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In mint condition, perfect for toasting the New Year!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093096845471,"sku":"382","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Roosevelt_Champagne_Glass_382a.jpg?v=1722185916"},{"product_id":"1754-blind-tom-bethune-thomas-or-wiggins-thomas-1849-1908-rare-autograph-signature-and-1866-portrait-lithograph","title":"\"Blind Tom.\" [Bethune, Thomas. or Wiggins, Thomas.] (1849-1908) Rare Autograph Signature and 1866 Portrait Lithograph","description":"An extremely rare autograph from the remarkable blind African-American concert pianist.  A signed card with a note on the verso from one of his managers, W.R. Northrup, noting that this is the first time Tom has tried to write and that he guided his hand.   Examples of Tom's \"mark\" appear on the market from time to time, but this is the first true autograph we have ever seen available.  Sold together with a complete 1866 issue of Harper's Weekly which includes a fine portrait of \"The Celebrated Negro Pianist.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn enslaved and formally uneducated, his unique musical talent led to world tours, performances at the White House and an enthusiastic fan base that included Mark Twain. Now believed to be an autistic savant, during his amazing life this musical prodigy is reported to have learned to play more than 7,000 pieces, including standard classical and Romantic repertoire and many original compositions.  One of the earliest concert reviews published in the Baltimore Sun on June 27, 1860 announced that Tom was a phenomenon in the musical world \"thrusting all our conceptions of the science to the wall and informing us that there is a musical world of which we know nothing.\"  Mark Twain, a great enthusiast for Tom's playing, wrote in 1869 that Tom \"lorded it over the emotions of his audience like an autocrat. He swept them like a storm, with his battle-pieces; he lulled them to rest again with melodies as tender as those we hear in dreams; he gladdened them with others that rippled through the charmed air as happily and cheerily as the riot the linnets make in California woods; and now and then he threw in queer imitations of the tuning of discordant harps and fiddles, and the groaning and wheezing of bag-pipes, that sent the rapt silence into tempests of laughter. And every time the audience applauded when a piece was finished, this happy innocent joined in and clapped his hands, too, and with vigorous emphasis...Some archangel, cast out of upper Heaven like another Satan, inhabits this coarse casket; and he comforts himself and makes his prison beautiful with thoughts and dreams and memories of another time... It is not Blind Tom that does these wonderful things and plays this wonderful music--it is the other party.\"","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093140099231,"sku":"1754","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Blind_Tom_Autograph.jpg?v=1722186177"},{"product_id":"2181-autograph-book-autograph-book-including-eleanor-roosevelt","title":"[Autograph Album] [Roosevelt, Eleanor. 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Overall a good copy of this most famous of all Civil War songs, inscribed by the composer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I wrote the words and music at the same time one evening, soon expecting to go down South to join the boys in blue, and I desired to have something to sing for them, as that had been my profession, giving concerts for a few years before the war.\" (The author, as quoted in Smith, \"Stories of Great National Songs,\" p. 155 )\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093172048031,"sku":"2775","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/KittredgeSP.jpg?v=1722186376"},{"product_id":"3161-kennedy-john-f-1917-1963-profiles-in-courage-signed","title":"Kennedy, John F. (1917–1963) Profiles in Courage, SIGNED","description":"Hardcover, in dust jacket.  266 pp. Light blue cloth with black spine and gold letters. Dust jacket carries original retail price of $3.50, is lightly worn at extremeties, but overall very good. Copyright page with the letters \"L-F,\" indicating publication in November of 1956.  In fine condition throughout. Signed and inscribed in ballpoint pen on the first free endpage by the 35th President of the United States, \"To Helen Real - with very best wishes, John Kennedy.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA superb signed copy of Kennedy's Pulitzer-winning examination of \"that most admirable of human virtues.\"","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093183647903,"sku":"3161","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/JFK_Profiles_Signed_1.jpg?v=1722186453"},{"product_id":"3213-kennedy-john-f-1917-1963-stravinsky-igor-1882-1971-elegy-for-j-f-k","title":"[Kennedy, John F. (1917–1963)] Stravinsky, Igor. 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Auden after the assasination of the President.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093185351839,"sku":"3213","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Stravinsky_JFK_Elegy_1.jpg?v=1722186459"},{"product_id":"3254-royalty-and-high-society-edward-amp-wallis-elsa-maxwell-amp-gina-lollobrigida-signed-1958-metropolitan-opera-program","title":"[Royalty and High Society] Edward \u0026amp; Wallis, Elsa Maxwell \u0026amp; Gina Lollobrigida Signed 1958 Metropolitan Opera Program","description":"An unusual Met program, boldly signed on the front cover by Edward, Duke of Windsor (1894-1972), King of the United Kingdom from January - December 1936, and by his wife, Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (1895-1986).  Elsa Maxwell and Gina Lollobrigida have also signed. 8vo. Duchess's autograph in ink, others in pencil. Lightly creased, overall in fine condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe February 6, 1958 performance of La Traviata - attended by these notable luminaries - featured Maria Callas in the role of Violetta.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093186138271,"sku":"3254","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/MetSP058.jpg?v=1722186468"},{"product_id":"3361-edison-thomas-1847-1931-typed-letter-signed","title":"Edison, Thomas. (1847–1931) Typed Letter Signed","description":"1 page, on letterhead \"From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison.\" June 16, 1891. Addressed to A. Verne of the Continentale Edison in Paris, France.  In full: \"My dear Verne,  - This will serve to introduce Mr. J.C. Henderson, Engineer-in-Chief of the Edison General Electric Company, who goes abroad for a few weeks' rest.   Mr. Henderson will be very much interested in anything you can show him in connection with electric lighting or kindred interests in Paris, and I will appreciate very highly any courtesies you may extend to him. Your very truly, Thomas A. Edison.\"  In very fine condition and sold with the original transmissal envelope. