Fictional Blackburns

(28th Dec 2002)
Anica Blackburn
 

Ben bought me this for Christmas. I think Anica (Nica) Blackburn is a minor character, but I'm only up to page 50, so time will tell.

Annie Blackburn
This was once my only fictional character, on the front page, with the comment:

One sub category I have come across but not yet pursued is fictional characters in books and films called Blackburn. I have come across half-a-dozen so far, but you have to draw the line somewhere. There was a character Annie Blackburn in Twin Peaks ... and here she is, as played by Heather Graham.

In September 2001 I succumbed to a page of fictional Blackburns. I'm rather glad I did.

(3rd Feb 2002)
Bruce Blackburn
Feature Comics #40, January, 1941. Quality Comics Group. This Golden Age anthlogy type comic book is in G condition. The cover is loose from the comic, but is still together. The front cover has some stress creases and dust soiling along the spine seam. The spine is rubbed and has a 3" split from the top down to the first staple. There are also two smaller splits along the middle of the spine between the staples. The front cover has a horizontal dust stain across its middle. Some edge wear to both covers, though rear cover is in better shape, with a couple of stress creases at the spine seam. The inside pages are bright and supple with browning at the edges. Inside of rear cover has a crossword puzzle which was not filled in. Includes The Dollman, Lala Palooza, the last instalment of the Destroying Demon and Bruce Blackburn in costume.


Cathy Blackburn
I keep reading this title as "a little baldness" - I must be getting sensitive.
JOSEPHINE COX - A LITTLE BADNESS
PAPERBACK PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY HEADLINE, ANOTHER GREAT JOSEPHINE COX BOOK, IN GOOD CONDITION. YOUNG CATHY BLACKBURN HATED BY HER MOTHER IGNORED BY HER FATHER REPLACED BY A MALE URCHIN OFF THE STREETS BY HER FATHER. IT WAS A GOOD THING SHE HAD HER AUNT.
Col Blackburn

Michael Aldridge plays Colonel Blackburn in this.

Iron Eagle (Jason Gedrick) VHS

18 year old Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick) has known how to fly a jet longer than he's known how to drive a car. When his jet fighter pilot father is shot down and taken prisoner in the Middle East the U.S. Government is powerless to intervene.
With the help of a retired Air force colonel (Louis Gosset, Jr) Doug 'borrows' an F-16 fighter plane in a daring mission to bring his father back alive. If he succeeds, he will return a hero - and a man. A story of uncommon bravery, extraordinary friendship and fierce determination to win against impossible odds.

Cole Blackburn

The Diamond Tiger by Ann Maxwell
Elizabeth Lowell writing as Ann Maxwell. Erin Shane Windsor inherits a legendary diamond mine in Australia from a great uncle she never even knew. But Crazy Abe never told anyone the location of the mine, and all Erin is left with is a cryptic poem written by a drunken hand. To help her, Erin hires Cole Blackburn, a geologist with a mysterios past. It is soon apparent, however, that there are others willing to kill to find that mine, and Cole has his own reasons for helping. Intrigue, adventure and romance by one of the best. Book is in very good condition with some spine creasing.

Officer Dylan Blackburn

Stranger in His Arms by Charlotte Douglas, April 2001
"When Officer Dylan Blackburn learned Jennifer Reid was back in town, he wondered if she remembered the innocent kiss they'd shared as children. But this sensual, aloof stranger who stole his heart was nothing like the girl he remembered…She'd been an innocent witness to a horrible crime and there was no one to turn to. Only Dylan. And she'd made him think she was someone else."

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(1st Dec 2002)
James Blackburn

1896 Stage Actor Noble Outcast Cabinet Photo
An Original and Authentic 19th Century Charles E. Hand Missouri "Road Show" Stage Actor Costume Photograph This is an interesting photograph, showing this actor in his role as James Blackburn in the 1896 production of A Noble Outcast by John A. Fraser.  It measures 4-1/4 by 6-1/2 inches. The back is signed and captioned by the actor, identifying the role and play. The photograph is captioned Stone Warrensburg, Missouri. The condition is near very good with some damage at the corners from thumb tacks, and some scratches and moderate edge and corner wear from age, apparent in the images. You will be very pleased to add this superlative photograph to your collection of turn of the century actor SIGNED photos.
 

