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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

  • Lennon, John, English singer, songwriter and musician (1940-1980). Autograph drawing signed.No place, 1977?.

    $13,584.00

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

    $16,301.00

  • Doyle, Arthur Conan, British writer and physician (1859-1930). "The Bully of Brocas Court". Autograph manuscript signed twice ("A. Conan …Windlesham, Crowborough, ca. 1920/1921.

    $81,506.00

  • [Indian Care of Horses]. Shalihotra Samhita [Encyclopedia of the physician Shalihotra].Rajasthan, Northwest India, 19th century.

    $48,904.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Rilke, Rainer Maria, Dichter (1875-1926). Eigenh. Gedicht mit Widmung und U. in: Ders., Neue Gedichte.Leipzig, 1914.

    $10,324.00

  • Lafosse, Georges. Les Musulmans dans le monde.Paris, ca. 1952.

    $3,804.00

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

    $27,169.00

  • Page, Théogène François, captain of the frigate La Favorit (1807-1867). Campagne de la Favorite - Journal.In the Gulf and elsewhere at sea, 3 June 1841 - 5 January 1844.

    $380,362.00