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdison was the greatest inventor of the electrical age. His hundreds of inventions made him a giant public figure in America and around the world at the turn of the 20th century. Inventor of the first practical long-lasting light bulb and of the phonograph, it is not hyperbole to say that modern life would probably be very different without him!","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093189546143,"sku":"3361","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/EdisonALS-1-009.jpg?v=1722186488"},{"product_id":"3362-edison-thomas-1847-1931-early-article-and-portrait","title":"Edison, Thomas. (1847–1931) Early Article and Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unsual article from the Italian publication \"La Scienza Per Tutti, Giornale Populare Illustrato.\"  Issue 52, dated 22 Feb. 1880.  4 pages.  Including a portrait and biography of the young inventor, as well as a lengthy explanation with diagrams of Edison's recent invention of the phonograph.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093189939359,"sku":"3362","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/EdisonArticle010.jpg?v=1722186490"},{"product_id":"3496-einstein-albert-1879-1955-large-signed-original-drawing","title":"Einstein, Albert. (1879 - 1955) Large Signed Original Drawing","description":"An exceptional large original charcoal portrait drawing of Einstein, on a 13.25 x 17.25 inch sheet, signed in pastel by the artist “J[ulius] Zirinsky, Princeton, 3\/16\/34” and by Einstein, “Albert Einstein.” In very good condition, with artist’s pinholes at corners, a few tiny edge tears, a hint of mild toning, and scattered light wrinkling and soiling.  This is a vivid portrait, apparently executed from life, with Einstein's unusually large signature having been accomplished at the time of the sitting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe artist, Julius Zirinsky (1898 - 1970) visited Einstein in Princeton 2 days after the scientist's 55th birthday. Around this time, Zirinsky was traveling the country making similar portraits of other living luminaries and other similar signed portraits may be found in the collection of Brandeis University.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093193937055,"sku":"3496","price":10500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Einstein_Signed_Portrait.jpg?v=1722186515"},{"product_id":"3643-historic-americana-clay-edward-williams-1799-1857-after-life-in-philadelphia-watercolor-and-ink-drawing-ca-1830","title":"[Historic Americana] [Clay, Edward Williams. (1799–1857), AFTER] \"Life in Philadelphia\" -  Watercolor and Ink Drawing, Ca. 1830","description":"Large original watercolor and ink drawing, ca. 1830, a satire based Edward William Clay's 'Life in Philadelphia', with a black man serenading a black woman, who plays a guitar. Both are dressed à la mode, the man sings \"Take Away, Take Away,\" which in the original printed caption continued \"Take away, take away dose rosy lips [...] Dat is bery fine, Mr Mortimer; - you sing quite con a moor, as de Italians say!!\" 12 x 15 inches [30.5 x 38 cm]. In fine condition, with a few chips to edges and mounting traces to the verso. Archivally framed under UV plexiglass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhiladelphia printer Edward Williams Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series, published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints, ten pictured members of Philadelphia's free black community (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780), in various stereotypical and absurd situations and did much to enforce the negative stereotypes held even in the free North. Very popular, these prints inspired a variety of printed and original copies and reinterpretations, of which this is a particularly vidid and fine example.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093199442079,"sku":"3643","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/1Life_In_Philadelphia_3643a.jpg?v=1722186548"},{"product_id":"4006-lincoln-abraham-1809-1865-steele-silas-sexton-song-on-the-death-of-president-abraham-lincoln","title":"[Lincoln, Abraham. (1809 - 1865)] Steele, Silas Sexton. 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(1880 - 1968) Original Photograph with Radio, Ca. 1915","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage 8 x 10 inch doubleweight photograph of Keller \"listening\" to the radio, \"by means of the vibrations she receives when placing her fingertips against a loud speaker.\" [According to penciled note on verso].  Keller was a great music lover, and was able to identify composers by feeling the vibrations while touching Heifetz's violin and the lips of Enrico Caruso and Lauritz Melchior! She also, famously danced in Martha Graham's studio in 1954, by feeling the vibrations of the music through the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093225361567,"sku":"4439","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Keller_2C_Hellen_Photo_with_Radio_4439.jpg?v=1722186700"},{"product_id":"4478-civil-war-haines-zenas-t-et-al-two-programs-for-the-44th-massachusetts-regiment-opera-il-recrutio","title":"[Civil War] Haines, Zenas T. et al. Two programs for the 44th Massachusetts Regiment opera, \"Il Recrutio.\"","description":"2 pamphlets, as follows:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIl Recrutio: An Original Opera Produced by a Troupe of the Massachusetts 44th Regiment, in Barracks, at Newbern, N.C. 8 pages, including cast list and libretto. 8vo, self-wrappers; creased, front edge irregularly trimmed with partial loss of two words, partial separation along fold. [Newbern, NC, 11 March 1863] \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIl Recruitio, a Comic Opera as Originally Produced by Members of the Forty-Fourth Regiment. 15 pages. Stitched, self-wrappers; slight marginal dampstaining. Sabin 35411. [Roxbury, MA, 1863] \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 44th Massachusetts was a nine-month regiment. They staged this opera in North Carolina in March 1863 toward the end of their term, selling copies of the libretto to benefit the regiment's charity fund. They also staged an encore performance upon their return to Boston in August. See Haines, \"In the Country of the Enemy,\" page 140.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093226213535,"sku":"4478","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Il_Recrutio_Program112.jpg?v=1722186706"},{"product_id":"4497-jamaican-music-albumen-photograph-of-the-kingston-drum-and-fife-corps","title":"[Jamaican Music] Albumen Photograph of the Kingston Drum and Fife Corps","description":"Original 9.25 x 11.5 inch albumen photograph, titled and dated 1864 in ink in the lower margin. Mounted to hard backing, mount edges nicked and trimmed, but overall fine. A striking image. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 1872, Kingston has been the capital of Jamaica.  \"The establishment of Europeanized schools, missions and the importation of 'European bandmasters to build up and train military brass bands' [are] some of the common agents of European imperialism in Africa.  These manifestations were a part of the colonial experience of Jamaica as well.