THOMAS MAYNE "CAPTAIN" REID - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 73403
Price: $200.00
MAYNE REID
He signs as "yours very sincerely" on a 4x2 slip.
Autograph Sentiment signed: "Yours very Sincerely/Mayne Reid", 4¼x1¾
slip, affixed to stiffer paper of same size. Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883)
was an Irish-born writer who divided his adult life between America and
England. Arriving in the US in 1840, he held a succession of jobs, including
actor and journalist, before volunteering for service in the Mexican War
(1846-1848). While serving in the US Army, he was decorated for valor and rose
to the rank of lieutenant (although thereafter he called himself "Captain
Reid.") It was in England, to which Reid moved in 1850, that he wrote most
of his novels, beginning with The Rifle Rangers. These books, mostly set
in the American West and other untamed regions and aimed at boy readers, became
quite popular. The youthful Theodore Roosevelt was an avid reader. From 1853 to
1866, Reid and his young wife lived in Gerrard's Cross, calling their residence
The Ranche. In 1866, Reid designed and supervised construction of a more
elaborate estate, also called The Ranche, modeled on a Mexican hacienda.
Overspending on the project bankrupted Reid, who never lived in his new
creation. Reid also wrote plays and poems, but his adventure novels had greater
success. Signature slip irregularly trimmed. Slightly rippled from mounting
adhesive on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.
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