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Click here to subscribeB32c 50th Anniversary B 17 Signed 3 USA Pilots Le May, P Murphy, R Lee. 4 Oct 83 Washington DC Boeing B17 50th Anniversary. Flown in Flying Fortress B17 Sally B. Personally signed General Curtis Emerson Le May United States Air Force. He is credited with designing and implementing an effective, but also controversial, systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theatre of WW11. During the war, he was known for planning and executing a massive bombing campaign against cities in Japan and a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways. After the war, he unintentionally initiated the Berlin Airlift, then reorganized the Strategic Air Command (SAC) into an effective instrument of nuclear war. He served as Chief of Staff of the U. S. Air Force from 1961 until his retirement in 1965. Air Commodore R Dick B17 Flying Fortress Pilot who flew the covers. Lt R M Pound US Navy Pilot Destroyed 6. S K Moats 4 victories details enclosed. Certified Copy no 0498 of 1396 very few additional Signed by Pound and Moats. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
65th Anniv of Destruction of Zeppelin signed by Gp. Capt. G. E. Livock WW1 Pilot, and G Hyams Crew 1917. 14 Jun 82 - BFPS 1771 - 65th Anniversary of Destruction of Zeppelin L-43 by RNAS H-12 Flying Boat 15½p British Theatre stamp. Personally signed by Sqn. Ldr. G. F. Hyams DFC RAFVR Flt. Sub. Lt. RNAS in sea planes 1917. also signed by Gp. Capt. G. E. Livock DFC AFC Flt. Lt. RNAS in seaplane and flying boats. 1917 - 1918. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
B32c 50th Anniversary B 17 Signed 3 USA Pilots Le May, J Bolt M Long. 4 Oct 83 Washington DC Boeing B17 50th Anniversary. Flown in Flying Fortress B17 Sally B. Personally signed General Curtis Emerson Le May United States Air Force. He is credited with designing and implementing an effective, but also controversial, systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theatre of WW11. During the war, he was known for planning and executing a massive bombing campaign against cities in Japan and a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways. After the war, he unintentionally initiated the Berlin Airlift, then reorganized the Strategic Air Command (SAC) into an effective instrument of nuclear war. He served as Chief of Staff of the U. S. Air Force from 1961 until his retirement in 1965 and by Air Commodore R Dick B17 Flying Fortress Pilot who flew the covers. Lieutenant Colonel John F Bolt US Marine Pilot WW11 and Korea ace with 12 Victories 6 Zekes in WW11, 6 Mig 15's in Korea. Details enclosed. Colonel Maurice G Long 354th Pioneers Mustangs Boxted. Certified Copy No 0049 of 1396. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
A rare creamware tankard with moulded foot printed in black with a scene entitled ‘Mr King in the character of Ld Ogleby in the Clandestine Marriage’, circa 1785, 120mm, cracked and restored(commemorative, pottery).* The play The Clandestine Marriage made its debut at Drury Lane Theatre on 20th February 1766 with Thomas King originated the role of Lord Ogleby.A role that went on to cement his position of one of the finest actors of his time.After the engraving published by J. Smith in 1769.
