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Historic Autographs & Manuscripts with Archival Material Sale 511 July 25, 2013 11:00 AM Pacific Time Historic Autographs & Manuscripts with Archival Material Auction Preview Tuesday, July 23, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Wednesday, July 24, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Thursday, July 25, 9:00 am to 11:00 am Other showings by appointment 133 Kearny Street 4th Floor : San Francisco, CA 94108 phone : 415.989.2665 toll free : 1.866.999.7224 fax : 415.989.1664 [email protected] : www.pbagalleries.com Welcome to our Print Catalogue! This catalogue contains detailed descriptions of each lot including title, author, publisher, date, place, condition and provenance where available. We also provide low and high auction estimates based on recent auction and retail sales data. IMAGES AT WWW.PBAGALLERIES.COM High resolution photographs of each lot in this catalogue are available in the online version of the catalogue. There are often multiple images of the lot available online so visit us at www.pbagalleries.com. NEED MORE INFORMATION? Our specialists are happy to discuss specific lots in greater detail or provide more extensive condition reports. They can be contacted by phone, fax, email, or in person at our offices. In addition, our photography department will supply more photos upon request. These will be posted within 1 business day to the online catalogue. ONLINE BIDDING PBA Galleries features online bidding with PBA LIVE. This feature allows internet users to bid on items instantaneously with a computer, tablet or smartphone, as though in the room with the auctioneer. PBA LIVE is accessed through our website, www.pbagalleries.com. If it is auction day, the auction can be followed through PBA LIVE. Please note, in order to bid through PBA LIVE one must be registered with PBA Galleries and have a valid credit card on file. In addition, we continue to provide provisions for Absentee Bidding by email, fax, regular mail and telephone prior to the auction as well as live phone bidding during the auction. Please contact us for more information. SHIPPING We have a full service shipping department to ensure proper packing and safe delivery of purchases at reasonable cost. We are specialists at packing and shipping books and works on paper. All lots purchased by the same client are combined for shipping in order to keep the cost as economical as possible. Our preferred method for domestic shipments is UPS Ground but we can also ship via FedEx or USPS. For international orders we select the most appropriate carrier depending on the value and weight of the items purchased. We are happy to accommodate special arrangements by request. Administration Sharon Gee, President Shannon Kennedy, Vice President, Client Services Angela Jarosz, Administrative Assistant, Catalogue Layout Megan Hipsley, Inventory Manager Consignments, Appraisals & Cataloguing Bruce E. MacMakin, Senior Vice President George K. Fox, Vice President, Market Development & Senior Auctioneer Gregory Jung, Senior Specialist Erin Escobar, Specialist Photography & Design Justin Benttinen, Photographer System Administrator Thomas J. Rosqui Summer - Fall Auctions, 2013 August 8, 2013 - Fine Books in All Fields: Literature - Illustrated Books - Oz August 22, 2013 - Rare Golf Books & Memorabilia September 12, 2013 - California & The American West September 26, 2013 - Fine & Rare Books Schedule is subject to change. Please contact PBA or pbagalleries.com for further information. Consignments are being accepted for the 2013 Auction season. Please contact Bruce MacMakin at [email protected]. Front Cover: Lot 339 Back Cover: Clockwise from upper left: Lots 177, 356, 134, 285 Bond #08BSBGK1794 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THIS CATALOGUE. Lot 2: Autograph Album Lots 3-68: Presidents of the United States - arranged chronologically Lots 69-220: History including Americana Lots 221-244: Military including the American Civil War Lots 245-324: Literature, Art & the Humanities Lots 325-355: Science, Medicine, Technology & Space Lots 356-369: Entertainment & the Performing Arts Lots 370-376: Sports Lots 377-395: Photographs NOTE: There is no Lot 1 CUSTOMER REGISTRY OF SAVILLE ROW TAILOR WITH SIGNATURES OF DISTINGUISHED CLIENTELE 2. (Autograph Album) Customer registery of an exclusive Saville Row men’s tailor, with approximately 4,000 signatures of his distinguished clientele, including Albert Einstein, Rudolph Valentino, and many others. Approximately 520 pages, with 8 entries per page for a total of around 4,000 signatures. 