ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A very fine and interesting autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. [174...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A good content autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. [1745-48], in Fre...

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

BENTHAM JEREMY: (1748-1832) English philosopher, jurist and social reformer, regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Autograph address p...

SADE MARQUIS DE: (1740-1814) Donatien Alphonse François de Sade. French Writer, Nobleman and Revolutionary Politician. Best-known for his erotic w...

STENDHAL: (1783-1842) Marie-Henri Beyle. French writer considered one of the early and foremost practitioners of realism, whose works include Le R...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., Al. Dumas, one page, 12mo, n.p. [Paris], n.d. [1...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Pere (1802-1870) French novelist and playwright whose works include The Three Musketeers (1844). A.L.S., Al. Dumas, an attractive...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A very interesting A.L.S., `Al. D´, two pages, 8vo, n.p....

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A very fine Autograph Manuscript signed twice `Al Dumas´...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. Autograph envelope panel signed (‘Victor Hugo’), addressed in his hand to Monsieur J...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. A good A.L.S., Victor H, three pages, 8vo, n.p. (Paris?), n.d. ('Samedi matin', 1832...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. A brief, although charming, A.L.S., Victor H, one page, small 8vo, Paris, n.d. ('Jeu...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet & Novelist of the Romantic Movement. A.L.S., Victor Hugo, two pages, 8vo, n.p., [Paris], n.d., `Thursday, 4h ...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. A remarkable, lengthy A.L.S., Victor, four pages, 4to, n.p., 2nd November 1829, to C...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: : Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A Dumas f, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Monsieur Dutacy, in French. Dum...

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 Dramatist. An excellent content lengthy A.L.S., `A. Dumas f.´, four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to...

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...

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French novelist. A significant autograph manuscript, unsigned, three pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (c.1857), in French. F...

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French novelist. A good A.L.S., Guy de Maupassant, to both sides of his personal printed correspondence card, Rue d...

DAUDET ALPHONSE: (1840-1897) French novelist. A.L.S., Alphonse Daudet, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), small 8vo...

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...

VERNE JULES: (1828-1905) French Novelist. Best known for his science fiction and adventures novels. A good A.L.S., Jules Verne, one page, 12mo, Am...

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

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, one page, 8vo, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris, 11th September 1865, to [Adolphe Belot...

[ZOLA EMILE] LABORI FERNAND: Emile Zola (1840-1902) French Novelist, Playwright and Journalist; Fernand Labori (1860-1971) French attorney. He def...

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´). ...

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´). ...

KAFKA FRANZ: (1883-1924) Austro-Hungarian-born Czechoslovakian novelist and short-story writer. An extremely rare A.L.S., with his initial K, as i...

TURGENEV IVAN: (1818-1883) Russian novelist. A fine, charming A.L.S., I. Tourgueneff, one page, 8vo, Rue de Douai, Paris, 10th December 1871, to P...

TOLSTOY LEO: (1828-1910) Russian writer, regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. A good L.S., `Leon Tolstoy´, two pages, oblong 8vo, ...

GORKY MAXIM: (1868-1936) Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, Russian Writer and political socialist Activist & CHALIAPIN FEODOR (1873-1938) Russian Opera S...

GORKY MAXIM: (1868-1936) Russian writer and socialist political thinker and proponent. An excellent A.L.S., A Peshkov (his real name being Alexei ...

NEMIROVSKY IRENE: (1903-1942) Russian-born novelist in the French language. A rare A.L.S., Irene Nemirovsky, to two sides of a printed corresponde...

RAMUZ CHARLES FERDINAND: (1878-1947) Swiss novelist and poet who wrote the libretto for Igor Stravinsky's Histoire du soldat (1918). A.L.S., C F R...

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French writer, playwright, artist, designer & filmmaker. A printed 8vo programme for a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s ...

MONTHERLANT HENRY DE: (1895-1972) French writer. T.L.S., Montherlant (in bold pencil), one page, 8vo, Paris, 12th March 1948, to a gentleman, in F...

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

STEIN GERTRUDE: (1874-1946) American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector who hosted a famous salon in Paris. A good A.L.S., Gertrude Stei...

COLETTE: (1873-1954) French author, best known for her novella Gigi (1944). A.L.S., Colette, one page, 4to, Rue de Beaujolais (Paris), n.d., to Le...

YOURCENAR MARGUERITE: (1903-1987) French-American Novelist. First woman ever elected to the French Academy. An excellent contant T.L.S., `Margueri...

BEAUVOIR SIMONE DE: (1908-1986) French existentialist philosopher, writer and feminist activist. A.L.S., S de Beauvoir, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d....

KUNDERA MILAN: (1929-2023 ) Czech-French Writer. Best known for his work The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The communist regime in Czechoslovakia...

KOESTLER ARTHUR: (1905-1983) Hungarian-born British author and journalist. T.L.S., A. Koestler, with holograph salutation and subscription, one pa...

JUNGER ERNST: (1895-1998) German Author, Philosopher, and a highly decorated soldier. Junger was also an Entomologist well remembered for his Worl...

WORDSWORTH WILLIAM: (1770-1850) English Romantic poet, Poet Laureate 1843-50. A fine ink signature and inscription, 'Written at the request of my ...

BARRETT BROWNING ELIZABETH: (1806-1861) English poet of the Victorian era & BROWNING ROBERT (1812-1889) English poet and playwright, husband of El...

RILKE RAINER MARIA: (1875-1926) Austrian poet and novelist. A.L.S., Rainer Maria Rilke, to one side of a plain correspondence card, Rue de l'Abbe ...

RILKE RAINER MARIA: (1875-1926) Austrian poet and novelist. A.L.S., R M Rilke, one page, 8vo, Venice, 10th August 1912, to [Axel] Juncker, in Germ...

D'ANNUNZIO GABRIELLE: (1863-1938) Italian poet & playwright. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('G. d'Annunzio') and one additional word ('Ingresso’...

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...

AKHMATOVA ANNA: (1889-1966) Russian poet of the Silver Age. A scarce vintage signed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph of Akhmatova standing in a semi-profile t...

FROST ROBERT: (1874-1963) American poet. An unusual vintage signed colour 7 x 9 photograph, the candid (possibly unique?) image showing Frost seat...

NAZARIANTZ HRAND: (1886-1962) Ottoman-Armenian Poet. Candidate to the Literature Nobel Prize. Nazariantz was sentenced to death in absentia by a c...

DOUGLAS LORD ALFRED: (1870-1945) English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde. A.L.S., Alfred Douglas, two pages, small 4to, Hove, Suss...

THOMAS DYLAN: (1914-1953) Welsh poet. An exceptional autograph manuscript, unsigned, of the poem To Others Than You, three pages (separate leaves,...

DAY-LEWIS CECIL: (1904-1972) Anglo-Irish poet who was Poet Laureate 1968-72. A.L.S., C. Day Lewis, one page, 8vo, London, 4th November 1965, to To...

SMITH STEVIE: (1902-1971) English poet and novelist. T.L.S., Stevie, one page, 4to, Avondale Road, Palmers Green, London, 8th January 1970, to Tom...