holograph letter (7 resultados)

Boards. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Profusely Illustrated with Color and Black and White Illustrations Ilustrador. First Edition. 94 immaculate pages. No markings or inscriptions. "Highly Important Old Master Drawings Including Examples by Francois Boucher, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Jean Antoine Watteau Collected by the Late Mrs Irma N. Straus and her Late Husband Ambassador Jesse Isidor Straus." With holograph personal letter from Irma N. Straus to a relative laid in, with later clippings pertaining to her estate. Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condición: Very Good+. First Edition. Handwritten letter signed by the author laid in. North Scale Institute (San Francisco) , c 1986, paperback, no edition stated, NAP, Very Good + (faint cover crease) , 83 pages, illustrated with b/w photos, ISBN 0916299023, , MEMOIR SAN FRANCISCO; F0114 T6T; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 83 pages; Signed by Author(s).

Stapled wraps. Condición: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good stapled wraps with some creasing to the yapped edges. Unpaginated, unmarked. 300 copies, Milwaukee, 1968. 3 page letter from the publisher to Morris Edelson, editor of Quixote, laid in; FRM P5P; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; Signed by Editor.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Frontispiece Portrait Ilustrador. 1st Edition. (Xvii), 261 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Light Wear, Gilt Fairly Bright, A Little Bubbling Of Cloth, A Few Pinpoint Frays At Edges, Rear Hinge Cracked (Due To Bancroft's Personal Envelope With Thick Enclosures Tipped To Rear Endpaper), Pages Clean But A Little Aged. Ownership Signature Of Textile Manufacturer Samuel Bancroft, Jr., Of Rockford Mills, Delaware, Dated 11/22/81, And With His Large And Elaborate Heraldic Bookplate On Front Pastedown. Also With A Seven Page Holograph Letter From Alfred Darbyshire To His Cousin Bancroft, Dated September 11, 1881, Apparently In Response To Inquiries From Bancroft, Providing A Summary Of Everything Darbyshire Knew Of Mrs. Ward, Her Family And Background, And Her Current Activities. Also Included Is Bancroft's Copy Of An August 26, 1879 Cable From Ward To Derbyshire Accepting The Invitation To Speak At A Calvert Benefit; Also A Note From L. Wingfield To Darbyshire, "Good Lord! Genevieve's Biography,- All Of It? It Would Take From Here To New York" Etc., And Offering To Send Darbyshire A Copy Of This Book; Both Typed Out With An Attestation That The Originals Had Been Returned To Darbyshire. In 1880, Bancroft Was Introduced To Pre-Raphaelite English Artwork By His Cousin, Architect Alfred Darbyshire. He Fell In Love With The Art, And Once Bancroft Stepped Back From Directly Managing The Family Firm In 1889, He Began To Purchase Numerous Pieces Of Artwork. In 1880, He Was Introduced To Pre-Raphaelite English Artwork By His Cousin, Architect Alfred Darbyshire. He Fell In Love With The Art, And Once Bancroft Stepped Back From Directly Managing The Family Firm In 1889, He Began To Purchase Numerous Pieces Of Artwork. His Collection Began In 1890 With A Work By Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Whose Art And Poetry Featured Prominently In Bancroft's Further Collections Over The Next 25 Years. He Maintained Correspondence With Other Artists In The Movement, And Offered Financial Support To The Families Of Some Of Them. Bancroft Continued Adding To The Collection For The Remainder Of His Life, And Built It Into The Largest Such Collection Of Pre-Raphaelite Works Outside England. Alfred Darbyshire (20 June 1839 - 5 July 1908) Was An English Architect. He Was A Nephew Of George Bradshaw, The Compiler Of Railway Guides. Darbyshire Admired The Gothic Revival Style Of Alfred Waterhouse But Also Designed In The Neoclassical Style. Darbyshire Was A Man Of Many Talents Which Centered On The Theatre. As Well As Building Them, He Acted In Them And Became Famous For His Extravagant Stage Productions. In 1869 Charles Calvert, Actor-Manager Of The Prince's Theatre, Manchester, Employed Alfred To Redecorate The Theatre. They Became Good Friends And Alfred Assisted Calvert With The Staging Of Some Of His Great 'Revivals' Of Shakespeare's Plays. (Page 139/140, Where Ward's Productions With Calvert, Is Turned Down At A Corner By Bancroft.) In 1872 He Built A Spectacular Set For The Triumphal Entry Of The King Into London In Henry V. The Production Was Carried Through The United States And Into Australia. In New York More Than 100,000 People Visited Booth's Theatre To See The Play. As A Landscape Painter He Sketched And Painted In Italy, France, Belgium And Germany. Alfred Was An Art Critic For The Manchester Guardian, And From 1874 To 1905 He Was An Art Critic For The Courier. He Wrote A Number Of Books On Architecture, Heraldry And Art And Innumerable Pamphlets And Brochures.

Condición: Very Good. Written on one side of a folded folio sheet with the printed text 'Municipalite de Paris' on top of the page followed by an emblem and the text 'Procureur de la Commune' underneath. The letter talks about resignations which he has received. He continues by stating that there is nothing in common with the committee of a section of the town and the conciliation magistrates of this section which is considered only a district. He also mentions that he is starting a registrer which he hopes the magistrates and their associates will take the time to write and sign their resignation. A fresh clean document written in clear script.

Condición: Very Good. The document is a report to the Committee on Public Health concerning the opening of a position if Chief Surgeon at the hospital in Dunkerque. The report states that the surgeon Martin, 1st class surgeon, is asking for the position. The document continues that the health councils is keeing in mind how important it is to resave top positions in some hospitals to reward deserving health officers. Citizen Noel, surgeon in Chief of the Northern Army is mentioned and they recommend that the Health Committee suspends the nomination of a chief surgeon, so that they can temporarily nominate Citizen Noel. The document is probably referring to Nicholas Noel (1746-1833) surgeon at the Northern Army. See Hoefer vol 38, col 175-176. A fresh clean document signed by ten officials.

Condición: Very Good. A very attractive document written on a folio leaf and folded. The letter concerns an inspection of fortified places from Calais to Givet. The most important ones require our attention, and they explain how they decided to go directly to Calais and Dunkirque among others. They also discuss the fortifications and supplies required. Furthermore, they also write that part of their mission is to gather information about civil and military agents. Those who do not show zeal and good citizenship will be dismissed. The letter is signed Jean Debry and Charles Cochion. A fresh clean document written in clear script.