GERSHWIN GEORGE: (1898-1937) American Composer & Pianist. A good A.M.Q.S., `George Gershwin´, on musical paper, 7 x 4, and dated `New York City, 2...

TOSCANINI ARTURO: (1867-1957) Italian Conductor. An attractive signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the inusual image depicting Toscanini outdo...

KARAJAN HERBERT VON: (1908-1989) Austrian Conductor. Signed 6 x 9 card photograph by Karajan, the image depicting him standing in a half-length po...

BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American Conductor & Composer of West Side Story (1957). Signed and inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph of Bernstein, th...

KLEIBER CARLOS: (1930-2004) German-born Austrian Conductor. Widely considered one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Vintage signed p...

ABBADO CLAUDIO: (1933-2014) Italian Conductor. Abbado is largely considered one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music di...

KEMPFF WILHELM: (1895-1991) German Pianist. A very fine signed and inscribed 4 x 5.5 postcard photograph by Kempff, including an autograph musical...

ZUKERMAN PINCHAS: (1948- ) Israeli-American Violinist and Conductor. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph by Zukerman, the ICM promotional image depic...

OISTRAKH DAVID: (1908-1974) Russian violinist and conductor. Signed colour 4 x 6 postcard photograph of Oistrakh in a head and shoulders pose play...

MENUHIN YEHUDI: (1916-1999) American-born British Violinist. A good signed 8.5 x 6.5 photograph `Yehudi Menuhin´, the Pressebilderdienst Kinderman...

SEGOVIA ANDRES: (1893-1987) Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist. A printed 8vo programme for Segovia's performance in a John Player Concert at th...

PAVAROTTI LUCIANO: (1935-2007) Italian tenor. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Pavarotti standing in a half-length pose, in costume as Canio, wi...

CALLAS MARIA & BERNSTEIN LEONARD: Maria Callas (1923-1977) American-born Greek soprano, & Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) American Conductor & Compo...

DIAGHILEV SERGEI: (1872-1929) Russian ballet impresario, founder of the Ballets Russes. A.N.S., with his monogram SD, one page, small 8vo, London,...

LIFAR SERGE: (1905-1986) Ukranian ballet Dancer and Choreographer. One of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. A very attractive ...

PETIT ROLAND: (1924-2011) French ballet dancer and choreographer. A printed 4to souvenir programme for a performance of Roland Petit's Les Ballets...

BARYSHNIKOV MIKHAIL: (1948- ) Latvian-American ballet dancer and actor. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Baryshnikov in a close-up portrait pose...

SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French composer and organist of the Romantic period. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Saint-Saen...

PONCHIELLI AMILCARE: (1834-1886) Italian opera composer. A.L.S., A Ponchielli, to the recto and verso of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting...

BACKHAUS WILHELM: (1884-1969) German pianist. A.M.Q.S., Wilhelm Backhaus, to the verso of the personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of a Miss...

CASALS PABLO: (1876-1973) Spanish cellist, composer and conductor. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Casals, unsigned, featuring h...

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´...

PAIVA LA: (1819-1884) Esther Lachmann. Russian-born French courtesan. A scarce A.L.S., Paiva, one page, 8vo, Paris, 9th April 1865, to a Baron, in...

WESTWOOD VIVIENNE: (1941-2022) English fashion designer, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. S...

DELACROIX EUGENE: (1798-1863) French artist of the Romantic school. A.L.S., Eug. Delacroix, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Monsieur Varcollres (?),...

COROT JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE: (1796-1875) French landscape and portrait painter. A.N.S., `C Corot´, one page, 12mo, n.p., n.d., to Mr. Brano, in Fr...

CAILLEBOTTE GUSTAVE: (1848-1894) French painter associated with the Impressionists. A.L.S., G Caillebotte, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Claude Mo...

PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., C. Pissarro, two pages, small 8vo, Paris, 19th May 1884, to Claude Monet ('Mon...

[MONET CLAUDE]: (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. MIRBEAU OCTAVE (1848-1917) French novelist and art critic. A good A.L.S., Octave Mirbeau...

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE: (1864-1901) French painter and illustrator. A wonderful, early A.L.S., Henry, four pages, 8vo, Paris, 19th January 1873...

