Three Signed Items Different Dukes (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. One leaf, 8.75 x 7.5", folded in half, minor soiling and chipping, fold creases else good. No seal or addresses, later pencil note on reverse "Period of 1695. Bedford 1614-1700". Regarding the annual tithes of glergy within the diocese Exon due last Christmas (1672) and "payable to us for ye use of the right Honorable Anne Cuntesse of Bristol" and signed Bedford. John Russell. Letter from the 6th Duke of Bedford to J. Lancaster, Borough Road, Southwark and dated February 16, 1804. One leaf 14 x 9", folded in half, seal removed, fold creases, small holes, heavy soiling on reverse (address side). The Duke of Bedford writes that he is sending "a Draftfor the furnias.", the return address with note "Duke of Bedford Stableyard to J.L. draft for Money 16 Feby 1804". Joseph Lancaster, a Quaker from Southwark, founded a free elementary school called the Royal Free School and was supported by the Duke of Bedford and others. Book by the 13th Duke of Bedford "A Silver-Plated Spoon", Doubleday: Garden City 1959, 8.5 x 5.5", black cloth, 235pp, light wear and soiling to covers, offsetting to rear endpaper, partial dustjacket, bookplate else good. Signed and inscribed (1958) on the ffep and signature only on the title page. Also signed, inscribed and dated 1961 by the Dutchess of Bedford (the former Nicole Milinair). Book comes with ephemera relating to the 13th Duke and Dutchess: four page program "Detroit Town Hall Presents The Duke of BedfordNovember 18, 1959Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium" and paperclipped to several yellowing newspaper clippings about the Duke and Dutchess, mainly 1959 to mid 1960s and a ten page (including covers) program for "Visit Britain Week Detroit January 9-14, 1961", ink note on cover, pencil underlining inside, light soiling to covers else good. Participants in this event included the Duke of Dutchess of Bedford, Basil Rathbone and Dame Margot Fonteyn. Two autograph letters signed, one signed and inscribed book and two programs, a total of five items, sold as a lot only. From the Louis L. Schlosser, Jr. collection.