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• THREE TITLES RELATED TO THE FANTASY
  THREE TITLES RELATED TO THE FANTASY AND HORROR GENRES, ONE SIGNED To include: Manly Wade Wellman. WORSE THINGS WAITING. Chapel Hill, NC: Carcosa, 1973. Stated first edition. Hardcover. Black cloth-covered boards with red lettering on spine, in illustrated jacket. 8vo; 352pp. Illustrations by Lee Brown Coye. Hugh B. Cave. MURGUNSTRUMM AND OTHERS. Chapel Hill, NC: Carcosa, 1977. Stated first edition. Hardcover. Black cloth-covered boards with red lettering on spine, in illustrated jacket. 8vo; 475pp. Illustrations by Lee Brown Coye. L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp, Jane Whittington Griffin. DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD. [New York]: Bluejay Books, 1983. Signed limited edition. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering, illustrated endpapers, in illustrated jacket and blue cloth slipcase. 8vo; 402pp. with index. This is #870 of 1000 copies. Signed by L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp on the front limitation page. Jacket and endpaper art by Kevin Eugene Johnson.
• Good lot of 5: Bareknuckles A
  Good lot of 5: Bareknuckles A Social History of Prize-Fighting, The Manly Art The Lives and Times of the Great Bare-knuckle Champions, Prizefighting The Age of Regency Boximania, Bucks and Bruisers Pierce Egan and Regency England, The Yellow Earl The Life of Hugh Lowther 5th Earl of Lonsdale 1857-1944. More Information Excellent.
• Good lot of 5: The Sweet Science,
  Good lot of 5: The Sweet Science, Noble and Manly The History of The National Sporting Club, Shaw's Champions, The Sporting Queensberrys, Ringside. More Information Good.
• E.E. MANLY OIL ON CANVAS,
  E.E. MANLY OIL ON CANVAS, PORTRAIT OF GIRL. Oil on canvas, portrait of girl with badminton racket and birdie, signed center right edge, E.E. Manly. Canvas 23” x 18.25”, Frame 28.5” x 24”.
• MANLY E. MACDONALD (1889-1971)
  MANLY E. MACDONALD (1889-1971) CANADIANManly Edward Macdonald, Fall landscape, oil on canvas laid on board, 8 x 10 inches, signed lower left.
• MANLY E. MACDONALD, ARCA, OSA,
  MANLY E. MACDONALD, ARCA, OSA, OIP (1889-1971)Manly Edward MacDonald, A.R.C.A., O.S.A., O.I.P., Canadian, (untitled) three schooners in harbour, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 19.5" h x 25.5" w.
• THREE WALTER MANLY HARDY
  THREE WALTER MANLY HARDY PAINTINGS OF COASTAL MAINE, CI...Walter Manly Hardy (Maine 1877-1933) Three Oil on Board Paintings of Coastal Maine, comprised of; seaside cliff initialed lower left "W.M.H." and inscribed on reverse "By Walter Manly Hardy c. 1906 From the Estate of the Artist", unsigned view of Monhegan Island rocks, and unsigned view of Maine village. Each 6.25 in. x 9.25 in. Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
• RARE 1928 MASONIC SYMBOLISM
  RARE 1928 MASONIC SYMBOLISM BOOKCommonly referred to as The Secret Teachings of All Ages, this is an iconic volume of mysticism by the founder of the Philosophical Research Society, Manly P. Hall (American, 1901-1990). Titled An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of all Ages. Subscribers' edition (which was the first edition of five printings), numbered 171 of 550, and signed by the author. Some chipping on the title block on the spine, else the book is in very fine condition in original, matching wood slipcase. Slipcase shows some shelf wear. Illustrations within book are stunning. Measures 19" x 13". Note: A copy (from the same first printing) is currently being offered for sale online -- https://www.biblio.com/book/encyclopedia-outline-masonic-hermetic-qabbalistic-rosicrucian/d/1127981807 -- for EUR 14,000 (about $15,700). shipping info This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.
• BOOKS: SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES
  BOOKS: SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES Manly P. Hall. The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Philosophy. The Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, Daimond Jubilee Edition, 1988, hardcover, 245 pages, b&w and color illustrations, 19"h x 12.5"w
• TIFFANY SILVER 62ND CONGRESS
  TIFFANY SILVER 62ND CONGRESS PRESENTATION PITCHERAmerican sterling silver presentation pitcher, Tiffany & Company Makers, c.1902-1907, directorship of Charles T. Cook, model 82140, engraved: "presented to the Hon. William Sulzer, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, of the LXII Congress (1911-1913), by his fellow members of the Committee," with twenty engraved names of fellow committee members, including Henry De La Warr Flood of Virginia, John Nance Garner of Texas, George Swinton Legare of South Carolina, William Graves Sharp of Ohio, Cyrus Cline of Indiana, Jefferson Monroe Levy of New York, James Michael Curley of Massachusetts, John Charles Linthicum of Maryland, Robert Edward Difenderfer of Pennsylvania, William Shields Goodwin of Arkansas, Charles Manly Stedman of North Carolina, Edward Waterman Townsend of New Jersey, Byron Patton Harrison of Mississippi, William Brown McKinley of Illinois, Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin, Ira Wells Wood of New Jersey, Richard Bartholdt of Missouri, George Winthrop Fairchild of New York, Nathan Edward Kendall of Iowa, and Joseph Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania, separation along seam at underside of handle, some denting, approx 15.5"h, 51.31ozt **Note: William Sulzer (1863-1941), nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer, served as the 39th Governor of New York in 1913 and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895-1912.; John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States, 1933-1941**
• 1966 CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY
