Search Results: Autographs from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[FABIAN SOCIETY; ENGLISH SOCIALISM PROGRESSIVISM; WOMEN'S INTERESTS] BEATRICE WEBB, 1929 letter to Theron J. Damon in Constantinople, Turkey, typed letter hand-signed "Beatrice Webb" above typescript Mrs. Sidney Webb,-1 page/about 90 words, 8" x 10", folds as mailed, returned address typed in Passfield Corner, Liphook, Hants [Hampshire] [crossed out 44, Grosvenor Road, Westminster Embankment], December 30, 1929, typescript in lower left corner "T. J.Damon Esq.,Robert College, Constantinople", Beatrice Webb thanks Theron and his wife for their appreciation of her book [presumably "My Apprenticeship" published in 1926], recollects a visit with the Damons, and mentions a couple of political matters, letter reads in part. "[She and her husband Sidney] often think of that lovely Bosphorus palace and its pleasant inhabitants, and we wonder whether there are any new developments of hostility or friendliness from the present Turkish Government…fortunate to have such [schools] provided for their young people… Read More

[SUE CAROL LADD 2 SHORT LETTERS 1972-3, WIFE OF ALAN LADD] SUE CAROL LADD, two letters to Hollywood/celebrity reporter Hal Jacques, both 5" x 7", cream-color paper with "Sue Carol Ladd" printed letterhead, two holes at top of each for holding in file at one time…(1) July 8, 1972, handwritten letter/ALS, about 45 words, "I just returned home from Palm Springs, and found your delightful story…When will it appear?…Please call me - ", hand-signed "Sue Ladd", with envelope with handwritten address; (2) January 29, 1973, typed letter/TLS, about 50 words, hand-signed "Sue Carol Ladd", thanking Hal Jacques "for the very nice article you wrote about the store" /// NOTES: SUE CAROL LADD, 1906-1982, American actress and talent agent…film career lasted from the late 1920s into the 1930s, when she became a talent agent…the last of her four marriages was to Alan Ladd, one of her clients. (wikipedia); HAL JACQUES, 1916-2007, leading Hollywood/celebrity reporter active from the 1950s to '80s /// PROVENANCE:… Read More

[1930s FAIRFAX WALKUP, 2 SIGNED ITEMS; PASADENA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE] FAIRFAX WALKUP, 2 signed items connected to the Pasadena Community Playhouse, (1) 1935 letter with Pasadena Community Playhouse letterhead to an applicant requesting "credentials" from schools she has attended and letters of recommendation", hand-signed as Director, School of the Theatre, with enveloped with 1935 postmark, Pasadena Community Playhouse Association return address logo, and typsecript recipient address in Connecticut; (2) 5-1/8" x 8-1/2" diploma to graduating student noting she has been accepted as a "Post Graduate in the General Course, School of the Theatre," hand-signed above typescript "Approved" above facsimile signature in brown ink (color of text and also paper) of Gilmor Brown (actor, director) as General Manager, general Manager, and Chas. [Charles] F. Prickett, Producing Director, undated/but ca. 1938 when the named student graduated as indicated by other Pasadena Community Playhouse memorabilia purchased at… Read More

[AVIATION; OWNER SIGNED, SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT, HEAD OF ADVANCED RESEARCH 1950s-1970s] AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES by David J. Peery, Ph.D., signed twice (inside front and back covers) in pen by Philip L. Michel, Head of Advanced Research, Sikorsky Aircraft, published by McGraw-Hill, 1950, first edition (stated),, blue cloth hardcover with gilded lettering on spine, 6" x 9", 566 pages, diagrams, charts, illustrations, tables (appendices), index; NOTES: PHILIP L. MICHEL, 1917-2012, Sikorsky Aircraft Head of Advanced Research from 1952-1970s, earlier in his career he worked with Brewster Aeronautical Corp., Republic Aviation Corp., and Grumman Aviation (obituary notice); PROVENANCE: acquired at an estate sale of P. L. Michel possessions in Stratford, CT., not far from the Sikorsky plant /// CONDITION: very good-plus, general light wear including light whitish circle at lower part of front cover.

