubt whether it ought to be sent to the original owner. Perhaps it should be filed for reference in history. They tell me the L.G. bill will pass without opposition, whenever they can get it up. But I don’t know when that may be…”" ["post_title"]=> string(86) "Uncommon ALS from the Civil War General, Secretary of War and Medal of Honor Recipient" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(85) "uncommon-als-from-the-civil-war-general-secretary-of-war-and-medal-of-honor-recipient" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-05-08 14:18:26" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-05-08 18:18:26" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=35045" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [22]=> object(WP_Post)#3514 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34632) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 16:54:41" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 21:54:41" ["post_content"]=> string(1338) "SCOTT, ROBERT FALCON. (1868-1912). English Antarctic explorer. ALS. (“R. Scott”). 3pp. 8vo. N.p., (September 17, 1908). On HMS Bulwark, Channel Fleet stationery. To Mrs. [Wilson] Noble, wife of barrister, member of parliament and automobile enthusiast Wilson Noble (1854-1917).“I was in such a bustle before the wedding that I simply could not attempt to express my gratitude for your charming wedding present. After the great event we fled to Étretat [in France] and refused for a week to consider posts or pens. And so it is that only now I am able to tell you how delighted I am with the whiskey bottle which is not only very handsome but just exactly supplies the want of a small household. It is indeed kind & generous of you to have sent it and this gift must ever be valued for the friendship which suggested it. It was very nice of you and your husband to come to the wedding and I’m so glad you’ve had a glimpse of my young lady but I hope you won’t forget how much she wants to know you better and that she if not I will usually be found at 174 Buckingham Palace Road. I hope the young ladies have been thoroughly enjoying themselves at Dieppe. Once more thank you a thousand times for your magnificent present and believe me ever yours sincerely…” " ["post_title"]=> string(94) "A Letter from the Famed English Antarctic Explorer on the Subject of His Wedding and Honeymoon" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(128) "autograph-letter-signed-by-the-english-antarctic-explorer-robert-falcon-scott-aboard-the-hms-bulwark-on-channel-fleet-stationery" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-05-08 14:24:01" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-05-08 18:24:01" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34632" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [23]=> object(WP_Post)#3515 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34643) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 16:57:44" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 21:57:44" ["post_content"]=> string(439) "SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. (1856-1950). Irish playwright and critic known for his works Saint Joan and Pygmalion. AMs Unsigned. ½p. 4to. [London, December 4, 1929.] [To Henry Losti Russell.] Shaw’s autograph response to a typed question inquiring: “Do you believe that the prevention of future wars is likely to be made any surer by Anglo-American cooperation and friendship? Why or why not?” " ["post_title"]=> string(79) "The Nobel Prize-Winning Irish Playwright Muses on the Prevention of Future Wars" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(113) "irish-playwright-and-nobel-prize-winner-george-bernard-shaws-autograph-manuscript-on-the-future-prevention-of-war" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-09 11:40:15" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-09 15:40:15" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34643" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [24]=> object(WP_Post)#3516 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34083) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-12-14 16:47:13" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-12-14 21:47:13" ["post_content"]=> string(1416) "SMITH, DAVID. (1906-1965). American artist known for his large abstract metal sculptures. SP. (“David Smith”). 1p. Postcard. Bolton Landing, June 25, 1964. A rare Whitney Museum color postcard of his 1945 sculpture, Cockfight – Variation.[caption id="attachment_35640" align="alignleft" width="300"] David Smith[/caption]Smith studied at New York’s Art Students League during the 1920s, before joining the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project during the Great Depression and meeting fellow artists as Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning. In 1932, he began sculpting on his farm in Bolton Landing, New York, and, inspired by Pablo Picasso and Julio González, became the first American artist to create welded metal sculptures. Although he also produced a large number of paintings and drawings, it is for his sculptures, such as his geometric Cubis, that he is best known.Cockfight – Variation was first exhibited in 1946 at the Willard and Buchholz Galleries in New York, where it was purchased by the Whitney Museum.Boldly signed and dated from Bolton Landing, vertically, on either side of the image. Very fine. Autographs of Smith are rare." 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(1902-1968). American author of The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men; winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. TLS. (“John”). ½p. 4to. N.p., September 18 (1964). (To HOWARD GOSSAGE, 1917-1969, advertising executive known as the “Socrates of San Francisco.”)[caption id="attachment_34209" align="alignleft" width="794"] John Steinbeck[/caption]" ["post_title"]=> string(190) "Plagued by Collectors of Signed Books: “There is a new horror let loose in the world. People send books to be signed, no rewrapping, no return postage and they do not ask, they demand”" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(184) "steinbeck-plagued-by-collectors-of-signed-books-there-is-a-new-horror-let-loose-in-the-world-people-send-books-to-be-signed-no-rewrapping-no-return-postage-and-they-do-not-ask-they-dem" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-09 11:38:44" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-09 15:38:44" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34205" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [26]=> object(WP_Post)#3518 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34039) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-12-13 16:31:46" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-12-13 21:31:46" ["post_content"]=> string(305) "STEINMETZ, CHARLES. (1865-1923). German-born, American electrical engineer. Partly printed ADS. (“Charles P. Steinmetz”). 1p. Oblong 16mo. Schenectady, August 5, 1904. A Schenectady Trust Company check written out by Steinmetz and payable to A. Brown & Son Co. for $3.60." 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TANNER, RICHARD. (1869-1943). Legendary Wild West figure, sharpshooter and medicine man. APCS. (“Dr. Richard Tanner”). 1p. 12mo. Norfolk, Nebraska, December 27, 1933. To notable Civil War scholar and autograph collector ARNOLD F. GATES (1914-1993). A post office printed and stamped postcard with Tanner’s signature identified underneath as ‘Diamond Dick,’ in a calligraphic script.