Jimmy Jack Blackburn
We Be Warm Till Springtime Comes, by Lillie D. Chaffin
This is a young adult hardcover book with a dust jacket. Illustrated by Lloyd Bloom. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York. Collier MacMillan Publishers, London. Copyright 1980 Lillie D. Chaffin. Copyright 1980 Lloyd Bloom. Summary: Young Jimmy Jack Blackburn searches for fuel to keep his mother and baby sister warm through a severe Appalachian winter.
Ken Blackburn
REAPER by Terry Cline
A Palm Beach astrologist receives letters from elderly women later found brutually murdered. She contacts her old friend, former cop Ken Blackburn who has an instinct for tracking down serial killers by predicting when they would strike next. He announces on T.V. that he knows who the killer is and waits for the killer to come to him.
(6th Jan 2002)
Maggie Blackburn

"NEMESIS" by Rosamond Smith, aka Joyce Carol Oates.
When music teacher Maggie Blackburn's new student shows up at her door claiming that he has been raped, she is drawn into a fearful world of sexual exploitation and murder.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins, London, in 1991, this is a Fine copy, in a Fine and NOT priceclipped dustjacket of this UK First Edition.


 

Major Blackburn
The Shadow of Chikara

Confederate veterans of the last battle of the Civil War set out to find a hidden treasure: diamonds hidden in a cave. However, the soldiers find out that the cave is guarded by a covey of hawks - and they begin to suspect that the hawks might actually be agents of the Devil, in disguise.
Marquis of Blackburn
YOU ARE BIDDING ON SIX (6) HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVELS
THAT SCANDALOUS EVENING
Jane Higgenbothem was ruined when the nude statue she made of Ransom Quincy, Marquess of Blackburn, was exposed to public view. Now Ransom, working undercover to expose a traitor to the Crown, decides he'll deliberately renew the old scandal by courting Jane, as a diversionary tactic for his investigation. But the truth is, his desire for Jane is raging out of control and he means to have her--even though she herself may be the spy he's seeking
 
(14th Feb 2002)
Nathaniel Blackburn
The Wardove by Smith, L. Neil, Periodical Berkley 1986
Earth was destroyed in 2023 and only Lunar colonists survived. Nine hundred years later, in a star-spanning "nation" without conscription or taxation, "The Parkinson" is transporting famous entertainer Chelsie Bradford on a tour of the galaxy to raise funds for a very unpopular interstellar war. Captain Nathaniel Blackburn of Coordinated Arm Intelligence must find out who's killing rock musicians raising money for the War Against the Clusterian Powers.
Then the deaths begin.

Blackburn knows the killer will strike again. But he doesn't know why. Are the murders acts of sabotage--or acts of twisted love? Political passion, or personal fury directed at the beautiful, enigmatic Chelsie? . . . the woman who is--the WarDove!
Nica Blackburn - see Anica  
(1st Dec 2002)
Odessa Blackburn
Fifth Born Zelda Lockhart  ISBN: 0743412656 Publisher: Atria Books Pub.
When Odessa Blackburn is three years old, she sees her grandmother for the last time, and so begins her story as the fifth born of eight children in a troubled family. Molested by her father, Odessa is also the sole witness to a murder he commits. Her mother guards both secrets and joins her husband in ostracizing their fifth born from the rest of her siblings. As Odessa grows, so do her troubles. She ultimately separates herself from her parents and siblings into a new reality that prompts memory and revelation. Her choices for survival provoke an outcome that will forever alter the carefully maintained lies of her childhood. Zelda Lockhart's Fifth Born is lyrically written, poignant and powerful in its exploration of how secrets can tear families apart and unravel people's lives. Set in rural Mississippi and St. Louis, Missouri, Fifth Born is a story of loss and redemption, as Odessa walks away from those who she believes to be her kin to discover the meaning of family.
 
