Authors Collection

J. R. R. Tolkien, 1911 (b / w photo)
876905 J.R.R. Tolkien, 1911 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien)

Adolphe d Ennery, French dramatist and novelist (litho)
2818995 Adolphe d Ennery, French dramatist and novelist (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adolphe d Ennery, French dramatist and novelist. Adolphe d Ennery)

Ernest Hemingway Fishing
Sun Valley, Idaho: 1939 Author Ernest Hemingway holding two trout he has caught

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

Scene from Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo: Javert, the detective (engraving)
5996966 Scene from Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo: Javert, the detective (engraving) by Brion, Gustave (1824-77) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Les Miserables)

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

Leo Tolstoy and the author Maxim Gorky (b / w photo)
XBH366673 Leo Tolstoy and the author Maxim Gorky (b/w photo) by Tolstaya, Sophia Andreevna (1844-1919); Private Collection; (add.info)

Dantes Inferno, suicides and the Harpies
Dantes Inferno. Canto XIII, line 11: Here [suicide tree] the brute Harpies make their nest (at right: Dante and Virgil). Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Dante and Virgil in Inferno, crossing the cocytus, 1885 (engraving)
XEE746645 Dante and Virgil in Inferno, crossing the cocytus, 1885 (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Inferno)

The Return of Sherlock
3774427 The Return of Sherlock by Paget, Sidney (1860-1908); (add.info.: The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-police detective Lestrade with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson)

Algernon Blackwood & Alfred Taylor, WW1
Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869-1951), English author and playwright, particularly known for his supernatural fiction and ghost stories

Naturalist John Muir
California: c. 1900 A photograph of author and naturalist John Muir and his dog

The Great Symbol of Solomon
3785355 The Great Symbol of Solomon by Levi, Eliphas (1810-75) (after); (add.info.: The Great Symbol of Solomon- from illustration by Eliphas Levi, published in his work The History of magic)

Mrs Gerald Du Maurier & family including Daphne
Mrs Gerald Du Maurier pictured with her three daughters, Angela, Daphne and Jeanne. Date: 1920

Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), versatile French born British writer of poetry, history, and essays. Date: 1914

Dreyfus case: Emile Zola (1840-1902) at the seine court for the trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1898
XEE4143082 Dreyfus case: Emile Zola (1840-1902) at the seine court for the trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1898. Cover of " The illustrious progress" of February 13, 1898

Emile Zola at the Palais de Justice (colour litho)
2818838 Emile Zola at the Palais de Justice (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Emile Zola at the Palais de Justice)

Don Quixote by French artist Adrien Demont, 1851 - 1928. On display at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
7264860 Don Quixote by French artist Adrien Demont, 1851 - 1928. On display at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

LEON TOLSTOI LABOURANT, 1887 (oil on cardboard)
7215383 LEON TOLSTOI LABOURANT, 1887 (oil on cardboard) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: 1887//Oil on cardboard At Iasnaya Polyana in August 1887)

John Buchan
LLM460204 John Buchan by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Buchan. Illustration for Willss Cigarette card.); © Look and Learn

Sylvia Thompson, English novelist (litho)
980817 Sylvia Thompson, English novelist (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sylvia Thompson (1902-1968), English novelist

Tatler cover - Rosita Forbes
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller and author (later Mrs. A. T. McGrath)

Portrait of the British Poet John Keats (painting)
LRI5040817 Portrait of the British Poet John Keats (painting) by Hilton, William (1793-1879); 76.2x63.5 cm; National Gallery, London

Physician and story-teller (engraving)
728831 Physician and story-teller (engraving) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Physician and story-teller)

William Shakespeare (engraving)
7239653 William Shakespeare (engraving) by Cook, J.W. (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. English poet, playwright, dramatist and actor)

David Copperfield
3773673 David Copperfield by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); (add.info.: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Caption reads: Our Pew at Church

The Adventures of Oliver
3770816 The Adventures of Oliver by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); (add.info.: The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - A new edition revised and corrected)

English poet Percy Bysshe Shelleys room on the first floor of University College, Oxford (litho)
5996604 English poet Percy Bysshe Shelleys room on the first floor of University College, Oxford (litho) by Railton, Herbert (1857-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Sir Walter Scott (engraving)
819905 Portrait of Sir Walter Scott (engraving) by Newton, Gilbert Stuart (1794-1835) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright and poet)

