MESSAGER ANDRE: (1853-1929) French composer, pianist & conductor. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Messager, unsigned, featuring ...

BRUNEAU ALFRED: (1857-1934) French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera. The personal printed oblong 12mo...

BRUCH MAX: (1838-1920) German composer, violinist and conductor. A.L.S., M. Bruch, to the recto and verso of the composer's personal printed oblon...

D'ALBERT EUGEN: (1864-1932) Scottish-born German pianist and composer. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of D'albert, unsigned, featu...

ENESCU GEORGES: (1881-1955) Romanian composer, violinist and conductor. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Enesco, unsigned, featur...

WOOD HENRY J.: (1869-1944) English conductor associated with London's annual series of promenade concerts known as the Proms. A.N.S., with his ini...

VIARDOT PAULINE: (1821-1910) French mezzo-soprano. The personal printed oblong 12mo black bordered Visiting Card of Viardot, unsigned, featuring h...

MELBA NELLIE: (1861-1931) Australian soprano. A.L.S., Nellie Melba, to the recto and verso of the singer's personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting C...

DORE GUSTAVE: (1832-1883) French artist. The personal printed black bordered oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Dore, unsigned, featuring his printed na...

GERVEX HENRI: (1852-1929) French painter. A.N.S., H Gervex, to two sides of the personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Gervex, featuring hi...

GALLE EMILE: (1846-1904) French Artist, famous for his works in glass and recognised as one of the leading figures in the French Art Nouveau movem...

GUERLAIN AIME: (1834-1910) French master perfumer, son of the founder of Guerlain, Pierre-Francois Pascal Guerlain. The personal printed oblong 12...

KELLER GOTTFRIED: (1819-1890) Swiss poet and writer of German literature. A.N.S., with his initial, to the recto and verso of the poet's personal ...

FRANCE ANATOLE: (1844-1924) French poet, journalist & novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1921. Brief A.L.S., with his initials A F, to o...

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French poet and dramatist, remembered for his play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). The personal printed oblong 12mo Visitin...

GYP: (1849-1932) Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau. French writer. A.N.S., Gyp, in the third person, to the recto and verso of her personal printed oblo...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed...

DREYFUS ALFRED: (1859-1935) French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the...

[ROON ALBRECHT VON]: (1803-1879) Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and statesman who served as Minister of War 1859-73 and, along with Otto von Bismar...

CIALDINI ENRICO: (1811-1892) Italian soldier, politician and diplomat who defeated Giuseppe Garibaldi at the controversial Battle of Aspromonte in...

GUISAN HENRI: (1874-1960) Swiss General who held the office of the General of the Swiss Armed Forces during World War II. The personal printed obl...

FLAMMARION CAMILLE: (1842-1925) French astronomer and author of early science fiction novels. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Fl...

LATECOERE PIERRE-GEORGES: (1883-1943) French aeronautics pioneer and manufacturer of airplanes who opened the first airlines that operated from Fr...

BONAPARTE ROLAND: (1858-1924) 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano. French prince and President of the Société de Geographie 1910-24. Autograph Note...

GROS JULES: (1829-1891) French journalist and Secretary of the Societe de geographie who became the President of the unrecognised Republic of Inde...

CLEMENCEAU GEORGES: (1841-1929) French Prime Minister 1906-09, 1917-20. A.N.S., G Clemenceau, to the recto and verso of the Prime Minister's small...

ZANARDELLI GIUSEPPE: (1826-1903) Italian Prime Minister 1901-03. A.N., unsigned, to one side of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, as...

ZAGHLOUL SAAD: (1859-1927) Egyptian revolutionary and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Egypt from January - November 1924. The personal p...

SALAZAR ANTONIO DE OLIVEIRA: (1889-1970) Portuguese dictator who served as President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) 1932-68. The per...

CERF VINT: (1943-     ) American internet pioneer, recognised as one of 'the fathers of the internet'. Black ink signature ('Vint Cerf') on Cerf's...

BENEDICT XV: (1854-1922) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1914-22. His Pontificate was dominated by World War I, which he termed ''The suicide of...

