Collection of Piano Manufacturers and Retailers

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As a result of a copy of the decisions of a recent conference of Russian members of the A.C. held in Odessa, we allow ourselves to remark ad punctum II ‘All members of the A.C.’, etc.: It is impossible to let the members of the A.C. act as trustees of the bank. Firstly, because these gentlemen would also be heavily used in party matters anyway and would not be able to promote the interests of the bank with their best efforts. Then and mainly, the most important members of the A.C. are not banking professionals and lack this special knowledge and routine. As much as they may otherwise be respected today, it is very doubtful whether they would offer the world, the great masses, the necessary confidence, the indispensable safety in banking matters. As proof of the correctness of our words, we may mention the fact that when we had applied for Dr. Tschlenow to represent the Moscow Rayon [an administrative district in Moscow], he refused, expressly for lack of time to entrust the Urysohn brothers’ bank. But if it is only a question of members of the A.C. being on the trust team, then there are already 2 on it, namely Mr. Mandelstamm and Mr. Ussischkin. A paragraph could still be inserted in the ‘Statutes for the Russian Confidence Team,’ stating: “In places which are at the same time the seat of a trustee and a member of the A.C., the latter is a member of the Bank Commission,” as this has already been introduced in Warsaw.’ We would like to ask you to express your opinion and to sign. 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(1924-2018). Forty-first president of the United States and father of George W. Bush, the forty-third U.S. president. ALS. (“George B”). 2pp. Oblong 8vo. Washington, April 3, 1987. To ALFRED H. KINGON (b. 1931), President Reagan’s cabinet secretary from 1985-1987 and ambassador to the European Union from 1987-1989. “Good luck on your important new assignment. You’ll do great over there. 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(1936-2023). American astronaut who flew on Apollo 16 and Space Shuttle missions STS-4 and STS-51-C. TLS. (“T. K.”). ½p. 4to. Arlington, March 2, 1995. On his personal stationery. To American documentary filmmaker ELLIOTT HAIMOFF (b. 1955). “Two days ago, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a copy of ‘Women Space Pioneers.’ Apparently its [sic.] been chasing me for some time and finally caught up with me here on the east coast. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it and didn’t want you to think that I had failed to receive it or didn’t appreciate your thoughtfulness. You did an outstanding job of producing a balanced and interesting show. 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(b.1935). American geologist and NASA astronaut. TLS. (“Harrison H. Schmitt”). 2/3p. 4to. Albuquerque, January 19, 1994. On his personal stationery bearing a facsimile signature. To American documentary filmmaker ELLIOTT HAIMOFF (b. 1955). “I apologize for the delay in responding to your request for my participation in your Apollo documentary. I am trying to sort through the many such requests that have begun to arrive at my office as well as carry on my business at the same time. I appreciate your interest in my participation, however, I must decline due to business considerations. Thank you again for your interest. 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BENES, EDUARD. (1884-1948). Czechoslovak statesman; president from 1935-38 and 1946-48. ALS. (“Eduard Beneš” and “E.B.”). 2¼pp. 8vo. Paris, August 27, N.y. [between 1916 and 1918]. On stationery of the Czechoslovak National Council. To French Anthropologist Dr. Arthur Chervin. In French with translation.

I have tried to find a map of Serbia, but I am sorry that I have not found anything of the sort you want. I do not have a general staff map, and what I have here is not detailed enough. But in a week I will receive a German atlas where I hope to find the maps you are looking for. If you could wait a little longer, I would be very glad to make this atlas available to you. I am sorry that I cannot help you at this very moment. With my very best wishes, I am yours respectfully… P.S. Surely you know that in the book by [Louis] Niederle La Race Slav there are references, obviously not quite sufficient, that might be of help to you.

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DUNCAN, ISADORA. (1878-1927). American dancer who introduced the art of interpretive dance. ALS. (“Isadora”). 2pp. 4to. Viareggio, (Circa November/December, 1913). On her monogrammed Neuilly stationery the address of which she has crossed out and replaced with, “Villa Rigatti, Viareggio, Italy.”

“I am here in a villa by the sea dying of despair – Eleonora Duse was here very ill but she has left – I am all alone & I have hardly left the courage to move. I feel I am at the end of all & my efforts were in vain. I struggled but the thing has killed me after all – Paris is in place [des] Vosges. Do you see him? Write me your plans. I have no force even to write – …”

A visionary of modern dance, Duncan left the United States at 21 to pursue a career in Europe where her popular performances in Berlin, Budapest, Munich, Vienna, and other European cities, led to friendships with many notable contemporaries. Duncan’s success enabled her to open dance schools in France, Germany, Russia, and the United States." ["post_title"]=> string(187) "Autograph Letter Signed Mourning the Tragic Death of Her Two Children: “I feel I am at the end of all... I struggled but the thing has killed me after all... I am... dying of despair”" ["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(115) "19647-duncan-isadora-an-als-mourning-the-death-of-her-two-children-i-am-here-in-a-villa-by-the-sea-dying-of-despair" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-11-12 15:19:57" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-11-12 20:19:57" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(159) "http://lionheart.arpreview.site/autographs/19647-duncan-isadora-an-als-mourning-the-death-of-her-two-children-i-am-here-in-a-villa-by-the-sea-dying-of-despair/" ["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)#14683 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(40455) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2022-11-23 15:56:02" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2022-11-23 20:56:02" ["post_content"]=> string(1112) "ELLISON, RALPH. (1914-1994). American author best known for his novel Invisible Man. DS. (“Ralph Ellison”). 3pp. 4to. (New York), August 29, 1987. A signed update request from Who’s Who in America, for its 45^th edition. In 1936, Ellison met author Richard Wright who exerted a powerful influence on Ellison’s writing. With Wright’s help Ellison wrote about Black culture for federally funded writing projects, contributed articles to radical journals and covered the 1943 Harlem race riot for the New York Post. His first novel and magnum opus, Invisible Man, was published in 1952, winning critical raves and the National Book Award the following year. In addition to writing, Ellison held a professorship at New York University where he lectured on Black culture. Our Who’s Who form lists Ellison’s education, directorships, memberships, and other honors in detail. Pages one and two are on recto and verso of one sheet. Folded and creased with staple holes in the upper corner. In very good condition. Rare." 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(1856-1939). Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. ADS. (“Prof. Dr. Sigm. Freud”). 1¼pp. 8vo. Vienna, October 30, 1933. On his personal Berggasse 19 stationery. To his protégé and friend, Austrian psychoanalyst THEODOR REIK (1888-1969). With Reik’s autograph manuscript defining psychology. 1p. 8vo. N.p., n.d. In German with translations. “Testimonial It is a well-known fact for everybody who knows psychoanalytical literature that the numerous works of Dr. Theodor Reik about the application of psychoanalysis, especially those concerning religion and ritual, are among the best and most influential in the field, I would say even one of a kind. 