Engelbert Humperdinck

Autograph Letter by Engelbert Humperdinck - 1895

1895

Confidential Letter by the General of the Armies, John Joseph Pershing to Cecil Charles Blunt. Typewritten Letter Signed. Washington, November 16th, 1920. One page, single-sided. In English. On letterhead paper "General of the Armies Washington". Excellent condition, including original envelope. Letter of apology sent to the Count Cecil Charles Blumentahal, later changed to Blunt, a wealthy Jewish banker from New York: "I reget very much that I was unable to see you while you were in Washington". John Joseph Pershing (Laclede, 1860 - Washington, 1948) John Joseph Pershing, best-known as "Black Jack", was an American general. He distinguished himself in the Spanish-American war for his courage and after a long and brilliant career in the Philippines and Mexico against the rebels of the two countries. Pershing led the US expedition in World War I and later served as chief of staff of the United States Army. for this reason he is considered the mentor of a generation of US generals who fought in World War II such as George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley James McNair, George Smith Patton and Douglas MacArthur. Like George Washington, he was the only soldier to obtain the highest US military rank, that of General of the Armies of the United States. Pershing was one of the first generals in history to be able to coordinate light infantry with twentieth-century war inventions such as tanks and armored cars for the great offensives during the punitive expedition to Mexico against Pancho Villa...

Confidential Autograph Letters Signed by the French poet, Abel Bonnard (Poitier, 1883-Madrid 1968) to the Countess A. L. Pecci-Blunt. Around 1930's. In French. One page, single-sid...

Autograph Happy Easter Card by Carlo Quaglia to Silvio Perina. Paris, April 15th 1952. In Italian. Perfectly readable, excellent condition. Signed "Quaglia". A postcard of Happy Easter, sent from Paris by the Italian painter to the Director of CIM warehouses of Rome. Carlo Quaglia (Terni, 1903 - Rome,1970) The Italian painter Carlo Quaglia discovered his passions when he was an official in Libya, in the thirties, in Benghazi, Sirte and Derna. At the beginning of the Second World War, in 1940, he was taken prisoner by the British and transferred to India at Camp 27 of Yol on the slopes of the Himalayas. He spent five years of imprisonment devoting himself to the study of the arts, practicing the first painting tests that will lead him to take the decision to become a painter. Upon returning to Italy he took his leave and began his career as an artist. His was a short and successful career that led him to critical and public success. In his painting we find the colors of the Roman School of Scipio, Mario Mafai and Antonietta Raphaël...

Autograph Letter Signed by Pirazzoli to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. Paris, June 24th 1937. In Italian. One page, single-sided. On letterhead paper "Il Popolo d'Italia, Bureau de ...