Search Results: Titles starting with P from Montgomery Rare Books

np, nd. VG. 4" x 4.75", 2pp clipped. Content: A clipped letter from Burton to a source which is publishing about him. Burton writes of his biography in his own hand, "Frederic Wm Burton. 3rd son of the Sml. Burton Esqu. & grandson of Edwa. Wm Burton of Clifden House Inchquin Co Clare. Born in Ireland in 1816. Educated at Clifton, Somerset & in Dublin where studied art & began to practice it ad the aged of 18 - painting chiefly portraits and also occasionally genre subjects"<br /> <br /> Sir Frederic William Burton (April 1816 - March 1900 ) was an Irish painter. Sir Frederick was the third director of the National Gallery, London. During the twenty years that he held this post he was responsible for many important purchases, including master works from da Vinci, Raphael, van Dyck, Hoblein and Velazquez. The number of acquisitions made to the collection during his period of office amounts to more than 500. "Allow me to again… Read More

Fine. INSCRIBED "To...Best Wishes / Spiro T. Agnew" in black ink. 8" x10" black and white photo. Copyright Karl Schumancher, The White House.<br /> <br /> Spiro Agnew (1918 - 1996) served as the 39th Vice President of the United States, from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon. Born in Baltimore to Greek immigrants, Agnew put himself through Law School after having served as an officer in the Second World War. Following a recall into the Korean War, Agnew gravitated into politics. He served as the county executive of Baltimore County and was later elected the Governor of Maryland. Although, he was reelected for vice presidency in 1972 he was later forced to resign after being charged with bribery, conspiracy and tax fraud. Rather than face trial, Agnew entered a plea of no contest to charges of evading income tax, and was sentenced to three years' probation. After leaving office, Agnew worked as an international trade executive and also published a memoir… Read More

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. Very good. 5.65" x 8.5", 49 un-numbered pages of typed poems. four [4] sets of poems stapled in top left corner, cover page detached from staple. This anthology of poems from world renown poets was typed as a submission to Harcourt and published in book form in 1934. It includes a section header: "The Definition of Poetry". Typed poems from Robert Frost, the Rosetti's, Dickinson, Hardy, Sandburg and Untermeyer himself.<br /> <br /> Louis Untermeyer (1885 - 1977) was a mostly self-taught Poet, but a fierce promoter of the craft, anthologist, editor and appointed the 16th Consultant of Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1961. He befriended many celebrity authors including Arthur Miller and Robert Frost. An incident in 1951 caused him to be investigated by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and become blacklisted by the entertainment industry, including being removed from the television show,… Read More