CLARKE ARTHUR C.: (1917-2008) English science fiction writer who co-wrote the screenplay for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). T.L.S., Arthur...

FITZGERALD F. SCOTT: (1896-1940) American novelist whose works include The Great Gatsby (1925). A rare D.S., F Scott Fitzgerald, one page, 4to, Ho...

STEIN GERTRUDE: (1874-1946) American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, famous for hosting her Paris salon where the leading figures of...

HAMMETT DASHIELL: (1894-1961) American author of hardboiled detective fiction including The Maltese Falcon (1930). Hammett's novels had a large in...

WILDER THORNTON: (1897-1975) American playwright and novelist. A.L.S., Thornton Wilder, one page, 8vo, Edgartown, Massachusetts, 8th August 1975, ...

WILLIAMS TENNESSEE: (1911-1983) American playwright. A.L.S., Tennessee Williams, one page, slim oblong 8vo, Key West, Florida, 6th February 1952, ...

ASIMOV ISAAC: (1920-1992) Russian-born American science fiction writer. T.L.S., Isaac Asimov, one page, 4to, New York, 15th January 1949, to Erle ...

On his masterpiece, the cult novel Ferdydurke – ‘It is certainly a very particular and combative book which provoked a hostile reaction in certain...

VASSILIKOS VASSILIS: (1934-     ) Greek writer and diplomat whose most famous work is the political work Z (1967) which formed the basis for the a...

SAPKOWSKI ANDRZEJ: (1948- ) Polish Writer. A fantasy writer, best known for his book series The Witcher. Sapkowski has sold over 15 million books....

LITERATURE: A good, small selection of individually signed oblong 12mo cards by various writers, novelists and poets comprising Karen Blixen (1885...

LITERATURE: Selection of individual ink signatures, each to the verso of colour picture postcards addressed to the Italian collector Roland Sensin...