AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

BERNHARDT SARAH: (1844-1923), French stage Actress. A lengthy A.L.S., 'Sarah Bernhardt', six pages, 12mo, n.p., 1881, on his personal printed stat...

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. Autograph 4.5 x 3 envelope, addressed in Liszt´s hand to `Herrn Wendelin Weissheimer….. Leip...

WAGNER RICHARD: (1813-1883) German Composer. Autograph 5.5 x 2.5 envelope, addressed in Wagner´s hand to `Herrn Carl Haine, Dorn organist, Worms´....

ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. A good A.L.S., Edward Elgar, two pages, 4to, Hampstead, 19th September 1920, to Elkin. Elgar states in...

COROT JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE: (1796-1875) French Landscape Painter. A brief A.L.S., C. Corot, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Vendredi'), to a fr...

BRETON JULES: (1827-1906) French Painter, a Naturalist. A.L.S., `J. Breton´, one page, 8vo, Montgeron, [May 1884], to Monsieur Ledelmeyer, in Fren...

LEGER FERNAND: (1881-1955) French Painter and Sculptor. Vintage blue ink signature ('F Leger') and three additional words, in French, in his hand ...

GRIS JUAN: (1887-1927) His real name being Jose Victoriano Gonzalez-Perez. Spanish Cubist Painter. A.L.S., `Juan Gris´, one page, to a postcard, L...

ZUOREN WU: (1908-1997) Chinese Painter. After Zuoren´s Giant Panda postage stamps design in 1963 for the People´s Republic of China, Giant Panda w...

MILLAIS JOHN EVERETT: (1829-1896) English Painter, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. A.L.S., J Everett Millais, one page, 8vo...

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...

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

JOHN PAUL I: (1912-1978) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1978. Born Albino Luciani. His 33 days reign is one of the shortest in papal history...

JAMES WILLIAM: (1842-1910) American Philosopher and Psychologist. A leading Thinker, widely considered the "Father of American psychology", and fo...

BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British Engineer. A.L.S., I K Brunel, one page, 8vo, Duke Street, Westminster, 12th May 1837, to C. W. Steven...

TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION: A slim 4to sheet of official printed stationery from the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13, led by Robert Falcon Scot...

BURTON RICHARD F.: (1821-1890) English Explorer, Geographer & Writer, famous for his travels and explorations in Africa, Asia & the Americas. A.L....

BAKER SAMUEL WHITE: (1821-1893) British Explorer of Africa. A.L.S., Saml. W Baker, two pages, oblong 8vo, Seymour Street, London, 30th March n.y.,...

LINDBERGH CHARLES: (1902-1974) American Aviator who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20th - 21st May 1927. A.L.S., C...

OPPENHEIMER J. ROBERT: (1904-1967) American Theoretical Physicist, known as the `father of the atomic bomb' for his role in the Manhattan Project ...

HENRIETTE OF BELGIUM: (1870-1948) Duchess of Vendome. A.L.S., Henriette, three pages, 8vo, Belmont House, Park Side, Wimbledon, 27th October 1923,...

JUAN CARLOS I & SOFIA OF SPAIN : Juan Carlos I (1938- ) King of Spain 1975-2014 & Sofia of Greece (1938- ) Queen of Spain 1975-2014. A very attrac...

WILHELM II: (1859-1941) German Emperor & King of Prussia 1888-1918. D.S., Wilhelm R[ex], two pages, folio, Berlin, 18th April 1903, in German. The...

JOHN II CASIMIR VASA: (1609-1672) King of Poland 1648-68. Known as Jan Kazimierz. Third and last Monarch from the House of Vasa, he succeeded his ...

MARIE CASIMIRE QUEEN OF POLAND: (1641-1716) Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d´Arquien, also known as Marysienka. Queen consort of Poland 1676-9...

OPALINSKA CATHERINE: (1680-1747) Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess Consort of Lithuania 1705-08 & 1733-36 as spouse of Stanislaw I of Pola...

FAROUK OF EGYPT: (1920-1965) King of Egypt and Sudan 1936-52. He succeeded his father Fuad I, and was the penultimate King of Egypt. Farouk´s sist...

MARY OF TECK: (1867-1953) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom 1910-36, wife of King George V. Vintage ink signature ('Mary R', as Queen) and date,...

ELIZABETH II : (1926- ) Queen of the united Kingdom since 1952  & PRINCE PHILIP (1921- )  Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Indivi...

ORLOV NIKOLAY: (1827-1885) Prince Orloff. Russian Diplomat and close friend to Emperor Alexander III. Ambassador of Russia to Paris and Brussels 1...

FRENCH PRESIDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC: An excellent set of eight letters signed, being seven A.Ls.S and one T.L.S., by various French Presidents of th...

ALCALA-ZAMORA NICETO: (1877-1949) Spanish Lawyer & Politician. Leader of the Republican revolutionary committee who, after serving as Minister und...

FDR – Stamp Collector ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN D: (1882-1945) American President 1933-45. T.L.S., Franklin D Roosevelt, one page, 4to, Albany, 15th Febr...

`..To be executed before 24 hours. Therefore you are kindly requested to order that the fateful machine is set up and that the executioner is awar...

BONAPARTE JÉROME: (1784-1860) King of Westphalia 1807-13. Younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. A good A.L.S., `Jerome´, one page, 8vo, La Cervio...

BONAPARTE JOSEPH: (1768-1844) King of Naples and Sicily (1806-08) and later King of Spain (1808-13, as Jose I). Elder brother of Napoleon Bonapart...