FOLLOWER OF JOHN WILSON CARMICHAELSHIPPING IN A SWELLOil on canvasBear signature and date 1866 (lower right)49 x 90cm (19¼ x 35¼ in.)Measurements do not include the frame unless specified. Please note Dreweatts are not liable for damage to frames or mounts.
Historic Documented Pair of Presentation U.S. Colt Model 1851 Navy Percussion Revolvers Formerly Owned by Hugh Harbison, Bookkeeper, Secretary, and Treasurer of Colt's Pt. F.A. Mfg. Co with R.L. Wilson Authentication Letter. -A) Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver Historic Documented Pair of Presentation U.S. Colt Model 1851 Navy Percussion Revolvers Formerly Owned by Hugh Harbison, Bookkeeper, Secretary, and Treasurer of Colt's Pt. F.A. Mfg. Co with R.L. Wilson Authentication Letter. -A) Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver This unusual pair of deluxe finished U.S. contract Colt Model 1851 Navy revolvers dates to 1856 and are documented as owned by Hugh Harbison, an employee of Samuel Colt's company for 35 plus years rising from the position of bookkeeper in 1856 to secretary and treasurer of Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company in the 1860s into the late 19th century. These revolvers remained with Harbison's family until 1988. The revolvers are serial numbers 50836 and 50840 and thus are fairly close to a consecutive pair. They have the standard markings and features of the antebellum era U.S. contract Model 1851 Navy revolvers, including "U.S." marked under the "COLTS/PATENT" markings on the frames and government inspection markings, including "LCA" (Lucian C. Allin) and "RHKW" (Captain Robert Henry Kirkland Whiteley) cartouches. However, they are finished in higher gloss blue finish on the barrels and cylinders, vibrant niter bluing on the triggers and screws, bright case colors on the frames as well as the hammers and loading levers, and nickel plating on the grip frames. "K" is stamped on the left side of the barrels, cylinders, grip frame, and grips as well as the butt of each grip. They both have all matching visible serial numbers. For many years, the pair was held in a double rosewood factory case which is now absent. They are accompanied by a book style case reading "THE CASED COLT NAVY REVOLVERS/OF/HUGH HARBISON/SECRETARY/COLT'S PT. F.A. MFG. CO./SERIAL NO. 50836 & 50840/U. S. MARKED" on the cover and "THE/HUGH HARBISON/CASED/COLT NAVIES" on the spine. Given the revolvers feature bright nickel plating on the grip frames, they were likely refinished by the factory in their special finishes around the 1870s, perhaps at Harbison's direction for himself or by the factory as presentation pieces for him, perhaps upon his retirement. Per his obituary in the Hartford Courant on March 11, 1903, the day following his death, Hugh Harbison was born in Aghory, Tandragee, County Armagh, Ireland, on October 26, 1833, and came to Hartford on August 26, 1849. Harbison found work initially at Denison, Morgan & Co. and then worked for Tracy & Fales as a bookkeeper. In 1856, he was hired by Samuel Colt as a bookkeeper. "He was made secretary and treasurer of Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company after the death of L.P. Sergeant and was practically the manager of the works until about twelve years ago, when he resigned, soon after the late John H. Hall came into the control of the management of the company. For many years he was the manager of Mrs. Colt's real and personal estate." He also was the senior member of grocery business Harbison Brothers with his younger brother Alexander and was also involved in other Hartford businesses as well as various civic organizations. His death was noted as originating from a fall through a skylight at his home that resulted in breaking three ribs three years prior to his death as well as a subsequent fall resulting in a broken leg. His obituary was printed side by side with General William Buel Franklin's but notable comes first and is notably longer. Franklin was a Civil War general and became Colt's vice president following the war until 1888. In an included research letter about the set, R.L. Wilson also notes that Harbison was a secretary and treasurer of the Union Ferry Company in 1859-1878. Samuel Colt and Elisha K. Root were directors of the company. He was a treasurer of Colt in 1862-1889 and secretary from 1867 to 1891. He is buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. Wilson