[VOLTAIRE]: (1694-1778) Francois-Marie Arouet. French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. AMELOT DE CHAILLOU JEAN-JACQUES (1689-1749)...

[VOLTAIRE] - CARDINAL DE ROHAN: Voltaire (1694-1778) French Enlightenment Writer and Philosopher. Voltaire is a pseudonym, his name being François...

VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) French Enlightenment Writer and Philosopher. Voltaire is a pseudonym, his name being François-Marie Arouet. Voltaire is know...

VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) French Enlightenment Writer and Philosopher. Voltaire is a pseudonym, his name being François-Marie Arouet. Voltaire is know...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscript, two pages, 4to, n.p., [Paris], n.d. (c.1745...

VOLNEY COUNT OF: (1757-1820) Constantin François de Chasseboeuf, French Philosopher, Abolitionist, Writer and Politician. Author of “The Ruins: Or...

SCHLEIERMACHER FRIEDRICH: (1768-1834) German Reformed theologian, philosopher and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticis...

RENAN ERNEST: (1823-1892) French Philosopher, Orientalist Scholar and expert of Semitic languages, Historian of religions and Critic. Renan wrote ...

VALERY PAUL: (1871-1945) French Poet and Philosopher. A very fine A.L.S., `Paul Valery´, three pages, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], Thursday 2nd March 1944, ...

RANKE LEOPOLD VON: (1795-1886) German historian. D.S., Leopold von Ranke, one page, oblong 8vo, Berlin, 23rd November 1846, in German. The manuscr...

HETZEL PIERRE-JULES: (1814-1886) French editor and publisher, best known for his lavishly illustrated editions of Jules Verne's novels. A.L.S., J ...

ROUVROY LOUIS DE: (1675-1755) Duc de Saint-Simon. French soldier, diplomat and memoirist. Saint-Simon's enormous memoirs are a classic of French l...

RACINE JEAN: (1639-1669) French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th century France. An extremely rare ownership signature ('Raci...

CHATEAUBRIAND FRANCOIS-RENE DE: (1768-1848) French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. L.S., Chateaubriand, one page, 4to, Paris, 26th Nov...

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

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 ...

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 ...

MUSSET ALFRED DE: (1810-1857) French Poet and Novelist. Best known for his autobiographical novel The Confession of a Child of the Century (''Conf...

MUSSET ALFRED DE: (1810-1857) French Poet and Novelist. Best known for his autobiographical novel The Confession of a Child of the Century (''Conf...

BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. An excellent and cleanly written A.L.S., signed with his ...

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

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. An excellent Autograph Poem by Hugo, signed at the base `Victor Hugo´, one page, oblong 4to, n....

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet & Novelist of the Romantic Movement. A good A.L.S., Victor Hugo, one page, 8vo, Paris, 25th June 1879, to a G...

VERLAINE PAUL]: (1844-1896) French Poet. Considered one of the greatest in French poetry. A.N.S., `P. Verlaine´, one page, oblong 12mo, n.p., 23rd...

MERIMEE PROSPER: (1803-1870) French Dramatist, Historian and short story Writer. Best known for his novella Carmen which became the basis of Bizet...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A good and clean A.L.S., Al. Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p.,...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A cleanly written A.L.S., Al. Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p....

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A good A.L.S., `A.D.´, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to his...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., `A. Dumas f.´, two pages, 8vo, blue paper, n.p. [Paris], n.d. [1881], on hi...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. An excellent statement in the hand of Dumas. Autograph Statement Signed, `A. Dumas,...

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 Writer. A very fine A.L.S., `Guy de Maupassant´, two pages, oblong 12mo card, 10 rue de Montchanin, Paris, n...

DAUDET ALPHONSE: (1840-1897) French Writer. A.L.S., `Alph. Daudet´, two pages, small 8vo, Paris, 24th October 1895, to Mr. Philippe Gille, in Fren...

BERNANOS GEORGES: (1888-1948) French author. A.L.S., G Bernanos, two pages, 4to, Palma, 14th April n.y., to 'Mon cher ami', in French. Bernanos su...

CELINE LOUIS FERDINAND: (1894-1961) French Novelist. Known as Celine, his real name being Destouches, a controversial writer because of his anti-S...

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Writer, Playwright and Filmmaker. A fine A.L.S., `Jean´, one page, 4to, n.p. [Paris], 31st December 1953, to Serg...

ROSTAND EDMOND: (1868-1918) French poet and dramatist, remembered for his play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). A.L.S., Edmond Rostand, to one side of a...

APOLLINAIRE GUILLAUME: (1880-1918) French Poet, Playwright and Novelist. One of the forefathers of Surrealism, Apollinaire is credited with coinin...

APOLLINAIRE GUILLAUME: (1880-1918) French poet, playwright, novelist and art critic, an impassioned defender of Cubism and a forefather of Surreal...

CHAR RENE: (1907-1988) French poet and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. A.L.S., Rene Char, to two sides of a plain correspon...

BEAUVOIR SIMONE DE: (1908-1986) French Writer & Intellectual. A.L.S., S de Beauvoir, one page, 4to, grid paper, Paris, 1st April 1964, to Mr. Dury...

GENET JEAN: (1910-1986) French Novelist, Playwright, and political Activist. A.L.S., `Jean Genet´, one page, folio, n.p., 5th June 1983, to Edmond...

‘My book, which I believe is my best, will please you on the one hand: an epic caricature of the papacy and Christianity, but will displease you ...

MEYER CONRAD FERDINAND: (1825-1898) Swiss poet and historical novelist, a master of literary realism who is remembered for his stirring narrative ...

GOETHE JOHANN WOLFGANG VON: (1749-1832) German Writer and Philosopher. His poetry and dramatic works provided source material for Beethoven, Schub...

KOTZEBUE AUGUST VON: (1761-1819) German Writer. Assassinated. A Dramatist who graduated and practiced as a lawyer in Weimar and also worked as Con...

TURGENEV IVAN: (1818-1883) Russian novelist, poet and playwright. A.L.S., Iv. Tourgueneff, to two sides of a pain 12mo correspondence card, Rue de...

TOLSTOY LEO: (1828-1910) Russian writer, regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. A lengthy and very interesting L.S., `Leon Tolstoy´,...

[JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941) Irish novelist and poet. An unusual partially printed document, completed and signed on behalf of Joyce in the hand of ...

[LORD BYRON]: (1788-1824) English Poet, one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and widely regarded as one of the greatest English po...

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English novelist. A very fine, extensive A.Q.S., Charles Dickens (an excellent example, with paraph), one page, 4to, ...

CORNER JULIA: (1798-1875) English author of plays for children whose series of plays Little Plays for Little People were published by Dean & Son i...

DODGSON CHARLES LUTWIDGE: (1832-1898) Lewis Carroll. English author, poet and mathematician whose works include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (...

COLLINS WILKIE: (1824-1889) English novelist and playwright whose work The Moonstone (1868) is widely considered as the first modern detective nov...

COWDEN CLARKE MARY: (1809-1898) English author who compiled a concordance to Shakespeare which was published between 1844-45. A.L.S., Mary Cowden ...

Doyle provides an insight into his new novel –‘I think I have done it in such a way that it is picturesque and not offensive, though I have two b...

MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET: (1874-1965) English playwright and novelist. T.L.S., W. S. Maugham, one page, oblong 8vo, Villa Mauresque, Cap Ferrat, 12th J...