Herbert Henry William, Signed (14 results)

4to, 2 pp. On bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Text clear and complete. The letter, of 39 lines, requests Herbert's opinion of 'the feasibility of a plan for the domestication of the Primated Grouse of the western prairies in this section of the country'. He writes because 'some few passages in your own writings have led me to know that one who has the heart of, and a desire to be a true sportsman, would not, if requesting a favor at your hand be overlooked'. Signed 'Titrao Cupido | Box 841 O.O. | Cleveland Ohio'. This has been lightly crossed-out in pencil, with the signature 'Jno. B. Hearsh' written beside it. The second signature is asterisked, with the following note regarding it at the foot of the page: 'The above is a pseudonym for John H. Beardsley, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio. It would be well to take no notice of this letter.'.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. The recipient is not identified. Addressed to 'My dear Sir' and signed 'Herbert Thurston'. He begins by thanking him for 'the nice things you say', and continues: 'I fear I have no defence as regards Samuel Butler. I knew that he had written on the Sonnets and that some people thought highly of his book but I have never seen it. The fact was that I was provoked into talking up the question by some friends who have recently become obsessed by the Oxford theory. I promised them that I would look at their books, and my very inadequate article is the result.' In a postscript he states that he 'must look up S. Butler and "Willie Hughes." The reference in Sonnet 20 seems rather far fetched.' Butler's 'Shakespeare's Sonnets Reconsidered' was published in 1899.

46 signed letters [34 TLS, 12 ALS] comprising decades of correspondence between Frederick Gardner Cottrell and various notable figures of his day in U.S. politics, the international science community, and academia. All letters are housed in new archival mylar sleeves. Cottrell was a notable chemist, inventor, and philanthropist, best known today for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator - one of the first inventions to combat air pollution - and his founding of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, which used the revenue from the electrostatic precipitator to fund further scientific research, and continues to do so today. While best remembered for these feats, Cottrell had a long and influential career both in the U.S. Federal Government and as a science consultant. He was well known nationally and internationally - in industry, in government, and in academia - for his support of and contributions to new ideas and new talent within the scientific community. The letters, which span from 1901-1941, track Cottrell over the course of 40 years, and evidence the many relationships he had over that period with some of the most influential people of the time. These include a letter of introduction from Alexander Graham Bell, a discussion of chemistry with Thomas Edison, replies from two Nobel Prize winning scientists - the discoverer of the noble gasses, William Ramsay, and discoverer of the electron, J. J. Thomson - to Cottrell's request to study in their labs, and exchanges with two presidents, Herbert Hoover and Woodrow Wilson. Other letters show his personal interactions with leading scientists of his day (Robert J. Van de Graaff, Georges Claude, George E. Hale) and heads of industry (Henry L. Doherty, Ivy Lee), and track the path of his career through his time as the director of the Bureau of Mines; to chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology on the National Research Council; to head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Lab, and beyond. These letters, the vast majority of which were sent by these notable figures to Cottrell, evidence his expertise, the depth and breadth of his professional interests, and his eagerness to collaborate and share research and ideas, coming together to trace the life of a man whose work was and continues to be consequential to the advancement of science as a whole. Shelved case 1. CONTENTS: 1-Page TLS from inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell to a Mr. Fish, dated December 20, 1911, introducing Cottrell to him. In Very Good condition. In this letter, Bell is writing in his capacity as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. On 1331 Connecticut Avenue letterhead. Faintly creased, with mild wrinkling along the edges. Signed in black ink by Bell: "Alexander Graham Bell". 1-page TLS from inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison to Cottrell dated January 13, 1925, discussing the unexpected results of a past chemistry experiment of his in relation to the generation of ammonia. In Very Good condition. TLS is on Edison's personal letterhead ("From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison"). Lightly age toned, with some wrinkling and small closed tears along the top edge. Faintly creased from past folding. Signed by Edison in black ink: "Thos. A. Edison". Includes a lightly soiled 1-page facsimile of Cottrell's reply. 2-page ALS from Nobel Prize winning physicist Joseph John Thomson to an unnamed recipient, likely Cottrell, dated July 6, 1901, discussing the possibility of Cottrell coming to study at Thomson's lab. In Very Good condition. In 1901, Cottrell would have been studying in Europe at the University of Berlin, seeking to study in the laboratory of an accomplished scientist. Thomson was already a figure of some renown for his 1897 discovery of the electron, which represented the first identification of a subatomic particle, and would be awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of his work. ALS is on Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge letterhead, and shows a faint crease across the middle and light pencil writing in the top margin of the first page. Small red pencil mark beneath letterhead. Signed in black ink by Thomson: "J. J. Thomson". 1-page ALS from Nobel Prize winning chemist William Ramsay to an unnamed recipient, likely Cottrell, dated 14th August, 1901, in which Ramsay says there is no availability for Cottrell to study in his lab. In Very Good condition. As with the letter from J. J. Thomson, Cottrell would have been studying in Europe at the University of Berlin at the time this letter was sent. In 1901, Ramsay was just a few years away from his landmark 1904 discovery of argon, the first identified noble gas, which would earn him the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and lead to the development of a new section of the periodic table. ALS is lightly toned along the edges, faintly creased, with a similar red pencil mark in the top margin. Signed by Ramsay in black ink: "W. Ramsay". 1-page TLS from U.S. President Herbert Hoover to Cottrell, dated September 17, 1920. In Very Good minus condition. Brief letter of thanks for Cottrell's forwarding another person's letter to Hoover. On Hoover's personal letterhead. Faintly stamped, "Received / 1920 Sep 18 / Interior Department Bureau of Mines / Washington D.C.". Small rust marks and light wrinkling along the top margin; faintly creased. Signed in black ink by Hoover: "Herbert Hoover". Two 1-page TLS's from Herbert Hoover, each part of an exchange with Cottrell. In Very Good condition. Includes a 2-page facsimile of Cottrell's response. First Hoover TLS sent February 5, 1926; Cottrell's response sent February 8, 1926; Hoover's second TLS sent February 12, 1926. In his first letter, Hoover asks Cottrell about the potential improper investigation of a new method of creating aluminum by the Bureau of Mines. In the second letter, Hoover thanks Cottrell for clearing up the issue. Hoover's letters are on Department of Commerce letterhead. Signed.

