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WILD BILL HICKOK'S SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR RIFLE BURIED BY HIS SIDE AT DEADWOOD SOUTH DAKOTA ON AUGUST 3, 1876.

No visible serial number, circa 1870, .45-70 caliber 29 5/8 inch barrel, 1863 on tail of lock. Eaglehead and US arsenal marks. Cleaning rod. J.B. Hickock crudely carved on left side of walnut stock. JB monogram on the right. Condition: Fair to Good. Contemporary modifications for sporting use. Stock shortened. Pewter fore-end cap. Large chunks missing from fore-end and above action. Stock re-carved with cheekpieces. Buttplate with long scheutzen style tail.Provenance: "Wild Bill" Hickok, buried with him at Deadwood, South Dakota, 1876; removed when the grave was moved to Mount Moriah Cemetery, September 3, 1879 (McClintock, Pioneer Days in the Black Hills," 1939, and Rosa, Wild Bill Hickok: Gunfighter, 2001); John Bradley, Spearfish, SD; sold to Allen Toomey, Spearfish, SD; by descent to Isabel Toomey Duffy; EXHIBITED, Adams Museum, Deadwood, South Dakota, 1940-1953 (letters from Adams Museum, and Deadwood Chamber of Commerce); sold to Jim and Theresa Earle (signed letter of documentation and transfer of ownership from Isabel Toomey Duffy and her son William Duffy, May 24, 1993).Literature: McClintock, John S, Pioneer Days in the Black Hills, Norman, OK, 1939, p 114; Rosa, Joseph, Wild Bill Hickok: Gunfighter, College Station, TX, 2001, pp 188-197; Rosa, Joseph, "Letter of Documentation," signed, May 4, 1996.THE MOST DOCUMENTED WILD BILL HICKOK GUN KNOWN: HIS PRIZED SPRINGFIELD SPORTER WHICH WAS BURIED WITH HIM AT DEADWOOD IN 1876.Even if tales of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok having killed "over one-hundred men" are overstated, Hickok remains in many ways the archetypal gunfighter of the Wild West: cool, calm, deadly when necessary, but acting with attention to law and justice. Called "Bill" or "William" since the mid-1850s, Hickok served the Union during the Civil War as a wagonmaster, courier, and a scout, earning the nickname "Wild Bill" in the process. An 1867 Harper's New Monthly Magazine article brought his exploits to the general public, and Hickok again went to work as a scout, meeting Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer for the first time. By 1876, he made his way to Deadwood, South Dakota, where he prospected with Colorado Charlie Utter and gambled. On August 2, 1876, he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall, holding a poker hand of aces and eights (now popularly known as the "dead man's hand"). At the time of his death, he was revered and feared in the west for his quickness and skill, both as a lawman and as a gunfighter. Journalist Leander Richardson, who had met Hickok just days earlier, recalled the scene at the funeral: "The body was clothed in a full suit of broad-cloth, the hair brushed back from the broad forehead, and the blood washed from the pallid cheek. Beside the dead hero lay his rifle, which was buried with him. The funeral ceremony was brief and touching, hundreds of rough miners standing around the bier with bowed heads and tear-dimmed eyes,—for with the better class 'Wild Bill' had been a great favorite" (Richardson, "A Trip to the Black Hills," Scribners Monthly 13, April 1877). In 1879, with the growth of the town of the town of Deadwood, the original site of "boot hill" (the Ingleside Cemetery) had to be moved, and on September 3 of that year, Colorado Charlie Utter, William Austin, Lewis Schoenfeld and John S. McClintock moved him to the current resting place in Mount Moriah Cemetery. John S. McClintock describes the move in vivid terms in his 1939 memoir Pioneer Days in the Black Hills p (114). In the description, and according to the foremost authority on Hickok, Joseph Rosa, McClintock notes that this Springfield rifle "with the name of J.B. Hickok engraved [carved] in the wood" was removed and came into the hands of John Bradley of Spearfish, SD, "who used the gun for many years afterwards." Rosa gives a detailed description of the provenance, descending from Bradley to Allen Toomey, its exhibition for many years at the Adams Museum in Deadwood, to Isabel Toomey, and then sold to Jim Earle in 1993. Rosa's description encompasses the entirety of Chapter 13 ("Wild Bill Hickok's Rifle") in his book Wild Bill Hickok: Gunfighter.In an article for Wild West Magazine in 2014, Rosa wrote that the "only authenticated Hickok weapon is the rife removed from his coffin in 1879 and now owned by Jim Earle in Texas." While we have seen other Hickok weapons that are likely authentic, it is extremely rare to find such an excellent provenance on one of the West's most important icons.

