Autographs, Letters & Manuscripts

SPRANGER EDUARD: (1882-1963) German Philosopher. Best known for his contribution to personality theory in his book Lebensformen ("Types of Men"), ...

LOSSKY NIKOLAY: (1870-1965) Russian Philosopher. Creator of the Intuitive-Personalism philosophical concept. Signed 5.5 x 9 front free endpaper pa...

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

SAINTE-BEUVE CHARLES AUGUSTIN: (1804-1869) French literary Critic. Proust´s masterwork A la Recherche du temps perdu develops the ideas contained ...

COPPEE FRANÇOIS: (1842-1908) French Poet and Novelist. Also known as "The Poet of the Humble". A.N., on his personal printed visiting card, bearin...

GEFFROY GUSTAVE: (1855-1926) French Novelist, Journalist and art Critic. A founding member of the Academie Goncourt. A.L.S., `Gustave Geffroy´, on...

PREVOST MARCEL: (1862-1941) French Author. Vintage signed postcard photograph by Prevost, with a funny statement in his hand, the H. Manny image d...

PRISHVIN MIKHAIL: (1873-1954) Russian Soviet Writer. T.L.S., `M. Prishvin´, in Cyrillic, Moscow, one page, oblong 4to, 14th July 1935, to Alexande...

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

HOLMES OLIVER WENDELL: (1809-1894) American Physician, Poet, Professor and Author. A.L.S., O W Holmes, three pages, 8vo, Edinburgh, 27th June 1886...

LAGERLOF SELMA: (1858-1940) Swedish Author, the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1909. A.Q.S., Selma Lagerlof, on an obl...

BUCK PEARL S.: (1892-1973) American Writer and Novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner 1932, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1938. T.L.S., Pearl S. Buc...

HILLARY EDMUND: (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. A good D.S., ...

LACEPEDE BERNARD GERMAIN DE: (1756-1825) French Naturalist. L.S., Cte de Lacepede, two pages, folio, Paris, 19th November 1813, to Baron Riouffe, ...

SCHLIEMANN HEINRICH: (1822-1890) German Archaeologist. A Pioneer in the study of Bronze Age. Schliemann supported the idea that Homer´s Iliad and ...

OBERTH HERMANN: (1894-1989) Austro-Hungarian born, German Physicist. Widely considered one of the founding fathers of rockets and astronautics. Si...

DEBUS KURT: (1908-1983) German Rocket Scientist, worked alongside Wernher von Braun. Debus became the first director of the Kennedy Space Centre i...

LE BRIX JOSEPH: (1899-1931) French Aviator. And Lieutenant Commander in the French Navy. Well remembered for his around-the-world flight in 1927-1...

BREGUET LOUIS: (1880-1955) French Aviator and Pioneer Aircraft Designer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Breguet, the image showing him seat...

RITCHIE HENRY: (1876-1958) Henry Peel Ritchie. British Royal Navy Captain. Ritchie received the first Victoria Cross awarded to naval personnel du...

MACARTHUR DOUGLAS: (1880-1964) American Military Leader of WWII. T.L.S., Douglas MacArthur, one page, 4to, General Headquarters Southwest Pacific...

BLUMENTRITT GUNTHER: (1892-1967) German Officer during Worl War I and further Nazi General during WWII. Blumentritt played a main role on the plan...

GOEBBELS JOSEPH: (1897-1945) German Politician, Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany 1933-45. Rare vintage signed and inscribed sepia 11.5...

FRERON LOUIS-MARIE STANISLAS: (1754-1802) French Politician, member of the National Convention. Freron is remembered as the infamous appointed to ...

CAMBON PIERRE JOSEPH: (1756-1820) French Statesman, member of the National Convention, and a talented financial advisor. Cambon drew up the first ...

RABAUT JEAN-PAUL: (1743-1793) Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne. French Revolutionary and Convention member. Leader of the Protestants. Guillotined. ...

CHAUMETTE PIERRE GASPARD: (1763-1794) French Politician during the revolution period. Guillotinedat the age of 30. He acted as prosecutor on the G...

LASOURCE: (1763-1793) Marc David Alba, known as Lasource, being the “nom de guerre” he adopted as a Protestant priest prosecuted by official autho...

BOURBOTTE PIERRE: (1763-1795) French Revolutionary, Deputy and member of the National Convention. Bourbotte voted in favour of the King´s Louis XV...

CLAUZEL & LOISEAU: Jean-Baptiste Clauzel (1746-1803) and Jean François Loiseau (1751-1809) French members of the Convention. D.S., `Clauzel´ and `...

ROMME GILBERT: (1750-1795) President of the Convention 1793. French Politician and Mathematician who developed the French Republican Calendar. He ...