[BLACK DAHLIA LOS ANGELES MURDER MYSTERY DOCUMENTS / ANN BANKS, JANICE KNOWLTON, WILL FOWLER] DOCUMENTS/MANUSCRIPTS RELATING TO THE SENSATIONAL 1947 LOS ANGELES UNSOLVED "BLACK DAHLIA" (Elizabeth Short) MURDER MYSTERY gathered by leading Hollywood/celebrity reporter Hal Jacques active from the 1950s-'80s, (1) ANN BANKS, typed letter signed 2x/TLS, dated Sept. 25, 1972, on SuperStar International Productions, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, letterhead to "Dear Sir" at National Enquirer, Latana, FL (National Enquirer was one of the periodicals Hal Jacques wrote articles for), 8-1/2" x 11", about 60 words signed in pen "Ann Banks" in salutation and at top with handwritten note under the letterhead, "Make it a morning call, please, Ann Banks", excerpts, "We wish to set up appointments to discuss publication in the National Enquirer on the following re: scheduled motion picture 'I Killed the Black Dahlia': and book publication under the same title…We not only name the killer…but depict the 'mechanical device'… Read More

[BROOKS ATKINSON 2 LETTERS SIGNED / ROYAL MURDOCH POETRY / LGBTQ INTEREST] BROOKS ATKINSON, TWO TYPED LETTERS SIGNED/TLSs, as N. Y. Times critic on N. Y. Times stationery, 7" x 8-1/2" with horizontal folds as mailed with envelopes addressed to recipient with "Brooks Atkinson" typed above N. Y. Times return address, Atkinson replies to a friend of the gay poet Royal Murdoch who is helping Murdoch get publicity for his poetry, Atkinson declines to write anything saying he is not knowledgeable about poetry, but offers suggestions, (1) September 22, 1964, excerpts, "I enclose a copy of the first column on Alger…I have found over the years I can't write interesting columns on subjects with which I am not [inserted by hand in pen] or in fields in which I have no [inserted by hand in pen above crossed out word "some"]. Judging the value of poetry is something I am not prepared to do with confidence…":, (2) October 2, 1964, excerpts, "very interesting verse, especially the humorous jingle…I know very… Read More

[PHILIP GLASS, ANDREW DE GROAT, SIGNED; EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH, EOS ENTERPRISES, RARE] EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH – AN OPERA IN FOUR ACTS by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass, with choreography by Andrew de Groat, edited by Vicky Alliata, inscribed by Philip Glass on title page ""Thanks for being there, Philip Glass" and Andrew de Groat "Best wishes and [?]", published by EOS Enterprises, Inc., New York, undated/but 1978 (WorldCat/OCLC reference], paperback, 6-1/2" high x 11" across, 44 pages, varied content including music scores, storyboard illustrations, choreography diagrams, text from performance, and essays in English, Italian, and French, RARE EDITION, less than 5 of this edition recorded at WorldCat/OCLC with a couple of these being the signed limited hardcover edition (8/17/21), only one (unsigned) found for sale online (8/17/21), no signed copies found for sale and apparently only one or two in library holdings, this edition was published following the opera's premier performance in France in 1976… Read More

[1920 ENRICO CARUSO METAL PRINTING PLATE INSCRIPTION TO JOSEPH GIOE COMPOSER / ITALIAN AMERICAN STUDIES MEMORABILIA] ENRICO CARUSO, about 30 word inscription in Italian with signature and date August 1920 to the Italian-American composer and music publisher Joseph Giuseppe Gioe active in New York City and surrounding areas, 4" high x 5-3/4" across, about 8 small holes at edges where plate was presumably attached to a wooden printing block at one time, text in full, "Al Maestro, Joseph Gioe, che tanta aminia e sentimento infuse nel musicare la Poesia de Esposito. 'I' m'arricordo e Napule' e invio ugrariamenti e onorato di esserne padrino Enrico Caruso Agosto 1920" (rough English translation using Google translate: "To the Maestro, Joseph Gioe, who instilled so much life and sentiment in setting the 'Poesia de Esposito' to music. 'Memories of Naples', and I am sending you a memento and honored to be godfather. Enrico Caruso August 1920"… "I' m'arricordo e Napule" ("Memories of Naples") is the title of… Read More

[GERONIMO GIMENEZ, SPANISH COMPOSER SIGNATURE, RARE] GERONIMO GIMENEZ SIGNATURE IN PENCIL ON INSERT in sheet music Scaramouche, Scene de Ballet pour piano, Op. 26, par Francis Thome, published by A. Durand & Fils, Paris, 1909, sheet music, 10-3/4" x 13-3/4", 10 pages including covers, back page is publisher ad "Musique Moderne de Piano" with opening bars of 24 piano pieces with titles and composers including one by Debussy and one by Ravel, laid in is violine score of Scaramouche, Scene de Ballet "Transciption pour orchestre par J. Turin" [Joaquin Turina] at upper left by the title, bifolium/4 pages, 2 inside pages are the score…GERONIMO GIMENEZ SIGNATURE signed in pencil "G. Gimenez" is at the upper left corner of a tipped/taped-in one page score No. 6 Galop des Filleuls, Violin [composed by] Ant. Gilis, at lower left corner "Schott Freres a Bruxelles"; signature authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee; RARE, Geronimo Gimenez signature rare, none found for sale (4/29/21) /// GERONIMO… Read More

