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

[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

[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

[CLASSIC CARD CLUB; WARREN W. FITZGERALD, CLASSIC CAR AUTHOR; 3 LETTERS SIGNED, 1961] WARREN W. FITZGERALD, 3 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED, TO A CLASSIC CAR ENTHUSIAST AND COLLECTOR, detailed information on 1930's Packard vintage luxury class car, on The Classic Car Club of America – Northern Illinois Region stationary with letterhead and image of a classic car convertible, 8-1/2" x 11", each letter hand-signed, typed/TLS, with signature above typed "Warren W. Fitgerald, Editor, THE DASHBOARD [with Illinois address], (1) March 28, 1961, 1 page, single space/about 130 words, signed "Warren", excerpts, "[Y]our 1934 Packard Twelve Dietrich Victoria was numbered as follows…I'm wrapping up an article on…Dietrich Custom Victoria for Car Life or Road & Track…If yours is a 1108 Custom, the -15 would seem to indicate that at least 15 of this model were built…it appears we've been able to locate only two remaining 1108s in this body style…Do you have any idea who was credited with the design of the 1933-34… Read More

[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

[1929 SIDNEY WEBB 2 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS TO THERON J. DAMON / CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY/ SOCIALISM COMMUNISM] SIDNEY WEBB, 2 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS TO THERON J. DAMON in Constantinople, Turkey, 1929, related letters about Webb and his wife Beatrice's trip to the Near East and arriving back in England at Passfield Corner and his wife's book "My Apprenticeship" being sent, (1) dated April 28 [19]29, one sheet front and back, 5-1/2" x 8", handwritten signed/ALS, about 100 words, letterhead of Hotel M. Tokatlian, Istanbul, "Mr. Bernard Berenson kindly gave me the enclosed card of [?] to you for my wife and myself…We should greatly value the opportunity of making your acquaintance, and of learning something of the position here, economic and political; as well as of meeting any of those concerned with Robert College…We have only just arrived from Athens…"; (2) dated 23.5.[19]29, Chelsea, London, UK letterhead with handwritten note above "address till 20 June/29" with handwritten underneath "Permanent… Read More

[1940 BLITZKRIEG ARTILLERY PLAN Weidinger in German typed manuscript 8 pp original] "Gedanken über Feuerleitung stärkerer Artillerie" ["Thoughts on stronger artillery fire control line"] by the WWII German officer Colonel Wilhelm Weidinger (see Notes). The date "Februar 1940" is written in pencil at the upper right-hand corner of the first page indicating the essay was written about three months before the Nazi Blitzkrieg beginning in May 1940. On page 3, Weidinger writes, "[I]t is safe to assume that the struggle in the West [blitzkrieg invasion of Belgium, etc., opening in May 1940] will not take place as it did in Poland [invasion, September 1939]". In a few places are marginal pencil notes by the officer Walter Limberger (see Notes) Weidinger presumably gave his essay to when the met when both working at Wa Pruf 8, a WWII German research and development center for weapons and operations (see Notes)…the essay concerns organization of artillery fire to maximum effectiveness and how to achieve… Read More

[WWII TREASON CASE; JAPANESE-AMERICAN CITIZEN KAWAKITA; JAMES WILLARD HURST] HARVARD LAW REVIEW ON TREASON IN THE UNITED STATES [handwritten title on label on front cover of heavy manila binder for Harvard Law Review article disbound pages or offprints], bound in pages from three issues of Harvard Law Review with the issue's cover– (1) Volume 58, Number 2 [numbers in red ink], December 1944, Treason in the United States –1. Treason Down to the Constitution (a) Prior to the Revolution, etc. (to be continued), by Willard Hurst, pages 220-272, footnotes, (2) Volume 58, Number 3 [numbers in red], February 1945, Treason in the United States – II. The Constitution (a) General Policy: a Restrictive Definition, etc., (to be continued) by Willard Hurst, pages 395-444, footnotes, (3) Volume 58, Number 6 [numbers in red], Treason in the United States – Under the Constitution (a) General Policy, etc., by Willard Hurst, 1945, pages 806-853, footnotes…bound in following the issues are 4 letters in… 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

[BOYS OWN BOOK, PARLOUR MAGIC, GYMNASTICS; 3-IN-ONE, 1866] THREE BOOKS IN ONE, 1866, SPINE TITLE: BOY'S OWN BOOK, EXTENDED, (somewhat faded) maroon cloth hardcover, gilded decoration on spine, 5" x 6", (1) BOY'S OWN BOOK, A Complete Encyclopedia of all Athletic, Scientific, Recreative, Outdoor and Indoor Exercises and Diversions, Fifth Edition, Fifth Edition, Revised, no author given [William Clarke?, author of six-line poem on the title page], published by James Miller, New York, 1866, 354 pages, illustrations, index (8 pages unnumbered), in the section "Minor Sports" is a two-third page section "Trap, Bat, and Ball" with an illustration/this 19th-century sport is regarded as a precursor of baseball; (2) PARLOUR MAGIC, author given (possibly Henry Perkins), no publisher given, undated, illustrations, detailed content in front (like index); (3) PAUL PRESTON'S BOOK OF GYMNASTICS, Instructions for Sports and Exercises, To Promote the Health and Long Life of His Young Readers, Illustrated by 188 Engraved… Read More

[WELLNESS; MENTAL HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, PAN AMERICAN SANITARY BUREAU 1959] 7 ARTICLES BY INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN LEADING PSYCHIATRISTS AND DOCTORS published by the World Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, 1501 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, D. C., for World Health Day, 7 April 1959, original articles in envelope with text in red in lower left corner "April Seventh, WORLD HEALTH DAY, Information material issued by the World Health Organization, a Specialized Agency of the United Nations" with addresses in red on the back for obtaining the packet of articles from WHO locations in Geneva, New Dehli, Alexandria, Washington DC, Manila, and Brazzaville, 7 articles/essays by prominent, noted psychiatrists and doctors from countries around the world plus 2 introductory articles by top WHO figures and a fact sheet for a total of 10 pieces each stapled individually at the upper left corner, the 7 articles/essays by the psychiatrists and doctors are: (1) "Facing Up to the Stress… Read More