\" (Robert Witmer, \"'Local' and 'Foreign': The Popular Music Culture of Kingston ...\"Latin American Music Review Vol. 8\/1, p. 3)","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093226705055,"sku":"4497","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Jamaican_Drum_and_Fife_pic.jpg?v=1722186711"},{"product_id":"roosevelt-franklin-d-1882-1945-looking-forward-rare-advance-copy","title":"Roosevelt, Franklin D. 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FDR received at least one copy in wrappers at the White House the next day and discovered nine significant errors requiring correction.  The publisher concurred with the President and dispatched telegrams to the 130 reviewers requesting that they \"Return without opening\" the packages they would find in their mail that day.  Halter reports, and all subsequent retellings repeat, that, miraculously, 120 of the 130 copies were returned, modified (India ink deletions and a new tipped-in leaf at pp. 141-142, on which too many errors appeared to merely ink-out words), and re-posted on the 15th.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work, published in the wake of the Great Depression, is “essentially a compilation from many articles written and speeches made prior to March 1, 1933\" and includes chapters on topics such as the reorganization of the government, taxation, agriculture, railroads, and judicial reform.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093228966047,"sku":"4563","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Roosevelt_Looking_Forward_4563a.jpg?v=1722186723"},{"product_id":"4629-einstein-albert-1879-1955-signed-letter-regarding-a-violin","title":"Einstein, Albert. 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Very unusual!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093232177311,"sku":"4657","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Einstein_Brain_waves.jpg?v=1722186740"},{"product_id":"4673-japanese-music-kakyoku-sarae-ko","title":"[Japanese Music] Kakyoku sarae kô","description":"\u003cp\u003e11.5 x 18 cm. Collection of songs, with many fine illustrations, some in color, by Matsukawa Hanzan (1818 - 1882). Approx. 500 pp, each printed on both sides.  In a large block binding, possibly lacking outer wrappers.  A rare collection of songs to be played by koto and shamisen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093232636063,"sku":"4673","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Japanese_Music_Book_1.jpg?v=1722186744"},{"product_id":"4793-civil-war-black-james-w-rare-photograph-of-black-regiment-drummer","title":"[Civil War] Black, James W. (1825 - 1896) Rare Photograph of Black Regiment Drummer","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal CDV photograph by the important early American photographer, J.W. Black. In fine condition, with the photographer's 173 Washington St., Boston imprint on the verso. A highly unusual image of an African-American man in uniform, seated on the ground with legs splayed apart, mallet raised in his right hand with his arm obscuring his face, and a large drum resting at his feet. A visually striking image of an unusually candid and impromptu pose. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 180,000 African-Americans, many of whom were formerly enslaved, volunteered for service during the Civil War. This total represented about 10% of the Union forces and they officially began to fill the ranks after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was issued in the fall of 1862.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subject of the present photograph may have been a drummer from the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a regiment that was one of the first official black units in the United States armed forces and which saw extensive federal service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Frederick Douglass helped to bring African American troops to the Union Army, and his good relationship with President Lincoln helped convince the President to make emancipation a cause of the Civil War. Two of Douglass' sons served in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, which was made up entirely of African American volunteers and was commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Wallace Black, known professionally as J.W. Black, was an early American photographer whose career was marked by experimentation and innovation. In March 1860, Black was commissioned by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ethe publishing firm of Thayer and Eldridge to photograph Walt Whitman when he was in Boston to oversee the typesetting of his 1860 edition of \u003cem\u003eLeaves of Grass,\u003c\/em\u003e Black's studio at 173 Washington Street less than a block from the publishing firm of Thayer and Eldridge. Later, Black made the first successful aerial photographs in the United States and was also the leading authority on the use of the magic lantern, a candlelight-powered projector that was a predecessor of today's slide projectors. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThere are hundreds of J.W. Black carte-de-visite portraits of soldiers and officers of various Regiments, predominantly MA and ca. 1860-65, in the holdings of the the MA Historical Society and in the The \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLiljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs at the Library of Congress. The present photograph, seemingly unrecorded anywhere, is not among those, nor, according to our research, are there any other J.W. Black images of African-American soldiers in those collections. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093236175007,"sku":"4793","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Civil_War_Drummer_Photo113.jpg?v=1722186769"},{"product_id":"4871-clinton-bill-b-1946-signed-high-noon-sheet-music","title":"Clinton, Bill. (b. 1946) Signed \"High Noon\" Sheet Music","description":"Sheet music for “High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me),” from the Cary Cooper film, \"High Noon.\" 9 x 12 inches, six pages. Signed on the cover in black felt tip, “Bill Clinton.” In very good condition, with moderate creasing and scattered soiling. Clinton’s signature is bold and prominent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Clinton has cited High Noon as his favorite film.  \"According to White House projectionists' logs furnished to the makers of the television documentary 'All the Presidents' Movies,' 'High Noon' also ranks as the film most requested by American presidents -- none more than Bill Clinton, who screened the film he identified as his favorite some 20 times during his White House residency. 'It's a movie about courage in the face of fear and the guy doing what he thought was right in spite of the fact that it could cost him everything,' Mr. Clinton told Dan Rather in 1993. 'Gary Cooper is terrified the whole way through. So he doesn't pretend to be some macho guy. He's just doing what he thinks is right. It's a great movie.'