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

  • Powell, Earl "Bud", American jazz pianist and composer (1924-1966). Signed contract.New York, 26 Jul 1949.

     4,500.00
  • [Sanusi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf]. Kitab al-sughra fi’ al-tawhid. [The Smaller Tract on the Principles of …North Africa, 1780 CE = 1194 H.

     1,500.00
  • Heidegger, Martin. Hegel und die Griechen.Tübingen, 1960.

     650.00
  • [Ethiopian Divinatory Text]. Awda Nagast [The Circle of the King].Ethiopia, late 18th or early 19th century CE.

     9,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Rilke, Rainer Maria, Dichter (1875-1926). Eigenh. Gedicht mit Widmung und U. in: Ders., Neue Gedichte.Leipzig, 1914.

     9,500.00
  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Zürich, 16 Jun 1949.

     4,500.00
  • Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'Ordre du …Bordeaux, 1580.

     450,000.00
  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Hsin min-chu-chu-i lun" ("On …No place, 1942.

     1,000,000.00