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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

  • Thoma, Ludwig, Schriftsteller (1867-1921). Eigenh. Brief mit U.München, 14 Feb 1903.

    € 1,500.00

  • Ibn Batuta / Samuel Lee (ed.). The Travels of Ibn Batuta. Translated from the abridged Arabic manuscript …London, 1829.

    € 15,000.00

  • Jung, C[arl] G[ustav], Psychologe und Psychiater (1875-1961). Ms. Brief mit eigenh. U.Küsnacht-Zürich, 10 May 1948.

    € 2,500.00

  • [Dhofar Rebellion]. Know Your Enemy. [I'rif 'aduwak]. Apne Dushman Ko Pehchano.No place, 1971.

    € 4,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Bombay Geographical Society. The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1868 …Bombay, 1874.

    € 140,000.00

  • [Cabala]. Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government: in Letters …London, 1663.

    € 4,500.00

  • Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China (1866-1925). Autograph letter signed ("Y-S Sun").Canton Guangzhou, 29 Nov 1921.

    € 150,000.00

  • [Zanzibar]. The Gazette for Zanzibar.Zanzibar, 1912-13, 1918 and 1920.

    € 25,000.00