states: "The special finishes are the likely result of Hugh Harbison wishing to have specimens of manufacture by the Colt company, dating from the period of his first employment at Colt's. The date of these Navy Colts, based on their serial number range, coincides precisely with Harbison's initial employment at the factory - 1856. The cased set therefore may be considered symbols of some 35 years employment with the company, a period in which the emigrant bookkeeper rose to positions of power and prestige at the world's most famous and distinguished handgun makers." Wilson further indicates that he first saw this set in 1961 in Hartford while researching "Samuel Colt Presents" and that they remained in the Harbison family until late 1988. "Rarely encountered are firearms with pedigrees of 19th century Colt executives. Although Colonel Colt's own collection is in the Wadsworth Athenaeum, there are no firearms which were specifically built for his own use and ownership (exceptions being developmental prototypes and experimentals). The few E.K. Root guns are presentations, from Colonel Colt. No gun is known to the writer of L.P. Sargeant, Hugh Harbison's predecessor as Secretary and Treasurer of Colt's, nor of General William B. Franklin. One personal Colt of R.W.H. Jarvis is known...Scarce few pieces of other executives, even of Colt's 20th century history (up through c. 1960) are known....his positions as 'practically the manager of the works' and as 'the manager of Mrs. Colt's real and personal estate' all delineate Hugh Harbison as one of the most important figures in the history of the Colt Company. Hugh Harbison's personal cased set of Colt 1851 Navy revolvers is the most important and rare artifact from the career of this major participant in the history of the Colt company and of Colt firearms, and is worthy of the finest museum or private collection." Manufacturer: Colt Model: 1851 Navy BBL: 7 1/2 inch octagon Gauge: 36 Finish: blue/casehardened/nickel Grips: walnut Serial Number50836 Class: Antique B) Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver See "A." Manufacturer: Colt Model: 1851 Navy BBL: 7 1/2 inch octagon Gauge: 36 Finish: blue/casehardened/nickel Grips: walnut Serial Number50840 Class: Antique
Rare and Highly Desirable Factory Engraved Winchester Model 1866 Lever Action Rifle with R.L Wilson Letter Accompanied by a letter from world famous author and firearms expert R.L. Wilson, this is a scarce example of a factory engraved Winchester model 1866 lever action rifle that was manufactured in 1869. As Wilson writes "The model 1866 lever action was the first of the company's products not only to carry the Winchester name, but to excel in the profusion of embellishments, and the quality and quantity of decorated arms. The first 1866's bearing factory engraving appears in the early 27,000 serial number range which is approximately the same time the Ulrich's: Conrad F, John, and Herman all migrated to New Haven from Hartford. While the Ulrich's engraving patterns show influences of Gustave Young they developed patterns, styles and techniques of their own now synonymous with the Winchester name." This rifle serial number 38,583, followed soon after the earliest example of factory engraving 1866's and many of the panel scenes exhibited on this rifle can be traced through already published images and text of other factory engraved Winchester rifles. Two particular examples can be viewed in: "Winchester Engraving" by Wilson. The first appears on page 77, see serial number 38,594 which is exactly 11 numbers off this rifle. The work on this rifle is attributed to Conrad F. Ulrich and compares closely to No. 38,583. The second appears on page 80, serial number 38,586, note it's only three numbers off the rifle offered here. Also attributed to an Ulrich, the panel scenes, in particular the "zig-zag" and scalloped border appear nearly identical. For another comparison reference "The Winchester Book" by Madis, pg. 116. That rifle, serial number 38,589, falls only six numbers away and also appears nearly identical. Madis states: "because a number of guns would be chosen for engraving at one time, certain serial series of many Winchester models will have a number of engraved guns. In the 35,000 and 36,000 series we find a comparatively large number of Model 66's. This is also true in the 38,000 series." being manufactured in 1869, we can now attribute the engraving of this rifle to the hand of John Ulrich. The rifle has a octagon barrel, full-length magazine with brass forearm cap, frame, and crescent buttplate. The barrel has a dovetail mounted sporting style front sight with nickel-silver blade and a Henry style folding leaf rear sight with 900 yard center notch. Factory sling swivels are mounted on the forearm cap and stock. The stock and forearm are walnut with a varnished finish. The forearm is highly figured while the stock has straight grain. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped with the two-line legend "WINCHESTER'S-REPEATING-ARMS. NEW HAVEN. CT./KING'S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH 29. 1866. OCTOBER 16. 1860." ahead of the rear sight. The serial number is stamped on the lower tang behind the trigger. The frame, forearm cap, and buttplate are decorated with factory engraving. The engraving is probably the work of master engraver John Ulrich. The engraving features bold Germanic scrollwork on a fine punch-dot background and has duck and hound's head in panels on the right side of the frame and a bear's head and an inscription plate on the left side of the frame. A wolf's head is engraved in the scrollwork on the right side of the frame below the hammer. The scrollwork and borders extend to the upper tang and top of the frame, the lower tang and cartridge elevator, both sides of the forearm cap and the heel of the buttplate. An engraved banner surrounds the serial number. As Wilson concludes "serial number 38,583 occupies a special place within the evolution of Winchester, coming from those early Model 1866's which were instrumental in establishing the reputation and image of Winchester firearms in the United States of America and beyond throughout the world." Manufacturer: Winchester Model: 1866 BBL: 24 inch octagon Stock: walnut Gauge: 44 Henry RF Finish: blue/gold Serial Number38583 Class: Antique
Wilson, G.W. and Archibald Burns Albumen photographs of Scotland ‘Balmoral’ photobook, 1866, containing 12 albumen photographs, 10.5 x 8cm, by G.W. Wilson pasted in with description for each on previous page, from Wilson's ‘Photographs of English and Scottish Scenery’ series, pages clean, some light wear to edges of green cloth binding; 12 albumen views, 10 x 8cm, of Edinburgh by Archibald Burns in tartanware album by MacPherson, some edge fading to photographs, some scuffs to album and wear to top of spine; Mauchline ware photobox containing strip of 6 small albumen photographs, 5 x 4cm, of Edinburgh, Mauchline ware box contains a strip of 6 small albumen photographs, 5 x 4cm, of Edinburgh, one image faded, minor edge chipping to surface of box (3) Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century
Engineers.- Collection of letters, documents and engineers plans, including: (letters): Sir William Fairbairn (3), Sir John Rennie, Sir Joseph Paxton, James Meadows Rendel, Sir Joseph Wilson Bazalgette, George Berkley, Samuel Plimsoll, (documents): East London Waterworks share, 1854 Highway Rate relating to Evenwood - Durham, Rochdale Company Bill, 1800; Contract to build a road at Threepwood, 1816 (plans): 5 Jarrow Grange Estate plans (3 duplicates), n.d. [19th century], together c. 25 pieces (c. 15 letters and c. 10 other), folds, v.s., v.d., 19th century (c. 25).
Sea Charts. 11 large blue-backed charts, James Imray & Sons, 19th - 20th century Sea Charts. A collection of 11 large blue-backed engraved charts, published by James Imray & Sons, Laurie and Norrie & Wilson, mid 19th and early 20th-century: Coast of Western India, 1867 (with some additional contemporary information printed in red ink pasted on top of the printed area), North Atlantic 1886, Bristol Channel, 1875, Laurie's General Chart of the Coasts of Brasil, 1890, South Atlantic, 1886, West Coast of North America, 1887, 1988, 1889, 1890 (all with the lower right corner excised with loss to the printed surface, 3 copies of the 1889 edition), all with some splits along old folds and with closed tears, occasional slight staining and dust soiling, each approximately 1000 x 1400 mm QTY: (11)
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
Wilson College "The Conococheague" yearbook from the class of 1914, Volume XIX. Printed by Henderson & Mong. Wilson College was originally founded in 1869 as a college for women and became coed in 2014.