25.5x22 cm. (10x8½”), full leather with “Addresses” in gilt on front cover. London: May 1912-September 1933 Leather bound album, used as a customer registry by an exclusive Saville Row men’s tailor shop, possibly Henry Poole. Each man would sign, with his address and also written is the name of the person who introduced him to this tailor. All the entries are dated and the album goes from May 1912-September 1933. The people represented are the noble, rich, royal and wealthy of the world, and many addresses include their local London hotel, if they were visiting. Some of the entries are Albert Einstein, dated 1929,Otto Kahn, Rodman Wanamaker, Rudolph Valentino 1923 (staying at Claridge’s, of course), Douglas Fairbanks, Cole Porter, Edgar Selwyne, Paul Robeson, Charles “Buddy” Rogers, Richard Strauss, George A. Doran, C. Douglas Dillon, James Forrestal, Gene Tunney, and Jean Bugatti. This is only a tiny representation of the over 4000 signatures. Please contact the galleries for more information. A fascinating read to see so many internationally known movers and shakers all in one album. The heavy full morocco binding has wear around the edges, but was created to be a heavy strong binding and has served itself well protecting the interior and the heavy ledger weight pages. (3000/5000) Lot 2 Page 1 Lots 3-68: Presidents of the United States - arranged chronologically TWO LAND GRANTS SIGNED BY JAMES MADISON 3. (1809) MADISON, JAMES. Land Grant, signed by James Madison as President and countersigned by James Monroe as Secretary of State. Partially printed vellum document, completed by hand. 21.5x37 cm (8½x14½”), paper seal affixed at right. Washington: 1811 Lot 3 Grant awards Alexander Cothran land in Ohio. Signature of the fourth and fifth President of the United States, together on one document. Rare as such. Some wear and soiling, creased; very good. (1000/1500) 4. (1809) MADISON, JAMES. President Madison grants land in the Northwest Territory for military service of a Virginia officer in the Revolutionary War who sold his land bounty to speculators who then sold it to the surveyor. Partly Printed Document Signed “James Madison” as President, one page, 15¼x13”. Completed in manuscript. Countersigned “Edward Tiffin” as Commissioner of the General Land Office. On parchment. Usual folds. Rolled. Paper seal affixed with red wax at lower left. Certified and signed again by Tiffin on verso. Washington, D.C.: August 10, 1814 Large 2.5”-long Madison signature. In part, “Know ye, That, in consideration of military service performed by Harod Gibbs, a Lieutenant for three years, to the United States, in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment, and in pursuance of an Act of the Congress of the United States passed on the 10th day of August, in the year 1790, intituled ‘An act to enable the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying north west of the river Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota;’ and another Act of said Congress … amendatory of the said act, There is granted by the United States, unto John A. Fulton, Assignee of John Hobson and Mathew Hobson who were Assignees of the said Harod Gibbs, a certain tract of land containing Eight hundred acres, situate between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, north west of the river Ohio, as by survey…” Manuscript description of the tract location follows. The grantee of the land has lightly signed on verso “John A. Fulton heads of paint / near London.” next to “No 8121 – 800 acres.” “Paint” was Paint Creek. Fulton (1769–1845) did much of the original survey work in the Virginia Military District. He later served as Mayor of Chillicothe, Ohio (1828-1829, 1831- 1832). Near fine. (700/1000) Absentee bids may be placed directly from the item description in the online version of the catalogue at www.pbagalleries.com Page 2 SIGNED BY TWO PRESIDENTS 5. (1817) MONROE, JAMES AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Dual Signed Ships Papers which originally noted that this brig had no guns mounted when issued, then quickly had two guns, then four guns mounted to combat piracy in the West Indies. Partly Engraved Document Signed “James Monroe” as President and “John Quincy Adams” as Secretary of State, one page, 14½x10¼”. Completed in manuscript. On vellum, scalloped at top edge. Superb vignettes of a clipper ship and an American harbor. Countersigned “Jonathan Thompson / Collector” at lower right. Dark signatures of Monroe and Adams. Complete 2.5”-diameter paper seal affixed with red wax at lower left. [Washington, D.C.]: May 8, 1821 In full, “By the President of the United States of America Suffer the Brig Nancy of New York David Matthews master or commander of the burthen of one hundred Eighty six 50/95 tons or thereabouts mounted with no guns navigated with Nine men To Pass with her Company Passengers Goods and Merchandize without any hinderance seisure or molestation the said Brig appearing by good testimony to belong to one or more of the Citizens of the United States and to him or them only.” Because ships leaving U.S. ports needed ship identification papers before a voyage, documents such as this one were signed by the President and Secretary of State ahead of time and forwarded to the port. The required information and date would be filled in and then it would be signed by the Collector of the Port, in this case Jonathan Thompson (1773- 1846).
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