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1. ABBOTT, Lyman (1835-1922). Typed Manuscript Signed.
Influential Congregational clergyman and author who co-edited "Christian Union" with Henry Ward Beecher and succeeded Beecher as pastor of Brooklyn's famed Plymouth Congregational Church. Exceptional content TMsS, 2pp, 6" X 9", Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, 1881 December 7. Very good. Original typescript of Abbott's contribution to Osborn H. Oldroyd's 1882 book, "The Lincoln Memorial: Album-Immortelles," a collection of reminiscences and sentiments about Lincoln by notables of the day. Abbott inks in words and phrases and crosses out others, signing at the close and adding the date and place. A fine philosophical statement, reading in part: "...It was the peculiar genius of Abraham Lincoln that he was able by his sympathetic insight to perceive the change in public sentiment without waiting for it to be formulated in any legislative action; to keep pace with it, to lead and direct it, to quicken laggard spirits, to hold in the too ardent too impetuous and too hasty ones, and thus when he signed the emancipation proclamation to make his signature, not the act of an individual man, the edict of a military imperator, but the representative act of a great nation...." Accompanying this typescript is an actual page from Oldroyd's book bearing Abbott's statement (pp. 81-82) and a secretarial TLS, 1p, 5½" X 8½", Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, 1881 December 7. Addressed to Osborn H. Oldroyd. Near fine. Transmits this manuscript, although "I have no faith that anything which I can say in respect to Abraham Lincoln would be worthy a place in your collection...." Unusual item.
Price: $350.00
2. ALFRINK, Bernard Jan Cardinal (1900-87).
Signature.
Archbishop of Utrecht; involved in post-Vatican Council II liberalization. Large, handsome signature and title, heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., 1969 January 2. Near fine. With original envelope.
Price: $35.00
3. ALTER, Karl J. (1885-1977).
Signature.
Archbishop of Cincinnati. Signature, heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., 1967 November 9. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $40.00
4. ARBISO, Paul (1895-1994).
Signed First Day Cover.
The Patriarch of the City of San Juan Capistrano for 23 years,;the official bell ringer for the famed old Spnaish mission was taught by an elderly Indian named Acu (the last full-blooded Acagchemem at the Mission), then took over at Acu's death in 1923 -- ringing the bell for the next 76 years, until his own death at age 99 in 1994. Signed First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled at San Juan Capistrano on July 16, 1969 and stamped "First Day of Issue." Fine. No decorative cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address present. Arbiso signs boldly in blue ballpoint near the "sweet spot" in his unpracticed hand; below this, in an unidentified hand, is penned "Official Bellringer of the Mission / San Juan Capistrano." Handsome and unusual. Front portion of the original mailing envelope (cancelled 1977 April 15) used to transmit this also present. An interesting piece of Mission history.
Price: $50.00
5. ARNAU, Narcis J. (1913-96).
Signature.
Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Barcelona from 1971 to 1993. Bold signature and title in blue ballpoint, heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., n.y. [postal cancellation 1977 November 17]. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $35.00
6. BENGSCH, Alfred (?-1979).
Signature.
Archbishop of Berlin. Signature and date (1971 March 18) on a special heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p. [East Berlin, East Germany]. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $25.00
7. BINZ, Leo (?-1979).
Signature and inscription.
Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis. "With every good wish and blessing / + Leo Binz / Archbishop of St Paul and Minneapolis" on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., 1969 July 12. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $45.00
8. BLAKE, Eugene Carson (1906-85).
Signature.
Controversial American Protestant leader; secretary general of the World Council of Churches. Bold full signature, heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., 1971 June 22. Fine. With original envelope. Uncommon.
Price: $40.00
9. BRADFORD, George P. (?-?).
Autograph Quotation Signed.
This Unitarian minister was a good friend of Emerson, Thoreau and the Transcendentalists and for a time in the 1840s lived at their famed utopian community, Brook Farm. AQS, 1p, 10½" X 6 3/4", n.p., 1872 June 9. Very good. Very mild age toning and a few light spots of foxing. "If once we knew, his fertile gift could lend, / With worthy verses I this page might fill, / But since alas! no muse will me befriend, / Instead of deed, kindly accept the will." On heavy stock paper, presumably from an autograph album. Most unusual.
Price: $175.00
10. BRANDAO VILELA, Avelar Cardinal (?-1986).
Signature.
Archbishop of San Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Full signature and two-line title, heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., 1981 January 13. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $35.00
11. BRICKNER, Barnett R. (1892-1958).
Signed Pamphlet.
This influential American rabbi first served in Toronto, where he joined the reform movement and founded the "Canadian Jewish Review"; in 1925 he became rabbi at Congregation Anshe Chesed in Cleveland, serving until his death; among his many noteworthy activities (such as debating Clarence Darrow in 1928) was supervising Jewish armed forces chaplains during World War Two; even touring the fronts at FDR's request to inspect and visit all chaplains -- making him the first rabbi ever awarded the Medal of Merit for his war efforts; author many books such as "The History of Jews in Cincinnati." Signed Pamphlet, "Overcoming Inferiority Complexes." 8vo. Self-cover. 6pp. Near fine. Mild even age toning. Offprint from "The Jewish Review and Observer" of Cleveland. At upper right of the front cover, below the title, Rabbi Brickner signs boldly in brown fountain pen. An uncommon Judaica signature on an uncommon leaflet.
