Search Results: Signed Items from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[1853 MISS PRINCE'S ACADEMY OF DANCING, LONDON, LETTER FROM NEW YORK FREIND] 1853 LETTER TO "MISS PRINCE" IN LONDON FROM "YOUR FRIEND, ELIZABETH S. CHARLES" [?, name unclear from handwriting], dated New York, Oct. 29th / 53 [1853], one sheet of paper folded to 4" x 6-1/2" with two horizontal folds for mailing in small envelope addressed to "Miss Prince, 48 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London" in lower left corner "Mr. Gaston Pearson", 3-1/2 pages/about 225 words, Miss Prince's friend in New York City writes about her few visits with a mutual acquaintance, thanks Miss Prince for the "nice biscuits you have sent me", but writes mainly to introduce Gaston Pearson who "leaves today [for London] for his health", letter reads in part, "[His] stay in London will be very short…as he hastens on to a warmer climate…I am anxious that he be with you [to stay in Miss Prince's comfortable home, and to be with someone who will care for him if he gets ill]…I am glad you decided not to go to Sidney…should… Read More

[1910ca. SCOTTISH FOLK MUSIC HANDWRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION] MARJORY KENNEDY-FRASER, KENNETH MACLEOD, 3 HANDWRITTEN MUSIC SCORES WITH LYRICS, handwritten by music folklorist Nelson Sprackling (occasionally worked with Alan Lomax on folk music preservation) in preparation for publication by Boosey & Co., undated, but about 1910, Boosey published music works by Kennedy-Fraser and Macleod starting about 1908 through the 1920s with later reprintings in various editions, three 4-page music composition sheets 9-1/2" x 12-1/2", (1) A HEBRIDEAN SEA-REIVER'S SONG (Na Reubarean), Old Gallic Works [?] and translation from Kenneth Macleod Air from Penelope MacDonald Eriskay, arranged by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, 4 full pages, score with lyrics, Nelson Sprackling handwrittten signature in upper right corner of first page, (2) THE ROAD TO THE ISLES [A Tramping Song], Songs of the Hebrides, (by) M. Kennedy-Fraser and Kenneth MacLeod, (published) Boosey & Co., ca. 1916 (sheet music published in 1917), 3 pages (of 4),… Read More

[CALLIGRAPHY; DRAWING; AMERICAN EAGLE; FOLK ART] WILLIAM W. LIVERMORE, hand drawing of name/calligraphy below drawing of American eagle, many flourishes as seen in engravings of the period, original drawing, undated/est. 1830s from style of the eagle, calligraphy, and flourishes. on one sheet 8" high x 12-1/2" across with vertical midfold, ink drawn by hand, limited scattered small spots of foxing; NOTES: William W. Livermore has not been able to be identified in online research, but possibly William W. Livermore, 1814-55, born in Worcester County, MA, died in New York City, item was purchased at in estate sale in the wider New York City area ///// CONDITION: generally well-preserved, varying darkness of part as originally drawn for contrast and dramatic effect, vertical midfold, light creases at corners, two small losses at edges, overall well-preserved with paper supple.

[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

[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

[1933 PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPH OTTO KAHN WITH BLACKSTONE STUDIOS SIGNATURE] BLACKSTONE STUDIOS, NY, PLATINUM PRINT/PHOTOGRAPH of the famed financier Otto Kahn, pencil signed "Blackstone, NY", in pencil at lower left corner, "April 1933" in pencil at lower right, number "47" in pencil below this, 10-1/2" high x 8" across to the plate marks on 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" cotton rag photographic paper…limited edition photograph, possibly one-of-a-kind or only known copy that was part of a photo album of more than 40 similar high-quality portrait photographs of Kahn taken and signed by leading photography studios of the period in New York City and elsewhere around the US. between the mid 1920s and 1933, the year before Kahn died…the album was overseen by Kahn's wife Addie…the photographs were not intended for public distribution, and no duplicates of any have been found in online research…considering Kahn's support of the arts and his great wealth, he presumably commissioned the high-quality platinum and… Read More