\" (J. Hoberman, \"It's Always 'High Noon' At the White House,\" NY Times, April 25, 2004)","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093238927519,"sku":"4871","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Clinton_Sig_High_Noon.jpg?v=1722186784"},{"product_id":"4920-civil-war-banks-nathaniel-p-1816-1894-bundy-j-m-the-life-of-general-james-a-garfield-signed-by-banks","title":"[Civil War] Banks, Nathaniel P. (1816 - 1894) [Bundy, J.M.] \"The Life of General James A. Garfield\" - SIGNED by Banks","description":"Beige cloth with black lettering. Illustrated. 239 pages plus 4 pages of advertisments in back (pens, tobacco, books). Frontispiece portrait of Garfield with tissue guard. This copy from the library of General Banks, with his ownership signature (\"Hon. N. P. Banks Waltham, Mass.\") on the front free end-page. In fine condition, with small losses at spine extremities, ghosting on page facing frontis, otherwise fine. A unique association copy of the most definitive biography of Garfield to date, published while he was running for the presidency and authored by the editor of the New York \"Evening Mail\" who was also a personal friend of Garfield.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBanks was a Massachusetts legislator and Union officer who was commissioned Major General of Volunteers in 1861. He fought in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign and in the 1864 Red River expedition and is remembered chiefly for being the Union general who opened the Mississippi.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093240828063,"sku":"4920","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Garfield_Signed_Banks_book_1.jpg?v=1722186796"},{"product_id":"5071-einstein-albert-1879-1955-halsman-philippe-1906-1979-portrait-photograph","title":"[Einstein, Albert. (1879 - 1955)] Halsman, Philippe. (1906 - 1979) Portrait Photograph","description":"Black and White Portrait Photograph of Albert Einstein. One of a limited edition of 99 copies, numbered and signed by Halsman, of the iconic photograph originally created in 1947 and later the subject of a US postage stamp (1966). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalsman's career came to a dramatic halt in the summer of 1940, when Hitler's troops invaded Paris. His wife, daughter, sister, and brother-in-law, who all held French passports, immigrated to America, but as a Latvian citizen, Philippe Halsman could not obtain a visa. For several long months he waited in Marseilles along with many others who had fled the accruing horror of fascist Europe. Finally, through the intervention of Albert Einstein (who had met Halsman's sister in the 1920s), Halsman obtained permission to enter the United States, and he arrived in New York in November 1940 with little more than his camera. To our mind, the present work is infused with the depth of the artist's gratitude to his subject. Fine; glazed and framed.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093245350047,"sku":"5071","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/einstein.halsman.photograph.jpg?v=1722186824"},{"product_id":"5091-civil-war-currier-ives-john-brown-meeting-the-enslaved-mother-and-her-child-on-the-steps-of-charlestown-jail-on-his-way-to-execution","title":"[Civil War] Currier \u0026 Ives John Brown Meeting the Enslaved Mother and Her Child on the Steps of Charlestown Jail on His Way to Execution.","description":"Hand-colored lithograph, 9 x 13 inches.  Two stains in lower right area outside of image, small tear extending 2 cm from lower edge into text, right lower corner chipped. Otherwise in very good condition, a very desirable impression of this scarce print.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences: Conningham Currier \u0026amp; Ives Prints, C3253; Gale Research Currier \u0026amp; Ives Catalogue Raisonné, G3514; American political prints, 1766-1876 (Bernard F. Reilly), entry 1863-2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis print, published by the New York lithography firm of Currier and Ives in 1863, was based on a painting by Louis Ransom. \"Issued in the North during the Civil War, the melodramatic portrayal of an apocryphal incident from the life of John Brown must have had unmistakable propagandistic overtones. In actuality a violent antislavery fanatic, Brown was convicted in 1859 of treason, inciting a captive rebellion, and murder in his abortive attempt to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and ignite an armed captive insurrection in the South. Yet through his trial and execution at Charles Town, Virginia, in December 1859, Brown became for many Northerners a martyr of the abolitionist cause. Here the artist shows Brown calmly descending the steps of the Charles Town jail, hands tied behind his back. \"Regarding with a look of compassion an enslaved mother and Child who obstructed the passage on his way to the Scaffold. --Capt. Brown stooped and kissed the Child--then met his fate.\" The strikingly madonna-like slave woman is seated on a stone railing, holding an equally Christ-like infant. One of Brown's guards reaches forward, about to push her away. In the foreground a mustachioed and elegantly uniformed soldier waits impatiently, hand on his sword hilt. Behind Brown a figure from the American Revolution, wearing a tricornered hat emblazoned \"76,\" watches with concern. The flag of the state of Virginia with the motto \"Sic semper tyrannis\" flies prominently above Brown's head. A statue of Justice, with its arms and scales broken, stands forgotten behind the railing at left. Currier \u0026amp; Ives issued another version of the print (Gale 3515), minus the clearly sectionalist references, in 1870.\" (Library of Congress,","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093245939871,"sku":"5091","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/John_Brown_Currier_Ives_1.jpg?v=1722186829"},{"product_id":"5093-civil-war-currier-ives-the-colored-volunteer-marching-into-dixie","title":"[Civil War] Currier \u0026 Ives The Colored Volunteer, Marching into Dixie.","description":"Hand-colored lithographed print, showing a young Black soldier in uniform, with his bed roll on his back and his rifle over his shoulder. 11.5 x 15.75 inches. Moderate toning along left margin, otherwise in very fine condition. A striking impression of this very scarce print.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present image, distributed in the North, was likely very encouraging for blacks seeking enrollment.  Many ex-slaves relished the thought of returning back to areas of enslavement to free loved ones and fight for justice.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093246005407,"sku":"5093","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Colored_Volunteer_Print_1.jpg?v=1722186830"},{"product_id":"5094-civil-war-union-volunteer-refreshment-saloon-1863-rebel-steam-ram-atlanta-print","title":"[Civil War] Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon 1863 Rebel Steam Ram \"Atlanta\" Print","description":"1863 mounted photograph with handwritten description on mount: \"Rebel Steam Ram 'Atlanta' \/ Captured June 17th 1863 \/ On Exhibition in front of Washington St. \/ for the benefit of the \/ Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon \/ Philad. Nov. 1st 1863.