Second Wife, Signed (19 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 286 pp., index, bibliography, notes, facsimile documents, appendices, photographs, illustrations. A fine, unread, unblemished copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no inscriptions. The author has done extensive research to uncover the reality behind the myths, and delivers an enlightened portrayal of mattie, Wyatt, and the frontier lifestyle of the Old West. Well researched and written! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE SOVEREIGN GOOD. A Novel by HELEN HUNTINGTON (aka HELEN GRANVILLE-BARKER). Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1908. First edition. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR on the front free-endpaper: "To Mrs. J.T.B. Hillhouse / With the / affectionate regards / of the author." Hardcover Book, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles and designs on the front cover and spine, 5x7.5 inches. Pagination: iv, 386 pages, plus 4 pages of Publisher's ads at the rear. VERY GOOD condition: a bit of wear to the corner tips and spine ends, a previous owner's name/address at the top of the rear free-endpaper, otherwise a solid, tight, clean copy with cover gilt that is bright and lovely. One of the nicest copies of this book I have seen, and it's inscribed by the author! WHY HELEN HUNTINGTON aka HELEN GRANVILLE-BARKER is THE WICKED WITCH OF ENGLISH THEATRE: Helen Granville-Barker, b.? d.1950, was a third rate playwright, poet and novelist, mostly remembered for being the second wife and ruination of Harley Granville-Barker who was the great hope of British theatre. "No history of British theatre would be complete without the acknowledgement of Harley Granville Barker's importance as playwright, director, producer, actor, essayist and theatre visionary in the first decades of the twentieth century. However, after the First World War he abandoned the professional theatre, and the prime culprit for this abandonment was his American second wife, Helen Huntington. A rich dilettante, third rate poet and second rate novelist, Helen, it is claimed, seduced Barker and turned him into a reclusive, snobbish country gentleman. Her visceral hatred of the theatre and all theatre people forced him to withdraw from lifelong friends and colleagues, thus cutting himself off from his true nature and his true talent. To complete all this horror, she even made her new husband add a hyphen to their name to assuage her own crass aristocratic ambitions. And so, Helen - perhaps unconsciously, but always selfishly - all but single handedly destroyed the great hope of the British theatre." - U.K. Times Literary Supplement. "Graville-Barker's second wife insisted on his almost complete severance from his work and friends in the theatre, and above all from Shaw, whom she detested. It was mutual: Shaw thought that Granville-Barker had buried himself alive on her account." - Oxford English Dictionary of National Biography. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardy, Thomas. THE WOODLANDERS. London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1906. With a map of Wessex. Later edition. This is the PRESENTATION COPY of the 1888 novel Hardy considered his finest, which was given by him to his future second wife Florence Emily Dugdale (1879-1937). This inscription was penned during the time Florence first began acting as Hardy's secretary, four years before the death of the first Mrs. Hardy. It is inscribed: "To/ Miss F. E. Dugdale/With the Author's Kind Regards/Christmas 1908." The copy has been well-read by the second Mrs. Hardy as one might expect and shows some wear but little tear, surviving in very good original condition without major flaw. Despite Hardy's formality of inscription, he was already quite intimately drawn to Miss Dugdale by this time, and a more important presentation copy of this title would be hard to find. Dugdale first met Thomas Hardy in 1905 when she was age 26. She stopped teaching in 1908; both to assist Hardy and to begin her own writing career. In 1912, she published her first book, The Book of Baby Birds, with Hardy's uncredited assistance. Hardy's first wife Emma died in 1913, after which Dugdale moved into Hardy's home in Dorchester, Dorset in 1914. They married soon after. Custom slipcase. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Chapman and Hall Hand Written Letter and Signed by Publisher Frederic Chapman or his Second Wife Annie. Dated 1882. A letter about a delay in tickets arriving. Frederic Chapman 1823-1895 was a publisher of the Victorian era who became a partner in Chapman & Hall, who published the works of Charles Dickens and Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, among others. Size is 205 x 130mm. Condition is good. Folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17707. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Good. Single sheet of vellum. 18 x 23 inches. Top inner corner of vellum worn with loss. Two holes and loss at blank margin on the same side. Creased at folds with toning at folds and lower margin. Good. Signed with red wax seals of Charles and Hannah Roberts. Witnessed and signed twice each by Fran Hammet and Peter Thomson. Signed again by Charles Roberts, acknowledging the receipt of payment. Docketing to verso, dated September 11, 1773, signed by Isaac jones esq. Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia with partial remains of his paper seal. Later docketing signed by Richard L. Lloyd, recorder of deeds for the City and County of Philadelphia, dated October 18, 1845. Francis Hammet was British privateer and ship captain, married and lived in Philadelphia. Peter Thomson (1729-1792), married Hannah Johnson (1733-1814), in 1752 at Christ Church, Philadelphia. Isaac Jones, Esq. (1718-1773) was a Philadelphia alderman, judge and served two terms as Philadelphia mayor. He signed this document just 5 weeks before his death. In 1757, Francis Hammet was listed as the Captain and Commanding Officer of the Dragon, a 16-gun, 150-ton British privateer (British National Archives). He is also listed in Philadelphia tax records as 'Captain', and in a letter from David Hall, addressed to Benjamin Franklin, (26 August 1760), he mentions a Captain Hammit, (Francis Hammet, who was still the commander of the Dragon in 1760). Francis Hammet is recorded in the Christ Church, Philadelphia archives as the husband of Ann House in 1759. Signed by Author(s).

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, which states: 'After the death of his first wife he married second, on 24 June 1933, Caroline Maud Abadie (18631948), the widow of General Sir Henry Richard Abadie; she was the daughter of Colonel Fanshawe Gostling, of the Royal Berkshire regiment.' In addition to the two letters apiece from Sir Reginald and Lady Tupper, the material includes, as Item Five, a leaf carrying a 26-line postscript from Lady Tupper to a lost letter. All but Item Five below are on uniform 12mo leaves of grey paper. In good overall condition, apart from Item Three, which is aged and worn. ONE: Tupper to Henderson, 3 February 1937. 1p, 12mo. In envelope addressed to Henderson at Rex Cottage, 7 Streets Mews, Mayfair. Signed 'Reginald Tupper'. Inviting him to dinner, 'Dinner jacket & black tie'. TWO: Tupper to Henderson, 10 February 1937. 2pp, 12mo. In envelope as One, and similarly sign. Reassuring him with regard to a letter he sent informing the Tuppers of his wife's illness: 'it was not a "party" we had invited 2 clever men to meet you but hope it is only a pleasure deferred. We are moving down to Burhill next week - & hope you will be able to bring Mrs. Henderson down to see the Kings House - we are about 2 1/2 miles from Walton Station'. THREE: Lady Tupper to Henderson's wife, 17 December 1943. 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. No envelope. Signed 'Carrie Tupper'. She thanks her for a 'lovely miniature': 'It is so good of you to have painted it for us. & Mr. Henderson, for bringing it round this morning. It was so nice to see him, but I was distressed to hear of your accident', which has happened at 'a trying time'. She continues with reference to Christmas and her 'much prized miniatures'. FOUR: Lady Tupper to Henderson. 7pp, 12mo. On two loose leaves of grey paper and a matching bifolium. In envelope addressed to him at the Princess Beatrice Hospital, London. Signed as Three. 67 lines of text, written in a difficult hand for which she apologises twice in the letter, writing at the end: 'My hand so crippled I can't form my letters.' The letter appears to concern her health and the recipient's, with a reference to 'an abscess in my foot'. FIVE: Lady Tupper (to Henderson?). 2pp, 12mo. Final part of lost letter, comprising the 26-line two-page postscript. This is clearly written with some animation, regarding a number of individuals (including members of the Abadie family), but is unfortunately practically indecipherable.