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(1875-1961). Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who defined personality classifications such as introversion and extroversion and developed the theories of the collective unconscious and archetypes. ALS. (“C. G. Jung”). 2pp. 4to. Bollingen, March 17, 1951. To RIVKAH SCHARF KLUGER (1907-1987). In German with translation." ["post_title"]=> string(165) "ALS: “One must accept one’s fate as though one had chosen it oneself. Being human means being guilty. 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(1879-1968). German chemist and physicist; co-discoverer (with Lise Meitner) of protactinium; awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1944 for his work on nuclear fission. ALS. (“Otto”). 1p. Small 8vo. N.p. (Military Post; Sender: Lieutenant Hahn, Commander of Gas Troops), January 9, 1918. To his wife Edith (1887-1968). In German with translation. “There is not enough for a letter really, nor will there be tomorrow or the day after. But I do have to let you know that I received your draft and Julius’ answer, mailed on the 4^th, after having received the later letter from the 6^th already yesterday. That is why I thought you had forgotten the enclosure, as was the case at first. I congratulate you on your success and am certain that Julius will think things over very carefully. It will not hurt him. – I am not getting around to writing because since Easter, Capt. Spelker [?] has been back with whom I must do a lot of negotiation about equipment and, secondly, most of all because we have a lot of … here. Since yesterday H. v. Klitzing has been here; he is staying until tomorrow night, and we do have to engage a little with him. Tomorrow morning Heiser [?] comes from Frankfurt, and the day after it is Geiger. The day after that, the colonel will be back, etc. ‘There is no rest day and night.’ I actually do not have that much work to do. Today I went for a walk with Klitzing. 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(1885-1930). English author whose works, including the novels Sons and Lovers, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley’s Lover, examined the modern human condition and contemporary sexual mores and FRIEDA VON RICHTHOFEN LAWRENCE (1879-1956), Lawrence’s wife, and cousin of the German WWI aviation ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen, known as “the Red Baron.” ALS. (“D.H.L.”) and (“F.”). 4pp. (1½pp. written by Lawrence in English and 2½pp. written by Frieda in German on the same folded sheet of paper). 8vo. [Irschenhausen, September 16-17, 1927.] To Frieda’s sister, pioneering German social scientist ELSE JAFFE RICHTHOFEN (1874-1973)." ["post_title"]=> string(70) "Unusual and Rare D.H. Lawrence and Frieda Lawrence Letter from Germany" ["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(69) "unusual-and-rare-d-h-lawrence-and-frieda-lawrence-letter-from-germany" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-07-30 10:41:24" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-07-30 14:41:24" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=38878" ["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)#14694 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(37099) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-11-20 13:37:16" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-11-20 18:37:16" ["post_content"]=> string(1005) "LINDBERGH, CHARLES. (1902-1974). American aviator; made the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight. TLS. (“Charles”). ½p. 4to. (Darien, February 3, 1954). To actress and author EMILY DAVIE (1915-1989). “Enclosed -- the letters about the bomb inscription. How about using some quotes from Williams Ernest Hocking? They’re pretty good – I think he is top, in philosophy and otherwise – Anne discovered him for me, as usual. I see you have Whitehead’s name in the outline, now. have [sic] you read his Adventures of Ideas? I think the first two or three and the last chapters are wonderful. The middle of the book is too much for me – or at least it was the last time I attacked it, several years ago. I enclose a book Hocking gave me the last time I saw him. Please be very careful of this one. I went up to Cambridge to talk to Whitehead once, years and years ago. He was an extraordinary man. I’ll be off soon, but not sure what day...”" ["post_title"]=> string(167) "Letter on Alfred North Whitehead’s "Adventures of Ideas:" “The first two or three and the last chapters are wonderful. The middle of the book is too much for me”" ["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) "letter-on-alfred-north-whiteheads-adventures-of-ideas-the-first-two-or-three-and-the-last-chapters-are-wonderful-the-middle-of-the-book-is-too-much-for-me" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-12-19 16:30:06" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-12-19 21:30:06" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=37099" ["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)#14677 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(41845) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2024-05-07 13:11:08" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-05-07 17:11:08" ["post_content"]=> string(1465) "NELSON, HORATIO. (1758-1805). English naval officer and his country’s greatest military hero. ALS. (“Nelson & Bronte”). 1p. Small folio. “St. George off Bornholm, May 22, 1801.” To ALLEYNE FITZHERBERT, BARON ST. HELENS (1753-1839), who Nelson identifies as “His Majesty’s ambassador to the Court of St. Petersburgh.” “My Lord, I never before regretted having a fair wind but your quick voyage is of so much more importance than mine that I sincerely regret your not having a fair wind. I send your Excellency copies of some letters of mine which in conversation you may have occasion to refer to. Capt. Thesiger who will have the honor of delivering this letter has been for many years a Capt. in the Russian Navy but left it two years ago from the extraordinary conduct of the late Emperor. I have sent a fast sailing Lugger to attend on your Mission, the progress and result of which as far as may be proper for me to be made acquainted with I must be in a state of constant anxiety to know, that the fleet may be collected ready for a push, should the Russian fleet make any movements indicating an intention of going to sea. I trust your Excellency allowing Captain Sotheron to give me notice of it by one of the small Vessels. I have not a word of news. 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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 jouir L’oisiveté pèse et tourmente; L’âme est un feu, qu’il faut nourrir Et qui s’éteint, s’il ne s’augmente”  [Translation:] “To keep busy is to know how to enjoy Idleness weighs and torments; The soul is a fire, which must be fed And 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) "2024-07-24 15:21:50" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-07-24 19:21:50" ["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" } [16]=> object(WP_Post)#14690 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(39437) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2021-11-18 13:21:35" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2021-11-18 18:21:35" ["post_content"]=> string(2088) "WARCHALOWSKI, ADOLF. (1886-1928). Austrian industrialist, aviation pioneer and his country’s first licensed pilot with his sister-in-law ANNA WARCHALOWSKI. (?-?). First Austrian female airplane passenger. SP. (“Adolf Warchalowski”) and (“Anna Warchalowski”). 