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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

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

    $4,823.00

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

    $3,001.00

  • [Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century CE.

    $101,816.00

  • Khalidi, Thabet. The Rising Tide of Terror, or Three Years of an "Armistice" in the Holy …Amman, Jordan, February, 1952.

    $2,679.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Chimani, Leopold. Bunte Scenerien aus dem Menschenleben. Ein Bilderbuch ganz neuer Art.Wien, 1836.

    $13,397.00

  • [Biblia germanica - NT]. Luther, Martin. Das Newe Testament Mar. Luthers.Wittenberg, 1530.

    $80,381.00

  • Schönberg, Arnold, Austrian composer (1874-1951). Autograph letter signed and autogr. quotation signed.Los Angeles, 15 May 1949.

    $3,001.00

  • Bruckner, Anton, Komponist (1824-1896). Großformatige Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. U.Wohl Wien, 1891.

    $37,511.00