Our catalogue for Firsts - London's Rare Book Fair

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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

  • Warhol, Andy, Künstler (1928-1987). Ausstellungskatalog mit eigenh. U.Wien, 1981.

    $910.00

  • Ibn Al-Baytar (Diya' al-Din Abu Muhammad ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmed al-Malaqi). Kitab-i ibn-i baytar al-mufradat [Compendium on Simple Medicines and Foods].Ottoman Empire, early 17th century CE.

    $48,172.00

  • Barrett Browning, Elizabeth, English poet (1806-1861). Autograph letter signed ("EBB").No place, 13 Dec 1843.

    $16,057.00

  • Sauvaget, Jean. Les Monuments historiques de Damas.Beirut, 1932.

    $375.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Klimt, Gustav, Maler (1862-1918). Weiblicher Akt mit ausgestrecktem linkem Arm (Allegorie der Oper).Wien, 1883.

    $90,991.00

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

    $149,867.00

  • Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung als vollständiges Notenmanuskript …Wien, 1861.

    $32,114.00

  • 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.

    $160,572.00