  1966 CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY VIN: 194376S115712 with a 400 cubic inch V8 engine with 339 horsepower and 466 foot-pounds of torque, and a Richmond six-speed manual transmission with new driveshaft. The original 327 and four-speed transmission were replaced in 2003. The specs of the engine rebuild are available. It is fast and loud, with the engine built for performance in mind. The deck was milled within 0.005" and World Products S/R heads, dished JE piston and Manly rods, Crane roller rockers with Melling cam, lifters and oil pump were installed. An Edelbrock intake and carburetor, K&N air filter, along with Hooker exhaust headers and Flowmaster exhaust were added. Chrome valve covers, alternator and bracket, along with a detailed engine bay sets off the block which was painted Emerald Green Pearl to match the car. The 15" American Racing polished aluminum wheels with Firestone Firehawk tires in 215/65 and 235/60 with four wheel disc brakes, add a touch of aggressive styling. This Corvette has been owned by the current consignor since 1973. It was bought from the son of the original owner, and was a daily driver through graduate school. As it became more of a pleasure car, he found it not too friendly on long trips. In 2000 he began customizing it. The original Mossport Green paint was becoming boring and after searching for the perfect green color, he settled on Emerald Green Pearl from Audi. A hood from a 1967 model with a scoop was sourced, as it was more appealing than the original hood (which is included). The scoop and a very subtle pin stripe was painted in Chrome Illusion Perfect Jade Prism. The interior is an optional code in Green, with matching loop carpet. The front bumper was removed to make the front styling more aggressive. The rear bumper was re-chromed and the reverse lights were flush mounted in the bumper. An auxiliary cooling fan was added, as well as an electronic antenna, and a leather wrapped steering wheel. The Sony AM/FM/Cassette player was relocated in the glovebox, with a joystick controller, as well as a connection for a Handheld Cobra 75 WX/ST CB and Weatherband radio. This lot being offered subject to reserve. For this lot, payment accepted only by wire transfer. 15% Buyer's Premium for LLA live-online and absentee bidding. 20% buyer's premium for live internet bidding through a third party host. For winning bidders in NC, license plate and titling of vehicle will be obtained by Leland Little Auctions, provided all applicable fees and taxes are paid.
• CERAMICS: MARION HUSE (AMERICAN,
  CERAMICS: MARION HUSE (AMERICAN, 1896-1967), NINE CERAMIC PIECES: RESTING DOVE SHAPED FIGURE WITH GLAZE MARKINGS, SIGNED "MH" ON BAS...CERAMICS: Marion Huse (American, 1896-1967), nine ceramic pieces: resting dove shaped figure with glaze markings, signed "MH" on base, 6" l.; plaque of girl in pink dress, unsigned; pierced plaque of a womanly bust, some cracking; figure of a nude woman, seated; abstracted and pierced sculpture; red glazed vase with white glazed interior, initialed on bottom, tapered neck, glaze imperfections, approx. 6 1/2" h. x 2 1/2" w.; plate, initialed on bottom, central female figure with dark hair, glaze imperfections, 11 3/4" d.; plaque, unsigned, depicts half-length view of woman in low relief, figure holds baby to her chest, minor cracks along top, approx. 1/2" h. x 7 1/4" w. x 9 1/2" w.; along with covered bowl, unsigned, cover of bowl with raised grape motif, chips to grapes, hairline crack on interior of cover and bottom of vessel, approx. 3" h. x 4 1/4 "d. [Works by Marion Huse are currently being offered at Vose Galleries and Childs Gallery, and have been sold by Spanierman Gallery in the past. This work was given to the Brockton Art Museum (MA) by the artist's husband, Dr. Robert Barstow; the BAM in turn gifted the Huse Collection to the New Britain Museum of American Art which later chose to sell some Huse works through auction at Winter Associates, Inc., CT]
• WALTER MANLY HARDY (AMERICAN/MAINE,
  WALTER MANLY HARDY (AMERICAN/MAINE, 1877-1933)Walter Manly Hardy (American/Maine, 1877-1933), "Spring - New England", c. 1905, oil on artist board, inscribed with artist, title and date en verso, 6 1/4 in. x 9 3/4 in., framed. Provenance: Natchez Art Association
• VERY RARE 1876 TRANS CONTINENTAL RR
  VERY RARE 1876 TRANS CONTINENTAL RR POCKET MAP 5' LONGThe rare, profusely illustrated panoramic fold-out pocket map with boards displays related advertising and timetables along with the following interesting text: This Great Overland Route is composed of three great Pacific railroads between San Francisco and Chicago, namely, Central Pacific, Union Pacific, and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. The east end of the line known as the Rock Island Route or Omaha Short Line passes through Des Moines, capital of the flourishing Prairie state of Iowa. Some of the finest Prairie scene reviews in the western states can be had between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.The track being steel is extremely smooth and tourists are often seen in the magnificent Palace Cars of this company writing full notes in their diary placed upon a table conveniently arranged before them.In order to secure all of the combined comforts of the overland trip, when securing your tickets call for them via the Rock Island Route.The numerous illustrations depict the train transiting natural wonders and man made wonders as well, along with the modern sleeping cars interiors and exteriors pictured beside vignettes depicting the frontier a quarter century earlier-like a ''Gentlemanly Conductor'' in buckskins with covered wagon, or a Native American with knife drawn captioned 'The Fellow that used to collect fare on the Overland Route in 1851.' There are wood engravings of bridges and tunnels, views of Des Moines and Chicago and much more along with the fastidiously detailed topography of the route.The text along the top of the nearly five foot long map provides great detail like how the map below shows Steamer and Railway transit routes over half the distance around the globe-and the Regular dining stations on the Overland Route between Chicago and San Francisco in order as they occur. Bureau, Davenport, Avoca, Omaha, Fremont, Grand Island, Sidney, Cheyenne, Laramie, Carbon, Green River, Evanston, Ogden, Elko, battle Mountain, Humboldt, Colfax, Sacramento, Lathrop.Many suppose that when leaving San Francisco or Omaha, they must in order to provide against actual starvation, take aboard provisions enough to last them through, the result generally is that the sleeping carriages are uncomfortably crowded with ponderous lunch baskets, and the beggars of the plains (Indians), grow fat on the stale lunches thrown from the car windows at the stations. The condition is as shown in the images of each piece front and back. The condition is as shown in the images of each piece front and back.Provenance: The estate collection of Ed McHugh.