Academy House, Tewkesbury (b / w photo)
3093885 Academy House, Tewkesbury (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Academy House, Tewkesbury. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Venerable Bede translating the last chapter of St John. The Illustration from An Outline of Christianity edited by
1275249 The Venerable Bede translating the last chapter of St John. The Illustration from An Outline of Christianity edited by As Peake et al (Waverley, c 1910.) by Penrose

P G Wodehouse, smoking cigar, portrait (b / w photo)
5998065 P G Wodehouse, smoking cigar, portrait (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: P G Wodehouse, smoking cigar, portrait.); © Look and Learn

Scene from Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo: Thenardiers escape (engraving)
5996958 Scene from Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo: Thenardiers escape (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Les Miserables)

H. G. Wells by Autori
Herbert George Wells, aka H.G. Wells (1866 - 1946), English master of science fiction, wrote several classics before 1900: The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds

Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck (chromolitho)
735900 Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck)

Gullivers Travels by Johnathan Swift
3750919 Gullivers Travels by Johnathan Swift by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); (add.info.: Gullivers Travels by Johnathan Swift. First Published in 1726. Caption: The review of the troops)

Robinson Crusoe building his hut (chromolitho)
735901 Robinson Crusoe building his hut (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe building his hut)

Bleak House
3756678 Bleak House by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); (add.info.: Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). HKB, English artist: 12 July 1815-8 July 1882

Charles Dickens, English novelist (litho)
5208258 Charles Dickens, English novelist (litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English novelist

Sir W Raleigh, The History of the World, W Stansby for W Burre 1614 (b / w photo)
5988844 Sir W Raleigh, The History of the World, W Stansby for W Burre 1614 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir W Raleigh)

Portrait of Lord Byron (engraving)
3099357 Portrait of Lord Byron (engraving) by Harlow, George Henry (1787-1819) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Lord Byron)

David Copperfield
3772754 David Copperfield by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); (add.info.: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne)

Nadar Pantheon, 1854, Paris (litho)
CHT293641 Nadar Pantheon, 1854, Paris (litho) by Nadar (Gaspard Felix Tournachon) (1820-1910); Maison de Victor Hugo, Paris

Charles Dickens, after a bust by Henry Dexter, c. 1942 (engraving)
2563289 Charles Dickens, after a bust by Henry Dexter, c.1942 (engraving) by Halbert, Augustus (19th century); 17x9 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

Geoffrey Chaucer at the court of King Edward III of England (colour litho)
977892 Geoffrey Chaucer at the court of King Edward III of England (colour litho) by Brown, Ford Madox (1821-93) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

John Masefield (1878 - 1917), English poet, playwriter and fiction writer. Date: 1914

Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, 1844 - 1889. English poet and Jesuit priest. After a contemporary print

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping

"Unveiling the Literary Legends: A Glimpse into the World of Authors" Step into a time machine and embark on a captivating journey through the lives of renowned authors. Flying Officer W E Johns takes us soaring through thrilling adventures with his beloved Biggles stories in Modern Boy, while Ernest Hemingway casts his line into the depths of literature as he finds solace in fishing. In a scene from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, we witness Javert, the relentless detective, engraved forever in our minds. Nancy Mitford's wit and charm captivate readers as Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky strike a pose together in an unforgettable black-and-white photograph. Emile Zola stands tall at the Palais de Justice, where justice intertwines with his colorful lithograph. Dante's Inferno reveals its dark secrets as suicides are tormented by Harpies, leaving an indelible mark on our souls. Mrs. Gerald Du Maurier gathers her family around her, including Daphne - destined to become one of literature's most celebrated voices. Charles Dickens' timeless masterpiece A Christmas Carol warms hearts even after all these years. Amidst the chaos of WW1, Algernon Blackwood and Alfred Taylor find solace in their shared experiences. Emily Bronte gazes out from an oil canvas portrait capturing her enigmatic spirit circa 1883. Don Quixote comes alive through French artist Adrien Demont's brush strokes at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria—an artistic treasure that transcends borders and cultures alike. These glimpses into literary history remind us that they can not just creators but also gatekeepers to worlds unknown—a testament to their enduring legacy that continues to inspire generations across continents.