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TRUMAN, HARRY S. (1884-1972). Thirty-third president of the United States. DS. (“Harry S. Truman”). 1p. 4to. Washington, D.C., (April 9, 1946). A typed citation on White House Stationery for awarding the Legion of Merit to General Lieutenant of the Guards MICHAIL BORISOVIC ANASHKIN (1901-1951), Commanding General 129th Corps, Red Army.

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(1818-1883). Russian novelist, poet, and playwright; his novel Fathers and Sons is a masterpiece of 19^th-century Russian literature. AMsS. (“Ivan Tourguineff”). 1p. Small 8vo. Bade[n], 1869. In French with translation on stationery blind-embossed with his initials. A quatrain from part of a longer work (“Stances Irregulières”) that Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778) sent to King Frederick the Great’s sister, Princess (later Queen) Louisa Ulrika of Sweden (1720-1782), in January 1747.“S’occuper c’est savoir jouirL’oisiveté pèse et tourmente;L’âme est un feu, qu’il faut nourrirEt qui s’éteint, s’il ne s’augmente” [Translation:]“To keep busy is to know how to enjoyIdleness weighs and torments;The soul is a fire, which must be fedAnd which goes out, if it does not grow”" ["post_title"]=> string(107) "The Russian Novelist, Poet and Playwright Writes Out and Signs a Quotation from French Philosopher Voltaire" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(106) "the-russian-novelist-poet-and-playwright-writes-out-and-signs-a-quotation-from-french-philosopher-voltaire" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-05-10 16:34:12" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-05-10 20:34:12" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=35141" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [32]=> object(WP_Post)#3524 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(35147) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 18:00:14" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 22:00:14" ["post_content"]=> string(589) "VERNE, JULES. (1828-1905). Influential French novelist and pioneer of science fiction; his famous works include Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. ANS. (“Jules Verne”). 1p. 16mo. N.p., N.d. In French with translation." 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(1931-2004). American pop artist. ALS. (“Tom Wesselmann”). 1p. 4to. New York, March 31, n.y. To Gil Moody.“I nearly always try to oblige but this June I must decline. Mainly, if I set a precedent, I’m sure I would begin to get these things, and others like them, for signing. The prospect is not a pleasant one. As for works you could resale, all matters of business go through my gallery, Sidney Janis, 6 W 57^th St, NYC. It’s a bit tricky to arrange for small resale purchases of graphics but Janis does have some prints to offer. I don’t get involved in business. It does sound like you’ve got your work cut out for you and I’m sorry I can’t help you. I hadn’t seen the reproductions you sent me – how about, before I return them to you, let me know their cost. Maybe I’ll buy them from you – would save you the postage & me the bother of the post office…” " ["post_title"]=> string(67) "Uncommon Autograph Letter by One of America’s Leading Pop Artists" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(64) "uncommon-autograph-letter-by-one-of-americas-leading-pop-artists" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-09 17:00:00" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-09 21:00:00" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=35152" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [34]=> object(WP_Post)#3526 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(35161) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 18:03:02" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 22:03:02" ["post_content"]=> string(1382) "WHITE, STANFORD. (1853-1906). American architect and designer. TLS. (“Stanford White”). 1½pp. 4to. New York, November 9, 1899. On McKim, Mead & White letterhead. To HENRY MACCRACKEN (1840-1918), chancellor of New York University.“I was awaiting the result of an experiment in lighting in the well of the staircase of the Hon. Wm. C. Whitney’s house before answering you definitely about the lighting of the dome. I fear, in fact, am certain, that the standards on the desks you speak of would give to the interior of the library too much the effect of a bank or life insurance office. The character of the building is so monumental, that I am sure that the treatment of the lighting should be both monumental and artistic. Since electricity all kinds of new methods of lighting rooms have been experimented with. I am sure that no-one has experimented in this matter more than we have. The result in large rooms has certainly proved that no method of light is equal in effect to that of a bunch of lights held in space, illuminating both the floors the side walls and the roof. Lighting from too high a point has proven to be very defective, casting very bad shadows and requiring too much light; that is, in order to get the proper light on the floor, a much too great amount of light was found necessary above. 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(1871-1948). American inventor and aviation pioneer who, with his brother Wilbur, completed the first sustained and piloted flight of a heavier-than-air machine. CS. (“Orville Wright”). 1p. Oblong 12mo. N.p., N.d." 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(1809-1870). Union Civil War admiral and inventor; founder of the U.S. Navy’s Ordnance Department. ALS. (“Most affectionately, Your father”). 4pp. 8vo. Panama, on board the Powhatan, May 6, 1867. To his daughter Eva Dahlgren (1848?-1870)." 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(1885-1979). Ukrainian-French artist and one of the main practitioners of orphism or orphic cubism. TLS. (“Sonia Delaunay”). With one sentence in holograph. 1p. 4to. Paris, May 8, 1959. On her blind-embossed stationery. To French critic, art collector and bibliophile NOËL ARNAUD (1919-2003). In French with translation.“I hereby acknowledge receipt of the notebook you sent to me. It’s exciting and I am very pleased to have it in my library. I would like to buy Nos. 3 and 4 and I would be very grateful if you could send them to me, [next clause in holograph:] I had it and it disappeared from my library.I thank you in advance. 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(1804-1881). English author, politician and prime minister in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880; confidant of Queen Victoria. ALS. (“Disraeli”). 3½ pp. 8vo. Hughenden Manor, November 27, 1870. On his Hughenden Manor stationery. To Irish Liberal politician WILLIAM MCCULLAGH TORRENS (1813-1894).“I think it highly desirable that the chairman of the Metrop[olitan]: Education Board should have a seat in the House of Commons, & there is no one of the candidates with that qualification whose claims for that distinction are equal to your own." 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(1804-1881). English author and politician; confidant of Queen Victoria and prime minister in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880. ALS. (“Beaconsfield”). 