• GOBLET PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN W.G.
  GOBLET PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN W.G. HACKSTAFF OF THE SHIP "SHEFFIELD" ENGLAND, CIRCA 1830 HEIGHT 8.25". DIAMETER AT TOP 5".GOBLET PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN W.G. HACKSTAFF OF THE SHIP "SHEFFIELD", England, Circa 1830, Unsigned silver plate. Flared goblet with banded lip and weighted stemmed base with foliate decoration. Engraved "Presented to Captn. W.G. Hackstaff as a tribute of respect for his Nautical skill and esteem for his Gentlemanly conduct during a Voyage from New York to Liverpool by Colonel Combe and A. Graham. 1st Oct. 1830". Dimensions: Height 8.25". Diameter at top 5". Provenance: Captain W.G. Hackstaff, 1830.Thence by descent to W. Scott Keith, Jr., Deerfield, Massachusetts.Skinner, Inc., Boston, 1997.Hyland Granby Antiques, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.Notes:Captain Hackstaff was captain of the packet ship Sheffield. A painting of this ship by Miles & Samuel Walters was sold at Eldred's, The Marine Sale, August 13, 2020, Lot #255.
• 1790 Bronze Washington Manly Medal,
  1790 Bronze Washington Manly Medal, 48mm, by Samuel Brooks for Jacques Manly. Original George Washington ?Manly" medal, coined during the first year of Washington?s presidency. A central portrait of Washington in his military uniform facing left, text reading ?GEO. WASHINGTON BORN VIRGINIA, below bust FEB. 11/ 1732." The Reverse list a 10-line ?career outline" with J. MANLY &c. 1790 at base. Provenance notes available from collector in London, can send upon request.
• ANTIQUE WOOD EXERCISE 20PC JUGGLING
  ANTIQUE WOOD EXERCISE 20PC JUGGLING CLUBS, DUMBBELLS, HAND GRIPPERS, VINTAGE MAGAZINES 18"H X 2 1/2"DIAM. (JUGGLING CLUB)Antique wood exercise 20pc juggling clubs, dumbbells, hand grippers, vintage magazines, with 7 clubs, 4 dumbbells, 2 hand grip strengtheners, 2 muscle rollers Includes four vintage magazines: 1928 Escaping Death Strenghth, Vol XII No. 12 "Manly Arms, Shape from Shapaelessness, The Magic Wand of Health" 1935 Physical Culture, The Personal Problem Magazine, Bernarr Macfadden, "A Homely Woman's Success In Love, After 30 Pick A Widower" 1937 Physical Culture, The Personal Problem Magazine, Bernarr Macfadden, "Why Sex Crimes Increase, Ginger Rogers' Health Way to Womanly Charms" 1998 Smithsonian, The Art of the Poster, April Also includes photo of German body builder Eugen Sandor (1886-1925) Dimensions: 18"H x 2 1/2"Diam. (juggling club)
• NATIVE AMERICAN STEREOVIEWS
  NATIVE AMERICAN STEREOVIEWS (3)Three b/w photo stereoviews of a group of Native Americans from several tribes that were transferred from Fort Sill to Fort Marion (St. Augustine) because of their "turbulent disposition." A long caption on the back of each card states that they were placed under the jurisdiction of Capt. Pratt of the 10th U.S. Cavalry, "He is much esteemed by the Indians for his gentlemanly treatment in promoting their comfort," says the caption.
• MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD (CANADIAN
  MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD (CANADIAN 1889-1971) PLOW HORSES OIL ON CANVAS; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT 15.3" (height) 38.9cm (height) 19" (width) 48.3cm (width)
• MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD R.C.A. HORSE
  MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD R.C.A. HORSE AND SLEIGH IN WINTER Medium: oil on canvas board signed 12" (height) 30cm (height) 16" (width) 40cm (width)
• MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD R.C.A.
  MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD R.C.A. LOADING THE SLEIGH Medium: oil on canvas signed 24" (height) 60cm (height) 32" (width) 80cm (width)
• MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD R.C.A.
  MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD R.C.A. FOREST AND POND Medium: oil on board signed 10" (height) 25cm (height) 14" (width) 35cm (width)
• Manly Macdonald (Canadian
  Manly Macdonald (Canadian 1889-1971) oil on board painting. Depicts a countryside house during winter. Signed lower left ''Manly MacDonald'' and framed and matted in gold tone frame. Condition: good no damage to art minor dings and scuffs to frame see images. Measures 10'' tall x 13.25'' wide (sight) and 18.75'' tall x 22'' wide (frame). Shipping weight 4 lbs.
