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Background imageAuthor Collection: Winston Churchill - Giving the V for Victory sign

Winston Churchill - Giving the V for Victory sign
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - Giving the V for Victory sign. Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdon from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Date: circa 1940

Background imageAuthor Collection: Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia
British archaeologist, soldier, intelligence officer and writer, Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), known as Lawrence of Arabia. Seen here in RAF uniform on a Brough Superior SS100 motorbike

Background imageAuthor Collection: Anton Lavey

Anton Lavey
ANTON SZANDOR LAVEY self-anointed High Priest of the Church of Satan, author of The Satanic Bible etc

Background imageAuthor Collection: W Churchill Gives V Sign

W Churchill Gives V Sign
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author Gives the V-sign in 1940

Background imageAuthor Collection: Tesla Coil - Twain

Tesla Coil - Twain
TESLAs COIL Author Mark Twain holds a loop over a resonating coil : high- tension current passes through his body before it brings the lamps to incandescence

Background imageAuthor Collection: Flying Officer W E Johns - Biggles stories in Modern Boy

Flying Officer W E Johns - Biggles stories in Modern Boy
Advertisement in The Modern Boy magazine for the forthcoming series of stories written by Flying Officer W. E. Johns concerning the wartime adventures of Captain James Bigglesworth

Background imageAuthor Collection: Jane Austen - English novelist

Jane Austen - English novelist
Jane Austen (1775-1817) - English novelist. Date: circa 1811

Background imageAuthor Collection: Winston Churchill / World

Winston Churchill / World
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author

Background imageAuthor Collection: Daphne Du Maurier

Daphne Du Maurier
DAPHNE DU MAURIER English writer and novelist, author of " Rebecca" and " Jamaica Inn" pictured at her home Menabilly, in Fowey, Cornwall

Background imageAuthor Collection: Oscar Wilde - Wilde Thing - T-shirt / poster print design

Oscar Wilde - Wilde Thing - T-shirt / poster print design
Oscar Wilde portrait - T-shirt / poster print design WILDE THING

Background imageAuthor Collection: Anton Chekhov in 1900

Anton Chekhov in 1900
ANTON CHEKHOV Russian writer, author of Three sisters, Seagull, Cherry orchard, Uncle Vanya and more, photographed at Yalta in 1900

Background imageAuthor Collection: Daphne du Maurier in Fowey

Daphne du Maurier in Fowey
Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989), English writer and novelist, author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, pictured looking rather dashing while smoking a pipe

Background imageAuthor Collection: Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia
British archaeologist, soldier, intelligence officer and writer, Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), known as Lawrence of Arabia, in traditional Arab costume

Background imageAuthor Collection: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie
Crime author, Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

Background imageAuthor Collection: Bigbury-on-Sea - The Burgh Island Hotel Tractor

Bigbury-on-Sea - The Burgh Island Hotel Tractor
Transportation in the Sea Tractor over to the Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea, South Devon, allowing guests to travel to/from the mainland at High Tide

Background imageAuthor Collection: Daphne du Maurier at their Cornish home, Menabilly, 1945

Daphne du Maurier at their Cornish home, Menabilly, 1945
Author and playwright Daphne du Maurier(1907-1989) relaxing in her study at her Cornish home Menabilly in 1945. Date: 1945

Background imageAuthor Collection: EBOLI, Ana Mendoza de la Cerda, princess of (1540-1592)

EBOLI, Ana Mendoza de la Cerda, princess of (1540-1592). Spanish dame of the court of Philip II. Portrait by an anonymous author. Painting. Private Collection

Background imageAuthor Collection: The City Hotel, Freetown, Sierra Leone

The City Hotel, Freetown, Sierra Leone
The City Hotel, Sierra Leone, made famous by author Graham Greene. Now demolished. The hotel was first mentioned in Greenes 1936 book Travel Without Maps

Background imageAuthor Collection: M. R. JAMES

M. R. JAMES
MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES Biblical scholar, and author of arguably the finest ghost stories ever written

Background imageAuthor Collection: Saint John of the Cross, (1542-1591). Spanish mystic. The A

Saint John of the Cross, (1542-1591). Spanish mystic. The Ascent of Mount Carmel. It was composed between 1581-1585. Engraving. Edition of 1694, Madrid

Background imageAuthor Collection: PIUS V, Saint (1504-1572). Pope (1566-1572)

PIUS V, Saint (1504-1572). Pope (1566-1572). Portrait by an anonymous author. Italian school. Painting

Background imageAuthor Collection: Leo Tolstoy and Ilya Repin

Leo Tolstoy and Ilya Repin
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844-1930), Russian painter of the Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers) artistic school with, Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), (left), at the writers house in 1907. Date: 1907

