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Established in 1883 and considered the trade’s leading business in Austria ever since, we have been dealing in rare books, manuscripts and autographs for more than a century, serving private collectors and institutional customers all over the world.

What’s new: recent acquisitions

  • Kollwitz, Käthe, Grafikerin, Malerin und Bildhauerin (1867-1945). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Berlin, 24 Jan 1922.

    $4,821.00

  • Ginguené, Pierre Louis. Histoire littéraire d'Italie.Paris, 1811-1812.

    $375.00

  • Hermann Hesse, Schriftsteller und Nobelpreisträger (1877-1962). Eigenh. Brief mit U. und eh. Postkarte mit U.Montagnola und Tschechoslowakei, 1932 und 1936.

    $4,821.00

  • Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius. [De institutione oratoria].Florence, October 1515.

    $4,232.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

    $40,715.00

  • Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

    $7,500.00

  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Autographa.Weimar, Dezember 1811.

    $16,072.00

  • [Football Collection]. An Outstanding Collection of Books About Football, Removed From the Library …Various places, 1580-2014.

    $375,004.00