1p. Oblong 12mo. N.p., [c. 1910]. A sepia postcard photograph depicting the pair in Warchalowski’s Farman biplane. Adolf is gripping the control stick while Anna, seated behind him, holds onto a strut. A printed German caption at the top of the photograph states “First Austrian female flight passenger / Engineer Adolf Warchalowski / Wiener Neustadt Airfield.” Signed by both in black ink on the lower margin of the cream-colored, card-stock mount. In 1910, Warchalowski, an Austrian machine engineer, imported a Farman biplane from Paris to the Wiener Neustadt airfield where it was altered and renamed the Warchalowski “Vindobona.” In February he set the first two of many Austrian flight records, for the longest sustained flight and longest flight with a passenger. Shortly thereafter, he flew with his sister-in-law aboard, setting another record for the first Austrian female passenger during a ten-minute flight, reaching a height of 20-30 meters. Anna’s historic flight was reported in the June 1910 issue of Aircraft magazine. Later that year he flew Austria’s Archduke and Archduchess. Warchalowski was granted the first pilot’s license by the Austrian Aero Club in April 1910, and his August 1910 flight over Vienna to celebrate Emperor Franz Josef’s 80^th birthday captured the imagination of the Austrian public and made international headlines. He continued to set aviation records and perfect his aircraft design, but attempts to market his own aircraft were unsuccessful. Vienna’s Warchalowskigasse is named in his honor. He died in 1928 on his 42^nd birthday. In the lower right corner is the pencil notation “1910” in an unidentified hand. In excellent condition and rare." 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(1835-1921). French composer and organist. Lengthy AMsS. (“C. Saint-Saens”). 15½pp. (14pp. 4to. and 2pp. Folio.) Rectos only. (Las Palmas), March, 1899. On graph paper. With an ALS. 1p. 8vo. Las Palmas, March 4, 1899. To the publisher Gaston Calmann-Levy. Elegantly bound between boards and ornamented with marbleized paper. Saint-Saens’ annotations to the manuscript appear on the verso of the letter. In French with translation. Saint-Saens notifies his correspondent: “Along with this letter I am sending the article which I promised you before leaving Paris and which I was finally able to write, thanks to the peaceful surroundings I enjoy here. I entrust it to your care – do not be too severe...” The manuscript begins: “The Wagnerian Illusion Above all, the reader must be forewarned that this is not a 'critique' of Wagner's works or theories, but something entirely different. That being said, let us begin. I. The prodigious development of the Wagnerian literature is common knowledge. For the past forty years, diverse books, brochures, reviews and journals about the author and his works have appeared without end. Even now, new analyses are offered of works already analyzed... new interpretations offered for theories already... interpreted. This continues, with no end in sight. It is understood that the questions were exhausted long ago; we are merely re-hashing the same descriptions, the same themes, the same theories. I do not know if the public takes any interest; moreover, the public does not seem to worry about it. This much is apparent: that no previous notice of this was taken could not be otherwise. They are the strange aberrations which are sprinkled among most of these numerous writings, and we are not here speaking of those inherent to the inevitable incompetence of those individuals who are not – as one would say – in the know. Nothing is more difficult than to speak of music; it is a ticklish enough subject for musicians, and nearly impossible for anyone else: the most clever and subtle also lose their way. 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(1864-1949). German composer; creator of Der Rosenkavalier, Also Sprach Zarathustra, and Salome as well as other twentieth-century classics. TLS. (“Dr. Richard Strauss”). 2½pp. 4to. Vienna, March 10, 1921. On two sheets of Operntheater stationery. To Paul Klemperer, a Vienna attorney. In German with translation. “Director Schalk will return from Italy in the next few days and will then specify his position in the matter of Mrs. Weidt. I take the liberty to remark that, according to my knowledge of the matter, the management’s position has hitherto been that in principle it has no objections to a physician’s note that prescribes a stay in Italy for Mrs. Weidt. It is, however, inadmissible that Mrs. Weidt sings while she is in Italy when she is at the same time under contract with Staatsoper. This has been stressed repeatedly, both verbally and in writing. 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(1791-1852). American actor, poet and playwright most famous for his song Home! Sweet Home! – The most popular American song of the 19^th century. AMsS. (“John Howard Payne”). 1p. 4to. Washington, August 6, 1850. A fair copy of the first two verses of Home! Sweet Home! (with slight variations to the printed text) inscribed “to my friend Miss Alice Stetson.” Accompanied by a steel engraving of Payne and an early American printing of the song. “Home, Home! Sweet, Sweet Home! ‘Mid pleasures & palaces though we may roam Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like Home! A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there Which, seek through the world, is ne’er met with elsewhere! An exile from Home, splendour dazzles in vain! Oh, give me my lowly thatch’d cottage again! -The birds singing gaily, that come at my call— Give me them! –and the peace of mind dearer then [sic] all!" ["post_title"]=> string(106) "Fair Copy of the First Two Verses of Home! 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(1813-1901). Italian opera composer. AMusQS. (“G. Verdi”). 1p. Oblong 8vo. Rimini, May 28, 1857. Nine triple measures with the lyrics in French written on an elaborately blind-embossed sheet from Henri’s aria, “La brise souffle au loin,” from Act V of Les vêpres siciliennes. Verdi has written “Les Vêpres” and “Allegretto” at the top of the page and signed and dated it at the bottom." 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(1844-1908). Spanish violin virtuoso and composer. SP. (“Pablo Sarasate”). 1p. Large Cabinet. N.p., May 1, 1884. A full-length sepia photograph by the London studio Walery depicting Sarasate holding one of his two Stradivarius violins and bow, inscribed in French on the photograph’s mount to “Casella,” possibly Carlo Casella the father of composer Alfredo Casella (1883-1947), or one of the composer’s two uncles, Cesare and Gioachino Casella, all of whom were professional cellists. A child prodigy, Sarasate became world famous after a series of concert tours in the late 1850s. His “playing was distinguished by a tone of unsurpassed sweetness and purity, coloured by a vibrato somewhat broader than usual at that time and produced with a ‘frictionless’ bow stroke,” (The New Grove Dictionary). Saint-Saëns, Dvorák and Max Bruch all composed music for him. Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen, a popular gypsy style fantasy composed in 1878, is “still an indispensable item in the virtuoso repertory,” (ibid.). Some light edge ware and discoloration; darkly signed and in fine condition." 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(1883-1938). American Zionist, writer and Hadassah educator. ALS. (“Jessie Sampter”). 4pp. 8vo. G’ivat Brenner, April 24, 1934. To Harris Pine. “It is a great pleasure to me to keep in touch with you until the time when you will return to Palestine. Since I wrote to you last, and received your interesting reply, a change has taken place in my life. I have become a member of a Kevitza, at Givvat Brenner, a few miles south of Rehobath, and am now living here. I have sold my house, and with the money a vegetarian Rest Home, chiefly for workers, is being built on this beautiful hill. I will live there, as I am not very strong and cannot live under the ordinary conditions of Kevitza life. Now, while I am waiting, I am getting here in the Kevitza the special conditions that I need. I love being here. As I know how to draw and do handicraft, my chief occupation, outside of writing and teaching, is for the children, making dolls, etc., for them. Life here is very full and rich in everything but material wealth. No – there are also many cultural lacks, but there is hard work, much striving and much searching of hearts. There are several rather good musicians here, but they do not get enough time to play. One of the best spends her evenings teaching Hebrew to the German immigrants instead of playing on the piano.  " ["post_title"]=> string(137) "Rare Letter by American Zionist, Jessie Sampter: “I am not very strong and cannot live under the ordinary conditions of Kevitza life”" ["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) "rare-letter-by-american-zionist-jessie-sampter-i-am-not-very-strong-and-cannot-live-under-the-ordinary-conditions-of-kevitza-life" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-07-29 17:44:50" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-07-29 21:44:50" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=39398" ["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)#14685 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(40372) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2022-11-23 13:50:42" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2022-11-23 18:50:42" ["post_content"]=> string(538) "PICQUART, GEORGES-MARIE. (1854-1914). French officer, Dreyfus’ instructor at the War College and chief of military intelligence. In 1896, following the interception of a letter (the petit bleu) from the German military attaché in Paris to French Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Picquart opened an investigation into Esterhazy, the spy whose treason had been pinned on Dreyfus. ALS. (“G. Picquart”). 3pp. 8vo. Paris, October 31, 1900. To “Mr. President.” In French with translation." 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(1853-1937). French portrait artist. Signed Drawing. (“J. F. Bouchor”). 1p. Large 4to. (9¾” x 12½”). [Rennes], September 3, 1899. Bouchor’s eye-witness courtroom pencil sketch depicting Georges-Marie Picquart (1854-1914), French officer, Dreyfus’ instructor at the War College and chief of military intelligence. In 1896, following the interception of a letter (the petit bleu) from the German military attaché in Paris to French Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Picquart opened an investigation into Esterhazy, the spy whose treason had been pinned on Dreyfus. The drawing depicts Picquart taking notes and is inscribed vertically in the left margin in an unknown hand, “to Dessommes / Carefully make a cliché and keep all of Mr. Bouchoz’s originals” (à Dessommes / Clicher soigneusement et conserver tous les originaux de M. Bouchoz). The 1894 conviction for treason of French-Jewish artillery captain Alfred Dreyfus and his subsequent exile and imprisonment on the French Guiana penal colony Devil’s Island, hinged on an intercepted memo, or bordereau, which revealed French military secrets and had been sent anonymously to the German military attaché, Captain Schwartzkoppen, in Paris. The memo’s actual author was French Major Marie-Charles-Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy, a spy in German employ. Additional evidence, intended to implicate Dreyfus, was secretly forged by French Army officers and submitted to the military judges presiding over the legal proceedings. Following his conviction, Dreyfus languished for years in solitary confinement, while his family and supporters attempted to clear his name. Anti-Dreyfusards, led by a virulent anti-Semitic French press, regularly circulated rumors and lies about him. Despite his own anti-Semitism, Picquart, in 1896, reported the discovery of the petit bleu which implicated Esterhazy and exonerated Dreyfus. Engaged in a massive cover-up, the army first punished Picquart by re-assigning him to active duty in Tunisia. Then, upon Esterhazy’s acquittal on January 11, 1898, Picquart was imprisoned the day Zola’s letter J’Accuse...! was published. Picquart testified at Zola’s libel trial and became one of Dreyfus’ most outspoken supporters. On February 1, 1898, Picquart was “discharged for gross misconduct in the service,” effective February 26^th, three days after Zola was found guilty. Picquart was then falsely charged of forging the petit bleu, which led to his second imprisonment on July 13, 1898, five days before Zola’s second conviction. Petitions, signed by thousands calling for Picquart’s release were circulated in Le Siècle and L’Aurore before he was freed on June 13, 1899, ten days before he penned our letter. In 1906, like Dreyfus, Picquart was exonerated and promoted brigadier general; on October 25^th he became Clemenceau’s Minister of War. Picquart is the protagonist in Robert Harris’ best-selling 2013 historical thriller An Officer and a Spy. The truth of Dreyfus’ innocence finally emerged in the summer of 1898 after Henry confessed to his forgeries, committed suicide, and Esterhazy fled to England. General Boisdeffre, the army’s Chief of the General Staff who had been convinced of Dreyfus’ guilt from the beginning, resigned after Henry’s confession. Considering these events, the court annulled the 1894 judgment against Dreyfus and granted him a second military trial in Rennes. Dreyfus, frail and in poor health, sailed from his island exile on June 9, 1899, to appear at the Rennes trial on August 7^th. Journalists and artists from around the world swarmed Rennes to observe the trial that would be “a culminating point of l’affaire. It was the last opportunity for the military system of justice to redeem itself… The first military tribunal [in 1894] had been able to insist that no hearings be conducted publicly. At Rennes, the second military tribunal held all hearings publicly, except for one, and the fact that the court insisted on holding any at all behind closed doors both exacerbated criticism of the proceedings and was hotly contested by the defense, for this time the eyes of the country and of the world were fixed on Rennes. The world press was ready to convict France if France convicted Dreyfus. And France itself, author of the Rights of Man and Citizens, country of the philosophes, and of the Enlightenment, was only too painfully aware of this,” (“The Military Trial at Rennes: Text and Subtext of the Dreyfus Affair,” Touro Law Review, Curran). The trial was covered in detail by newspapers and magazines worldwide and was even dramatized in Georges Méliès series of short silent films, produced concurrently with the trial becoming the first ever film serial! (Nine of the eleven films can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Re6Y1G8_U). “By the time the Rennes trial took place, proof of his innocence abounded,” (The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus, Bredin). Dreyfus was defended at court by Edgar Demange, who had been engaged by his family in 1894, and by prominent criminal attorney Ferdinand Labori, who had defended Emile Zola after his famous publication of J’Accuse…! One week into the trial, on August 14, while walking to court with Picquart, Labori was shot in the back by a would-be assassin. Though badly wounded, Labori returned to court on August 22. Picquart’s testimony took place over the course of two days. On August 17^th, “Picquart, in civilian clothes, begins his deposition. He recounts the role he has played in the Affair since 1894 and reveals the faults of the Ministry of War. He blames Du Paty [du Clam] for many of these. Picquart recalls the deep impression caused by Henry’s testimony at the court martial of Dreyfus (1894) and analyses the bordereau in situ to prove that Dreyfus could not have written it… [On August 18^th] Picquart continues his deposition, which lasts almost five hours. In a meticulous analysis of the Secret Dossier of 1894, he proves that none of its four documents can be related to Dreyfus. He describes his discovery of the petit bleu and the subsequent maneuvers against him,” (The Dreyfus Affair, A Chronological History, Whyte). On September 9, the judges, by a majority of five to two, found Dreyfus guilty of treason under the absurd concept of “extenuating circumstances,” and sentenced him to ten years detention. Ten days later President Émile Loubet issued Dreyfus a pardon. Dreyfus, initially opposed to accepting any pardon as it would have compelled him to withdraw his petition for a legal revision and acknowledge responsibility for a crime he steadfastly maintained he never committed, finally acquiesced, providing he could still try to clear his name. Despite the ongoing vitriolic attacks in the press and public displays by anti-Dreyfus elements, the Court of Cassation finally declared Dreyfus innocent 1906. The Dreyfus Affair’s significance is so far-reaching that the human rights movement, the origins of modern-day Zionism (Theodor Herzl was in Paris covering Dreyfus’ first trial for his Viennese newspaper), and the French separation of church and state can all claim to have been born during this dark chapter in French history. Educated at the Beaux-Arts and an exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Francis, Bouchor became known for his portraits of General John Pershing and French President Georges Clemenceau (a supporter of Dreyfus and publisher of Zola’s “J’Accuse...!”) as well as his illustrations of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and Orientalist paintings inspired by his travels in North Africa. Provenance: Isabelle Lazar (nee Grumbacher), wife of Jewish journalist Bernard Lazare, anarchist, literary critic and one of Dreyfus’ earliest and most vocal defenders who covered the Rennes trial for The Chicago Record and The North American Review. In very fine condition." 