Search Results: Authors starting with H from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[MARILYN MONROE SON RUMOR DEBUNKED; NATIONAL ENQUIRER HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ORIGINAL RESEARCH] MARILYN MONROE SON RUMORS research file of assorted items of the investigation by Hal Jacques, a leading Hollywood/celebrity reporter active from the 1960s to '80s, working on assignment for the National Enquirer, 1970s, group of items made up of (a) memo TO: Brian Welles, FR: Hal Jacques, RE: Marilyn Monroe's Son, dated August 10th, 1972, 1-page original ribbon typed manuscript, in part, "It was about two years ago that [National] ENQUIRER asked that I check out this story and either prove or disprove it…[MM] had a fertility problem…Also, her work schedule…made [pregnancy] improbable otherwise…I spoke with a friend of the late Johnny Hyde [d. 1950, MM's agent who had an affair with her]…The boy who makes the pilgrimage to her crypt is a young actor [not her son]", typescript light but fully legible; (b) memo FR: Hal Jacques, TO: Bill Dick [National Enquirer editor], SUBJECT: "Marilyn Monroe's… Read More

[EMMY AWARDS 1970; CANDID PHOTOS 2 CONTACT SHEETS; TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA] 2 CONTACT SHEETS CANDID PHOTOS OF VARIOUS CELEBRITIES INVOLVED IN THE 1970 EMMY AWARDS SHOW AND RELATED FESTIVITIES taken in early 1971 at the direction of leading Hollywood celebrity reporter Hal Jacques active from the 1950s to '80s…contact sheet #1 - 8-1/2" 11", 35 black-and-white candid photos, 3 with red crayon markings, the stars in the photos are identified on the revere in handwritten notes in pen corresponding to the photos on the front side, also on the back handwritten are the notes in pen "Emmy Awards for 1970, taken early 1971" [when awards were presented], and in red pencil "Stephan Jacques" the son of reporter Hal Jacques who at the time sometimes went on assignments or to events with the father to take candid photos while the father was gathering material for an article, and "Dup" [for duplicate, though photos are originals from negatives], the celebrities identified with more than one in a… Read More

SPRING FLOWERS, edited by Mrs. Sarah Jane Hale (ca. 1873, 64 pages, 7 full-page hand-colored illustrations including title page), bound with SKETCHES OF LITTLE GIRLS (ca. 1862, 64 pages, 8 full-page hand-colored illustrations including title page and frontispiece) edited by Mrs. Sarah Jane Hale, published by McLoughlin Bros., 24 Beekman (New York City), Little Boy's and Girl's Library, red cloth cover (worn) with blindstamping and gilded illustration on front, 5-1/4" x 6-1/2" /// CONDITION: hardcover in very good condition for age, cover worn with spots of soiling and small losses, interior pages with age-spots, 1-1/2" clean tear at top of Spring Flowers title page.

[TOBACCOIANA; INNOVATIVE/PATENTED CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE PROCESS, 1960s] THE MICROFLAKE STORY, A Presentation to the Industrial Research Institute, Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May 16, 1962, by Hamilton Herman, Vice President and Director, Research and Development Division, and Dr. William P. Cadogan, Manager, Chemical Development Laboratory, published by American Machine and Foundry Company [AMF]/Research and Development Division, 1962, leatherette binder with blindstamping showing title on first interior page and gilded lettering of publisher, 8-1/2" x 11", pages unnumbered/about 150 pages, illustrations, photographs, charts, diagrams, tables, illustrations ranging from cartoon-like drawings, diagrams of chemical properties, photographs of machines, and cost-analysis charts relating to AMF's development of tobacco in rolls for cigarettes and cigars and the flexibility and commitment to innovation AMF displayed in developing this new product which revolutionized the cigarette and tobacco… Read More

[HARVEY PARRY STUNTMAN promo items Don's Place Burbank CA RARE] HARVEY PARRY, 1900-85, famed stuntman who worked with Harold Lloyd, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, and other stars, his career spanned the era of silent movies of the 1920s to popular movies of the 1970s, ca. 1970s, 4 items total, including 2 rare Harvey Parry promotional items (a) 8-1/2" x 11" flyer on heavy paper for the popular Don's Place burger joint in Burbank, CA with "Congratulations ARCHIE MOORE - AL BAFFERT and HARVEY PARRY at the top, on the reverse article "The (Reel) Life Story of Harvey Parry (In How Own Words)" with 6 black-and-white photos from his career, (b) 6" x 9" 4-page brochure for Parry's character "Millionaire's Bum" with b+w photos on front and back and across the two inside pages "Also Plays Millionaires 'Bum' for sale"…Harvey Parry", a character he apparently played for parties and other gatherings…and also 2 black-and-white 8" x 10" promotional photos (a) scene from the 1940 movie "City for Conquest" with… Read More