[JAYNE MEADOWS HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH ARTICLES ON PSYCHIC FEELINGS 1985] JAYNE MEADOWS, 1919-2015, popular actress who was married to Steve Allen, original host of "Tonight Show", handwritten/holograph reply on original letter from Hollywood/celebrity reporter Hal Jacques seeking approval for publication of an article on her in the National Enquirer, with envelope with holes along one side for keeping in binder at one time, 1985, about 75 words in red ink signed "Jayne", "Yes, certainly you may republish this article. I have also had many other startling E.S.P. experiences…Thelma Moss wanted to study me…Edgar Casey's [sic, for Cayce] secretary was so fascinated…[if he could] write them up in a book he was doing….", with black ink handwritten postcard undated, "Have I ever written to thank you for the excellent story on my E.S.P?…", plus 17 pages variously original ribbon and photocopies of articles by Hal Jacques and National Enquirer on the celebrity's psychic nature and experiences, some… Read More

[1963 JOAN WALSH ANGLUND COMPLETE SET 13 HAND-SIGNED COLOR PLATES / CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTS] THE JOAN WALSH ANGLUND SAMPLER — TWELVE DRAWINGS IN COLOR from Spring A New Beginning, A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You, Love Is A Special Way of Feeling, Christmas Is A Time Of Giving, published by Harcourt, Brace & World, copyright 1963, copyright dates at bottom of prints 1958-63, all 12 color drawings/prints present plus introductory page "The Joan Walsh Anglund Sampler", all 13 prints signed in black ink by "Joan Walsh Anglund" with hand drawn heart to the left, 14-1/2" high x 11-1/4" across, drawings in center surrounded by wide borders, ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEM, signatures authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee; PROVENANCE:this complete set with all the plates hand-signed by Anglund was acquired from a Fairfield County, CT, book dealer who was given the unique item by Joan Walsh Anglund (1926-2021) in appreciation for a favor he did for her, Anglund lived in Litchfield, CT; CONDITION:… Read More

[WALKER EVANS PHOTOGRAPHER ASSOCIATION; JOHN T. HILL BIOGRAPHER SIGNED LETTER] JOHN T. HILL, author "Walker Evans –The Hungry Eye, handwritten letter/60 words in ink hand-signed, 25 May 97, 3-1/2" x10-1/2" (narrow strip) with envelope with stamped return address Bethany, Connecticut, with enclosures to the author James Mellow in Clinton, CT, about a Walker Evans photograph unknown to Hill, "curiosity from the STRAND…puzzling size…4-1/4 x 3 inches…must have been from the '30s…to be collected by J. L. [Julien Levy]", three enclosures (a) 2 pages, cover page of exhibition catalog "The Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection, The Witkin Galley" with photocopy of the small-size Walker Evans photograph with the caption "Walker Evans, untitled, n. d., 4-1/4 x 3 inches", photograph of Victorian-style parlor; (b) 1 page, another photograph from the Julien Levy Collection exhibition of shabby carousel horses presumably by Walker Evans, but no caption and not listed; (c) 3 pages photocopies from… Read More

[1937 MIKE DOLAS ILLUSTRATION ART SIGNED MAGAZINE COVER RARE] MIKE DOLAS, ILLUSTRATION ARTIST, INSCRIBED/SIGNED MAGAZINE COVER TO WOMAN MODEL, color front cover of Liberty, Nov. 20, 1937, with original blue ink bold inscription, "To Margaret who helped again, Mike", with "Michael Dolas" signature in typescript at the lower right corner of the illustration, WITH an original Identification Card from the Palm Beach Police Department stamped May or Nov. [month unclear from surface loss] 14, 1943, for the model Margaret with the address Surfside Hotel, Palm Beach [in 1943 she was a 23-year-old wife of a military pilot working in the Caribbean area] and for "Employed" filling in "housewife", on the reverse side of the ID are a small snapshot, a right thumb print, and her signature in blue ink, ID card paper-clipped to photocopy of the magazine cover…Mike Dolas front cover illustration is a husband carrying blankets and a triangular flag with an "S" (presumably for their favored football team) and wife… Read More

[LORNE GREENE SIGNED APPROVAL FOR ARTICLE IN NATIONAL REVIEW 1982] LORNE GREENE, 1915-87, Canadian-born actor best known for his starring role in the TV series "Bonanza", handwritten signature/autograph "Approved by the National Enquirer – Lorne Greene" for approval of article headed "My Most Embarrassing Moment by Lorne Greene, 'Lorne Greene's Wilderness' " for publication in the National Enquirer (date unknown, apparently unpublished) with reporter name Hal Jacques in upper right corner of first page, but "Lorne Greene" with pages numbers 1-4, 3-page plus 5 lines (page 4) photocopy of article with Lorne Greene original signature and inscription in blue ink to the left of the heading, the article is a vignette about an awkward position Greene got into involving his father and his school principle in relation to mischief in his early teens…the "Lorne Greene's Wilderness" of the heading associates this article with the time of the Canadian TV nature documentary program beginning in September 1982… Read More

