Book appraisals conducted for estate purposes, 1937-1960.

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Book appraisals conducted for estate purposes, 1937-1960.

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Over 412 book appraisals made by Kebabian for the firms of G. A. Baker ? Leonard Bernstein; Nelson Doubleday; J. P. Morgan II; I. N. Phelps Stokes; and Lucius Wilmerding. Appraisals were also made on behalf of over twenty law firms and for collections acquired by the New York Public Library. Also, appraisals from the 1930s relating to the Herndon-Weik Lincoln Collection purchased by the Library of Congress in 1930 and to the library of Henry Clay Folger, which became the foundation of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

9 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

Grolier Club

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Grolier Club

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Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was among the most important conductors of the second half of the 20th Century and also the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. His best-known work is the Broadway musical West Side Story; other works include three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, Serenade after Plato's "Symposium", the original score for the film On the Waterfront, and theater works including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, and his MASS. Bernstei...

Wilmerding, Lucius, 1880-1949

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Doubleday, Nelson

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G. A. Baker & Co.

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Weik, Jessie William, 1857-1930

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Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930

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Samuel Marx, Inc.

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Lazare, Edward J.

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Kebabian, John S.

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John S. Kebabian was a professional book appraiser who resided in Scarsdale, N.Y. He was the author of The Haymarket affair and the trial of the Chicago anarchists (1886). A member of the Grolier Club, Kebabian exhibited his collection of 17th, 18th and 19th century books about trades and crafts in England, France and America at the Club in 1979. He died in 1980. From the description of Book appraisals conducted for estate purposes, 1937-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122568415...

Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949

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"Hervey-Allen, born Dec. 8, 1889, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S., died Dec. 28, 1949, Coconut Grove, Fla., [was] in full William Hervey Allen, Jr., [an] American poet, biographer, and novelist who had a great impact on popular literature with his historical novel Anthony Adverse." -- "Hervey Allen," Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9005788 (Accessed 10 February 2009). From the description of Hervey Allen letter, 21 December 1936. (University of Georgia). WorldCat...

Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile Suppl. II British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x000172 American financier. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Ackermann, 1918 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874981 ...

Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944

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New York historian, architect, housing reformer, son of Anson Phelps Stokes (1838-1913), and author of the "Iconography of Manhattan Island." From the description of Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes papers, 1898-1937. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58778915 At the time of this project the address of I.N. Phelps Stokes was given as 100 William St. (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Chapel for Columbia University, New York, N.Y. [graph...

Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891

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Herndon was a Springfield, Illinois lawyer, and the last law partner of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Letter, April 5, 1890. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 662739068 Abraham Lincoln's law partner and biographer. From the description of ALS : to Benjamin Franklin Underwood, 1881 Oct. 29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617046 Springfield, Ill. lawyer, who had been Abraham Lincoln's law partn...