AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

DAHL ROALD: (1916-1990) British Novelist, remembered for his children's books. T.L.S., Roald Dahl, one page, 4to, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire...

AWDRY REV. W.: (1911-1997) English Anglican Cleric, Railway Enthusiast and Children's Author, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine. An intriguing A.L...

ROWLING J.K.: (1965- ) Joanne Rowling, British Novelist writing under the pen name J.K Rowling. Best known for writing the series Harry Potter. Si...

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Dick Bruna (1927-2017) Dutch Author, Artist, Illustrator & Graphic Designer, famous for his creation of Miffy. Signed 8 x 1...

GASKELL ELIZABETH: (1810-1865) British Novelist, the first to write a biography of Charlotte Bronte. A.L.S., E. C. Gaskell, three pages, 8vo, Rue ...

`There is no Religion higher than Truth´  BESANT ANNIE: (1847-1933) British Theosophist, a pioneer of women´s rights activism, Writer and Philanth...

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. D.S., Daphne du Maurier, at the conclusion, and further signed twice with her initials D du M at th...

WELLS H. G.: (1866-1946) English Writer of Science Fiction novels. A good vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Wells in a s...

HUXLEY ALDOUS: (1894-1963) English Writer.A.L.S., Aldous Huxley, two pages, 8vo, Sanary-sur-Mer, 24th December 1930, to Mr. [G. H.] Grubb. Huxley ...

DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A ruled small 8vo page removed from a notebook bearing Doyle's hologr...

‘Spiritualism is the basis of the religion of the future’  DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A scarce o...

DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A fine A.L.S., A Conan Doyle, on two sides of his personal printed co...

CHANDLER RAYMOND: (1888-1959) American Crime Writer, creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe. D.S., Raymond Chandler, one page, 4to, Holly...

SIMENON GEORGES: (1903-1989) Belgian Writer. Best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Signed and inscribed 5.5 x 4 phot...

'As for science-fiction, I don't believe in it’  SIMENON GEORGES: (1903-1989) Belgian Writer, creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. An...

‘Romaine was not in court when the “strawberry blonde” was mentioned’  CHRISTIE AGATHA: (1890-1976) English Crime Novelist. An excellent T.L.S., A...

LE CARRE JOHN: (1931-     ) British Author of espionage novels, a former officer with the Secret Intelligence Service. Souvenir Typed Quotation Si...

TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) American Writer. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain being his pen name, and best known for his novel The Adventures...

BURROUGHS EDGAR RICE: (1875-1950) American Writer, creator of the jungle hero Tarzan. Vintage fountain pen ink signature and inscription, 'My dear...

POUND EZRA: (1885-1972) American expatriate Poet, a major figure in the Modernist movement. A.L.S., with his initials E P, on one side of a plain ...

MILLER HENRY: (1891-1980) American Writer. A.L.S., Henry Miller, one page, 4to, Big Sur, 9th July 1958, to Ann Perkoff. Miller states that he is r...

SALINGER J. D.: (1919-2010) American Author of The Catcher in the Rye (1951). A rare vintage 9 x 7 souvenir photograph, loosely inserted within a ...

CLEMENT IX: (1600-1669) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1667-69. Rare L.S., `Giulio Arciv. Di Tarso´, with one holographof text, one page, 4to, ...

ALEXANDER VIII: (1610-1691) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1689-91. Last Pope taking this Pontifical name. His Papacy only last 15 months. A go...

CLEMENT XII: (1652-1740) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1730-40. Clement XII started the construction of the Trevi Fountain. Rare L.S., `L.[ore...

LEO XII: (1760-1829) Pope of Roman Catholic Church and Ruler of Papal States 1823-29. A conservative and unpopular Pope who approved a law forbidd...

PIUS X: (1835-1914) Pope of the Catholic Church 1903-14. A fine vintage signed 10.5 x 13.5 photograph by Pius X, featuring an Apostolic Blessing, ...

PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1963-78. A very fine A.L.S., `GB. Montini´, one page, 8vo, Rome, 24th March 1942, to an uni...

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by ...

Nightingale writes just months after the end of the Crimean War  NIGHTINGALE FLORENCE: (1820-1910) English Pioneer of modern Nursing. A.L.S., Flor...

`Your affectionate adherence to Napoleon, in his fallen fortunes, has, in my eyes, more of grandeur than his own most brilliant achievements..´ CH...

