Early Printed Books, Historical Autographs & Documents, Travel, Maps & Decorative Prints

Anne, Princess Royal (1950-). Photograph Signed, 'Anne', 1985, vintage gelatin silver print, head and shoulders studio portrait wearing a diamond-...

Browning (Robert, 1812-1889). English poet and playwright. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Robert Browning', 19 Warwick Crescent, W, 13 July 1885, to Mr...

Browning (Robert, 1812-1889). English poet and playwright. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Robert Browning', 29 De Vere Gardens, W, 15 July 1888, to Lad...

Brunel (Isambard Kingdom, 1806-1859). Civil engineer. Cheque signed by Brunel, ’I.K. Brunel’, drawn on Messrs Drummond, London, 24 November 1856, ...

Carey (Robert, 1560-1639). 1st Earl of Monmouth. English nobleman and courtier, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth I who served as a volunteer agai...

Charles II (1630-1685). King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland (1660-85). A fine Letter Signed, ‘Charles R’, with holograph subscription,...

Composers' Autographs. A group of 15 Autograph Musical Quotations Signed, comprising D’Albert, Eugene - 2 bars from the opening of Wagner’s Trista...

D’Orsay (Alfred, 1801-1852). French dandy, socialite & amateur artist. Autograph Letter Signed, 'A. d’Orsay', no place, no date (‘21’), to a gentl...

Davies (Peter Maxwell, 1934-2016). English composer and conductor, Master of the Queen's Music 2004 to 2014. A significant archive comprising appr...

D'Esterre-Keeling (Eleonore, editor). The Music of Poets: A Musicians’ Birthday Book, 2nd revised edition, 1897, signed by a large number of impor...

Digby (George, 1612-1677). 2nd Earl of Bristol. English politician who served as Secretary of State 1643-45. Bristol supported the Royalist side i...

Dolmetsch (Rudolph, 1906-1942). Composer, author and keyboard virtuoso. A series of 10 Typewritten Letters Signed, ‘Rudolph Dolmetsch’, Haslemere,...

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). English composer. Autograph Musical Sketch unsigned, [Malvern], c. 1902/3, from his part-song Weary Wind of the West, t...

Elizabeth I (1533-1603). Queen of England and Ireland, 1558-1603. A fine early Document Signed, 'Elizabeth R', as Queen, Given at the queen’s mano...

George III (1738-1820). King of Great Britain and Ireland. Document signed, 'George R', St James's, 1 October 1795, a pre-printed commission on ve...

Gielgud (John, 1904-2000). British actor. A series of 5 Autograph and 4 Typewritten Letters Signed, all ‘John Gielgud’, 1966/1986, to variously B....

Hastings (Warren, 1732-1818). Governor-general of India. Cheque made out by and signed ‘Warren Hastings’, drawn on Messrs Robert, Francis & Willia...

Henrietta Maria (Queen & Consort of Charles I, 1609-1669). Large vellum document signed 'Henrietta Maria R', 16 January 1666, folded vellum indent...

Henry VIII (1491-1547). King of England and Ireland, 1509-1547. A fine early Document Signed, 'Henry R', as King of England, at the manor of Green...

Hogg (James, 'the Ettrick Shepherd', 1770-1835). Scottish poet, novelist and essayist. Autograph Letter Signed, 'James Hogg', Altrive Lake, 1 Marc...

Hugo (Victor, 1802-1885). Autograph quotation signed, by Victor Hugo, brown ink on cream wove paper, 'la mer, c'est le Seigneur, le Vent, c'est le...

Irving (Henry, 1838-1905). Shakespearean actor. Letter Signed, 'Henry Irving', 15a Grafton Street, Bond Street, W, 19 May 1885, to C.L. Davids, re...

James II (1633-1701). King of England and Ireland and, as James VII, of Scotland, 1685-1688. Document Signed, ‘James R’, as King, at the head of t...

Korngold (Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957). Austrian composer. Portrait of Korngold's head by Tabor [of Hamburg], no place or date, c. 1920s, pencil ske...

Levi (Leone, 1821-1888). English jurist and statistician. A collection of 68 mostly Autograph Letters Signed to Levi from various correspondents, ...

Levi (Leone, 1821-1888). English jurist and statistician. A collection of 96 mostly Autograph Letters Signed to Levi on political and other offici...

Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta, 1867-1953). Duchess of York 1893-1901 & Queen Consort to George V, 1910-1936. Autograph Letter Signed as Duch...

Mildmay (Walter, 1520/21-1589). English statesman who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1566-89) to Queen Elizabeth I, and founded Emmanuel C...

Milstein (Nathan, 1903-1992). Russian-American violinist. A rare and important Autograph Music Manuscript (unsigned), written in pen and pencil, b...

Autographs Miscellany. An assorted collection of approximately 100 autograph items including letters, part letters, documents and cut signatures, ...

Morice (William, 1602-1676). English politician and theologian who served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department and as a Lord of the T...

Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). English social reformer and founder of modern nursing. Two Autograph Letters Signed, 'Florence Nightingale', 10...

North (Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792). Prime Minister 1770-1782. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘North’, as Prime Minister, Downing Street, 18 March 1782, ...

Performing Arts & Politics. A selection of 46 autograph envelopes (a few signed) of notable people from music, literature, theatre & politics, mos...

Portuguese Musicians & Artists. A series of 16 autographs in an album (4 unknown), relating to important figures in the cultural life of Portugal ...

Prime Ministers. A miscellaneous collection of British Prime Ministers’ autograph material, covering the period 1827 to 1920, including Viscount P...

Prime Ministers. A miscellaneous collection of British Prime Ministers’ autograph material, covering the period 1737 to 1898, including Robert Wal...

Scott (Walter, 1771-1832). Novelist & poet. Promissory Note signed ‘Walter Scott’, Edinburgh, 7 October 1815, manuscript form made out to Scott by...

Shaw (George Bernard, 1856-1950). Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. Autograph Notecard Initialed, ‘G.B.S.’, Ayot St Lawre...

Sondheim (Stephen, 1930-2021). American composer and lyricist. Important signed and dedicated sheet, ‘Stephen Sondheim’, [New York, 1999], being a...

Symonds (John Addington, 1840-1893). Poet, author and literary critic. The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella, 1st editio...

Theatrical Autographs. A small autograph album compiled by Joan Wilen, London, 1930s, including autographs of John Gielgud (4), Laurence Olivier (...

Tosti (Francesco Paolo, 1846-1916). Italian composer. Autograph manuscript signed twice, ‘F. Paolo Tosti’, circa 1890s, being his own arrangement ...

Walsingham (Thomas, 1561-1630). Courtier to Queen Elizabeth I and literary patron to Christopher Marlowe. An extremely rare autograph signature, ‘...

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Cheque signed ‘Wellington’, drawn on Messrs Coutts & Company, London, 20 December 1825, ban...

Wesley (John, 1703-1791). Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘JWesley’, Dublin, 11 April 1789, to ‘D...

Yeats (William Butler, 1865-1939). Irish poet. Early Autograph Letter Signed, 'W. B. Yeats’, 3 Blenheim Road, Bedford Park, Chiswick, July 23/4 (t...