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"His skill in the use of the rifle and pistol was unerring; while his deportment was exactly the opposite of what might be expected from a man of his surroundings. It was entirely free from all bluster or bravado. He seldom spoke of himself unless requested to do so. His influence was unbounded, his word was law." -General George Armstrong Custer on "Wild Bill" Hickok.

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£300 - £500Follow WILDE'S MILIEU AND BEYOND. [RICKETTS (CHARLES S., illustrator)] Poems Dramatic and Lyrical by John Leicester Warren, Lord De Tabley, ONE OF 100 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, 1893; and 28 others (29)WILDE'S MILIEU AND BEYOND. [RICKETTS (CHARLES S., illustrator)] Poems Dramatic and Lyrical by John Leicester Warren, Lord De Tabley, ONE OF 100 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, 1893; and others

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£400 - £600Follow HARRIS (FRANK) Autograph letter signed, to Edward Coyle, discussing the publishing of his biography of Oscar Wilde [Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions], 8vo (3)HARRIS (FRANK) Autograph letter signed, to Edward Coyle, on his biography of Wilde, 1916; Lady Dorothy Nevill to Wilde; and one other

HARRIS (FRANK) Autograph letter signed, to Edward Coyle, on his biography of Wilde, 1916; Lady Dorothy Nevill to Wilde; and one other

£200 - £300Follow WILDE - JOURNALS AND CATALOGUES The Wildean. A Journal of Oscar Wilde Studies, nos. 1-67 (without no.33), The Oscar Wilde Society, 2005-2025; together with a couple of duplicates, and a group of bookseller and auction catalogues relating to Wilde and his circle (large quantity)WILDE - JOURNALS AND CATALOGUES The Wildean, nos. 1-67 (without no.33), The Oscar Wilde Society, 2005-2025; together with bookseller and auction catalogues relating to Wilde and his circle (large quantity)

WILDE - JOURNALS AND CATALOGUES The Wildean, nos. 1-67 (without no.33), The Oscar Wilde Society, 2005-2025; together with bookseller and auction catalogues relating to Wilde and his circle (large quantity)

£300 - £500Follow WILDE - BIOGRAPHIES. SHERARD (ROBERT HARBOROUGH) Oscar Wilde. The Story of an Unhappy Friendship, 1902; and others (33)WILDE - BIOGRAPHIES SHERARD (ROBERT HARBOROUGH) Oscar Wilde. The Story of an Unhappy Friendship, 1902; and others

WILDE - BIOGRAPHIES SHERARD (ROBERT HARBOROUGH) Oscar Wilde. The Story of an Unhappy Friendship, 1902; and others

£400 - £600Follow WILDE - BIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCE Collection of approximately 150 biographies, studies, and reference books about Wilde, his family, and his circle (c.150)WILDE - BIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCE Collection of approximately 150 biographies, studies, and reference books about Wilde, his family, and his circle

WILDE - BIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCE Collection of approximately 150 biographies, studies, and reference books about Wilde, his family, and his circle

£400 - £600Follow GIDE (ANDRE) Oscar Wilde. A Study... with Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Stuart Mason, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, ROGER SENHOUSE'S COPY, 8vo (4)GIDE (ANDRE) Oscar Wilde. A Study... with Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Stuart Mason, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, ROGER SENHOUSE'S COPY; and others

GIDE (ANDRE) Oscar Wilde. A Study... with Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Stuart Mason, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, ROGER SENHOUSE'S COPY; and others

