Autographs Catalogue
Autograph letter signed; "Hermann Bahr," to Ulla Frankfurter (unnamed), no date
Vienna. -. Two pages on a printed bifolium of "Die Zeit" letterhead, approx. 5-3/4 X 8-3/4 in. Hermann Bahr (1863-1934), prominent journalist and drama critic in Vienna and Munich, who was pilloried by Karl Kraus, trying to arrange an appointment with a writer. The recipient was the writer who published..... More
Autograph letter signed; "Richard Beer-Hofmann," to Gottfried Bermann-Fischer ("verehrter Herr Doktor!") December 3, 1933
Vienna. -. One page, approx. 8-1/4 X 10-1/2 in. Friendly, welcoming note to the editor at S. Fischer Verlag, who would become a leading publisher of exiled German-language writers during the nazi-era. More
Autograph note signed; "Lola Beeth," to "Liebe gnädige Frau" 1925
-. Written on the back of a printed invitation to a "Gesellschaftstee," in Berlin; bifolium , approx. 5-1/2 X 8-3/4 in. Lola Beeth (1861-1940), operatic soprano, performed in Berlin and Vienna, specializing in Wagnerian roles. More
Autograph letter and autograph postcard signed; "Bernhard," to Oscar Meyer, August 10, 1936 & no date (1936)
Geneva & St. Cyr. -. One page letter on single leaf, approx. 8-1/4 X 11-1/4 in.; small black-edged mourning card, approx. 3 X 4-1/2 in. Georg Bernhard (1875-1944) German-Jewish liberal journalist, editor of the "Vossische Zeitung" and later founder of the exile newspaper "Pariser Tageblatt." Bernhard, along with his correspondent..... More
Autograph note signed; "A. Bernstein," October 28, 1877
Friedenau. -. One page on a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Aron Bernstein (1812-1884), political journalist and advocate of Jewish emancipation, edited "Die Volkszeitung" in Berlin. More
Autograph postcard signed; "Alb. Bielschowsky," to Frau Joseph Kohler, September 16, 1901
Klosters (Switzerland). -. Card approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/2 in. Albert Bielschowsky (1847-1902) was a literary critic and biographer of Goethe. More
Autograph postcard signed; "Otto Brahm," to Ulla Frankfurter ("Ulla Wolff-Frank), October 26, 1884
Berlin. -. Postcard, approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/2 in. Otto Brahm (1856-1912), influential drama critic, declines to review a book in "Die Vossische Zeitung." Ulla Wolff-Frank, also known as Frankfurter, wrote and published with the pseudonym "Ulrich Frank." More
Autograph letter signed; "Marie v Bülow," to Ulla Frankfurter, September 6, 1908.
Berlin. -. Four pages, on a bifolium, approx. 4-1/2 X 7 in. Marie von Bülow (1857-1941), actress and wife of the great Wagnerian conductor Hans von Bülow, writes at length to the Jewish writer who used the male pseudonym "Ulrich Frank," and was sometimes known by her later married name..... More
Letter signed; "Frhr v. Dingelstedt," to Ulla Frankfurter (unnamed), April 18, 1876
Vienna. -. Secretarial letter, one page, on large bifolium, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in., coated, laid paper with blindstamp of the Imperial Hofburgtheater. Franz von Dingelstedt (1814-1881) was a successful journalist and satirist, whose sympathies in his younger years were with the radical "Junges Deutschland" movement. He underwent a sort..... More
Autograph letter signed; "Vater," to Peter Drucker, July 9, 1940
Chapel Hill, N.C. -. Six pages, on three leaves, approx. 7-1/4 X 10-1/2 in. Adolf Drucker (1876-1967) was a prominnet Viennese lawyer and civil servant. His son Peter became well known in the U.S. as a business managment consultant and professor, who wrote on economic matters for the Wall Street..... More
Two autograph letters signed; "Adolf Drucker," to Oscar Meyer, December 9, 1952; September 19, 1953
-. Two pages, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in. Drucker writes in apprecation of Meyer's book "Von Bismarck zu Hitler." More
Autograph letter signed; :Eduard Engel," to Ulla Frankfurter (unnamed), November 14, 1901
Berlin. -. One page, on a bifolium leaf, approx. 4-1/2 X 7 in. More
Two autograph cards signed; "Georg Engel," with one inscribed business card, 1917, 1929.