Max von Sydow (1929-2020), a signed and dedicated 9.5x7.5 inch photo. A Swedish actor who had a 70-year career in films, tv and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films. He played Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE in the James Bond film, Never Say Never Again (1983). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
This original color lithographed sheet music cover titled The Tin Gee-Gee or The Lowther Arcade features a lively and whimsical illustration associated with the British music hall tradition. Written and composed by Fred Cape and revised and sung by Mel B. Spurr at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, the song was also performed nightly at The Palace by Miss Fanny Wentworth. The illustration, executed in period style, depicts a gentleman in top hat and gloves evaluating mechanical toys evocative of the famed Lowther Arcade, a celebrated London venue known for its toy shops and amusements. Victorian-era British music hall illustration, combining graphic design, caricature, and popular entertainment iconography. The use of typography and hand-drawn figures aligns with the late 19th-century sheet music aesthetic, emphasizing theatrical flair and narrative charm.Published by Francis, Day & Hunter at 195 Oxford Street, London, the sheet music includes credit to the American publisher T. B. Harms & Co., suggesting transatlantic circulation. The artwork captures late Victorian commercial illustration with bold lettering, caricature-like figures, and period costume, all in muted tones with pops of red and yellow. The piece is dedicated to Mrs. John Wood of the Court Theatre, adding a personal and theatrical provenance. Presented under glass in a double-matted black frame.Issued: c. 1890Dimensions: 15.25"L x 20"HCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Brio - Curious George - A group of mostly boxed items including Curious George Train, Theatre and other items, also Brio Space Train set, Space Shuttle, Crane, Turntables and more. The items appear in Very Good condition overall, the boxes have some wear. (This does not constitute a guarantee) [ba]
Multi signed Macaulay Culkin, Irène Jacob and Madeleine Potter, Theatre flyer 'Madame Melville'. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Sharon Gless signed 10x8 inch black and white photo dedicated and Theatre programme for the production of Chapter Two signed by Sharon Gless and Tom Conti. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Mary Ellis signed vintage programme Kings Theatre Southsea, mounted and framed with 2 programmes and a black and white photo of Mary Ellis. Measures 19 inch by 12 inch appx. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Signature collection. Andrea Lynch signed 6x4 album page, Gareth Chilcott signed 8x6 England Rugby Union promo photo, Hugh Bonneville signed 6x4 Downtown Abbey colour photo, Reece Dinsdale signed 8x6 Theatre promo page, Ruth Badger signed 6x4 promo colour photo, Liz Bonnin signed BBC Bang Goes The Theory 6x4 colour promo photo, David Hemery signed 6x4 album page and 2 others. Up to 8 in collection appx. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Ephemera collection. Richard Lewis Hearne OBE (Mr Pastry) signed 7x5 inch colour photo, signed theatre staff pass, Signed The Kelroys photo, New Empire Bristol programme and more. Up to 6 in collection appx. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
2, Pantomime Theatre programmes dated 1979,1980 signed by various cast members includes The Krankies, John Inman and Danny La Rue. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
This Royal Doulton large character jug depicts the renowned playwright William Shakespeare as part of the Shakespearean Collection. Issued in 1982 and designed by Michael Abberley, this ceramic jug features a handle adorned with a quill and a building reminiscent of the Globe Theatre, paying homage to Shakespeare's literary legacy. His collar is decorated with theater mask motifs, symbolizing the themes of comedy and tragedy. The jug bears the Royal Doulton backstamp on the underside.Artist: Michael AbberelyIssued: 1982Dimensions: 6.5"L x 7.75"HCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
GROUP OF PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPHS, including Dukes of Hazzard, Kevin Costner, Mira Fuplam, Patricia Tallman, Richard Biggs, Marjorie Monaghan and others also three theatre programmes - Bradley Cooper in The Elephant Man, Royal Haymarket, 2015 with ticket stubs, Ghost The Musical 2019 with e-ticket and Priscilla Queen of the Desert with Jason Donovan and Duncan James