8pp. 8vo. Hughenden Manor, August 10, 1880. On two folded sheets of his black-bordered monogrammed stationery to British aristocrat and ornithologist THOMAS POWYS, 4TH BARON LILFORD (1833-1896), and marked “Confidential.”“Both the bills you mention, I agree with you, are ‘abominable,’ & no one is more opposed to them, than myself. Lord Aveland who is giving up the whole of his time & thought to organizing a successful opposition to ‘Hares & Rabbits’ came down here yesterday to consult & confer upon the best means to attain the discomfiture of our active enemies.It was impossible to resist the second reading of ‘Hares & Rabbits’ in the House of Commons as more than half of our County Members, tho’ th[ey] abhor the bill, w[oul]d have been obliged to vote for the measure, or abstain. The result w[oul]d have been disastrous, & sensibly affected any materials of resistance that we are collecting in the Lords." 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(1802-1887). American reformer who helped established the first American asylums for the mentally ill. ALS. (“D.L. Dix”). 2pp. 4to. St. Peter, June 29, 1874. On “Minnesota Hospital for Insane” letterhead, illustrated with the state seal and motto, “L’Etoile du Nord.” To American Quaker businessman and philanthropist WILLIAM P. LETCHWORTH (1823-1910).[caption id="attachment_35213" align="alignleft" width="570"] Minnesota Hospital for the Insane in St. Peter, 1874[/caption] " ["post_title"]=> string(165) "Autograph Letter on “Minnesota Hospital for Insane” Letterhead, from the American Reformer who Helped Established the First American Asylums for the Mentally Ill" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(158) "autograph-letter-on-minnesota-hospital-for-insane-letterhead-from-the-american-reformer-who-helped-established-the-first-american-asylums-for-the-mentally-ill" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-11 10:58:46" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-11 14:58:46" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=35187" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [42]=> object(WP_Post)#3534 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(33975) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-12-05 13:39:11" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-12-05 18:39:11" ["post_content"]=> string(1941) "FIELD, CYRUS W. (1819-1892). American businessman who financed the first transatlantic cable as part of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. SP (verso). (“Cyrus W. Field”). 1p. Cabinet. N.p., N.d. A fine Ludovici photograph of an engraving made after Daniel Huntington’s portrait of Field in New York’s Metropolitan Museum, boldly signed on the verso.[caption id="attachment_35699" align="alignleft" width="254"] Souvenir section of the transatlantic cable laid in 1866[/caption]Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the son of prominent pastor David Dudley Field, 15-year-old Field relocated to New York City to seek his fortune. After working as an errand boy and apprentice, he entered the paper business with his brother, and, despite initial obstacles, turned the venture into a success, retiring with $250,000 at the age of 34. His canny business sense included the funding of painter Frederic Church’s Andes expeditions in order to generate appeal for investors in Field’s South American ventures.In 1854, Field joined Peter Cooper, Samuel F.B. Morse and several other investors in what would come to be called the “Cable Cabinet,” financing cable systems that rivaled Western Union. Their major accomplishment was constructing the first transatlantic telegraph cable, begun in 1854 and completed in 1858, which allowed Queen Victoria to send a congratulatory message in Morse code to President James Buchanan in August. The cable was destroyed the following month, however, and not replaced until 1866. In his later years Field invested in railroads but lost much of his fortune. A lovely image, the photographic mount of which has been trimmed. With some minor dust staining and light wear. In fine condition and rare in this format." 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(1786-1847). British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who perished in his attempt to chart the Northwest Passage. ALS. (“John Franklin”). 1p. 4to. London, May 29, 1834. To Mr. Combs.“I saw Capt. Marshall a few days since at Chatham and was rejoiced to learn from him, that he had every reason to be much pleased with the account the officers of the Barham had given him of his guns; which ship you know was entirely fitted with them. The Barham was acknowledged to have been in excellent order, the report therefore from such a ship must have been equally interesting & valuable to him. Marshall wishes his guns to be further tried on the lower deck of a line of battle ship for which situations they seem to be peculiarly suited and I should be very glad if his propositions were adopted. I hope you will be tempted to remain longer in town than you mentioned and at least that I may have the pleasure of meeting you & Mrs. Combs in Somerset Place [Bath] on Monday. Believe me my dear Combs ever most faithfully yours…”" ["post_title"]=> string(54) "Letter Regarding Proposed Armaments for the HMS Barham" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(54) "letter-regarding-proposed-armaments-for-the-hms-barham" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 16:29:48" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 20:29:48" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=33961" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [44]=> object(WP_Post)#3536 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34473) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 15:51:22" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 20:51:22" ["post_content"]=> string(298) "FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN. (1786-1847). British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who perished with his crew in an attempt to chart the Northwest Passage. ALS. (“John Franklin”). 1p. Small 4to. (Trimmed). Melville Hospital, Chatham, February 4, 1834. To Mrs. Hunter [?]." 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(1792-1875). Devoted wife of the arctic explorer, Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), who perished with his crew while attempting to discover a way through the North West Passage. ALS. (“Jane Franklin”). 2¼pp. 8vo. London, November 26, 1869. On black-bordered mourning stationery. To DR. WILLIAM BALLANTYNE HODGSON (1815-1880), an influential professor of Political Economy in Edinburgh, supporter of Women’s Suffrage and education reformer.“Thank you for so kindly giving a moment’s after consideration to the ‘parasite’ authorship. It is quite clear that the authorship of the couplet in Mr. Piazzi Smyth’s book has taken his idea & almost his words from Swift, resetting them in a more terse & droller form. It was in Mr. Smyth’s book on Tenerife that I first met with the lines, thus prefaced, “Perhaps this gradation of scale has led certain geologists thinking of the parasites and those two immortal lines, " ["post_title"]=> string(111) "Explorer and Wife of Explorer Sir John Franklin Writes about Jonathan Swift, Moon Craters and Women's Education" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(112) "rare-autograph-letter-from-explorer-and-education-advocate-lady-jane-franklin-wife-of-explorer-sir-john-franklin" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-05-08 14:15:10" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-05-08 18:15:10" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34467" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [46]=> object(WP_Post)#3538 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34479) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 15:54:59" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 20:54:59" ["post_content"]=> string(442) "FROST, ROBERT. (1874-1963). American poet and four time Pulitzer Prizewinner, author of such beloved poems as “The Road Not Taken,” “Mending Wall” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” ALS. (“Robert Frost”). 