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January 15-16, 2013 - New York, NY
517 Cartoonists: Newspaper Comics A nice collection of 15 autographs from newspaper comics. Includes
Original Drawing Signed by Brad Anderson with “WOOFS from Marmaduke”; “Crankshaft” and
“Funky Winterbean”cartoonist Tom Batiuk Original Drawings Signed (2) and TLS, (1); Mad cartoonist
David Berg (1, head-foot self-portrait); “Tiger” cartoonist Bud Blake Original Sketches Signed
(3); “Hagar the Horrible” cartoonist Chris Browne Original Drawing Signed with “Georgeann!” at
left side; Mad cartoonist Jack Davis of “The Lighter Side” feature for the magazine Original Drawing
Signed with signed photograph of Davis (2); “Garfield” cartoonist Jim Davis Original Drawing Signed
with TLS (2); Bill Gallo ANS on illustration of “The Unsinkable Major Nouk” as the S.S. Yankees ship
and players sink, Ca. 1966; Animator of “Roger Rabbit” Steve Hickner Original Drawing Signed of
Roger Rabbit; New York Times Caricaturist Al Hirschfield Signature “Hirschfield” on 3” x 5” index
card, dated 11/3/92; “Beetle Bailey” cartoonist Mort Walker Original Drawing Signed of Beetle on
3” x 5” index card; and “Ziggy” cartoonist Tom Wilson Original Drawing Signed of Ziggy and his dog
looking up to the right. Generally Fine. [18] Est. 100-200
518 Civil War: Edward Hatch Civil War Union general (1832-99); participated in Grierson’s raid into Mississippi;
opposed NB Forrest in Tennessee; an Indian fighter after the war. ALS “Edward Hatch / Bt.
Major Genl. / USA,” 1-3/4 pages, 4to, St. Louis Depot, January 4, 1873. He thanks US Secretary of
War WW Belknap “for the kindness...in giving us this delightful station, also for the consideration
shown me...It is the hope of the Army as well as the Country at large, that you retain the present
position...” in US Grant’s second term, which was to begin in March. Inlaid to slightly larger sheet.
Light toning, VG. Belknap did keep his position, but was successfully impeached in 1876 for corruption.
(photo - page 60) Est. 200-300
519 Civil War: David Hunter Union general (1802-86); put in charge of the Southern Department, he proclaimed
the slaves in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina emancipated, creating a furor in Washington;
defeated at Lynchburg by Jubal Early in 1864, after which he retired from the service. Choice Seminole
War-era Autograph Letter Signed “David Hunter / Paymaster,” 1 page, 4to, Fort Smith, Arkansas,
October 19, 1842. He writes Paymaster General Nathan Towson, “I have the honor to enclose you
my Monthly Statement for Sep. ‘42: also a letter, with its enclosure, for the Second Auditor of
the Treasury [none present]. I have made the payment here, and shall leave for Gibson [Arkansas]
tomorrow, if the Quartermaster has the transportation...” Partial separation at fold, small pin hole,
otherwise VG. Both Hunter and the Confederate general who would end his career, Jubal Early, served
in the Second Seminole War, another example of Civil War opponents who had been comrades-in-arms. Est. 100-250
520 Civil War: Wesley Merritt Union general (1836-1910); led cavalry at Gettysburg; served with with
distinction under Sheridan in the Shenandoah and Appomattox Campaigns; superintendent of West
Point; led US ground forces in the Battle of Manila, becoming governor-general of the Philippines. Interesting
ALS “W. Merritt,” 3 pages, 8vo, on stationery of the Grand Hotel, NY, June 16, 1891. He
writes an unnamed general that “I...would gladly underatake the work and try to do justice to the
life of my old Chief for whom my respect increases as time goes on, but I can promise nothing
this summer” because of his wife’s illness. He suggests Gen James H Wilson or Col Fred C Newhall instead.
Even age-toning, VG. Merritt served in only one campaign alongside both James H Wilson and
Fred C Newhall; that was in the Shenandoah Campaign, leaving little doubt that the “old Chief” he refers
to is Philip H Sheridan, who had died in 1888. (photo - page 60) Est. 200-300
521 Civil War: Collection Choice selection of items including an early Secession Letter, 2 pages, 4to,
Lynchburg, VA, April 30, 1861, lamenting how “War and all its demoralizing consequences reign
here. Troops throng the streets - and are as you well know many seeking the army are vicious &
careless of consequences and in fact crimes they suppose are to be tolerated such times as these.
Several murders in Baltimore other than the engagements with those troops have occurred, some
in Washington. Last week here as Senator [future President Andrew] Johnson of Tennessee passed
through he barely escaped with his life for his Union sentiments...” With three Soldier’s Letters
by Henry Caryl at Ft Marshall in Baltimore, August 10-September 14, 1864. He writes his mother and
sister in Charlestown, MA. There is little news from his position behind the front; his company drills in
the Maryland countryside, frightening locals who think a battle must be brewing; like so many soldiers,
he must combat illness and endure substandard food; he worries in the last letter that he will be sent to
New York to enforce the draft, but “I should rather go to the front when I fight I do not want my
head smashed with brick bats and paveing stones.” With a copy of the New York Times of May 29,
1863, with news of the ongoing investment of Vicksburg; Confederate forces reduced along the Rappahannock
(said to be to stop their fishing, when in fact Lee’s forced had begun its swing around the
Union right that would end in Gettysburg, PA just a month later); and rebel shipping depredations. All
items VG. [5] Est. 300-400
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