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1953. Christine Williamson ownership name to the end paper, the second wife of Henry Williamson. In the hand of Henry Williamson to the end paper/letter a list of hand corrections he has made within the text of the book. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. 3rd book in the Chronicles of Ancient Sunlight. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and bright. Light Edge rubbing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17750. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First edition, first issue. This is a jacketed presentation copy of General Sir Ian Hamilton's extraordinary, privately printed tribute to his late wife, inscribed by Hamilton during the Second World War to an old military comrade from the Boer War and First World War.Hamilton's lengthy inscription, which fills the front free endpaper recto, is dated "Monday, 12th January 1942" and was completed at Hamilton's "1, Hyde Park Gardens London" address. It reads in part: "My Dear Madocks, For long we have seen little of one another but today I had the pleasure of meeting your better half at lunch with Lady Melchett who gave us a top-hole lunch of all sorts of delicacies flavored with violent anti Hitler diatribes So the happy thought came to me that as the Memoir to my "Jean" had just been completed you ought to have it, and here it is! I hope very much you will like it. May you have a chance of letting off a gun or a revolver or something at the enemy during this fateful year Your old friend Ian Hamilton".The book, bound in fragile, decorated paper-covered boards and wrapped in a dust jacket of matching paper, is in very good condition, the jacket very good minus. The binding is square, clean, bright, and tight, though with shelf wear to extremities and short splits at the lower joints. The contents are clean with no spotting, no ownership marks other than Hamilton's inscription, and only mild age-toning. The dust jacket is spine-toned, with light overall soiling, wear to extremities, fractional loss at the spine head, and loss to a depth of one inch at the heel. The jacket is protected beneath clear, removable mylar.General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947) was a decorated soldier whose active service spanned the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879 to command at Gallipoli in 1915. It was in India that Hamilton met Jean Miller Muir (1861-1941), daughter of a wealthy Scottish entrepreneur, who Hamilton married on 22 February 1887 in St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta. They remained faithful companions for the next 54 years until Lady Hamilton's death. The Hamiltons long resided at 1 Hyde Park Gardens the address at the head of this inscription - from 1913 until General Sir Ian's death.Hamilton and Madocks served together during the Boer War in South Africa, more than four decades before Hamilton wrote this inscription. William Robarts Napier Madocks (1870-1946) went on to serve as Brigadier-General in the British Army during the First Word War, and was awarded the CB, CMG, DSO, and Croix de Guerre.Of note, Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, were great friends of the Hamiltons. Churchill first befriended then-Colonel Hamilton in India in 1897. Churchill was in the first year of his Second World War premiership when Jean died, and he contributed to this book. An autograph letter signed by Churchill on his "10, Downing Street, Whitehall" stationery dated "25 Feb 1941" is reproduced in facsimile at pp. 41-42 and transcribed at p.43. The Churchills and Hamiltons were already "firm friends" during the First World War when friendship between their families "was sealed" by the Dardanelles disaster. Then-First Lord of the Admiralty, Churchill had recommended Hamilton for high command of the Gallipoli expedition. Given the criticism both men faced in the aftermath, either man might have displaced blame to the other. Instead, "the progenitor of the expedition and its commander, Churchill and Hamilton" worked closely together to encourage a factual, accurate inquiry.It was not just the two men who were friends. "Jean and Winston shared a love of painting." And Jean and Churchill's wife, Clementine, were also close. Towards the end of the First World War, "the pregnant Clementine, worried about her family finances, even offered to give her unborn child to the childless Jean Hamilton. There could hardly be a more graphic example of the closeness of their families and friendship."Sources: Cohen B77.1; ODNB; Auckland Museum; Andrew Roberts in Finest Hour 189, 2020.

