lehman herbert (13 Ergebnisse)

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Oblong duodecimo, stapled paper covers, 20 pp., b/w photos A fund-raising pamphlet.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Small octavo, stapled paper covers, 8 pp.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. 16mo, stapled paper covers, 24 pp., b/w illustrations.

Softbound. Zustand: Good. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 14 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1967. First edition, 1967. Illustrated in black and white. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering, golden brown endpapers, 176 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, looks and feels new, with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition, with some creasing to the spine ends and along top edge of front cover. From the front cover: "The story of a man's lifetime of devoted service to the cause of welfare and relief, spanning the crises of the Depression, disaster in the Middle East, and the problems of reparations and Displaced Persons in postwar Europe". . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Blue cloth with red block to upper cover ruled and titled in gilt. Photographic frontis of Herbert H Lehman, Resignation of the Director General, an address by Lehman and facsimiles of letters of tribute from Harry Truman and foreign heads-of-state, dignitaries, and other representatives of foreign nations. Limited to 200 copies. Size: Small 4to.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Zustand: Good. Each one page long and signed in ink by Lehman, once Governor of New York and later US Senator. All addressed to Arthur B. Burnham. 4 from 1950, one form 1958. Good content. Each VG. Lot of 5 letters:

8vo (29 x 19cm). Fascinating group revealing the intricacies of the intellectual property of instrument making ralting to harps and harmoniums in the C19th. Various pagings. Sewn as issued, 4 in original printed blue wrappers, one with upper inner corners missing. Folding plates.

72 pp.; 28 x 21.5 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at The Drawing Center, New York, February 24 - April 6, 1996. Texts by exhibition organizer and artist Julie Ault and artist and writer Thomas Lawson. Includes press clippings of various news articles on alternative exhibition venues in New York from the late 1960's to the late 1990's by Margrit Pittman, Grace Glueck, John Dowell, Sam Gilliam, Joe Overstreet, Melvin Edwards, Richard Hunt, William T. Williams, Marcia Tucker, Eileen Blair, Lehman Weichselbaum, John Russell, Ricahrd Goldstein, Alison Mitchell, John Perreault, Robert D. McFadden, Lawrence Alloway, Robert Pear, Ann Meyerson, George Sternlieb, Craig Owens, Roberta Smith, Allan Schwartzman, David Deitcher, Kay Larson, Herbert Muschamp and additional unknown authors. Very Good. Light dusting of covers with 3.8 cm. and 2.8 cm. of yellow soiling to recto. Contents clean and unmarked.

Uniform matching first edition hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, gilt title lettering and volume details to the spines, floral end leaves. 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Contains [xxxiii] [corrections leaf] 724; 866 printed pages of text with numerous monochrome text illustrations throughout the two volumes. Belonging to Henry Lehman, founder of Lehman Brothers financial services, with his name to the top of each title page. Neatly repaired fraying of the cloth to the spine edges, rear hinge to volume II is cracked, corners worn through to the boards, lots of ink and pencil notes to the margins, probably by Lehman. We have never seen any complete 1885 first edition set. Member of the P.B.F.A. UNIFORMS & BADGES.

Zustand: Fine conditon. 1 page in frame with a photo of Lehman. « I am just in receipt of your letter of January 14th. As I have previously advised you on several occasions, it is impossible for me to attend the Award of the Albert Einstein Medal for Humanitarian Services to Dr. Thomas Mann, which will take place at the Hotel Astor, January 22nd. I wish that I could be with you, but I have explained the situation to you at length in my two former communications.» Herbert Henry Lehman ( 1878 1963) was an American Democratic Party politician from New York. He served from 1933 until 1942 as the 45th Governor of New York and represented New York State in the U.S. Senate from 1949 until 1957.

This New York financier and Democratic politician served his state as lieutenant governor (1929-32) and governor (1933-42), later as senator (1949-57). Meaty TLS, 1p, 8" X 10½", Washington, DC, 18 May 1950. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar). Near fine. Faint original folds. On "United States Senate" letterhead, Lehman replies to a constituent who had enquired about obtaining a souvenir from the complete gutting of the interior of the White House undertaken between 1948 and 1952, leaving only the exterior walls intact. Writes Lehman, ".you request some article which has been removed from the White House. I have been informed by the Executive Director of the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion that it is not permissable. to comply with your request at the present time," He goes on and on, concluding, "a tremendous amount of requests for material from the White House has been received. Until the final determination has been made it is not possible to make any commitments in this regard." Signed in full in black ink at the close. Accompanied by an original glossy 8½" X 6½" news agency photograph. Near fine. Printed text neatly affixed to verso dates the image 23 February 1947, titles it "General Eisenhower Launches Drive for $170,000,000" and describes the scene: "Before more than 450 Jewish leaders today (Sunday) at the Shoreham Hotel, General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, called on American people to give generous support to the record $170,000,000 United Jewish Appeal for the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of Europe's 1,500,000 homeless, destitute Jewish survivor's. Left to right -- Henry Morgenthau Jr. former Secretary of the Treasury, and general chairman of the drive, and General Dwight D. Eisenhower, with former governor of New York state, Herbert H. Lehman." Interesting letter and most unusual photograph.