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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

  • Keynes, John Maynard, British economist (1883-1946). Typed letter signed ("JM Keynes").London, 22 Jun 1925.

    $8,151.00

  • [London Conference]. Photograph from the London Conference.London, 17 Feb 1939.

    $272.00

  • Herzmanovsky-Orlando, Fritz, Schriftsteller und Zeichner (1877-1954). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Meran, Schloß Rametz, 31 Mar 1954.

    $2,717.00

  • Tagore, Sourindro Mohun. Tárávatí: a Tale, translated into English.Calcutta, 1881.

    $4,890.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita.Paris, August 1955.

    $4,890.00

  • Reissig, Kornelius Khristianovich. Sozviezdiia predstavlennyia na XXX tablitsakh. [Presentation of constellations …St Petersburg, 1829.

    $38,036.00

  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

    $41,296.00

  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

    $130,410.00