Hardcover. Oxford Edition. This First World War presentation copy of The Cloister and The Hearth was gifted by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George to South African General and future Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts, evidenced by Lloyd George's signed inscription and a 10 Downing Street presentation letter signed by Lloyd George's secretary, mistress, and future wife Frances Lloyd Stevenson.Lloyd George's inked inscription on the front free endpaper recto reads "To recall a memorable journey to Italy Nov. 1917 D Lloyd George". The typed presentation letter on Lloyd George's "10 Downing Street" stationery affixed to the front pastedown is dated "27th. November, 1917." and reads "Dear General Smuts, The Prime Minister promised you this book, and I have much pleasure in sending it to you." Following the typed valediction "Yours sincerely," the letter is signed "F. L. Stevenson".The gifted book, a 1915 Oxford Edition of The Cloister and the Hearth, is in good plus condition. The elaborately blind and gilt decorated red cloth binding remains intact, though with a minor forward lean, sunned spine, blemishes to the lower rear cover, light shelf wear to extremities, and a 1.25 inch (3.2 cm) cosmetic split to the lower front hinge cloth. The contents are respectably clean, the page edges age-toned and lightly soiled. The title of the work is neatly printed in capitals on the lower front free endpaper, below Lloyd George's gift inscription. By October 1917, Lloyd George was determined to dilute the authority of his Chief of the Imperial General Staff, William Robertson, and British Commander-In-Chief Field Marshal William Haig. Both were committed to decisive Western Front actions that yielded only terrible and costly stalemate, most recently during the Third Battle of Ypres. Defeat of the Italian Army at Caporetto and the support of Jan Smuts, newly appointed to the Imperial War Council, proved the opportunity. On 13-14 of October, Lloyd George included Smuts in preliminary talks with the French regarding the formation of an inter-Allied Supreme War Council, which was ratified on 7 November by French, British, and Italian representatives at the Rapallo Conference with Smuts in attendance as a member of the Imperial War Cabinet.This book's inscriptions and associations are fascinating on their own. While the reason Lloyd George chose this particular book is lost to history, the book's allegorical qualities intrigue. A historical novel set in the 15th century, Charles Reade's The Cloister and the Hearth was praised by the likes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling. The primary tension in the book is a man's conflicting temporal and spiritual obligations. It is tempting to draw comparisons to the tension between the two statesmen's obligations to British command and the larger moral and strategic imperatives of the war.David Lloyd George, first Earl of Dwyfor (1863-1945) became Secretary of State for War following Kitchener's death. As Churchill would do in the Second World War, Lloyd George succeeded his own party's weak prime minister, replacing Asquith in 1916. Though he ended the war popular, Lloyd George's postwar efficacy was eroded by a fractious coalition, a series of political miscalculations exacerbated by postwar circumstances, and the rise of the Labour Party. He left the premiership in October 1922 and by 1924 his Liberals were reduced to a weak third party. South African military and political leader Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950) served as his country's second (1919-1924) and fourth (1939-1948) Prime Minister. Smuts was the only person to sign the peace treaties ending both the First and Second World Wars and the only person to sign the charters of both the League of Nations and the United Nations.Frances Louise Lloyd George (1888-1972) was the mistress confidante of David Lloyd George, serving as his secretary throughout the First World War. After the death of Lloyd George's first wife, Frances became his second wife in 1943.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. This inscribed U.S. first edition of The Grand Alliance, the third volume of Winston S. Churchill's Second World War memoirs, represents a compelling convergence of lives. First, the recipient - Lady Davina Woodhouse, the daughter of Churchill's first great love, Pamela Plowden. Second, Davina's husband, Monty Woodhouse, who inhabits some of the history recounted in this book, and who would likewise prove integral to geopolitical events during Churchill's second and final premiership. Third is the man Davina did not marry, Anthony Eden, Churchill's long-time lieutenant and long-delayed, ill-fated successor as Prime Minister.The inscription, five lines inked in blue on the front free endpaper recto, reads "To | Davina | from | Winston | 1950".Condition of this inscribed copy approaches very good minus in a very good plus dust jacket. The red cloth binding remains bright and clean with minor shelf wear confined to extremities. The contents are respectably bright and clean. We find no previous ownership marks other than the author's presentation inscription. The front hinge is slightly tender, but nonetheless solidly intact with no threat to binding integrity. The pastedowns are mildly browned from the glue. Light spotting is confined to the page edges. The original topstain is faded and the head and tail bands dimpled. Head and tail bands, dated title page, copyright page, topstain, and binding are all consonant with first printing of the first edition, as is the unclipped, "$6.00" price on the dust jacket flap. The jacket is bright, clean, and complete. Light wear is primarily confined to the spine head and adjacent upper front face, front hinge, and front flap fold. The red spine panel is only lightly sunned. The jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.Lady Davidema "Davina" Katharine Cynthia Mary Millicent Bulwer-Lytton (1909-1995) was the daughter of Pamela Frances Audrey Bulwer-Lytton (née Plowden), Countess of Lytton (1874-1971). Winston Churchill met Pamela Plowden in India in late 1896. Pamela was Winston's "first great love". For several years, during his early career as an itinerant, adventure-seeking cavalry officer and war correspondent, "Churchill was obviously in love with this beautiful girl" and they maintained a robust and romantic correspondence. But in the end there was no union. In 1902 Pamela married Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton. Churchill married later, in 1908. Winston and Pamela "remained on affectionate terms" and Winston "continued to write to her for the rest of his life including two sympathetic letters after the deaths of her sons: Anthony, the eldest, in a 1933 air crash and John, at El Alamein in 1942" while Winston was wartime prime minister. Davina, too, experienced a Second World War loss. Her husband was killed in France in May 1940 less than two weeks after Churchill became wartime prime minister. Churchill's political right hand and eventual successor, Robert Anthony Eden (1897-1977) had been a close friend of Davina's husband. Although married, Eden and his wife were increasingly estranged. After the death of Davina's husband, Eden and Davina found solace in one another and "her presence was to be a constant factor over the next five years." (Thorpe, The Life and Times of Anthony Eden, First Earl of Avon)But Eden eventually lost Davina to a Byronic war hero, Christopher Montague "Monty" Woodhouse (1917-2001). Ironically, the two met at Eden's home, to which Eden invited Monty for a wartime briefing in July 1944. Monty and Davina wed on 28 August 1945. Their marriage lasted half a century, until Davina's death. During Churchill's second and final postwar premiership, Monty played a significant role in advocating and precipitating the Iranian coup of 1953 and later served as a Member of Parliament.PLEASE NOTE THAT A CONSIDERABLY MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.Reference: Cohen A240.1(III).a, Woods/ICS A123(aa), Langworth p.258.

See her entry in the Oxford DNB, which describes her passionate opposition to fascism, but omits the fact that her name featured among those in the Nazi 'Black Book'. Waterston was Bute Professor of Anatomy at the University of St Andrews from 1914 to 1942. In 1913, while Professor of Anatomy at King's College, London, he was the first authority to debunk the Piltdown Man hoax. Both items are lightly aged, and both bear traces of previous mount: the second is ruckled at one edge, and has lost part of the signature, and a few words from the conclusion of the letter, which runs lengthwise along the top of the first page. Both addressed to 'Mrs. Waterston', and both signed 'Katharine Atholl'. ONE (24 January 1940): 2pp, 4to. She is 'horrified' to have had a letter she wrote some months ago returned, and asks for her 'stupidity' to be forgiven. She gives a good report of her husband's recovery: they hope to 'get north' in the week that follows. 'I am so sorry to have troubled you further by leaving my mackintosh behind. Would be useful here just now!' TWO ([8 February] 1940): 2pp, 4to. She thanks her for sending the mackintosh and is enclosing '6d for postage. I was very glad to have the oat in all the rain & snow here!' She also thanks her for 'Professor Leon's book', which she could not manage at present. She doesn't believe that she 'meant to suggest that moral courage was the highest possible virtue, though I rank it very high.' She continues with reference to 'the nation's affairs', democracy, 'the laws of sedition or libel', 'the necessity for faith' and God and 'the battle against evil'.

