OFFENBACH JACQUES: (1819-1880) German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. A brief A.L.S., J. Offenbach, to the re...

FRANCK CESAR: (1822-1890) Belgian-born French composer and pianist of the Romantic period. A.L., unsigned, to the recto and verso of his personal ...

SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French composer and organist of the Romantic period. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Saint-Saen...

MEYERBEER GIACOMO: (1791-1864) German opera composer. The personal printed small oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Meyerbeer, featuring his printed nam...

[WAGNER RICHARD]: (1813-1883) German composer. The rare personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Wagner, unsigned, simply featuring his print...

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

BRAHMS JOHANNES: (1833-1897) German composer, pianist and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. A.N., unsigned, to the verso of his personal print...

BRUCH MAX: (1838-1920) German composer, violinist and conductor of the Romantic period. A.L.S., with his initials M B, to the full recto and verso...

LEHAR FRANZ: (1870-1948) Austro-Hungarian composer of operettas including The Merry Widow. A brief A.L.S., Lehar, to the verso of his personal pri...

GRIEG EDVARD: (1843-1907) Norwegian composer. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Grieg, unsigned, featuring his printed name to the...

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

PONCHIELLI AMILCARE: (1834-1886) Italian opera composer. A.L.S., A Ponchielli, to the recto and verso of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting...

GIORDANO UMBERTO: (1867-1948) Italian opera composer. A good A.M.Q.S., Umberto Giordano, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting...

CILEA FRANCESCO: (1866-1950) Italian composer. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Cilea, featuring his printed name to the centre, ...

SULLIVAN ARTHUR: (1842-1900) English composer, famous for his collaborations with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. A.N.S., with his initials A S., to...

CORTOT ALFRED: (1877-1962) French pianist and conductor. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Cortot, unsigned, bearing his printed n...

BACKHAUS WILHELM: (1884-1969) German pianist. A.M.Q.S., Wilhelm Backhaus, to the verso of the personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of a Miss...

YSAYE EUGENE: (1858-1931) Belgian virtuoso violinist. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Ysaye, unsigned, featuring his large print...

HEIFETZ JASCHA: (1901-1987) Russian-born American violinist. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Heifetz and his wife, unsigned, fea...

CASALS PABLO: (1876-1973) Spanish cellist, composer and conductor. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Casals, unsigned, featuring h...

DUNCAN ISADORA: (1877-1927) American-born dancer and choreographer, a pioneer of modern contemporary dance. Bold pencil signature ('With Love, Isa...

LIFAR SERGE: (1905-1986) Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. A.N.S., Serge, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, f...

LEIGH VIVIEN: (1913-1967) British actress, Academy Award winner. A charming A.L.S., Vivien & Larry, also signed on behalf of her husband Laurence ...

DIETRICH MARLENE: (1901-1992) German-born American actress. A.N.S., Marlene, to the recto of her personal printed small oblong 12mo Visiting Card,...

RODIN AUGUSTE: (1840-1917) French sculptor. The personal printed oblong 12mo visiting card of Rodin, unsigned, featuring his printed name ('A. Rod...

NADAR: (1820-1910) Gaspard-Felix Tournachon. French photographer, caricaturist and balloonist, the first person to take aerial photographs (1858)....

DURAND-RUEL JOSEPH: (1862-1928) French art dealer associated with the Impressionists and the Barbizon School, son of Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) ...

WHISTLER JAMES MCNEILL: (1834-1903) American painter. A.L.S., J McN Whistler, to the recto and verso of his personal printed small oblong 12mo Vis...

[STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS]: (1850-1894) Scottish novelist of Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Kidnapped (188...

MALLARME STEPHANE: (1842-1898) French symbolist poet. A.N.S., with his initials S. M., to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting C...

CALMETTE GASTON: (1858-1914) French journalist and newspaper editor whose assassination by Henriette Caillaux, a socialite and second wife of the ...

BROD MAX: (1884-1968) Austro-Hungarian author, composer and journalist, best remembered as the friend, literary executor and biographer of Franz K...

LOOS ANITA: (1888-1981) American novelist, playwright and screenwriter, remembered for her comic novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925). A.N.S., An...

HEMINGWAY MARY: (1908-1986) American journalist and author, the fourth wife and widow of Ernest Hemingway. A.N.S., Mary, to the base of the person...

[PASTEUR LOUIS]: (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist, renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination and pasteurisation. ...

DE FOREST LEE: (1873-1961) American inventor, an important early pioneer in electronics. A.L.S., Lee de Forest, to the verso of his personal print...

MCALLISTER WARD: (1827-1895) American socialite, a popular arbiter of social taste during the Gilded Age of America. Dark fountain pen ink signatu...

WILSON EDITH: (1872-1961) First Lady of the United States 1915-21, the second wife of American President Woodrow Wilson. A.N.S., Mrs. Wilson, in t...

KENNEDY JACQUELINE: (1929-1994) First Lady of the United States 1961-63, the wife of American President John F. Kennedy. Black ink signature and s...

NEHRU JAWAHARLAL: (1889-1964) Indian anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of India 1950-64. The personal...