AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

GRATON JEAN: (1923- ) French Cartoonist. Best known as author of the comic book Michel Vaillant and its famous character. An excellent signed and ...

UDERZO ALBERT (1927- ) French comic book Artist. Best known for his comic book series Asterix in collaboration with René Goscinny. An excellent an...

GUS: (1911-1997) Gustave Erlich. French comic Cartoonist. Well remembered for his publications in French newspapers Le Figaro, Le Canard Enchainé,...

CANIFF MILTON: (1907-1988) American Cartoonist. An excellent signed and inscribed colour sketch by Caniff, an attractive signature example, one pa...

FRELENG FRIZ: (1906-1995) American Cartoonist, Animator & Academy Award winner, most associated with the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melo...

KETCHAM HANK: (1920-2001) American Cartoonist, creator of the Dennis the Menace comic strip. An appealing original colour pen and ink drawing sign...

BUGATTI CARLO: (1856-1940) Italian Artist, Decorator and Art Nouveau Designer. Manufacturer of jewellery and musical instruments. Bugatti triumphe...

Rousseau refers to Women and Veils ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscript, one page...

SCHILLER FRIEDRICH: (1759-1805) German Poet, Philosopher and Playwright. An extremely rare fragment of an autograph manuscript, unsigned, two page...

CHENIER ANDRE: (1762-1794) French Poet of Greek origin. A precursor of the Romantic movement. Chenier was guillotined at the early age of 31. Very...

GOETHE JOHANN WOLFGANG VON: (1749-1832) German Writer and Philosopher. His poetry and dramatic works provided source material for Beethoven, Schub...

[TENNYSON ALFRED]: (1809-1892) English Poet Laureate. VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. An exce...

'Mr. Tennyson desires to present a copy of his Drama to the Crown Princess’  [TENNYSON ALFRED]: (1809-1892) English Poet Laureate . GLADSTONE WILL...

COOK ELIZA: (1818-1889) English Poet and Author. A Pioneer Activist for political and sexual freedom for women, and supporter of the chartist poli...

HOUSMAN A. E.: (1859-1936) English Classical Scholar & Poet. A brief A.L.S., A. E. Housman, one page, 8vo, Cambridge, 26th June 1935, to J. R. Bru...

AMIS KINGSLEY: (1922-1995) English Novelist. Brief A.L.S., Kingsley Amis, one page, 8vo, Hadley Common, Barnet, Hertfordshire, 11th October 1971, ...

An extremely rare original drawing by the Americam Poet  PLATH SYLVIA: (1932-1963) American Poet, wife of Ted Hughes from 1956 until her death. A ...

HUGHES TED: (1930-1998) English Poet and Children's writer, Poet Laureate 1984-98. T.L.S., Ted Hughes, one page, 8vo, North Tawton, Devon, 14th Oc...

WHITMAN WALT: (1819-1892) American Poet. A Humanist, widely recognized among the most influential American poets. D.S., Walt Whitman, being a sign...

FROST ROBERT: (1874-1963) American Poet, Pulitzer Prize winner. A small 4to printed invitation issued by the Pan American Union 'to hear the renow...

'Melville makes fine reading on this trip' CRANE HART: (1899-1932) American Poet, one of the most influential modernist poets of his generation wh...

[MOLIERE]: (1622-1673) Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. Known by his stage name Moliere. French playwright, Actor and Poet, widely regarded as one of the g...

PERRAULT CHARLES: (1628-1703) French Author whose works laid the foundations for the fairy tale, a new literary genre. Well remembered are his wor...

`Fortune uplifts the spirit when it is the result of a useful work, but shrinks it and soften it when it is only the result of chance.´   VOLTAIRE...

15th July 1789 – The day after the Storming of the Bastille.`..the day I embarked on the revolution I said to myself that these sorts of hazards.....

CHATEAUBRIAND FRANÇOIS-RENÉ DE: (1768-1848) French Writer, Politician and Historian. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literat...

LAMARTINE ALPHONSE DE: (1790-1869) French Writer, Poet and Politician. A good signed and inscribed 11 x 14.5 portrait of Lamartine, the drawn port...

BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. A.N.S., Ch. Baudelaire, one page, oblong 12mo, n.p., n.d....

`Please have a look to these sonnets,.. A link, easy to see, unites the four of them’  BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a pioneering t...

BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. An excellent A.L.S., `Ch. Baudelaire´, signed twice, to t...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. An excellent signed drawing by Hugo, one page, 8vo, Brussels, 29th April 1871. The attractive d...

Autograph poem  HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. An exceptional autograph poem signed `Victor Hugo´, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p.,...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., Al. Dumas, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., to h...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A funny content A.L.S., `Al. Dumas´, one page, blue pape...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., Al. Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. to Porcher,...

Dumas has difficulties with the rehearsals of his play Henry III and his Court  DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works includ...

La Dame aux Camélias  DUPLESSIS MARIE: (1824-1847) Born Alphonsine Rose Plessis. French Courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent men. She w...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A. Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p, n.d., to a friend, in French. Dumas states in...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas, a bold ink good signature example, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in F...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified friend, in French. D...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas f, three pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Marthe, in French. Dumas inform...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas, one page, large 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified friend, in Fre...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas f, two pages, small 8vo, Avenue de Villiers, n.d., to a gentleman, ...

Dumas refers to George Sand   DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. [June 1861...

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French Novelist who used the pseudonym of George Sand, her real name being Amantine Dupin. Also known for her romantic af...

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French Novelist. A.L.S., George Sand, one page, 8vo, n.p., 3rd March n.y., to a gentleman, on her blind embossed monogram...

DAUDET ALPHONSE: (1840-1897) French Novelist. An interesting A.L.S., `Alph. Daudet´, two pages, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., to a friend, in French. Dau...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. A.L.S., Emile Zola, two pages, on two separate sheets, Médan, 4th October 1895, to an unidentified Spanish ...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. A main literary figure. A good A.L.S., Emile Zola, a large and good example signature, two pages, 8vo, Pari...

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French Poet. Best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Unusual and lengthy autograph poem, two separate pages, 4to, ...

`I have done what had to be done to die or attend the play, and because I am not dead, I will go. Unless you don´t go..´  PROUST MARCEL: (1871-192...

`Honest in the sense that we used to hear this word…The opposite of the fool.´   APOLLINAIRE GUILLAUME: (1880-1918) French Poet, Playwright and No...

JACOB MAX: (1876-1944) French Poet and Painter. A good A.L.S., Max Jacob, one page, small 4to, Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire, 16th March 1927, to his edi...

SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French Writer, Poet and pioneering Aviator. French aristocrat who became a laureate of several France's high...

MAUROIS ANDRE: (1885-1967) French Author. An unusually large vintage signed and inscribed sepia 10 x 13 photograph of Maurois seated in a three qu...

But alas, only the impossible is admirable! I know that well.   CELINE LOUIS FERDINAND: (1894-1961) French Novelist. Known as Celine, being his re...

CELINE LOUIS FERDINAND: (1894-1961) French Novelist. Known as Celine, being his real name Destouches, a controversial writer because of his antise...

BOSCO HENRI: (1888-1976), French novelist. Four times nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. A.L.S. 'Henri Bosco', 2 pages, 4to, n.p., Monda...

BOSCO HENRI: (1888-1976) French Novelist. Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. A good A.N.S., Henri Bosco, with sketch in his h...

PAGNOL MARCEL: (1895-1974) French Filmmaker and Novelist. A good A.L.S., `Marcel Pagnol´, two pages, 4to, Cagnes, 5th January 1959, on his persona...