(6th Jan 2002)
Patrick Blackburne
SWEAR BY THE MOON - SHIRLEE BUSBEE
Haunted by tragedy and scandal, Thea Garrett guards her wounded heart by playing the role of notorious outcast for all it is worth, never giving a second thought to love. Then London's loveliest, wealthiest social pariah meets the cynical, handsome Patrick Blackburne, a man protecting wounds of his own - until he lays eyes on the remarkable Miss Garrett. Suddenly, Blackburne is willing to forswear his famously wicked ways. But Thea can't take any man at his word, least of all Blackburne. Only when murder and blackmail threaten to destroy them both can she face her hidden passion - and set it free...

 
(19th Jan 2002)

PFC Blackburn

Fictional - PFC Blackburn - get a film shot too
Orlando Bloom (Legolas on Lord of the Rings movie) interview on Live Regis and Kelly show. SP mode. 45 mins. NTSC format (if you are an international bidder). Bloom talks about his character LEGOLAS on Lord of the Rings and PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BLACKBURN on the upcoming movie Black Hawk Down. Also his drama school training, tattoo, near-death experience, funny moments in Kelly Ripa's dressing room and more! The other guest on the show is Jennifer Tilly of Monsters, Inc. Must-have for every Orlando Bloom/Legolas fan

Philip Blackburn
Disclosure
There's a Phil in the film Disclosure with Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. PB is played by Dylan Baker
Rae-Anne Blackburn
SILHOUETTE INTIMATE MOMENTS
#702 The Wedding Assignment by Cathryn Clare: The kidnapped bride...Rae-Anne Blackburn is getting married...or is she? She's always fantasized about the day she would walk down the aisle. In her dreams, her groom was Wiley Cotter. In real life, it's someone else. But she's going to live happily ever after - no matter what. Wiley has just discovered that Rae-Anne's fiance isn't what he seems - and there's only one way to stop her from making a dangerous mistake. Abducting the bride is surprisingly easy. But fighting his attraction to her is nearly impossible....
 

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(3rd Feb 2002)
Rebecca Blackburn
'BETRAYALS' by Anne Harrell, 1990. From the back cover: "It all began thirty years ago on the French Rivera. Now, Rebecca Blackburn holds the secret of her famous family's past in the palm of her hand-ten shining gems-gleaming, precious keys to the fateful events that turned her from the man she loved...and changed her destiny! . For Rebecca, the jewel-studded scandal must be revealed. At any cost." Creasing & denting to the cover. All pages are tightly attached.

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Reynolds Blackburn

Peggy Waide. From the cover: "At nineteen, Mary Jocelyn Garnett was hardly desperate for a husband. However, to save her life and her inheritance, Jocelyn did what she must. She married Reynolds Blackburn-without his knowledge-knowing that the deal would be short-lived. And all went well, until the Duke of Wilcott returned to find he was no longer the king of bachelors." 1999 Leisure Books edition, paperback is in excellent condition, just some spine creases.

 

Secretary Paul Blackburn
The Tiger Waits by Anton Myrer
Paul Blackburn has sought the Brahmin world of privilege and wealth. He had married into that proud East Coast tradition of elegant Cambridge mansions, of sailing regattas and family compounds on Martha's Vineyard. In the new Washington of the late '70s liberated Watergate hostesses welcomed this exciting Secretary of State who had brought dash and honor back to the Department. But Secretary Blackburn (to the consternation of the CIA) had fallen desperately in love, for the first time in his life. Her name is Jillian Hoyt. She is nearly half his age, a leader of the militant protest group Sirius--and the lover of his own son, Land. Rare as a summer idyl, Jillie hangs like a pendant between their alien generations. It is unthinkable for Blackburn, at the pinnacle of his career, to risk everything--the trust of the President, the fragile peace he has forged with the new China, his responsibility to a defiant son and wife. But Jillie has restored something he has lost in the arid, hard-driving years; the green rush of life, the heart's eye. Threatened by scandal, haunted by intimations of betrayal within the Administration, Blackburn fears that the Drachenfels Flood Mission on the China border will erupt into the ultimate international incident. He alone stands in the way of men like Presidential Adviser Vosz, whose reckless scenarios of power would provoke deadly consequences. At last only he can refute the terrible charges of Peking before the great powers collide