Sir John Gielgud signed "The Heiress " Theatre Royal Haymarket vintage programme . Slight dame to top edge of item signature not affected. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
An ecclectic mix of ephemera to include Showboat Theatre Restaurant [Strand Corner House, London] Souvenir Album; Edward the Confessor Lodge Ladies' Festival programmes for the years 1970 / 1971 / 1973 plus one other; a pair of national Identity cards [Ellen Byatt and Anthony Byatt or Ingrave Street, Battersea]; An indenture of Apprenticeship pertaining to Alfred Edward Stone and his position of Warehouseman to W Speaight and Sons Ltd [Printers] plus two black and white photographs
COMPUTING INTEREST: 7 Titles: JIM CARLTON: APPLE - THE INSIDE STORY OF INTRIGUE, EGOMANIA, AND THE BUSINESS BLUNDERS, New York, Random House, 1997; JOHN SEABROOK: DEEPER - A TWO-YEAR ODYSSEY IN CYBERSPACE, London, Faber and Faber, 1997; BRENDA LAUREL: COMPUTERS AS THEATRE, Reading (MA), Addison-Wesley, 1991; ANTHONY HYMAN: CHARLES BABBAGE - PIONEER OF THE COMPUTER, Oxford, Oxford university Press, 1982; MARK DERY: ESCAPE VELOCITY - CYBERCULTURE AT THE END OF THE CENTURY, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1996; MICHAEL HEIM: THE METAPHYSICS OF VIRTUAL REALITY, New York and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1993; FRANK ROSE: WEST OF EDEN - THE END OF INNOCENCE AT APPLE COMPUTER, London, Business Books, 1989 (7)
A Select Collection of Old Plays: Volume The Fourth, contemp. full calf, internally bright, bookplate front pastedown for Robert Dalrymple Horn Eliphinstone, some rubbing at edges/corners, London: R. Dodsley, 1744._ FARQUHAR, George. The Beaux Stratagem, classic Georgian comedy set in Lichfield, original boards, contemp. 'New Circulating Library' Nottingham label front pastedown, cracking at front joint, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, n.d. c.1800._ The Life of Bampfylde Moore Carew, biography of notorious self proclaimed 'King of The Beggars' and 'The Noted Devonshire Stroller and Dog Stealer, contemp. full-calf, owner inscription for Ellis Jones, Chester 1809; front joint cracked and loosened, wear around boards, London: T. Hughes, 1804._ Together with two volumes of The Play Pictorial, c.1900, photographs of actors in character performing in theatre productions (5)
A SIMULATED LEAD FIGURE OF MELPOMENE, THE MUSE OF THEATRE AND THE DRAMATIC ARTS EARLY 20TH CENTURY 67cm high, 22cm diameter at base Condition Report: PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW With wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning Some surface deposits and marks, would benefit from a clean Some chips and losses, please see imagesADDITIONAL IMAGES: Please 'Ask a Question' to request additional images for this lot.Condition Report Disclaimer
6 pictures and an owl tapestry - St Martins Church and school, East Ravendale, Lincolnshire 1857, purchased as a gift by Colin Carr for his wife Olive with hand-written note 'To my darling wife, Hoping this will remind you of happy days at Ravendale, From your Husband xxx 1982 Christmas - Consit & Goodwill Hull engraved print of James Hamilton, John Wesley & Revd Joseph Cole - limited edition print 4/350 Mechanical Theatre pencil signed Valerie Blades, goose that laid the golden egg print, etc
A large 20th century Japanese painting, titled 'Kabuki Dancers'. Painted on paper mounted on board with two figures dressed in blue robes, one performing holding a fan. Signed lower left and titled verso. H160cm x W253cm. Thought to have originated in the Edo period, Kabuki is a classical Japanese theatre form, now danced exclusively by men, characterised by elaborate costumes and make-up and long performances.
A mid 1950s autograph book previously owned by Ipswich Hippodrome Variety Theatre commisionnaire, George Goldsmith. Purchased by the vendor from Goldsmith's daughter, June. Signed by various entertainers of the time including Jon Pertwee, Michael Holliday, Bill Dainty, Max Miller, Val Doonican (with the Four Ramblers), The Dallas Boys, Bill Waddington, Frankie Vaughan, The Kelroys (on loose photo), Gladys Morgan, Jim Jackson, Ossie Morris, Jimmy Parkinson, Janie Marden, Bernard Miles, Tony Brent, Robert Earl, The Four Smith Bros., Betty Miller, Leslie Welch, Lee Lawrence, Peter Casson, Don McCorkindale, Bill Giles, Ken Morris, Hetty King, Betty Lincoln, Dennis Hale, The Bedlams, The Three Imps, Alma Warren, Penny Nicholls, Billy Burden, Johnny Lockwood, The Peter Crawford Trio, Randolph Sutton, Margaret Heath, Billy O'Sullivan, Billy McCormack, Terry Hall & Lenny Lion, Ronnie Harris, Wilson Keppel & Betty, Harry Dawson, Malcolm Vaughan, Billy Whittaker, George Hackford, Jack Doyle, Norman Evans, Johnny Lister etc.