[OCCULT; INSCRIBED COPY; JAPON PAPER LIMITED EDITION; RARE CHARLES FILIGER BOOK COVER ILLUSTRATION AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR] PRIERE - poème (1885-1893) by Jules Bois, Librairie de l'art indépendant, 1895, cover designed by Charles Filiger, signed by author with inscription, "A Monseur/Leon Chailley/Ton reconnaissant ami/Jules Bois," at the top of a front page listing other works by the author, published by Paris: Librarie de l'Art Independant, Rue de la Chaussee-D'Antin, 1895, publisher's insignia of female sphinx with wings and serpent's tail in oval at middle of title page, 4-1/4" x 8", 122 pages, Japon paper (limited edition; unnumbered, the publisher typically published books with only 5 copies on Japon paper as first printing limited editions before following with other limited editions, sometimes another 5-10 on Chine paper, and then larger limited editions on other high-quality paper), 122 pages, board cover with paste-on illustration, paste-on front cover illustration by the French… Read More

[RADIO-CONTROLLED TORPEDO, WWI ERA; DEFENSE AGAINST U-BOATS, COASTAL DEFENSE; INVENTION AND PATENT DEVELOPMENTS] ARTHUR ENOCH ERICSON (spelling of last name used by him, though sometimes written by others as Erikson or Erickson), inventor, aspects of the radio torpedo for which he was awarded patents and attracted the interest of American, British, Canadian, Italian, French, and Russian military from the early years of the 20th century until after World War II…one letter from his patent attorney Samuel Owen Edmonds reports that the British Patent Office at the request of the British Admiralty and Army Council orders the "prohibition of the publication of communication in any way of the invention and application for a patent for it in any enemy or neutral country, and of application being made for the [patent] protection of the invention in any allied country or in any of the British Dominions"… "among radio men", Ericson's radio torpedo was preferred to Hammond's for its "simplicity, accuracy,… Read More

[HISPANIC LITERATURE, TEXT IN SPANISH; AUTHOR SIGNED COPY; WOMEN'S INTEREST; RARE] TRES CANTATAS AL MAR - Al Dormido Mar, Al Mar Que Despierta, Al Despierto Mar - Libro primero de las cantatas, by Ilka Krupkin, inscribed and signed by the poet to noted Cuban emigree poet Rita Geada, published by Editor El Maguntina, Buenos Aires, 1947, Segunda Edicion (stated on title page), inscribed and signed by the poet on the half-title page, "a Rita Geada, poeta, Cuba libre, recuedo de Ilka Krupkin, 1961/Vergara 1891, Florida (B.A.), Argentina", (detached but present) softcover/paper wraps, 7-1/2" x 9-3/4", 2-color/red-and-black text front cover and title page, 30 pages, some red text on interior pages; signature authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee /// CONDITION: very good or better condition, detached cover worn with edgewear, small triangular chip at front beside bottom of spine, 1" closed tear at front edge of bottom of spine, loss of bottom 2" of spine, light fading to cover, small "91+T" in pen… Read More

[1943 UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS WWII U. S. NAVY ASSOCIATION / TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY CHIEF COMMANDER] WILLIAM L. SAYERS, Chief Commander, U. S. P. S., typed letter hand-signed/TLS, about 130 words, 8-1/2" x 11" with letterhead, Office of the Chief Commander naming Sayers, New York City address, dated January 18, 1943, with envelope addressed to recipient, "To all members in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th United States Power Squadrons District" giving notice that area "yachting organizations and the Coast Guard" are looking for instructors for high school students on seamanship and signaling eventually to expand "to cover the entire Naval District"…with copy of January 16, 1943 letter from Percy S. Weeks, Chairman, National Seamanship Training Corps (typed copy enclosed, no hand signature) that prompted Sayers letter to the power squadrons by informing him that high schools of the greater New York area are "introduc[ing] our course in practical seamanship [as an extra-curricular activity], in order to… Read More

[DISNEY MEMORABILIA; ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH ORIGINAL ADAPTATION, PAUL BARON; BUDDY CLARK, SINGER; HILDEGARDE CAMPBELL ROOM RADIO PROGRAM] ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH adapted by Paul Baron with notes "Campbell" (for Hildegarde radio program "The Campbell Room") and Buddy Clark (popular singer of the 1940s) at top of first page, original adaptation in pencil with "Baron" signed in upper right corner of the first long page version of music composition pages with typescript "PAUL BARON at the bottom of each page, 13 pages total, 19" x 11, blue ink stamp "ZIPA [sic] DEE DOO DAH" at top left of first page over title handwritten in pencil, adaptation for radio orchestra instruments, WITH copyist scores for 5-page "conductor" score and 20 2-page individual radio orchestra instruments scores, some with limited annotations including "segue to Nice to Be Nice" at the end of many ("Nice to Be Nice" was another popular song of the era), on the first page of the 5-page conductor copyist score in red ink is "Clark" indicating… Read More