KUHN RICHARD: (1900-1967) Austrian-German biochemist, remembered for his work on carotenoids and vitamins. Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1938....

HAHN OTTO: (1879-1968) German chemist, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry, considered the father of nuclear chemistry. No...

SEABORG GLENN T.: (1912-1999) American chemist. Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1951. Autograph statement signed, Glenn T. Seaborg, one page, 4t...

HINSHELWOOD CYRIL N.: (1897-1967) British physical chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1956. Typed Statement Signed, C. N. Hinshelwood, one...

HERZBERG GERHARD: (1904-1999) German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1971. T.L.S., Gerhard Herzberg, on...

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS: Selection of signed pieces, cards etc., by various recipients of the Nobel Prize for Physics, including Guglielmo Marconi (19...

BECQUEREL ANTOINE HENRI: (1852-1908) French Physicist. Becquerel is credited as the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity. Awarded fo...

EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. An interesting T.L.S., A. Einstein, one page...

DE BROGLIE LOUIS-VICTOR & MAURICE: Louis-Victor de Broglie (1892-1987) French Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1929. T.L.S, Louis d...

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

MAUVAIS VICTOR : (1809-1854) French Astronomer and Politician. Mauvais won the Lalande Prize in 1843 for the discovery of comet C/1843. He is cred...

BUFFON COMTE DE: (1707-1788) Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. French Naturalist and Mathematician. Widely regarded as the father of natural...

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

FABRE JEAN HENRI: (1823-1915) French Naturalist and Entomologist. A pioneer in Ethologie. Fabre was best known for his popular books on the lives ...

PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist, renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination and pasteurisation. A ...

PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist, renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination and pasteurisation. An...

                       `…I cannot accept it because you have not been bitten…´ PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895) French Chemist & Microbiologist. An exce...

FREUD ANNA: (1895-1982) Austrian-British Psychoanalyst. Youngest child of Sigmund Freud. Considered, alongside Melanie Klein, the founder of psych...

Einstein signs his scientific equations, noting that they are ‘From the graveyard of buried hopes’ EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born theore...

MAUPERTUIS PIERRE LOUIS: (1698-1759) French Mathematician and Philosopher. Maupertuis was the first President of the Prussian Academy of Sciences ...

FEKETE MICHAEL: (1886-1957) Hungarian-Israeli mathematician. Manuscript D.S., M. Fekete, one page, 4to, n.p. (Jerusalem, Israel), 19th November 19...

DROVETTI BERNARDINO: (1776-1852) Italian-born French Diplomat, Politician, Archaeologist and antiquities collector. Drovetti is best-remembered fo...

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

HUMBOLDT ALEXANDER VON: (1769-1859) German polymath, geographer, naturalist and explorer. Autograph envelope, unsigned, addressed in Humboldt's di...

ROHLFS FRIEDRICH GERHARD: (1831-1896) German Explorer, Geographer and Author. A.L.S., `Gerhard Rohlfs´, one page, small 4to, Weimar, 15th January ...

CHARCOT JEAN BAPTISTE: (1867-1936) French Polar Scientist and Doctor. A.L.S., `J.B.Charcot´, one page, 4to, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 25th January 1912, ...

EVANS EDWARD R.G.R.: (1880-1957) 1st Baron Mountevans. British Admiral and Antarctic explorer, second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fate...

DELIBES LEO: (1836-1891) French Romantic composer known for his ballets and operas. A.L.S., Leo Delibes, to two sides of his personal printed oblo...

RODIN AUGUSTE: (1840-1917) French sculptor. Autograph Note, unsigned, to one side of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his...

FRANCE ANATOLE: (1844-1924) French poet, journalist & novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1921. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting...

ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930-    ) American astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to set foot on the moon. Book signed, being a ...

ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930-    ) American astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to set foot on the moon. Book signed, being a ...

APOLLO XI: An unusual, rare vintage signed 11 x 11 photograph by all three crew members of Apollo XI (1969) individually, comprising Neil Armstron...

MANNERS JOHN: (1721-1770) Marquess of Granby. British Lieutenant General who served in the Seven Years' War and became Commander-in-Chief of the F...