\"  14.25 x 11 inches. Lower left corner chipped, some scattered light marks, overall fine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first Atlanta was a casemate southern ironclad, converted from a Scottish-built blockade runner serving in the Confederate Navy. She was captured in battle on the James River, Virginia and then served in the Union Navy for the duration of the Civil War.  Before she was repaired in the Federal navy yard and commissioned again in 1864, she was was displayed in Philadelphia for the benefit of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, an organization which cared for thousands of Union soldiers as they passed through Philadelphia.  The admission fees gathered from those viewing the boat were applied to the saloon and helped with the upkeep and growth of the hospital and other facilities.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093246136479,"sku":"5094","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Civil_War_Ram_Ship_1.jpg?v=1722186828"},{"product_id":"5245-japanese-music-kunisada-ii-1823-1880-japanese-woodblock-print-in-colour-of-a-female-shakuhachi-player","title":"[Japanese Music] Kunisada II. (1823-1880) Japanese Woodblock Print in colour of a Female Shakuhachi Player","description":"Ca. 1880. 372 x 246 mm. Slightly worn, with some minor worm holes, most well repaired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKunisada II was a pupil of Kunisada. He signed his prints with Baido Kunimasa III or Kunimasa, pupil of Kochoro. In 1846 he married his master's daughter, took the go Kunisada II and used with it the go of Kochoro and Ichijusai. About 1870, after Kunisada's death, began to use the go of Toyokuni IV. His prints, largely done in bright aniline colors, represent the embellished style of the late ukiyo-e period.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093251084447,"sku":"5245","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Kunisada_II_japanese_music_print.jpg?v=1722186860"},{"product_id":"5246-japanese-music-kunisada-aka-toyokuni-iii-1786-1865-japanese-woodblock-print-in-colour-depicting-samisen-stringed-instrument-player","title":"[Japanese Music] Kunisada aka Toyokuni III. (1786-1865) Japanese woodblock print in colour depicting samisen (stringed instrument) player","description":"Ca. 1861, number twelve of the series \"36 Beautiful Women of Yoshiwara.\" 374 x 244 mm. Slightly worn, one edge irregularly trimmed ever so slightly, but overall fine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKunisada was the most prolific of all the Ukiyo-e artists. He studied under Utagawa Toyokuni (from which he adopted the \"kuni\" name) and excelled primarily as a designer of kabuki actor prints and portraits of women. He also designed a large number of shunga (erotica pictures) in book format. He was a noted poet and a member of a prestigious literary circle that included popular writers Shikitei Sanba and Santo Kyoden.\u003cbr\u003e Kunisada supplanted his master's adopted son and son-in-law Toyokuni II in 1844 and due to this succession, he is widely referred to as Toyokuni III.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093251182751,"sku":"5246","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Toyokuni_III_japanese_music_print.jpg?v=1722186863"},{"product_id":"5368-music-life-death-under-the-third-reich-hitler-adolf-1889-1945-signed-album-page-to-soprano-margret-pfahl","title":"[Music, Life \u0026 Death under the Third Reich] Hitler, Adolf. (1889 - 1945) Signed Album Page to soprano, Margret Pfahl","description":"Bold inscription and signature on a small card, in full: \"To Ms. Margret Pfahl, on February 8. 1938. Sincerely, Adolf Hitler.\"  Margret Pfahl (b. 1897) was a  popular coloratura soubrette soprano favored by Hitler.  She recorded numerous performances, frequently with Clemens Krauss, notably in the works of Lehar and Wagner. Light central fold and soiling, else very good. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenned scarcely three weeks before the Anschluss - the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany - this is a  remarkable and chilling association autograph from the Dictator of Germany and Nazi Party leader, whose bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated in suicide in his Berlin bunker as Russian troops approached.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093255671967,"sku":"5368","price":3400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/HitlerAutograph.jpg?v=1722186888"},{"product_id":"5435-music-life-amp-death-under-the-third-reich-original-1933-photograph","title":"[Music, Life \u0026amp; Death under the Third Reich] Original 1933 Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eA striking image of a procession of Hitler Youth, a line of young girls playing recorders walking down a hill.  Dated 1933 on the verso by an unidentified photographer. 7 x 9.5 inches and in fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093257703583,"sku":"5435","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/HitlerYouthPhoto415.jpg?v=1722186898"},{"product_id":"5530-music-life-amp-death-under-the-third-reich-frank-anne-1929-1945-vintage-photograph","title":"[Music, Life \u0026amp; Death under the Third Reich]Frank, Anne. (1929 - 1945) Vintage Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fine composite photograph of one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.  8 x 10 inches, probably printed in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093261832351,"sku":"5530","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/FrankPhoto251.jpg?v=1722186920"},{"product_id":"5691-einstein-albert-1879-1955-lotte-jacobi-1896-1990-portrait-photograph","title":"[Einstein, Albert. (1879 - 1955)] Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) Portrait Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack and White silver gelatin postcard Portrait Photograph of Albert Einstein. 3 3\/8\" x 5 3\/8\". Signed in pencil by the photographer to the lower right corner and in very fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093267239071,"sku":"5691","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/EinsteinPhoto211.jpg?v=1722186951"},{"product_id":"5863-harrison-william-henry-1773-1841-currier-nathaniel-1818-1888-death-of-harrison-april-4-a-d-1841","title":"[Harrison, William Henry. (1773 – 1841]) [Currier, Nathaniel. (1818 - 1888)] \"Death of Harrison, April 4 A.D. 1841\"","description":"\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eHand-colored lithograph by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\" style=\"\"\u003eCurrier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e depicting the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\" style=\"\"\u003edeath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e scene \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\" style=\"\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e President Harrison on April 4, 1841. His niece cries into her handkerchief as his nephew looks concerned towards his uncle. Other members \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\" style=\"\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e the cabinet mourn the loss \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\" style=\"\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e their leader. At the bottom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\" style=\"\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e the lithograph it reads the last wishes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\" style=\"\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e the President, \"I wish you to understand the true principals \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\" style=\"\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.