Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

40 c   (BUSINESS.) GOULD, JAY. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, to W[illiam?] T. Hart: “Yours rec’vd.As I do not expect to be about . . . the city for the next month I can see you here any time agreeable to yourself in relation to theVineland & Maryland R[ail]R[oa]ds.” 1 page, small 8vo, with integral blank, personal stationery; slight smudging to signature and scattered portions of text, horizontal fold. [NewYork], 28 December 1872 [400/600] 41 c   (BUSINESS.) MONTEFIORE, MOSES. Letter Signed, to Louisa de Rothschild (“My dear Niece”), sending a consolatory message upon the death of her brother. 4 pages, 8vo,written on a folded sheet, personal mourning stationery; ink identification at upper edge of first page, faint uneven toning to first page. Ramsgate, 18 October 1880 [80/120] “. . . May He who healeth the broken hearted and bindeth up their wounds shield you henceforth from further trouble and grant you and your family the blessings of health and long life . . . .” PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY OF CHINA 42 c   CHIANG KAI-SHEK; AND SOONG MEI-LING.Two postcards, each Signed by one, each showing a half-length portrait of Cub Scout James Anderson in scout uniform beside the words of the Scout Oath, each withAnderson’s return address written on one side, in unknown hand. The Chiang Kai-Shek postcard, signed in Chinese beside portrait. The other, “Mayling Soong Chiang,” in English, on side opposite portrait. Each oblong 12mo; Chinese postage stamps and cancellation ink stamps on recto and verso. Np, 1958 [400/600] with — Typed letter from James Shen, Secretary to President Chiang Kai-Shek, to James Anderson, sending the autographs. 1 page, 4to,“Office of the President” stationery.Taipei, 28 March 1958.With the original envelope. 40