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

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French philosopher, writer and composer who influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Euro...

MORELLET ANDRE: (1727-1819) French Author and Encyclopedist. Also known as One of the last Enlightenment Age Philosophes. A.L.S., Morellet, one pa...

BENTHAM JEREMY: (1748-1832) English Philosopher, Jurist and Social Reformer. A fine, long L.S., Jeremy Bentham, with several holograph corrections...

VALERY PAUL: (1871-1945) French Poet and Philosopher. A.L.S., P. Valery, to the verso of a postcard, 30th December 1925, to Mr. Boucsin, in French...

MARCEL GABRIEL: (1889-1973) French Philosopher, Playwright and Christian Existentialist. Widely regarded as the first French Existentialist, Marce...

HORKHEIMER MAX: (1895-1973) German philosopher and sociologist. T.L.S., Max Horkheimer, one page, 4to, Montagnola, 5th January 1968, to Professor ...

[MOLIERE]: (1622-1673) Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. Known by his stage name Moliere. French playwright, Actor and Poet, widely regarded as one of the g...

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

BALZAC HONORÉ DE: (1799-1850) French Novelist and Playwright. Best known for his masterwork novel La Comedie Humaine, a multi-novel collection of ...

BALZAC HONORÉ DE: (1799-1850) French Novelist and Playwright. Best known for his masterwork novel La Comedie Humaine, a multi-novel collection of ...

NERVAL GERARD DE: (1808-1855) Gerard Labrunie. French writer, poet and translator, a major figure of French romanticism. A rare Manuscript D.S., G...

‘a great noise was made at yesterday’s hearing by the luxury in the midst of which I live’  DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Pere (1802-1870) French novelist and...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., `Alex Dumas´, a large bold black ink signature, ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. An interesting A.L., one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in Frenc...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. A.L.S., Victor, one page, 12mo, n.p., n.d., to Lacroix, in French. Hugo writes a has...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. A brief A.L.S., Victor H, one page, 8vo, n.p., 12th April (1836), to Lacroix, in Fre...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed printed 8.5 x 10.5 engraved portrait of Hugo, depicti...

[LES MISERABLES] HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. A significant original page of manuscript in the hand of Hugo, unsi...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. A.L.S., A Dumas f, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., to 'Mon cher enfant', in Frenc...

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French novelist. A.L.S., Gte. Flaubert, two pages, (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, n.p....

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French novelist. A.L.S., Guy de Maupassant, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Vendredi'), to a friend, in French. Maupass...

DAUDET ALPHONSE: (1840-1897) French Novelist. A.L.S., Alph. Daudet, one page, 12mo, Paris, n.d., to Henry Céard, in French. The letter is written ...

DAUDET ALPHONSE: (1840-1897) French novelist. A.N.S., Alph. Daudet, to the head of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his p...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist, journalist and playwright. A.L.S., Emile Zola, one page, 8vo, Medan, 6th September 1878, to [Aurelien Sch...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. A.L.S., Emile Zola, to both sides of his personal printed visiting card, Médan, Villennes, 3rd July 1888, t...

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French poet and dramatist whose works include Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). A.L.S., Edmond Rostand, one page (folding Car...

NIZAN PAUL-YVES: (1905-1940) French Philosopher and Writer. Member of the French Communist Party. Nizan died in the Battle of Dunkirk, fighting ag...

SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator, remembered for his novella The Little Pr...

Welles prepares to bring The Little Prince to the screen  [LITTLE PRINCE THE]: WELLES ORSON (1915-1985) American actor & film director, Academy Aw...

SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator, remembered for his novella The Little Pr...

ELUARD PAUL: (1895-1952) French poet, one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. A.L.S., Paul Eluard, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Lundi'), to...

ELUARD PAUL: (1895-1952) French Poet, widely considered one of the founders of the surrealist movement. A rare and very good content love letter, ...

‘….too much to hurt me in a life of which a month will still be devoted to this filthy country….’  CREVEL RENE: (1900-1935) French writer associa...