\" Small areas of scratching and abrasion to left curtain, scattered spots to margins, else fine. 13.75 x 9.6 inches. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAmerican military officer and politician Henry Harrison served as the ninth president of the United States in 1841. He died of typhoid, pneumonia, or paratyphoid fever 31 days into his term, becoming the first president to die in office and the shortest-serving president in US History.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHis death sparked a brief constitutional crisis regarding succession to the presidency, because the Constitution was unclear as to whether Vice President John Tyler should assume the office of president or merely execute the duties of the vacant office. Tyler claimed a constitutional mandate to become the new president and took the presidential oath of office, setting an important precedent for an orderly transfer of the presidency and its full powers when the previous president fails to complete the elected term.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093273235615,"sku":"5863","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Death_of_Harrison_Print_5863.jpg?v=1722186986"},{"product_id":"5857-ruth-babe-1895-1948-babe-apos-s-musical-bat-1920-apos-s-musical-baseball-bat-harmonica","title":"Ruth, Babe. 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Slightly rubbed, overall fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093273432223,"sku":"5857","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Babe_ruth_harmonica_bat.jpg?v=1722186986"},{"product_id":"5869-robinson-bill-bojangles-1878-1949-louis-joe-1914-1981-original-photograph","title":"Robinson, Bill \"Bojangles.\" (1878–1949) \u0026 Louis, Joe. (1914–1981) Original Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eHighly unusual original 1935 photograph of the great dancer and the great boxer. The caption affixed to the verso reports that \"The famous 'Brown Bomber' recently started training for his forthcoming bout with Max Baer.  His training, however, was unique, for Bill Robinson, famed colored tap dancer, supervised.  The purpose, according to Bill, was to improve Joe's footwork.  Here they are seen in Detroit, Mich. 8 \/14\/35.\" Scattered edgewear and creases, else fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093273497759,"sku":"5869","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/RobinsonPhoto083.jpg?v=1722186988"},{"product_id":"5955-einstein-albert-1879-1955-gatti-casazza-giulio-1869-1940-signed-photograph-to-gatti-casazza","title":"Einstein, Albert. (1879 - 1955) [Gatti-Casazza, Giulio. (1869-1940)] Signed Photograph to Gatti-Casazza","description":"Impressive and unusal signed doubleweight photograph inscribed by the great scientist and thinker to the influential Italian opera manager: \"Mr. Gatti-Casazza \/ A. Einstein 1930 \/ 12. XII.\"  The photograph with a few nicks and light ripples along the right edge and lower right corner, none affecting the signed area on the opposite side and otherwise in fine condition. 8 x 10 inches.  Sold together with a trimmed photograph of Einstein and Gatti-Casazza together after a Metropolitan Opera performance of \"Carmen\" on the day this photograph was inscribed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEinstein, a talented violinist, who adored Mozart and revered the music of Bach, once declared that had he not been a scientist he would have become a musician, and that the most joy in his life had come to him from his violin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGatti-Casazza succeeded his father as manager of the municipal theatre in Ferrara and was manager of La Scala in Milan from 1898 to 1908, before his move to New York City where he was head of the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1935.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093276446879,"sku":"5955","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Einstein_gatti_casazza_sp_1.jpg?v=1722187006"},{"product_id":"5956-edison-thomas-1847-1931-gatti-casazza-giulio-1869-1940-signed-photograph-to-gatti-casazza","title":"Edison, Thomas. (1847–1931) [Gatti-Casazza, Giulio. (1869–1940)] Signed Photograph to Gatti-Casazza","description":"Impressive and unusal signed photograph inscribed by the great inventor to the influential Italian opera manager: \"To Gatti-Casazza \/ Thos. A Edison.\"  The photograph by Walter Scott Shinn of New York and in very fine condition. 18 x 25 cm. A spectacular association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdison was the greatest inventor of the electrical age. His hundreds of inventions made him a giant public figure in America and around the world at the turn of the 20th century. Inventor of the first practical long-lasting light bulb and of the phonograph, it is not hyperbole to say that modern life would probably be very different without him!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGatti-Casazza succeeded his father as manager of the municipal theatre in Ferrara and was manager of La Scala in Milan from 1898 to 1908, before his move to New York City where he was head of the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1935.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093276512415,"sku":"5956","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/EdisonSP119.jpg?v=1722187006"},{"product_id":"6111-gandhi-mohandas-karamchand-1869-1948-original-1938-photograph","title":"Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand. 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Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma Gandhi (\"Great Soul\"), an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore, and in India he is also referred to as Bapu (\"Father\").\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA striking original 5.13\" x 8.1\" photograph, dated1938 on the verso and with an affixed news clipping which describes Gandhi in the photograph as \"with a wet towel around his head as protection against the heat, with Pandi Nehru as he left Allahabad to see the Viceroy.\"","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093282345119,"sku":"6111","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/6111_Mahatma_Ghandi_OP_b1fa337f-095d-4aa1-a28c-db5d84aa28ee.jpg?v=1722187041"},{"product_id":"6139-kennedy-john-f-1917-1963-golf-score-card-and-original-photographs-of-the-president-golfing","title":"[Kennedy, John F. 