(19th Jan 2002)

Sgt Blackburn

Man's Conquest-A Dracula is in the Streets
This is an issue of Man's Conquest published in June of 1959. It includes articles on The Spy the Girls Called King Kong, A Dracula is in the Streets, Sgt. Blackburn and his Headhunting Lunatics of Luzon, Incredible Cruise of Sharkbait Mitchell.
 


(22nd April 2002)
Steve Blackburn
Thanks to another Steve Blackburn for this entry:
A Touch of Class, 1973
George Segal plays Steve Blackburn, an American who has an affair with Glenda Jackson. The action takes place in a flat off Gerard Street (China Town) London. Ms Jackson won an Oscar for her performance.
Sue Ann Blackburn

WANTED: SPOUSE: MAIL-ORDER MATE…...By Louella Nelson
YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE – BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN’T STOP IT! Following Alaskan tradition, Sue Ann Blackburn advertised, for a mate, listing everything essential in a friend, everything compatible in a companion. She believed that if friendship came first, love would follow in its own good time. Then her future husband, Jerry Teal, showed up…. When he stepped off the plane in Juneau, Jerry was no longer the comfortable confidant of letters and phone calls but a dashing stranger, eager for challenge, adventure and for love. With the wedding only weeks away, Sue Ann had committed to marriage. But was she ready for it?

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Tanner Blackburn
Dangerously Irresistible by Kristin Gabriel
Bachelor of the Month--Tanner Blackburn. This irresistible rascal has earned a reputation for kissing women right out of their clothes. But he's never been accused of kissing them out of their fortunes, too... Would-be bounty hunter Maddie Griffin is desperate to prove to her father that she belongs in the family bail-enforcement business. So when she spies the notorious "Kissing Bandit" in Texas Men magazine, she decides to bring the charming fugitive to justice. Only, she has no idea how dangerously persuasive her captive's kisses can be...

Thorn Blackburn
Ghostlight (hardback) Marion Zimmer Bradley Book 1 of M. Z. Bradley's two-book fantasy collection. In the heady days of the 60's, people sought solutions to mankind's troubles in ancient religions and found that ancient wisdom had its place in the modern world. Among them were the followers of Thorne Blackburn, all seekers of Truth. During the climatic night of Blackburn's powerful ceremony, chaos erupted. Blackburn vanished, and Katherine, his life-partner and mother of one of his young children, was dead. That was 30 years ago. Now Truth Blackburn, their daughter, is still seeking truths - truths of what happened that night, truth about the magical powers her father claimed to wield, truth about her long-lost half-brother and sister. Ghostlight is a powerful novel about the fulfilment of human potential and the search for the meaning of life. Like new. Witchlight (hardback) Marion Zimmer Bradley Book 2 of M. Z. Bradley's two-book collection. Except for a few memories of her childhood and of her few years as a successful trader on Wall Street, Winter Musgrave's life seems vanished from her mind. She fears she has gone mad - but if so, it is a peculiar sort of madness, for objects shatter when she passes by. Doors and windows unlock and open while she sleeps. Mutilated corpses of small animals appear on the doorstep of her isolated mountain farmhouse, with no indication anyone human has been near. Is this paranoia or something more? Desperate, she seeks the help at the Bidney Institute for Psychic Research, where she encounters Truth Jourdemayne and her partner, Dr. Dylan Palmer. With their help, she recovers a few of her shattered memories, some surprising revelations such as being the daughter of a medium and a powerful magician, and the will to face the thing that wants to claim her for his own. Like new.
There might be three
Gravelight
New York, Tor 1997, 1st Edition Hardcover, Unread, As New/As New. This is a pristine, unread copy in a clear protective Brodart mylar cover.
Sinah Dellon left the mountain town of Morton's Fork as an infant, now she has returned to find out about her past and why she has the ability to read minds. Meanwhile, haunted by the aftermath of a drunk driving accident that killed a young girl, Wycherly Musgrave finds himself stranded in Morton's Fork. And researchers from the Bidney Institute descend upon the town to study the reported hauntings and other strange occurrences. Truth Blackburn, the heroine of Bradley's novel Ghostlight, realizes a gate to the past has opened and it must be closed if she wants to save the man she loves. And Sinah Dellon may be the key to the mystery.