Wilson College "The Conococheague" yearbook from the class of 1914, Volume XIX. Printed by Henderson & Mong. Wilson College was originally founded in 1869 as a college for women and became coed in 2014.
Wilson College "The Conococheague" yearbook from the class of 1914, Volume XIX. Printed by Henderson & Mong. Wilson College was originally founded in 1869 as a college for women and became coed in 2014.
Property from the Loverdos Collection Stephanos Xenos The Devil in Turkey; or, scenes in Constantinople… translated from the author’s unpublished Greek manuscript, by Henry Corpe. London: Effingham Wilson, 1851 First series (all published), 3 volumes, 12mo (199 x 125mm.), original maroon cloth, spines gilt, yellow endpapers, leaves uncut, spines slightly sunned, extremities slightly rubbed A rare work by “one of the most fascinating figures of the Greek community of London in the nineteenth century”. The Devil in Turkey was Xenos’ first work, printed at the outset of his career as a publisher (in parallel to numerous commercial activities). Xenos also published a Greek edition in 1862. The novel, “which is a series of interconnected episodes used to create a vast fresco of Ottoman society in the first decades of the nineteenth century, was a great success” (Michaelides). LITERATURE: Chris Michaelides, “Greek Printing in England, 1500-1900”, 2002
THE ART OF RIGGING, GEORGE BIDDLECOMBE, 1849, includes a fold out frontispiece of different types of ships belonging to Augustus Wynne in 1866. Published by Charles Wilson. Includes 15 steel engravings and several fold out tables. Some pages are loose and have pen annotations on them. Bottom section of spine is detaching, and some sections of fabric on front and back cover and coming loose. 136 pages.
Property from a British Private Collection John Wilson Carmichael Newcastle 1799 - 1868 Scarborough Fishing Boats on Lake Geneva Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour and scratching out; signed lower right: JW Carmichael / 1836 297 by 427 mm
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley (1867-1931) Jericho, Vermont limited edition 98/200 photograph of "Bentley Snowflake #1" from Bentley's original negative, originally sold to benefit the Jericho Historical Society, with certificate of authenticity 3"x 3", 10.25" x 8.25" as framed
Early Books: South Carolina Revolutionary War History Gibbes, Roobert Wilson. "Documentary History of the American Revolution: Consisting of Letters and Papers Relating to the Contest for Liberty, Chiefly in South Carolina in 1781and 1782" Columbia, SC: Banner Steam-Power Press, 1853. Gibbes, Roobert Wilson. "Documentary History of the American Revolution: Consisting of Letters and Papers Relating to the Contest for Liberty, Chiefly in South Carolina in 1781and 1782" New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1855 [Rivers, William J.] "Sketch of the History of South Carolina to the Close of the Propietary Government by the Revolution of 1719" Charleston: McCarter & Co, 1856. (3vls) Provenance: Dr. & Mrs. C.G. Hopper, Jr. Collection
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
Property from a Private Collection After Rosa Bonheur Le Marché aux chevaux signed and dated J. B. Wilson 1868 lower right oil on canvas Unframed: 92 by 196cm., 36¼ by 77in. Framed: 104 by 206cm., 41 by 81in. Bid on Sotheby's
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
Strike is light, but Pine Grove is easily read. Stamped Wells Fargo 3 cent pink (U21) entire. Pine Grove is considered a distant part of the Comstock. In 1866, gold-bearing rock was discovered in the area by William Wilson. The Wheeler Mine was established in the next year. Early settlers named the camp after the nearby Pine Grove Hills. By 1868, a post office had opened, along with a weekly newspaper. The population at the time was 200. Two steam-powered stamp mills were built along with three arrastras, which processed silver and gold ore. The camp reached its peak in population in the early 1870s with 600 residents. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Pine Grove Provenance:
Shelley (Percy Bysshe).- Anacreon. Anacreontis Odaria, ad textus Barnesiani fidem emendata. Accedunt variae lectiones curâ Edvardi Foster, A.M., Edition altera, Shelley's ink signature on half-title, the half-title tipped-in from another copy of Anacreon with ALs from John Wilson to James E. Tayler dated 1866 offering him the autograph of Shelley from his copy of Anacreon and TLs from M.H. Mushlin to James Stevens Cox asking him to find a copy of Anacreon to insert the autograph or offering the signature for £15, also ink signature of Nathaniel Stainton of Wadham College, Oxford, later endpapers, modern morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., 8vo, B.R. Howlett, 1813. ⁂ A made up copy but with Shelley's autograph and re-united with Anacreon. Provenance: "93, Great Russell Street, July 30. 1866. Sir I have a very fine Autograph of Percy Bysshe Shelley the Poet in my copy of Anacreon which belonged to him and which came out of his friend Mr Peacock's Library which I shall be happy to submit to you if you would like to see it... John Wilson...James E. Taylor Esq."
