A group of 5 related pieces – Science, Medicine & Exploration.
(1) Sir Julian Huxley Signature on His 31 Pond Street, Hampstead Letterhead, Dated December 13, 1954.
Signature "Julian Huxley" in blue-black ink, dated "Dec 13th 1954" beneath and underscored, on his printed 31 Pond Street, Hampstead, N.W.3 letterhead. Sir Julian Huxley was an evolutionary biologist, the first Director-General of UNESCO, a co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund, and brother of the novelist Aldous Huxley. The verso has an old strip of tape with dark paper residue from former mounting and a pencilled "Julian Huxley". Condition: two horizontal folds, light toning, small dark residue spots at the top corners, and the tape remnant on the verso.
(2) Ted Nelson Signed Publicity Photograph, "With All Best Wishes", Inventor of the Terms Hypertext and Hypermedia.
Black and white publicity photograph of Theodor Holm "Ted" Nelson, captioned "TED NELSON" with his credits printed at the side: "Distinguished Fellow, Autodesk, Inc., Sausalito, California; Founding Designer, Project Xanadu; Discoverer and Namer of Hypertext and Hypermedia, 1965." Inscribed and signed in red ink: "With all best wishes, Ted Nelson." Nelson coined the words "hypertext" and "hypermedia" in 1965 and founded Project Xanadu, a forerunner of the World Wide Web; his book "Computer Lib/Dream Machines" (1974) was a manifesto of the personal computer movement. Condition: a few small marks at the left edge.
(3) Dr. Benjamin Spock Two Signed Photographs, One by Henry David Teller, 1991, with JSA Authentication.
Two black and white photographs of Dr. Benjamin Spock, author of "Baby and Child Care" (1946), each signed: one smiling in a white coat ("Benjamin Spock"), one bearded in later life ("Ben Spock"). The back of the later photograph is stamped "© 1991 Henry David Teller, Please Credit if Published" and carries a JSA authentication sticker N20461. Condition: clean.
(4) Thor Heyerdahl Signed Photograph, Together with His Typed Postcard Signed, Italy, October 3, 1979, on the Easter Island Statues, "Kon-Tiki" Explorer.
Two pieces from the Norwegian explorer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl. (1) Black and white portrait photograph of Heyerdahl in profile, wearing a white roll-neck sweater against a clear sky, boldly signed "Thor Heyerdahl" in blue ink across the lower portion. (2) Typed postcard signed "Thor Heyerdahl", dated "Italy, Oct. 3.79", to Mr. Morgan of Chesapeake, Virginia: "The question you pose in your letter concerning the Easter Island statues are dealt with in detail in my book THE ART OF EASTER ISLAND, and more briefly in a chapter in EARLY MAN AND THE OCEAN, both published by Doubleday in New York. With kind regards." The address side carries two Italian stamps with a Mendatica (IM) postmark of 4 October 1979. Mendatica is near Colla Micheri in Liguria, the medieval hamlet Heyerdahl restored as his home. Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific on the balsa raft Kon-Tiki in 1947 to test his theory of South American settlement of Polynesia, and later led archaeological expeditions to Easter Island; this card answers a question on exactly that subject. Condition: the photograph has light handling; the postcard has light toning and a small mark near the signature.
(5) Roger Caras Signed and Inscribed Photograph with a Tiger, January 15, 1970, "From Sarang and Roger Caras", Wildlife Writer and Broadcaster.
Black and white photograph of Roger Caras kneeling beside a Bengal tiger in a wooded enclosure, inscribed and signed in blue ink: "1/15/70 From Sarang and Roger Caras." Caras's book "Sarang: The Story of a Bengal Tiger and of Two Children in Search of a Miracle" was published in 1968, and the inscription is signed jointly in the tiger's name. Caras wrote more than seventy books on animals, was ABC's on-air animal correspondent, served as president of the ASPCA, and was for many years the voice of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Condition: light handling; small mark at the lower right.
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