ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscript page by Rousseau, 4to, n.p., [Paris], n.d. (...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A very interesting autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., [Paris], n.d. (c.1...

DIDEROT DENIS: (1713-1784) French philosopher, art critic and writer, a significant figure during the Age of Enlightenment. An extremely rare A.L....

COMTE AUGUSTE: (1798-1857) French philosopher, mathematician and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism and is often regarded as the fir...

NIETZSCHE FRIEDRICH: (1844-1900) German philosopher. An extremely rare, early A.L.S., Fritz Nietzsche, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Naumburg), n.d. (Augus...

FORSTER-NIETZSCHE ELISABETH: (1846-1935) Sister of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the creator of the Nietzsche Archive in 1894. L.S., ...

MOORE G. E.: (1873-1958) English philosopher, one of the initiators of analytic philosophy. A scarce D.S., G. E. Moore, Professor of Philosophy, o...

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

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

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., `Al Dumas´, one page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], n.d., t...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A clean A.L.S., `Al Dumas´, one page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris],...

HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. A.L.S., with his initials `V.H.´, one page, 8vo, n.p., `Monday evening´, 20th January, n.y., to...

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. PAULZE D´IVOY ROLAND (1812-1891) French civil servant who served as the Prefect of...

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French novelist. A.L.S., with her initials G S, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Paris), n.d. (c.1842), to Eugene Delacroix. Sand inv...

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French novelist. A very fine A.L.S., George Sand, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (Nohant-Vic), 1st December 1852, to [Eugene Delacr...

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French novelist. A.L.S., G Flaubert, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Mardi soir 10 heures'), to Monsieur Cloquet, in Fre...

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

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

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...

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French novelist. A.L.S., Maupassant, to one side of his personal printed correspondence card, Rue de Montchanin (Pa...

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French Writer. A good A.L.S., Guy de Maupassant, three pages, 8vo, 10th rue de Montchanin, Paris, n.d., written to ...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Zola, unsigned, featuring his printed name to the centr...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, one page, 8vo, Paris, 20th April 1879, to a lady, in French. Zola asks his correspond...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. Nominated for the first and second award of the Nobel of literature in 1901 and 1902. A leading figure in t...

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Medan, 1st Jun...

PREVOST MARCEL: (1862-1941) French Author. A good set of four documents comprising an autograph manuscript, eight pages, 8vo, being his speech at ...

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´). ...

COLETTE: (1873-1954) French author, best known for her novella Gigi (1944). A.L.S., Colette, two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (1936), to Leopold Marchan...

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French poet, playwright, novelist, artist, filmmaker and critic. A wonderful illustrated A.L.S., Jean, one page, oblong ...

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Poet, Playwright, Novelist, Artist, Filmmaker and Critic. A very private and tender letter with excellent content...

CELINE LOUIS-FERDINAND: (1894-1961) French novelist. A.L.S., with his initials LFC, three pages, folio, Copenhagen, 31st August (1947), to [Dr. Al...

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

BRETON ANDRE: (1896-1966) French Writer and Poet. One of the main figures and co-founder of Surrealism. A very fine and interesting content A.L.S....

PAGNOL MARCEL: (1895-1974) French Filmmaker, Novelist & Playwright. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 9 x 11.5 photograph by Pagnol, the i...

GENET JEAN: (1910-1986) French Novelist, Playwright, and political Activist. A.L.S., `Jean Genet´, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., to Edmonde Charles-R...

LEVI-STRAUSS CLAUDE: (1908-2009) French anthropologist and ethnologist. Signed and inscribed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph of Levi-Strauss standing in a ha...

IONESCO EUGENE: (1909-1994) Romanian-French playwright. A.L.S., Gene Ioneso, one page, 8vo, Paris, 31st May 1971, to a friend, in French. Ionesco ...

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...

VOLKHOVSKY FELIKS: (1846-1914) Russian revolutionary, journalist and writer. An interesting L.S., F. Volkhovsky, four pages, 8vo, Hammersmith, Lon...

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

NABOKOV VLADIMIR: (1899-1977) Russian-born American novelist and poet whose works include Lolita (1955). A rare D.S., Vladimir Nabokov, two pages ...

ZWEIG STEFAN: (1881-1942) Austrian Novelist, Playwright, Journalist and Biographer, and himself a passionate collector of autograph manuscripts. A...

SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832) Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Ink signature (‘Walter Scott’) on a slim oblong 12mo piece...

STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS: (1850-1894) Scottish novelist of Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Kidnapped (1886)...

[DICKENS CHARLES]: (1812-1870) English novelist. A good vintage unsigned stereopticon photograph of Dickens (approximately 17.5 x 8.5 cm), the sep...

RUSKIN JOHN: (1819-1900) English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath. A.L.S., John Ruskin, two pages (written to the first and third side...

HARDY THOMAS: (1840-1928) English novelist. A fine, dark ink signature (´Thomas Hardy´) to a printed 8vo limitations page bearing the text ´This e...

HAGGARD H. RIDER: (1856-1925) English writer of adventure fiction including King Solomon's Mines. L.S., H. Rider Haggard, on two sides of his prin...

CONRAD JOSEPH: (1857-1924) Polish-British novelist. A fine A.L.S., J. Conrad, two pages, oblong 8vo, Capel House, Orlestone, near Ashford, 7th Feb...

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. Vintage fountain pen ink signaure (´G. Bernard Shaw´) ...

BURNAND F. C.: (1836-1917) English comic writer and playwright, remembered as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan´s opera Cox and Box. An illustrate...

RICHARDS FRANK: (1876-1961) Charles Hamilton. English writer, creator of the Greyfriars School stories featuring Billy Bunter. T.L.S., Frank Richa...

CROMPTON RICHMAL: (1890-1969) English writer, remembered for her Just William series of books. A.L.S., Richmal Crompton, one page, 8vo, Chislehurs...

ACTON HAROLD: (1904-1994) British writer and scholar, a prominent member of the Bright Young Things. A.L.S., Harold Acton, one page, 4to, La Pietr...

WAUGH EVELYN: (1903-1966) English writer whose novels include Vile Bodies (1930) and Brideshead Revisited (1945). A.L.S., with his initials E.W., ...

WAUGH AUBERON: (1939-2001) English journalist and novelist, son of Evelyn Waugh. A brief T.L.S., Auberon Waugh, one page, 8vo, Combe Florey, Taunt...

KERMODE FRANK: (1919-2010) British literary critic, best known for his work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction (1967). T.L.S...