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3 signed/inscribed photographs of Golden Age opera singers, 1927-28.
by Armand Tokatyan / Anne Roselle / Maria Jeritza
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- 1927
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 239.61
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Armand Tokatyan / Anne Roselle / Maria Jeritza
3 signed/inscribed photographs of Golden Age opera singers, 1927-28.
One 6.5x9.5", two 3.5x5.5" b/w photos, one signed two inscribed.
Armand Tokatyan (Tenor, 1894 –1960). 6.5x9.5" b/w, inscribed in black ink to Rudolph Pauw. As a young man, Tokatyan travelled to Egypt with his parents where he sang in cafés to favorable response. He was then… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gene Krupa “Autograph Book”, signed by nearly seventy 1940’s swing, dance, and band musicians and singers.
by [Autographs] [Jazz]
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- Used - Good
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- 1st ed.
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- 1940s
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 171.15
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The Gene Krupa "Autograph Book", signed by nearly seventy 1940's swing, dance, and band musicians and singers.
A small autograph booklet published by Gene Krupa to allow fans to gather signatures of their favorite musicians and singers. SIZE. 16 pages. Although this copy is not signed by Krupa himself, the first six pages are signed by nearly 70 musicians and singers… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
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[Signed Photo] Gov. Earl Warren – unique photo signed as ‘Pop’
by Gov. Earl Warren
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- Used - Fine
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- 1953
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 273.84
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Signed photograph of Gov. Earl Warren [1891-1974; California] correcting a document or speech at his desk. April 10, 1953, six months before his appointment as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 10x8", b/w.
A more personal signature than we are accustomed to seeing, inscribed "from Pop" to his secretary Stella Pauw. The unusual signature suggests a warm familial… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poet in the Desert / A New Version (The Emma Goldman Edition)
by Charles Erskine Scott Wood [Emma Goldman, Basil Rathbone, Sara B. Field]
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- Used - Fair
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- 2d ed; first thus
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- 1918
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 376.53
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Presentation copy to actor Basil Rathbone, with lengthy inscription from Wood and [wife] Sara Bard Field explaining why they call this the 'Emma Goldman edition.'
Charles Erskine Scott Wood [C.E.S. Wood (1852 –1944)] was a successful author, civil liberties advocate, artist, soldier, and attorney. He served as a lieutenant with the 21st Infantry Regiment, fought in the Nez… Read more about this item Item Price
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ALS to Hon. J.R. Lewis, 1863, re political event in support President Lincoln.
by [Civil War] Maj. Gen. Samuel Ryan Curtis
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1863
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 444.99
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ALS to Hon. J.R. Lewis, Sept 20, 1863, 7.5x10". Declining [Judge] Lewis's invitation to attend a Washington D.C. political event in support President Lincoln. "Our soldiers in the field will look with great anxiety at the endorsement which their friends give at the ballot box, when I and confident Iowa will heartily respond favorably to their cause. /// Hoping that… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Black Fury] Archive of film-related correspondence by Sacco-Vanzetti/Nuremberg Justice Michael A. Musmanno
by Hon. Michael A. Musmanno / Bruce Lockwood
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1935
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- TLS - loose sheets
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 3,765.30
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[Black Fury] Archive of film-related correspondence by Sacco-Vanzetti/Nuremberg Justice Michael A. Musmanno
A remarkable archive of nearly 41 original letters from noted judge/author/screenwriter Michael A. Musmanno concerning the 1935 Warner Brothers film "Black Fury" starring Paul Muni. The letters are written to his ghostwriter/script doctor/amanuensis Bruce Lockwood. With another five letters from Lockwood to Musmanno.
The film was based on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 2, 1877, a copy of the final report of the operations of the troops in the Modoc country, by General Alvan Gillem (1877)
by General Alvan Gillem
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- 1st ed.
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- 1877
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- Stitched wrappers
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 184.84
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First edition, 18 pp. 8vo, stitched wrappers; disbound from a larger volume of serial publications; lacking any wrappers if issued.
Special Session, March 5, 1877. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 1.
A detailed account of the fighting between the Modoc Indians and US troops in Northern California during the first half of 1873, following the alleged murder of unarmed peace commissioners… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Autographs] Lawrence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, etc..
by Lawrence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, etc..
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- Used
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- 1st edition
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- 948
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 479.22
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1948 Souvenir Theater Program for a charity production of "Oedipus" and "The Critic" signed by Lawrence Olivier and eight other members of the cast. 8.5x11", stitched wrappers. 16 pp.
A special production in aid of King George's Pension Fund for Actors and Actresses, Theatre Festival Week, April 10, 1948, with H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth in attendance. Signed inside the… Read more about this item Item Price
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[ALS] A.B. Frost A Warm Letter from the artist to a young boy
by A.B. Frost
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- 1920
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 342.30
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ALS with remnants of envelope, dated Mch 11th, 1920, addressed to J.D. Baker, Pasadena. Two pp. 8.5x11".
"Dear 'D'. I address you as 'D' since you were so kind as to ask me to do so, and also because I want to do so. I have that beautiful cigarette can ….. you know you wrote] Jack [Frost's… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.30
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Autographs -- 292 of Britain’s House of Lords circa 1827-1839.
by Autographs -- House of Lords
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- 1827
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 1,163.82
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Large contemporary scrapbook containing 292 autographs of members of Britain's House of Lords; clipped from franked envelopes and correspondence. 14"x17" leather covers with embossed onset label, a.e.g. Approximately 80 leaves, each with one to six clipped signatures. Penciled headings indicate Dukes, Earls, Viscounts, Barons, Marquesas' galore.
Note: Given the format and vintage, we presume all signatures are… Read more about this item Item Price
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Snowbound: a Winter Idyl - Orson Wellesâ copy, signed
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
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- Used - Good
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- 1st ed., second state
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- 1866
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- Cloth
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Sacramento, California, USA
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SGD 444.99
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Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Good. Cloth. 1866. 1st ed., second state. Signed by Orson Welles . First edition, second state -- lacking the page number at the bot tom of p.52 . 12mo Brown-Maroon cloth, gilt titles. 52 pp., engra ved title page and frontis. Ex-libris RKO Studios Research Libra ry, with the studio logo and inkstamp on the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 444.99