Georg Engel (1866-1831) dramatist and critic. More
Autograph letter signed; "Herbert Eulenberg," to Richard Frankfurter (unnamed), June 14 (1914)
-. One page, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in. Herbert Eulenberg (1876-1949) successful theater manager and playwright. Mentions Balzac. Frankfurter, an attorney and a left-liberal politican, was acting as an advocate in a case invovling a publication of Balzac's "Contes Drolatiques." More
Three autograph letters signed; "Erich Eyck," to Oscar Meyer, October 16, 1938; December 14, 1952; January 6, 1954
London. -. Four page letter on two leaves, approx. 7 X 9 in., and two aerogrammes. Erich Eyck (1878-1964) lawyer, historian, author of "Bismarck and the German Empire." More
Autograph letter signed; "Frank," in pencil, to Ernst Glaeser, March 28, 1936
-. One page, on a leaf of quadrille paper, approx. 8-1/4 X 10-1/2 in. Frank (1882-1961), uprooted and stateless as an exile from Hitler, writes the Swiss author hoping for help in mailing books. More
Autograph letter signed; "Ludwig Fulda," to "Hochgeehrtetr Herr Professor," May 4, 1893
Berlin. -. One page, on a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Ludwig Fulda (1862-1939), a prolific playwright. More
Autograph letter signed; "Martin Gumpert," to Dr. Salzburg, October 8, 1951.
San Francisco. -. Two pages on a small bifolium of Fairmont Hotel stationery, approx. 5-1/2 X 6-3/4 in. Martin Gumpert (1897-1955) was a physician and a novelist, and a respected member of the American community of German exiles from Hitler. Here he writes to an old friend whom he'd encountered..... More
Autograph letter signed; "Hermann Heiberg," to Ulla Frankfurter (unnamed), December 4, 1885.
Berlin. -. Four pages on a bifolium of laid paper, approx. 5 X 7-3/4 in. Hermann Heiberg (1840-1910), a respected realist writer, admired by Theodor Fontane. More
Three autograph letters and one autograph postcard signed; "Ludiwg Hoffmann," to Oscar Meyer, 1912-1913
Berlin. -. Letters on bifolium leaves, approx. 4-1/2 X 6-3/4 in; postcard approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1.2 in. Ludwig Hoffmann (1852-1932) architect. More
Autograph letter signed; "Amalie Joachim," to Frau Breiderhoff, January 10, no year
-. Three pages on a small bifolium, approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/4 in. A warm, emotional letter, thanking the recipient for her expression of concern, and discussing a loss. Amalie Joachim (1839-1899) was a popular singer as Amalie Weiss, before she married the composer and musician Joseph Joachim. Her performing career..... More
Signature; on a postcard, August 17, 1921
-. Picture postcard with a photographic portrait of Kadelburg, approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/2 in., signed for a collector, who has written in the address. Gustav Kadelburg (1851-1925) was a successful Austrian stage actor, who gave up his performing career to write light comedies, farces, and operettas. More
Autograph letter signed; "Melanie Kurt," to Margarete Meyer, November 27, 1935
-. Written on two sides of a card, approx. 4 X 6 in. Melanie Kurt (1880-1941) was a versatile operatic soprano. She joined the Metropolitan Opera in 1914, specializing in Wagner, but his works were banned when the United States joined the war against Germany in 1917. She returned to..... More
Autograph card signed; "Gertrud Le Fort," to Gottfried Bermann-FIscher, March 6, 1935.
-. Both sides of a plain white card, approx. 3-1/2 X 5-3/4 in. Gertrud Le Fort (1876-1971), prolific writer of respected novels deeply informed by her religious conversion to Catholicism. More