WILLIAMS JOHN: (1932- ) American composer of film scores, Academy Award winner. Signed First Day of Issue cover honouring the composer Igor Stravi...

ROSSINI GIOACCHINO: (1792-1868) Italian Composer. A prolific composer, known as 'The Italian Mozart', who until his retirement in 1829 had been th...

XENAKIS IANNIS: (1922-2001) Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde composer. A.L.S., I Xenakis, one page, 4to, n.p., 10th April 1992, to a gentlem...

WAGNER COSIMA: (1837-1930) German co-founder of the Bayreuth Festival with her second husband, composer Richard Wagner. Cosima Wagner was the daug...

VERDI GIUSEPPE: (1813-1901) Italian opera composer. A.N., unsigned, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his ...

FOUCAULD CHARLES DE: (1858-1916) Foucauld was a former cavalry Officer in the French army, he would later become an Explorer, and finally a Cathol...

KEYSER AGNES: (1852-1941) English humanitarian and courtesan, the longtime mistress of King Edward VII. Keyser was also the matron of King Edward ...

[HOMOSEXUALITY]: COURTENAY WILLIAM (c.1768-1835) 9th Earl of Devon. 'Kitty' Courtenay attracted infamy for a homosexual affair with the art collec...

GAUGUIN PAUL: (1848-1903) French Post-Impressionist painter. A.L.S., P Gauguin, one page, 8vo, Finistere (Breton), n.d. (c.1890), to [Albert] Auri...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., Al. Dumas, one page, 12mo, n.p. [Paris], n.d. [1...

[ZOLA EMILE] LABORI FERNAND: Emile Zola (1840-1902) French Novelist, Playwright and Journalist; Fernand Labori (1860-1971) French attorney. He def...

SCHWEITZER ALBERT: (1875-1965) Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher & physician, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1952. A.N.S., Albert Schweitzer, t...

MANDELA NELSON: (1918-2013) South African anti-apartheid activist, the first President of South Africa 1994-99. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993. A ...

SCORESBY WILLIAM: (1789-1857) English Arctic explorer, whaler and scientist. A.L.S., W Scoresby, one page, 8vo, Whitby, 26th April 1847, to Mr. T....

BATTEN JEAN: (1909-1982) New Zealand aviatrix who made several record-breaking flights including the first solo flight from England to New Zealand...

APOLLO XII: Signed commemorative cover by two of the crew members of the Apollo XII mission (1969) individually, comprising Charles Conrad (Comman...

PHILIP VI & QUEEN LETIZIA OF SPAIN: Philip VI (1968- ) King of Spain, succeeding to the throne on 2014 following the abdication of his father, Kin...

LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM: (1835-1909) King of the Belgians 1865-1909. Leopold was the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private proje...

ELISABETH OF BELGIUM: (1876-1965) Also known as Elisabeth of Bavaria. Queen consort of the Belgians 1909-34 as spouse of King Albert. A good and a...

WLADYSLAW IV VASA: (1595-1648) King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania 1632-48 and the disputed Tsar of Russia 1610-13. A rare L.S., `Vladislaus R...

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. Ink signature (‘Prince d’Orange’) as Prince of Orange, and a few additio...

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901. Autograph envelope panel signed (‘The Queen’), addressed...

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1936-52 as the wife of King George VI. Vintage signed Christmas greeti...

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. Signed Christmas greetings card by Queen Elizabeth, the oblong 4to stiff ...

ELIZABETH II: (1926-2022) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952-2022. A.L.S., Elizabeth R, one page, 8vo, Windsor Castle, 26th April 1955, to Miss [Kat...

KHALIFA II: (1879-1960) Sir Khalifa II bin Harub Al-Busaidi. Sultan of Zanzibar 1911-60. A rare fountain pen ink signature of the Sultan, in Arabi...

SUKARNO: (1901-1970) Indonesian statesman and revolutionary who served as the first President of Indonesia 1945-67. Dark fountain pen ink signatur...

CANNING GEORGE: (1770-1827) British Prime Minister April - August 1827. A.L.S., with his initials G C, two pages, 8vo, Gloucester Lodge, 26th Dece...

GREY EARL: (1764-1845) British Prime Minister 1830-1834. A.L.S., Grey, two pages, 8vo, Howick, 15th January 1820, to a gentleman. Grey commences h...

GLADSTONE WILLIAM: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94. A.L.S., W E Gladstone, one page, 8vo, James Court, 13th ...

BALDWIN STANLEY: (1867-1947) British Prime Minister 1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37. A.L.S., Stanley Baldwin, two pages, 8vo, Whitehall, 17th January 19...

THATCHER MARGARET: (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979-90. Two different signed commemorative covers by Thatcher, one issued on the centenary ...

CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a Cuban her...