Grabbing the covers from Amazon, I see there is a fourth in which Thorn gets a mention.
 



(Sex in Southern prison): VENUS IN CHAINS
"Venus in Chains Under the Leash of Devil Law" by H.F. Jamison. 1956 ed. Published by Bridgehead Books. Green cloth. 252 pp. Some wear at the bottom of the spine/light waterstains--GOOD+ condition in a Good+ Dust jacket (that has a front cover photo of two naked women chained together). "This is the story of the rapacities of a southern prison camp. Two women, mother and daughter, pause on a southern countryside to give first aid to a man who is evading the guards of a prison from which he has escaped...You can judge from the characters: Fingers, the Unknown; Leeth Grey, innocent victim of Wallace Blackburn, a polished sexual pervert; Tush Braden, illiterate lustful; Clay N. Beecham, manager of the penal plantation; Lola, mistress of Beecham; Hunter, ruithless sadist; Shara, beautiful Creole; (Mikeradbks, who figures his time-machine must have a screw loose); and others, whose vices are almost too horrible to describe out of their proper context." Absolute classic!

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(27 Dec 2001)
Warren
"TRIAL" by Clifford Irving, author of "Daddy's Girl".
Texas attorney Warren Blackburn is defending two clients accused of murder. A guilty rich bar owner will make him a bundle of money, but an innocent Mexican laborer will probably get the death penalty. Will Blackburn risk everything for real justice?
Published by Summit Books, NY in 1990 this is a Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket of this USA First Edition.
 
This is a hardcover 1st edition, 1st printing of this collection of short stories by Bradley Denton, one of the finest fantasy/horror/speculative fiction authors in this universe!  This book contains 7 stories that were originally in a limited edition collection that won the World Fantasy Award. The story titles are: THE TERRITORY, SKIDMORE, KILLING WEEDS, CAPTAIN COYOTE'S LAST HUNT, THE CALVIN COOLIDGE HOME FOR DEAD COMEDIANS, WE LOVE LYDIA LOVE, A CONFLAGRATION ARTIST, BLACKBURN BAKES COOKIES, with a forward and afterward by Bradley. Damn I wish he wrote faster! Bradley is not very prolific, just high quality. He has written only 5 books: WRACK AND ROLL, BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL ON GANYMEDE, BLACKBURN, THE CALVIN COOLIDGE HOME FOR DEAD COMEDIANS (STORIES), A CONFLAGRATION ARTIST (STORIES), LUNATICS.
and here is the associated Ms. Blackburn

Blackburn's Lady by Bradley Denton, brand new chapbook from Subterranean Press, 10/01. SIGNED BY BRADLEY DENTON! Limited to 250 such copies, this is #50. A companion piece to Denton's controversial, excellent novel Blackburn. Out of print long before publication, this will be extremely hard to lay hands on!
 

 

PROMOTIONAL

 
(2nd March 2002)

Now here's an interesting one - Mrs Blackburn is sold a set of saucepans

ITEM: Why Women Weep
Early Advertising Brochure for WEAREVER Aluminum Cookware
The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company

AGE: Not dated. I estimate the 1920s, based on the illustrations in the booklet. I think this booklet is from the first few years WEAREVER was available.

CONDITION: Very good. The cover has edge wear and small tears, light surface damage and staining. The inside pages are firmly bound, with a light stain at the bottom. The illustrations are crisp and clear .

SIZE: 3 1/4 x 6 in.; 12 pages .


