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NORRIS LESLIE: (1921-2006) Welsh poet and short story writer. T.L.S., Leslie Norris , one page, 4to, Aldingbourne, Chichester, Sussex, 17th Augu...

MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA FRANCISCO: (1787-1862) Spanish Statesman and Dramatist. Spanish prime minister 1822 & 1834-35. Martinez de la Rosa was the fi...

ACTON HAROLD: (1904-1994) British writer and scholar, a prominent member of the Bright Young Things. A.L.S., Harold Acton , one page, 4to, La Pi...

DICK PHILIP K.: (1928-1982) American science fiction writer whose novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) was adapted for the cult mo...

VOLKHOVSKY FELIKS: (1846-1914) Russian revolutionary, journalist and writer. A.L.S., F. Volkhovsky , three pages, 8vo, St. John's Road, Upper Ho...

STRAND MARK: (1934-2014) Canadian-born American poet, United States Poet Laureate 1990-91. Small selection of three A.Ls.S., Mark Strand , each ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. An excellent content lengthy A.L.S., ` A. Dumas f.´, four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d.,...

ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944) French Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1915. A very good association content by Rolland, A.L...

MASARYK TOMAS: (1850-1937) Czechoslovak politician and statesman who served as the first President of Czechoslovakia 1918-35. A good A.L.S., T. ...

BURNAND F. C.: (1836-1917) English comic writer and playwright, remembered as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan´s opera Cox and Box . An illustr...

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French novelist. A.L.S., Maupassant , to one side of his personal printed correspondence card, Rue de Montchanin ...

EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. A.L.S., Edward R , as King, on two sides of a correspondence card, Buckingham Palace...

LEHMANN JOHN: (1907-1987) English publisher and poet who joined Leonard and Virginia Woolf as managing director of their Hogarth Press from 1938-...

CHE GUEVARA ERNESTO: (1928-1967) Argentine Marxist Revolutionary and guerrilla Leader. An iconic symbol of rebellion. Guevara joined the Cuban co...

SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832) Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Ink signature ( ‘Walter Scott’ ) on a slim oblong 12mo pi...

Albert Camus - The Outsider, translated by Stuart Gilbert, introduction by Cyril Connolly, pub Hamish Hamilton, 1st English Edition, originally pu...

John Berryman - 77 Dream Songs, pub Farrar Straus and Co, 1964, 1st US edition, dj priced at $3.95. Together with two type script poems, THE LAY O...

FOLIO SOCIETY: Jane Austen novels in seven volumes; Austen Leigh, A Memoir of Jane Austen; Jane Austen, The History of England; Anthony Trollope, ...

A small collection of early to late Victorian scrap books, various decorative bindings, including leather, buckram with gilt decoration, one leath...

John Major - The Autobiography, pub Harper Collins, 1999 1st ed SIGNED copy. Gerald De Gaury - Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia, 1966 1st ed, with 36s...

SAVARY ANNE JEAN-MARIE: (1774-1833) French General under the revolution and Empire and Minister of Police 1810-14, succeeding Fouché. Duc de Rovi...

TERRAY JOSEPH MARIE: (1715-1778) French abbot, Controller-General of Finances during the reign of King Louis XV of France, an agent of fiscal ref...

DENIS MAURICE: (1870-1943) French painter whose theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism and abstract art. A.L.S., Maurice Den...

DREISER THEODORE: (1871-1945) American novelist. A.L.S., Theodore Dreiser , two pages, 4to, New York, 23rd August 1928, to Blodgett. Dreiser sta...

BOSCO JOHN: (1815-1888) Don Bosco. Italian Roman Catholic Priest, Educator and Writer. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than pu...

ZWEIG STEFAN: (1881-1942) Austrian Novelist, Playwright, Journalist and Biographer, and himself a passionate collector of autograph manuscripts. ...

BECKETT SAMUEL: (1906-1989) Irish novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1969. A.L.S., Sam , to the verso of a vintage pict...

LAPLACE PIERRE SIMON: (1749-1827) Marquis de Laplace. French Scholar and Scientist whose works developed mathematics, physics and astronomy. Lapl...

STEIN GERTRUDE: (1874-1946) American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector who hosted a famous salon in Paris. A good A.L.S., Gertrude St...