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(1853-1937). French portrait artist. Signed Drawing. (“J. F. Bouchor”). 1p. Oblong 4to. (9½” x 8”). [Rennes, September 2, 1899]. Bouchor’s eyewitness, courtroom pencil sketches of several French generals, some of whom conspired against Dreyfus: Auguste Mercier (1833-1921), French Minister of War and one of the most virulent anti-Dreyfusard voices during the Dreyfus Affair; Major General Charles-Arthur Gonse (1838-1917), Deputy Chief of Staff under General Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre, who refused to recognize Dreyfus’ innocence; Gauderique Roget (1846-1917), chief of staff to ministers Cavaignac and Zurlinden; and Denis Felix Deloye director of artillery for the Ministry of War, who testified on technical information contained in the bordereau. Alfred Dreyfus’ 1894 conviction for treason and his subsequent exile and imprisonment on the French Guiana penal colony Devil’s Island hinged on an intercepted memo, or bordereau, which revealed French military secrets that had been sent anonymously to the German embassy’s military attaché, Captain Schwartzkoppen, in Paris. The memo’s actual author was French Major Marie-Charles-Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy, a spy in German employ. Additional evidence, intended to implicate Dreyfus, was secretly forged and submitted by French Army officers to the military judges presiding over the proceedings. The truth finally emerged in the summer of 1898 after Lieutenant Colonel Hubert-Joseph Henry confessed to his forgeries, committed suicide in a military prison, and Esterhazy fled to England. General Boisdeffre, the army’s Chief of the General Staff who had been convinced of Dreyfus’ guilt from the beginning, resigned after Henry’s confession. Considering these events, the court annulled the 1894 judgment against Dreyfus and granted him a second military trial in Rennes. Dreyfus, frail and in poor health, sailed from his island exile on June 9, 1899, to appear at the Rennes trial on August 7^th. Journalists and artists from around the world swarmed Rennes to observe the trial that would be “a culminating point of l’affaire. It was the last opportunity for the military system of justice to redeem itself… The first military tribunal [in 1894] had been able to insist that no hearings be conducted publicly. At Rennes, the second military tribunal held all hearings publicly, except for one, and the fact that the court insisted on holding any at all behind closed doors both exacerbated criticism of the proceedings and was hotly contested by the defense, for this time the eyes of the country and of the world were fixed on Rennes. The world press was ready to convict France if France convicted Dreyfus. And France itself, author of the Rights of Man and Citizens, country of the philosophes, and of the Enlightenment, was only too painfully aware of this,” (“The Military Trial at Rennes: Text and Subtext of the Dreyfus Affair,” Touro Law Review, Curran). The trial was covered in detail by newspapers and magazines worldwide and was even dramatized in Georges Méliès series of short silent films, produced concurrently with the trial to become the first ever film serial! (Nine of the eleven films can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Re6Y1G8_U). “By the time the Rennes trial took place, proof of his innocence abounded,” (The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus, Bredin). He was defended at court by Edgar Demange, who had been engaged by his family in 1894, and by prominent criminal attorney Ferdinand Labori, who had defended Emile Zola after his famous publication of J’Accuse…! One week into the trial, on August 14, Labori was shot in the back by a would-be assassin on his way to the courtroom. Though badly wounded, he returned to court on August 22. During the trial “Dreyfus spoke at length, and always confidently and with impressive specificity and precision, reconstituting events, showing how and why his accusers could not be telling the truth… On numerous occasions throughout the trial, he broke out in protest against the injustice and inaccuracy of testimony and, as he put it, its calumnious nature,” (op. cit., Curran). On August 31, Gonse and Mercier admitted that they treated an alleged confession by Dreyfus in a casual manner and on August 30 and September 2, Deloye gave evidence on technical information contained within the bordereau and its importance. Also on September 2, Roget and Gonse were questioned about their interference in chief of the army's intelligence section, Georges Picquart’s investigation into Esterhazy. On September 9, the judges, by a majority of five to two, found Dreyfus guilty of treason under the absurd concept “extenuating circumstances,” and sentenced him to ten years detention. Ten days later President Émile Loubet issued Dreyfus a pardon. Dreyfus, initially opposed to accepting any pardon as it would have compelled him to withdraw his petition for a legal revision and acknowledge responsibility for a crime he steadfastly maintained he never committed, finally acquiesced, providing he could still try to clear his name. Despite the ongoing vitriolic attacks in the press and public displays by anti-Dreyfus elements, the Court of Cassation finally declared Dreyfus innocent 1906. The Dreyfus Affair’s significance is so far-reaching that the human rights movement, the origins of modern-day Zionism (Theodor Herzl was in Paris covering Dreyfus’ first trial for his Viennese newspaper), and the French separation of church and state can all claim to have been born during this dark chapter in French history. Educated at the Beaux-Arts and an exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Francis, Bouchor became known for his portraits of General John Pershing and French President Georges Clemenceau (a supporter of Dreyfus and publisher of Zola’s “J’Accuse...!”) as well as his illustrations of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and Orientalist paintings inspired by his travels in North Africa. Provenance: Isabelle Lazar (nee Grumbacher), wife of Jewish journalist Bernard Lazare, anarchist, literary critic and one of Dreyfus’ earliest and most vocal defenders who covered the Rennes trial for The Chicago Record and The North American Review. In fine condition." 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(1853-1937). French portrait artist. Drawing. 