First British edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Three volumes. Publisher's full green morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt and with titles in gilt to the spine. All edges gilt. Half title in volume I. A very good copy, the bindings square and firm with rubbing to the edges and uniform fading to the spines and board edges. The contents, a little spotted to the prelims and margins are otherwise clean throughout. Scarce in this form, especially so in presentation state. Inscribed by Henry William Herbert in black ink on the front endpaper in volume I "Anne King / In remembrance of / her friend / the author / June 1843". The first of the author's books to be published in England under his own name. An American edition was published in New York by J. Winchester, New World Press in the same year. The author's advertisement in this British first edition is dated 31 March 1843, in the American edition it is dated April 3rd 1843. The printed dedication differs in the British and American editions, here the book is dedicated to the author's father; in the American edition the printed dedication is to 'Anson Livingstone'. The best selling work of fiction by the English born novelist, poet, classical scholar, illustrator, and sports writer Henry William Herbert (1807-1858). The eldest son of the Revd William Herbert (1778-1847), dean of Manchester, and the Hon. Letitia Emily Dorothea, daughter of Joshua, fifth Viscount Allen, Henry was educated at Eton and graduated BA from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1830. Prompted by personal and financial indiscretions, after which his family refused to acknowledge his existence, he emigrated to America in 1831, settling in New York where he found employment as a classics master at the Revd R. Townsend Huddart's Classical Institute. As a classical scholar he had few equals in North America, and his translations from Greek, Roman, and French originals received high praise. In 1833 he started the 'American Monthly Magazine', which he edited, in conjunction with A. D. Patterson, and in 1834 his first novel, 'The Brothers: a Tale of the Fronde' was puplished. He is perhaps best known for his writings on sport, published under the pseudonym of 'Frank Forester'. Twice married, the breakdown of his second marriage, after just a few months, resulted in his death by suicide at the age of 51. [Van Winkle, W. M.: Henry William Herbert, A Bibliography of his Writings, p.6; not in Sadlier; ODNB] Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Elaborately bound collection of Presidential autographs, containing the autograph of each of the first 34 Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Quarto, bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt presidential seal to the front panel with white and blue morocco onlays, gilt arms and motto of George Washington to the rear panel with white and blue morocco onlays and his gilt signature in facsimile, centerpieces within quintuple gilt ruling with star emblems at each corner, blue morocco doublures with multiple gilt presidential signatures, blue silk endpapers. This complete series of autographs of the first 34 Presidents of the United States contains the signature of each mounted on an album leaf opposite a loosely tissue-guarded engraved portrait of each. The collection includes: the signature of George Washington on an envelope addressed to Major General Knox as Secretary ofÂtheÂSocietyÂofÂthe Cincinnati, November 3, 1783; a clipped signature of John Adams; clipped signature of Thomas Jefferson; the signature of James Madison on an envelope addressed to Reverend Frederick Freeman of Manayunk, Pennsylvania; and inscription signed by James Monroe; the signature of John Quincy Adams on an envelope addressed to William Plumer jun. Esq. in Epping, New Hampshire; a partially printed land grant signed by Andrew Jackson dated 1831 registeringÂtheÂpurchaseÂof 20 acres in Detroit by Peter Aldrich; clipped signature of Martin Van Buren; clipped signature of William Henry Harrison; signed inscription from John Tyler; signed inscription from James Polk; clipped signature of Zachary Taylor dated Baton Rouge, March 5, 1841; clipped signature of Millard Fillmore; clipped signature of Franklin Pierce; clipped signature of James Buchanan on a document dated July 18, 1858; clipped signature of Abraham Lincoln; endorsement signed by Andrew Johnson as President; clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant; card signed by Rutherford B. Hayes; inscription signed by James Garfield; large card signed by Chester A. Arthur and dated May 22, 1884; autograph noted signed by Grover Cleveland declining an invitation, dated November 16, 1890; an Executive Mansion card signed by William McKinely; clipped signature of Theodore Roosevelt; clipped signature of William Howard Taft; clipped signature of Woodrow Wilson; typed letter signed by Warren G. Harding as President, dated June 4, 1923 on White House letterhead; card signed by Calvin Coolidge; White House card signed by Herbert Hoover; typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant SecretaryÂofÂthe Navy, February 15, 1917. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Harry S. Truman as President, June 30, 1950, on White House stationery and a typed letter signed by Dwight Eisenhower. TLS as President, November 13, 1956, on White House stationery. In fine condition.ÂHoused in a custom folding chemise and half morocco slipcase. An exceptional collection and presentation. Note_.