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
Sydney E. Wilson (British, 1869-?) mezzotint on paper after George Romney (British, 1734-1802), Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante, 1924, depicting Emma Hart wearing a classical garment standing next to a frenzied hound. Signed in pencil lower right. Blind-stamped lower left. Framed.
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
1959 Hudson Champlaign Token, Troy NY Grades Choice Unc. Side A: " Progenitor of our National Symbol - Troy, NY - Home of "Uncle Sam" - 1766 Samuel Wilson 1854"Side B: " N.Y. Year of History - Hudson - Champlain Celebration - At any cooperative business - good for 50c in trade - or redeemable at face value at Greater Troy Chamber of Commerce - Good until noon October 1st, 1959"
Wilson[x=#235/]s Business Directory of New York City, 1868-69, published by John F. Trow, 1868. 624 pages plus advertisements, and an index in the front. Original selling price was two dollars. Choice business directory organized by category. Date: 1868 Country (if not USA): State: New York City: New York City Provenance: The Fred Holabird Collection
Wilson[x=#235/]s Business Directory of New York City, 1866-67, published by John F. Trow, 1866. 558 pages plus ads in nice condition. Date: 1866 Country (if not USA): State: New York City: New York City Provenance: The Fred Holabird Collection
Trow[x=#237/]s New York City Directory Compiled by H. Wilson. Vol LXXX. For the Year Ending May 1, 1867. Cover boards are detached, and binding is split. Some pages are damaged. 1119 pages plus more than 100 pages of advertisements. Date: 1867 Country (if not USA): State: New York City: New York City Provenance: The Fred Holabird Collection
FOUR MEZZOTINTS: Arthur L. Cox (U.K., 1879-1961) "Mademoiselle de Blives" and "Nature," depicting two children; Sydney E. Wilson (U.K., born 1869) girl with a bird; Alfred J. Skrimshire (U.K., 1872-1927) "Lady Douglas." Images measure from 12" x 10.5" to 19.5" x 12". In wood frames.