2pp. 8vo. Franconia, September 17, 1929. 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(1934-1968). Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to travel into outer space in April 1961. SP. (“Gagarin”). Additionally signed by Soviet cosmonaut PAVEL POPOVICH (1930-2009, “Popovich”) the fourth cosmonaut in space; GHERMAN TITOV (1935-2000, “Titov”), Soviet cosmonaut who, in August 1961, became the first human to orbit the earth multiple times, and Soviet cosmonaut ANDRIYAN NIKOLAYEV (1929-2004, “Nikolayev”), the third Russian in space and the first person to make a televised broadcast from space. 1p. Postcard. N.p., N.d. (Circa 1962-63). In Russian. A black and white photograph of the first four pioneering Soviet astronauts dressed in their military uniforms and standing in front of a wooded backdrop. Signed in ink across the image." 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(1833-1885). British officer instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, the victory that earned him the moniker “Chinese Gordon.” ALS. (“C.G. Gordon”). 1½pp. 8vo. Southampton, January 17, 1873. To Robson.“I am glad to hear you are getting on so well. I am sorry that I have so much to do, that it will be impossible to go over the works [?] or to come & see you before I leave for Paris.I hope your father, mother & family are well & Believe me my dear Robson, Yours sincerely in great haste…”" ["post_title"]=> string(115) "Autograph Letter Signed by "Chinese Gordon," the British Officer Instrumental in Putting Down the Taiping Rebellion" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(129) "autograph-letter-signed-by-chinese-gordon-charles-g-gordon-the-british-officer-instrumental-in-putting-down-the-taiping-rebellion" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-05-08 13:03:50" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-05-08 17:03:50" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34504" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [49]=> object(WP_Post)#3541 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(35683) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 15:37:00" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 19:37:00" ["post_content"]=> string(1409) "HAMILTON, EMMA. (Circa 1761-1815). Mistress of Admiral Horatio Nelson, Charles Greville and British Ambassador to Naples, Sir William Hamilton, whom she married in 1791. ALS. (“Emma Hamilton”). 1p. Folio. N.p., N.d. (after 1791). To her close friend Mrs. Walcot.“I send you 2 letters & if you can recollect any others send me word, my mother says I must not take leave of you it is cruel but I must obey against my will. Oh my dear madam, what I suffered yesterday, God Bless you, may you be happy as you deserve. & then you must be completely so. I cannot write to you any more for my tears begin to flow again. Love me, remember me, some times when you are many, many miles off, when your Emma Hamilton is far from you think of her as she deserves heavens bless you prays your ever Sincere friend & well wisher… Crescenzo Merola is the home of the gentleman wear (sic?) we dined”Emma Hamilton, the woman who would captivate Britain’s greatest naval hero, Horatio Nelson, was born into humble circumstances to Mary Kidd and christened Amy Lyon. Her mother was widowed before Amy’s first birthday and left her young daughter to be raised by her mother while she found work as a servant. However, when Amy was 13, Kidd brought her to London where the pair climbed the social ladder together, styling themselves as Mrs. Cadogan and Emma Hart." 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(1929-1994). First Lady; wife of President John F. Kennedy and then Aristotle Onassis. ALS. (“Jackie”). 1p. Oblong 12mo. New York, N.d. Written on her blue 1040 Fifth Avenue stationery card to ROSWELL GILPATRIC (1906-1996), Presidents Kennedy and Johnson’s Deputy Secretary of Defense, with whom she was intimately involved.“Happy birthday dear Ros – and what a special birthday – This book touches on some of the noble things you have done in your life. With much love…” A protégé of Harry Truman’s secretary of defense, Robert A. Lovett, Gilpatric was hand-picked by President Kennedy to join his administration. As deputy secretary of defense under Robert McNamara, Gilpatric advised Kennedy during the anxious days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Beginning in 1964, Gilpatric chaired President Johnson’s Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation." 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(1917-1963). Thirty-fifth president of the United States. TL (unsigned). With eleven words in Kennedy’s hand. 4pp. 4to. N.p., (June, 1952). [To Time magazine editor T.S. MATTHEWS (1901-1991)]. A hand corrected typescript about British actions leading up to WWII. Accompanied by a three-page retained carbon of the typed final draft sent to Matthews. Additions made in Kennedy’s hand are in “bold;” bracketed additions “[ ]”are from the retained copy.[June 13, 1952EditorTIMETime & Life Building 9 Rockefeller Plaza New York, N.Y.Dear Sir:]" ["post_title"]=> string(179) "John F. 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(1890-1976). Austrian-born film director known for Metropolis and M. CS. (“Fritz Lang”). 1p. Oblong 12mo. Hollywood, June 1, 1966. An inscribed card “with best wishes” to American stage designer, drama professor and autograph collector STEPHEN PALESTRANT (1937-1988).[caption id="attachment_35686" align="alignleft" width="239"] Fritz Lang[/caption]Lang began writing screenplays while recovering from wounds he suffered fighting for Austria during World War I. Lang’s films focused on the dark side of human nature, exploring the horrors of cruelty and death – issues, no doubt, on the mind of most post-war Europeans. It was during this time that he made the futuristic classic Metropolis, and in 1931, he directed his first sound film, the thriller M starring Peter Lorre. His 1932 film, The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse, prompted Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels to ask Lang to supervise German films. Within hours of the offer, Lang (whose mother was Jewish, but had converted to Roman Catholicism) fled to Paris and then to the United States where he became a naturalized citizen.Lang’s cinematic vision and talent were well utilized in Hollywood. Some of his American films include Fury, You Only Live Once, Hangmen Also Die, Rancho Notorious, and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. With some minor age toning and in excellent condition.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j8Ba9rWhUg

