Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

221 221 c   VERDI, GIUSEPPE.Autograph Note Signed,“GVerdi,” to an unnamed recipient, in French: “Arrange the purchase at once and I myself will bring you the money in half an hour from now.” 1 page, 12mo, with integral blank, marginal discoloration from prior matting, horizontal fold. Np, nd [600/900] 219 c   VAN HEUSEN, JIMMY. Two Photographs Signed and Inscribed, to Cazenovia College President Rhea Eckel, each half-length seated portraits by Bachrach, showing him holding a sheet of music and a cigarette.The first,“To Rhea Eckel, with unbounded admi- ration for a remarkable person,” a large color photograph. Inscribed on the mat below the image. 11x14 inches (image), 14x16 1 / 2 inches overall; minor cockling to edges of image. The second, “To Rhea— / the nicest / House-guest / of all—with much / affection.” Inscribed in the image, lower left. 10x8 inches; unobtrusive cracking to emulsion overall, remnants of prior mounting at upper edge verso, studio ink stamps in lower right margin and verso. Cazenovia, 21 October 1956; Np, nd [400/600] Rhea Doyle Eckel Clark (1903-1985) was president of Cazenovia College between 1957 and 1971. 220 c   VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RALPH. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, “R VaughnWilliams,” 3 bars from Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis , notated on a printed stave. 1 page, 2 1 / 4 x6 1 / 2 inches, 3 staves printed on recto and verso; markedly stained overall. sold as is . [Ithaca?], November [1954?] [80/120]