Price: $75.00
12. BROOKE, Stopford A. (1832-1916).
Autograph Letter Signed.
This unusual Irish-born clergyman was chaplain to Empress Frederick in Berlin (1863-65) and chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria (1872); among the many literary texts he authored are "The Life and Letters of F.W. Robertson" (1865) and "The History of English Literature" (1892), and he co-edited the popular "A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue" (1900). ALS, 1p, 4½" X 7", London, England, n.y. Very good. Minor age toning, mounting traces on verso. In part: "I have not got myself a scrap of Robertson's writing. I handed over all the materials years ago to the family. Perhaps you might get what you want by writing to Charles Robertson (his son) care of Kegan Paul & Co...." (Frederick William Robertson, 1816-53, was an English divine.) An attractive example.
Price: $75.00
13. (BUDDHIST TEXT.)
Tree Bark Buddhist Text Leaf.
Hand-lettered Buddhist text "page" written on both sides of a strip of stiff tree bark, 1 3/4" X 11¼", n.p. [Burma], n.d. [18th century]. Very good. Typical leaf from a Burmese religious text, with two ¼" holes through which a collection of these would be strung together into a "book." Attractive and unusual artifact.
Price: $195.00
14. CASEY, James V. (?-1986).
Photograph Signed.
Archbishop of Denver. Color PS, 3" X 4½", n.p., n.d. Near fine. Ink adhesion not the best on "James," which is also slightly smudged, but overall attractive.
Price: $45.00
15. CASEY, James V. (1915-86).
Signature.
Archbishop of Denver. Bold signature in black fineline, heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., 1970 October 8. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $35.00
16. CLARKE, James Freeman (1810-88).
Autograph Letter Signed.
This influential, liberal Unitarian preacher gained wide fame as an abolitionist and later a temperance and women’s rights reformer. ALS, 1p, 5" X 7½", Jamaica Plain, MA, 1884 April 15. To the editor of "The Critic." Very good. Slightly trimmed at top margin. Requests a copy of a paper which honored him: "...your paper is the only Diploma which assures me that high place of honor. It is not to be bought here, the copies being all sold...."
Price: $95.00
17. CONFALONIERI, Carlo Cardinal (1893-1986).
Signature and inscription.
Dean of the College of Cardinals; private secretary of Pope Pius XI (1920s-30s); Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Consistory. Signature and inscription (in Italian) in blue ballpoint, heavy stock 5 3/4" X 4" postal card, Vatican City, 1984 February 2. Addressed to Terrence Kocsett. Near fine. Fine signature, date and salutation on the message portion of a color picture postcard depicting the Church of St. Maria Maggiore in Rome; also addressed by the Cardinal. Scarce.
Price: $75.00
18. CONFALONIERI, Carlo Cardinal (1893-1986).
Signature.
Dean of the College of Cardinals; private secretary of Pope Pius XI (1920s-30s); Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Consistory. Large bold signature in black fountain pen, heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., 1968 October 4. Fine. With original envelope. Rather uncommon.
Price: $60.00
19. COOK, Joseph (1838-1901).
Autograph Quotation Signed.
Popular lecturer who gave a famous series of Monday lectures at Tremont Temple in Boston on the relation of science to religion. AQS, 1p, 5¼" X 3", Boston, MA, 1878 January 10. Very good. Minor age toning; mounting traces on verso. "Duty done is the soul's fireside," boldly signed and dated.
Price: $75.00
20. CROSBY, Howard (1826-91).
Autograph Note Signed.
Pastor of New York’s famed Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church (1863-91), this clergyman also sought reforms, founding the "Society for the Prevention of Crime." ANS, 1p, 5" X 8", University, NY, 1874 June 15. Addressed to W.R. Derbin. Very good. Minor mounting traces on verso. Begs off a solicitation. "I have no time to write a letter, as you desire...." Nice example.
Price: $55.00
21. CUYLER, Theodore (1822-1909).
Autograph Letter Signed.
Noted Presbyterian preacher and author affiliated with the Lafayette Avenue Church in Brooklyn, New York. ALS, 2pp (1st and 3rd leaves), 5" X 8", Brooklyn, NY, 1865 November 27. Addressed to George May Powell. Very good. Powell, a photographer, had sent Cuyler a print of a large photo montage he was marketing, "Being a group of Portraits of all those members of Congress who voted for the AMENDMENT of the CONSTITUTION PROHIBITING SLAVERY, with those of President LINCOLN and Vice-President HAMLIN added." Cuyler's response is the "blurb" Powell had requested for use in a leaflet he was preparing advertising this photograph: "The likenesses are excellent; the idea is happy -- and the engraving ought to be on every loyal citizens' wall. 'Honor to whom honor is due'. And on that roll, who deserve better from a grateful country than the Congress which put slavery into its charnel-house?... [It] deserves a place beside my 'Emancipation Proclamation' of dear departed Lincoln...." On the blank fourth leaf, Cuyler adds and initials a sentiment: "Our temperance cause brightens. Lay hold & help."