• Nathaniel D. Hackett Wisconsin
  Nathaniel D. Hackett Wisconsin 1st Heavy Artillery Civil War and Personal Archive 330 items dating from 1860-1947. While serving in the 1st Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery Davis Hackett kept in close correspondence with his family at home. An upstanding young man Hackett received 74 letters while in the service that provide a glimpse into how communities remained connected across the barriers of absence and military service as well as the adjustments made by family and friends on the home front. The letters are filled with familial concern news of soldiers coming home after their time had run out funerals and family and the daily events of life on the home front. In a typical letter Hackett??Ts sister wrote about a girlfriend of Davis??T (Leone Baldwin) whom she disapproved and whom she felt had wronged him by courting a number of soldiers: You can see as well as I how she has wronged you all this time. It is too much to bear peacefully. I would give a good deal if your letters were somewhere besides in her possession for I??Tll bet anything she will show them to everybody. She is just as true to you as she is to every one or as true as she would be if she were engaged to everyone. She expects and wishes all to worship at her footstool.... You desire a whole heart not one whose affections are scattered from the Potomac to the Rio Grande and you deserve it too -- but no one will ever receive such from her for she has no heart to bestow. I do not feel that I do her the least injustice when I say she is a heartless coquette... Hackett??Ts sister May wrote with some juicy local gossip: When Miss Maxwell came to our school she wrote it seems she left her Bible (on purpose I suppose) and today after Sabbath School commenced she came in after it and paraded the whole length of the house and out again so we all had a chance to see her which I dare say she considered a great privilege. I do not know as it is Christian like to slander ones neighbor in this manner but you know I do not wish to write the same things to you that the rest do so you must excuse me if I do say things sometimes which it were better not to say. Other letters offer similar flavor: Friends Marion Miles writes: You ask me not to ?forget the soldiers.? Know ye Dave there lives not one who has a more profound respect for the soldier than myself. I think they are fighting in the noblest cause for which a patriot ever unsheathed his sword; and we watch their course follow them with our best wishes glory in their achievements and are waiting patiently and hopefully for the time when we can welcome them home. I would be very glad if the last battle had already been fought if not another drop of loyal blood need be spilled if not another waiting heart at home need sent with anguish because of the death of a loved one; but How useless and vain the wish! For the horrid appetite of cruel remorseless war is not yet appeased. Many another noble life must be sacrificed ere this accursed rebellion is crushed. But now Lincoln is elected we hope to be safe again... From young brother Oscar: As to the use of Tobacco I did use it before you went away for I thought that it was nice and it was gentlemanly but I saw my error before it was to late but I thank you for your advice and I am very glad that you was s thoughtfull for my welfare. I have tried to help Father and Mother all that I could since you went away. I have stayed to home from school about a week to help Father get up some wood. I am learning t cipher considerably and Pa says that just as soon as you get bacl that that he is agoing to have me learn some trade for you know I do not like to work on a farm. I think that I shall learn the Blacksmiths trade for I like that the best any trade... Cousin Lizzie; I heard of the President??Ts death while I was in Farmington last Saturday afternoon. We got the intelligence about four in the afternoon and immediately the flag was seen flying at half mast. Bells were tolled and Stores and Houses draped in mourning. The evening before everyone seemed happy and all had a gay time. The stores on Main Street were illuminated also many private residences. Speeches were made by the clergymen and everyone was rejoicing over the recent good news... Marion Miles was just as deeply affected by the assassination: Seward??Ts loss too at any other time would be deeply felt and even now will be mourned sincerely but Lincoln was our Chieftain and it seems to me is just as necessary to us as a nation as was Washington in the Revolutionary War. Can the perpetrator of the awful deed ever be sufficiently punished for a crime too horrible for a just God to pardon? The only consolation is that Johnson will be likely (if he don??Tt get intoxicated) to deal with rebels and traitors as honestly as they deserve if possible. I don??Tt believe he would parole their Commander in Chief should be again be captured. I have just faith enough in Gen. Lee??Ts honor to believe he has gone to South Carolina to help ??~conquer??T Sherman and sent his army to the mountains to practice guerrilla warfare. I wish he and his whole command had been hung instead of paroled...The collection also includes a nice letter from Davis shortly after his arrival in Washington D.C. in Oct. 4 1864 describing the nation??Ts capitol at the height of the war: Here I am in the Capitol of the United States standing in the dome as you enter from the north side and turn to your right and there you see the picture of the landing of Columbus the size of which is about ten by fourteen feet. The next is the embarkation of the Pilgrims third George Washington resigning his commission to Congress fourth surrender of Lord Cornwallace fifth surrender of Gen Burgoyne.... We went through to the south side and got a drink of water at the fountain the basin of which is filled with fish and the park is a splendid thing and there is a fountain on either side of the wall coming north and south but the one of the west was not finished... After the war Hackett moved to the west settling in East Ashland Oregon by 1910 and then in Victor Montana where he died August 1929. As was true during his service his correspondence helped overcome the distance that separated him from his family. The collection also includes a thick sheaf of correspondence from relatives and friends written to Davis during the post-war period mostly during the 1860s through 1890s but continuing into the next generation as well. A solid typical domestic correspondence these letters discuss family illness aging parents dead dogs choking on bones and the usual ebb and flow of life in mid-Victorian Wisconsin (Baraboo Chippewa Falls). Among the most interesting series of letters are 14 from Davis to his wife Carrie written from Chippewa Falls Wisc. in 1889 describing his life there and a ?sensation? at the Stanley House hotel: They had a german girl doing laundry work that was not compos mentus & Ginns [an acquaintance] nephew has been a fool of her for some time & about the time Gonn died he got the negrow porter & 3 other fellows down in the cellar & they all took part in the fun each taking his turn. It finally got out & the authorities had 3 of them shut up & one skipped & one was not molested. Two were fined $100 each or 6 months in jail & the nephew $50. He & the negrow paid & the latter skipped as soon as he paid & the 3 one is in jail. The nephew was in school here but I heard Mr. Long was going to have him expelled. We little know what is going on right under our noses... Other items include a nice series of 33 letters from Florence Vrooman to her close friend Davis 1914-1917 discussing her life on a farm in Lakeville Wisc. and her efforts to cope with loneliness and hard winters; a series of letters to Millie Hackett from friends and relatives 1890s; and 45 letters to Davis??T daughter Edith 1890s-1940s including letters discussing life as a teacher and occasional mentions of the Second World War. Some general soiling and wear as expected many with envelopes. Condition: Some general soiling and wear as expected many with envelopes.
