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Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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This Wisconsin law professor and politician served that state as U.S. Senator (1891-97) and, under Grover Cleveland, served as postmaster general (1885-88) and secretary of the interior (1888-89). Signed "The Secretary of the Interior" calling card, heavy stock 4" X 2", n.p. [Washington, DC], 1889. Very good. Mild bit of age toning and very slight smudge to the "s" in "Vilas." Overall quite attractive. N° de ref. del artículo 28990
Título: Signed Calling Card
Ejemplar firmado: Firmado por el autor
Librería: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, Estados Unidos de America
This glass and steel executive was appointed minister to Russia by McKinley in 1897, then secretary of the interior in 1898, ably filling that post under Theodore Roosevelt as well until 1909 -- not to be confused with the Union general (1798-1870) of the same name. Signed calling card, heavy stock 3½" X 1 3/4", n.p. [Washington, DC], n.y. [1904 lightly pencilled in another hand]. Very good. Lightly age toned; minor mounting traces on verso. "Autograph of" and "Secretary of the Interior" handsomely printed in italics at upper left and lower right (respectively) of this card, with Hitchcock's bold signature in brown ink in the space between. Very nice example. Nº de ref. del artículo: 28720
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Librería: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, Estados Unidos de America
This Wisconsin executive (president Wisconsin Telephone Company, director First National Bank of Milwaukee, president Milwaukee and Northern Railroad, president Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, president American Street Railway Association, etc.) served Theodore Roosevelt as postmaster general from 1902 until his death in office in 1904. Full signature in black ink, heavy stock 4" X 2½" calling card, n.p. [Washington, DC], n.y. [1902-04]. Very good. Slight bit of rubbing; mounting traces on verso. "Memorandum" printed in blue in tiny typeface at upper left and "The Postmaster General" in blue in a larger typeface centered near top. Nice example. Nº de ref. del artículo: 29546
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Librería: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very good. First Edition. 78 pp, in original pictorial cloth, with illustrated page borders throughout, top edge gilt. A very good copy with light rubbing to boards, mild spine slant, small bump to lower edge of front board, small contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Laid in is a calling card (c. 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.) with "Mrs. Lorin F. Deland, 35 Newbury Street" printed on the front, hand-signed on the back "Margaret Deland, Feb. 21st 1909 - Boston.". Nº de ref. del artículo: 23162
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Librería: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Rutherford B. Hayes's Secretary of War (1877-79) had been a four-term Iowa congressman (1868-76). Large and bold "Geo. W. McCrary / Secy of War / Nov 16, 1877" penned in brown ink on the verso of his printed "The Secretary of War" calling card, heavy stock 3½" X 2¼", n.p. Near fine. A superb example, signed in office. Nº de ref. del artículo: 31679
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Librería: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, Estados Unidos de America
The English peer, noted sportsman and race horse enthusiast served as vice president of the RSPCA. Signed Calling Card, 4¼" X 2½", Lowther, Penrith, U.K., n.y. Near fine. Cream slip bearing printed "Lowther, / Penrith" at upper right and at left an oval printed family crest with "L" at center. Near center, large and bold, Lowther signs "Yours truly / Lonsdale" with a nice paraph below. The Lowther Castle at Penrith in the Cumbria county of northwest England was Lowther's main residence until 1935. Undated, but likely of early 1930s vintage. Nº de ref. del artículo: 51891
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Librería: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, Reino Unido
Paper. Condición: Good. First Edition. An Original Calling Card Written and Signed by French Composer Émile Paladilhe. Undated, A business calling card inscribed by the musician. Émile Paladilhe 1844-1926 was a French composer of the late romantic period. Size is 95mm x 60mm. Condition is good. Small hole to top corner. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17768. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. del artículo: 028098
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Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
Written over the front of a 6 x 9.5 cm calling card of 'Mrs. Ormiston Chant, | 49, Gower Street, W.C.' In good condition, lightly aged. Eve has written his initials in red ink over the note. Reads: 'Dear Mr Eve | Please excuse Clement for being late this morning. We are starting for Grindewald, and are anxious for him to see us off at Charing Cross. He will be at school by 11 a.m. | Yours sincerely. | L. Ormiston Chant.' For information on Eve, see P. G. Naiditfh, 'A.E. Housman at University College, London: The Election of 1892' (1988). Nº de ref. del artículo: 20406
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Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
See her entry in the Oxford DNB. LETTER: 3pp, 12mo. Thirty-one lines. Bifolium. In fair condition, with slight staining at foot of first leaf, and traces of glue from mount on blank reverse of second leaf. In an elongated and somewhat opaque hand. Begins: 'My dear Mrs. Hicks / I was exceedingly sorry to hear that Mr. Hicks had met with an accident on the day you left.' What follows is hard to decipher, until she writes 'I have much pleasure in forwarding to you the address of Jackson & Graham. It is No. 35-36 Oxford St.' She praises 'the selection he has of patterns'. The conclusion is similarly indecipherable. CALLING CARD: Conventional copperplate calling card, with mourning border. Edges and reverse carrying traces of glue from mount. Centred: 'Mrs. W. Avery Bushnell / née / Catherine Hayes.' In bottom left-hand corner: 13, Westbourne Park, West.'. Nº de ref. del artículo: 26364
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Librería: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, Reino Unido
Paper. Condición: Good. First Edition. An Original Calling Card Written and Signed by Rosalind Frances Howard, Countess of Carlisle. Dated 1895. A Naworth Castle Card from Rosalind Carlisle to a Mr Smithson confirming he and his son can do a days fishing at the Castle Howard lake. Rosalind Frances Howard, Countess of Carlisle 1845-1921, known as The Radical Countess, was a promoter of women's political rights and temperance movement activist. Size is 155mm x 90mm. Condition is average, Edge rubbing and age toning. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17700. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. del artículo: 028103
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Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
One page, 12mo, good condition, saying "Mr. J. Buzzacott was in my employment in the capacity of compositor (apprentice) at my printing works, 12 Wilson St., Finsbury, for about two years, and during the whole of that time was satisfactory with respect to conduct, work, & punctuality. He is a gentlemanly lad & I can recommend him". With Zangwill's calling card, name and address printed, adding "With complements" embracing his name. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9952
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