Both items in good condition on lightly-aged paper. Both 1 p, on 12mo landscape slips. John Catnach's bill and receipt: 'The Honb. Coast Comit. | April 12 1795. | To J. Catnach | Printing 200 Signal for the Coast 7s . 0 | 5 qrs. Best Wove foolscap for Do. 1s.2d Per qr 5 . 10 | £0 . 12 . 10 | Recd the above from Thos. Adams Esqr. | [signed] Jno. Catnach | June 29th. 1796.' Docketed on reverse with calculation. Mary Catnach's bill and receipt: 'The Honble Coast Committee | 1795 To J Catnach Dr. | March 10th. 3 Quarto Copy Books at 1/6 - 0 . 4 . 6 | Same time recd. Paymt of Jas. Russell [signed] Mary Catnach'. Docketed on reverse. According to his son's entry in the Oxford DNB, John Catnach 'was ahead of his time in publishing cheap attractively illustrated books, including children's books, but was a poor businessman. Working in Newcastle, he was imprisoned for debt, and in an attempt to mend his fortunes by moving to London with his family in 1808 he only sank deeper into poverty. In 1813 he died, broken in spirit, of an infected leg.' He was associated with Thomas Bewick, who was one of the creditors named at his first bankruptcy, and printed 'The Beauties of Natural History, selected from Buffon's History of Quadrupeds', 'Poems by Percival Stockdale' and 'Poetical Works of Robert Burns' all with Bewick woodcuts. BBTI has him trading in Berwick , 1790-1791; Alnwick, 1790-1808; Newcastle, 1808-1812; and London, 1812-1813. The Honourable Coast Committee of Northumberland was an organisation, founded on subscriptions, for the foundation and maintenance of a series of beacons along the Northumberland coast, as a defence against French invasion. See IMage.

(Andrés Avelino Cáceres, 1836-1923, President 1886-1890 & 1894-1895), saying she has appointed Don Luis del Castillo y Frigueros as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Peru, recommending his "distinguished qualities", signed also by Foreign Minister Alejandro Groizard, blind embossed armorial paper seal with fleur-de-lis tabs, 2 sides folio and conjugate blank, Madrid, 15th November.

(Remigio Morales Bermúdez, d. 1894, President from 1890), saying she is recalling Don Juan Duran y Cuerbo, her envoy to Peru, and that she is convinced he will have secured the President's approval during his mission, signed also by Carlos O Donnell, 1834-1903, four times Foreign Minister between 1879 and 1897, blind embossed armorial paper seal, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, Madrid, 25th October The long regency of Queen Cristina, who was by nature a strong Conservative, owed much to her ability to work with Liberals and to encourage consensus politics between the two main parties.

(Remigio Morales Bermúdez, d. 1894, President from 1890), saying she has resolved to accredit to him Don Emilio de Ojeda, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, mentioning his "distinguished qualities and well known zeal", blind embossed armorial paper seal, signed also by Carlos O Donnell, 1834-1903, four times Foreign Minister between 1879 and 1897, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, San Sebastián, 15th October The long regency of Queen Cristina, who was by nature a strong Conservative, owed much to her ability to work with Liberals and to encourage consensus politics between the two main parties.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. On offer is a terrific archive of two diaries and a cash accounts book kept by a farming husband and wife in Stafford, New York, which follow them from late in their courtship through their marriage and the family life that followed. The diaries belong to Charles Leonard Cone (1904-1978) and Marian Erma (Williams McCracken) Cone (1905-1995). Charles and Marian were each other s second spouses. Charles first wife, Mae Pinney died in 1926, while Marian divorced her first husband, Ezekiel David McCracken in February of 1929 (in her accounting notes she includes the $70.00 she paid for said divorce). Marian and Charles married on May 4, 1929. They had ten children. They each entered their marriage with a child from their previous unions (Evelyn and Charles Jr. ). Together, the couple had Doris (who did not survive infancy) , Shirley, Norma, Laura, Laverne, Lloyd, Robert and Betty. This collection of three diaries covers the years of 1925-1938. The first two books were kept by Marian. The first is a diary that covers January 1, 1929-May 9, 1929 and May 10 1930-August 5, 1930 (note that this is a 1929 diary and Marian has changed the year to 1930 beginning on May 10). The