This Baseball Hall of Famer (elected 1983) managed the Brooklyn (later Los Angeles) Dodgers from 1954 to 1976, bringing them four world championships. IPS, 5" X 7", n.p., n.d. [ca. 1960]. Good plus. Yellowed tape stain at each corner and bit of general wear. Informal matte finish head-and-shoulders smiling pose... More
This American humorist and lecturer edited many of the country's most popular humor magazines such as "Puck" and later produced many plays and novels such as "A House-Boat on the Styx" (1895), "Coffee and Repartee" (1893) and "The Idiot" (1895). ALS, 1p (lettersheet), 8" X 10", Yonkers, NY, 6 September... More
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
Known in the German-speaking world as "Ernst von Osterreich," this son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain was educated with his brother, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II; in 1573 and 1587 he was a candidate for the throne of Poland; from 1576 on he served as... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1900. Hardcover. Edited by William Augustus Brown. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards titled in gilt in Arabic. 159pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear, with spine age toned. A tight, attractive copy of this edition limited to 300 numbered... More
This Swiss-born pianist and conductor was a mainstat at the Chicago Musical College (1900-54) and led the St. Louis Symphony (1921-27) and the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1938-49); he composed a symphony, piano pieces and more than 200 songs. AMuQS, 1p, heavy stock 3½" X 2½" card, n.p.... More
Hilton Head, SC: Headquarters, Department of the South, [1865]. Handbill. Small 8vo (5" X 8"). Near fine. This General Order, signed in type by Major-General Quincy Adams Gillmore under the blanket authorization date of 29 April 1864, transmits an order from Secretary of War Stanton sent to all of the... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1927-33. Hardcover. Group of 5 volumes (out of 9). 8vo. Color cloth spine (in order: blue, grey, red, green, brown) and pictorial paper over boards. 86pp, 86pp, 86pp, 86pp, 84pp. Extensive line drawings. Good plus to very good overall. All volumes are tight and... More
New York: Baker, Pratt & Co. 1880. Hardcover. 8vo. Emerald green pebble-grained cloth with gilt spine rules and lettering and black rules and decorations. 502pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some full page). Very good. Mild edgewear only and bit of faint rubbing, mainly at spine. A tight, lovely first... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1929. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, gilt. xvi, 261pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece map, illustrations, 2 maps (one foldout). Very good. Entwined ownership initials inkstamped in blue on title page; owner's red pencilled occasional brief margin comments erased but sometimes faintly visible. Tight, clean and handsome... More
The versatile diplomat and statesman served as ambassador to the U.S.S.R. (1943-46), then briefly to England; he helped negotiate the 1963 Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and represented the U.S. at the Paris peace talks on Vietnam, served as secretary of commerce, governor of New York, and more. Partly-printed ADS, 1p, 8½"... More
The author of the bestselling "Tom Brown's School Days" (1857) and sequels was a noted English jurist and reformer who among his many and varied accomplishments founded a model community in Tennessee and helped found the Chicago Public Library. ALS, 2pp (1st and 4th leaves), 4" X 6", n.p., 1876... More
This African-American boxer, nicknamed "The Brown Bomber," was world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949; his celebrated defeat of German champion Max Schmeling was a great blow to the Nazi belief in Aryan superiority and is considered one of the greatest sport events of the 20th century. Small heavy stock... More
This well-rounded California pastor, railroad man, actor, playwright and lecturer was a popular short story writer and novelist ("Those Who Have Come Back," 1914, "Tongues of Flame," 1924) and penned the scripts for the films "Guiles of Women" (1921, starring Will Rogers) and "A Pair of Hellions" (1924). TMS, 1p... More
American explorer with Peary on his north polar expedition. ALS, 1p, 7" X 10", pictorial Schooner Bowdoin letterhead, n.p., 1955 January 7. Addressed to Mr. Robinson. Fine. Details on booking lecture dates. More
American composer of numerous hymns such as "Beyond the Smiling, and the Weeping," "Be Still and Know That I Am God," "I'm a Pilgrim, I'm a Stranger," "Like as a Father" and many others. AMuQS, 1p, 5" X 5¼", Florence, Italy, 1875 February 4. Fine. Three lines of music from... More
This jurist served briefly as attorney general (1913-14), but is best remembered for his long stint as Supreme Court associate justice (1914-41) and attorney general under Wilson (1913-14). Partly-printed DS (initials), 1p, 7" X 10½", Washington, DC, 1941 November 10. Near fine. "Printer's Proof" for McReynolds' entry in the 1942-43... More
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
This Mexican Revolution general lost his right arm fighting Pancho Villa's rebels in 1915, but went on to serve as president of Mexico from 1920 to 1924; he was assassinated on the eve of his return to office. Bold signature in brown ink on a heavy stock linen-finish 5" X.... More
London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Hardcover. Two volumes (out of four). 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf with gilt edges and gilt spines. li, 383pp; 431pp. 3 foldout maps and 1 foldout plate, marbled endpapers. Very good overall. Both volumes slightly splayed; spines a tad rough and tree calf shows sporadic... More
This German-born Union general was a man of vast accomplishments: U.S. minister to Spain, senator from Missouri, secretary of the interior, editor of the "New York Evening Post" and more. Bold strong signature (typical "C. Schurz"), 2½" X 1¼" slip, n.p. Very good. Mild age toning, with paper clip rust... More
Hartford: Brown and Gross, 1859. Hardcover. 8vo. Original blind-embossed red cloth, gilt. x, 402pp. Very good. Mild edgewear and bit of rubbing/light soiling to binding; light even age toning throughout. Overall a tight, clean, nice third edition of this verse collection (with front board and spine gilt bright) in which... More
This influential and versatile French politician (1926 minister of transportation, 1928 minister of interior, 1931 minister of agriculture, 1932 minister of war, 1934 minister of state) served three times as prime minister, 1929-30, 1930, 1932); after military service in World War Two, he entered politics and became Georges Clemenceau's lieutenant... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 316pp, (65pp ads). Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and faint touch of rubbing; binding would rate "Near fine" but for bit of rubbing to spine silver gilt. A wonderfully tight, quite... More