AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS AUCTION

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Fils: (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A good A.L.S. `A. Dumas fils´, three pages, 8vo, n.p., January 1885, to Emile Desch...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas f, one page, 8vo, Rue Pigale, Paris, n.d., to [Charles] Desnoyer, i...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. Brief A.L.S., A Dumas f, one page, 8vo, Avenue de Villiers (Paris), n.d., to a frie...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. An excellent A.L.S., A. Dumas, one page, blue paper, 8vo, n.p., n.d., [1852], to Mo...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 2.5 x 3.5 photograph, the albumen print f...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, two pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (watermark of 1857), i...

VERNE JULES: (1828-1905) French Novelist. Best known for his science fiction and adventures novels. An excellent signed cabinet card photograph by...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. A.L.S., Emile Zola, one page, Paris, 1st of May 1880, to an unidentified correspondent, in French. Zola sta...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. Nominated for the first and second award of the Nobel of literature in 1901 and 1902. A leading figure in t...

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French Writer. A.L.S., Maupassant, two pages, 12mo, Paris, n.d., on his personal printed stationery, 10th rue de Mo...

TOLSTOY LEO: (1828-1910) Russian Novelist. Rare vintage signed postcard photograph of Tolstoy in a head and shoulders pose. Signed `Leon Tolstoy´,...

HARDY THOMAS: (1840-1928) English Novelist & Poet. A good A.L.S., Thomas Hardy, one page, 8vo, Mandeville Place, London (although on the blind emb...

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

POPE ALEXANDER: (1688-1744) English Poet, known for his satirical verse and use of the heroic couplet. Pope is the second most frequently quoted w...

COWPER WILLIAM: (1731-1800) English Poet & Hymnodist, a supporter of the Abolitionist Campaign and author of The Negro's Complaint (1788), often q...

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

LAMARTINE ALPHONSE DE: (1790-1869) French Writer, Poet and Politician. A.N.S., `Lamartine´, one page, 12mo, n.p., n.d., in French. Lamartine sends...

TENNYSON ALFRED: (1809-1892) English Poet Laureate 1850-92. D.S., A Tennyson, being a signed cheque, one page, oblong 8vo, Freshwater, Isle of Wig...

GUICCIOLI TERESA: (1800-1873) Also known as Contessa Guiccioli. Best known as the married lover of Lord Byron. She inspired him while living in It...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. A.L.S., Victor Hugo, one page, 8vo, Paris, 2nd of April, n.y, to Gustave de Chanaleilles, in Fr...

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

SWINBURNE A. C.: (1837-1909) English Poet. Autograph Quotation, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (post 1867). Swinburne has penned a quotation ...

GORKY MAXIM: (1868-1936) Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, Russian Writer and political socialist Activist & CHALIAPIN FEODOR (1873-1938) Russian Opera S...

CHEKHOV ANTON: (1860-1904) Russian Playwright and short-story writer. Autograph envelope, unsigned, being a significant fragment of the front pane...

KOUPRIN ALEXANDER: (1870-1938) Russian Writer, Pilot, Explorer and Adventurer. Best known for his story The Duel. A.L.S., `Aleksandr Kuprin´, in C...

MEREZHKOVSKY DMITRY: (1866-1941) Russian Novelist and Poet. A main symbolist figure of the Silver Age Russian Poetry. Merezhkovsky was nine times ...

MANN HEINRICH: (1871-1950) German Novelist whose work Professor Unrat (1905) was adapted into the film The Blue Angel (1930) directed by Josef von...

LAWRENCE D.H.: (1885-1930) English Writer. A good A.L.S., with his initials D.H.L., two pages, 4to, Scandicci, Florence, n.d. ('Friday', 28th Octo...

JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941) Irish Novelist. Regarded as one of the more influential writers of the 20th century, he is best known for his work Ulysse...

POTTER BEATRIX: (1866-1943) English Author & Illustrator of children's books featuring animal characters including Peter Rabbit. A fine illustrate...

COLETTE: (1873-1954) French Novelist of Gigi (1945). A.L.S., Colette, two pages, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Serge [Veber], ('Mon petit Serge'), in...

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French Poet. Best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. A good A.L.S. `Edmond Rostand´, one page, small 4to, n.p., 3r...

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French Poet and Dramatist of Cyrano de Bergerac. Vintage signed and inscribed 4 x 5.5 cabinet photograph by Rostand, t...