Fritz Lang's masterpiece Metropolis

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(1743-1794). French chemist; the founder of modern chemistry, best known for discovering the role of oxygen in chemical reactions. ALS. (“Lavoisier”). 1½pp. Small 4to. Paris, February 7, 1791. To his cousin and agent, Nicolas Charles Parisis. In French with translation." 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(1918-2007). American author of the beloved young adult series A Wrinkle in Time. ALS. (“Madeleine”). 2/3p. 4to. Goshen, August 29, 1975. On her stationery bearing a heraldic shield with the motto “plus penser que dire.” To editor and author MARJORIE M. BITKER (1901-1990).“Last night I finished Gold of Evening with reluctance. I’ve been sipping it at bedtime & it has given me enormous pleasure in the felicity of style & characterization – & lots of food for thought, too. Thank you! Affectionately…”L’Engle was born in New York City but educated in various boarding schools in the United States and abroad where, although a poor student, she nurtured literary aspirations from an early age. After graduating Smith College cum laude, she returned to New York where she published several novels prior to marrying and buying a 200-year-old farmhouse called “Crosswicks” in Goshen, Connecticut with her husband, an actor, in 1952." 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(1902-1974). American aviator; made the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight. TLS. (“Charles A. Lindbergh”). 1p. 4to. Greenough, December 29, 1968. On Lindbergh Cattle Company stationery. To editor Margaret K. Thompson.“I am sorry about the lateness of this reply to your November letters. I have been travelling almost constantly, with very little time to devote to a hopeless accumulation of mail." 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LIVERMORE, MARY ASHTON. (1820-1905). American journalist, author, reformer and suffragette; the only female reporter at the Republican convention that nominated Lincoln, she also delivered the opening address at the first women’s suffrage convention in Chicago. SP. (“Mary A. Livermore”). 1p. Cabinet. N.p. (Boston), N.d. An uncommon bust portrait by Hardy of Boston darkly signed on the lower portion of the image.