second is a cash account book, offering a fascinating look at the cost of goods and services in the 1920s and 1930s. Marian begins the accounts book in January of 1925 and keeps it consistently until mid-1926. The book is then used inconsistently between 1928 and 1938, allowing the researcher to compare cost of living over the course of 13 years. The final dairy allows us to see the Cone s world through their patriarch, Charles. He keeps the diary mostly from January to April, 1934, with a few entries in 1937. His entries are fairly brief but provide a nice contrast to Marian s, as he describes the work he does day to day. Some excerpts from Marian s diary follow: "It has been pleasant, just like a spring day. The snow is all gone. The creek is up to the road and it is raining tonight. I mopped and done my ironing this forenoon. We sewed this afternoon. I finished Elsi Scott s dress and got Mother s all done but the hem" [Jan 18, 1929]. "It was pleasant only the wind blew. Louis plowed all day. We went over to Stafford and got our license this forenoon. We took Evelyn up to his folks while we went up and got married. We went up to Ruth s tonight. [Charles] Junior came home with us this afternoon. Ruth and George had gone away. I made a cake and decorate it for Ruth s birthday. I broke the starter again" [May 4, 1929]. "Louis plowed over to the other place in the afternoon he dragged the barley ground. Charlie drilled the barley in the forenoon and sowed grass seed in the afternoon. I rolled a while in the afternoon" [May 10, 1930]. "It was pleasant all day. The boys began pulling beans this morning. Had to fork them out by hand. I baked a cake and 2 pies this morning then went over and forked beans the rest of the day" [Aug 28, 1930]. Excerpts from the Charles diary follow: "Arose 5: 30. Took children to school. Took Marian to dentist had all her teeth out. Rev Miller was here tonight. Mrs. Votry kept children" [Feb 1, 1934]. "Fixed spreader in a. M. Cut awhile p. M. Until rain. Marian went to Batavia alone p. M. Omar and I went to night" [Mar 31, 1934]. "Rose 3: 15. Loaded lambs. Fred helped us sold some potatoes worked around all day went to Raymond s at night" [Apr 9, 1934]. The diaries measure 7x4.5 inches, 5.25x4.75 inches and 7x4.25 inches respectively. All are in Fair+ condition with notable wear to the covers. The books range from 30% to 60% complete. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Signed by Author(s).

Love Notes Written Between Howard Hughes and his Wife Jean Peters [HUGHES, Howard]. ALS to his Wife Jean Peters. [N.P. C. A. 1965]. One sheet yellow lined legal paper (14 x 8 1/2 inches; 355 x 215 mm). At the top of the sheet, a note to Jean, signed "Howard." Just below that note, Jean replied on the same paper and signed it "J". There are a few other notes in Jean's hand related to family issues on both sides of the sheet. On the reverse side along the margin is one line in Hughes' hand which reads "Boats this big are Hell to sell". Sheet with one fold crease. Overall very good. "Dearest, If you would like to come at the end of Cinema IX, I will go now and get it behind me. If you are sleepy, I will go after you go to bed. I love you so very much. Please write me a little note, Howard" [In Hughes's Hand] "Dear Love- I guess you know me pretty well- I am watching IX. I'll come in when it's over. I love you and am thinking about us on our yatch [sic]. Love J" [In Jean Peters's hand] "Boats this big are Hell to sell" [In Hughes's hand] "This lawyer is a friend from college- Godfrey Issac - Mrs. Brend has had him as a mental patient- He owns me & even Arlen Money- and I'm sure, he's waiting for me to file a divorce suit ? and that I can dangle in front of his eyes for years?But he did write Cis's will for nothing - & he's a nice guy. The only reason for messing with the will is to satisfy the niece- who I am so glad was here when Cis- died- I used to worry that since you were footing all the bills; when she did die, some long lost nephew in Whales would sue for 1,000,000- & say we used her for research or something. But, we're clear on that score because the niece has been the one who talked to the doctor. I don?t like to have to go into gyrations ? it is undignified. Cissie wrote a will- when I lived at Strada Vecchia ? naming Mel as her exect executrix (not me ? she didn't trust me to bury her properly. I was very hurt at the time. But anyway, now that she's gone I want the will to be properly probated ? sp O called the lawyer- because Ben can't find her copy- so I know all