‘The poet Paul Verlaine left a friend who is not very pretty or attractive,but who finally wants to live’BARRES MAURICE: (1862-1923) French noveli...

‘But I hope well before the end of the year to have finished Colombe Blanchet and to have you read it’ ALAIN-FOURNIER HENRI: (1886-1914) French au...

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

SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator, remembered for his novella The Little Pr...

SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French Writer, Poet and pioneering Aviator. Saint-Exupery was a French aristocrat who became a laureate of s...

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...

BERNANOS GEORGES: (1888-1948) French Author and Soldier in World War One. Bernanos´ work is largely regarded as a critic to elitist thought, he be...

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...

CELINE LOUIS FERDINAND: (1894-1961) French Novelist. Known as Celine, being his real name 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...

MAUROIS ANDRE: (1885-1967) French Author. A fine and unusual signed and inscribed 7 x 9.5 photograph of Maurois, the image showing him seated in a...

‘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...

GIONO JEAN: (1895-1970) French writer whose works of fiction were largely set in the Provence region of France. Vintage signed and inscribed 5 x 3...

GENEVOIX MAURICE: (1890-1980) French author. Vintage signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph of Genevoix in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blu...

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 ...

IONESCO EUGENE: (1909-1994) Romanian-French playwright. Signed and inscribed 8 x 7 photograph of Ionesco seated in a head and shoulders pose at a ...

UNGERER TOMI: (1931-2019) Alsatian Artist, Writer and Cartoonist. Ungerer has published over 140 books. Signed 5 x 7 photograph `T. Ungerer´, the ...

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...

ANDREAS-SALOME LOU: (1861-1937) Russian psychoanalyst, author and intellectual whose friends included Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Ree...

KOUPRIN ALEXANDER: (1870-1938) Russian Writer, Pilot, Explorer and Adventurer. Best known for his story The Duel. A.N.S., `A. Kuprin´, one page, 8...

REMIZOV ALEKSEY: (1877-1957) Russian modernist writer whose creative imagination veered to the fantastic and bizarre. Remizov was also an expert c...

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) English novelist. Signed colour 5 x 3.5 photograph of Du Maurier seated outdoors in a three-quarter length pose acc...

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) English novelist. T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 31st July n.y. (1953?), to Gwenllyan [D...

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...

RUSHDIE SALMAN: (1947- ) British Indian Novelist & Essayist. A very fine signed 8 x 10 colour photograph by Rushdie, the image showing the awarded...

LONDON JACK: (1876-1916) American novelist, a pioneer of commercial fiction whose works included The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in ...

LONDON JACK: (1876-1916) American Author. D.S., Jack London, being a signed cheque, San Francisco, 7th October 1911. The partially printed cheque,...

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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...

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

TARKINGTON BOOTH: (1869-1946) American novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner. A.N.S., Booth Tarkington, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (October 1922)....

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...

SINCLAIR UPTON: (1878-1968) American writer, Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction in 1943. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Sinclair standing in a...

HURST FANNIE: (1889-1968) American novelist. A good vintage signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Hurst standing outdoors in a semi-profile half-length p...

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 ...

GINSBERG ALLEN: (1926-1997) American poet and writer, a central figure of the Beat Generation. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Ginsberg in a close-up ...

CRICHTON MICHAEL: (1942-2008) American author whose works include Jurassic Park (1990). Signed colour 5 x 7 photograph of Crichton standing in a t...

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...

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS: Thomas Mann (1875-1955) German novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1929. Blue fountain pen ink signature ('Thomas Ma...

TAGORE RABINDRANATH: (1861-1941) Indian Poet, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1913. Signed 5 x 2.5 envelope, `Rabindranath Tagore´, the bold da...

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

ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944) French Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1915. A.L.S., Romain Rolland, two pages, written to th...