• Capt. George Randolph Dyer
  Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-Signed Commission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated 21 February 1862 appointing George R. Dyer as Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers with the rank of Captain. Signed by Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) as President and Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) as Secretary of War (1862-1868) with a later conveyance letter from the Adjutant General??Ts Office; plus the earlier formal appointment letter to George R. Dyer signed by Secretary of War Simon Cameron (March 1861-January 1862). The archive portion consists of 31 file folders 24 of which contain primarily wartime personal correspondence coinciding with Captain Dyer??Ts assignment as Assistant US Quartermaster at the Pilot Knob Missouri post. The letters span January 1862 to July 1865 but are scant on details regarding the quartermaster operation at Pilot Knob (in fact Geo. Dallas Dyers??T letters are more illuminating). Additionally there are several pieces of interesting ephemera including Captain Dyer??Ts original 1885 GAR membership certificate from the Baxter Springs Kansas Post No.123 an 1864 dated military railroad pass original telegrams and two manuscript documents written and signed by noted abolitionist and educator General Clinton B. Fisk (1828-1890) a personal friend of George R. Dyer. Rounding out the lot are eleven civilian portraits (five are duplicates) of George Dyer taken between the late 1870s (a cdv) and 1892 (mostly cabinet cards) including one view of the regal old gentlemen wearing his MOLLUS medal. A file of 19th century manuscript Dyer biography and George??Ts printed 1895 MOLLUS ?In Memoriam? pamphlet complete the lot. George R. Dyer??Ts Pilot Knob letters contain no battle content and very little concerning the day-to-day operations of the quartermaster department at the post. There are large gaps in the letters and most consist of newsy correspondence between various friends and family members living back in Chicago Elgin and Plainfield Illinois. Even at the Pilot Knob post the presence of family is evident??"the captain??Ts son George Dallas Dyer worked as a clerk and died there in 1863 while Mrs. Dyer seems to have visited her husband with some regularity during the war. As the tempo of operations moved further south after 1862 Pilot Knob became something of a Missouri backwater albeit for sporadic guerrilla warfare that flared in a region dotted with Rebel sympathizers. The letters hint at legitimate business dealings as the buying and selling of ?contraband horses and mules? became a reoccurring theme. The quartermaster seems to have also speculated locally in food supplies and animal fodder systematically ?hauling it in teams? from a radius around the post. Captain Dyer who frequently complained of ill-heath was able to take leave on occasion and just happened to be absent ?in the North on sick leave? in September 1864 the one time Pilot Knob came under attack during Sterling Price??Ts ill-fated Missouri Invasion. After 1863 Captain Dyer hinted once or twice at pursuing loftier goals ??" a staff position with General Fisk ??" but remained at his post until his resignation from the army on May 15 1865. A few excerpts from the letter collection: September 10 1861 from Patience Huntington Dyer??Ts sister: Not all in Illinois were stirred by the prospect of war and buoyed by patriotism. George sister was terse in her feelings: ?I am about to employ all my powers of argument and persuasion to prevent you joining the army. Under other circumstances it might be your duty. Were your wife in vigorous health and your children (not so young) and your own health firm I would say no word to prevent it??|but our patriotism must not make us forgetful of the virtues we owe to those for whom none can be a substitute??|? Having reconciled his conscience with family responsibilities George Dyer enlisted on October 31 1861. The centerpiece of that decision is the Lincoln signed commission and accompanying War Department paperwork rarely found together after 150 years. January 8 1862 to his wife Elizabeth (Howell Kimball) a long letter: Already Captain Dyer confesses his loneliness writing that the pain of being separated from his children is ?harder than I thought it would be.? He hopes to return home ?some time next month? if he can get a leave of absence. George briefly describes his duties ?I have a vast amount to attend to? and tells Elizabeth that ?George (their eldest son George Dallas) arrived the 2nd day of this month and has done very well since he came??|? He offers some insight into business matters ?We sold 52 horses & mules that had been taken from the enemy I had to sell them. They brought 1300. They were very poor and small (and) sold rather low. Some were good but I did not buy for I thought I would rather send all the money home I could for you.? The letter includes a lengthy list of goods that Elizabeth should bring to Pilot Knob ??" ?towels butter tea a lamp or two? ??" as ?some items can??Tt be had in this country.? He will express his pay ?Only 156 dollars instead of the 200 as I expected but I hope to have George have 60 per month which will help pay for being scattered all over the world.? The family might have been experiencing some financial difficulties as Capt. Dyer then rationalizes the quartermaster job lamenting ?If I can stand it for one year it will help my family some and that is all I am at work for.? He gives some instructions relating to the livestock management at the Plainfield farm and concludes by asking Elizabeth to send ?my cane for it would help me to get through the mud which is very deep.? September 15 1862 to sister Patience: Young George Dallas Dyer has left his Pilot Knob clerkship and joined the army. A proud but fearful Captain Dyer writes ?My poor boy only 17 years old gone to defend his country. Sister he is a fine boy manly as most men of 25 years (see George??Ts military cdv) & capable of doing any kind of business??| He has gone & I hope he will do his duty. He is the youngest man in his company & is the captain. They all like him & I hope he will return the confidence of his company??|? November 2 1862 from Lt. W.F. Crain 5th Illinois Cavalry: A mundane request asking Captain Dyer for his help in locating and recovering ?a dozen lost or stolen horses? from the regiment. The animals were left at Pilot Knob and were due to be returned by cavalrymen convalescing in the hospital. A newspaper article dated January 8 1863 reported on an abundance of new from Pilot Knob giving scope to the quartermaster operation there as well as featuring the approbations of Captain Dyer??Ts peers who had presented him with a ?superb gold watch? on New Years Eve. The correspondent noted ?An air of unusual bustle and activity pervades this usually quiet town caused by the arrival of 300 wagons from General Davidson??Ts Division Army of Southeast Missouri. They are now loading with commissary stores for his army??