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(1880-1959). Nobel Prize-winning, U.S. Army general, secretary of state and secretary of defense. TLS. (“G.C. Marshall Jr.”). 1p. Small 4to. Washington, D.C., May 19, 1921. On letterhead of the Headquarters of the General of the Armies to Major Colman Dudley Frank.“General Pershing has received your letter of May 14^th and is very much pleased by your cordial congratulations on his new appointment as Chief of Staff of the Army, and he wishes me to express to you in return his congratulations on your commission in the Reserve Corps. 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(1819-1907). Irish Arctic explorer who confirmed the fate of Sir John Franklin. ALS. (“F. L. McClintock”). 1p. 8vo. Walmer, August 21, 1878. To W.H. Ince in London.“I regret that it is not in my power to send you any letters from Arctic officers, as the very few I possess, being relics of valued friends now no more, are too precious to be parted with. Believe me to remain faithfully yours…”A “gentleman volunteer” in the Royal Navy, McClintock accompanied James Clark Ross to the Canadian Arctic during his 1848 search for Sir John Franklin who, with his 128-man crew, was last sighted at Lancaster Sound near Baffin Island in July 1845. McClintock returned to the Arctic in 1852, to chart the previously unknown coastline. Because of his extensive Arctic experience, Franklin’s indefatigable widow, Lady Jane Franklin, asked McClintock to command an expedition in 1857 to search for Franklin and his men near Repulse Bay, where several years earlier Scottish explorer John Rae had heard Inuit tales of cannibalism amongst Franklin’s crew. Rae’s report to the Admiralty had been leaked, angering Lady Jane and the public, which had come to regard Franklin as a hero. During McClintock’s 1857-1859 voyage, he discovered relics from Franklin’s ill-fated voyage including a written record from a member of his crew noting Franklin’s death on June 11, 1847, suggesting that he had likely not participated in any cannibalism." 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(1860-1935). Pioneering American social reformer regarded as the founder of social work in the United States. ALS. (“Jane Addams”). 2pp. 8vo. Chicago, (July 1897). On the rectos of two sheets of her Hull-House stationery. To “My dear friend.”“We reached home safely after a comfortable journey, which was full of kindly thoughts and reminiscences of our dear hostess and the other good folk of her household. The sojourn at Wyoming [New York] was full of peculiar satisfaction to me. I so seldom have an opportunity of seeing you quietly in your own surroundings, where your personality which always fascinates me is reflected for all sides as well. I have thought much of what I saw and heard and am better for it. Miss Anthony was out when we called, please tell Mrs. Avery how disappointed we were. The house is very busy with fresh air and Relief work and I already feel myself quite caught up with it – but with a background of something else which is very refreshing. 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Anthony" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(72) "the-pioneering-american-social-reformer-attempts-to-meet-susan-b-anthony" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 16:03:29" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-10 20:03:29" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=35166" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [64]=> object(WP_Post)#3556 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34319) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 12:28:34" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-08 17:28:34" ["post_content"]=> string(455) "ALBÉNIZ, ISAAC. (1860-1909). Spanish pianist and composer. AMusMsS. (“Isaac Albeniz”). 1p. Folio. N.p., N.d. A fragment of the full orchestral score, including lyrics, for his unfinished zarzuela, La Real Hembra. The opening three measures for 20 orchestral parts including flute, oboe, English horn, clarinets, trumpet, trombone, tuba, harp, violins, cello, and bass.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A" ["post_title"]=> string(78) "Rare Autograph Manuscript by One of Spain’s Leading Composers, Isaac Albeniz" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(74) "rare-autograph-manuscript-by-one-of-spains-leading-composers-isaac-albeniz" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-04-02 16:51:18" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-02 20:51:18" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=34319" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [65]=> object(WP_Post)#3557 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(35171) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 18:12:16" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-04-04 22:12:16" ["post_content"]=> string(729) "BARAKA, IMAMU AMIRI (EVERETT LEROI JONES). (1934-2014). Controversial and influential American writer known for his poetry and writings on jazz and Black Nationalism. Signed book. (“Amiri Baraka”). 4pp. On double leaves, sewn into wrappers. Small oblong 4to. (10½” x 8”). N.p., N.d. (published by Painted Earth Editions, 1979). First edition, first printing, signed limited edition of “Spring Song.” One of 26 signed copies of Baraka’s short poem signed by Baraka on the colophon and numbered (H/Z) in pencil. Printed at the Tideline Press for David Schulson with the title pasted on the front wrapper and publisher and title blind-embossed on the illustrated title page." 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(1888-1989). Russian-born, American songwriter. SP. (“Irving Berlin”). 1p. Small 4to. N.p., N.d. To “Sam.” [American cartoonist and photographer Sam Hinerfeld.] A beautifully signed black-and-white portrait from NBC, showing Berlin playing the piano as he looks directly into the camera. Boldly signed in jet black ink in the upper left corner." 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(1918-1990). American composer, conductor, teacher, and pianist. APCS. (“Lenny”). 1p. Postcard. Cambridge, November 4, 1938. Written on the stationery of The Advocate House at Harvard. To his early girlfriend, BEATRICE GORDON (1918-1983)." 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(1842-1914?). American Civil War officer, journalist, satirist (The Devil’s Dictionary) and short-story writer (“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”). SP. (“A.G. Bierce”). 