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

  • Nietzsche, Friedrich, German philosopher and poet (1844-1900). Autograph letter signed ("Friedrich Nietzsche").Basel, 27 Sep 1876.

    $92,370.00
  • Laurent, Jean (photographer). Photograph album of Spain.Madrid, 1870s.

    $38,035.00
  • Charles III & Diana, as Prince of Wales (b. 1948) & Princess of Wales (1961-1997). Autograph Christmas and New Year's card, inscribed by Diana and signed …United Kingdom, 1986.

    $2,173.00
  • Dani, 'Uthman ibn Sa'id (Abu 'Amr) al-. Al-Taysir fi al-qira'at al-sab'.Mamluk Syria, 14th century CE.

    $70,636.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Zürich, 16 Jun 1949.

    $4,890.00
  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

    $130,405.00
  • Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), revolutionary, Marxist thinker, founder of the Soviet Union (1870-1924). Autograph inscription signed, together with Leon Trotsky.No place or date, November 1917.

    $103,237.00
  • Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita.Paris, August 1955.

    $4,890.00