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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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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry, Polar explorer (1874-1922). Album leaf signed.No place, 22 Jul 1921.

Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. Some Structural and Stratigraphical Aspects of the Oilfields of the Middle …London, 1948.

Lagerlöf, Selma, Schriftstellerin und Nobelpreisträgerin (1858-1940). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Marstrand, 5 Jul 1899.

Watson, James D., American Nobel laureate, molecular biologist, and geneticist (b. 1928). Genes, Girls and Gamow.Oxford, 2001.

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.

Schiele, Egon, Maler (1890-1918). Eigenh. Bildpostkarte mit U.Kovácspatak bei Budapest, 29 Jul 1918.

[Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.

Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Programmzettel mit eigenh. U. ("Mahler").Wohl Wien, 13 Feb 1902.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry, Polar explorer (1874-1922). Album leaf signed.No place, 22 Jul 1921.

Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. Some Structural and Stratigraphical Aspects of the Oilfields of the Middle …London, 1948.

Lagerlöf, Selma, Schriftstellerin und Nobelpreisträgerin (1858-1940). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Marstrand, 5 Jul 1899.

Watson, James D., American Nobel laureate, molecular biologist, and geneticist (b. 1928). Genes, Girls and Gamow.Oxford, 2001.

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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.

Schiele, Egon, Maler (1890-1918). Eigenh. Bildpostkarte mit U.Kovácspatak bei Budapest, 29 Jul 1918.

[Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.

Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Programmzettel mit eigenh. U. ("Mahler").Wohl Wien, 13 Feb 1902.