Search Results: Titles starting with J from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[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

[JEREMY INGALLS, AMERICAN WOMAN POET, 5-PAGE HANDWRITEN LETTER/ALS 1945] JEREMY INGALLS, WOMAN POET, 5-page handwritten letter, 8-1/2" x 11"/about 950 words, dated Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 1945, to "Dear Jimmy" (author James R. Mellow, see below), Mellow wrote to Ingalls after gaining confidence in receiving a high-school award for something he wrote asking her to comment on and critique a group of sonnets he had written, Ingalls replies generously that they are "part of the record of your adolescence" having more personal than lasting or literary value, but which evidence good writing skills and talent, her lengthy letter involves literary critique, psychological observation, perspective, and encouragement, reading in part, "Your manuscript and letter arrive this morning…this particular group of sonnets should not be revised…You yourself recognize the Millay lines…and you probably recognize also the Wordsworth, Byron and Keats and other echoes…you probably recognize also the sequence… Read More

[JEROME KERN "A HEAVENLY PARTY" MANUSCRIPT/HANDWRITTEN ARRANGEMENT FOR HILDEGARDE RADIO PROGRAM, 1938] JEROME KERN, COMPOSER MUSIC, AND DOROTHY FIELDS, WORDS/LYRICS, music copyist with stampings dated 1938, handwritten music/scores for radio orchestra instruments of adaptation of the Kern and Fields music for a performance by Hildegarde in one of her late 1930's radio programs, including music for piano and voice for Hildegarde in performing the song accompanied by the radio orchestra, over 25 pages, with occasional annotations by Hildegarde, one page 9 staves in pencil by Hildegarde with title "Heavenly Party" and notes "accov" (?) and "unis" (?) at top and on another page "A Heavenly Party" in turquoise ink in Hildegarde's distinctive fancy handwriting and note "Hillegarde" (name in pencil misspelled by an unidentified individual, possibly the copyist Sam Schiller identified by his purple circular stamp on most of the pages), all pages 12 stave, 5 lines music composition pages 9" x 12", with RARE… Read More

[CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED, 1932] JERRY AND THE PUSA by Eleanor Frances Lattimore, published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932, hardcover, 6-1/2" x 9", 197 pages, blue cloth cover with yellow illustration and decoration, illustrated endpages, black silhouette-like illustrations /// CONDITION: very good-plus condition, a few touches of edgewear to cover and a few short light scuff marks, previous owner's name on half-title page, hinges firm and text block solid, well-preserved copy with minimal wear.

[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