[ANGLO-ZULU WAR]: RORKE JAMES: (1827-1875) Irish-born settler in southern Africa, from 1849 the owner of a farmstead and trading post on the borde...

GORDON CHARLES: (1833-1885) British Major General, known as Chinese Gordon and Gordon of Khartoum. A.L.S., C G Gordon, three pages, 8vo, Rockstone...

HAMILTON EMMA (1765-1815) Lady Hamilton. English Mistress of Lord Nelson and wife of Sir William Hamilton. A very fine A.L.S., Emma Hamilton, (an ...

[H.M.S. VICTORY]: An interesting, small collection of correspondence between Captain Alex Anderson, a South African seaman and correspondent for t...

BAILLY JEAN SYLVAIN: (1736-1793) French Mathematician, Astronomer and the first Mayor of the city of Paris. Bailly was guillotined for his partici...

DESGROUETTES PÉPIN: (?-1805) Pierre Athanase Desgrouettes, also called Des Grouettes, was one of the most odious figures of the French revolution ...

ROUGET DE LISLE CLAUDE: (1760-1836) French Officer of the French Revolutionary wars. Best known for being the creator of the words and music of th...

LA FAYETTE GILBERT DU MOTIER: (1757-1834) Marquis de La Fayette. French Aristocrat and Military Officer. Close to George Washington and Thomas Jef...

FOUCHÉ JOSEPH: (1759-1820) Convention Deputy and Minister of Police. A good D.S., Fouché, one page, folio, Paris, 2nd November 1804, to Hubert Roh...

BERTRAND HENRI GATIEN: (1773-1844) French General. Count Bertrand and Grand Marshal of the Palace. Bertrand was aide-de-camp to Napoleon I and the...

DECRES DENIS: (1761-1820) Duke of Decrès. French Navy Officer. A very interesting content letter relating to the abolition of the slave trade. L.S...

‘I desire them as much good as they wanted to do me harm’FOUCHE JOSEPH: (1759-1820) 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouche. French statesman and revo...

LARREY DOMINIQUE JEAN: (1766-1842) French Surgeon of Napoleon´s Grande Armée. Larrey was the Emperor´s favourite surgeon, an innovator in the batt...

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An interesting content L.S., `Np, one page, 4to, gilt edges, Elba island, Portoferraio, 2...

MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II, later serving as the last Viceroy of India of British India (1947) and as the firs...

BATTLE OF BRITAIN: A multiple signed 7.5 x 9.5 page removed from a book featuring a dramatic aerial image of contrails created during a dog-fight ...

PORTAL CHARLES: (1893-1971) British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Chief of the Air Staff 1940-46. A brief A.L.S., Portal of Hungerford, one page...

[WORLD WAR II]: A printed softcover oblong 8vo booklet containing various monochrome plates of bridges, docks, industrial works etc., in the North...

Jodl formally objects to the indictment handed to him at the Nuremberg Trials and begins the preparation of his defence [NUREMBERG TRIALS]: JODL A...

CHARLES V: (1500-1558) Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria 1519-56, King of Spain (Castile and Aragon) 1516-56, and Lord of the Netherlands...

[ISABELLA I OF CASTILE]: (1451-1504) Queen of Castile 1474-1504 and Queen consort of Aragon 1479-1504 as the wife of King Ferdinand II of Aragon. ...

PHILIP IV: (1605-1665) King of Spain 1621-65 and King Philip III of Portugal 1621-40. A fine L.S., `Yo el Rey´, one page, 4to, Madrid, 20th Februa...

[CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI]: (1519-1589) French and Italian noblewoman, Queen of France 1547-59 by her marriage to King Henry II. A good, historic A.L....

HENRY IV: (1553-1610) King of France 1589-1610 and King of Navarre 1572-1610. First French Monarch of the House of Bourbon. Assassinated. A good a...

LOUIS XVI: (1754-1793) King of France 1774-92, the last King to rule before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. D.S., Louis, on...

JANVIER ANTIDE : (1751-1835) French Watchmaker and Inventor. Antide was the well-known watchmaker of King Louis XVI. Rare A.L.S., `Januarius Maius...