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Stoughton - Office of the Military Aide to the President.\" Several of the photos starting to warp \u0026amp; crease, overall fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093282738335,"sku":"6139","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/JFK_Golf_Photos_6139a.jpg?v=1722187044"},{"product_id":"6141-kennedy-robert-francis-bobby-1925-1968-signed-letter-to-ascap","title":"Kennedy, Robert Francis \"Bobby\". (1925–1968) Signed Letter to ASCAP","description":"Typed letter signed. Washington, March 14, 1966. 1 p., 4to, United States Senate letterhead. To Mr. Stanley Adams, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, thanking him for his letter \"and the copy of the ASCAP COPYRIGHT LAW SYMPOSIUM NUMBER FOURTEEN\" and noting that he is \"looking forward to reading these essays very soon.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrief and unusually music-related letter from the younger brother of John F. Kennedy, who made a name for himself as Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor or Management Field (1957-1960), investigating such labor leaders as Jimmy Hoffa. He left the office to successfully manage his brother John's successful presidential campaign in 1960. Named as his brother's Attorney General in 1961, Robert worked closely with JFK on such critical issues as the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Civil Rights movement. After JFK's assassination, he served as President Lyndon B. Johnson's Attorney General from 1963-1964. Elected as a U.S. Senator from New York in 1964, \"Bobby\" served from 1965 until he was assassinated in Los Angeles in June 1968, just moments after declaring victory in the California presidential primary.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093283197087,"sku":"6141","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Kennedy_2C_Robert_TLS_6141834.jpg?v=1722187047"},{"product_id":"6218-belle-epoque-corbett-james-john-gentleman-jim-1866-1933-amp-van-billy-b-1878-1950-signed-photograph","title":"[Belle Époque] Corbett, James John \"Gentleman Jim\".  (1866 - 1933) \u0026amp; Van, Billy B. (1878 - 1950) Signed Photograph","description":"Rare signed photograph of the first gloved heavyweight boxing champion of the world, 1892–1897, who defeated the great John L. Sullivan. Knockout oversize (approx. 10 x 13 inch) portrait of Corbett and Billy B. Van, prominent entertainer in the early decades of the 1900s who was a star, progressively, in minstrel shows, vaudeville, burlesque, the New York stage, and movies. Corbett and Van appeared together in a sketch called \"Spirited Travesty\" in 1922 as part of a variety show and together they toured the US and Europe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVan has inscribed \"To Teeney + Sammy - The Sweetest little couple in the World, Billy B. Van\" with Corbett signing beside \"Jas. J. Corbett.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith significant condition issues: upper left corner perished, edges rough and with a tear extending just beside Corbett's signature, clumsily repaired with tape.  Nevertheless, a rare signed item from the understudied period of acting and minstrelsy in one of boxing's most historic careers. Sold together with a promotional postcard photograph of the vaudeville team Sam Berk and Juanita Sawn (\"in a Dainty Offering\"), the recepients of the inscribed photograph.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093285359775,"sku":"6218","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Corbett_SP.jpg?v=1722187057"},{"product_id":"6295-japanese-music-itinerant-priests-with-shakuhachi-vintage-postcard-photograph","title":"[Japanese Music] \"Itinerant Priests with Shakuhachi\" - Vintage Postcard Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eStriking vintage postcard (9 x 14 cm) photograph of two men playing the Japanese end-blown flute, \"komuso\" (\"priests of nothingness,\" or \"emptiness monks\") of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism who used the flutes in the practice of \"suizen\" or \"blowing meditation.\" The monks are here pictured with the wicker baskets that the Fuke wore over their heads, a symbol of their detachment from the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093287948447,"sku":"6295","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/JapaneseShakuhachi072.jpg?v=1722187071"},{"product_id":"6294-japanese-music-vintage-postcard-photograph-of-ainu-mukkuri-player","title":"[Japanese Music] Vintage Postcard Photograph of Ainu Mukkuri Player","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unusual vintage postcard (9 x 14 cm) photograph of a traditional Ainu musician playing the Mukkuri, a Japanese instrument indigenous to the Ainu. Made from bamboo, approx. 10 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, the Mukkuri is similar to a jew's or jaw harp, the sound produced by pulling the string and vibrating the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093288046751,"sku":"6294","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/JapaneseAinuMukkuri071.jpg?v=1722187070"},{"product_id":"6384-king-jr-martin-luther-1929-1968-original-photograph-with-harry-belafonte-and-sammy-davis-jr","title":"King Jr., Martin Luther.  (1929-1968) Original Photograph with Harry Belafonte and Sammy Davis Jr..","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal 1965 photograph of the American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement, shown together with entertainers Harry Belafonte and Sammy Davis Jr. at a Times Square benefit show, \"Broadway Answers Selma.\" 9 x 7 inches. Very fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093291126943,"sku":"6384","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/KingPhoto186.jpg?v=1722187091"},{"product_id":"6484-history-culture-roosevelt-franklin-d-1882-1945-original-photograph-in-swimming-pool","title":"[History \u0026 Culture] Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882–1945) Original Photograph in swimming pool","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnsual candid photograph of the 32nd President of the United States who instituted the \"New Deal\" programs and who led the United States through most of World War II.  A note on the verso reads \"The Presidential candidate, Roosevelt, enjoys a game of water-ball at home in Hyde Park, NY.