Background imageAuthor Collection: Charlotte Bronte / Author

Charlotte Bronte / Author
CHARLOTTE BRONTE British author

Background imageAuthor Collection: W Churchill / In Doorway

W Churchill / In Doorway
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author Stands in a doorway in 1940

Background imageAuthor Collection: Guy de Maupassant, French writer

Guy de Maupassant, French writer
Guy de Maupassant ( Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant ), French writer of novels, short stories and poems

Background imageAuthor Collection: Shakespeare quotation on a greetings card

Shakespeare quotation on a greetings card (inside pages) -- Heaven give you many, many merry days (The Merry Wives of Windsor). With a colourful spray of flowers. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageAuthor Collection: A Library Study of Salvador Dali

A Library Study of Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is seated at a desk for a library study of the surrealist artist as an author. At the time he was working on his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

Background imageAuthor Collection: Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell
BERTRAND RUSSELL, 3rd Earl Russell - British philospher and author, smoking a pipe whilst sitting at his desk in the study of his home, Plas Pendryn, Wales. Date: 1872 - 1970

Background imageAuthor Collection: Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton
Childrens author, Enid Blyton (1897-1968)

Background imageAuthor Collection: A. A. Milne with Christopher Robin

A. A. Milne with Christopher Robin
Alan Alexander Milne (1882 - 1956), British author and playwright, pictured with his son, Christopher Robin Milne (1920 - 1996), the inspiration for his famous Winnie the Pooh books

Background imageAuthor Collection: Boddinick Ferry

Boddinick Ferry
The Bodinnick Ferry, Fowey, Cornwall, which operates between the slipway at Bodinnick and Foweys Caffa Mill. The author Daphne du Maurier lived nearby

Background imageAuthor Collection: The Flying Saucer As I Saw It, book cover

The Flying Saucer As I Saw It, book cover
THE FLYING SAUCER AS I SAW IT, by Kenneth Arnold, containing his own account. This copy is signed by the author

Background imageAuthor Collection: G K Chesterton, writer

G K Chesterton, writer
Gilbert Keith Chesterton writer

Background imageAuthor Collection: Nancy Mitford

Nancy Mitford
Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE (28 November 1904 30 June 1973), known as Nancy Mitford, English novelist, biographer and journalist

Background imageAuthor Collection: John Buchan / Vanity Fair

John Buchan / Vanity Fair
JOHN BUCHAN Scottish author and administrator Date: 1875 - 1940

Background imageAuthor Collection: Wolfram Von Eschenbach

Wolfram Von Eschenbach
Wolfram von Eschenbach, German epic poet, Bavarian by birth, author of Parzival, said to have inspired Wagners Parsifal

Background imageAuthor Collection: John Cowper Powys

John Cowper Powys
JOHN COWPER POWYS English Author of novels such as Owen Glendower (1940), poetry, philosophical and critical works

Background imageAuthor Collection: Charles Baudelaire, French poet, essayist, translator

Charles Baudelaire, French poet, essayist, translator
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), French poet, essayist, art critic, and translator of Edgar Allan Poe

Background imageAuthor Collection: SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). The Theory of Moral

SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). The Theory of Moral
" SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). " The Theory of Moral Sentiments". Half-title with portrait of the author. Published in 1809. Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona

Background imageAuthor Collection: Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) - An English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Background imageAuthor Collection: D. B. Wyndham-Lewis

D. B. Wyndham-Lewis
Dominic Bevan Wyndham-Lewis (1891 - 1969), British writer, editor and biographer. Contributor to the Daily Express, The Bystander and the News Chronicle

Background imageAuthor Collection: Gustav Geley

Gustav Geley
French investigator of psychical phenomena, author, involved in many high- profile investigations. Photographed at the Warsaw congress 1923, with Ossowiecki and his wife

Background imageAuthor Collection: Harry Price in Lab

Harry Price in Lab
Psychical researcher and author, who used his knowledge of stage magic to expose phoney mediums, poltergeists and other scams, seen in his laboratory

Background imageAuthor Collection: Pirandello Signed

Pirandello Signed
LUIGI PIRANDELLO Italian novelist and playwright, author of Six characters in search of an author etc.#

Background imageAuthor Collection: Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon
CHARLES SIMEON Divine and author

Background imageAuthor Collection: Arthur Ransome

Arthur Ransome
ARTHUR RANSOME (1884 - 1967) First World War correspondent in Russia - later the author of the childrens book Swallows and Amazons (1930)

Background imageAuthor Collection: De Sade (Ray / 2)

De Sade (Ray / 2)
Donatien-Alphonse-Francois, marquis de SADE French philosopher and author

Background imageAuthor Collection: PINDAR ( GREEK BUST )

PINDAR ( GREEK BUST )
PINDAR - Greek lyric poet (author of Odes of Victory and many others) Date: circa 522 - 438 BC



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