BERNHARDT SARAH: (1844-1923) French stage Actress. The most prominent actress of her time. A.L.S., Sarah Bernhardt Damala, two pages, written to t...

RACHEL: (1821-1858) Rachel Felix. French actress. A.L.S., Rachel, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified correspondent, in French. The actr...

MÉLIÈS GEORGES: (1861-1938) French Film Director, a pioneer of cinema and innovator in the use of special effects. Rare D.S., G. Melies, two pages...

TRUMBO DALTON: (1905-1976) American screenwriter of Roman Holiday (1953) and other Hollywood movies, Academy Award winner. Trumbo was one of the H...

KAZAN ELIA: (1909-2003) American film and theatre director, Academy Award winner. T.L.S., Elia Kazan, one page, 4to, n.p. (New York), 28th August ...

Lubitsch lures Jannings to Hollywood - ‘Your name is known here, and it is the only one of all German actors – and that is colossal, and you can b...

LEDGER HEATH: (1979-2008) Australian Actor, Academy Award winner. Best known for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008) for which he was ...

GARBO GRETA: (1905-1990) Swedish-American actress, the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. A scarce, bold, vintage fountain pen ink signature ...

BERGMAN INGRID: (1915-1982) Swedish actress, Academy Award winner. D.S., Ingrid Bergman, four pages, 4to, n.p. (New York), 10th April 1970. The pa...

HEPBURN AUDREY: (1929-1993) Belgian-born British actress, Academy Award winner. An unusual D.S., Audrey Hepburn, one page, 4to, n.p. (Tolochenaz, ...

BERGMAN INGRID: (1915-1982) Swedish actress, Academy Award winner. An exceptional book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Casablanc...

ON THE WATERFRONT: SCHULBERG BUDD (1914-2009) American screenwriter, remembered for his Academy Award winning screenplay for On the Waterfront & K...

DREYER CARL THEODOR: (1889-1968) Danish film director and screenwriter. A.L.S., Carl Th. Dreyer, one page, 8vo, Paris, 22nd February 1930, to a ge...

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN: Gene Kelly (1912-1996) American actor and dancer, the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. Kelly starred in (and co-direct...

ROUNDTREE RICHARD: (1942-     ) American actor, considered 'the first black action hero' for his portrayal of John Shaft in Shaft (1971). Signed a...

GUITRY SACHA: (1885-1957) French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright. T.L.S., Sacha Guitry, one page, 4to, Cote d'Azur, 6th March 1935, t...

USTINOV PETER: (1921-2004) British actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1960 for his role as Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus. S...

USTINOV PETER: (1921-2004) British actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1964 for his role as Arthur Simon Simpson in Topkapi. ...

LEDGER HEATH: (1979-2008) Australian actor, posthumous Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 2008 for his role as the Joker in The Dar...

PAXINOU KATINA: (1900-1973) Greek actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1943 for her role as Pilar in For Whom the Bell Tol...

CAGNEY JAMES: (1899-1986) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1942 for his role as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. Sign...

COLMAN RONALD: (1891-1958) British actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1947 for his role as Anthony John in A Double Life. Vintage signe...

WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1969 for his role as Marshal Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn in True Gr...

FIRTH COLIN: (1960-     ) English actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 2010 for his role as King George VI in The King's Speech. Signed c...

DIMAGGIO JOE: (1914-1999) American baseball player, the second husband of Marilyn Monroe for just 274 days from January - October 1954. An unusual...

BIZET GEORGES: (1838-1875) French Composer. A rare and very fine A.L.S., Georges Bizet, three pages, 8vo, n.p. [Saint Gratien], n.d. [summer 1869]...

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. A good A.L.S., `Massenet´, two pages, written to the first and third page, 8vo, Paris, Friday 4th May...

‘….. it is not necessary to hear the song of the nightingale, that of the locomotives answering much better to the modern preoccupations of art!’ ...

SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French composer of the Romantic era. A.L.S., with his initials C. St. S., one page, 4to, n.p., 19th September 191...

MILHAUD DARIUS: (1892-1974) French Composer. A fine A.L.S., Milhaud, one page, 4to, brown paper, n.p., n.d., to a friend, in French. Milhaud refer...

VERDI GIUSEPPE: (1813-1901) Italian Composer. A good A.L.S., `G. Verdi´, one page, 8vo, Genova, Wednesday, March 1883, to Giulio Ricordi, in Itali...

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian Composer. A.L.S, G. Puccini, one page, 4to, Milan, 14th December 1909, to Zorah Dorlac, at the Grand Theatre ...

