Fine Selection of Autographs - Session 2

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<p>Dozens of lots shall include prominent figures and events of the Civil War, including rare war-date documents signed by Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, George E. Picket, Hiram B. Granby, John Hunt Morgan and numerous others, as well as several fine correspondences including an 1863 soldier's diary with Gettysburg content. We are also pleased to feature a fine archive of material which include letters of Diego Rivera and Freda Kahlo relative to the painting and installation of his famous mural at Rockefeller Center. Other fine properties include an original house plan by Frank Lloyd Wright; two triple signed checks, one by Theodore Roosevelt and the other by Richard Nixon; a rare A.L.S. of John A. Sutter; a circular letter singed by Thomas Jefferson defending his oft-criticized embargo; a superb and rare British cavalry officers' account of the battle of Waterloo; original drawings by Jack Kerouac, Bugsy Siegel's green velour fedora; and many other fine properties.
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We will hold public viewings for lots offered at our Greenwich offices on Thursday, June 20, Friday, June 21, and Monday, June 24. Hours for the public viewings will be from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Viewings at our offices may be also be arranged by appointment.
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Our offices are located at 100 Melrose Avenue, Suite 100 which is just off West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich, Connecticut. If you are unable to attend for any reason, phone lines will also be available for bidding. You may also bid over the Internet through ebayliveauctions.com. Registration for this service should be available by June 14 at the latest.
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GUERARD, ANDRE1101 - GUERARD, ANDRE
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1914) Noted literary critic. T.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Stanford University, Aug. 19, 1941 to a colleague. In part: "...glad to do the three articles...
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HALEY, ALEX1102 - HALEY, ALEX
Alexander Autographs
(d. 1990) American novelist, author of the epic fictional history of a black family, Roots. Rare signed book Roots, Doubleday & Co., Garden Cit...
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HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL1103 - HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL
Alexander Autographs
(1809 - 1894) American man of letters; a poet, novelist and doctor who wrote The Poet at the Breakfast-Table and Old Ironsides. Fine content A.L.S. 4
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HOWE, JULIA WARD1104 - HOWE, JULIA WARD
Alexander Autographs
(1819 - 1910) American writer and reformer whose stirring "Battle Hymn of the Republic" rallied Union sentiment. A.L.S. "Julia Ward ...
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HUGO, VICTOR1105 - HUGO, VICTOR
Alexander Autographs
(1802 - 1885) French writer and author of the classics Notre Dame de Paris, Les Miserables, and much poetry. A.L.S. "Victor Hugo" 1p. sm....
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IRVING, WASHINGTON1106 - IRVING, WASHINGTON
Alexander Autographs
(1783 - 1859) American author of the classic tales Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Full signature and inscription removed from a lett
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LONDON, JACK1107 - LONDON, JACK
Alexander Autographs
(1876 - 1916) American novelist and short-story writer, author of The call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf, and White Fang. A.D.S. 1p. 12mo., a check made
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LONGFELLOW, HENRY W.1108 - LONGFELLOW, HENRY W.
Alexander Autographs
(1807 - 1882) American poet and author whose works include The Song of Hiawatha, The Psalm of Life and Paul Revere's Ride. Bold signature on a ...
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MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD1109 - MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD
Alexander Autographs
(1892 - 1982) American poet influenced by Pound and Eliot, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his verse concerning social issues and democracy. T.L.S. &qu...
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NYE, EDGAR WILSON1110 - NYE, EDGAR WILSON
Alexander Autographs
(1850 - 1896) American humorist, founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang in which appeared many of his humorous articles before being published in
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REMARQUE, ERICH MARIE1111 - REMARQUE, ERICH MARIE
Alexander Autographs
(1898 - 1970) German novelist and author of the classic tale of war, All Quiet on the Western Front. Scarce black ink signature on a white card. Fine
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SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD1112 - SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD
Alexander Autographs
(1856 - 1950) British playwright and critic with classic acerbic wit. His works include Pygmalion, The Devil's Disciple, and much criticism of ...
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SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER I.1113 - SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER I.
Alexander Autographs
Nobel Prize wining Russian author of "The Gulag Archipelago", "The Cancer Ward" and other books detailng the Russian penal syste...
