LITERATURE - LITTRE Emile (1801 - 1881) - Autograph letter signed

James Garfield (1881Autograph Letter, signedHiram, O(hio)., Oct(ober). 8, 1872. 1 p. 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (187 x 120 mm). Autograph letter, signed by Garfield ("J.A. Garfield"), as a member of the House

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

* GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881). Autograph letter signed ("J.A. Garfield"), as Congressman, to an unnamed recipient. Washington, D.C., 17 May 1864. 1 page, 12mo (65 x 100 mm). Enclosing some speeches

John Marshall (4th Chief Justice of the U.S., 1801-1835), Autograph Letter, Signed document. (ALs) One page, Richmond, March 27, 1787 to Sir Peyton Skipworth regarding a judgment in a case. Skipwoth w

Newman, John Henry, Cardinal, Saint (1801-1890) Autograph letter signed, Oratory, Birmingham, 12th to 'Madam', signed 'John H Newman', concerning the illness of his brother Charles Robert Newman (1802

[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"

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

ELLEN TERRY (1847-1928) Early autograph letter signed. London: 29 September 1881. A 3 1/2 page autograph letter in brown ink signed in full on recto and verso of one folded sheet, 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17

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

Autographs 1850-Dated Autograph Letter Signed "William H. Seward" The Compromise of 1850 Political Issues Prove Divisive WILLIAM H. SEWARD (1801-1872). U.S. Secretary of State under Lincoln, Negotiate

James Madison autograph letter signed ("James Madison"). Two pages of a bifolium, 8" x 10", Department of State, Washington; October 21, 1801. Addr

Admiral Horatio Nelson (English, 1758-1805). Autograph letter signed by Admiral Horatio Nelson ("Nelson & Bronte"), ALS, one page (7 lines), [London], 1st March 1801, "To, The Commanding Officer of Hi

ALS in German, one page, 5.25 x 3, April 18, 1881. Addressed from Bergen, Norway, a handwritten letter to concert organizer Carl Liebers, who uses the well-known Musikkhandel Huss & Beer in Stockh

Pasteur (Louis, chemist, 1822-95) Autograph Letter signed [to Walter Raleigh Browne], in French, 1p. with conjugate blank, 8vo, Paris, 10th December 1881, declining to write an article for Browne on a

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

CLARK, William (1770-1838). Autograph letter signed, one page. Fredricksburgh, July 5th, 1801 to John Thompson Mason, integral address leaf. 8 3/8" x 6 1/2" sheet, 23 1/4" x 16 1/8" framed. In this le

Sir Alexander Fleming ALS: "I am still hoping to be able to do something more in the lab" A 2pp autograph letter signed by Scottish microbiologist Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), as "Alexander Flem

James Garfield ALS With Political Content: "Perhaps we were a little over confident and needed this check to make us work well" A 1p autograph letter signed by James A. Garfield (1831-1881), future 20

Benjamin Disraeli ALS: "the pressure of business is so great, that I cannot be absent from my post" A 4pp autograph letter signed by future British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) as "B D

Cyrus W. Field ALS on Pensions for Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. James Garfield Autograph Letter Signed by Cyrus West Field, as “Cyrus W. Field”, New York, December 10, 1881, 1 p., 4.875” x 7.5�

[JAMAICA] Papers relating to the Earl of Balcarres, Governor of Jamaica 1794-1801. Comprises the following: BALCARRES, ALEXANDER LINDSAY, 6th Earl. Three autograph letters signed. 3 pages, various siz