1p. Large 4to. (9 ½” x 12 ½”). [Rennes, August 29, 1899]. Bouchor’s eyewitness, double portrait courtroom pencil sketch of French army Lieutenant-Colonel Georges-Marie Picquart (1854-1914), Dreyfus’ instructor at the War College and chief of military intelligence who, in 1896, after reviewing a pneumatic tube telegram (the petit bleu) sent from the German Embassy’s military attaché, Schwartzkoppen, to Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy, the agent whose espionage activities had been pinned on Dreyfus, opened an investigation into Esterhazy. Next to Picquart is a sketch of a haughty looking officer, Jules Maximilien Lauth (1858-1943), an antisemitic member of the army’s General Staff and translator of German documents for the Statistical Section who forged evidence against Dreyfus and who, after 1895, was Picquart’s subaltern. In the bottom right corner is a sketch of two individuals identified as Lauth and Statistical Section Commandant Albert Cordier “at the bar,” during the trial at Rennes. Alfred Dreyfus’ 1894 conviction for treason and his subsequent exile and imprisonment on the French Guiana penal colony Devil’s Island hinged on an intercepted memo, or bordereau, which revealed French military secrets that had been sent anonymously to the German embassy’s military attaché, Captain Schwartzkoppen, in Paris. The memo’s actual author was French Major Marie-Charles-Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy, a spy in German employ. Additional evidence, intended to implicate Dreyfus, was secretly forged and submitted by French Army officers to the military judges presiding over the proceedings. Picquart took over the military counter-intelligence section at the French War Ministry in 1895 and his assistant, Lauth, brought him the petit bleu, fragments of a pneumatic tube telegram which implicated Esterhazy and exonerated Dreyfus. Picquart initiated a secret investigation into Esterhazy, while being spied on and deceived by members of his own staff, Captain Lauth and Lieutenant Colonel Hubert-Joseph Henry. Engaged in a broad cover-up, the army first punished Picquart by re-assigning him to active duty in Tunisia. Then, upon Esterhazy’s acquittal on January 11, 1898, Picquart was imprisoned the day Emile Zola’s letter J’Accuse...! was published. Picquart testified at Zola’s libel trial and became one of Dreyfus’ most outspoken supporters. On February 1, 1898, Picquart was “discharged for gross misconduct in the service,” effective February 26^th, three days after Zola was found guilty. Picquart was then falsely accused of forging the petit bleu, which led to his second imprisonment on July 13^th, five days before Zola’s second conviction. Petitions for his release, signed by thousands of people, were circulated in Le Siècle and L’Aurore before he was freed in June 1899. He later became Clemenceau’s Minister of War. The truth of Dreyfus’ innocence finally emerged in the summer of 1898 after Henry confessed to his forgeries, committed suicide, and Esterhazy fled to England. General Boisdeffre, the army’s Chief of the General Staff who had been convinced of Dreyfus’ guilt from the beginning, resigned after Henry’s confession. Considering these events, the court annulled the 1894 judgment against Dreyfus and granted him a second military trial in Rennes. Dreyfus, frail and in poor health, sailed from his island exile on June 9, 1899, to appear at the Rennes trial on August 7^th. Journalists and artists from around the world swarmed Rennes to observe the trial that would be “a culminating point of l’affaire. It was the last opportunity for the military system of justice to redeem itself… The first military tribunal [in 1894] had been able to insist that no hearings be conducted publicly. At Rennes, the second military tribunal held all hearings publicly, except for one, and the fact that the court insisted on holding any at all behind closed doors both exacerbated criticism of the proceedings and was hotly contested by the defense, for this time the eyes of the country and of the world were fixed on Rennes. The world press was ready to convict France if France convicted Dreyfus. And France itself, author of the Rights of Man and Citizens, country of the philosophes, and of the Enlightenment, was only too painfully aware of this,” (“The Military Trial at Rennes: Text and Subtext of the Dreyfus Affair,” Touro Law Review, Curran). The trial was covered in detail by newspapers and magazines worldwide and was even dramatized in Georges Méliès series of short silent films, produced concurrently with the trial becoming the first ever film serial! (Nine of the eleven films can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Re6Y1G8_U). “By the time the Rennes trial took place, proof of his innocence abounded,” (The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus, Bredin). He was defended at court by Edgar Demange, who had been engaged by his family in 1894, and by prominent criminal attorney Ferdinand Labori, who had defended Emile Zola after his famous publication of J’Accuse…! One week into the trial, on August 14, Labori was shot in the back by a would-be assassin on his way to the courtroom. Though badly wounded, he returned to court on August 22. During the trial “Dreyfus spoke at length, and always confidently and with impressive specificity and precision, reconstituting events, showing how and why his accusers could not be telling the truth… On numerous occasions throughout the trial, he broke out in protest against the injustice and inaccuracy of testimony and, as he put it, its calumnious nature,” (op. cit., Curran). Picquart, Lauth and Cordier were among the numerous witnesses called upon to give evidence during the trial. On August 29, Cordier testified, “that his belief in the guilt of Dreyfus has reversed since 1894 because of the campaign against Picquart, led mainly by Henry...Cordier also discloses that from 1895 Henry, Lauth and Gribelin plotted against their superior Picquart. Cordier’s evidence provokes vehement protest, especially from Lauth...” (The Dreyfus Affair, A Chronological History, Whyte, pp. 269-270. For additional details about Cordier’s testimony, depicted in our sketch from the trial, see: “Cordier Acquits Dreyfus,” New York Times, August 30, 1899, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/08/30/100449919.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0.) On September 9, the judges, by a majority of five to two, found Dreyfus guilty of treason under the absurd concept “extenuating circumstances,” and sentenced him to ten years detention. Ten days later President Émile Loubet issued Dreyfus a pardon. Dreyfus, initially opposed to accepting any pardon as it would have compelled him to withdraw his petition for a legal revision and acknowledge responsibility for a crime he steadfastly maintained he never committed, finally acquiesced, providing he could still try to clear his name. Despite the ongoing vitriolic attacks in the press and public displays by anti-Dreyfus elements, the Court of Cassation finally declared Dreyfus innocent 1906. The Dreyfus Affair’s significance is so far-reaching that the human rights movement, the origins of modern-day Zionism (Theodor Herzl was in Paris covering Dreyfus’ first trial for his Viennese newspaper), and the French separation of church and state can all claim to have been born during this dark chapter in French history. Educated at the Beaux-Arts and an exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Francis, Bouchor became known for his portraits of General John Pershing and French President Georges Clemenceau (a supporter of Dreyfus and publisher of Zola’s “J’Accuse...!”) as well as his illustrations of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and Orientalist paintings inspired by his travels in North Africa. Provenance: Isabelle Lazar (nee Grumbacher), wife of Jewish journalist Bernard Lazare, anarchist, literary critic and one of Dreyfus’ earliest and most vocal defenders who covered the Rennes trial for The Chicago Record and The North American Review. In very fine condition." 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(1856-1921). French historian, liberal politician and staunch defender of Alfred Dreyfus. Signed book. (“Joseph Reinach”). 462pp. 8vo. (Paris, 1898). A first edition of his book, Vers la justice par la verité: L’Affaire Dreyfus, published by P.