Ephemera

Tls from James Laughlin to Norman Moser

Laughlin, James · 1967 · Wittenborn Art Books

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New York: New Directions, 1967. TLS from James Laughlin, editor and publisher of New Directions Publishing, to poet, editor, and graphic artist Norman Moser. Letter is on New Directions letterhead. In it Laughlin praises Moser's poetry submissions, but declines to publish them...

Tls from James Schevill to Norman Moser

Schevill, James · 1980 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Providence, RI: Brown University, 1980. TLS on plain typing paper from poet, playwright, and professor James Schevill to poet, editor, and graphic artist Norman Moser, mentioning a letter of recommendation (not present) and giving Moser advice on his resume and self-presentati...

Tls from Carolyn Kizer for the National Endowment for the Arts, to Norman Moser

Kizer, Carolyn · 1967 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 1967. TLS on National Endowment for the Arts letterhead, dated September 10, 1967, from poet Carolyn Kizer to poet, editor, and graphic artist Norman Moser, acknowledging receipt of Moser's magazine Illuminations and expressing ...

Tls from Carolyn Kizer for the National Endowment for the Arts, to Norman Moser

Kizer, Carolyn · 1967 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 1967. TLS on National Endowment for the Arts letterhead, dated February 10, 1967, from poet Carolyn Kizer to poet, editor, and graphic artist Norman Moser, reminding Moser to forward copies of his magazine Illuminations to the e...

Waking Words. Christmas Broadside Number Four

Feldman, Irving · 1971 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Buffalo, NY: The Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New York at Buffalo,1971. Broadside. 12 x 8-1/2 inches. Printed in black on gray-blue heavy stock. Folded twice for mailing, as issued. Signed and numbered by Feldman in red ink, and signed also in black ink at fo...

Broadsides and a Handbill from Augtwofive Press

Augtwofive, Herschel Silverman · 1970 · Wittenborn Art Books

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[Watertown, MA: Augtowfive Publishers, 1970]. Three broadsides and a handbill, from an advertising packet produced by Craig Ellis and Rolla Rieder at Augtwofive in 1970. Broadsides include a type collage demanding the impeachment of the president, a "Free concrete Typo Adverti...

Dear Fred

Anonymous ALS · 1892 · Wittenborn Art Books

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London: The Savoy Hotel, Oct. 7, 1892. Interesting ALS signed only "Tom." "The pistol Wallub used is in my room at ranch. I left it on mantel. The blank cartridges are in my table drawer at ranch; they are about .32 calibre with red paper in [illegible]. The pruning knife we f...

Permanent Greetings from the Society for Aesthetic Realism

Siegel, Eli · 1959 · Wittenborn Art Books

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New York: Definitions Press 1959. Broadside. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. Printed in black ink on white paper. Title in red ink. Displays a poem "Picketing God or Something to Be God" by Eli Siegel. Poet educator and philosopher of "Aesthetic Realism" Siegel was one of the Greenwich Vil...

Als by A.J. Boyer, Member of the California State Society in Washington, D.C. , to Frederick Dewitt of Oakland, Ca

Boyer, A. J. · 1913 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Washington, DC: A.J. Boyer, 1913. ALS by Boyer concerning remarks made by Boyer about Joaquin Miller, the "poet of the Sierra." (The society was instrumental in preserving the Miller cabin in Washington, DC.) Written in ink on a single sheet torn from a notebook, with ragged r...

Als from Mrs. Garrett P. Serviss to Mr. E.W. Fitry

Serviss, Mrs. Garrett P. · 1932 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Aboard the S.S. Aquitania, near Cherbourg, France. Mrs. Garrett P. Serviss, 1932. ALS from the widow of the American astronomer and early science-fiction author Garrett P. Serviss. In it she thanks Fitry for his tribute to her late husband and for his interest in Serviss's nov...