NABOKOV VLADIMIR: (1899-1977) Russian-born American novelist and poet whose works include Lolita (1955). A rare D.S., Vladimir Nabokov , two p...

BOULEZ PIERRE: (1925-2016) French composer and conductor. A.L.S., with his initials P B , to the verso of a picture postcard depicting the Mulhe...

CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Autograph Letter, unsigned, one...

BELLOW SAUL: (1915-2005) Canadian-American writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1976. D.S., Saul Bellow , two pages, 4to, n.p., 10th March...

O'NEILL EUGENE: (1888-1953) American playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1936. An interesting A.L.S., Eugene O'Neill , to two sides o...

GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French Composer. A good signed twice A.L.S., ` Ch. Gounod ´ and ` Ch. Gd´, three pages, 8vo, Montretout, 10 th Nove...

MONETA ERNESTO TEODORO: (1833-1918) Italian journalist and nationalist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1907. A.L.S., E T Moneta , two pages (written ...

PIRANDELLO LUIGI: (1867-1936) Italian Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1934. A scarce A.L.S., ` Luigi Pirandello´, two p...

BAILLY JEAN SYLVAIN: (1736-1793) French Mathematician, Astronomer and the first Mayor of the city of Paris. Bailly was guillotined for his partic...

BACARDI EMILIO: (1844-1922) Emilio Bacardi Moreau. Cuban Industrialist and Politician. Bacardi managed the Bacardi Rum Company and served as the ...

DAVIS JEFFERSON: (1808-1889) American politician who served as the first and only President of the Confederate States 1861-65. A.L.S., Jefferson...

NORDAU MAX SIMON: (1849-1923) Zionist Leader, Physician, co-Founder of the World Zionist Organization and Author of many controversial works such...

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 ...

BERGSON HENRI: (1859-1941) French Philosopher. A major influential Thinker. Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 1927. A very good with interesting...

ROSSINI GIOACHINO: (1792-1868) Italian composer of operas. D.S., Gioachino Rossini , two pages, 4to (onion skin paper), Paris, 15 th March 1866...

[DIANA]: (1961-1997) Princess of Wales, the first wife of King Charles III (when Prince of Wales). SPENCER CHARLES (1964- ) 9th Earl Spencer, V...

NAIPAUL V. S.: (1932-2018) Trinidadian-born British writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 2001. A.L.S., V S Naipaul , one page, 4to (foldin...

DIESEL RUDOLF: (1858-1913) German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for having invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel (both n...

COLETTE: (1873-1954) French author, best known for her novella Gigi (1944). A.L.S., Colette , two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (1936), to Leopold Ma...

PHILIP II: (1527-1598) King of Spain 1556-98. During his marriage to Queen Mary I of England, he was King of England and Ireland 1554-58. Rare L....

WAUGH AUBERON: (1939-2001) English journalist and novelist, son of Evelyn Waugh. A brief T.L.S., Auberon Waugh , one page, 8vo, Combe Florey, Ta...

KEROUAC JACK: (1922-1969) American novelist and poet, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. A scarce T.L.S., Jack , in bold pencil, to one side of a...

FLAMMARION CAMILLE: (1842-1925) French Astronomer, and prolific Author. A fine A.L.S., ` Flammarion ´, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 5th December 1899, ...

SMITH JAMES EDWARD: (1759-1828) English botanist, founder of the Linnean Society. A.L.S., J E Smith , one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (´ Tuesday ´), t...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola , two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Medan, 1st ...

MINOT STEPHEN: (1927-2010) American novelist and short story writer. T.L.S., Steve , one page, 4to, Simsbury, Connecticut, 27th March 1974, to S...

CONRAD JOSEPH: (1857-1924) Polish-British novelist. A fine A.L.S., J. Conrad , two pages, oblong 8vo, Capel House, Orlestone, near Ashford, 7th ...

FANTIN-LATOUR HENRI: (1836-1904) French painter. A.L.S., H. Fantin-Latour , to two sides of a plain correspondence card, n.p., 24th November 190...

[PICASSO PABLO]: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. VERDET ANDRE (1913-2004) French poet, painter and sculptor, ...

BENES EDVARD: (1884-1948) President of Czechoslovakia 1935-38, 1940-45 (in exile) & 1945-48. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Be...

CAILLEBOTTE GUSTAVE: (1848-1894) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., G Caillebotte , two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ( 'Vendredi' ), to a friend, i...