Price: $295.00
22. DAVIDSON, Randall Thomas (1848-1930).
Autograph Letter Signed.
The 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth, domestic chaplain to Queen Victoria, served as dean of Windsor (1883) and archbishop of Canterbury (1903). ALS, 5" X 6½", Witcombe, Gloucester, 1919 April 23. Addressed to Sir James Yoxall. Near fine. "I am here for the quite peremptory purpose of getting a few days -- a very few -- outside the daily grind of my duties of a public & oratorical kind," Davidson notes. Graciously declines to attend "the gathering in Cheltenham when your benevolent purses are presented... it wd have given me the greatest pleasure to be present on such an occasion & to aid in getting forward so laudable & essential a work...." Very attractive.
Price: $95.00
23. DEARDEN, John F. (1907-88).
Signature.
Archbishop of Detroit; after Vatican II, Dearden proved important in updating the American Catholic churches as president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. "+J.F. Dearden / Archbishop of Detroit" and date (1967 November 2) on a special heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p. [Detroit, MI]. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $25.00
24. DeCARLO, Pasquale Ricciardi (1863-1947).
Signed Program.
This Roman Catholic-turned-Presbyterian clergyman emigrated to America from Italy in 1888 and was soon named evangelical pastor of The Presbyterian Institutional Church, where he became influential in converting New England Italians to Presbyterianism and was named to the high office of Superintendent of the Presbytery; in 1914 he moved to Chicago, where he became pastor and director of the noted Saint John Presbyterian Church. Signed Program titled "Saint John Presbyterian Church... Program Dedication Week," small 4to (6" X 9¼"), stiff pictorial wrappers, Chicago, Illinois, 1930 May 18-25. Very good. Quit minor edgewear, but overall tight and attractive. Handsome 12-page program for the dedication and opening of this new church. On the large margin beneath an oval frontispiece head-and-shoulders portrait of DeCarlo, he signs in full, large and bold, in black fountain pen. Most of program consists of special services throughout the dedication week. Quite attractive and unusual.
Price: $75.00
25. FEY, Harold E. (1898-1990).
Signature.
American religious editor. Bold signature and "Editor of The Christian Century, 1956-1964" on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., 1971 April 30. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $25.00
26. FISHER, Geoffrey (1887-1972).
Signature.
Lord Fisher of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury. "Fisher of Lambeth / Archbishop" and date (1971 June 22) on a special heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p. [Sherborne, England]. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $25.00
27. GARRISON, Winfred E. (1874-1969).
Autograph Letter Signed.
The noted educator and literary editor of "Christian Century" for more than 30 years was also a prolific religious writer whose books include "The March of Faith," "The Disciples of Christ" and others. Exceptionally early and almost miniature ALS, 2pp, 3½" X 4 3/4", New Haven, CT, 1894 December 18. Addressed to Rose. Near fine. Light age toning. Presumably a college undergrad at the time (he indicates "Yale University"), the youthful Garrison sends effusive birthday greetings to a friend in his miniscule script. Reads in part: "This little volume is some of the best vacation reading I know of. It would be excellent to use as we used 'Harvard Stories' and 'Dream Life' last Easter, and I intend to introduce it for such use this Christmas...."
Price: $45.00
28. GRACIAS, Valerian (1900-78).
Signature.
Archbishop of Bombay. "+Valerian Cardinal Gracias" and date (1968 February 19) on a special heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p. [Bombay, India]. Fine. With original envelope.
Price: $25.00
29. GREGORY XVI (Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari) (1765-1846).
Autograph Letter (unsigned).
The conservative, reform-minded procurator general and vicar general was elected Roman Catholic pope in 1831, serving of course until his death. Unsigned AL in Italian, 1p (lettersheet), 7½" X 9 3/4", n.p., 1813 [September?] 28. Addressed to "Sigr. Cavaliere." Very good. Mild, even age toning; mounting trace on verso. Cryptic contents having to do with having received from "the honorable lawyer" an accounting or census of some sort from two monasteries. Interesting -- attractive -- very scarce.
Price: $875.00
30. HALE, Edward Everett (1822-1909).
Autograph Note Signed.
This Unitarian clergyman wrote a number of volumes and served as chaplain of the U.S. Senate, among various distinguished posts, but would not be remembered today were it not for one short story first published in 1863 -- "The Man Without a Country." Brief ANS, 1p, 5" X 3 3/4", Chicago, IL, 1896 December 10. Very good. Light even age toning; mounting traces on verso. Short but gracious note to an admirer: "I am glad to do what you wish...." Ink lightens slightly at signature, but still an excellent example. Hale writes on his imprinted Roxbury, Massachusetts letterhead, but must have been visiting Chicago, for he's crossed out the imprinted address and written in Chicago. Accompanied by a fine 8½" X 11" glazed steel-engraved portrait (T. Johnson) based on G.C. Cox's photographic portrait, from the 1882 "Century Gallery of One Hundred Portraits."
Price: $60.00
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