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
Large 19th c. Exceptionally Fine Hand Painted and Enameled Satsuma Vase depicting the Japanese Immortals. With mark for Dai Nihon Satsuma Gyokusen zo. Meiji period (1868-1913), our vase is ca 1880. 12"x12"x22 1/2" Weight 23 pds. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Dr. Fraser Wilson, Charleston SC. Dr. Wilson will be remembered for his love of antiques and his dedication to Charleston's history and material culture. He was a Life Trustee of Historic Charleston Foundation and opened his home for house tours for 39 years. Dr. Wilson was appointed to the South Carolina Governor's Mansion Commission by Governors James B. Edwards, Richard W. Riley, Carol Campbell, David M. Beasley, James Hodges, and Mark Sanford. He was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by the Governors for his exemplary service on the Commission He was a member of the Charleston Club, the South Carolina Society, the St. Andrew's Society, the St. Cecilia Society, the Agricultural Society and the Carolina Yacht Club. He was a member of St. Michael's church. From the collection of Dr. Fraser Wilson of Charleston, SC. NO IN HOUSE SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM.***Pickup only or Shipping on this item offered through Pak Mail 843-849-0310 - info@charlestonshipping.com , Quik Mail Etc 843-723-6598 quickmailetc@gmail.com, Outward Bound 413-854-3676, or locally AJ Williams & Sons 843-442-0462. Please contact one of them or your own choice of shipper directly. ****
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the wining bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. Lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at added expense at the bidders request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over $100 USD and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
Large 19th c. Exceptionally Fine Hand Painted and Enameled Satsuma Vase depicting the Japanese Immortals. With mark for Dai Nihon Satsuma Gyokusen zo. Meiji period (1868-1913), our vase is ca 1880. 12"x12"x22 1/2" Weight 23 pds. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Dr. Fraser Wilson, Charleston SC. Dr. Wilson will be remembered for his love of antiques and his dedication to Charleston's history and material culture. He was a Life Trustee of Historic Charleston Foundation and opened his home for house tours for 39 years. Dr. Wilson was appointed to the South Carolina Governor's Mansion Commission by Governors James B. Edwards, Richard W. Riley, Carol Campbell, David M. Beasley, James Hodges, and Mark Sanford. He was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by the Governors for his exemplary service on the Commission He was a member of the Charleston Club, the South Carolina Society, the St. Andrew's Society, the St. Cecilia Society, the Agricultural Society and the Carolina Yacht Club. He was a member of St. Michael's church. From the collection of Dr. Fraser Wilson of Charleston, SC. NO IN HOUSE SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM.***Pickup only or Shipping on this item offered through Pak Mail 843-849-0310 - info@charlestonshipping.com , Quik Mail Etc 843-723-6598 quickmailetc@gmail.com, Outward Bound 413-854-3676, or locally AJ Williams & Sons 843-442-0462. Please contact one of them or your own choice of shipper directly. ****
Attributed to John Wilson Carmichael (British, 1800–1868) On the Thames Bears signature 'J.W. Carmichael' on bottom stretcher verso; also titled on bottom stretcher verso, oil on canvas 10 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. (26 x 35.9cm) provenance: Collection of Dr. Morris V. Shelanski, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "FRANCIS WILSON (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the wining bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. Lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at added expense at the bidders request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over $100 USD and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
ANTIQUE 1902 Signature & Date Early American Stage Actor, Playwright, & Labor Union Organizer. Date & Signature on 2 1/2 Inch high by 4 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of card stock. Boldly Signed In Ink: "FRANCIS WILSON/1902." "Francis Wilson (1854-1935) was an American actor, playwright, & Actor Equity union organizer. He began his career in a minstrel show with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in "M'liss" with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886). In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah." Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); and "The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote. He formed his own theatre company in 1899 & was the author of "Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player" (1906), "The Eugene Field I Knew" (1898), "Francis Wilson's Life of Himself" (1924), and "John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" (1929), written with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Wilson wrote several plays, of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful. He was the founding president of the Actors' Equity Association." Light toning to card, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the wining bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. Lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at added expense at the bidders request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over $100 USD and will be added to postage charges when applicable.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (3884 Pte. M. Wilson 4th. Bn. Rif. Brig.) cleaned, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 ------ For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Three: Private G. Wilson, 93rd Highlanders, one of the 'Thin Red Line' at the Battle of Balaklava, 25 October 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (3167 ... Wilson 93 Sutherland ...landers) contemporarily engraved naming in the style associated with the 93rd Highlanders, with added palm decorations; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Geo Wilson, 93rd. Highlanders) '3167' additionally engraved before name; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (3167 Corpl. G. Wilson. 93rd. Highlanders.) contemporarily engraved naming, plugged and fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, heavy contact marks, especially to first, edge bruising, good fine and better (3) George Wilson attested for the 93rd (Sutherland) Highlanders and served with the Regiment in the Crimea. He was present at Balaklava on 25 October 1854, when the 93rd routed the Russian cavalry and won themselves the title of 'The Thin Red Line'. The Times correspondent, William Howard Russell, who, standing on the hills above, could clearly see that nothing stood between the Russian cavalry and the defenceless British base but the 'thin red streak tipped with a line of steel' wrote of the 93rd: 'With breathless suspense everyone awaits the bursting of the wave [of Russian Cavalry] upon the line of Gaelic rock, but ere they came within 200 yards another deadly volley flashes from the levelled rifle, and carries terror into the Russians. They wheel about, open files right and left, and fly back faster than they came. "Brave Highlanders! Well done!" shout the spectators.' Wilson subsequently proceeded with the Regiment to India, and saw service during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, being present at the Second Relief of Lucknow and subsequent operations.
Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, by Charles William Wilson and Henry Spenser Palmer. Southampton (England): Ordnance Survey Office, on the title page: 1869 (the preface is dated 1871). English. Part I (out of three). Part I of the Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai by Charles William Wilson and Henry Spenser Palmer, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, Director-General of the British Ordnance Survey. The volume contains an account of the survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, the methods of survey and the findings. Twenty plates (some in color) with illustrations, plans and sections. A photograph of Oyun Musa (The springs of Moses, Sinai) is mounted on the title page. Charles William Wilson (1836-1905) was a British Royal Engineers officer, geographer and archaeologist, a pioneer of the modern survey of Palestine. In 1868, he and the British engineer and officer Henry Spenser Palmer (1838-1893) embarked on an expedition to the Peninsula of Sinai on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund. The findings of the survey were published in three parts (five volumes): a review of the survey, map portfolio and three photograph portfolios. This is the first part, reviewing the survey and its archeological findings. One of the participants in the expedition was the scholar and orientalist Eduard Henry Palmer (1840-1882), who headed another expedition to Sinai in 1882 (in the midst of the 'Urabi Revolt against the British involvement in Egypt) and was murdered by Bedouins together with the other members of the expedition. [3] leaves, 323, [1] pp. + XX plates, approx. 48 cm. Good-fair condition. The leaves are detached. Stains and some creases. Small tears and wormholes to margins of several leaves (the book was fumigated). An ex-library copy (stamps to several leaves; label to inside front board). Detached binding, worn and slightly damaged.
Sydney E. Wilson (British b. 1869) mezzotint after George Romney (British, 1734 - 1802), 'Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante', 1924, depicting Emma Hart wearing a classical garment standing next to a frenzied hound, marked at the upper right 'Copyright Published March 1st, 1924 by Vicars Brothers, 12 Old Bond Street, London' and blind stamped at the lower left 'KZCM' signed in pencil 'Sydney E Wilson' at the bottom right, 15.5"h x 12.25"w, overall size with frame, 23"h x 19.25"w x .75"d.
Wilson[x=#8216/]s Business Directory of New York City, 1868-69, published by John F. Trow, 1868. 624 pages plus advertisements, and an index in the front. Original selling price was two dollars. Choice business directory organized by category. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: New York City/County: New York City Date: 1868
Wilson[x=#8216/]s Business Directory of New York City, 1866-67, published by John F. Trow, 1866._x000D_ _x000D_ 558 pages plus ads in nice condition._x000D_ Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: New York City/County: New York City Date: 1866
Trow[x=#8217/]s New York City Directory Compiled by H. Wilson. Vol LXXX. For the Year Ending May 1, 1867. _x000D_ _x000D_ Cover boards are detached, and binding is split. Some pages are damaged. 1119 pages plus more than 100 pages of advertisements._x000D_ Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: New York City/County: New York City Date: 1867
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