REGNIER MARIE DE: (1875-1963) Also known as Marie de Heredia, or her pen-name Gérard D´Houville. French Novelist & Poet. An important figure of th...

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French poet, playwright, novelist, artist, filmmaker and critic. A.L.S., Cocteau, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d. (June...

BRETON ANDRE: (1896-1966) French Writer and Poet. One of the main figures and co-founder of Surrealism. Unusual and very interesting document rela...

SARTRE JEAN-PAUL: (1905-1980) French Existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist and literary critic. Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize for ...

BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. A very fine A.L.S., `C. Baudelaire´, one page, 8vo, n.p. ...

BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. A good A.L.S., `C.B´, one page, oblong 12mo, n.p. [Paris]...

VERLAINE PAUL: (1844-1896) French Poet. Considered one of the greatest in French poetry. A.L.S., `Paul Verlaine´, one page, 8vo, Paris, 7th April ...

MALLARMÉ STÉPHANE: (1842-1898) His pen name being Etienne Mallarmé. French Poet. A major symbolist Poet who strongly inspired future artistic scho...

FRANCE ANATOLE: (1844-1924) French Poet & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature 1921. A.L.S., Anatole France, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to ...

JACOB MAX: (1876-1944) French Poet and Painter. A good autograph statement `Max Jacob´, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. [1938], in French. On a page rem...

JACOB MAX: (1876-1944) French Poet and Painter. A good A.L.S., Max Jacob, two pages, 4to, Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire, 28th October 1925, to an unident...

LAVATER JOHANN KASPAR: (1741-1801) Swiss Poet, Writer and Philosopher. Best known for his works in the field of physiognomy. Autograph Statement S...

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

ANNUNZIO GABRIELE D´: (1863-1938) Prince of Montenevoso. Italian Writer, Poet and WWI Soldier. Known as "The Prophet". A good A.L.S., Gabriele d´A...

TENNYSON ALFRED: (1809-1892) Lord Tennyson. British Poet Laureate 1850-92. A.L.S., A Tennyson, one page, 8vo, Aldworth, Haslemere, Surrey, n.d. (p...

FORD FORD MADOX: (1873-1939) English novelist and poet. A brief T.L.S., Ford Madox Ford, one page, 4to, Paris, 24th February 1932, to the publishe...

SASSOON SIEGFRIED: (1886-1967) English war poet, writer and soldier. A.L.S., S. Sassoon, one page, 8vo, Heytesbury House, Wiltshire, 23rd July 193...

BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) English Poet Laureate 1972-84. T.L.S., J. Betjeman (twice; for no apparent reason), one page, oblong 8vo, Cloth Fair, L...

TAVARES-BASTOS ANTONIO DIAS: (1900-1960) Brazilian poet. Manuscript D.S., A. D. Tavares Bastos, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. Tavares-Bast...

MASTERS EDGAR LEE: (1868-1950) American Poet, Biographer & Lawyer. A.Q.S., Edgar Lee Masters, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1927). Masters has...

POUND EZRA: (1885-1972) American expatriate poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement and a fascist collaborator in I...

KOTZEBUE AUGUST VON: (1761-1819) German dramatist who was assassinated at the age of 57. Fragment of an A.L.S., A v. Kotzebue, one page, oblong 8v...

SCHNITZLER ARTHUR: (1862-1931) Austrian author and dramatist, remembered for his controversial and frank descriptions of sexuality. T.L.S., Arthur...

SALTEN FELIX: (1869-1945) Austro-Hungarian author whose most famous work, Bambi, a Life in the Woods (1923), formed the basis of Walt Disney's cla...

ZWEIG STEFAN: (1881-1942) Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer, himself a passionate collector of autograph manuscripts. T.L.S...

BLASCO IBANEZ VICENTE: (1867-1928) Spanish Novelist of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. A good A.L.S., `Vicente Blasco Ibañez´, two pages, on ...