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VERLAINE, PAUL1114 - VERLAINE, PAUL
Alexander Autographs
(1844 -1896) French poet, a foremost symbolist noted for his original, musical poetry, prominent in the bohemian literary life in Paris. Scarce A.L.S
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WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE1115 - WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE
Alexander Autographs
(1866 - 1946) English novelist whose fantastic science fiction novels foresaw inventions devised many year later. His works include The War of the Wo
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YOUNG, KARL1116 - YOUNG, KARL
Alexander Autographs
(1879 - 1943) Prominent Medievalist scholar and Professor at Yale, remembered for his work The Drama of the Medieval Church. A nice grouping of ten A.
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(POETS)1117 - (POETS)
Alexander Autographs
Lot of four signatures on small sheets, some mounted, including: WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, RUDYARD KIPLING, ALFRED TENNYSON and JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
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(AMERICAN AUTHORS)1118 - (AMERICAN AUTHORS)
Alexander Autographs
Good lot of three A.L.S.'s of American authors, each 1p. 8vo., includes OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Boston, Dec. 7, 1887 thanking a club "…for t...
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SOYER, RAPHAEL1119 - SOYER, RAPHAEL
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1899) American painter whose works enjoy wide popular appeal. Exceptional original signed drawing executed on the 8 1/2" x 11" front ...
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DALI, SALVADOR1120 - DALI, SALVADOR
Alexander Autographs
(d. 1992) Spanish artist whose surrealistic paintings reflected his eccentric lifestyle. His works are known for their dream-like, symbolic nature. E
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SULLY, THOMAS1121 - SULLY, THOMAS
Alexander Autographs
(1783 - 1872) American painter who studied with Stuart and West, a portrait painter of over 200 notables of his time. Good association A.L.S. "...
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COCTEAU, JEAN1122 - COCTEAU, JEAN
Alexander Autographs
(1889 - 1963) French poet, novelist and playwright, author of Les Enfants Terribles, and one of the most creative artists of this century as well. An
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(THE NUREMBURG CHRONICLE)1123 - (THE NUREMBURG CHRONICLE)
Alexander Autographs
A fine and important item from the history of book illustration, an original printed page from the ground-breaking work The Nuremburg Chronicle by Ha
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ADAMS, ANSEL1124 - ADAMS, ANSEL
Alexander Autographs
(1902 - 1984) American photographer whose sharply focused black and white landscapes gained photography recognotion as an art form in itself. Bold si
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BONHEUR, ROSA1125 - BONHEUR, ROSA
Alexander Autographs
(1822 - 1899) French painter known for her paintings of animals, first woman to be awarded the Legion of Honor. A.L.S. "Rosa Bonheur" 2pp...
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CHRISTY, HOWARD CHANDLER1126 - CHRISTY, HOWARD CHANDLER
Alexander Autographs
(1873 - 1952) American illustrator and painter, a portrait specialist who created the popular image of the "Christy girl." A.L.S. on a 3&...
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COCTEAU, JEAN1127 - COCTEAU, JEAN
Alexander Autographs
(1889 - 1963) French poet, novelist and playwright, author of Les Enfants Terribles, and one of the most creative artists of this century as well. Fi
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DOLE, GEORGE1128 - DOLE, GEORGE
Alexander Autographs
American cartoonist and illustrator. Original hand-drawn and colored cartoon, 10 1/2" x 8 1/2", showing a grubby, unshaven fat man seated ...
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HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN1129 - HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN
Alexander Autographs
(1827 - 1910) English painter and a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, his works included Rienzi and The Light of the World. A.L.S. "W...
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KEMBLE, EDWARD W.1130 - KEMBLE, EDWARD W.
Alexander Autographs
(1861 - 1933) American illustrator and cartoonist for many periodicals, best known for his illustrations in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. A.L....
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MEISSONIER, ERNST1131 - MEISSONIER, ERNST
Alexander Autographs
(1815 - 1890) French painter known for his jewel-like genre and battlefield paintings. A.L.S. "E. Meissonier" 1p. 8vo., "Wednesday&qu...
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MOSES, ANNA M. "GRANDMA"1132 - MOSES, ANNA M. "GRANDMA"
Alexander Autographs
(1860 - 1961) American artist remembered for her simple, homey painting of rural New England life. Scarec S.P. "Grand Ma Moses, 1958", 6 ...
