SADE MARQUIS DE: (1740-1814) Donatien Alphonse François de Sade. French Writer and Philosopher. Rare A.L.S., `Sade´, one page, small 4to, Charento...

SADE MARQUIS DE: (1740-1814) French Writer, Nobleman and Revolutionary Politician. Best-known for his erotic works and sexual fantasies with viole...

LAFONTAINE CHARLES: (1803-1892) French mesmerist, or 'traveling public magnetic demonstrator' who had 'an interest in animal magnetism as an agent...

BARNUM P. T.: (1810-1891) American showman, promoter and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. A.L.S., P. T. Barnum, one page, 4to, New York, 24t...

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...

LESSEPS FERDINAND DE: (1805-1894) French diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal. A fine vintage signed and inscribed sepia carte-de-visite photo...

EIFFEL GUSTAVE: (1832-1923) French Civil Engineer, designer of the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. A good and lengthy A.L.S., `G. Eiffel´,...

PETRIE WILLIAM FLINDERS: (1853-1942) British Egyptologist, a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts. A...

[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. An interesting T.L.S., Alfred W. ...

CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. An oblong small 8vo Address book pr...

CITROEN ANDRE: (1878-1935) French Industrialist. Known for making a car named after him. Signed menu programme `André Citroen´, one page, 8vo card...

LANZA DEL VASTO: (1901-1981) Italian Philosopher, Poet and nonviolent activist. A western disciple of Mohandas Gandhi. A very fine and attractiveA...

CAPABLANCA JOSE RAUL: (1888-1942) Cuban chess player, World Chess champion 1921-27. T.L.S., Capa, one page, 4to, Havana, Cuba, 30th June 1940, to ...

[RMS TITANIC]: SARNOFF DAVID (1891-1971) American businessman and pioneer of American radio and television who claimed to have single-handedly man...

MIYAMOTO SHIGERU: (1952- ) Japanese video game Designer, Producer and game Director at Nintendo. Signed colour 5 x 7 photograph of Miyamoto, seate...

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

[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American bank robber. An original printed small 4to Wanted poster (in the form of a folding mailshot) issued by J. E...

[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American bank robber. An original printed folio Wanted poster issued by J. Edgar Hoover and the United States Depart...

RAY JAMES EARL: (1928-1998) American fugitive convicted for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Black ink signature ('James Earl Ray') o...

‘Ah yes I ment to tell you another thought I had on John Lennon – deep down I feel he staged his own death & that he aint dead’  MANSON CHARLES: ...

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

KALASHNIKOV MIKHAIL: (1919-2013) Russian General, Engineer and small arms Designer. Best known for his AK-47 assault rifle creation. Signed colour...

MONTAGU JOHN: (1718-1792) 4th Earl of Sandwich. British statesman who served as First Lord of the Admiralty 1748-51, 1763, 1771-82 during which ti...

[GASTRONOMY]: BERCHOUX JOSEPH (1760-1838) French poet and humourist credited with inventing the word gastronomy as a result of his poem La Gastron...

[GASTRONOMY]: BRILLAT-SAVARIN JEAN ANTHELME (1755-1826) French lawyer and politician who gained fame as a gastronome and epicure following his pub...

[COGNAC]: An important autograph manuscript by Henri Guilbault entitled Memoire sur un nouvel appareil de distillation continue au moyen de la vap...

BULLFIGHTING: Curro Romero (1933-  ) Spanish Bullfighter. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by Romero, one of the most famous leading matadors of th...

EL VITI: (1938-  ) Spanish Bullfighter. Two signed 11.5 x 8 and slightly smaller photographs by Santiago Martín El Viti, both images showing the b...

TOMAS JOSE: (1975- ) Spanish Bullfighter. Jose Tomas is widely considered by specialized critics as the leading “Torero” nowadays because of his d...

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...

SAINT LAURENT YVES: (1936-2008) French fashion Designer. Founder in 1962 of the Yves Saint Laurent fashion label. Signed 4 x 6 photograph by Saint...

LAGERFELD KARL & VALENTINO: Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) German fashion Designer. Lagerfeld was known as the creative director of Chanel since 1983 ...

CARDIN PIERRE (1922-2020) Italian-French fashion Designer. Known for his avant-garde style, and for pioneering the unisex fashions. Attractive sig...

KENZO TAKADA: (1939-2020) Japanese fashion Designer. Founder of the worldwide known Kenzo clothing brand and perfumes. Signed colour 5 x 7 photogr...

VALENTINO: (1932- ) Italian fashion Designer. His real name being Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani. Founder of the Valentino brand and company...

VALENTINO: (1932-     ) Valentino Garavani. Italian fashion designer. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Valentino standing outdoors in a full-len...

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An 8vo autograph album issued for the La Kermesse aux Etoiles 1951 at the Jardin des Tuileries on 23rd & 24th June 1951, containi...

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Small, miscellaneous selection of A.Ls.S. by various famous individuals comprising Olympe Audouard (1832-1890) French feminist...

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Small, unusual selection of autograph envelopes of various sizes (a few front panels only), some signed, by a wide variety of ...

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: A good, miscellaneous selection of signed cards, T.Ls.S. (4), Ds.S. (2), signed colour 8 x 10 photograph (1) etc., by a variet...

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: ESTERHAZY FERDINAND WALSIN (1847-1923) French Army officer who gained notoriety as a spy for the German Empire and the actual pe...

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[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: PICQUART GEORGES: (1854-1914) French Army officer who served as Minister of War 1906-09. Picquart played a key role in the Dreyf...

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: HENRY HUBERT-JOSEPH (1846-1898) French Lieutenant-Colonel involved in the Dreyfus Affair. Henry was arrested for having forged e...

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: LABORI FERNAND: (1860-1917) French attorney who defended the accused in some of the most prominent political cases of his day. A...

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: FREYCINET CHARLES DE (1828-1923) French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France 1879-80, 1882, 1886 & 1890-92 and also ...

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

‘I read this evening….. of the proposal to transfer Zola’s ashes to the Pantheon. I don’t need to tell you how happy I am’  DREYFUS ALFRED: (1859-...

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: [DREYFUS ALFRED]: (1859-1935) French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treas...

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, one page, 8vo, Paris, 24th February 1880, to a colleague, most like...

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist, a major figure in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted Alfred Dreyfus, ...

The Duke of Montmorency authorises a payment to an archer ‘ ill from two stab wounds that he had in his body’ sustained at the Battle of Dreux  ...

DUFOUR GUILLAUME HENRI: (1787-1875) Swiss General, engineer and topographer who served under Napoleon I. Dufour presided over the First Geneva Con...

FREDERICK PRINCE: (1763-1827) Duke of York and Albany, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1795-1809. Small series of three Ds.S., Frederick F.M., fo...

WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, the Victor of Waterloo, 1815. British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A.L.S., Wellington,...

TOTLEBEN EDUARD: (1818-1884) Franz Eduard Graf von Tottleben. Baltic German military engineer and Imperial Russian Army General who took charge of...

HANCOCK WINFIELD SCOTT: (1824-1886) American military officer with the United States Army who served as a Union General in the American Civil War ...

BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant-General, the founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement. An interesting, l...

‘I have sworn a great oath never to use or countenance the use of the name “Lawrence”, as referring to me, again, in public or private’ LAWRENCE ...

ALLENBY EDMUND: (1861-1936) British Field Marshal of World War I. A.L.S., Allenby, one page, 8vo, Wetherby Gardens, London, 10th November 1932, to...