Autograph letter to the conductor Georges Truc, ca. 1928, in which the wife of the composer proposes that Truc come hear the melodies by her husband in a performance by Magdeleine Greslé and Roger Ducasse, and recalls a 'Pelléas et Mélisande" with Armand Narcon and Marie-Thérèse Gaulay. 2 pp. (recto/verso), signed "Emma Claude Debussy." Read More...
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A rare autograph signature from the great cellist who died so tragically young. On an album page measuring 6 x 5 inches (15 x 12.5 cm), with a clipped photograph affixed and sold together with a recently printed 8 x 10 inch color glossy photograph of the cellist.
Berlin, Leipzig, Paris, etc.: Édition Russe de musique. [1929]. First edition. Upright folio, 18 pp. Scattered toning and handling stains on covers, internally fine. Signed and inscribed at the age of 26 on the title page to the Rumanian pianist, Philip Lazar. An uncommon early presentation copy from the important Russian-American composer who launched his career in Paris working with Diaghilev and Koussevitzky before rocketing into Broadway stardom under the name Vernon Duke and penning such tunes as "April in Paris" and "Autumn in New York."
Signed check “Charles Edison,” payable to Crane for Congress Committee for $50.00, July 28, 1969. Expected cancellation stamps, generally fine. Read More...
Atlanta: Ruralist Press. 1928. First Edition. 8 vo. 144 pp, including illustrations. No jacket. Number 32 of limited edition, signed and inscribed by the author to Charles Edison. The book is dedicated in print "to the men in commerce and industry who have made America great." In fine condition. Read More...
86. Edison, Thomas. (1847–1931). Mood Music: A compilation of the 112 Edison Re-Creations according to "what they will do for you." Based on psychological experiments conducted under the direction of Dr. W.V. Bingham
Orange, NJ: Thomas Edison, Inc.. 1921. First Edition. 8vo (23 cm), stapled pamphlet. 31 pp. Pages loose, wrappers almost completely separated from spine, scattered staining to wrappers, otherwise fine. Rare. Worldcat records only four copies. Read More...
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A brief but amusing autograph note written by Thomas Edison to his son Charles, composed at the bottom of a letter on Edison Storage Battery Company letterhead, signed "A. Pedersen," dated July 15, 1919. In the typed letter, Arthur Zentgraf Pedersen (1885 - 1959), protests Edison's "memorandum in which he states that we are losing a large amoung of nickel in the wash water of filter press-Iron-nickel mud" and attempts to correct the record, saying that "the wash water from this press does not go into the brook at all but is caught in a tank and used in our platting. The nickel which remains in the mud is sold at a very good figure." He goes on to states that they need "a few filter presses and pumps in order to prevent a large amount of nickel and copper from running out of the factory." Edison replies, in pencil, to his son: "Charles, This man is a Lemon. I will follow it up until we save every bit of it but I want nothing to do with this man. Edison." Read More...
Autograph note in pencil to Charles W. Luhr, who was the Vice President and Works Manager for the Edison Phonograph Works in Orange, New Jersey. Signed ("Edison"), one page, lightly-lined, 8vo., no date, but ca. 1912. "Luhr, Quit on machine for cutting off the fine wire - we have a better process." Read More...
Boston: Gunn, Bliss, & Co.. 1878. First edition. Pamphlet written by Frederick Garbit for an early trade show, with Edison's middle name misspelled "Alvah" on the cover and the title page, 15 pages, in original paper wrappers, with wood engraved portrait of Edison on the outer cover, the same re-used as the frontispiece, and another wood engraving, entitled "Edison's Speaking Phonograph," with a well-dressed woman operating Edison's invention on the back cover. Early ink notation and light library stamp along upper edge of front wrapper, a few small chips to corners and a couple of small repaired tears. Overall a crisp and quite fresh copy of this scarce pamphlet. 6 x 9 in. Contained in a custom black cloth box. Read More...
Signed 10 x 8 inch photograph of the great violinist known for his sensuous and infinitely expressive tone. In fine condition, signed with his name alone to a light area where he evidently had some trouble with the pen and switched mid-signature.
Autograph letter from the important and prolific French composer. A student of Saint-Saens, he was an influential organist and was teacher of Ravel, Enesco, Schmitt, Boulanger and others. Read More...
Gorgeous 1933 vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 original Hurrell photograph of the young actress in a moody profile image, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “Syb / from a Sad missey.” In very fine condition. Read More...
Vintage 8 x 10 inch original Bert Stern photograph featuring Guinness in character as "Marcus Aurelius" in the 1964 film "The Fall of the Roman Empire." The unusal double proof photograph, with mirrored image upwards and downwards, has been signed by Guinness in red ink with a slightly smudged signature, and by the photographer Bert Stern, in black ink fountain pen. Stern's stamp on the verso also. In fine condition.
Autograph signed quotation in the hand of the most famous stage actor of the Victorian era. 7 x 3 inch sheet, inscribed "''Tis I, Hamlet the Dane!' / Henry Irving: 1876." Fine.
A relatively early signature from the great actor, from the fifth year of his association with the Lyceum Theatre and around the time that he became lifelong friends with Bram Stoker, who praised him in his review of Hamlet and thereafter joined Irving as his manager for the company.
Striking 8 x 10 inch doubleweight Fincke portrait photograph boldly signed and inscribed in purple ink by the influential actress, producer, and director who was a lover of Alla Nazimova and Tallulah Bankhead as well as of Basil Rathbone. The actress is shown holding her two dogs and staring intensely! In very fine condition.
Autograph letter from the inventor of photographic equipment who in 1893, together with his brother Auguste, developed the cinematographe, and then showed the first motion pictures using film projection in 1895. They also invented the Autochrome screen plate for color photography in 1903. 2 pp. 13 December, 1941. Letterhead of the Hotel des Ambassadeurs, Vichy. In French, addressed to Gabriel-Jean-Francois Baixe, President of the Académie du Var, effusively thanking him for the news of his unanimously voted election into the association. Creases, else fine. Read More...
Printed invitation/ticket to a 1936 Gala honoring the inventor of photographic equipment who in 1893, together with his brother Auguste, developed the cinematographe, and then showed the first motion pictures using film projection in 1895. [Paris],Salle de L'Impérial-Pathé. 1 May, 1936. 14 x 9 cm. Sold together with an unsigned typescript, 10 pages, including some corrections and additions in pencil, composed on the 90th birthday of Auguste Lumiere. Both fine, from the files of the Three Lions, Inc. publishers, in their folder.
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Stunning large signed photograph of the American stage actress and singer, boldly signed in fountain pen ink "Very sincerely yours, Lillian Russell." Visible area measures 9 x 11.5 inches, framed to approx 15 x 18 inches. Unexamined out of frame but in apparently fine condition
Signed Marceau of San Francisco cabinet photograph of the great actress, boldly signed with her name alone. In fine condition, with a block of uniform toning and mounting traces on verso. 11 x 16.5 cm.
Terry ruled the English stage in her day and was a favorite of George Bernard Shaw.
Glossy 8 x 10 inch photograph of the supreme Norwegian soprano standing in a three quarter length pose in costume as Leonore from Beethoven's opera Fidelio. Neatly signed in green fountain pen ink, also adding the name of the opera and her role in her hand. Some very small chips around the edges and stains on the verso, but overall a very fine example in an uncommon role photograph. Read More...