£200 - £400Follow RICKETTS (CHARLES) Beyond the Threshold... Translated From the French and Illustrated by Charles Ricketts, [ONE OF 150 COPIES], together with others by Ricketts/Vale Press (15)RICKETTS (CHARLES)Beyond the Threshold... Translated From the French and Illustrated by Charles Ricketts, [ONE OF 150 COPIES], AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED, 1929; together with others by Ricketts

RICKETTS (CHARLES)Beyond the Threshold... Translated From the French and Illustrated by Charles Ricketts, [ONE OF 150 COPIES], AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED, 1929; together with others by Ricketts

£700 - £900Follow RICKETTS (CHARLES) - VALE PRESS Daphnis and Chloe, A Most Sweet and Pleasant Pastoral Romance for Young Ladies, done into English by Geo. Thornley, LIMITED T0 210 COPIES, [Sold by Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1893]RICKETTS (CHARLES) - VALE PRESS Daphnis and Chloe, LIMITED T0 210 COPIES, [Sold by Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1893]

RICKETTS (CHARLES) - VALE PRESS Daphnis and Chloe, LIMITED T0 210 COPIES, [Sold by Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1893]

£600 - £800Follow WILDE - FRENCH EDITIONS. WILDE (OSCAR) Derniers essais de littérature et d'esthétique (Août 1887-1890), Paris, 1913; and 27 others (28)WILDE - FRENCH EDITIONSWILDE (OSCAR) Derniers essais de littérature et d'esthétique (Août 1887-1890), 1913; and others

WILDE - FRENCH EDITIONSWILDE (OSCAR) Derniers essais de littérature et d'esthétique (Août 1887-1890), 1913; and others

£400 - £600Follow WILDE'S MILIEU, THE NINETIES, ETC. A collection of approximately 75 books relating to Wilde's world, c.1890s-2000 (quantity)WILDE'S MILIEU, THE NINETIES, ETC. A collection of approximately 75 books relating to Wilde's world, c.1890s-2000

WILDE'S MILIEU, THE NINETIES, ETC. A collection of approximately 75 books relating to Wilde's world, c.1890s-2000

£400 - £600Follow WILDE (OSCAR) A House of Pomegranates, illus. by J.M. King, 1915; and others, illustrated and children's editions (c.50)WILDE (OSCAR) A House of Pomegranates, illustrated by Jessie M. King, 1915; and others, illustrated and children's editions

WILDE (OSCAR) A House of Pomegranates, illustrated by Jessie M. King, 1915; and others, illustrated and children's editions

£400 - £600Follow DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED) Two autograph letters from Lord Alfred Douglas to Wilde biographers, 8vo and small 4to (3)DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED) Two autograph letters from Alfred Douglas to Wilde biographers, 1943 and 1945; and another letter

DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED) Two autograph letters from Alfred Douglas to Wilde biographers, 1943 and 1945; and another letter

£500 - £700Follow WILDE (OSCAR) La maison de la courtisane. Nouveaux poèmes, NUMBER 3 OF 10 COPIES "sur papier de Hollande" numbered and initialled by the publisher, Paris, P.V. Stock, 1919WILDE (OSCAR) La maison de la courtisane. Nouveaux poèmes, Paris, P.V. Stock, 1919

WILDE (OSCAR) La maison de la courtisane. Nouveaux poèmes, Paris, P.V. Stock, 1919

£600 - £800Follow [WILDE (OSCAR)] Some Letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas, 1892-1897; and other facsimile editions of Wilde's works (4)[WILDE (OSCAR)] Some Letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas, 1892-1897; and other facsimile editions of Wilde's works

[WILDE (OSCAR)] Some Letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas, 1892-1897; and other facsimile editions of Wilde's works

£300 - £500Follow WILDE (OSCAR) Slavík a růže [Nightingale and Rose], 200 COPIES, 1918; and others, Wilde in foreign languages (9)WILDE (OSCAR) Slavík a růže [Nightingale and Rose], 200 COPIES, 1918; and others in foreign languages

WILDE (OSCAR) Slavík a růže [Nightingale and Rose], 200 COPIES, 1918; and others in foreign languages

£400 - £600

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