she has as an estate is $504.00 in a checking account- The lawyer said "there is a state law that lawyers get only a % of the estate & our office is not interested-" So I said "Well, don't you know any young lawyers who need experience" & he said There aren't any that young! If I were a bail-bondsman ? the worst thing an inmate could send me as an inducement, would be that stone-faced, lantern-jawed Ella Raines! And even his name I bet, is phony. You can bank of it. 3 minutes to zero." [In Jean Peters' hand] Jean Peters was married to Howard Hughes between the years 1957-1971 and it has been reported according to columnist Jack Anderson, that Peters was "the only woman [Hughes] ever loved." [together with] [HUGHES, Howard, association]. Original Drawing of a Map of Hughes? 1938 Circumnavigation via Airplane. [San Francisco: Examiner Reference Library, Jul 14, 1938] An original drawing by an artist at the San Francisco Examiner of a global map and the route of Hughes record breaking flight. On verso of the mat is the newspaper's reproduction of the map and caption. Image size (7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 195 x 195 mm), Clipping size (6 7/8 x 6 inches; 173 x 150 mm) Mat size (10 3/4 x 8 inches; 225 x 205 mm). Pen and ink drawing on cardstock of the globe with the path of Hughes? flight, originating in New York, following a polar route to Paris, France, next onto Moscow, Soviet Union, then onto Omsk, Soviet Union, then Yakutsk, Siberia, then back to New York. San Francisco is highlighted on the map, as this was for the Examiner. With some scuffing, toning and soiling to mat. White -out corrections have been made to artwork. With two Examiner inkstamps in the margin and one on the newspaper image, all dated Jul, 14 1938. Hughes broke the circumnavigation airspeed record on this flight. HBS 68024. $3,750. Signed.

The high-quality sepia-toned photogravure is printed on stiff card (external dimensions 217 × 255 mm, image size 139 × 190 mm). The wide margin beneath the image is inscribed and signed in ink: 'Yours, affectionately Florence E. Booth. The grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Gal[atians] VI 18'. Apart from light creases to two corner tips, the item is in fine condition. Florence Eleanor Soper became a Salvation Army convert in her late teens; in October 1882, 'shortly after her twenty-first birthday, Captain Florence Soper married Chief of the Staff Commissioner Bramwell Booth' (official Salvation Army website). They were married for forty-seven years and had seven children. Shortly before her first child turned one, Florence became involved in the Women's Social Work aspect of The Salvation Army, 'and by the time she relinquished leadership of the WSW in 1912, this spare time ministry of a single rescue home had expanded to more than forty social work centres, of varying types, spread across' England. On the death of his father, Salvation Army founder and General William Booth, in August 1912, Bramwell Booth succeeded him as the Second General, and 'as Mrs General Booth, Florence had to move on to other duties'. This charming portrait appears to date from about this time. Signed by Author(s).

54; 7 leaves (final blank). Folio (both ca. 300 x 210 mm.), orig. stitching. [Amiens]: 1649. A rare survival on the market, two mid-17th-century inventories describing the estate of Agnès de Het, wife of a feudal lord, who was councillor to the king. They lived on the outskirts of Amiens. We have found a record of de Het's husband, Lecouvreur, agreeing to rent land in 1688, but we are not able to find any record of de Het's life. These two manuscripts provide an exhaustive listing of a 17th-century noble family's numerous possessions. The first document (54 leaves), signed on the final leaf by Lecouvreur, is a complete inventory of this family's belongings. It lists not only household items, but also a variety of luxury items, such as a golden coffeepot, a necklace holding fourteen diamonds, a golden ring encrusted with a diamond, two pearl necklaces, a silver clock, etc. Also recorded are tables, tablecloths, napkins, a mirror, clothing, carpets, several chests, other furniture, etc. The second manuscript (7 leaves) records the final record of de Het's belongings. Unidentified signatory on the final leaf. Early inventories from the 17th century are quite scarce on the market, and the present manuscripts are exceptionally informative on the life and possessions of a wealthy woman of the period. In very good condition; minor dampstaining to a number of leaves.