JORDAN DOROTHEA: (1761-1816) Anglo-Irish actress and courtesan, the long-time mistress of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV)...

SPENCER-CHURCHILL JENNIE: (1854-1921) Lady Randolph Churchill. American-born British socialite, the mother of Winston S. Churchill. A.L.S., Jennie...

DE LESSEPS FERDINAND: (1805-1894) French Diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal. A good A.L.S., `Ferd. De Lesseps´, two pages, 8vo, 27th October...

WALLACE RICHARD: (1818-1890) British art connoisseur and Francophile whose collection, known as the Wallace Collection, was bequeathed to the Engl...

EIFFEL GUSTAVE: (1832-1923) French civil engineer whose company designed and built the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris. A....

POUBELLE EUGENE: (1831-1907) French Lawyer and Diplomat who introduced waste containers to Paris. This decision was so innovative at the time that...

HOOVER J. EDGAR: (1895-1972) American law enforcement administrator, the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 1924-72. T.L....

MANSON CHARLES: (1934-2017) American Criminal who led the cult-based Manson Family, responsible for multiple deaths (including the murder of Sharo...

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of individual ink signatures, each to the verso of colour picture postcards addressed to the Italian collector Rolan...

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: A miscellaneous selection of A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S. a few signed cards and pieces etc. by a wide variety of famous men and women ...

STANHOPE PHILIP: (1694-1773) 4th Earl of Chesterfield. British statesman, diplomat and man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time. A fine A....

[GASTRONOMY]: [LOUIS XIV] (1638-1715) King of France 1643-1715. An extraordinarily remarkable and detailed manuscript notebook entitled Estat et m...

CHILD JULIA: (1912-2004) American cooking teacher and author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961 & 1970) which is recognised for introduc...

VERTES MARCEL: (1895-1961) French costume designer and illustrator. A charming illustrated A.L.S., Vertes, one page, 4to, Rue de la Faisanderie, P...

BALMAIN PIERRE: (1914-1982) French fashion Designer and leader of the fashion house Balmain. A good and lengthy A.L.S., `Pierre´, two pages, folio...

MESTROVIC IVAN: (1883-1962) Croatian sculptor and architect. T.L.S., I Mestrovic, one page, 4to, n.p. (Zagreb?), 10th March 1936, to Paul Mannoni,...

DELACROIX EUGENE : (1798-1863) French Painter. Regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school, he is also considered one of the last old Mas...

GEROME JEAN-LEON: (1824-1904) French painter and sculptor. A clean A.L.S., J L Gerome, one page, 12mo, n.p. [Paris], n.d., on his personal printed...

VAN GOGH VINCENT: (1853-1890) Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. An e...

                                   ‘Vollard is here, I will make a portrait of him’RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist....

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., Claude, two pages (the first and final pages of the bifolium), 8vo, Embankment Gar...

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist Painter. A.L.S., `Claude´, two pages, 8vo, grid paper, n.p. [Rouen], Tuesday evening, n.d. [1892], ...

CASSATT MARY: (1844-1926) American Painter, one of 'Les Trois Grandes Dames' of Impressionism. A.L.S., `Mary Cassatt´, two pages, 8vo, Villa Prime...

SIGNAC PAUL: (1863-1935) French Neo-Impressionist Painter. A very fine A.L.S., Paul Signac, two pages, 4to, n.p., [Paris], 20th June 1934, to a fr...

MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) French artist. Book signed and inscribed, being a large folio edition of Seize Peintures 1939-1943, First Edition publi...

ORPEN WILLIAM: (1878-1931) Irish portrait artist, who was also one of the most prolific official war artists during World War I. An unusual and vi...

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter. A.L.S., `Picasso´, one page, oblong 11 x 4 page (27.5 cm x 10.5 cm), n.p., 9th July 1962, to Ines Sass...

PICASSO & MAAR: PICASSO PABLO (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement & MAAR DORA (1907-1997) French photographer, painte...

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. A good book signed and inscribed, incorporating an original drawi...

ROCKWELL NORMAN: (1894-1978) American painter and illustrator. T.L.S., Norman Rockwell, one page, 4to, Arlington, Vermont, 1st May 1946, to Frank ...

BAWDEN EDWARD: (1903-1989) English painter, illustrator and graphic artist. A.L.S.. Edward, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.1949), to Michael Rothen...

WAIN LOUIS: (1860-1939) English artist, remembered for his drawings featuring anthropomorphized large-eyed cats and kittens. A good pair of A.Ls.S...

SHEPARD ERNEST H.: (1879-1976) English artist and book illustrator, particularly remembered for his work for Winnie-the-Pooh and The Wind in the W...

RABIER BENJAMIN: (1864-1939) French Illustrator, a pioneer comic book artist. Rabier became famous for creating La Vache qui Rit (« The Laughing C...

HERGÉ: (1907-1983) Georges Prosper Remi. Belgian Cartoonist. Best known for creating the series of comics ''The Adventures of Tintin''. An excelle...

HERGÉ: (1907-1983) Georges Prosper Remi. Belgian Cartoonist. Best known for creating the series of comics ''The Adventures of Tintin''. An excelle...

UDERZO ALBERT: (1927-2020) French comic book Artist. Best known for his comic book series Asterix in collaboration with René Goscinny. A good sign...

KANE BOB: (1915-1998) American comic book writer and animator, the co-creator of the superhero Batman. A good original black ink drawing signed by...

LE CORBUSIER: (1887-1965) Swiss-French Architect, Painter, Urban Planner. A good front cover Time magazine signed, `Le Corbusier´, one page, 4to, ...

LE CORBUSIER: (1887-1965) Swiss-French Architect, Painter, Urban Planner. His real name being Charles-Edouard Jeann´eret. An interesting content T...

LARTIGUE JACQUES HENRI: (1894-1986) French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, aeroplanes and female Parisian...

`…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...