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...

‘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...

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)....

'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...

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...

`..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 ...

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

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

GARCIA LORCA FEDERICO: (1898-1936) Spanish Poet & Dramatist. An iconic figure of the Spanish literature. An extremely rare and excellent A.L.S., `...

ANDERSEN HANS CHRISTIAN: (1805-1875) Danish Author and Poet, famous for his fairy tales. A charming autograph poem, unsigned, one page, 8vo, Rolig...

AUDEN W. H.: (1907-1973) British-American poet. A.L.S., Wystan Auden, one page, 4to, Kirchstetten, Austria, 1st October n.y., to Mr. Brusar. Auden...

BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) English Poet Laureate 1972-84. A.L.S., with his initials J. B., on two sides of his personal printed correspondence car...

HUGHES LANGSTON: (1901-1967) American poet, a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of American Wr...

POUND EZRA: (1885-1972) American expatriate poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement and a fascist collaborator in I...

                 `I'm starting to understand Baudelaire's verses on death….´ PROUST MARCEL: (1871-1922) French Novelist and Essayist. Best known f...

BERNANOS GEORGES: (1888-1948) French author. A.L.S., G Bernanos, two pages, 4to, Palma, 14th April n.y., to 'Mon cher ami', in French. Bernanos su...

COLETTE: (1873-1954) French Novelist, best known for her novel Gigi. A.L.S., `Colette´, one page, 4to, blue paper, n.p., [Var], n.d. [June 1928], ...

COLETTE: (1873-1954) French author, best known for her novella Gigi (1944). A.L.S., Colette Willy, one page, 8vo, Rue Marguerite, Paris, n.d. (1st...

CELINE LOUIS FERDINAND: (1894-1961) French Novelist. Known as Celine, his real name being Destouches, a controversial writer because of his anti-S...

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Writer, Playwright and Filmmaker. A.L.S., `Jean Cocteau´, one page, 4to, Milly-la-Forêt, Seine et Oise, 6th Janua...

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Writer, Playwright and Filmmaker. A very interesting A.L.S., `Jean Cocteau´, one page, 4to, n.p., 7th February 19...

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Writer, Playwright and Filmmaker. A fine A.L.S., `Jean´, one page, 4to, n.p. [Paris], 31st December 1953, to Serg...

‘I have just pronounced the unforgettable name of Francisco Ferrer, one of those who taught me justice when I was still a child’ BRETON & CAMUS: B...

BEAUVOIR SIMONE DE: (1908-1986) French Writer & Intellectual. A.L.S., S de Beauvoir, one page, 4to, grid paper, Paris, 1st April 1964, to Mr. Dury...

GENET JEAN: (1910-1986) French Novelist, Playwright, and political Activist. A.L.S., `Jean Genet´, one page, 4to, [Cannes], [31st March 1947], to ...

SIMENON GEORGES: (1903-1989) Belgian crime writer, creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Signed Christmas greetings card, the folding ...

MALAPARTE CURZIO: (1898-1957) Italian Writer, Filmmaker & War Correspondent, one of the intellectuals who, during the 1920s, supported the rise of...

ZWEIG STEFAN: (1881-1942) Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer, himself a passionate collector of autograph manuscripts. A.L.S...

ZWEIG STEFAN: (1881-1942) Austrian Playwright and Novelist, a noted collector of autograph manuscripts. A fine A.L.S., Stefan Zweig, one page, 8vo...

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) English novelist. A good A.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 27th December 1945, to Gwenllya...

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne du Maurier, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 1st December 1962, to Mr. [Mea...

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) English novelist. T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Kilmarth, Par, Cornwall, 25th July 1973, to Gwenllyan Davies. Du ...

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...

ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944) French Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1915. A.L.S., Romain Rolland, one page, 8vo, Villeneuv...

GIDE ANDRÉ: (1869-1951) French Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1947. An interesting A.L.S, `André Gide´, two pages, 8vo, pink paper, Cu...

ELIOT T. S.: (1888-1965) American-born British poet, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1948. Autograph statement signed, one page, slim oblong 8v...

FAULKNER WILLIAM: (1897-1962) American writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1949. Book signed, being a hardback edition of A Fable, First Ed...

BECKETT SAMUEL: (1906-1989) Irish Dramatist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1969. A.L.S., Samuel Beckett, to a 6 x 4 correspondence card, Pari...

FLEMING ALEXANDER: (1881-1955) Scottish biologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1945. A brief T.L.S., A Fleming, one page, 8vo, ...

HENCH PHILIP S.: (1896-1965) American physician, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1950. Typed Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 4to, n...