-V. Stock, and inscribed by Reinach on the half-title “á ses pieds” (“at her feet”) to MADAME E. ROSTAND (French playwright and poet ROSEMONDE GÉRARD, 1871-1953). In French. Emile Zola published his famous article J’Accuse…! in January 1898 to draw renewed attention to the plight of Alfred Dreyfus, the French army officer falsely accused of espionage and imprisoned for life on Devil’s Island. The truth finally emerged in the summer of 1898 after Lt. Col. Joseph Henry, implicated in the creation of forgeries used against Dreyfus, confessed and killed himself in a military prison, while the actual traitor and forger of the notorious bordereau, Major Marie-Charles-Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy, escaped to England. General Boisdeffre, the army’s Chief of the General Staff who had been convinced of Dreyfus’ guilt from the beginning, resigned after Henry’s confession. Considering these events, the court annulled the 1894 judgment against Dreyfus and, at the urging of Reinach, a very influential member of France’s Republican party, early supporter of Dreyfus and the most prominent Jew in parliament agreed to review the sentence at a second military trial in Rennes in 1899. Despite overwhelming evidence that pointed to a broad conspiracy to frame Dreyfus, the court, by a vote of five to two, found Dreyfus guilty a second time, yet tried to mitigate its verdict by offering the absurd explanation that he had committed treason “under extenuating circumstances.” Sentenced to ten years detention, French president Émile Loubet offered him a pardon, which, unlike other Dreyfus’ supporters, Reinach advised Dreyfus to accept. Initially opposed to accepting any pardon that would compel him to withdraw his petition for a legal revision and acknowledge responsibility for a crime he steadfastly maintained he never committed, Dreyfus finally acquiesced, providing he could continue to try to clear his name. Reinach later wrote a seven-volume history of the case, Histoire de l’Affaire Dreyfus, that is still considered by many to be the standard work on the subject. Our early, shorter and contemporaneous work about the Affair was published by Stock in 1898 and is one of 19 pro-Dreyfus works written by Reinach and published through by P.-V. Stock. (Bibliographie thématique et analytique de l'affaire Dreyfus, Cahiers naturalists, Lipschutz). The book’s recipient, Louise-Rose-Étiennette Gérard, known as Rosemonde Gérard was a poet and playwright known for the beloved lines “Car, vois-tu, chaque jour je t’aime advantage / Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier et bien moins que demain” (“For, you see, each day I love you more / Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow”) from her poem “L’éternelle chanson” or “Les Vieux” written to her husband Edmond Rostand, the famous playwright best known for Cyrano de Bergerac. Although her husband’s fame eclipsed her own, her decades-long career also included several plays and films. In a contemporary cloth and paper board binding. Worn and browned, bearing the blind ownership stamp of Alain Brisset." 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(1782-1840). Italian musician and composer regarded as the violin’s greatest virtuoso. ANS. (“Nicolo Paganini”). 1p. Oblong 12mo. London, August 13, 1831. A brief greeting in Italian, beneath which Luigi Lablache (1794-1858), the greatest Italian bass of his time, has added a message sending the Paganini note to Mrs. Watts (possibly the wife of London violinist and arranger WILLIAM WATTS). Paganini writes:" ["post_title"]=> string(58) "The Two Greats - Paganini and Lablache - Perform Together!" 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German composer of symphonies, concerti, vocal, and chamber works, many of which have become mainstays of the standard repertoire. AMusMsS. (“J. Brahms”). 4pp. (1 bifolium of nine-stave paper). Oblong Folio. N.p., N.d. An autograph manuscript of Verzweiflung, (Despair) the tenth of fifteen songs from his Romanzen aus L. Tieck’s Magelone für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Op. 33, composed between 1862 and 1869. Penned in dark brown ink on unwatermarked paper with staves printed in medium-light brown ink. On the center of the bottom brace of the second leaf is a blotting from another music manuscript. As the manuscript lacks any engraver’s markings, it is likely that it was not used for the lost printer’s Stichvorlage. The music and lyrics, entirely in Brahms’ hand, include some minor corrections in ink and pencil. This is likely Brahms’ working copy created after the song was complete but before it had been committed to a publisher. It is not a later copy, but rather an “original” manuscript that was crucial to the work’s creation before printing. The musical text differs in minor details from the first printed edition, suggesting it preserves an earlier version of the song performed among friends and revised during or after rehearsals." 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(1929-1968). American Baptist minister, civil rights leader, and Nobel Peace Prize winner; the pre-eminent human rights spokesman of his time. TLS. (“Martin Luther King Jr.”). 1p. 4to. Atlanta, November 15, 1962. On Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead. To Samuel Brent Oliver III, a North Carolina high school student, who later taught business at the American High School in Belgium operated by the Department of Defense. “This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of recent date. In reply to your question, ‘Why are you so strongly for integration and to what extent will you fight for it?’, I must say that one seldom thinks in terms of such extremes. I believe that the integration of the races, that is, the providing of the same opportunities and facilities for citizens regardless of race, is essential to the health of Democracy, the growth of individuals both white and Negro, and the future of the world. The world is too small now for us to think that we can ignore persons who are a little different from ourselves. I feel this to be part of God’s plan for his world, ‘that the brethren might dwell together in unity.’ I took a vow as a Christian that I would follow Christ to death. One would hope that this is unnecessary, but one must always be prepared to suffer any price which grows out of one’s obedience to God and discipleship with Christ. Best wishes to you in your academic endeavors…” [caption id="attachment_29471" align="alignleft" width="457"] Martin Luther King Jr.[/caption] It was while studying for his doctorate in theology at Boston University, that King was introduced to Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance, after which he joined the ministry and, simultaneously, began his fight for civil rights. His leadership during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, and the subsequent 1956 bombing of his home, brought him into national prominence but put King in constant danger of sacrificing his life for his beliefs. He was the subject of numerous death threats and his home was firebombed multiple times. In 1958, King survived an assassination attempt in New York City and in September 1962, just a few months before writing our letter, a member of the American Nazi Party assaulted him. His prophetic vow to “follow Christ to death” was a heartfelt commitment that reached its apotheosis with his 1968 assassination in Memphis." 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(1732-1799). Commander-in-chief of America’s Continental Army and first president of the United States. Manuscript DS. (“G. Washington”). 1p. 4to. Cambridge, November 18, 1775. To “all officers & others commanding or belonging to the armed Vessels fitted out at the Continental expence [sic.].” Written and countersigned by Washington’s secretary and the first person known to have used the term “United States of America,” STEPHEN MOYLAN (1737-1811, “Stephen Moylan. P[ro]T[empore]S[ecretary]”). “To all officers & others commanding or belonging to the armed Vessels fitted out at the Continental expence[sic.]