The one-time silent film child star found fame again in a far different media -- television -- when he played Officer Frank Smith on Jack Webb's "Dragnet" (1952-59). IPS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.y. [ca. 1960]. Very good. Light scotch tape stain at each corner; mild wrinkle at left center... More about Inscribed Photograph Signed
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1909. Hardcover. Small 4to. Faux full vellum with gilt lettering and elaborate pictorial giltstamping. xii, 251pp. Top edge gilt. Tipped-in color frontispiece with tissue guard with printed caption, 23 full-page color plates (as called for) also with tissue guards with printed captions, pictorial endpapers. Very... More about The Great Sea Horse
This American artist became quite popular in the 1920s for his celebrity caricatures published in "The New Yorker," "Vanity Fair," "Harper's Bazaar," "Collier's" and "Judge" as well as book illustrations, but mental illness led to his suicide at age 39. Good content TNS, 1p, 8½" X 11", New York, NY... More about Typed Note Signed
American regional artist famed for his murals; great nephew of the Missouri statesman. Large, bold "Thanks / Thomas H. Benton" in blue ink on a 5½" X 2¼" slip, n.p., n.y. Very good. Though undated, likely of 1950s vintage. An attractive example. More about Signature and Inscription
These five German Luftwaffe were all awarded the Knight's Cross: Borngen was an ace who flew 450 combat missions and downed 41 enemy aircraft; Bromen was a pilot who flew more than 600 combat missions and is credited with downing 7 enemy aircraft and destroying 76 tanks, 12 supply trains... More about Signed Commemorative Envelope
This pioneering American horticulturist developed more and better varieties of numerous cultivated plants. Trimmed TNS, irregular 5½" X 2" tipped to pristine cream-colored 6" X 3 3/4" autograph album leaf, n.p., n.y. Very good. Though strangely trimmed, most of the content of this brief note is legible, and it reads... More about Typed Note Signed
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with orange lettering. 264pp. Very good. Binding (only) faintly age toned, with occasional foxing, else internally tight and near fine. A tight, attractive first U.S. edition of what is generally considered the bestselling mystery of all time and... More about And Then There Were None
Revolutionary War-era residents of Newtown in Queens County, New York. DS, 1p, 7 3/4" X 11 3/4", Queens County, NY, 25 February 1774. Good. A bit delicate and edgeworn, with moderate age toning. Retained draft, likely entirely in the hand of Jacob Hallet, of an unspecified bond between the three... More about Autograph Document Signed
Austrian-born associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939-62); helped found American Civil Liberties Union. Partly-printed DS, 1p, 8½" X 11", Cambridge, MA, 1919 September 29. Very good. Slight smearing of signature. Small chips at two corners, not affecting text. Updating form sent out by "Who's Who in America" for... More about Document Signed / Unsigned Photograph
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. Oblong miniature (4 3/8" X 2½"). Color pictorial wrappers. 8pp (accordion style). Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally bright, tight and near fine. Unusually handsome apparent first and only edition of this delightful charmer, featuring eight panels each with large chromolithograph image..... More about The Artist's Sorrows
New York: Oxford University Press, 1937. Hardcover. Notes on Costume, Scenery and Stage Business by John Gielgud. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 234pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/good only. Jacket quite rubbed and age toned and edgeworn, with numerous small chips along edges... More about John Gielgud's Hamlet: A Record of Performance
Hardcover. This English composer, conductor, pianist and singer is remembered for his many comic songs and glees, but also composed operas such as "Queen of the Thames," "Pascal Bruno" and "Rose, or Love's Ransom" and the cantata "Robin Hood." First, an ALS, 3pp, 4½" X 7¼", Upper Halloway, England, 1861... More about Autograph Letters Signed / Partly-printed Autograph Manuscript
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1911. Hardcover. Introduction by Caroline M. McIlvaine. 16mo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, rules and device. xxvii, 182pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded captioned frontispiece. Very good. Mild edgewear, though internally fine. First of this edition following the 1888 true first edition of the... More about The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard
The huge golden Prometheus figure in the fountain in front of Rockefeller Plaza in New York (1934) is one of this sculptor's best known works. ALS "Paul M," 1p, 6" X 7", New York, NY, 1961 October 23. Addressed to Carl Haverlin, president of music licensing giant Broadcast Music Inc... More about Autograph Letter Signed / Unsigned Photograph
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, [1913]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with orange lettering and black, white and orange pictorial stamping 320pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, foldout color map. Very good. Faint edgewear, with endpapers lightly age toned; some flakiing to large white area on front board stamping; ownership signature on front... More about Hunting in the Upper Yukon
Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1943-45. Hardcover. Edited by Paul M. Angle. Foreword by James G. Randall. Complete 2-volume set. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. xlv, 519pp; xi, 560pp. Illustrations (Volume II). Near fine. Volume II spine gilt, as always, dulled, though Volume I spine gilt bright and lovely... More about Lincoln Bibliography 1839-1939
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1843. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set. 8vo. Quarter calf with gilt spine lettering and blue marbled paper over boards. viii, 597pp; iv, 592pp; iv, 648pp. Numerous illustrations and partly-colored maps, 1 foldout colored map. Very good overall. Binding a tad edgeworn, with marbled paper well scuffed, though... More about The Encyclopaedia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the Earth, Physical,...
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1932]. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. xii, 357pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Bit of age toning to outer page edges. Quite tight and nice early printing of this two-parter -- Sandburg provides Part I and Angle Part II ("Letters, Documents... More about Mary Lincoln: Wife and Widow
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1954]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiv, 762pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Faint edgewear (mainly at spine head/tail). A tight and nice first edition, sans jacket, of this hefty single volume revised abridgement of Sandburg's massive 6-volume Lincoln opus... More about Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years -- One-Volume Edition
This prominent Boston businessman and partner in the import/export firm Sullivan and Barbour may have been the son of the Revolutionary War general John Sullivan, according to some sources, though other evidence suggests not; he was also secretary of the United States Land Company and other similar concerns; his wife..... More about Autograph Letter Signed
New Orleans: Price Current Print, 1868. Paperback. 16mo. Original printed stiff grey wrappers. 125pp. Good plus. Wrappers rather soiled and age toned, with a number of chips near the head of the spine. First edition of this quite scarce travel account, most difficult to find in original wrappers. Hearing that... More about A Trip to British Honduras, and to San Pedro, Republic of Honduras
This Russian-born American composer ended up in France after the Russian Revolution, where he performed and composed prolifically -- symphonies, orchestral pieces, piano concertos, operas, ballet and choral music; post-WW2 he emigrated to Chicago, where he taught and composed. Remarkably beautiful ALS, 1p, 6" X 11", Vanves, France, n.y. [likely... More about Autograph Note Signed
The Continental Congress awarded this Revolutionary War patriot and officer and member of the "New York Sons of Liberty" a sword of honor; later he served as sheriff and as mayor of New York City. Signature and "Cepi Corpus" ("I have the body") in his hand on verso of DS... More about Document Signed
New York: Circler Blue Print Co., [1966]. Paperback. Folio (15" X 20"). Stiff brown manila wrappers with brown cloth tape spine and matching outer edges. 190pp. Very good. Quite minor edgewear to outer wrappers (only); mild age toning to text block. Tight and attractive and exceptionally unusual copy of this... More about Piano Concerto (1965 -- 1966