|? destined for Little Rock. The article quoted the lengthy testimonial ?engraved on the case? and showered platitudes ?Our Government has been blessed and cursed with many faithful and unfaithful disbursing officers but few who stand so noble and deservingly high as Captain Dyer where is known and appreciated.? The author noted that Captain W. L. Banning was ?relieving him (Captain Dyer) of the duties of the Commissary Department from January 1st.? What follows in an extended gap in the letters. The next two letters written to Captain Dyer at Pilot Knob date to June 1863 from a Joliet friend named Willis Danforth formerly Captain Company F. 13th Illinois Cavalry. June 1 1863: Danforth writes at length conveying the conditions in Joliet and mentioning ?speculators and traitors.? He is spiteful of ?Vallandigham Copperheads? and complains that soldiers and those serving in the army get no respect. He mentions Colonel (Frederick A.) Bartleson of the 100th Illinois a local Joliet hero later killed at Kennesaw Mountain and finally asks Captain Dyer to intercede on his behalf with General Davidson as there are ?charges pending? against him ostensibly having to do with a forged signature for payment. Captain Danforth had resigned from the army on February 7. A prominent Chicago homeopathic doctor and medical instructor Danforth would be exonerated and restored as surgeon of the 134th Illinois. He later gained notoriety as one of the five physicians who gave testimony at Mary Todd Lincoln??Ts insanity trial in May 1875. Danforth??Ts testimony was said to be ?particularly damning? to Mary's cause ultimately forcing her into Bellevue Place a private mental institution in Batavia Illinois. In a follow-up letter dated June 9 1863 Danforth wrote of a little known incident in Chicago that fundamentally challenged the very basic First Amendment principle of free speech. The Democratic leaning Chicago Times newspaper had published articles supporting the controversial Clement Vallandigham who had been arrested and convicted by a military court of ?uttering disloyal sentiments.? District commander General Burnside ordered the paper suppressed and publication was suspended under armed Federal guard. Groups of armed citizens from rival political factions begin congregating and troops from nearby Camp Douglas patrolled the streets in the midst of rising tensions and vocal threats by angry Democrats to ?gut the Tribune office? (the Chicago Tribune the Republican mouthpiece). Chicago was a tinderbox and Danforth an eyewitness inferred that ?a single pistol shot fired by some disorderly drunkard would have exploded the whole machine & cost at least 900 lives??"fortunately the occasion passed without any accident.? Danforth added that ?W.B. Ogden (Chicago Mayor) and some few Republican friends joined the terrified Democrats in petitioning honest old Abe to revoke Burnsides order??"which was done the next day & freedom of the press restored and (indignantly) such freedom!? He ended the letter with the observation that ?Chicago is standing still no growth but money is plentiful ? adding that the city is in the midst of ?diphtheria? outbreak. September 19 1863: The long summer gap in Dyer??Ts letters is unexplained. However this original double-sided telegram exchange between Captain Dyer and General Clinton Fisk reinstated Captain Dyer to duty at Pilot Knob. Dyer requested that he be reassigned to the post and General Fisk quickly accommodated ?BG Allen/CQM/St. Louis Mo./ If agreeable to yourself I would be glad if you would relieve Capt. S.H. Moore AQM from duty at this post (Pilot Knob) & assign to the vacant place Capt. Geo. R. Dyer again./(signed) Clinton B. Fisk/BG.? On the same day son George writes his father from Pilot Knob with the news that the captain had been reinstated to duty and included a verbatim transcription of the earlier telegram from General Fisk to General Allen. Attached to the letter is a small 3.50 x 2.25 in. printed ?St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad Pass? filled out to ?Captain G.R. Dyer & family? good for 1864. Also a missive entitled ?4 Rules of Live.? October 20 1863: A extemporaneous tongue-in-cheek three stanza rhyme written on the front of a large envelope by General Fisk to Captain Dyer from ?Head Quarters D.S.E. Missouri/Pilot Knob.? One stanza will serve to convey some unknown but deliberate frivolity at play ?Respectfully returned to Captain D./Who smokes his pipe from dinner to tea/With information from General Fisk/ That playing with sick is attended with [risk].? The playful rhyme hints at some shared secret and underscores the bond between the two officers and friends. November 2 1863: A two-sided letter from brother Dr. Charles V. Dyer who writes from Geneva Switzerland with much travel news from the past several months indicating that he ?had been to Africa to establish my court.? Charles Dyer had been appointed by President Lincoln in 1863 ?as judge of the mixed court at Sierra Leone for the suppression of the slave trade.? November 17 1863: Young George Dallas Dyer died at Pilot Knob on November 13 of gastroenteritis. Captain Dyer was devastated by the loss of his son and this heartfelt letter from S.J. Kimball the husband of Dyer??Ts sister Patience offers sympathy and advice for finding solace ?Look to God for support for the Bible alone can direct us in time of affliction.? December 11 1863: To Capt. Dyer from Uncle Alonzo Huntington. Another condolence letter in the wake of George??Ts untimely death offering what else but more Biblical support. September 17 1864: After another long gap a parting letter from Clerk Charlie Price to Capt. Dyer as he leaves Pilot Knob traveling back to Plainfield on business or sick leave. Price relates an interesting bit of news saying ?the photographer Hunt at Ironton (was) arrested & put in the Guard House last night for feeding secreting & assisting Rebs.? There is no suggestion that Confederate General Sterling Price is poised to invade Missouri later in the month with his Trans-Mississippi Army. Captain Dyer missed the battle of Pilot Knob (September 27) where Price captured Fort Davidson while suffering crippling casualties that allowed the Union army to escape. September 19 1864: Another short letter from Clerk Charlie Price informing the absent Captain Dyer of the state of