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O`KEEFFE, GEORGIA1133 - O`KEEFFE, GEORGIA
Alexander Autographs
(1887 - 1986) American painter and wife of Alfred Stieglitz, she was a leading artist of the twentieth century whose paintings were devoted to abstra
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POOR, HENRY1134 - POOR, HENRY
Alexander Autographs
(1888 - 1970) American artist renowned for his landscapes and murals. An interesting grouping of material relative to the preparation and research for
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REMINGTON, FREDERIC1135 - REMINGTON, FREDERIC
Alexander Autographs
(1861 - 1909) American painter, illustrator and artist remembered for his works based on western themes, most notably his sculpture Broncho Buster an
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ROCKWELL, NORMAN1136 - ROCKWELL, NORMAN
Alexander Autographs
(1894 - 1978) American painter and illustrator known for his homey, American genre paintings. Signed copiously-illustrated book Norman Rockwell Illus
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ROGERS, JOHN1137 - ROGERS, JOHN
Alexander Autographs
(1829 - 1904) American sculptor best known for his piece "The Slave Auction" and for various statuette groups depicting Civil War scenes....
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SHEPARD, ERNEST HOWARD1138 - SHEPARD, ERNEST HOWARD
Alexander Autographs
(1879 - 1976) English artist and illustrator, best remembered for his illustrations for A. A. Milne's Pooh books. Brief T.L.S. "E. H. Shepa...
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SIGNAC, PAUL1139 - SIGNAC, PAUL
Alexander Autographs
(1863 - 1935) French Impressionist painter, with Seurat a developer of Pointillism and a principal Neo-Impressionist, known for his watercolors of la
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UTRILLO, MAURICE1140 - UTRILLO, MAURICE
Alexander Autographs
(1883 - 1955) French painter, illegitimate son of Suzanne Valadon known for his street scenes in Montmartre. Scarce S.P. 5" X 6 1/2" b/w, ...
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VILLON, JACQUES1141 - VILLON, JACQUES
Alexander Autographs
(1875 - 1963) French artist known for his painting and etchings in Impressionist, Fauvist and Cubist styles. A.L.S. with a second signature on verso,
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WYETH, JAMES1142 - WYETH, JAMES
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1946) American painter of still lives and nature scenes, son of Andrew Wyeth. First day postal cover honoring Christmas, 1971, inscribed and sign
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(ARTISTS)1143 - (ARTISTS)
Alexander Autographs
A fine grouping of over 30 twentieth-century international artists in various formats, with several being signed original sketches or prints and some
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CRUMB, ROBERT1144 - CRUMB, ROBERT
Alexander Autographs
American artist and illustrator, creator of Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat, known for his raunchy but well-executed comics. His book The Complete Crumb
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GEISEL, THEODORE1145 - GEISEL, THEODORE
Alexander Autographs
(1904 - 1992) "Dr. Seuss", author and illustrator of children's books and creator of The Cat in the Hat. Original hand-colored ink dr...
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(FILMATION STUDIOS ANIMATION)1146 - (FILMATION STUDIOS ANIMATION)
Alexander Autographs
Fine lot of three original Filmation Studios television animation production cels, 12" x 10" color, showing what appears to be a Marvel he...
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(MIGHTY MOUSE ANIMATION CELS)1147 - (MIGHTY MOUSE ANIMATION CELS)
Alexander Autographs
Lot of two original animation production cels, 12" x 10" color, possibly drawn by underground artist and film-maker Ralph Bakshi but certa...
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(RALPH BAKSHI ANIMATION)1148 - (RALPH BAKSHI ANIMATION)
Alexander Autographs
An original motion picture animation production cel, 12" x 10" color, possibly drawn by underground artist and film-maker Ralph Bakshi but...
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(ANIMATION ART)1149 - (ANIMATION ART)
Alexander Autographs
Superb lot of about 100 hand-colored animation cels from the Sid and Marty Kroft series, "Jungle Boy, currently airing on Nickelodeon as "...
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(ANIMATION ART)1150 - (ANIMATION ART)
Alexander Autographs
Superb lot of about 100 hand-colored animation cels from the Sid and Marty Kroft series, "Jungle Boy, currently airing on Nickelodeon as "...
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