[Rarebooks] FS: ARCHIVE of 24 William Beebe/Elswyth Thane Christmas and New Year Greeting Cards

[Charles Agvent]

BEEBE, William & THANE, Elswyth. ARCHIVE of 24 Christmas and New Year 
Greeting Cards.  Mostly undated though a few are dated from 1933 to 
1950. Size ranges from about 4" x 5" to 6" x 11" with some printed on 
stiff, heavy stock. All of the cards feature personal covers from 
photographs to drawings with subject matter including fish and birds, 
Beebe's famous bathysphere, home views, etc., many with a humorous 
slant. Seventeen of the 24 cards are SIGNED as "Will" often with 
additional handwritten greetings. There are also 9 cards from Mrs. 
William Beebe, the author Elswyth Thane, SIGNED just by her and likely 
dating from after her husband's death in 1962. There are also 3 cards 
SIGNED by Jocelyn Crane, Beebe's research assistant. All of the cards 
were sent to Faith Dennis. Near Fine.

William Beebe (1877-1962) was a naturalist, oceanographer, 
ornithologist, and an executive of the New York Zoological Society. With 
Otis Barton, he was the first to use the bathysphere, a deep-sea diving 
device, using it to set a dive record of 3,028 feet in 1934 that was not 
broken until 1949. Beebe wrote over 800 articles and 24 books on natural 
history. His wife, Elswyth Thane, was a romance novelist. Jocelyn Crane 
was William Beebe's research assistant and former assistant director 
(1952-1962) and director (1963-1966) of the New York Zoological Society. 
(#015468) $850.00

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