Taber Mark W (2 results)
['Max O'Rell' [Léon Paul Blouet], French author and journalist.] Cabinet Card photographic portrait by Taber of San Francisco, signed 'Max O'Rell'; with Autograph Letter Signed to his lecture agent E. W. Appleton, regarding fees.
'Max O'Rell' [Léon Paul Blouet] (1847-1903), French author and journalist who wrote in English for British and American markets, crossed swords with Mark Twain [E. W. Appleton; Taber of San Francisco]
Published by Letter to Appleton: 14 December ; 2 Lime Grove Uxbridge Road W. London Cabinet Card by Taber 8 Montgomery Street 'opposite the Palace and Grand Hotels' San Francisco; undated 1885
- Signed
- Manuscript
Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, , United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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US$ 165.15
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ONE: Cabinet Card: 13.5 x 10 cm photographic head-and-shoulders portrait of Blouet, smartly-dressed with glasses and handlebar moustache, mounted on 16.5 x 10.5 cm card, with printed details of the photographers Taber's printed in gold below the image, and an elaborate advertisement for the firm printed in brown on the reverse.…In fair condition, lightly aged. Inscribed on the base of the print: 'Yours Sincerely | Max O'Rell'. TWO: Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Appleton', i.e. E. W. Appleton. 1p, 12mo. On bifolium. 14 December 1885; 2 Lime Grove, Uxbridge Road, W. [London] In fair condition, aged and worn, with central spike hole. He is enclosing a cheque for £3 9s 6d, 'which I believe you will find correct to amount of fees received of me.' In a postscript he asks him, on acknowledging receipt of the cheque, to 'please say if I can see you on Wednesday, at Clifford's Inn, at about 2 p.m. | M. O'R.' The Woodson Research Centre, Rice University, Houston, has a collection of Blouet's letters to Appleton, who acted as agent for his lectures (see J. Verhoeven, 'Jovial Bigotry: Max O'Rell and the Transnational Debate over Manners and Morals in 19th Century France, Britain and the United States', 2012).
Published by 1981. 1981
- Signed
- Art Print
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
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Condition: Good. Color lithograph. One of 20 signed and numbered impressions. 20.5 x 13.5 inches. Matted.