SIGNAC PAUL: (1863-1935) French Neo-Impressionist Painter. A very fine A.L.S., P Signac, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., to a friend, in French. Signac...

DERAIN ANDRE: (1880-1954) French Painter and Sculptor. Co-founder with Matisse of the Fauvism. A good A.L.S., `A. Derain´, one page, small 4to, Pa...

MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) French artist. A.L.S., H. Matisse, one page, 4to, n.p., 14th November 1946, to a female friend ('Chere Madame et amie')...

MONDRIAN PIET: (1872-1944) Dutch painter, a pioneer of 20th century abstract art. A good A.L.S., P. Mondrian, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (c.1925), ...

DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish surrealist artist. Signed record sleeve `Dali´, to the inside page of a folded record sleeve, showing to the in...

SOULAGES PIERRE: (1919- ) French Painter and Engraver. A.L.S., `Pierre´, two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. In his usual large writing and in ...

BLAKE PETER: (1932- ) English pop Artist, a main figure of the British pop art movement. Blake is best remembered for co-creating the sleeve desig...

RAMS DIETER: (1932- ) German industrial designer associated with Braun, the furniture company Vitsoe and the functionalist school of industrial de...

VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) Francois-Marie Arouet. French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. An excellent L.S, `Voltaire´, two pages , 4to...

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French novelist. An excellent autograph manuscript signed, George Sand, thirty pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1872), in French. ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A. Dumas f., four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to [Adolphe Desbarolles] (‘Cher ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A Dumas f, four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to [Adolphe Desbarolles] (‘Mon bie...

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist. Widely considered the leading exponent of the literary realism. Best-known for his debut novel Mada...

VERLAINE PAUL: (1844-1896) French poet. A.L.S., Paul Verlaine, one page, 8vo, Rue St. Victor, Paris, 5th April 1895, to [Edouard Montagne], in Fre...

PROUST MARCEL: (1871-1922) French Novelist and Essayist. Best known for his major novel A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (`In search of Lost Time´). ...

GENET JEAN: (1910-1986) French Novelist, Playwright, and political Activist. An unusual manuscript sentence in the hand of Genet, being the beginn...

ELUARD PAUL: (1895-1952) French Poet, widely considered one of the founders of the surrealist movement. A very good A.L.S., `Paul Eluard´, one pag...

PRUDHOMME SULLY: (1839-1907) French poet, the first winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1901. A.L.S., Sully Prudhomme, one page, 8vo, Paris,...

DYLAN BOB: (1941- ) American singer and songwriter, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 2016. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Dylan standing in a half-...

AUNG SAN SUU KYI: (1945- ) Burmese Politician, Diplomat and Author. Prime Minister of Myanmar. Awarded in 1991 with the Nobel Peace Prize. Aung Sa...

LAENNEC RENE: (1781-1826) French physician who invented the stethoscope in 1816 and pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions. A ra...

ZEPPELIN FERDINAND VON: (1838-1917) German General and inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships which dominated long-distance flight until the 1930...

[STORMING OF THE BASTILLE]: LOSNE DE SALBRAY ANTOINE-JEROME DE: (d.1789) French Major of the Bastille at the time of the storming of the armoury, ...

MIRABEAU HONORÉ COMTE DE: (1749-1791) Honore Gabriel Riqueti. French Writer, nobleman and Orator, a leader of the early stages of the French Revol...

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 very f...

MAURICE. PRINCE OF ORANGE: (1567-1625) also known as Maurice of Nassau. Maurice was “Stadtholder” of the Dutch Republic 1585-1625. L.S. `Votre bie...

ORDER OF MALTA - PERELLOS RAMON: (1637-1720) Spanish Knight of Aragon, who served as Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta for more than t...

MAVROCORDATOS ALEXANDER: (1754-1819) Prince of Moldavia 1785-86. A.L.S., Mavrocordatos, Grand Spatar, four pages, 4to, n.p., 27th March 1806, to M...

NATALIE OF SERBIA: (1859-1941) Queen consort of Serbia 1882-89 as the wife of Milan I of Serbia. Autograph statement signed, Nathalie, one page, 8...

STANISLAW I: (1677-1766) Stanislaw I Leszczynski. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1704-09, 1733-36. A very fine A.L.S., Stanislas Roy, ...