`…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)...

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...

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 ...

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 (...

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...

                    `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...

‘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 ...