\"  Edges worn with some chipping, reinforced on verso with tape. 24 x 18 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093293944991,"sku":"6484","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Roosevelt_2C_Franklin_Photograph_6484_copy.jpg?v=1722187110"},{"product_id":"6601-baseball-ruth-babe-1895-1948-hoover-herbert-1874-1964-autograph-signed-page-and-photographs","title":"[Baseball] Ruth, Babe. (1895–1948) \u0026 Hoover, Herbert. (1874–1964) Autograph Signed Page and Photographs","description":"A remarkable association item from the legendary American baseball star and Hall of Famer who hit 60 homer runs in 1927 and had a career total of 714. His pencil signature on a 4\" x 2\" slip of paper together with the pencil signature of President Hoover. Two pin holes at bottom do not affect signatures, light creases, else very good condition. Sold together with a vintage clipped halftone image of Ruth and Hoover together on the day these signatures were obtained and a later reprint photograph of Ruth, captioned with his famous quotation about his salary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most famous of Babe's quotations came in 1930 when Ruth was earning a salary of $80,000 a year, a spectacular number in that era. A reporter suggested that perhaps he was overpaid, since Herbert Hoover was only getting $75,000 as President of the United States. Ruth is reported to have replied, \"I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present autographs were apparently obtained three years later on November 11, 1933. President Herbert Hoover, an alumnus of Stanford University, and Mrs. Hoover were in the stadium at Los Angeles, to see the Cardinals win over Southern California's Trojans, 13-7, in one of the season's biggest upsets. Also present was Babe Ruth, baseball's most illustrious son.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093297975455,"sku":"6601","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Babe_Ruth_Hoover_1166.jpg?v=1722187132"},{"product_id":"6667-armstrong-neil-b-1930-signed-christmas-card","title":"Armstrong, Neil. (b. 1930) Signed Christmas Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristmas Card signed by Neil Armstrong, who adds \"Have a great one!\" above his signature. On the opposite fold of the card is a printed holiday greeting. Slightly toned, else fine. A great Holiday item from the first man to walk on the moon!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093299908767,"sku":"6667","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/ArmstrongChristmasCard206.jpg?v=1722187142"},{"product_id":"6710-armstrong-neil-1930-2012-signed-yearbook","title":"Armstrong, Neil. (1930–2012) Signed Yearbook","description":"The Retrospect yearbook, dating from Armstrong’s senior year at Blume High School in Wapakoneta, Ohio in 1947, hardcover, 8 x 11, 88 pages. Armstrong’s senior portrait is at the top of page 12, and signed in ink under his activities, “Neil Armstrong.” Among the activities he participated in during his three years at school are “Band (2,3,4) Vice-President 4,” and “Student Council 3,4.” Armstrong is pictured an addition six times in the yearbook, two in the band (one with the other officers), two for Student Council (one with the other officers), and two with the Senior Hi–Y, whose information reads, in part: “Clean Living–self-discipline in everyday life, Clean Speech–decency in conversation, Clean Scholarship–honesty in school, Clean Sportmanship–fairness in athletics.” In fine condition, with inside pages detached from covers, loose front hinge, expected handling wear, and light wear and soiling to covers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-two years before his name would be etched into the history books, young Mr. Armstrong was associated with less-stellar—but no less noteworthy—pursuits such as band and student council. At age 16, he graduated 11th in his class of 78 students. His dedication to such creeds as those endorse by the Senior Hi–Y, including “clean living,” “self-discipline,” and “decency,” would go on to serve him well in life—especially in the Apollo 11 moon landing and the demands of a post-NASA life as a living legend. Extremely uncommon in such early material!","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093301940383,"sku":"6710","price":5500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Armstrong_yearbook_1.jpg?v=1722187158"},{"product_id":"6941-houdini-harry-1874-1926-curtis-tony-1925-2010-vintage-houdini-magic-trick-from-the-estate-of-tony-curtis","title":"Houdini, Harry. (1874–1926) [Curtis, Tony. (1925–2010)] Vintage Houdini Magic Trick  - From the Estate of Tony Curtis","description":"An interesting relic from the famed magician and escapologist. One of his actual used magic tricks, a Spirit Bell. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNational Magic Company, Chicago. Chrome-plated bell on skeleton stand, oversized glass tumbler and mechanical ringing device, housed in a custom-made carrying case, as issued. Fine condition. Black box with Houdini's ownership Ex-Libris plate affixed to the inside lid. 10 1\/2 (overall height) by 9 by 5 inches.  From the estate of actor Tony Curtis, who played Houdini in the 1953 biopic film. In fine condition, the bell and glass components possibly later pieces, replacing the original damaged components.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the film, Tony Curtis gave one of his best performances as Harry Houdini, “the man of 10,000 tricks.” Starring opposite Janet Leigh (\"Hollywood’s Most Exciting Young Lovers,” proclaims the film’s original trailer), as Houdini’s wife, Bess, he levitated this conventional, albeit enormously entertaining 1953 biopic that follows the legendary magician and escape artist from his days as a sideshow attraction to international stardom.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpirit bells are hand-held chimes consisting of a short handle and a bell striker. During séances the bell is placed at the center of a table where it “rings out” answers in response to questions asked by a medium.  Boston Spiritualist Mina Crandon was one of the best known mediums to incorporate a bell into her act. Even under the watchful eye of investigator Harry Houdini, Crandon was able to make a spirit bell ring without any determinable cause. The Spirit Bell was also a favorite effect of  magician John Mulholland (1898 - 1970). The present example, apparently from Houdini's personal collection, comes directly from the Curtis estate.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093309542559,"sku":"6941","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Houdini_Curtis_Trick.jpg?v=1722187204"},{"product_id":"7189-kennedy-edward-moore-ted-1932-2009-signed-photograph","title":"Kennedy, Edward Moore \"Ted\". (1932–2009) Signed Photograph","description":"Signed 1968 program photograph from the youngest brother of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts who served almost 47 years, and was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVintage black and white printed photograph inside a small 1968 Maine Congressional dinner at which Kennedy was the guest of honor, signed in black felt tip, “For Corinne Picard, My Best Wishes, Ted Kennedy.” Measures 5 x 6.5 inches. In fine condition.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093317013663,"sku":"7189","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Kennedy_2C_Edward_SP_7189835.jpg?v=1722187249"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/collections\/Shopify_Collection_Cover_Cropped_14564_002.jpg?v=1721410548","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/collections\/history-culture-archive.oembed?page=19","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}