BOIELDIEU FRANCOIS-ADRIEN: (1775-1834) French composer of operas, often labelled 'the French Mozart'. The personal printed small oblong 12mo Visit...

GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French composer. A.N.S., Ch. Gounod, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his pri...

LALO EDOUARD: (1823-1892) French composer whose most famous work is the Symphonie Espagnole, written for the violinist Pablo de Sarasate in 1874. ...

DELIBES LEO: (1836-1891) French Romantic composer known for his ballets and operas. A.N.S., Leo Delibes, to the recto of his personal printed oblo...

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French composer of the Romantic era. A.L.S., J. Massenet, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Ca...

DUPARC HENRI: (1848-1933) French composer of the late Romantic period. A.N.S., H Duparc, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting...

AUDRAN EDMOND: (1840-1901) French composer. A.N.S., E, Audran, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his print...

D'INDY VINCENT: (1851-1931) French composer. A.L.S., with his initials, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo black bordered Visiting C...

BRUNEAU ALFRED: (1857-1934) French composer, known for his collaborations with Emile Zola. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Brune...

CHARPENTIER GUSTAVE: (1860-1956) French composer. A.L.S., with his initials G Ch., to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card,...

DEBUSSY CLAUDE: (1862-1918) French composer. The personal printed slim oblong 12mo broad black bordered Visiting Card of Debussy, unsigned, featur...

POULENC FRANCIS: (1899-1963) French composer and pianist, a member of Les Six. A.N.S., Fr, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiti...

BOULANGER NADIA: (1887-1979) French music teacher, composer and conductor. A.N.S., with her initials NB, to the recto and verso of her personal pr...

FALLA MANUEL DE: (1876-1946) Spanish composer. A.L.S., Manuel de Falla, to the recto and verso of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, ...

ENESCU GEORGE: (1881-1955) Romanian composer. A.L.S., George Enesco, to the recto and verso of his personal printed oblong 12mo black bordered Vis...

LEONCAVALLO RUGGERO: (1857-1919) Italian composer. A good A.M.Q.S., R. Leoncavallo, to the verso of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card...

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian composer. A.N.S., G Puccini, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his pr...

MANCINELLI LUIGI: (1848-1921) Italian conductor, cellist and composer who served as chief conductor of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from ...

MENOTTI GIAN CARLO: (1911-2007) Italian composer and librettist. A.N.S., Gian Carlo, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Car...

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian composer, conductor and pianist. A.N.S., I Str, a truncated form of his signature, to the recto of his person...

SOUSA JOHN PHILIP: (1854-1932) American composer and conductor, primarily known for his American military marches. A.M.Q.S., John Philip Sousa, to...

BARBER SAMUEL: (1910-1981) American composer. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Barber, featuring his printed name to the centre (...

GOMES ANTONIO CARLOS: (1836-1896) Brazilian composer, a contemporary of Verdi and Puccini and the first New World composer whose work was accepted...

CARUSO ENRICO: (1873-1921) Italian tenor. A good fountain pen ink signature ('Enrico Caruso') and place and date, London, 1904, in his hand, to th...

CALLAS MARIA: (1923-1977) American-born Greek soprano. The scarce personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Callas, unsigned, featuring her pr...

BERNHARDT SARAH: (1844-1923) French stage actress. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Bernhardt, unsigned, featuring her printed na...

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE: (1864-1901) French painter and illustrator. A.N.S., H de T-Lautrec, to the recto and verso of his personal printed oblo...

BARTHOLDI FREDERIC AUGUSTE: (1834-1904) French sculptor, best known for designing the Statue of Liberty (‘Liberty Enlightening the World’). A.N.S....

EZEKIEL MOSES: (1844-1917) American sculptor whose most famous work is the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. A.L.S....

CHASE WILLIAM MERRITT: (1849-1916) American painter, an exponent of Impressionism. A.N.S., W. M. Chase, to the verso of his personal printed oblon...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Dumas fils, unsigned, featuring ...

COPPEE FRANCOIS: (1842-1908) French poet and novelist. A brief A.L.S., with his initials Fr. C., to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo ...

PIRANDELLO LUIGI: (1867-1936) Italian dramatist, novelist and poet, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1934. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visi...

[CRANE STEPHEN]: (1871-1900) American poet, novelist and short story writer. The rare personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Crane, unsigne...

AMADO JORGE: (1912-2001) Brazilian writer of the modernist school. Black ink signature and inscription by Amado on his personal printed oblong 12m...

GEIGER HANS: (1882-1945) German physicist, co-inventor of the detector component of the Geiger counter. The personal printed slim oblong 12mo Visi...

PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist, renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination and pasteurisation. Th...

CLAUDE GEORGES: (1870-1960) French engineer and inventor, considered ´the Edison of France´ and particularly noted for his invention and commercia...

EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. Black fountain pen ink signature (´Thomas A ...

LATHAM HUBERT: (1883-1912) French aviation pioneer, the first person to attempt to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane. As a result of engin...

DREYFUS ALFRED: (1859-1935) French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the...

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

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: Georges Picquart (1854-1914) French Army officer who served as Minister of War 1906-09 and is remembered for his role in the Dre...

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: MORNARD HENRY (1859-1928) French lawyer who first represented Lucie Dreyfus in 1894 and later for Alfred Dreyfus at the retrial ...

WASNER FRANZ: (1905-1992) Austrian Roman Catholic priest and missionary, the director and conductor of the Trapp Family Singers. A.N.S., with his ...

MARINA OF GREECE AND DENMARK: (1906-1968) Greek Princess, later Duchess of Kent as the wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent. Blue fountain pen ink ...

FIELD STEPHEN JOHNSON: (1816-1899) American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1863-97. Bold fountain pe...

ARDEN ELIZABETH: (1881-1966) Canadian-American businesswoman who founded and built a cosmetics empire, making her one of the wealthiest women in t...

BOCHER MAIN ROUSSEAU: (1890-1976) American couturier, best known for the eponymous fashion label, Mainbocher, which he created in 1929. A.N.S., Ma...

MCDONALD RICHARD: (1909-1998) American entrepreneur who, with his brother Maurice, founded the fast food company McDonald´s in 1940. Blue ink sign...

CLEMENCEAU GEORGES: (1841-1929) French Prime Minister 1906-09, 1917-20. A.N.S., G Clemenceau, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Vis...

DALADIER EDOUARD: (1884-1970) French Prime Minister 1933, 1934 & 1938-40, a signatory to the Munich Agreement before the outbreak of World War II....

BENES EDVARD: (1884-1948) President of Czechoslovakia 1935-38, 1940-45 (in exile) & 1945-48. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Ben...

PAPEN FRANZ VON: (1879-1969) German politician and diplomat who served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler ...

KING W. L. MACKENZIE: (1874-1950) Canadian statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Canada 1921-26, 1926-30 & 1935-48. Bold dark f...