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian Composer. A.L.S, G. Puccini, one page, 4to, Milan, n.d. [1906], to Carlo Clausetti, at Ricordi offices in Nap...

MENDELSSOHN FELIX: (1809-1847) German composer, pianist and conductor of the early Romantic period. A.L.S., Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, two pages...

WAGNER RICHARD: (1813-1883) German Composer. A good A.L.S., Richard Wagner, one page, 8vo, Biebrich am Rhein, 26th July 1862, to his editor Herman...

WAGNER COSIMA: (1837-1930) born Francesca Cosima Liszt. Illegitimate daughter of Liszt. Second wife of Richard Wagner and, with him, founder of th...

GILBERT W. S.: (1836-1911) English librettist, collaborated with the composer Arthur Sullivan. A.L.S., W S Gilbert, two pages, 8vo, Grim's Dyke, H...

JOACHIM JOSEPH: (1831-1907) Hungarian Violinist and Composer. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms. A good A.L.S., `Joseph Joaquim´, four pages...

LLOYD WEBBER ANDREW: (1948-     ) English composer of musical theatre, Academy Award winner. A printed 8vo menu and programme for the Variety Club...

GOBERT PIERRE: (1662-1744) French portrait painter, the preferred painter of the great ladies of the court during the reign of King Louis XIV. D.S...

COURBET GUSTAVE: (1819-1877) French Painter. An innovator who rejected academic convention and leaded the French Realist movement. Courbet was act...

REDON ODILON: (1840-1916) French Symbolist artist. A.L.S., Odilon Redon, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Lundi matin'), to Boregthal, in French. Redo...

GEROME JEAN-LEON: (1824-1904) French painter and sculptor. A clean A.L.S., J L Gerome, one page, 12mo, n.p. [Paris], n.d., on his personal printed...

RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist. A fine and good association A.L.S., `Renoir´, two pages, written to the first and ...

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist Painter. A.L.S., `Claude´, two pages, 8vo, grid paper, n.p. [Rouen], Tuesday evening, n.d. [1892], ...

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., Claude Monet, four pages, 8vo, Giverny par Vernon, 11th June 1920, to Gustave Geff...

MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) French Artist. Unusual and very attractive autograph short poem-canticle, with drawing, one page, oblong folio, n.p., n...

DUBUFFET JEAN: (1901-1985) French painter and sculptor, founder of the art brut movement. A.L.S., Jean Dubuffet, one page, 8vo, Paris, 21st Septem...

MASEREEL FRANS: (1889-1972) Flemish painter and graphic artist. A.L.S., Frans Masereel, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Paris), 3rd December 1928, to the edi...

OROZCO JOSE CLEMENTE: (1883-1949) Mexican painter, a specialist in political murals. A.L.S., J. C. Orozco, one page, 8vo, n.p., 15th January 1946,...

SARGENT JOHN SINGER: (1856-1925) American artist, considered the leading portrait painter of his generation. A.L.S., John S. Sargent, two pages, s...

BAWDEN EDWARD: (1903-1989) English painter, illustrator and graphic artist. A.L.S.. Edward, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.1949), to Michael Rothen...

ZILLE HEINRICH: (1858-1929) German illustrator and caricaturist. A.L.S., H. Zille, two pages, 8vo, Charlottenburg, 16th January 1925, to Friedrich...

KUBIN ALFRED: (1877-1959) Austrian printmaker and illustrator. A.L.S., Alfred Kubin, to two sides of a folding 8vo greetings card, the front cover...

BARTHOLDI FREDERIC AUGUSTE: (1834-1904) French Sculptor, famous as the designer of the Statue of Liberty. Two A.L.S, `Bartholdi´, one page each, 1...

MESTROVIC IVAN: (1883-1962) Croatian sculptor and architect. T.L.S., I Mestrovic, one page, 4to, n.p. (Zagreb?), 10th March 1936, to Paul Mannoni,...

LE CORBUSIER: (1887-1965) Swiss-French Architect, Painter, Urban Planner. A good front cover Time magazine signed, `Le Corbusier´, one page, 4to, ...

BACON HENRY: (1866-1924) American Beaux-Arts architect whose notable projects include the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. A.L.S., Henry Bacon,...

VILLANUEVA CARLOS RAUL: (1900-1975) Venezuelan modernist architect. A.L.S., Villanueva, one page, 4to, Caracas, 20th November 1966, to Anthony Kra...

TENNIEL JOHN: (1820-1914) English illustrator and political cartoonist, remembered for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in ...