This actor appeared in "Mister Roberts," "Rebel Without a Cause" and other films, but is mainly remembered for playing Johnny Yuma on the television series "The Rebel" (1959-61). IPS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.d. [ca. early 1960s]. Very good. Faint tape stain at each corner. Handsome head-and-shoulders portrait of the..... More
Amherst: Amherst College, 1826-51. Paperback. Sizes range from 12mo to 8vo. Wrappers. 14pp, 16pp, 16pp, 16pp, 16pp, 16pp, 16pp, 20pp, 20pp, 20pp, 20pp, 23pp. Overall very good, with a few good plus only and a few near fine. Binding traces along gutters, with varying degrees of mild edgewear and edge..... More
Italian violinist, conductor and composer of the operas "I Briganti" (1841) and "La Spia" (1856). ALS (in Italian), 1p, 4½" X 7", London, England, 1885 August 14. Addressed to Professor L. Mastrigli. Near fine. Not translated, but Arditi appears to be politely declining an invitation; mentions an opera. More
Candice's father was America's leading ventriloquist in vaudeville, in films, on radio and on television for over half a century, performing with everyone's favorite dummy, Charlie McCarthy. Signed Postal Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Chicago, Illinois, on February 16, 1973. Near fine. 8-cent "Pharmacy" stamp at upper left. NOT..... More
This Unitarian minister about whom little is known was an intimate of Emerson (having served as best man at his wedding) and friend of Thoreau and the Transcendentalists and for a time in the 1840s lived at their famed utopian community, Brook Farm; one scholar describes him as "teacher, thinker..... More
The Union general who gave us "sideburns" experienced victories in East Tennessee and North Carolina and managed to outwit General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders, but defeats in the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater caused him to resign; he was later elected governor and then..... More
Best known for supposedly writing "Taps" (more likely a rewrite of an existing bugle melody), this Union general served as Hooker's chief of staff and apparently partook of that controversial general's political and shall-we-say social proclivities; he had to resign his position as Assistant Treasurer of the United Stated under..... More
London: John Murray, 1907. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 570pp, (33pp ads). Color foldout frontispiece map, 29 color maps (many foldout, including foldout map in rear pocket), advertisement endpapers. Very good. Binding ever so slightly edgeworn; ownership signature/address on front flyleaf. A tight and quite nice eighth..... More
N.p. The Copley Press, [1974]. Hardcover. Illustrations by the author. Commissioned by Helen K. Copley. Edited by Richard F. Pourade. 4to. Dark orange cloth with gilt spine lettering, matching slipcase. ix, 182pp. Numerous illustrations (some color), maps, map endpapers. Fine/near fine. A pristine copy of this "Special Edition," of which..... More
"Da Schnozz," beloved piano-playing comedian of vaudeville, Broadway, radio, film and television. IPS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.d. [ca. 1960]. Near fine. Light tape stain at each corner. Heavy stock matte finish portrait, a typical grinning head shot adjusting his tie placed within a large darkened profile that shows off..... More
Chicago: Privately printed, 1943. Hardcover. 16mo. Black cloth with white paper front board label. 11pp (uncut). Near fine. Edition limited to 496 numbered copies (this #241). Beautifully printed and issued without dust jacket. Fleming has boldly signed the half-title page in black ink. This copy has a fine addition as..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Beige cloth with red spine lettering and large red and green pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 247pp, (16pp ads). Frontispiece, 3 full-page line drawings. Near fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn and lightly age toned, with bit more wear at spine head and..... More
This sugar refining mogul served as Democratic mayor of New York City (1845, 1848); elected reform mayor in 1872 after helping uncover the "Tweed Ring." ALS, 1p, 7 3/4" X 9 3/4", New York, NY, 1845 August 5. Addressed to Cornelius W. Lawrence (1791-1861), collector of customs at the port..... More
Paperback. Chinese composer. Signed pamphlet, "Four Pieces for piano solo" (no publisher or year given), a 16-page small 4to in stiff tan wrappers. Near fine. The front cover, which gives the title in English and also in Chinese characters, is nicely inscribed in English "To Mrs. Trevor Bowen / Best..... More
This unusual British politician and writer spurned his upper class upbringing and became the first to expound the ideas of Karl Marx in England; he founded the country's first socialist political party, the Social Democratic Federation, in 1881, and later the National Socialist Party. Good content ALS, 2pp (1st and..... More
Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc., 1956. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxxiv, 427pp. Illustration, small line drawings. Very good/very good. Faintest of binding edgewear only; jacket lightly edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with several miniscule edge chips. Noel Loomis provides a new introduction..... More
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., [1938]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board blind-stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 672pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, line drawings, 4 maps. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn but complete and quite attractive. Tight and handsome self-styled "De Luxe Edition," a reprint..... More
New York: Bartram & Lester, 1866. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Green blind-embossed pebble-grain cloth over bevel-edged boards with gilt spine lettering and device. 601pp. Very good. Light oval purple inkstamp on each title page of "The Irish World" (New York newspaper, 1870-78); small inoffensive 19th century ownership name inkstamp..... More
This popular Irish poet ("The Book of Irish Ballads" 1846, "Irish Legends and Lyrics" 1858, "Poems" 1882, etc.) was fascinated by Spanish literature and translated many of Pedro Calderon de la Barca's plays. AMS, 1p, 4½" X 7", London, England, n.y. Near fine. Faint mounting trace on verso along left..... More
This major Norwegian soprano debuted in 1907 at the National Theatre, but it was at La Scala in 1924 under Toscanini that her career took off, making her a favorite at the Paris Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. ANS, 2pp, heavy stock 5½" X 3 3/4", Paris, France, 1929 December..... More
This pioneering Danvers, Massachusetts brickmaker joined the militia as a captain in 1773 and led a Danvers Alarm List Company into battle at Lexington on April 19, 1775; he supposedly took part in the Boston Tea Party, and his forbidding the drinking of tea in his house (his wife and..... More
Chicago: H.W. Rokker, Publisher, 1889. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. xv, 458pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations, foldout map. Very good. Faint binding edgewear only. A tight and lovely later printing of this text first published in 1875. Small foldout map showing the Lincoln funeral train's route..... More
This Revolutionary War patriot acted on Washington's behalf to secure large lots of land in the District of Columbia area before the center of government was formally established there, then served as the first secretary of the navy (1798-1801). ALS, 1p, 7 3/4" X 10½", n.p., n.y. Addressed to JOHN..... More
Popular American violinist of the 1920 and the 1925 Naumburg award winner. IPS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.y. [dated 1927 on verso in another hand]. Near fine. A superb, dramatic, dark sepia-tone head-and-shoulders portrait (G. Maillard Kesslere). A stunning portrait by the great Broadway portrait photographer (1894-1979), showing a young..... More