Gallaudet, Signed (4 results)

Condition: Good. 12mo. 127 pp. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards. Encased in plastic sleeve. Foxing throughout and chipped boards. Includes black and white engraved vignette on title and seven full engravings. First edition. autographed by author of front fly leaf.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of H. D. Gallaudet's war poetry compilation, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original blue cloth with the original orange, unclipped dust wrapper.The first edition.A signed presentation copy, with the following ink inscription by Gallaudet to the front free end paper: 'Dearest Grace: I want you to have a 'first copy' of this book of mine, my first. I very much hope you like it - as much as anybody can like war. With deepest affection, Hubert. September 18th, 1939.'Also signed by Gallaudet to the title page. In the publisher's original cloth with the original orange, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with light shelf wear to the extremities. Front and rear hinges cracked but firm. Dust wrapper is very good. Slight wear to edges with chips and creasing. Closed tear to head of panel. Marks to panels. Slight marginal fading. Fading to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Signed by Gallaudet to the front free end paper and title page. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Gallaudet, John. Autograph Signed ("John Gallaudet") in pencil on vintage blue album leaf. 6" x 4 1/2", 1939. Very good. Provenance from the estate of Patricia Goff. John Gallaudet (1903-1983), born John Beury Gallaudet, August 23, 1903, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died November 5, 1983, Los Angeles, California; American actor; films include: "Murder in News" 1937; "Manhattan Shakedown" 1937; "Holiday Inn" 1942; "In Cold Blood" 1967. Television roles include "Adam 12;" "My Three Sons;" "Batman;" "Perry Mason;" "The Millionaire.". Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Signature of T. H. Gallaudet on a small slip of paper (3.5" x 1.5") which is mounted at the bottom of a letter to A. J. Crossman from William W. Turner at the American Asylum, dated in 1856. Turner tells Crossman about how difficult it was to find Gallaudet's autograph because there was "not a signature of his in this office which can be detached without mutilating important documents." Turner's letter is in turn mounted on a larger sheets and is accompanied on another page with a clipping and an engraving.