THEATRE OF HATE / SPEAR OF DESTINY / KIRK BRANDON: A collection of LPs and CDs including signed examples, comprising three LPs to include Theatre Of Hate- 'Revolution' 2022 reissue on clear vinyl, cover signed in gold pen by Kirk Brandon (PLATE054LP), Spear Of Destiny- '31 (Thirty-One)' cover signed in gold pen by Kirk Brandon (ESRC014LP) and 'One Eyed Jacks' (EPC 25836), and twenty-two CDs to include Spear Of Destiny- '31 (Thirty-One)' signed by Kirk Brandon, 'Thirty Years And Counting', 'Religion', 'Elephant Daze', 'Time Of Our Lives - The Best Of Spear Of Destiny', 'Outland', 'Live At The Lyceum', 'The Best Of Spear Of Destiny', 'The Best Of Spear Of Destiny', 'Omega Point', 'In Concert - Do You Believe In The Westworld?', 'World Service', 'Sods And Odds', 'Imperial Prototypes', 'One Eyed Jacks', 'Loadestone' and 'Morning Star', Theatre Of Hate- 'The Best Of Theatre Of Hate', Kirk Brandon- 'Dutch Masters Volume 2', 'Dutch Masters Volume 3', 'Dutch Masters Volume Five' and 'Cello Suites (Uno)' with Sam Sansbury (25)
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal / Thrash / Hardcore - A mixed collection of eighteen LPs to include MEGADETH 'Peace Sells...But Who's Buying' (EST 2022) and 'So Far, So Good...So What!' (7 48148 1), ACCEPT 'Breaker' (Brain 0060.390, vinyl and sleeve G+) and 'Best Of Accept' (Brain 811 994-1), S.O.D.: STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH 'Speak English Or Die' (Roadrunner Records RR 9725), CEREBRAL FIX 'Life Sucks And Then You Die!' (Vinyl Solution SOL-15), RATT 'Ratt' EP (790 245-1), IRON MAIDEN 'Powerslave' (EJ 2402001), DEF LEPPARD 'Pyromania' (VERS 2), MOTLEY CRUE 'Shout At The Devil' (96-0289-1) and 'Theatre Of Pain' (960 418-1), NUCLEAR ASSAULT 'Game Over' (Under One Flag FLAG 5), McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP 'Perfect Timing' (EMC 3539), THE MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP 'Built To Destroy' (CHR 1441), SCORPIONS 'Blackout' (FA 41 3126 1), METAL CHURCH 'The Dark' (960 493-1), SAMSON 'Head On' (GEMLP 108), CRO-MAGS 'The Age Of Quarrel' (GWLP 9) (18, vinyl and sleeves VG-EX+, except where stated)
Classical music interest - An original printed silk concert programme featuring virtuoso violinist and composer Camillo Sivori, the only known pupil of Niccolo Paganini - "Theatre, Ipswich - Grand Evening Concert on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1844, To commence at eight o'clock precisely. Mr Bianchi has the honor to announce to the nobility and gentry that he has engaged Signo Camillo Sivori (the only pupil of Paganini), Miss Lucombe, Miss Flower, Mrs Harper, Sig. Inchindi, Signor Sivori and Mr Lavenu", framed and glazed, approx. 43cm x 13cm
Three autograph books c.1930s-1950s, containing a good collection of signatures from various film stars, comedians, actors, singers, presenters and entertainers of the time, including Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Nikolai Polakovs (Coco The Clown), Anna Wong, Tommy Fields, Joan Winters, Wilfred Pickles, Carol Raye, Henry Kendall, Gracie Fields, Jimmy Hauley, Leslie Banks, Ronald Chesney, Dorthy Ward, Olive Kirby, Celia Lipton, Billy Milton, Flora Robson, Harry Lester, Billie Love, Helga Stone, Margaret Lockwood, James Kenney, Bunty Meadows, Hermione Baddeley, Louise Gainsborough, Eddie "Goofus" Brown, Victor Silvestre, Norman Griffin, Joe Murgatroyd, Vera Pearce, Valerie Taylor, Nicolette Roeg, Kittie Prince, Hannah Watt, Jay Laurier, Grace Draper, Maurice Chevalier, Barry Keegan, Prudence Hyman, Chili Boucher, Richard Greene, Nellie Wallace, Rene Ray, Nancy Brown, Rosalinde Fuller, Terry Devon, Anne Crawford, Dolly Elsie, Billy Cotton, Lillian Gill etc. Together with three albums of contemporary theatre programmes, ticket stubs and flyers, predominantly from Bournemouth venues including The Pavilion, The Winter Gardens, Westover Ice Rink etc.