[1870s THOMAS PARKIN SIGNED BRITISH ORNITHOLOGIST IN TEXAS 2 bound articles] THOMAS PARKIN ASSOCIATION, noted British ornithologist, signed item concerning his time in Galveston, Texas, observing birds near the Texas shore, Parkin ownership signatures and notes on front endpages of two bound pamphlets, Thomas Parkin ownership signature and notes in pen on front pages, (on a blank front endpage) "Thomas Parkin, Annuach [sic, for Anahuac], Chambers, Co[ounty], Texas (area that is today Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, established 1963), (on facing page, blank front endpage), " I was up the Galveston River in January and February 1879, T. P." Thomas Parkin bookplate inside front cover, two bound pamphlets, 5-3/4" x 9", half-leather with marbled boards, (1) ART[ICLE] XXVI — NOTES ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE REGION ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE RED RIVER OF TEXAS, FROM OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE EXPLORATIONS CONDUCTED BY LIEUT. E. H. RUFFNER, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S.A., by C. A. H. McCauley, Annotated by Dr.… Read More

[1897 FATHER OF BALLISTICS J. M. INGALLS CIVIL WAR US ARMY SIGNATURE] PROJECTILES DE CAMPAGNE DE SIEGE ET DE PLACE, FUSEES par E. Vallier, Chef d'escadron d'Artillerie, Correspondant de l'Institut, published by Gauthier-Vallers et Fils, Paris, undated (but 1897, WorldCat/OCLC record), text in French, quarter-leather marbled board cover (loss of spine), 4-3/4" x 7-1/2", 178 pages, illustrations, charts, diagrams, mathematical formulas (ballistics), Providence Athenaeum discard with library and discard notations and stampings, James M. Ingalls, Capt. 1st Arty (artillery) ownership signature in ink on front blank endpage facing inside front cover with plate with type print "Presented to the Providence Athenaeum by Col. James M. Ingalls, U.S.A (U. S. Army), Ingalls has been called the "Father of Ballistics" (see below), association/presentation copy from book's author Frédéric Marie Emmanuel Vallier (E. Vallier) in French in pen at top right of half title page, "To Capt. James Ingalls, Compliments of… Read More

[1936 GEORGE ABBOTT DIRECTOR-PRODUCER ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH PLAYWRIGHT] GEORGE ABBOTT CONTRACT WITH PLAYWRIGHT JULIAN THOMPSON, July 13, 1936, Dramatic Production Contract Between [with blank spaces filled in] The Nightingale Theatrical Corporation and Julian Thompson For the Production of 'The Nightingale', Dated July 13, 1936", booklet published by The Dramatists Guild of The Authors' League of America, Inc., 1936, 8" x 10-1/2", first 6 pages contract with blank spaces for royalties, advance, etc., filled in in black ink, followed by 34-page Text of Basic Agreement of 30 Articles going into details on aspects of the contract in legal language, on page 6 signatures of George Abbott and Julian Thompson bold in black ink, signatures of each are also on the accompanying 2-page legal-size Dramatists' Guild Collaboration Contract which is basically a condensation of the agreement and terms of the 40-page booklet, with a half-page/8-1/2" x 7-1/4" typed note dated May 26, 1938, from the Sidney F. Fleisher… Read More

[ERNEST NAGEL SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY, 1939; MODERN PHILOSOPHY, LOGICAL POSITIVISM] ERNEST NAGEL SIGNED COPY OF "THE FORMATION OF MODERN CONCEPTIONS OF FORMAL LOGIC IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOMETRY" inscribed to I. Bernard Cohen, copy is from the September 1939 issue of the periodical "Osiris - Commentationes de scientiarum et eruditionis historia rationeque, Volumen Septimum 1939", pages 142-224 on the glossy paper with a title page of the Osiris issue featuring Nagel's article, with Ernest Nagel's essay "The formation of modern conceptions of formal logic in the development of geometry" inscribed by Nagel to I. Bernard Cohen; in the upper right corner of the title page of Osiris is the handwritten inscription in pen, "To Mr. I. B. Cohen with the compliments, Ernest Nagel"…at the upper right corner of the blank front endpage in pen is, "I. Bernard Cohen, Cambridge 1939." Cambridge is Cambridge, Massachusetts, the location of Harvard; Nagel's article is bound in marbled boards with cloth spine with… Read More