Original, Hand-Drawn Carl Alberg Motor Boat Design
by ALBERG, CARL
ALBERG, CARL. (1900-1986). Swedish-born, American boat designer and pioneer of fiberglass yacht design. Detailed deck plan and side elevation for a 21' motor boat, drawn in pencil and signed ("Carl A. Alberg"). 1p. Small folio (approximately 11¼" by 10"). Marblehead, October 25, 1975. The LOA (length overall) is 21' 0", beam is 7' 6", draft is 1' 10 ½"; displacement is 3000 pounds, and the drawings' scale is ½" = 1'. Alberg has identified this sheet of drawings as project #44.... Read More
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Rare Letter by James Gordon Bennett Who Sent Stanley in Search of Livingstone
by BENNETT, JAMES GORDON, JR.
BENNETT, JAMES GORDON, JR. (1841-1914). Editor of the New York Herald. TLS. With a lengthy, signed holograph postscript. (Signed twice: "J.G. Bennett"). 2pp. 4to. Paris, September 21, 1889. On Avenue des Champs Elysees stationery. To American journalist, diplomat and popularizer of canoeing WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE ALDEN (1837-1908). "Enclosed please find a letter from 'Herr Pistor' of Austria, who pitches into the Herald right and left. I thought I would send it to you as one of your happily conceived Editorials treating it... Read More
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Typed Postcard Signed to Babette Deutsch about May Swenson, “She is a true poet”
by LOWELL, ROBERT
LOWELL, ROBERT. (1917-1977). American poet, essayist, and translator. TPCS. ("Robert Lowell"). 1p. 12mo. (New York), N.d. To the American poet, BABETTE DEUTSCH (1895-?). Do send me the form for May Swenson. She is a true poet and I hope she makes it this time. American poet May Swenson (1919-1989), is remembered for her masterful portrayals of nature and daily life, seen in such volumes as Another Animal, A Cage of Spines, Iconographs, and two collections of children's verse. She... Read More
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Milhaud AMusMsS Fragment of Trois Chansons de Ronsard, Written for Lily Pons
by MILHAUD, DARIUS
MILHAUD, DARIUS. (1892-1974). French composer of Le Boeuf sur le toit, La Creation du Monde and other 20th-century repertoire staples; a member of Les Six. AMusMsS. ("D. Milhaud"). 3pp. Folio. (11" x 13 ¼"). N.p., [1941]. In French. Three pages of a musical manuscript scored for first violin entitled Trois Chanson de Ronsard, totaling 156 measures for three of the four poems: "A une Fontaine (Mouvt. de Valse)," "A Cupidon (Modéré)" and "Dieu vous gard' (Vif)." One of the 20th century's... Read More
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Rare Autograph Letter by one of the Great French Beauties and Wits of the 19th Century
by RECAMIER, MADAME JULIETTE
RECAMIER, MADAME JULIETTE. (1777-1849). Parisian socialite remembered for her popular Royalist salon as well as her great beauty, memorialized by such artists as Jean-Louis David. ALS. ("J.R."). 1p. 8vo. N.p., N.d. [1834]. To French author LAURE JUNOT, DUCHESS OF ABRANTÈS (1784-1838). In French with translation. "So how are you doing, dear friend? I am worried about your silence, I would go ask you if I were not restrained by sad affairs, so please tell Monsieur the count that I also complain about... Read More
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The Russian Novelist, Poet and Playwright Writes Out and Signs a Quotation from French Philosopher Voltaire
by TURGENEV, IVAN
TURGENEV, IVAN. (1818-1883). Russian novelist, poet, and playwright; his novel Fathers and Sons is a masterpiece of 19th-century Russian literature. AMsS. ("Ivan Tourguineff"). 1p. Small 8vo. Bade[n], 1869. In French with translation on stationery blind-embossed with his initials. A quatrain from part of a longer work ("Stances Irregulières") that Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778) sent to King Frederick the Great's sister, Princess (later Queen) Louisa Ulrika of Sweden (1720-1782), in January 1747. "S'occuper c'est savoir jouir L'oisiveté pèse et tourmente; L'âme est un feu,... Read More
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