Actor Anthony Quayle signed 1985 Bradford Football Disaster FDC. Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 - 20 October 1989) was a British actor, theatre director and novelist. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). He also played important roles in such major studio productions as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), QB VII (1974) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Quayle was knighted in the 1985 New Years Honours List. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
A finely executed black, brown, and sanguine chalk drawing by Sir William Russell Flint depicting Vera Lavrova in the role of Gay Rosalinda, a production staged at the Palace Theatre, London, from 1945 to 1946. This intimate study captures Flint's signature mastery of the female form, with Lavrova elegantly posed in an 18th-century-inspired gown, her delicate features rendered with meticulous attention to light and texture. The work is inscribed with the artist's signature in the lower right and bears multiple annotations on the reverse, indicating it was a personal gift from Flint to the sitter. Flint's characteristic use of subtle tonal shading and fluid draftsmanship exemplifies his renowned technique in portraying grace and movement.Artist: Sir William Russell Flint (Scottish, 1880-1969)Issued: 1945Dimensions: 20"L x 16"HCountry of Origin: ScotlandCondition: Age related wear.
47 Punk / Post Punk / New Wave 7” vinyl singles including - The Sex Pistols x 6; Siouxsie & The Banshees x 2; Honey Bane; The Spectres; Spizzenergi x 2; The Sisters Of Mercy; SPK x 2; Max Splodge; The Start, Depeche Mode; Stopouts; The Teardrop Explodes; The Tempest, The Comsat Angels x 2; Theatre Of Hate; Supersuckers x 2; Joe Strummer; Streets Ahead; The Table x 2; Talk Talk (Demos); XTC; and others including private pressings. (Condition is VG+ or above)
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RICHARDSON, ISRAEL BUSH "FIGHTING DICK"The important career spanning archive of letters, documents, and memoir of the notable Union General Israel "Fighting Dick" Richardson, offering hundreds of pages from his time at West Point, Texas, Florida, various Territories, and the Civil War through his death at Antietam in 1862. Various places, 1834-1862 and later, comprising approximately 120 letters and documents, and the prepared memoir of General Israel Bush Richardson (1815-1862). Housed in six binders and a few loose folders, the archive comprises hundreds of autograph pages in Richardson's and various clerical hands, includes some fair copies of letters made by family members, and features several criss-cross letters, almost all with modern typed transcriptions. Present are also some ancillary materials relating to family members and a contemporary book on the subject. Very well preserved and organized overall but with usual wear including folds, stains, rough openings, a few signatures excised, etc. Provenance: The D. Duffy Lane CollectionAn important archive of a Civil War Major General, spanning his career from West Point to Florida to Mexico to the Civil War. A soldier's soldier, Richardson's letters are full of detail, written with precision and clarity, and offer meaningful insights to the action he saw and military life he lived. Such archives are rare at auction.The archive comprises:West Point, 1834-1841The archive opens with a letter dated January 1834 signed by Lewis Cass regarding Richardson's application to the Military Academy at West Point. Born near Burlington, Vermont, and named for his Revolutionary ancestor Israel Putnam, upon acceptance to the Academy, between 1834 and 1841, Richardson wrote approximately 30 autograph letters of some length to his family about his time at West Point. He offers much on the daily life of cadets and the officers who educated them. But even in this early phase, Richardson's letters are serious and point to his future as a soldier, as evidenced by this portion of a February 1837 letter: "The Regt. of 2nd Dragoons is to make a tour of the Rocky Mountains in the spring and to go farther west than any other troops have gone before ... There was an oration delivered here last month by Lieut. Atwood upon the subject of the battle at the Wythlacoochee. He says there have been more Cadets killed in the Florida War than in all since the institution was established..." Richardson also notes in November of 1839 that "There is no news except the trouble existing between the Governors of Iowa and Missouri. They say there will be trouble with the Cherokee Indians. The tribe of Cherokee consists of 30 thousand men."Second Seminole War, 1841-1844About the time of his graduation from West Point, by mid-1841, much of Richardson's family had migrated west to Pontiac, Michigan. In September 1841, Richardson writes his sister that "I have received a lieutenant appointment in the 3rd infantry and am ordered to Col. Bankhead at the Fort Columbus on Governor's Island, N.Y. Harbor, and to go from there to Fort Stansbury in Florida by the way of Tallahassee." This represents Richardson's entry to life as a soldier in the field in the Second Seminole War. The next letter, dated New Year's Eve 1841 from Fort Stansbury, Richardson writes a partially criss-cross letter offering much description of the fort and movements during this late period of the Seminole War and in particular notes that "I am very severe with drunken soldiers" and relays the story of a drunken soldier whose whiskey he poured on the ground and "kept in the stocks" for a month as "there is no use in punishing soldiers lightly. If so, they only laugh at it afterwards, as for lying, they will lie as far as a dog can trot..." Relocated to Charles Ferry in July 1842, Richardson describes concerns over the Charles family's supply of the Indians with provisions and ammunition. 