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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

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

[Beauchamp-Proctor, William, British Navy officer (1781-1861). Dictionary of Egypt].No place, ca. 1820.

[Trucial States - Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi]. Two early documents.Sharjah and Ras Al-Khaimah, 1943 and 1966.

Hawley, D[onald] F[rederick]. Courtesies in the Trucial States.Beirut, 1965.

What’s gone: some recent sales

[DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others. The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and …London, 1953.

Megiser, Hieronymus. Institutionum linguae Turcicae, libri quatuor [...].Leipzig and Breslau, 1612.

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

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

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Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

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

[Beauchamp-Proctor, William, British Navy officer (1781-1861). Dictionary of Egypt].No place, ca. 1820.

[Trucial States - Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi]. Two early documents.Sharjah and Ras Al-Khaimah, 1943 and 1966.

Hawley, D[onald] F[rederick]. Courtesies in the Trucial States.Beirut, 1965.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others. The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and …London, 1953.

Megiser, Hieronymus. Institutionum linguae Turcicae, libri quatuor [...].Leipzig and Breslau, 1612.

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

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.