PAGNOL MARCEL: (1895-1974) French Filmmaker, Novelist & Playwright. Book signed and inscribed, being a paperback edition of Le Chateau de ma Mere ...

TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA GIUSEPPE: (1896-1957) Italian Writer, the last Prince of Lampedusa. A good presentation book signed and inscribed by Lampedusa...

CALVINO ITALO: (1923-1985) Italian Journalist and Writer. T.L.S., Italo Calvino, one page, 4to, Rome, 19th June 1959, to Howard Greenfeld of The O...

LEWIS C. S.: (1898-1963) Irish Novelist & Academic, author of The Chronicles of Narnia. Autograph envelope signed, with his initials ('CSL') in th...

CHRISTIE AGATHA: (1890-1976) English Crime Novelist. An excellent A.L.S., Agatha Christie Mallowan, two pages, 8vo, Wallingford, Berkshire, 12th D...

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) English Author. A.L.S., Daphne, six pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 11th December 1946, to Miss. Maureen Lusc...

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A good A.L.S., with his initials GBS, on one side of a...

FEDIN KONSTANTIN: (1892-1977) Russian Novelist. Autograph Statement signed, `Const. Fedine´, one page, oblong 4to, Leningrad, 3rd March 1926, in C...

KOSINSKI JERZY: (1933-1991) Polish-American Novelist. A good original black pen and ink sketch drawn and signed by Kosinski, one page, 4to, New Yo...

SIMENON GEORGES: (1903-1989) Belgian Writer, creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Unusual autograph letter in English, A.L.S., George...

KELLY GEORGE: (1887-1974) American Playwright. A.L.S., George Kelly, two pages, 4to, Sun City, California, 2nd November 1966, to Marshall Bean. Ke...

WILDER THORNTON: (1897-1975) American Playwright & Novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner. A.L.S., Thornton Wilder, one page, 8vo, New Haven, Connecticut...

MILLER HENRY: (1891-1980) American Writer. A.N.S., Henry Miller, to one side of a plain postcard, n.p. (Monterey, California), 26th September 1944...

DICK PHILIP K.: (1928-1982) American Writer of Science Fiction. A rare T.L.S., Phil, one page, 4to, Santa Ana, California, 25th May 1979, to Profe...

GREEN JULIEN: (1900-1998) American Writer. He wrote mostly in French and was the first non-French to be elected to the French Academy. A good A.L....

URIS LEON: (1924-2003) American Author. Best known for his bestselling historical fiction works. Three signed photographs, 7 x 5, 9.5 x 6.5 and 8 ...

KING STEPHEN: (1947- ) American Author. Signed 10 x 8 photograph showing the writer outdoors, seated in a full length pose, during a filming. Bold...

BORGES JORGE LUIS: (1899-1986) Argentine Short-Story Writer, Essayist, Poet & Translator, a key figure in Spanish literature. A good, rare autogra...

HUAIZHONG XU: (1929- ) Chinese Novelist. Awarded with the prestigious Mao Dun Literature Prize. A clean A.L.S., written and signed in Chinese char...

LITERATURE: Small selection of signed clipped pieces by various writers and novelists comprising Rudyard Kipling, J. M. Barrie, H. Rider Haggard, ...

LITERATURE: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American Author & Poet. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Wilcox in a head and shoulders pose...

WRITERS: Two good signed and inscribed photographs by CAMILO JOSÉ CELA (1916-2002) Spanish Novelist and Essayist, associated with the generation o...

FRENCH AUTHORS: A good selection of twelve A.Ls.S., L.S., Ans.S., and two T.Ls.S., by various French authors, comprising George Sand (1804-1876) A...

STEINER RUDOLF: (1861-1925) Austrian Philosopher, Founder of Antroposophy. Steiner was also a literary Critic, Architect, and a claimed Clairvoyan...

MARCEL GABRIEL: (1889-1973) French Philosopher, Playwright and Christian Existentialist. Widely regarded as the first French Existentialist, Marce...

FIKRET TEVFIK: (1867-1915) Ottoman Educator & Poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik. Considered the founder of the modern school of ...

ANNUNZIO GABRIELE D´: (1863-1938) Prince of Montenevoso. Italian Writer, Poet and WWI Soldier. Known as ''The Prophet''. A good A.L.S., `Gabriele´...