1843 opens with a long 4-page criss-cross letter where Richardson describes his scouting mission along Apalachicola River and offers a description of the town and Fort Preston before a long and important description of the removal of Pascofa and his Band from Florida. Richardson describes the "old Chief of the hostiles, named Pas-co-fa" who related himself to messengers ("two friendly Creek Indians") as "very willing to give himself up with his people, that the war had continued long enough, that he was heartily tired of it; that he was a man of but few words, that he had but one talk to make. That he would hold this talk at Tampa whether he would go south of the line in East Fla., or go to Arkansas with all his people." After negotiations, it was decided that Pascofa and fifty of his men would soon depart and they were provided provisions, the Native Americans even named several of the Americans, including Richardson who was named "The Tall Chief." After this episode, Richardson writes "Thus has ended this short and fortunate expedition ... When it is remembered how that this band of Creek Indians has stood out against the troops and volunteer militia for the whole seven years of the Florida wars, and has kept the whole in a state of alarm by murdering and plundering the inhabitants, its result will not be considered among the least fortunate achievements of the Florida Campaigns."Mexican War, 1845-1848Following a visit to Michigan and Vermont in late 1844 and early 1845, the archive continues with Richardson arriving at New Orleans in July 1845 destined for Corpus Christi Bay as the period of his Mexican War service begins: "This bay is the mouth of the river Nueces - which river is the first one east and north of the Rio Grande. The country between the rivers is the disputed territory and the Mexicans are said to be occupying it in force." By September, writing from Corpus Christi Bay, Richardson is aware that Mexico has declared war on the United States. For this, fortifications were ordered erected, additional troops were expected to arrive, and Richardson describes the necessary protections for the army to move between the Rio Grande and Nueces rivers. Luckily, as Richardson found more time to write before the dispatch ship departed, this letter is extended and features a large-two, page manuscript map showing the islands and coast from Corpus Christi Bay to Matagorda Island, and Richardson informs his family that "the whole of the troops intended for the present occupation are now here..." On October 10th, 1845, Richardson offers "some account of Texas" and proceeds to give an account of the border disputes, cotton and sugar plantations, etc., but notes that settlement in the islands would have been sooner "but being so near to Mexico, its people would have to continually fear attack from that country, and the neighboring Comanche Indians, who live in the prairies of the mountains and number in this southwestern half of Texas alone, some 20,000 mounted warriors." A true rarity present in this period is a long printed broadside for a February 1846 performance of the Army Theatre Corpus Christi, promising an appearance of the "unrivaled band of Ethiopian Serenaders."War preparations continued throughout early 1846, and detailed news of arriving ships...
[LITERATURE - FIRST EDITIONS]A group of thirty-four books, mostly twentieth century American fiction, comprising CHEEVER, JOHN. The Brigadier and and the Golf Widow. New York: Harper and Row, 1964. First edition, signed by Cheever on the front free endpaper. Publisher's black cloth in dust jacket. 8 x 5 1/2 inches (20 x 14 cm). Jacket chipped, with a few tears at the edges, and toned along the spine, the cloth a bit stained and faded in places, the contents fine; PHILIP ROTH. A collection of twenty-three first editions, including Portnoy's Complaint; My Life as a Man. Signed; The Human Stain; I Married a Communist; The Plot Against America; Sabbath's Theatre; Operation Shylock; The Professor of Desire; American Pastoral; The Breast; The Facts; and twelve others. All first editions. Publisher's bindings and dust jackets,. The jackets are generally in very good condition, with a few spots of light wear around the spine ends or at the edges, and a few jackets with some small stains or sunfading, but the jackets Portnoy's Complaint and Operation Shylock are more worn, with tears and losses, the books' contents generally fine; WILLIAM STYRON. The Confessions of Nat Turner. First edition, first printing. Jacket spine sunned with a few spots of light wear at extremities; PRIMO LEVI. Two first US editions, The Drowned and the Saved; The Monkey's Wrench. Light soiling and wear to dust jackets; CYNTHIA OZICK. Four first editions; A few spots of wear to jackets, one book chipped at spine ends; and with Three more books. No condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report