JOHN XXIII: (1881-1963) Pope of the Catholic Church 1958-63. A good T.L.S., + Ang. Jos. Roncalli, as Apostolic Nuncio to France, two pages, 4to, P...

PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Catholic Church 1963-78. An unusual printed slim 4to booklet, being the text of the Apostolic Letter to the Vener...

JOHN PAUL II: (1920-2005) Pope of the Catholic Church 1978-2005, later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II in 2014. D.S., + Karol Card. Wojtyla, ...

JOHN PAUL II: (1920-2005) Pope of the Catholic Church 1978-2005, later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II in 2014. A good signed colour 4 x 6 ph...

BORROMEO CHARLES: (1538-1584) Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Milan 1564-84 and was a leading figure of the Co...

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by ...

BOSCO JOHN: (1815-1888) Don Bosco. Italian Roman Catholic Priest, Educator and Writer. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than pun...

PARDO DE TAVERA JUAN: (1472-1545) Grand inquisitor of Spain 1539-45, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (“Saint Jacques of Compostela”) since 15...

FLECHIER ESPRIT: (1632-1710) French Preacher and Author. Bishop of Nantes 1687-1710. One of the greatest orators of the XVIIº century. Fléchier en...

LOYSON HYACINTHE: (1827-1912) also known as Père Hyacinthe. French renowned Preacher and Theologian, a brilliant orator best remembered for his el...

SALICETI ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE: (1757-1809) French Corsican Politician and Diplomat of the Revolution and First Empire. An exceptional A.L.S. `Salice...

SLAVERY: CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a ...

SLAVERY - MAURITIUS: Philippe Jean de la Haye Duponsel (1752-1790)French slave trader established in Mauritius, which was called at that time, “Is...

VINCENT HENRY: (1813-1878) British Chartist leader and ant-slavery campaigner, active in the formation of early Working Men's Associations in Grea...

SCHOELCHER VICTOR: (1804-1893) French Abolitionist Writer. A main figure and spokesman for the abolition of slavery. A very fine A.L.S., `V. Schoe...

MADAME ROLAND: (1754-1793) Born Marie-Jeanne Philipon, also known as Manon Roland de la Platiere. French Revolutionary salonniere and Writer. She ...

GERMAINE DE STAEL: (1766-1817) Also known as Madame de Stael, her real name being Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein. French leading Salonnier...

SWETCHINE SOPHIE: (1782-1857) Russian mystic, famous for her salon in Paris which was considered remarkable for its high levels of courtesy and in...

ZAMET SEBASTIEN: (1549-1614) Italian-born French financier who entered the service of the court of France as a valet to King Henry III. Zamet late...

FITZHERBERT MARIA: (1756-1837) British high society figure, the clandestine wife of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV). A.L.S., M Fitz...

TALMA JULIE: (1756-1805) French dancer and courtesan. Manuscript D.S., Julie Talma, one page, small oblong 8vo, Paris, 22nd December 1800, in Fren...

MONTEZ LOLA: (1821-1861) Irish courtesan, dancer and actress, the mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and composer Franz Liszt. A rare A.L.S., Lo...

MATA HARI: (1876-1917) Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan, convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I and...

MICHEL LOUISE: (1830-1905) French anarchist and teacher, an important figure in the Paris Commune. A.L.S., L Michel, one page, 8vo, London, 28th J...

IBARRURI DOLORES: (1895-1989) Spanish Republican politician of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, and a communist remembered for her slogan No Pasa...

THUNBERG GRETA: (2003-     ) Swedish environmental activist. Signed colour 11 x 8 photograph of Thunberg seated outdoors in a full-length pose alo...

ROTHSCHILD NATHAN MEYER: (1777-1836) Jewish German banker, businessman and financier, one of the second generation of the Rothschild banking dynas...

KRUPP FRIEDRICH ALFRED: (1854-1902) German steel manufacturer whose company gained control of arms and warship manufacturing in Germany in 1896, o...

LEPAUTE JEAN-ANDRE: (1720-1789) French clockmaker who held the brevet horlogers du Roi. A rare manuscript D.S., Lepaute, one page, oblong 8vo, Par...