. Let pass without interruption, from the Port of Newbury to Philadelphia, the Schooner Freinds [sic] Adventure, Whereof is Master John Fulford being a freind [sic.] to American Liberty. Cambridge, 18^th November 1775 Go. Washington By His Excellencys Command Stephen Moylan P.T.S.”" ["post_title"]=> string(72) "Signed 1775 Naval Document for a “Freind [sic.] to American Liberty”" ["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(63) "signed-1775-naval-document-for-a-freind-sic-to-american-liberty" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2026-04-22 10:21:03" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2026-04-22 14:21:03" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=42982" ["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)#14666 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(42989) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2026-04-22 10:52:58" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2026-04-22 14:52:58" ["post_content"]=> string(1781) "MARIE ANTOINETTE. (1755-1793). French queen whose legendary spending and frivolous behavior enraged the nation’s populace and helped foment the French Revolution. DS. (“Payez, Marie Antoinette”). 1p. Small folio. Versailles, April 1, 1787. To MARC ANTOINE FRANCOIS MARIE RADON DE LA TOUR (1736-1794), an advisor to the king and treasurer of the royal household. Countersigned at the foot by French courtier and memoirist. JACQUES MATHIEU AUGEARD (1732-1805), who has added his version of the Queen’s signature. In French with translation. “To Six of the King’s One Hundred Swiss Guards Salary for the quarter of J[anua]ry 1787, 270 livres Treasurer General of our household and treasury, M[onsieur]. Marc Antoine Francois Marie Radon de la Tour; we wish and command you that funds allocated by the State for the maintenance and sustenance of several of our officers during the present year be paid in cash. Pay in cash these six Swiss Guards of the King, our most honorable Lord and Husband, who have served with us during the first quarter of January, February, and March, the amount of Two Hundred Seventy livres, that we have granted them for their sustenance in consideration of the services that they rendered unto us during that time. By bringing this letter with you, along with a receipt, the said sum of Two Hundred Seventy livres will be granted and allocated in the spending of our monies by our dear and well-beloved officials of the King’s accounts, our Lord and Husband in Paris, whom we request and command to do this without delay. 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Browse the catalogue and bid on www.invaluable.com  or www.liveauctioneers.com." 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(1858-1919). Twenty-sixth president of the United States. TLS. (“Theodore Roosevelt”). 1¼pp. 4to. New York, July 9, 1912. On The Outlook letterhead. To American clergyman, lecturer and author MADISON CLINTON PETERS (1859-1918). With some minor corrections in Roosevelt’s hand. “If you work for Wilson nationally, you are working for Murphy in New York, Taggart in Indiana, Sullivan in Illinois, and, in short, for the bosses everywhere. Moreover, consideration of the Democratic platform and the action of the Democratic Congress this year will, I am sure, show you that you can in no way retard the cause of progress in the United States more effectively than by helping to put the Democrats into power. By the ‘tax on the table’ of which you speak, I suppose you mean giving the farmer his share of the benefits of the protective tariff. Of course I could not consent to discriminate against the farmer. As a matter of fact the tariff has almost nothing to do with the high cost of living as far as food products are concerned, with the possible exception of sugar. For instance, butter, eggs, and milk, as you doubtless know, have gone up in price in the last twenty years as much as any other products, and these are absolutely unaffected either by the tariff or the trusts. There are certain points where changes in the tariff, and wise actions about the trusts, can help in the cost of living. But if our people get any idea that a change in the tariff, or such action toward the trusts, as advocated at the Baltimore Convention, will be of the slightest service to them, then it is a case of Euphriam [sic] feedeth on wind…” Roosevelt, a larger-than-life figure, simultaneously represented reform, conservation and the American spirit. He overcame health problems in his youth to serve in New York politics and famously led his Rough Rider regiment during the Spanish-American War. After accelerating through the offices of governor, assistant secretary of the navy and vice president, he became, upon President McKinley’s assassination in 1901, the youngest man ever to serve as president of the United States. During his two terms, he opposed big labor while expanding the power of the presidency, developing consumer protection laws, creating national forests and winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve the Russo-Japanese War. As Roosevelt’s second presidential term drew to a close in 1908, he threw his support behind his close friend and secretary of war, William Howard Taft. With the president’s endorsement, Taft won the Republican nomination and handily beat his Democratic opponent, William Jennings Bryan. However, shortly after Taft took office, Roosevelt felt betrayed when the new president appeared to oppose TR’s previous anti-trust efforts. As early as summer 1910, Roosevelt was contemplating a challenge to Taft in the 1912 presidential election. His unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination in June 1912 led to the subsequent founding of the Progressive or “Bull Moose” party which led to TR and Taft splitting the Republican Party votes and contributing to Woodrow Wilson’s (1856-1924) election as the 28^th President of the United States. The candidates’ plans to reduce the influence of trusts were central to the election as were discussions of the tariffs enacted by Taft in 1909, which were meant to help farmers, but raised the cost of most goods. Ultimately, challenges to the tariffs resulted in the adoption of the 16^th Amendment, which established the modern federal income tax. Our letter, written just a week after the Democratic National Convention concluded in Baltimore, attacks the Democratic platform, and calls out political bosses such as Indianapolis Mayor Thomas Taggart (1856-1929); Charles Francis Murphy (1858-1924), the longest serving boss of New York City’s political machine, Tammany Hall; and Cook County’s political boss Roger Charles Sullivan (1861-1920), all of whom played a critical role in securing the Democratic Party’s nomination of President Woodrow Wilson. In our letter, he quotes the book of Hosea 12:1: “Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt,” which criticizes one of the tribes of Israel for their spiritual emptiness resulting from their pursuit of idols. A prolific writer, Roosevelt, “used authorship to promote his favorite beliefs and tell of his various adventures in and out of the political world,” (The Oxford Companion to American Literature, Hart). His works ranged from biographies to political treatises. For the last ten years of his life, the bulk of his writing focused on faith. Influenced by his Christian upbringing, Roosevelt subscribed to the doctrine of “muscular Christianity,” which emphasized the relationship between physical and spiritual health. Roosevelt rarely spoke about his faith, preferring that his actions speak for themselves. However, in 1909, he became a contributing editor for a small Christian weekly, The Outlook, and, in 1917, Roosevelt detailed the importance of attending church in an interview with The Ladies’ Home Journal entitled: “Nine Reasons Why Men Should Go to Church.” Peters was a minister, lecturer and author of such popular works as The Great Hereafter, Justice to the Jew: The Story of What He Has Done for the World, Wit and Wisdom of the Talmud, The Genius of the Jew, The Birds of the Bible, Abraham Lincoln’s Religion, the biography of Jewish financier of the American Revolution Haym Salomon, and How to be Happy Though Married. Written on two sheets of The Outlook stationery. Folded and creased with a slight stain affecting part of Roosevelt’s signature. In very good condition." 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