What an interesting way to advertise your product ...
" Why Women Weep " is written as a conversation between two housewives. One is moaning about her enamelwear pots and pans ... Food burns so badly in them! Her neighbor tells her there is a solution for those outdated enamel pans.
WEAREVER Aluminum cooking utensils!
In the course of their conversation, Mrs. Blackburn is told every selling point for WEAREVER....
Food cooks better, burns less and is heated more evenly. The utensils last for years; no replacing them every six months like enamelware.
No poisons!?! When the enamel wore off, lead and glass were often the layer beneath in enamel ware. These could and often did get into the food! Aluminum ware, however, had no dangerous substances to leech into the food!
A fascinating and unusual early aluminum cookware booklet.... a perfect addition to your Wearever collection! Cook up a bid today!
 

I now have the real thing. Click here for the full leaflet.



FILM

 
(7th Dec 2001)
SURRENDER HELL (1959) Headhunter MOVIE POSTER
"SURRENDER-HELL!" (1959)
The Credits Include: Starring: KEITH ANDES, SUSAN CABOT and PARALUMAN. Produced by EDMUND GODLMAN. Directed by JOHN BARNWELL. Based on the Novel "BLACKBURN'S HEADHUNTERS" by PHILIP HARKINS. AN ALLIED ARTISTS PICTURE.
   

MUSIC

 
It looks as though a band called Grapefruit recorded a song called Theme for Blackburn:
UK APPLE EMIDISC ACETATE
WELL HERE IS SOMETHING I DID NOT KNOW I HAD, HAVE NOT GOT THE FAINTEST IDEA WHERE I GOT IT, BUT IT HAS BEEN IN THE LOFT FOR 16 YEARS, SO HERE GOES ; GROUP IS CALLED ;GRAPEFRUIT, TITLE OF TRACK IS, THEME FOR BLACKBURN, HANDWRITTEN, BELOW THE SPINDLE IT SAYS ; APPLE PUBLISHING&CO, 94 BAKER STREET ,LONDON, W.1. TEL HUN 1922/5, IT IS A SINGLE SIDED ACETATE, CONDITION IS NOT THAT GREAT, VISUALLY VG- IS ABOUT THE MARK HAS QUITE A FEW SURFACE MARKS, AND COMES IN A PLAIN SLEEVE

It sold for £73 ($100+) on eBay.

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(5th Dec 2001)
I didn't keep a copy of the name of this album. It'll come round again.
This CD is sealed and in great condition and has eight tracks: Mindblower, Mr. Denny, V...For Vendetta, Rosebud, Quintessence, Blackburn, Macadamian Mix, Suburbarenity no picture

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LOCATIONAL

 
Blackburn, 1947. In the tiny front parlour 14 year old Laura Blake watches her beloved father die. But not before he tells her she will make something of her life...Laura never forgets his words. Yet her path to success proves to be a rocky one. Forced to trundle a cart around the back streets, selling other folk's cast-offs to support her family, Laura learns enough to start work in her uncle's furniture shop. But then fate deals another cruel blow when Laura is brutally raped. Bearing the child of her attacker in secret, she vows to make the world pay for its injustice towards her.....

"Blackburn, 1947" sounds decidedly Pythonesque.

 

 

ART

 
(12th Nov 2001)
Rather an unnecessary concept, "fictional art", nevertheless,

Nice colorful original abstract oil on stretched linen. Influenced by the work of Wolf Kahn, this painting depicts a park on fire with Maple trees at the peak of Autumn , titled "Blackburn Park, E.LaChance" on the back, and E.LaChance on lower right corner on the front. Measures 13" x 16", painted edges make this painting ready to hang.

(8th Dec 2001)
Thomas Weaver, a follower of George Stubbs influence and James Ward had this amazing painting exhibited in Liverpool Academy in 1814. The official title of this is "Mr. R. Blackburn's White Trotting Horse in a Storm"!! This is a modern print of very nice quality and comes ready for your frame in a bevelled white matt 8 x 10.