Three Autograph Items, Signed (3 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.

Various sizes. Various sizes. Daniel Boone (1734-1820), born near Reading, Pennsylvania, is known as a great pioneer and Indian fighter. His family left for North Carolina in 1750 and settled in Buffalo Lick the following year. Boone spent several years working for his father, a blacksmith and stock-raiser, and then in 1755 began his travels when he joined a North Carolina contingent in the Braddock campaign. Stories he heard from his companion, John Finley, filled him with desire for pioneering the Kentucky wilderness, but after a disastrous battle, he returned home and married Rebeccah Bryan, a neighbor. In 1767, Boone and a couple of men headed westward to explore. They returned home and that same year Finley happened by and Boone and Finley made new plans to head for Kentucky. They commenced their journey in 1769, set up camp at Station Camp Creek, and after many adventures returned home in 1771. From that point forward, Boone set out for the west on a regular basis, accompanying various parties and settlers on their journeys. He brought his family to settle in Kentucky in 1775, and was made a captain and then a major in the militia once the region became a county of Virginia. He battled the Indians, was captured by the Shawnee in 1778, but later escaped and continued to accompany new settlers into the area. Kentucky was divided into three counties the next year and Boone was made lieutenant-colonel of Fayette County and later chosen as a delegate to the legislature. Boone's skill as a pioneer far outweighed his ability to manage his affairs, for, although he had taken up many tracts of land, they had all been improperly entered and after a series of suits over a number of years, lost all of the land. He left Kentucky and settled in West Virginia, where he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the county and later selected as its legislative delegate. Around 1789, he moved to Missouri to join his son, Daniel Morgan, where he was soon elected to public office. After Boone's wife died in 1813, he lived mostly at the home of his other son, Nathan. Boone is remembered as a great pioneer for having "the most qualities needed on the frontiercourage in a rare degree, great fortitude, an iron endurance, a mastery of woodcraft, and single expertness with the rifle. He was loyal in friendship, honest, truthful, and modest. He was one of the most respected and beloved of the nation's heroes." (DAB). Each document folded several times, very short minor tears or chipping mostly at folds, overall very good.

Condition: Very Good. Three disparate autograph items from Eleanor Powell, the popular movie actress and dancer. They include: * A black and white photo of her with some fans with her name written in ink at the top * Autograph written on small green sheet of paper with "Best Wishes Always, Don't forget, Eleanor Powell, 1933. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Piece of the Past, Inc. * Two page letter written in red ink in 1979 to Lew Young in Victoria British Columbia from her home in Beverly Hills. It is a chatty letter about taking Aubrey to Disneyland; saying that she is going to the banquet this year to sign books; sending her love to his mother and lamenting the loss of Jack Haley Sr. and John Wayne; more about Aubrey; and seeing Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney at teh Pontages theater. She signs the letter "Ellie." All in about very good condition. AUTO/072525. Signed.