The subject of the letter is the surgeon Henry William Robert Davey (1798-1870), son of surgeon Henry Sallows Davey (1781-1855) of Beccles, who also studied under Sir Charles Bell at the Hunterian School of Medicine in Great Windmill Street, London. Printed in black on one side of a 21 x 16.5 cm piece of paper. In fair condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to edge on blank reverse. An attractive item, with an engraving of the front of the hospital at the head, beneath which, in an arrangement of types and point sizes: 'MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. | THIS IS TO CERTIFY, | THAT | [Mr. Henry W. R. Davey] | HAS DILIGENTLY ATTENDED | [One] | COURSES OF OUR LECTURES, | ON | The Practice of Physic. | DATE. | [7 May 1820] | SIGNED | [P: Mere Latham MD] | [H H Southey M.D]'. Enclosed within rules, with printer's slug at foot. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.

Two frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo. Fifth edition. Fifth edition. Two frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo. Contains the excerpts from his celebrated work, "The Quorndon Hounds" and "The Deerstalkers". This edition includes a life of the author by "Will Wildwood" (Fred Pond), and much new material by Herbert, including the Vale of Warwick and the obituary of Tom Draw. Phillips 173; Van Winkle p. 63; BAL 8177; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 181 (note) Red cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Spines faded, extremities rubbed. Shaken, hinges cracked, front flyleaf of vol. I lacking. Presentation copy, inscribed by Will Wildwood (Fred Pond) on first blank. Signed.

