`…try to put big pins in your ass.. and do not take large scales to weigh cobwebs… There are a thousand occasions when a vaudeville is better than...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., [Paris], n.d. (c.1745)...

`…they will not be punished there for cases of simple fornication.´ ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesti...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A curious and very interesting autograph manuscript, two pages, 4to, n.p., [Pari...

‘I therefore come to ask you….to put an end to a state of affairs which is for me a terrible torture, physical and moral,  and of which I am yet ...

HERZEN ALEXANDER: (1812-1870) Russian writer and thinker, known as the ‘father of Russian socialism’. Signed and inscribed 8vo unbound edition of ...

RENAN ERNEST: (1823-1892) French Philosopher, Orientalist Scholar and expert of Semitic languages, Historian of religions and Critic. Renan wrote ...

VALERY PAUL: (1871-1945) French Poet and Philosopher. A very fine A.L.S., `Paul Valery´, three pages, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], Thursday 2nd March 1944, ...

GRIMM FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR: (1723-1807) Baron von Grimm. German-born French Diplomat, Journalist and art Critic. An important contributor to the Enc...

SAINT-PIERRE JACQUES-HENRI BERNARDIN DE: (1737-1814) French writer and botanist, best known for his popular 19th century children's book Paul et V...

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

STENDHAL: (1783-1842) Marie-Henri Beyle. French writer, considered one of the early and foremost practitioners of realism, whose works include Le ...

BALZAC HONORÉ DE: (1799-1850) French Novelist and Playwright. Best known for his masterwork novel La Comedie Humaine, a multi-novel collection of ...

BALZAC HONORÉ DE: (1799-1850) French Novelist and Playwright. Best known for his masterwork novel La Comedie Humaine, a multi-novel collection of ...

                                                  ‘I almost owe him my life’ BALZAC HONORÉ DE: (1799-1850) French Novelist and Playwright. Best kn...

RICHARDSON SAMUEL: (1689-1761) English Writer, Printer & Publisher. D.S., Saml. Richardson, one page, 4to (closely neatly trimmed at the edges), n...

SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832) Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. A.L.S., Walter Scott, one page, small 8vo, Castle Street, ...

SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832) Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Manuscript docket signed, Walter Scott, to the final page ...

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A.L.S., Mr. Charles Dickens, in the third person, one page, 8vo, Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Roches...

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English novelist. A very fine, extensive A.Q.S., Charles Dickens (an excellent example, with paraph), one page, 4to, ...

DODGSON CHARLES LUTWIDGE: (1832-1898) Lewis Carroll. English author, poet and mathematician whose works include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (...

COOPER JAMES FENIMORE: (1789-1851) American writer whose romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans is regarded as his masterpiece. D.S., J. Fenimore...

VIGNY ALFRED DE : (1797-1863) Count of Vigny. French Poet, Writer and Translator of Shakespeare. A fine A.L.S., `Alfred de Vigny´, one page, 8vo, ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A fine A.L.S., `Al Dumas´, one page, 8vo, blue paper, n....

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. An interesting A.L.S., Al. Dumas, one page, 8vo, blue pa...

`…from the third performance of Montecristo…´ DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A very goo...

MÉRIMÉE PROSPER: (1803-1870) French Dramatist, Historian and short story Writer. Best known for his novella Carmen which became the basis of Bizet...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. A good autograph letter, signed twice. A.L.S., `Victor Hugo´, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., `Frida...

                    `how moved I am by your magnificent page on Les Miserables´HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. A good A.L.S., V...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet & Novelist of the Romantic Movement. A good A.L.S., Victor Hugo, one page, 8vo, Paris, 25th June 1879, to a G...

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist. Widely considered the leading exponent of the literary realism. Best-known for his debut novel Mada...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Mr. Wolff, in French. Dumas sends a ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A good A.L.S., A. Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., [1865], to a Lady, in French. A...

‘The man is honourable, fine, but is he energetic, does he have the character to protect, defend, lead his wife, a 16-year-old woman’ DUMAS ALEXAN...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. The complete bound manuscript of Lettre a Paul Alexis, sixty-eight pages (written ...

VERNE JULES: (1828-1905) French Novelist. Best known for his science fiction and adventures novels. A.L.S., Jules Verne, one page, 8vo, Amiens, 20...

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French Writer. A fine A.L.S., `Maupassant´, two pages, written to first and third page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], n.d., to...

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...

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...

SARDOU VICTORIEN: (1831-1908) French dramatist whose works include La Tosca (1887) which formed the basis of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900)....

TURGENEV IVAN: (1818-1883) Russian novelist. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in Cyrillic. The manuscript, penned in a b...

'The cause is in the infirmities of my old age and some work, the necessity of which my vanity makes me believe.'TOLSTOY LEO: (1828-1910) Russian ...

JAMES HENRY: (1843-1916) American-born British author. A.L.S., Henry James, six pages, 8vo, Pall Mall, London, 13th November 1911, to Doctor [Jose...

HAGGARD H. RIDER: (1856-1925) English writer of adventure fiction including King Solomon's Mines. A brief A.L.S., H. Rider Haggard, on one side of...

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

BARRIE J. M.: (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and playwright, the creator of Peter Pan. A.L.S., J M Barrie, one page, 8vo, Cavendish Street, Cavendi...

MUSSET ALFRED DE: (1810-1857) French Poet and Novelist. Best known for his autobiographical novel The Confession of a Child of the Century (''Conf...

MUSSET ALFRED DE: (1810-1857) French Poet and Novelist. Best known for his autobiographical novel The Confession of a Child of the Century (''Conf...

BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. A very fine A.L.S., `C. Baudelaire´, one page, 8vo, n.p. ...

`..if you want or if you can be quite generous, give me something in order to take someone with me (a Lady).´BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) Frenc...

VERLAINE PAUL: (1844-1896) French Poet. Considered one of the greatest in French poetry. A.N.S., `P. Verlaine´, one page, oblong 12mo, n.p., 23rd ...

[VERLAINE PAUL]: (1844-1896) French Poet. Considered one of the greatest in French poetry. Original printed mourning invitation to Verlaine´s buri...

MALLARMÉ STÉPHANE: (1842-1898) His pen name being Etienne Mallarmé. French Poet. A major symbolist Poet who strongly inspired future artistic scho...

RICHEPIN JEAN: (1849-1926) French Poet and Novelist. Two excellent and lengthy documents, the first being the original manuscript in the hand of R...

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French Poet and Dramatist of Cyrano de Bergerac. Vintage signed and inscribed 5 x 7 attractive cabinet photograph by R...

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French Poet. Best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. A very fine A.L.S. `Edmond Rostand´, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d...

APOLLINAIRE GUILLAUME: (1880-1918) French Poet, Playwright and Novelist. One of the forefathers of Surrealism, Apollinaire is credited with coinin...

LOUYS PIERRE: (1870-1925) French Poet and Novelist. A very good A.L.S., with his initials, two pages, small 4to, Villa Velleda, Arcachon, 13th Aug...

JACOB MAX: (1876-1944) French Poet and Painter. A good A.L.S., Max Jacob, one page, small 4to, Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire, 12th February 1925, to Char...

ARAGON LOUIS: (1897-1982) French poet, one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. An excellent manuscript poem signed, Aragon...