1p. 3¼” x 5”. (1870, San Francisco). An extremely rare and early sepia head-and-shoulders photograph of Bierce taken by Bradley & Rulofson, one of San Francisco’s leading portrait studios.Bierce’s macabre stories reflect the adventure and mystery of his turbulent life. A Civil War veteran, Bierce settled in San Francisco, where his satirical and scathing observations soon appeared in several newspapers, including William Randolph Hearst’s influential San Francisco Examiner, where he became one of the leading journalists of his time. Stints in London and Washington further enhanced his reputation as a writer of great precision and wit.By 1909, Bierce, who had resigned from Hearst’s employ the previous year, was back in Washington, where he edited his Collected Works (1909-1912). Though he toyed with the idea of returning to California, “It would have been difficult... to detach himself from Washington and particularly from the bar of the Army and Navy Club,” where out-of-town friends “always looked in first and usually found him holding forth in the bar,” (Ambrose Bierce: A Biography, O’Connor)." 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(1883-1983). American ragtime pianist and composer of “I’m Just Wild about Harry,” “Love Will Find a Way,” “Charleston Rag,” “Memories of You,” and other hits. AMusMsS. (“Eubie Blake”). 8pp. Small folio (roughly 9½” x 12½”). N.p.; after 1959. An autograph piano vocal score, in pencil, of his most famous song, “I’m Just Wild about Harry,” with notable differences from the original 1921 sheet music version. Seven pages of music and lyrics on four sheets of “King Brand” lined music paper, totaling 90 triple measures in E-flat Major set to ¾ time; each page bearing Blake’s 1959, Local 802, union stamp. Blake has written on the cover in blue ink “I think Harry would be better for W[altz] if Key of C. Sorry about this number in Lead Pencle [sic].” He has added his initials “E.B.” in red ink to each of these two lines. 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(1880-1959). Swiss-born, American composer of Schelomo and other 20^th-century masterpieces. TLS. (“Ernest Bloch”). 1p. 4to. Agate Beach, Oregon, November 11, 1950. To pianist NINA MESIROW-MINCHIN (1892-1972).“Thank you so much for your kind letter and invitation, but I am afraid that I shall not be able to accept it, as there will be, apparently, a reception for me at Lyon & Healy in the afternoon, a dinner before the Service at the home of Rabbi Berman, and, probably I will be very tired after that, and will need to rest for a crowded schedule the next day. 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(1783-1830). South American soldier, statesman and revolutionary leader. LS. (“Bolivar”). 1½pp. Tall 4to. Angostura, December 18, 1817. To the Governor General of the Province of Guyana. In Spanish with translation.“Thanks to the report of the Intendant of this Province, which referred to the remarks of Mr. Sheppard, captain of the brig Never Despair, I have learned that the commander of San Miguel is not only remiss and negligent in following the orders issued to him but that to carry them out he demands or accepts bribes which are dishonest and degrading for an official of the Republic. Such conduct, besides being criminal on the part of the accused, brings shame on the Government and ruins our reputation among foreigners, who, receiving payment orders here for the port [?], suffer delays and inconveniences, and see the contracts they have made with the State scorned and neglected. 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(1899-1986). Argentinian author and poet; one of the century’s leading writers of fiction. Signed book. (“J.L. Borges”). 109pp. 8vo. [Buenos Aires, 1960]. First edition (“Diciembre de 1960”) of El hacedor published by Emecé, signed in ink on free front endpaper; uncut.Remembered more for his short stories than for his verse, Borges produced numerous collections of both in a career that spanned more than six decades. Experimental or traditional, these works celebrate his country and heritage, or explore the larger philosophical and theological themes that to Borges were no less fantastic than fiction itself. Borges served as director of the National Library in Buenos Aires, taught and lectured internationally and, in 1961, was the recipient, with Samuel Beckett, of the prestigious Formentor Prize. 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(1856-1941). Supreme Court Justice. ALS. (“Louis D. Brandeis”). 2/3p. Small 8vo. Chatham, July 8, 1941. Written on his personal stationery to his second cousin Louise Brandeis (1903-?).“Re yours of 4^th our hearty congratulations. Your selection is the best evidence of the fine work you are doing. Cordially…” Noteworthy as the first Jewish judge to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, Brandeis earned his reputation as the “People’s Lawyer.” During his lengthy law career he ruled against monopolies, in favor of workers’ rights, and for affordable life insurance. Outside the courtroom, and initially inspired by his uncle, Brandeis became an ardent supporter of Zionism around 1910.[caption id="attachment_34796" align="aligncenter" width="577"] Louis D. 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(1818-1893). Union General and military governor of New Orleans from May to December 1862. ADS. (“B.F. Butler”). ½p. Oblong 12mo. N.p., N.d. Likely a message to be telegraphed to WINFIELD SCOTT (1786-1866), American army general and presidential candidate known as “Old Fuss and Feathers.” Written on a plain piece of lined paper.“Lieut. Genl Scott / I am en route for the Station assigned with the eighth NY Regiment / B F Butler”Active in Massachusetts and Democratic politics during the 1850s and a brigadier general in a defunct local militia, Butler began advocating for a leadership position in the military as soon as he saw that hostilities between the states were likely, petitioning Secretary of War Simon Cameron to request a brigadier general from Massachusetts. Butler raised funds for the state’s militias and was rewarded with the desired posting." 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BYRD, RICHARD E. (1888-1957). Polar explorer and aviator. SP. (Signed twice “RE Byrd”). 1p. 4to. N.p., May 9, 1926 and November 28, 1929. A black-and-white photograph of Byrd dressed in polar attire, standing in front of an exterior doorway with the word “Academy” laid into the floor tile. Very faintly inscribed across the image “with best wishes” to Dutch-American Universalist minister and autograph collector Cornelius C. Greenway, (1896-1968). Byrd has signed the photograph twice and dated it three times, twice with the May 9, 1926 date and once, near the lower margin, November 29, 1929. Blind-embossed in the lower left portion of the image with the name of the Richmond, Virginia photographer Faris & Dementi, a company established in 1924 and still operating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czW0iRJuH1A

