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For more than 30 years, DAVID SCHULSON AUTOGRAPHS has offered quality historical autographs in the fields of literature, art, science, music, classic cinema and politics. Our collection includes artists like Picasso, Monet, Winslow Homer, Chagall and Grandma Moses; writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf, Charles Dickens, Rilke, Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Steinbeck, Ginsberg; scientists, for instance, Einstein, Freud, Pasteur, Bohr, and Jenner; musicians including composers and performers such as Mendelsohnn, Ravel, Bernstein, Puccini, Brahms, Copland, Gershwin, and Caruso; political and military figures such as Napoleon, Churchill, Herzl, Gandhi, and Garvey; and classic cinema including, Georges Melies, Hitchcock, Lubitsch, Chaplin, Welles, and Bogart: photographers, for example, Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Cecil Beaton, and Edward Steichen.
 
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He writes in full, "I am in my laboratory every day, 45 rue d'Ulm, in the morning from 8 to 11. At the moment, there is , however, a great deal that I cannot predict and it is possible that I may be away when you come by...." He signs, "L. Pasteur." Framed with original small bust length photo with blind embossed stamp by the photographer, Eneret. PASTEUR, LOUIS. (1822 - 1895) French chemist and microbiologist best known for his remarkable breakthrough in the causes and prevention of disease. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies. His experiments supported the germ theory of disease. He was best known to the general public for inventing a method to stop milk and wine from causing sickness, a process that came to be called pasteurization.
He writes in full, "I am in my laboratory every day, 45 rue d'Ulm, in the morning from 8 to.. more
Autograph Letter Signed, in French, on his printed "Laboratoire de Chimie Physiologique Directeur M. Pasteur," stationery, 8vo, Paris, July 4, 1881.
Price: $7,200.00
A remarkable letter from Nabokov to his literary agent, Doussia Ergaz, (at the Bureau Litteraire Clairouin in Paris), in which he wonders, “if you might not have some news for me” regarding six of his books. DESPAIR (La Meprise)- “There was some talk of a reprint, as I recall. What’’s become of that?”/ SHORT STORIES (Nouvelles)- “Have you tried to get them translated by Karl Priel? Have you managed to get them published—either in a magazine or book form?”/ INVITATION TO A BEHEADING (Invitation au Supplice)- “Where do we stand with this book? Who have you tried since Albin Michel turned it down”/ NIOCOLAI GOGOL- “What’s going on with this one?”/ THE DEFENSE (La Course du Fou)- “Didn’t you write that there was talk of a new edition? I may be wrong about that—it’s been so long since you last wrote me about it” and GLORY (Exploit)- “I don’t know if you’re still handling this book as well. I’d like to put some order in my affairs and I would be extremely grateful to you if you would bring me up to date in regard to the French rights of all these books. Also, tell me if you think it likely that you’ll be able to find French publishers for them.” Signed, “I hope you are well, Vladimir Nabokov”. NABOKOV, VLADIMIR . (1898-1977). Multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. Nabokov’s “Lolita” (1955) is frequently cited as his most important novel and is his most widely known, exhibiting the love of intricate wordplay and descriptive detail that characterized all his works.
A remarkable letter from Nabokov to his literary agent, Doussia Ergaz, (at the Bureau Litteraire Clairouin in Paris), in which.. more
Rare Typed Letter Signed, in French, regarding six of his books. One page, on integral address leaf stationery. 4to, Cambridge, Mass. May 15, 1948.
Price: $6,000.00
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