Author Collection (page 40)

William Black (1841-1898)
Photographic portrait of William Black (1841-1898), the Scottish journalist and author, pictured c.1880

Ian Fleming (1908-1964) English author and creator of James Bond

Miss Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller and author (later Mrs. McGrath)

Lloyd George and Herbert Samuel
The Liberal politicians David Lloyd George (1863-1945) and Herbert Samuel (1870-1963) watching a passing parade. Lloyd George was War Minister

Propaganda Train
The left-hand figure in this group is John Reed, author of the enormously influential Ten days that shook the world, described here as il communista americano

Samuel Smiles Sambourne
SAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859, helping himself to a large glass of champagne

Sir Thos Browne / Trotter
SIR THOMAS BROWNE English physician and author

Sir Thomas Browne / Morgan
SIR THOMAS BROWNE English physician and author

Hayward Portrait
ABRAHAM HAYWARD English essayist and author of The Art of Dining (1852)

The late Sir Rowland Hill, author of the Penny Postage syste
Portrait of Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879), originator of penny postage and Post Office supremo. Date: 1879

Edward Maitland 1824-97
Edawrd Maitland (1824 - 1897) - English humanitarian writer. A supporter for the rights of higher education for women, a spiritualist and founder of The Hermetic Society in 1884

Frederick Greenwood (1830-1909)
Photographic portrait of Frederick Greenwood, the English author, journalist and publicist, pictured c.1909

Black Beauty 1st Edition
Cover of a first edition of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, first published in 1877. The inside has an autographed message from the author

James Montgomery - 2
JAMES MONTGOMERY The Scottish-born author of The world before the flood

James Montgomery - 3
JAMES MONTGOMERY The Scottish-born author of The world before the flood. with his autograph

James Montgomery - 4
JAMES MONTGOMERY The Scottish-born author of The world before the flood

LA Rochefoucauld
The chateau de La Rochefoucauld, home of the noted author of Les maximes

A photograph of the writer Henry James
Portrait of the US author and novelist Henry James (1843-1916)

Richard Hooker - 1
RICHARD HOOKER English churchman, rector of Bishopsbourne, Kent, author of Ecclesiastical Polity

France LA Rochefoucauld
The home of the illustrious family of La Rochefoucauld family, who included the celebrated duc Francois, author of those witty pensees and maximes

Scott Memorial
SIR WALTER SCOTT The memorial to Sir Walter Scott in Princes Gardens, Edinburgh, the largest memorial ever built for a British author

William Buchan, Medical
WILLIAM BUCHAN Medical, author of Domestic Medicine

John Buchan Photo
JOHN BUCHAN statesman and writer, author of The 39 steps and other adventure stories

Ricarda Huch
RICARDA HUCH German-Jewish writer and historian, author of books on social subjects. Survived the war living in Jena

Karin Michaelis
KARIN MICHAELIS Danish writer, prominent supporter of womens rights and author of books exploring womans role in society and female psychology

Edward Baines (Elder)
EDWARD BAINES Journalist and author, politician active in civic affairs. with his autograph

Tolstoy Playing Chess
Russian author Leo Tolstoy plays chess

Arthur Edward Waite
ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE occultist and author, associated with the Golden Dawn

Mme Lenormand
MARIE-ANNE LENORMAND, French fortune teller - the most famous of her kind, author of several books about herself and her art

John Gauden, Bishop
JOHN GAUDEN, bishop of Worcester : he claimed to be the author of Eikon Basilike which purports to be Charles Is account of his fall, done from his private papers

Lady Florence Dixie
LADY FLORENCE DIXIE traveller, author and equestrienne

Frances Brooke
FRANCES BROOKE (nee Moore) novelist and dramatic author

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

Henry Longfellow
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW American writer, best known for " Hiawath" and the line " ships that pass in the night..."

Philemon, Playwright
PHILEMON Athenian comic poet and playwright, author of 97 works which were evidently extremely popular as he frequently won contests over his rivals

James Harrington (Lely)
JAMES HARRINGTON political theorist, author of The Commonwealth of Oceana which may have inspired the Pilgrim Fathers

Donald H Menzel
Astronomer, author of three books taking a strongly sceptical approach to UFOs, considering them largely to be natural phenomena

Cergy Pontoise Book
CERGY PONTOISE - UFO author Guieu, believing the abduction of Fontaine by aliens to be true, writes this book about the affair, in collaboration with the three men involved

SALLUSTs CRONYCLE / 1520
The author presents a copy of his book to his patron - illustration to Richard Pynsons edition of Sallusts Cronycle

FABIANs CHRONICLE / 1516
An author presents a copy of his book to his patron - illustration to Richard Pynsons Fabians Chronicle (1516) - but this is not Fabian

GOETHE
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE German writer and scientist author of Faust, The sorrows of Werther etc. with his autograph

Edward Gibbon
EDWARD GIBBON author of The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire with his autograph

Sir John Hawkins
SIR JOHN HAWKINS Author of a history of music

Edmund Burke
EDMUND BURKE statesman and writer, author of Reflections on the Revolution in France with his autograph

Rene Sudre - 2
RENE SUDRE French scientific writer and psychical researcher, author of the excellent Introduction a la metapsychique humaine

Rene Sudre - 1
RENE SUDRE French scientific writer and psychical researcher, author of the excellent Introduction a la metapsychique humaine

Lewis Carrolls House
The Chestnuts, Castle Hill, Guildford, Surrey, England, where English author Lewis Carroll died on 14 January 1898

John Bunyans Birthplace
This cottage, at Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, was the birthplace of JOHN BUNYAN, the author of The Pilgrims Progress. From here he plied his trade as a tinker

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