Book is copy no. 28 of 50 copies, "printed for presentation and review by Harry Worcester Smith by the Warwick Valley Dispatch on a job press, prior to the printing of the Warwick Valley Edition, 1921". 4 page bifolium, signed in type "Frank Forester"; this copy additionally inscribed in ink, "Compliments of T. Harry Ward, Grandson". 1 vols. 8vo. "Thou true-hearted, honest, merry, brave Tom Draw; thou whilom king of hosts and emperor of sportsmen ." The printed text of Herbert's affectionate tribute to his friend Tom Ward, whom he had popularized in his writings as "Tom Draw". Tipped into a presentation copy of Harry Worcester Smith's edition this classic of American sport, from the 1851 illustrated edition. Trade copies of the Warwick Valley Edition were issued in cloth. Harry Worcester Smith sale, 1931, lot 277; Van Winkle p. 169; for book, cf. p.40 section d Small closed tear at fore edge. Hinged into book after title page. Book bound in original limp brown pebbled morocco, t.e.g. Inscribed to ?Goodspeed?s Book Shop? and signed ?Harry Worcester Smith? on the limitation leaf. Slightly rubbed, spine and edges somewhat toned, else a very good copy of an uncommon book 4 page bifolium, signed in type ?Frank Forester?; this copy additionally inscribed in ink, ?Compliments of T. Harry Ward, Grandson? 1 vols. 8vo Book is copy no. 28 of 50 copies, ?printed for presentation and review by Harry Worcester Smith by the Warwick Valley Dispatch on a job press, prior to the printing of the Warwick Valley Edition, 1921?. Signed.

HERBERT, Henry William. Autograph Manuscript, signed ("H.W. Herbert") for the sketch "The Vale of Warwick". 14 pp. (7 sheets folded once and loosely quired, written on rectos only). 8vo. [Newark or New York ?]: [ca. 1854]. Preserved in a green cloth folding case with chemise. Some minor soiling to page 1, lightly creased, else fine. With the bookplate of John M. Schiff. Typed transcription included. Van Winkle p.63 (referring to the first printed version). Provenance: Harry Worcester Smith (purchased by him at the Stanley V. Henkel sale of 1923; lot 336, his sale, 1931); John M. Schiff (sale, 1990); Rob Cohen; Arnold W. Johnson. "In all the river counties of New York, there is none to my mind, which presents such a combination of all natural beauties, pastoral, rural., sylvan, and at times almost sublime, as old Orange, nor any part of it, to me, so picturesque, or so much endeared by early recollections, as the fair Vale of Warwick." Thus begins Herbert's delightful description of Warwick, the setting for Herbert's justly celebrated sporting novels, published under the name "Frank Forester." Written for W. Hasbrouck's Middletown, N.Y., Whig Press and first collected in Frank Forester's Sporting Scenes and Characters (revised and enlarged fifth edition, Philadelphia, c. 1881) the essay gives a description of the regions topography, wildlife, industry, and history. It ends as charmingly as it began with these words: "the thrice accursed locomotive never awake the echoes of your breezy hills - may you be, as nature only can, of all the works of God, for ever beautiful, unchanged, and young; and so farewell, Fair vale of Warwick." From the library of Harry Worcester Smith. Purchased by Smith at the Stanley V. Henkel sale of May 25, 1923. In his introduction to his Lordvale edition of Forester's Warwick Woodlands Smith states, referring to the above mentioned sale: "I was fortunate enough to obtain the original autograph manuscript of The Vale of Warwick by Henry William Herbert." (The Warwick Woodlands, Introduction p. iv). Signed.

HERBERT, Henry William. Autograph Manuscript, Signed, of Herbert's Tribute to Thomas Ward known as "Tom Draw". 7 pp. 12mo. The Cedars, Newark, NJ: Feb. 1, 1854. Preserved in a cloth folding case with chemise. Minor soiling to preliminary leaf, otherwise fine. Accompanied by a leaflet of the printed letter (the leaflet is inscribed - "Compliments of T. Harry Ward, Grandson"), a typewritten transcript, and the original envelope. With the bookplate of John M. Schiff. Van Winkle p. 63 (referring to the first printed version). Provenance: Harry Worcester Smith (his sale, 1931, lot 277); William Mitchell Van Winkle (sale, 1940, lot 341); Scribner's; John M. Schiff (sale, 1990). Immortalized by Herbert (writing as Frank Forester) in his sporting novels as "Tom Draw," Thomas Ward was Herbert's many-sided, rotund friend. The manuscript originally appeared in a Middletown newspaper and was reprinted as a small four-page leaflet (here supplied). In his touching tribute to his boon companion and fellow sportsman Herbert writes: "I observed in your columns. a notice of the death of `Mr. Thomas Ward, of Warwick, for many years a hotel keeper in that village' . and as a very old friend and admirer of that very remarkable person, whose reputation and innocent eccentricities have become known, far beyond the limits of your fair country . it had occuried to me that you might desire a few lines from my pen . Tom was, at that time, in his forty-third year; and though his weight was even then above 250 pounds, and his circumference some two or three inches greater than his height . he was one of the most powerful and one of the most enduring and fleetest-footed men I have ever met with . He was my friend, faithful and just to me, and I, for one of many, am glad and proud that I possessed the right to call him so . my true friend, honest, fat Tom, of Warwick." There is a letter (addressed to the Editor of the Middletown, New York, Whig Press, February 1, 1854, 2 pp. with original envelope) which must have accompanied the manuscript to which Herbert has added the following superscript - "Dear Sir/ I sent this by error to G.R. Graham [the publisher of another periodical] who has just returned it . Yrs HWH." The letter to John W. Hasbrouck Esq. begins: "I was from home when your note with regard to my poor old friend's death arrived, and on. Signed.