41st Annual Convention of Alpha Delta Phi / with the Cornell Chapter

Alpha Delta Phi · 1873 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Ithaca, NY: Alpha Delta Phi, 1873. Invitation. Printed card 4-3/4 x 7-1/4 inches. The event is noteworthy for appearance of poet James Russell Lowell, along with academic and religious speakers well-known in that era. Some age toning and a thumbtack hole at top center, overall...

Als by Paul Rajon

Rajon, Paul Adolphe · 1885 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Auvers, France: Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1885. ALS by the 19th-century French engraver Paul Adolphe Rajon. On notepaper embossed "Auvers.Oise et Loire" (town of his last residence). Written in black ink and signed in pencil "Rajon." 3-7/8 x 6-3/8 inches. .

Diary of Theodor Bunje

Bunje, Theodor · 1871 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Aboard the Admiral-Tegetthoff, 1871- 1873. Diary of German seaman, covering 1871 through April 1873, during which he shipped out on the Admiral-Tegetthoff out of Bremen. 12mo. Loose sheets, once sewn but thread missing. No cover. In German. Also included is a partial transcrip...

Als. Particulars of Ship Kelvin

Richard Irwin & Co · 1853 · Wittenborn Art Books

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New York: Richard Irwin & Co. 1853. ALS. Single page letter to C. Dillinger from R. Irwin & Co. describing the ship Kelvin, including a testimonial from W. H. Dobie of Glasgow, who had chartered the ship in the past, giving details of construction, builder, and present captain...

Business Correspondence of William and Jonathan Bloodgood

Bloodgood, Jonathan; William Bloodgood · 1841 · Wittenborn Art Books

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New York City and Mobile, AL: 1841 - 1858. ALS collection of business correspondence of William Bloodgood, and, after 1854, Jonathan Bloodgood. Consists of eight letters: To William Bloodgood et al. Bill Sale Stocks, from Nevins Townsend & Co. New York 1841; to William Bloodgo...

Ever'Thing Is Rosy

Pondelicek, James W.; Jack Calkins (artist) · 1924 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Chicago: James W. Pondelicek, 1924. Christmas card. 5-3/4 x 6-5/8 inches (folded dimensions). Heavy blue paper, deckled on one edge. Card unfolds into a full-page illustration by Jack Calkins, known as Lieutenant Jack Calkins, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune until 1929. Pon...

Als from Major Edward Bowes to Edward F. O'Day

Bowes, Major Edward · 1942 · Wittenborn Art Books

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New York: Major Edward Bowes, 1942. ALS. Postcard from radio personality Major Edward Bowes, famous in his time for hosting Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, to Edward F. O'Day, San Francisco editor and newspaper columnist. Bowes sends good wishes for the new year, and expre...

Als from Elizabeth Elliott Drake to an Unknown Correspondent

Drake, Elizabeth Elliott · 1914 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Buckland Abbey, UK: Elizabeth Elliott Drake, 1914. ALS from Elizabeth Elliott Drake, wife of Sir Francis Fuller, 10th generation descendent of Sir Francis Drake, who assumed the names Elliott and Drake in 1870 by royal license. Dated July 21, 1914, letter discusses promise to ...

Mermaid Theatre. With Compliments

Mermaid Theatre · 1970 · Wittenborn Art Books

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London: Mermaid Theatre, ND. Complimentary pass to the Mermaid Theatre, well known in the 1970s and 1980s for its poetry readings and theatre performances. Signed "L Latimer, Publicity Manager and Editor." In original mailing envelope hand-addressed to Joseph Gold, a collector...

Als to Madame Mohl

Kinglake, Alexander William · 1880 · Wittenborn Art Books

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London: A. W. Kinglake, [1880-1881]. ALS from British historian and travel writer A. W. Kinglake, author of Eothan, to a Madame Mohl, thanking her for her introductions to important French political figures Barthélemy St. Hilaire, and the President of the Republic, (most likel...