1802. 1 page letter on stationary imprinted Observatory, Cambridge measuring 4 1/2" x 7". While some regarded Ball as one of the greatest British mathematicians of his generation, it was his books on The Theory of Screws (1876, 1900) that established his reputation though he also wrote extensively on astronomy..... More
Southhampton County, Virginia: 1862. Quarto. 10 pages with 3 pages of voter's names and officials. A detailed record of a local election 11 months after the beginning of the Civil War. It would seem that this is the election held on March 13, 1862 on the new constitution which was..... More
The letter notes his college classmate and fellow Mountain Regionalist writer James Hill had visited him and said the addressee (probably the Progressive Farmer) was about to accept more stories. The story he tentatively named "The Man Ahead of us." was later printed with the editor changing it to "The..... More
Dorothy Thompson thanks him for his letter but explains her pressure in life is writing articles now for the Ladies Home Journal where she takes up some of his points. Besides her controversial marriage with Sinclair Lewis, she was famous for her interview with Hitler with its uncomplimentary notes about..... More
Dallas, Texas; (1977): The Texas Arts Journal, Cameron Northouse. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to only 22 copies, 109pp., illustrated, folder contains a typed manuscript from page 34 of Updike's play and is signed. The Texas Arts Journal is published only four times a year with contributor's such as William Saroyan..... More
2als, May 1857. President Buchanan had been slow in making diplomatic appointments but because Thomas C. Reynolds (who became Confederate Governor of MIssouri) was one of his supporters and Harris's friend, Harris (who also was publisher of the Washington Union) is explaining the delay to Reynolds who had thought the..... More