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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

Charles III & Diana, as Prince of Wales (b. 1948) & Princess of Wales (1961-1997). Autograph Christmas and New Year's card, inscribed by Diana and signed …United Kingdom, 1986.

[Arabic and English vocabulary and phrasebook]. The Interpreter in the Arabic and English Languages, Consisting of Nouns, …N. p., ca. 1830s.

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

Soliman, Mahmoud Soliman. First Congress of Iron and Steel [...]. Geology of the Manganese Deposits …Cairo, 1961.

What’s gone: some recent sales

[Hinduism]. Sanskrit scroll.India, Rajasthan, 19th century.

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

Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

[Logbook of HMS Effingham in the Gulf]. Larken, Francis Wyatt Rawson, Royal Navy officer (1911-1985). Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional material to 1951.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Charles III & Diana, as Prince of Wales (b. 1948) & Princess of Wales (1961-1997). Autograph Christmas and New Year's card, inscribed by Diana and signed …United Kingdom, 1986.

[Arabic and English vocabulary and phrasebook]. The Interpreter in the Arabic and English Languages, Consisting of Nouns, …N. p., ca. 1830s.

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

Soliman, Mahmoud Soliman. First Congress of Iron and Steel [...]. Geology of the Manganese Deposits …Cairo, 1961.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[Hinduism]. Sanskrit scroll.India, Rajasthan, 19th century.

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

Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

[Logbook of HMS Effingham in the Gulf]. Larken, Francis Wyatt Rawson, Royal Navy officer (1911-1985). Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional material to 1951.