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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.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Mercury, Freddie / May, Brian / Deacon, John / Taylor, Roger. Queen: The Complete Works. Box set with autographed sleeve, 1985, no. 004199, …No place, 1985.

Puzo, Mario. The Godfather.New York, 1969.

Celan, Paul, Romanian born German-language poet (1920-1970). "Chanson einer Dame im Schatten". Autograph poem signed ("Paul Celan").Paris, August 1949.

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

What’s gone: some recent sales

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.

Ibrâhim Haqqi, Erzurumlu. Marifetname [The Book of Knowledge and Skills].Ottoman Empire, 1235 AH 1819/20 AD.

[Qur'an Juz' - China]. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' XX, written in Beijing by a Muslim woman.Khanbaliq Cambaluc, Beijing, 10 Nov. 1623 CE = 17 Muharram 1033 H.

[Logbook of HMS Effingham in the Gulf]. Larken, Francis Wyatt Rawson, Royal Navy officer (1911-1985). Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional material to 1951.

Free shipping worldwide extended to all registered customers

Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

Gift Ideas

Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

Exhibiting at fairs internationally

An international team of experts to answer your questions

What’s new: recent acquisitions

Mercury, Freddie / May, Brian / Deacon, John / Taylor, Roger. Queen: The Complete Works. Box set with autographed sleeve, 1985, no. 004199, …No place, 1985.

Puzo, Mario. The Godfather.New York, 1969.

Celan, Paul, Romanian born German-language poet (1920-1970). "Chanson einer Dame im Schatten". Autograph poem signed ("Paul Celan").Paris, August 1949.

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

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What’s gone: some recent sales

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.

Ibrâhim Haqqi, Erzurumlu. Marifetname [The Book of Knowledge and Skills].Ottoman Empire, 1235 AH 1819/20 AD.

[Qur'an Juz' - China]. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' XX, written in Beijing by a Muslim woman.Khanbaliq Cambaluc, Beijing, 10 Nov. 1623 CE = 17 Muharram 1033 H.

[Logbook of HMS Effingham in the Gulf]. Larken, Francis Wyatt Rawson, Royal Navy officer (1911-1985). Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional material to 1951.