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

  • Pasternak, Boris, Russian poet (1890-1960). "Stikhi iz romana v proze" [Poems from a novel in prose]. A cycle of ten …No place, ca. 1948.

    $37,882.00
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van. Fidelio. Eine große Oper in 2 Aufzugen [!] im vollständigen, einzig-rechtmäßigen …Vienna, 1814.

    $10,282.00
  • Reger, Max, Komponist und Pianist (1873-1916). Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. U.O. O., 9. VII. 1909.

    $487.00
  • [Qur'an]. A large, early Ottoman or Pre-Ottoman (probably Qaramanid) Qur'an.Turkey, ca. 1500 / 15th-16th century CE.

    $91,999.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Hsin min-chu-chu-i lun" ("On …No place, 1942.

    $1,082,338.00
  • [Palestine]. Album fotografico delle principali vedute della Palestina con apposite …Turin, 1870s, at least before 1878.

    $9,200.00
  • Waldemar, Prince of Prussia. Zur Erinnerung an die Reise des Prinzen Waldemar von Preussen nach Indien …Berlin, 1853.

    $41,129.00
  • [DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others. The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and …London, 1953.

    $10,282.00