Historical Documents

KAHLIL GIBRAN (1883-1931) Syrian symbolist poet & painter. His book, "The Madman, His Parables and Poems", Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1...

MAXIM GORKI (1868-1936) Russian novelist & playwright. ALS, "A Peshkov", 1p, June 7, 1921, oblong 4to, on light brown lined paper, to ...

MAXIM GORKI (1868-1936) Russian novelist & playwright. ADS, 1p, nd, oblong 8vo, in Russian, receipt for book royalities. "...I have receive...

(Anton Chekhov) Russian Short Story Writer and Playwright. ISP, by his wife OLGA KNIPPER-CHEKHOVA, b/w, oval image size 4"X5 1/2", seated ...

VLADIMIR NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO (1858-1943) Russian playwright and theatrical pruducer. ISP, b/w, image size 6 1/2"X9", half length pose in ...

VLADIMIR NEMIROVICH DANCHENKO DS, 1p, Aug 19, 1928, 12mo receipt for 200 rubles from the Moscow Art Theatre fund. Paper loss at margin, o/w VG. $100-1

ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Russian novelist; Nobel Prize for Literature (1970). His book, "The Gulag Archipelago", 1999 reprint, Moscow, 606pp...

THOMAS MANN (1875-1955) German novelist, winner of 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature. His book, "Joseph in Egypt", 2 volumes, Alfred A Knopf...

PAUL HEYSE (1830-1914) German writer; leader of traditionalist Munich circle; awarded Nobel Prize for Literature (1910). ALS, 1p, Aug 12, 1874, 8vo, M

ALEXANDRE DUMAS (pere) (1802-70) French novelist of "The Three Musketeers", "The Count Of Monte Cristo", etc. ALS, 2pp (single s...