affairs at Pilot Knob. Price assures Dyer that everything is well and that he will update and keep him ?informed as necessary.? Still no hint of impending battle. September 20 1864: Another short communication letter from the ever efficient Charlie Price ?Everything running in pretty good shape. Rice still acting as Forage master and speculating in hay. We posted in shops this morning the following Order: -NOTICE-/It is hereby positively prohibited to manufacture or repair any other than Government Stores at this shop. Except by Special Order from this Office. All employees transgressing this rule will be discharged without pay and will be reported to the Commanding Officer for severe punishment./Geo. R. Dyer/Capt.AQM.? November 4 1864: A short note on ?Head Quarters St. Louis? letterhead from General Fisk acknowledging Capt. Dyer??Ts request for a letter of recommendation to be forwarded to Secretary Stanton ?in securing advancement for you.? Fisk adds ?I would be glad to see you promoted and trust that you may be signed Clinton B. Fisk/Brig. Gen?. March 8 1865: A full page manuscript letter from General Fisk answering Captain Dyer??Ts earlier inquiry regarding a position on Fisk??Ts staff. The general responds ?I would be much pleased to be able to confer upon you my former faithful staff officer any position of honor or trust within my gift ? but Fisk doubts that he will get another command and demurs without offering a firm answer. ?Colonel Beveridge and the officers of the 17th Illinois Cavalry? are mentioned in closing. Fisk had been brevetted and the letter is now signed as ?Maj. Genl.? The last letter from July 1866 illustrates Captain Dyer??Ts transition from military to civilian life. Captain Dyer resigned from the army on May 15 1865 and returned home to Joliet Illinois. George Randolph Dyer??Ts original hand written biography later edited and published in the 1878 History of Will County is included as is the MOLLUS ?In Memoriam? pamphlet printed at the time of his death in 1895. The first is by far the most comprehensive history of Dyer while the second ??" composed by committee ??" focuses necessarily on his military service and bears annotations in the hand of cousin Mabel E. Green. George Randolph Dyer was born in Clarendon Rutland Country Vermont on June 3 1813 from a lineage of illustrious ancestors going back to 13th century England. Among his early Colonial brethren were Roger Williams of Rhode Island and the unrepentant Quaker Mary Dyer martyred on Boston Common in 1660. Dyer??Ts father Daniel Dyer had served in Revolutionary War and George Randolph later inherited the commission signed by John Hancock. Educated at Rutland Academy in Vermont George trekked westward in 1834 to Chicago then little more than a small settlement and trading post on Lake Michigan followed by his older brother Dr. Charles V. Dyer who later served as post surgeon at Fort Dearborn. George then moved to Milwaukee and during that time aided in the organization of the territory of Wisconsin in 1838. George surveyed ?the Fox River with a view to using that stream as a feeder for the Illinois canal.? In 1841 he sold his Chicago holdings and relocated to Will County Illinois becoming one of the earliest settlers in the area. There he acquired farmland near present day Bolingbrook-Plainfield. For the next decade George and his wife Elizabeth H. Kimball of Elgin Illinois engaged in farming and stock-raising adding to their modest wealth while raising six children. The other characters in our story of our lots sons George Dallas Dyer and Daniel B. Dyer were both born on the Will County farm. Both boys helped to work the property as dark war clouds descended across the land. Sometime during the 1840s George Dyer befriended a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln who was then traveling the state as a circuit rider (1840-1847). There is reason to believe that Lincoln occasionally stayed at the Dyer farm during the decade thus the source of an undefined friendship that survived into the Civil War years. George and brother Charles Dyer became committed Abolitionists during the 1850s and fairly early on family story relates that the George Dyer??Ts Plainfield farm was surreptitiously used as a way station on the Underground Railroad. In 1856 George Dyer was elected Sheriff of Will County residing in Joliet the county seat where he became acquainted with like-minded politicians and influential power brokers of the anti-slavery Republican Party founded in 1854. By 1860 George and Charles could claim sufficient stature as party loyalists to be named electors in the Republican nominating convention where all energy was focused on launching the states??T favorite rustic son Abraham Lincoln ??" soon to be known as the ?Rail-Splitter? ??" on a course toward the Whitehouse. Captain Dyer??Ts war years as Assistant Quartermaster at Pilot Knob are well documented by the important Lincoln signed commission and the letter archive offered for sale here. Following the war Captain Dyer returned to Joliet and according to the History of Will County ?entered the hardware trade continuing in that until 1870 since which time he has not been engaged in active business.? Dyer??Ts earlier letters suggest lifelong health problems yet he lived until 1895. In retirement he must have spent long hours adding to the Dyer family genealogy and perfecting his Will County biography. In March 1880 his younger son Daniel B. Dyer then serving as Indian Agent at the Quapaw Agency saw fit to write and entice his father and mother with a government job teaching at the Indian school. Despite Daniel??Ts solid economic persuasiveness George Dyer apparently declined. By 1884 George and Elizabeth had relocated to Baxter Springs Kansas closer to Daniel where the captain became a charter member of the local GAR Post No.123 parenthetically once more listing his occupation as ?farmer.? George R. Dyer died at Excelsior Springs Missouri on July 13 1895 age 83. He was suitably memorialized by friends and fellow citizens for his ?loyal nature and esteemed service to country? and buried in Joliet Oakwood Cemetery. Descended Directly in the Dyer Family Condition: Lincoln commission is complete and intact without damage or noticeable fold lines. The ink is somewhat lighter than desirable but both Lincoln's and Stanton's signatures are strong enough to read without assistance. The blue seal is undamaged and vibrant. A hint of brown toning is noticeable around the edges. The commission was not removed from the frame for inspection. Except for expected fold lines all letters and documents are undamaged and completely readable. The photographs show varying degrees of wear else fine.