BARRAS PAUL: (1755-1829) French Politician during French Revolution. Main executive leader of the Directory regime 1795-99. Large D.S., P. Barras,...

ESPAGNE JEAN LOUIS BRIGITTE : (1769-1809) French cavalry General, killed in the Essling battle at the early age of 30. Rare L.S., `Jean Espagne´, ...

BONNIER D´ALCO ANTOINE: (1750-1799) French Diplomat and member of the National Convention. Bonnier d´Alco voted in favour of the execution of King...

WIRION LOUIS: (1764-1810) French General of the Gendarmerie. Rare A.L.S., Wirion, one page, folio, Verdun, 23rd January 1804, to the Minister of w...

VALÉE SYLVAIN: (1773-1846) French general and Marshal. A good set of two lengthy letters, the first being an A.L.S, with paraph, three pages, 4to,...

VALÉE SYLVAIN: (1773-1846) French general and Marshal. A.L.S., `Le Gral. Valée´, one n.p., n.d., to Colonel François Anthoine, in French. Valée as...

DUFOUR FRANÇOIS BERTRAND : (1765-1832) French General of the revolution and first Empire. A very interesting L.S., Dufour, two pages, folio, n.p.,...

CISALPINE REPUBLIC: A good A.L.S., by Captain Malavasi, `Salut Rispetto - Malavasi´, one page, folio, Bolonia, 2nd December 1798, to the war Minis...

DUBOIS ANTOINE : (1756-1837) French Surgeon. Appointed Chief Surgeon of the Egypt expedition by Napoleon and accoucheur of Marie-Louise. A.L.S., `...

PEREIRA FORJAZ MIQUEL: (1769-1827) Portuguese General, 9th Count of Feira. A very interesting A.L.S., Forjaz two pages, 4to, Belem, Portugal, 9th ...

BERTHIER LOUIS-ALEXANDRE: (1753-1815) Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. Rare A.L.S., Berthier, two pages, 4to...

JOURDAN JEAN BAPTISTE: (1762-1833) Marshal of France. A good multiple L.S., Paris, 5th January 1798, to the Executive Directory of Paris, to war C...

BERNADOTTE JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1763-1844) Marshal of France, Prince de Pontecorvo and King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. L.S., J.B. B...

BERTHIER LOUIS-ALEXANDRE: (1753-1815) Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. Two good documents signed by Marshal ...

CLARKE HENRI JACQUES GUILLAUME: (1765-1818) Marshal of France in 1816, one of six created under King Louis XVIII from 1815-24. Duc de Feltre and M...

[SOULT NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU]: (1769-1851) Marshal of France, Duc de Dalmatie. An interesting and lengthy contemporary manuscript, nineteen pages, ...

VICTOR-PERRIN CLAUDE: (1764-1841) Marshal of France. Minister of war. Duc de Belluno. L.S., `De Bellune´, with a three lines holograph post-script...

VICTOR-PERRIN CLAUDE: (1764-1841) Marshal of France. Duc de Belluno. An interesting L.S., Le Mal de Bellune, one page, 4to, Paris, 22nd November 1...

VICTOR-PERRIN CLAUDE: (1764-1841) Marshal of France. Duc de Belluno. L.S., De Belluno, one page, 8vo, Paris, 9th September 1822, to an unidentifie...

DUPUYTREN GUILLAUME : (1777-1835) Baron Dupuytren. French military Surgeon. Best known for his description of the Dupuytren´s contracture which is...

PERCY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS: (1754-1825) French Doctor and Chief Surgeon of the Grande Armée during the Napoleonic wars. He invented a new kind of ambul...

HEURTELOUP NICOLAS : (1750-1812) French chief Surgeon of the Grande Armée, after succeeding Pierre-François Percy. Napoleon highly valued Heurtelo...

DESGENETTES RENÉ & COSTE JEAN-FRANÇOIS : René Nicolas Dufriche-Desgenettes (1762-1837) Baron Desgenettes. One of the most renowned French military...

WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A.L.S., The Duke of Wellington, in the third per...

BONAPARTE CAROLINE: (1782-1839) Queen Consort of Naples 1808-15, wife of Joachim Murat. Younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. L.S., Caroline, one ...

MURAT ACHILLE: (1801-1847) Prince Murat. Eldest son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples and brother in law of Napoleon. Achille went into exile in Au...

BONAPARTE MATHILDE: (1820-1904) French Princess of San Donato. Daughter of Jerome Bonaparte and niece of Napoleon Bonaparte. A.L.S., with her unus...

[CLUNY ABBEY]: Benedictine monastery in Cluny, France, dedicated to St. Peter. Its earliest basilica was the largest church one in the world until...

PHILIP III: (1578-1621) King of Spain 1598-1621. D.S., Yo el Rey, as King, a bold and large good youth signature example, one page, folio, Royal P...