Listen to Admiral Byrd discuss his thoughts about the Arctic and Antarctica

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CHURCHILL, WINSTON. (1874-1965). British statesman and author; Prime Minister from 1940-45 and 1951-55. Signed menu. (“Winston Churchill”). 10pp. Large 4to. New York, March 15, 1946. A Cartier-printed menu for a dinner honoring Churchill hosted by New York City at the Waldorf Astoria. The menu’s cover is crowned by the red, blue and gold embossed coat of arms of the United Kingdom, and a photogravure of Karsh’s famous portrait signed by Churchill, which serves as its frontispiece, all of which is bound by a blue-and-white knotted silk cord. The menu prints excerpts from two of Churchill’s most famous addresses: his first speech as prime minister (“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat…”) and his speech from June 4, 1940, following the evacuation of Dunkirk, (“We shall never surrender…”). Beneath these passages is a drawing of his trademark “V for Victory” hand gesture.

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(1874-1965). British statesman, Nobel Prize winner and author; Prime Minister from 1940-45 and 1951-55. TLS. (“Winston S. Churchill”). With a minor correction and twenty words in his hand. 1½ pp. 4to. Chartwell, February 7, 1949. Written on Chartwell stationery to book editor and noted bibliophile DESMOND FLOWER (1907-1997) and marked “Private.”“I send you herewith the final copy of Volume II. I have myself checked Wood’s various corrections and given my ruling upon them in red ink. When the book has been set up I wish to see it to make sure that no further mistakes have arisen in inserting these numerous corrections, but I shall not keep it for more than two or three days. There are one or two general changes and rules which I hope you will adopt – (1) first, the footnotes are too small in print. It would be much better to print them the same size as the quotations type. (2) “Via” should be Roman throughout. I am looking forward to receiving the Index, and I should like to have it in its present form before any alterations necessitated by repagination are inserted. This will enable you to go ahead all the quicker. Certainly the larger type makes the book easier to read than Volume I. I hope you will not forget to insert a blank page at the beginning. It is usual in all publications. [In holograph:] I am sending all corrections, not purely typographical, to Houghton Mifflin & am sure they will insert them. 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One of the most powerful women of her time due, in part to her friendship with Queen Anne. DS. (“S. Marlborough”). N.p., May 26, 1725, and CHURCHILL, JOHN, 1ST DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. (1650-1722). English military commander and virtual regent of England from 1694 to 1711. CS. (“Marlborough”). 1p. Oblong 64mo. N.p., N.d. The document signed by Sarah, the “Duchess Dowager of Marlborough” acknowledges receipt of ₤5,000 paid to her and others via the Parliamentary “Act for Granting an Aid to His Majesty, by a Land-Tax in Great Britain, to be raised for the Service of the Year 1724.” Additionally signed by the English Nobleman and court official FRANCIS GODOLPHIN, 2^nd EARL of GODOLPHIN (1678-1766) and the British politician WILLIAM CLAYTON (1671-1752). 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(1869-1939). Pioneering neurosurgeon and biographer of William Osler. TLS. (“Harvey Cushing”). 1p. 4to. Boston, August 20, 1924. On his professional Peter Bent Brigham hospital letterhead. To Alice M. 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AUCTION

JUNE 12, 2019, 1 P.M.

WWII “Great Escape” POW Diary & 175 GREAT Autographs in Art, History, Literature, Music & Science

Rare WWII “Great Escape” Diary from Stalag Luft III

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Eubie Blake's Full Autograph Manuscript of

“I’m Just Wild about Harry” with Notes and Signature

 

Rare ALS by Neil Armstrong, the First Man on the Moon,

Written Less than Five Months after his Return!

 

Enormous Arthur Rubinstein SP to Steinway & Sons

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(1887-1985). Russian-born, French artist known for his highly personal, fantastical imagery inspired by Russian-Jewish folk themes and village life. Signed and dated sheet of stamps. (“Marc Chagall”). 1p. Oblong 4to. N.p., 1977. A pristine sheet of Israeli stamps featuring Chagall’s stained glass window representing the Hebrew tribe of Joseph, signed and dated in blue ink on the upper margin." 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(1889-1982). Polish-born, American pianist, known especially for his Chopin interpretations. SP. (“Arthur Rubinstein”). 1p. Folio (approximately 18½” x 15”). New York, February 25, 1952. A large and magnificent black-and-white photograph by photographer and musician ADRIAN SIEGEL (1898-1978), depicting Rubinstein seated in front of and leaning on a Steinway grand piano. Inscribed to Steinway & Sons “in warm gratitude and deep admiration for their magical pianos – which possess the quality of beautiful human voices and can sound like orchestras – from their devoted friend...”Although his given name was Leo, Rubinstein’s family called him Artur after a neighbor who was a talented violinist. Upon his recognition as a prodigy, Rubinstein’s family moved from its native Poland to Berlin in order that the 10-year old could study and where, at the age of 13, he gave his first performance with the Berlin Philharmonic. Rubinstein’s career took off upon his relocation to Paris, where he earned recognition from Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Paul Dukas, and Jacques Thibaud. He performed the classical repertoire around the world for nearly 80 years, but was also a proponent of Spanish and South American music. In English-speaking countries he typically changed the spelling of his name to “Arthur,” as he has done on our photograph.Siegel, a self-taught photographer, studied at the Curtis Institute of music and played cello and oboe with the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1922 to 1959. From 1938 to 1976, he served as the orchestra’s official photographer and his work was published in numerous magazines. In 1972, he issued his book Concerto for Camera. Siegel’s portrait of Rubinstein was part of a memorable 1952 advertising campaign promoting Steinway pianos for home use, using the tagline “Steinway: The Instrument of Immortals,” created by copywriter Raymond Rubicam (co-founder of Young & Rubicam).Piano manufacturer Steinway and Sons was established in New York City in 1853 by German immigrant Heinrich E. Steinweg (later Henry E. Steinway) and his five sons. Constant innovations in design resulted in the granting of 126 patents and the adulation of such pianists as Franz Liszt who stated, “The new Steinway grand is a glorious masterpiece in power, sonority, singing quality, and perfect harmonic effects, affording delight even to my old piano-weary fingers. Ever continuing success remains a beautiful attribute of the world-renowned firm of Steinway & Sons,” (New Light on Liszt and His Music, ed. Saffle). The company’s continued success led to the establishment of large manufacturing facilities in Hamburg, Germany and New York City and dominance of the market. Although the production of a superior piano is the root of the company’s success, canny marketing also played a role, including the construction of Manhattan’s Steinway Hall, where concert-goers passed through large showrooms promoting Steinway’s pianos. The company also has a Steinway Artists program, performers who play Steinways exclusively, and the Steinway piano bank from which Steinway Artists can have instruments delivered to their performance venue, insuring their ubiquity on the musical scene.Our spectacularly oversized photograph, with its unique association, is beautifully matted and framed in gilt. In very fine condition but not examined out of the frame." 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SESSIONS, ROGER. (1896-1985). American composer, teacher and critic. TLS. (“Roger Sessions”). 1p. 4to. Los Angeles, July 5, 1950. On University of Southern California stationery. To PAUL TUROK (1929-2012).

“When I was in Berkeley last Monday, I was told that a letter had been sent you by the Graduate Office admitting you to the University on condition that a few units be made up. I would appreciate your letting me know, at the above address, if the letter should not arrive within the next few days. I don’t think you should worry too much about the units in question as I am sure we can work things out when you get to Berkeley. Let me say that I look forward to working with you as I consider your music very promising indeed.”

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