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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

  • Johannes Paul II., Papst (d. i. Karol Józef Wojtyla, 1920-2005). Ms. Brief mit eigenh. U.Krakau, 10 Jun 1978.

    $1,303.00

  • Rahbi, Muhammad Ibn Ali al- / Jones, William (transl.). The Mahomedan Law of succession to the property of intestates, in Arabick, …London, 1782.

    $8,142.00

  • Lennon, John, English singer, songwriter and musician (1940-1980). Autograph drawing signed.No place, 1977?.

    $13,571.00

  • [Qur'an]. Esberg, Johan [praes.] / Fahlen, Erik [resp.]. [Adghath ahlam al-Qur'an] sive historiola Alcorani et fraudum Muhammedis.Uppsala, 1699.

    $1,954.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

    $37,998.00

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

    $32,570.00

  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Hsin min-chu-chu-i lun" ("On …No place, 1942.

    $1,085,650.00

  • [Dalrymple, Alexander (ed.)]. Pinnel, Richard. Journal of the Jane […] from Banjar to Timor and back again to Banjar, …London, 1781.

    $70,567.00