S.L. Humphrey

Northeastern India, Pala Period, 12th century, 6.8 cm (2 3/5 in.) high , 8 cm. (3 3/20 in.) high

TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) Samuel Langhorne Clemens. American writer and humourist. A fine, long A.L.S., Samuel, eight pages, 8vo, 'Study' [Hartford, Connecticut], n.d. ('Tuesday. P.M.', October 1880), t

18TH CENTURY China QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) Jiaqing period hauteur:128 cm.(50 2/5 in.) largeur:185 cm.(72 4/5 in.)

4.4 cm.(1 4/5 in.)long Provenance : A German private collection, acquired in Beijing between 1899 and 1901 by a German diplomat.

Gilded and embossed brass. Decorations in coral and carved mother-of-pearl forming rocailles. Heraldic coat of arms at the top. Probably made in the Neapolitan or Sicilian workshops in the service of

AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) 11.5 cm. (5 1/2 in.) diam Provenance

DISNEY WALT: (1901-1966) American animator, Academy Award winner. An excellent, original pencil drawing signed by Walt Disney, one page, 4to, n.p. (Burbank. California), n.d. (1940s). Disney has execu

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

TESLA NIKOLA: (1856-1943) Serbian-American Inventor and Engineer. Best-known for his contributions to the design of alternating current electricity supply systems. Tesla worked for a short time at the

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French poet, playwright, novelist, artist, filmmaker and critic. A remarkable autograph manuscript signed, Jean Cocteau, seven pages (rectos only), 4to, Paris, March 1922, in

VOLTA ALESSANDRO: (1745-1827) 'To tell the truth, the author's idea of relating electrical phenomena to chemistry is beautiful, it is great and should lead to truth, but such a conception is singularl

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

Ming Dynasty(15th century), 15.5cm.( 6 1/10 in.)high

Signed in two languages TOLSTOY LEO: (1828-1910) Russian Writer of the masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. An excellent vintage signed postcard photograph of Tolstoy in a head and shoulders

TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) Samuel Langhorne Clemens. American writer and humourist. Bold pencil signature ('S. L. Clemens') to the verso of an 8vo sheet of printed stationery from the German shipping com

Carved coral attached to a carved wood stand. Height 33 cm; height 37 cm (with stand). 1239 g (with stand).

Carved coral attached to a carved wood stand. Height 32.5 cm; height 37 cm (with stand). Weight: 904 g (with stand).

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A rare and excellent Autograph Manuscript in the hand of Dumas, 82 pages, large 4to, n.p., n.d., being the man

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908) The vase is decorated with a dense pattern of iron-red bats in flight amidst multicolored 'lingzhi' clouds above a petal-lappet ban

HAMILTON EMMA (1765-1815) Lady Hamilton. English Mistress of Lord Nelson and wife of Sir William Hamilton. A very fine A.L.S., Emma Hamilton, (an excellent example of her signature), three pages, 4to,

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908) 14.6 cm. (5 4/5 in.) diam Provenance