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<strong>RICHARDSON, ISRAEL BUSH "FIGHTING DICK"</strong></p><p><strong>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. </strong>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. <em>Very well preserved and organized overall but with usual wear including folds, stains, rough openings, a few signatures excised, etc. </em>Provenance: The D. Duffy Lane Collection</p><p><spanundefined><strong>An 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.</strong></span></p><p>The archive comprises:</p><p><spanundefined><strong>West Point, 1834-1841</strong></span></p><p>The archive opens with<strong> a letter dated January 1834 signed by Lewis Cass regarding Richardson's application to the Military Academy at West Point</strong>. 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."</p><p><spanundefined><strong>Second Seminole War, 1841-1844</strong></span></p><p>About 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." <strong>This represents Richardson's entry to life as a soldier in the field in the Second Seminole War.</strong> 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 <strong>a long and important description of the removal of Pascofa and his Band from Florida. </strong>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."</p><p><spanundefined><strong>Mexican War, 1845-1848</strong></span></p><p>Following a visit to Michigan and Vermont in late 1844 and early 1845, the archive continues<strong> with Richardson arriving at New Orleans in July 1845 destined for Corpus Christi Bay as the period of his Mexican War service begins: </strong>"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 <strong>a large-two, page manuscript map showing the islands and coast from Corpus Christi Bay to Matagorda Island, </strong>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 <strong>a</strong> <strong>long printed broadside for a February 1846 performance of the Army Theatre Corpus Christi, </strong>promising an appearance of the "unrivaled band of Ethiopian Serenaders."</p><p>War preparations continued throughout early 1846, and detailed news of arriving ships...
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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will present an auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10am. The sale includes an extensive collection of illustrated books and fine bindings, many from a private collection purchased at auction in the 1970s and off the market until the present time. Here are copies of the first edition of Nerciat’s erotic classic Le Diable au Corps, and an early and curiously illustrated edition of the exceedingly naughty Academie des Dames. From the same collection comes a splendid Levitzky binding with batik endpapers on a work illustrated by Georges Barbier, with an original watercolor by the master. Many finely bound sets are featured in the sale, most notably an exceptionally luxurious set of Charles Dickens, one of 15 copies bound in sixty volumes, in superb red levant morocco with onlays.
As usual, the sale includes a selection of interesting maps and atlases, such as a copy of Turgot’s 1734 bird’s eye plan of Paris, and a finely colored celestial map by Andreas Cellarius. Additionally, there is a sizable group of globes and instruments in the auction, including a pair of 15-inch library globes and a 20-inch celestial globe by Cary, as well as three English pocket globes, a “dissected” paper globe, and a collection of rare pocket-sized navigational instruments and sundials, notably an exquisite 17th century silver “Butterfield” type sundial by the Parisian instrument maker Pierre Sevin.
One lot that bears special note is the Latin grammar owned by the young Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, used by him while studying for his baccalaureate examination. In this, the artist has penned hundreds of tiny ink sketches, ranging from studies of horses to caricatured faces. Toulouse-Lautrec was 16 to 17 years old at the time, and his genius was just starting to declare itself, evident in the precocious studies of horses in this work, which make the annotations far more compelling than mere juvenalia.
Also, in the auction are selections of Americana, travels and voyages, and a wide range of early printing. In this last category, a complete copy of Graevius’s great 1722 work on Venice is offered, the Splendor Magnificentissimae Urbis Venetiarum Clarissimus with the two large folding plates of the city and all the double-page views of piazzas and palazzos.
The Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford
Property from the Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford offers approximately 75 lots of signed books and memorabilia relating to the political career of President Ford and watches, jewelry, and decorative items owned by and gifted to the Fords. Of note is Gerald Ford’s copy of the Official Report of the Warren Commission, of which he was a member, inscribed to him with appreciation from President Lyndon Johnson and each member of the commission. It was John “Jack” Ford who brought George Harrison to the White House, the first of the Beatles to visit, and offered in the sale are two inscribed books on Eastern thought. Of the jewelry, President Ford’s Omega and Piaget watches are offered, as is a sapphire ring that belonged to First Betty Ford. Among the gifts presented to the Fords on their world travels are jewelry items and keepsakes from Jordan and Oman, several in high karat gold. View Lots
Order of Sale
Lots 1–8 Sports and mountaineering
Lots 9–45 Americana
Lots 46–57 Travel
Lots 58–73 Maps and atlases, globes and instruments
Lots 74–114 Antiquarian books and manuscripts
Lots 115–120 Economics and the World Wars
Lots 121–163 Literature (including literary autographs)
Lots 164–178 Color plate books
Lots 179–189 Library sets
Lots 190–215 Fine bookbindings: English, French and Russian
Lots 216–220 Fore-edge paintings
Lots 221–233 Curiosa
Lots 234–249 Limited Editions Club
Lots 250–261 Private press and fine printing
Lots 262–276 Illustration and children's books
Lots 277–280 Applied Art
Lots 281–306 Books on Fine Art and Livres d'artistes
Lots 307–318 American autographs
Lots 319–340 American Presidential documents and signatures
Lots 340–End Property from the Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford
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<strong>RICHARDSON, ISRAEL BUSH "FIGHTING DICK"</strong></p><p><strong>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. </strong>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. <em>Very well preserved and organized overall but with usual wear including folds, stains, rough openings, a few signatures excised, etc. </em>Provenance: The D. Duffy Lane Collection</p><p><spanundefined><strong>An 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.</strong></span></p><p>The archive comprises:</p><p><spanundefined><strong>West Point, 1834-1841</strong></span></p><p>The archive opens with<strong> a letter dated January 1834 signed by Lewis Cass regarding Richardson's application to the Military Academy at West Point</strong>. 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."</p><p><spanundefined><strong>Second Seminole War, 1841-1844</strong></span></p><p>About 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." <strong>This represents Richardson's entry to life as a soldier in the field in the Second Seminole War.</strong> 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 <strong>a long and important description of the removal of Pascofa and his Band from Florida. </strong>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."</p><p><spanundefined><strong>Mexican War, 1845-1848</strong></span></p><p>Following a visit to Michigan and Vermont in late 1844 and early 1845, the archive continues<strong> with Richardson arriving at New Orleans in July 1845 destined for Corpus Christi Bay as the period of his Mexican War service begins: </strong>"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 <strong>a large-two, page manuscript map showing the islands and coast from Corpus Christi Bay to Matagorda Island, </strong>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 <strong>a</strong> <strong>long printed broadside for a February 1846 performance of the Army Theatre Corpus Christi, </strong>promising an appearance of the "unrivaled band of Ethiopian Serenaders."</p><p>War preparations continued throughout early 1846, and detailed news of arriving ships...
Für Doyle New York Versandinformtation bitte wählen Sie +1 2124272730.
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will present an auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10am. The sale includes an extensive collection of illustrated books and fine bindings, many from a private collection purchased at auction in the 1970s and off the market until the present time. Here are copies of the first edition of Nerciat’s erotic classic Le Diable au Corps, and an early and curiously illustrated edition of the exceedingly naughty Academie des Dames. From the same collection comes a splendid Levitzky binding with batik endpapers on a work illustrated by Georges Barbier, with an original watercolor by the master. Many finely bound sets are featured in the sale, most notably an exceptionally luxurious set of Charles Dickens, one of 15 copies bound in sixty volumes, in superb red levant morocco with onlays.
As usual, the sale includes a selection of interesting maps and atlases, such as a copy of Turgot’s 1734 bird’s eye plan of Paris, and a finely colored celestial map by Andreas Cellarius. Additionally, there is a sizable group of globes and instruments in the auction, including a pair of 15-inch library globes and a 20-inch celestial globe by Cary, as well as three English pocket globes, a “dissected” paper globe, and a collection of rare pocket-sized navigational instruments and sundials, notably an exquisite 17th century silver “Butterfield” type sundial by the Parisian instrument maker Pierre Sevin.
One lot that bears special note is the Latin grammar owned by the young Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, used by him while studying for his baccalaureate examination. In this, the artist has penned hundreds of tiny ink sketches, ranging from studies of horses to caricatured faces. Toulouse-Lautrec was 16 to 17 years old at the time, and his genius was just starting to declare itself, evident in the precocious studies of horses in this work, which make the annotations far more compelling than mere juvenalia.
Also, in the auction are selections of Americana, travels and voyages, and a wide range of early printing. In this last category, a complete copy of Graevius’s great 1722 work on Venice is offered, the Splendor Magnificentissimae Urbis Venetiarum Clarissimus with the two large folding plates of the city and all the double-page views of piazzas and palazzos.
The Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford
Property from the Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford offers approximately 75 lots of signed books and memorabilia relating to the political career of President Ford and watches, jewelry, and decorative items owned by and gifted to the Fords. Of note is Gerald Ford’s copy of the Official Report of the Warren Commission, of which he was a member, inscribed to him with appreciation from President Lyndon Johnson and each member of the commission. It was John “Jack” Ford who brought George Harrison to the White House, the first of the Beatles to visit, and offered in the sale are two inscribed books on Eastern thought. Of the jewelry, President Ford’s Omega and Piaget watches are offered, as is a sapphire ring that belonged to First Betty Ford. Among the gifts presented to the Fords on their world travels are jewelry items and keepsakes from Jordan and Oman, several in high karat gold. View Lots
Order of Sale
Lots 1–8 Sports and mountaineering
Lots 9–45 Americana
Lots 46–57 Travel
Lots 58–73 Maps and atlases, globes and instruments
Lots 74–114 Antiquarian books and manuscripts
Lots 115–120 Economics and the World Wars
Lots 121–163 Literature (including literary autographs)
Lots 164–178 Color plate books
Lots 179–189 Library sets
Lots 190–215 Fine bookbindings: English, French and Russian
Lots 216–220 Fore-edge paintings
Lots 221–233 Curiosa
Lots 234–249 Limited Editions Club
Lots 250–261 Private press and fine printing
Lots 262–276 Illustration and children's books
Lots 277–280 Applied Art
Lots 281–306 Books on Fine Art and Livres d'artistes
Lots 307–318 American autographs
Lots 319–340 American Presidential documents and signatures
Lots 340–End Property from the Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford
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