[HASEGAWA WORKS CHEMICAL COMPANY LABORATORY; FOUNDER'S 1916 LETTER TO GEORGE KUNZ SEEKING INVESTMENT; WITH HIS 4-PAGE ESSAY ON BUSINESS CONDITIONS AND AMBITIONS IN JAPAN AND HIS NEWLY-FOUNDED COMPANY] HASEGAWA WORKS, Tokyo, Tetsutaro Hasegawa, 1916 signed letter from Tokyo to George. F. Kunz in New York concerning investment in Hasegawa's newly founded business with a 4-1/4 page double-space essay/prospectus going into such subjects as Japanese nationalism, Japanese industrialization, trading relations with European countries, particularly Germany reflecting Japan's later military alliance with Germany, and Hasegawa's chemical laboratory he founded as one of three types of Japanese chemical laboratories. In general Hasegawa's essay which is like introductory section of a business prospectus (his purpose for writing it was to attract investment in his chemical laboratory) reflects the growing Japanese nationalism of the early decades of the 20th century leading to World War II in the Pacific region,… Read More

[1902 DES MOINES RIVER–FORT DODGE RAILROAD BRIDGE/VIADUCT GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS, ALBUMEN, CYANOTYPE, ASSOCIATION TO HERBERT C. KEITH, LEAD ENGINEER OF THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION] A GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DES MOINES RIVER–FORT DODGE, IOWA RAILROAD BRIDGE/VIADUCT, 4 original mounted albumen photographs (faint with notes on back), 7 photocopies of original period cyanotype photographs (i. e., copies on paper, not original photos, see below)…4 albumen photos are faded, notes on subjects on back, albumen photographs 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" on black board mounts 7" x 9", Bridge Superintendent Herbert C. Keith pencil notes in black on back of black mounting can be clearly read with microscope under light, notes are (1) "Site for Fort Dodge Viaduct, MC-FD RR [Mason City-Fort Dodge Railroad], Looking Across Des Moines River and up the west hill, December 1902"; (2) "Des Moines River Viaduct at Fort Dodge, Iowa, for Mason City–Fort Dodge RR, section of first truss span, Winter of 1902-3"… Read More

[1943ca HILDEGARDE ANNOTATED COPYIST SCORES K. P. SERENADE] HILDEGARDE ANNOTATED COPYIST SCORES FOR A SMALL RADIO ORCHESTRA FOR THE MUSIC TO K. P. SERENADE, unsigned/handwriting verified (see below), presumably planned song for one of Hildegarde's public performances in the war years of the early 1940s since there is no record of her having performed this song in one of her 1940's radio programs which are recorded at old-time radio sites, maybe performed for some servicemen's venue with its title referring to "kitchen police [k. p.]" much spoofed by both service people and civilians…11 different scores from 1 to 3 pages for instruments and three tenors, including piano which Hildegarde would play as she sang, accordian, violins, trumpets, and drums, copyist stamp at the end of each score; ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEM relating to RARE sheet music, only 3 copies of the sheet music recorded at WorldCat/OCLC, one found recorded at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, one for sale on ebay… Read More

ORIGINAL DOCUMENT OF COMMENDATION FROM THE 3rd/THIRD EVACUATION HOSPITAL FOR THE SEVERELY WOUNDED by the South-Western Regional Zemstvo Committee, 4th gymnasium [district] Vasilkovskaya (Kyiv), 8-1/2" x 14" with 3 horizontal and one vertical fold as found (fragile at folds), printed text and handwriting making up nearly all of the document in Ukraine or Russia Cyrillic, at bottom left stamp of circular Russian Red Cross seal in (faded) red with cross in the middle surrounded by text in Cyrillic and to the right of this also in (faded) red stamp in Cyrillic "senior doctor" hand-signed by a doctor to the right, printed text in upper left corner identifies the document (translating into English using Google translate), handwriting in Cyrillic by unidentified individual indecipherable without knowledge of Cyrillic, but seller has been told by someone who knows the language that the document is a commendation to an individual (presumably a nurse) who worked at the hospital during WWI, the 1915 date of the… Read More

GEORGE HURRELL PHOTO TAKEN DURING SHOOT IN PARIS 1984, GEORGE HURRELL black-and-white photograph 8" x 10" including narrow white margin, Hurrell is standing beside a camera, note on back of photograph written by Hurrell reads, "George Hurrell - credit photo by Kim - shot in Paris in 1984 on assignment for Paris Vogue" /// GEORGE HURREL NOTE: 1904-1992, a noted celebrity/Hollywood photographer who "made a significant contribution to the image of glamour presented by Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s" (wikipedia) /// ITEM NOTE: "Please note that for this photo, the notations written on the backside are in George Hurrell's handwriting. I knew George, and also have a large collection of his work. He typically put notations on the backs of his later work." – note sent to seller from an individual who had seen the photo /// CONDITION: fine, negligible wear, kept in mylar protector, limited handling.