1st Edition. First edition, without Forester's name on the spine. With four plates, three folded laterally, as correct. 2 vols. 8vo. Notes Van Winkle: "This is the first book appearance of the pseudonym 'Frank Forester'. As the Memoir is signed Henry William Herbert, and he speaks of editing his friend's works, the pseudonym was from the beginning an open secret . 'Cypress' was William P. Hawes." PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION, SIGNED by the author "William L. Colby from H.W. Herbert" on fly leaf of Vol. 1., with Colby's ownership signature on flyleaf of vol. II. Herbert's signature is quite rare. BAL 8068; Van Winkle pp. 82-3; Wright I, 1138 (Hawes) Original brown cloth, spines titled in gilt and stamped in blind, boards stamped in blind. pines a little faded and chipped at head and foot, internally fine. From the library of Jeffrey Norton, with his book label in each volume, and another With four plates, three folded laterally, as correct. 2 vols. 8vo First edition, without Forester's name on the spine. Signed.

x, [11]- 336 pp. 12mo. First edition. First edition. x, [11]- 336 pp. 12mo. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "Richard E. --, with the regards of his friend the author, Henry Wm Herbert, The Cedars" "The Preface of the book is of interest because it contains a curious prediction of the Civil War." - Van Winkle. A choice presentation from sportsman and author Henry William Herbert (1807-1858), whose works under the pen name Frank Forester established an American tradition of sporting and outdoor writing. "Of his several romances, Marmaduke Wyvil (1843) was foremost in popularity. The others were carefully written but prolix and unimaginative, more akin to historical recitals than romances . but his most profitable literary work was the translation of Eugène Sue and several of Alexandre Dumas's shorter novels. Buffeted by implacable and possibly dishonest creditors, Herbert relinquished his chosen 'image' of cavalier boots, spurs, and Scottish plaid shawl and preferred a semi-reclusive literary retreat at The Cedars on the Passaic River outside Newark, New Jersey" (ODNB). Wright II 1174; Van Winkle p.53; BAL 8147 Original grey cloth stamped in blind, spine titled in gilt, chocolate endpapers. Very good (some rubbing to spine ends, tiny loss to top corner of front flyleaf). Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Signed.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition. BAL binding A. First edition. BAL binding A. Frontispiece of the Battle of Actium. 511 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "Robert C. Stoutenburg, from his friend the author, Henry Wm Herbert" A choice presentation from sportsman and author Henry William Herbert (1807-1858), whose works under the pen name Frank Forester established an American tradition of sporting and outdoor writing. "In later years he turned to purely historical writings such as The Captains of the Roman Republic (1854), but his most profitable literary work was the translation of Eugène Sue and several of Alexandre Dumas's shorter novels. Buffeted by implacable and possibly dishonest creditors, Herbert relinquished his chosen 'image' of cavalier boots, spurs, and Scottish plaid shawl and preferred a semi-reclusive literary retreat at The Cedars on the Passaic River outside Newark, New Jersey" (ODNB). Van Winkle pp.49-50; BAL 8142 Original brown cloth, covers blindstamped with an arrangement of weapons, willow-like decoration at corners. Slight scuff at head of spine, else a near fine, fresh copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf Frontispiece of the Battle of Actium. 511 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Portrait etching by Samuel Hollyer, 6 x 8 inches, of Herbert, whose works include "The Fair Puritan" and "The Chevaliers of France." The engraving is signed in pencil by Hollyer (1826-1919), considered the last of the old school of American line-engravers, considered the last of the old school of American line-engravers, remembered for his landscapes, bookplates, and oft-reproduced portraits of famous historical figures. A stunning piece. Signed by Illustrator(s).