Authors starting with J from Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

TLS & ALS. 1pg. 8 ½” x 11”. January 12, 1947. Tor House, Carmel, California. A typed letter signed “Robinson Jeffers” with an autograph letter signed “Robin” just below. The letters are addressed to Harper and Brothers in New York: “Let me congratulate you as publishers of THE SEEMING REAL, these latest poems by Frederick Mortimer Clapp. It is his best book, I think, though NEW POEMS and SAID BEFORE SUNSET remain very near to me. Ascetic, profound, allusive, and compressed to the cramping... more information

ALS. 4pg. 5” x 8”. November 26, 1873. St. Petersburg [Russia]. An autograph letter signed “M Jewell” as Minister to Russia on “Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg” stationery. He wrote to Harvey. It states in part: “I read your letter with much interest and am sorry to quite agree with your views on the President tho I shouldn’t care to talk it much ‘out loud’…I fear he will not grow much during this present term…I haven’t yet seen the Emperor but shall next week…I r... more information

a) TLS. 1pg. 8” x 10”. January 10, 1940. New York. A typed letter signed “John D. Rockefeller, Jr.” to Ward N. Madison of the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City: “I am glad to receive your letter of December 19th and to hear how you are getting on. It is gratifying to know that you are happy in your work. But that could not easily be otherwise with so fine a chief as Dr. Mann. Please accept my best wishes for your health, prosperity, and happiness in the New Year.” Typed on Rockefel... more information

Lady Bird Johnson was First Lady, wife of Lyndon Johnson. PS. 11" x 14". No date [circa 1981]. No place. An oversized black and white photograph signed "For Catharine La Croix with all good wishes Lady Bird Johnson". The pose shows her sitting in a chair. It is accompanied by a 1981 letter from the LBJ Library. It is in extremely fine condition... more information

SB. 636pg. No date. No place. A first edition of The Vantage Point signed “Lyndon B. Johnson” on the half-title page with one of his bookplates; the plate has the Presidential seal and his initials in gold. The book is in very fine condition overall; the dustjacket has some light white markings and a short red marker stain on the spine of the jacket.... more information

ADS. 1pg. 8” x 5”. New York. June 21, 1882. An autograph document signed “Eastman Johnson” two times: “M.E. Ingalls Esqr to Eastman Johnson To Portrait of C.W. West Esqr $1,500.00 Frame &c $73.00 / $1573.00 Recd Payment Eastman Johnson”. Charles West was a successful Cincinnati businessman; in 1880, he offered $150,000 to build an art museum if an equal amount was raised by its citizens. He was matched and the museum was started in 1882, the year of this painting. The document is in very fin... more information

TLS. 1pg. December 23, 1963. Paris. A typed letter signed “James Jones” addressed to Albert Fenton of Dublin, Ireland. “It’s taken me quite a while to get around to answering your letter and returning your book, but I’ve been working hard…Thank you for your comments. Such things are always appreciated.” The Jones family’s time in Paris during the 1960s were chronicled by James’s daughter Kaylie Jones in a memoir entitled A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries (1990), which was made into a 1998... more information

TLS. 1pg. 4 ¼” x 6”. June 11, 1932. Switzerland. A typed letter signed “Yours Jung” to his student Dr. Wolfgang Kranefeldt in Berlin. The English translation states: “Accept my best thanks for the friendly transmission of your excellently written treatise on ‘Eternal Analysis.’ The Wharton family is a difficult topic. You must also occasionally speak with the wife.” He added a postscript, “An objective reply to Paneth’s paper would probably be appropriate. I haven't read it, but ac... more information