• Civil War Archive of Letters &
  Civil War Archive of Letters & Documents from the 17th Maine Infantry  Lot of 4 letters and documents relating to the 17th Maine Infantry including: A 1p manuscript document dated November 30th 1863 formulated in honor of the unfortunate soldier Wellington Hobbs to collect money for his passage home to Norway Maine and back probably to deal with the death of a relative. Just a few weeks after Fort Sumter the 18-year-old Hobbs enlisted in Co. G 1st Maine as a musician. He served his three months took a full year off and re-enlisted as a corporal in Co. F 17th Maine. He was promoted three times before being killed as a 1st lieutenant during the Siege of Petersburg. ALS from Pvt. George W. Doughty 17th ME of Cape Elizabeth to brother from battlefield of Petersburg; ALS by Pvt. David V. Lovell of Pownal ME dated Dec. 19 1862 at Camp near Flamouth writing to sister from the Battle of Fredericksburg with very good content: ...There was but 2 killed in our regiment but some of the regts got cut up awfully a battlefield is a place if once can never be forgotten the crys of the wounded and the dying is more than humanly can bare some crying for help some for their friends to come and get them and not leave them there to die. It is awful Fredericksburg was a fine place before the fight but it is all burned now...I had balls go so near me as to blow my hair you could hear them singing all round but the shells bursting over our heads and our batterys behind and firing over us about six feet above our heads as we lay on the ground was music quite different than what you have at home... Accompanied by original envelope not postmarked and likely inserted in another envelope for mailing per being addressed to his sister via the Politeness of Mrs. D.H.B and Lovell's inscription Stamps are getting scarce and I have to economize you see do the same when you can. ALS by Thomas A. Roberts Col. Commanding 17th Maine 2p dated Nov. 30 1862 at 17th Maine HQ near Falmouth VA addressed to Capt. Stimson regarding recently killed promoted and resigned officers. A 17th Maine Regiment Association circular announcing establishment of a headquarters in Portland for the purpose of welcoming comrades of the Society of the Army of the Potomac who will be meeting in the city July 3-4 1890.
• FRENCH JUMEAU POUPEE SWIVEL HEAD
  FRENCH JUMEAU POUPEE SWIVEL HEAD FASHION DOLL: Swivel bisque head with stationary blue glass eyes painted eye brows and lashes closed mouth blush cheeks and pierced ears. Hair hat and clothing appear to be original. Appropriately dressed from under garments to the finely detailed skirt and jacket with mother of pearl buttons and heeled leather shoes. Kid leather womanly body. 18'' tall.
• A Natural Wood Shillelagh Ireland
  A Natural Wood Shillelagh Ireland Late 19th Century A thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in Ireland typically as a weapon named for the town Shillelagh in County Wicklow Ireland. Leather wrist strap at the end. The shillelagh was originally used for settling disputes in a gentlemanly manner much like pistols in colonial America or the katana in Japan.
• PORTRAIT OF A LADY ATTRIBUTED TO
  PORTRAIT OF A LADY ATTRIBUTED TO MANLY NEHEMIAH WHIPPLE (OHIO 1814-1843). Pencil on paper unsigned. Bust-length portrait ca. 1840. Bust-length portrait executed in profile with wonderful detail typical of Whipple's portraits and the unusual inclusion of a bonnet and spectacles. Toning and some wrinkling. 10''h. 8''w. appears to retain its original molded poplar frame with its original black paint 11 3/4''h. 9 7/8''w. Whipple was born in Vermont and moved with his family to Granville Licking County Ohio when he was two. Trained as a stonecutter and sculptor the Old Colony Burying Ground in Granville has six stones signed by him and Whipple sketched a portrait of himself at work cutting stones in a log cabin (see Kern and Warwick ''Four Ohio Nineteenth-Century Folk Artists'' in The Magazine Antiques August 2007 figure 12). By the early 1840s he was working in Rossville in Butler County and advertised in the Hamilton Intelligencer ''Paint and Sculpture: M.N. Whipple would respectfully inform the citizens in Rossville and vicinity that he is prepared to execute Portrait or Bust likenesses in a style to please the people and prices to suit the times.'' His portraiture has only recently been ''discovered'' and while the the sitter is unidentified and the drawing unsigned the present portrait can be attributed to Whipple based on overall composition and style and in particular the rendering of the eyelid and eyebrow. See Kern and Warwick figures 1 and 15 as well as The Whipple Website (www.whipple.org). Toning some wrinkling NOT laid down retains its original poplar backboard held on by cut nails.
• CAPP, Al, (American, 1909-1979):
  CAPP, Al, (American, 1909-1979): 2 piece serigraph to include 1) 1975 Lil' Abner, serigraph on paper, 197/250, pencil signed, sight size 31 1/2'' x 23 1/2'', contemporary frame, 34 1/2'' x 26''. 2) 1974 Lil' Abner ''Manly Tan'', serigraph on linen, pencil signed, 49/250, 23'' x 26'', with heavy display posterboard 32 1/4'' x 40''.CONDITION: Note minor toning.