LITERATURE - AUGIER Emile (1820 - 1889) - Autograph letters signed

COLLINS, William Wilkie (1824–1889). Autograph letter signed (“Wilkie Collins”) to his cousin Jane Ward, 12 January 1881. 3 pages, 8vo (180 x 114 mm), personal letterhead on a bifoli

Collins, Wilkie (1824-1889) Autograph letter signed, 90 Gloucester Place, 24 January 1885 To F. J. Fargus (author, 1847-1885, nom-de-plume Hugh Conway), making an appointment, single bifolium (17.8 x

* DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889). Autograph letter signed ("Jefferson Davis'), as Secretary of War, to editor of the Union, A. O. Nicholson. War Department, [Washington, D.C.], 14 September 1855. 2 page

His father gave him his first violin lessons. He studied in Brussels, then Paris, before taking composition lessons in Vienna. He spent two years in America and six in Russia. He returned to teach at

SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. 1820-1891. Autograph Letter Signed ('W.T. Sherman') to Admiral David D. Porter, requesting assistance at Annapolis for the son of General John T. Slough, who had been recent

* [U. S. MILITARY LEADERS]. A group of 3 manuscripts, comprising: SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891). Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman"), to Geo. S. Gideon. Washington, D.C., 17 August 1858.

[Literature] Dickens, Charles Autograph Letter, signed Devonshire Terrace (London), January 18, 1851. One conjugate leaf now separated into two pieces, each 6 7/8 x 4 3/8 in. (175 x 111 mm). Autograph

[Literature] Turgenev, Ivan Autograph Letter, signed Paris: 50, Rue de Douai, Saturday, February 25, (ca. 1882). One sheet, 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (206 x 133 mm). Autograph letter in French, signed by Turg

H.G. Wells Self-Deprecating ALS Penned In 1935, The Same Year He Was Nominated For 3rd Nobel Prize In Literature A 2pp autograph letter signed by British writer H.G. Wells (1866-1946), as "H.G. Wells"

Kipling (Rudyard, writer and poet, 1865-1936) Autograph Letter signed to "Colonel Hart", 1p., 8vo, Sealdah House [Calcutta], 8th March [date supplied in pencil in another hand 1889], finding a positio

Studied law in Paris, was called to the bar but did not practise. On 28 December 1897, he presented "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Porte Saint Martin theatre: it was a triumph at the Académie Fran&#

He distinguished himself in the general competitive examination at the Collège Stanislas in Latin and French speech. He began studying law in Stasbourg, but dropped out and joined forces with the

Autographs John Ericsson Designer and Builder of the Civil War Union's Ironclad Ship MONITOR Autograph Letter Signed JOHN ERICSSON (1803-1889). Built the Civil War Union's Ironclad Ship "Monitor" the

LEIBNIZ (GOTTFRIED WILHELM) Autograph letter signed ('Leibniz') to Thomas Burnett ('Monsieur'), in French, thanking him for '...the news you send me of the state of literature as well as of the politi

SCHLIEMANN, HEINRICH Autograph letter signed to Alexander Stuart Murray, Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum. Athens, 26 Sept. 1889, single page written in English on a bifoliu

The first American woman to work as a professional astronomer (1818-1889) and who used a telescope to discover what became known as 'Miss Mitchell's Comet.' ALS, one page, 5 x 8, personal

English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer (1790-1855) best known for his 1819-1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage. ALS si

Jenny Lind photo engraving and ALS signed "Jenny L. Goldschmidt," and dated 18 May 1865. Celebrated soprano, Jenny Lind (1820-1887), was known as the Swedish Nightingale. Under the management of impre

He founded the internationally renowned Marsick Quartet. Professor at the Paris Conservatoire. Autograph letter signed Saturday dated 07.03.1889: "... la virtuosité piquante du scherzo feront, j'

[SOUTH DAKOTA]. Autograph Letter Signed. [Sioux Falls], “Monday Morning the 22d,” [ca. 1889]. Two 4to pages on one 4to leaf of ruled laid paper. With embossed (governmental?) stamp at uppe

Included are; a 1756 Vellum Indenture; John Trowbridge signed card; a Paul Kruger letter written and signed by a secretary; H. P Andersen signed letter; J. Walpole signed letter; a Thomas Campbell sig

Confederate Major General Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889) Signed Letter and Autograph. (1) Letter from Hill to telegrapher from the Dunlop House, Petersburg, Virginia, 1864. In the letter, Hill request

Famous 19th C. French Photographer Nadar ALS A 1p autograph letter in French signed by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910), better known by his professional name "Nadar," as "Nadar" at lower rig

Details: Zalman Shazar autographed 1959 typed letter (TLS). Signed in Hebrew. Fine condition. Zalman Shazar (November 24, 1889 – October 5, 1974) was an Israeli politician, author and poet.