ARTS THE: A good, interesting hardback bound 4to album containing over 60 signed clipped pieces, letterheads, A.Ls.S., musical quotations etc., by...

‘I hope that the translation will be of a nature to satisfy Madame Conrady and the other ladies who are associated with the work of the enfranchis...

FISKE DANIEL WILLARD: (1831-1904) American Librarian and Scholar. University Librarian of Cornell University. Co-founder of the first American Che...

[BONNIE & CLYDE]: [PARKER BONNIE] (1910-1934) & [BARROW CLYDE] (1909-1934) American Outlaws and Criminals. An original printed small 4to Wanted po...

[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American Bank Robber. An original printed small 4to Wanted poster (in the form of a folding mailshot) issued by J. E...

HOOVER J. EDGAR: (1895-1972) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1935-72. T.L.S., J. Edgar Hoover, one page, Washington, 1s...

SEABROOK WILLIAM: (1884-1945) American Journalist, Explorer, Occultist and cannibal. Seabrook served in World War I where he was gassed at Verdun,...

CECIL ROBERT: (1864-1958) 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. British Lawyer, Politician & Diplomat, one of the architects of the League of Nations. N...

SCHIAPARELLI ELSA: (1890-1973) Italian Fashion Designer whose clothes were heavily influenced by the surrealists. A scarce, brief A.L.S., Elsa Sch...

‘I have philosophy enough to perceive that honorary distinctions do not produce happiness’  EVEREST GEORGE: (1790-1866) British Colonel, Surveyor ...

LECLERC GEORGES, COMTE DE BUFFON: (1707-1788) French Naturalist and Mathematician. He published during his lifetime 36 volumes of his Histoire Nat...

SENEBIER JEAN: (1742-1809) Genevan Naturalist. A major Pioneer of photosynthesis research. Senebier was a Calvinist Pastor. Senebier correctly con...

BICHAT XAVIER: (1771-1802) French Anatomist and Pathologist, regarded as the father of modern histology. An extremely rare A.L.S., Xav. Bichat, on...

'You will find Madame Struve a very pleasing lady’  AIRY GEORGE: (1801-1892) English Mathematician & Astronomer who served as Astronomer Royal 183...

BABBAGE CHARLES: (1791-1871) English Mathematician & Inventor who originated the concept of a programmable computer. A good A.L.S., C Babbage, two...

BAIRD JOHN LOGIE: (1888-1946) Scottish Engineer and Inventor of the world's first working television system. Scarce T.L.S., J.L. Baird, one page, ...

AMERICAN INVENTORS: Elisha Gray (1835-1901) American Electrical Engineer, remembered for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 and cons...

BERNOUILLI DANIEL: (1700-1782) Swiss Mathematician and Physicist. Best remembered for his pioneering work in probability and statistics. His name ...

HERSCHEL JOHN: (1792-1871) English Mathematician, Astronomer, Chemist & Inventor. A.L.S., J.F.W.Herschel, three pages, 8vo, Collingwood, Hawkhurst...

KELVIN LORD: (1824-1907) Irish-born British Mathematical Physicist and Engineer. L.S., William Thomson, three pages, 8vo, Glasgow, 25th July 1890,...

NEUMANN JOHN VON : (1903-1957) Hungarian-American Mathematician,  Physicist, and computer Scientist. Widely regarded as the foremost mathematician...

`…deeply touched by your offering. But I cannot accept it because you have not been bitten…´  PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895) French Chemist & Microbio...

TISSOT SAMUEL AUGUSTE: (1728-1797) Swiss Physician. A good A.L.S., `Tissot´, one page, [Lausanne], 12th February 1797, to Monsieur Paschond, in Fr...

CAVENDISH HENRY: (1731-1810) English Scientist & Natural Philosopher, and important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist, noted for ...

JENNER EDWARD: (1749-1823) English Physician & Scientist, the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. An extremely rare and signif...

HICKS JOHN: (1904-1989) British Economist. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972. Widely considered one of the most influential econom...

HAYEK FRIEDRICH VON: (1899-1992) Austrian-British Economist and Philosopher. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his works in the Theory...

‘I cannot hope that your collection of autographs reaches large dimensions’  FLEMING ALEXANDER: (1881-1955) Scottish Biologist, Nobel Prize winner...

`The gases we have extracted during the ebullition process have been examined under radioactive point of view. They do not contain radium emanatio...