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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

  • [Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Barchfeld]. Trinks, Heinrich David, Thüringer Regierungs-Kanzlist (1731-1808). Tuschzeichnung mit eigenh. Widmungsgedicht zum 32. Geburtstag.Wohl Meiningen, 10 Aug 1762.

    $2,676.00

  • Chao, Ju-Kua / Hirth, Friedrich / Rockhill, W. W. Chau Ju-Kua: His Work on the Chinese and Arab Trade in the Twelfth and …St Petersburg, 1911.

    $1,927.00

  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Briefkuvert mit eigenh. Adresse und Absender.Liboch, Datum des Poststempels unleserlich Anfang 1919.

    $11,240.00

  • Wollaston, Arthur N. The Sword of Islam.London, 1905.

    $375.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Maurer- und Steinmetzbuch des Bezirks Neusiedl am See]. Register Eines Ehrsammen Handt-Werchs der Steinmetzen und Maurer, im Königlichen …Neusiedl, 1679-1831.

    $4,817.00

  • Zweig, Stefan. Die frühen Kränze.Leipzig, 1906.

    $1,927.00

  • [Ships Logs] - F. R. Openshaw, Royal Navy midshipman (fl. 1900s). "Log of H. M. Ships Highflyer & Hyacinth". Autograph manuscript logs …Indian Ocean and the Gulf, 1902-1904.

    $101,696.00

  • [Recipes, Helpful Hints, and Practical Jokes]. "Kunst-Museum oder Sammlung auserlesner Kunststücke aus dem Gebiete der …Likely Germany, early 19th century.

    $1,927.00