SCIENCE & EXPLORATION: Two 8vo pages removed from an

SCIENCE & EXPLORATION: Two 8vo pages removed from an autograph album each multiple signed by various chemists, physicians and other scientists etc., including Robert Robertson (the first person to est

THEATRE: Selection of signed 8vo pages removed from theatre programmes, complete programmes (17), signed pieces and letterheads etc., by various stage actors and actresses (some of whom also had scree

WORLD LEADERS: An exceptionally rare 8vo page removed from an autograph album multiple signed by eleven world leaders comprising Haile Selassie I (1892-1975) Ethiopian Regent 1916-30 and Emperor 1930-

COLE NAT KING: (1919-1965) American singer and jazz pianist. Blue ink signature ('Nat King Cole') on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album. Accompanied by a vintage 5 x 7 photograph of Cole in a

ROYAL NAVY: An oblong 8vo page removed from an autograph album signed by various Admirals and other Royal Navy officers including John de Robeck (1862-1928) Irish Admiral of the Fleet who commanded th

Autograph music quotation signed ('A. Gretchaninov') from an unidentified work, marked Lento in his hand, oblong 8vo page removed from an autograph album , 17 November 1933.

GORKY MAXIM: (1868-1936) Russian Writer and political socialist Activist. A good L.S., M. Gorky, in Cyrillic, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Axel Gallen in Helsinki, in French. Gorki writes a letter o

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. A good A.L.S., `F. Liszt´, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Prince Poniatowski, in French. Liszt was on his way to visit Poniatowski when they cr

On Rebecca 'The heroine was nameless on purpose' DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A good A.L.S., Daphne du Maurier, two pages, 8vo, Fowey, Cornwall, 21st August 1942, to Miss. Pottinger

KOSSUTH LAJOS: (1802-1894) Hungarian Politician, Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the Revolution of 1848-49. A good and clean A.L.S., `L. Kossuth´, two pages, 8vo, Nottinghill, Lon

BENEDICT XIV: (1675-1758) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1740-58. L.S., P. Cardinale Lambertini, as Cardinal, two pages, 8vo, Ancona, 24th March 1731, to Pirro Capacelli Albergati, in Italian. The

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. An entertaining T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 2nd August 1963, to Meaburn [Staniland]. Du Maurier announces 'The full treatme

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 14th June 1963, to Meaburn [Staniland]. Du Maurier thanks her correspondent for his 'Be Kind to

MILL JOHN STUART: (1806-1873) British Philosopher and Political Economist. A.L.S., J. S. Mill, two pages, 8vo, Blackheath Park, 28th January 1866, to a gentleman. Mill acknowledges receipt of his corr

ROTHSCHILD JAMES MAYER DE: (1792-1868) German-French banker and the founder of the French branch of the Rothschild banking family. L.S., Ban. James de Rothschild, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 6th March n.y.

ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944) French Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1915. A very fine A.L.S., Romain Rolland, two pages, 8vo, Geneva, 17th November 1915, to L. Lavater, in Fren

CHARCOT JEAN-MARTIN: (1825-1893) French neurologist who worked on hypnosis and hysteria and is considered ‘the founder of modern neurology’. A.L.S., J M Charcot, two pages, 8vo, Boulevard St-Germa

NADAR: (1820-1910) French Photographer, Caricaturist and Balloonist. His real name being Felix Tournachon. An excellent A.L.S., Nadar, two pages, 8vo, written to the front and fourth page permitting f

ALBERT I OF BELGIUM: (1875-1934) King of the Belgians 1909-1934. A.L.S., `Albert de Belgique´, two pages, 8vo, mourning paper, Ostende, 15th August 1906, to a Baron, in French. The letter bears at

BONNARD PIERRE: (1867-1947) French painter, a leading figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism. A.L.S., P Bonnard, two pages, 8vo, Villa du Bosquet, Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, n.d. ('

AUSCHWITZ: An A.L.S. by Jan Paszko, a Prisoner of War, two pages, 8vo (on the official printed folding stationery of Konzentrationslager Auschwitz), Block 20, Auschwitz, 30th November 1941, to his wif

FRY ROGER: (1866-1934) English Painter & Critic, a member of the Bloomsbury Group. A.L.S., Roger Fry, two pages, 8vo, Durbins, Guildford, 14th February 1912, to 'Dear Madam'. Fry states that he has be

CZARTORYSKA IZABELLA ELZBIETA: (1832-1899) Polish Princess and noblewoman. A.L.S., Iza. Czartoryska, Psse. Dzialynska, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to [Mary Ford], on the princess's attractive monogram

KELLERMAN FRANÇOIS CHRISTOPHE: (1735-1820) Marshal of France, Duc de Valmy. A good A.L.S., Duc de Valmy, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 19th November, n.y., to Madame la Duchesse, in French. Kellerman than