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.

    $4,882.00
  • Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company. Tablayn [Tapline].Lebanon, 1950s.

    $922.00
  • Pottier, François, French missionary in China and Vicar Apostolic of Sichuan (1726-1792). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by Pierre Lacerre, designated Vicar …Macau, 23 Nov 1755.

    $3,797.00
  • Grigor Narekats'i (Gregory of Narek). [Matean oghbergut'ean - Book of Lamentations]. Narek girk': girk' [aghot'its'] …Istanbul, 1782.

    $13,561.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [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.

    $103,063.00
  • Tahtawi, Rifa`ah Rafi` / Besim, Rüstem (transl.). Seyahatname-i Ibn Rifaa [Tercüme-yi Seyahatnâme-yi Pâris - The travelogue …Bulaq, 1255 1839.

    $13,561.00
  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

    $130,185.00
  • [Dalrymple, Alexander (ed.)]. Pinnel, Richard. Journal of the Jane […] from Banjar to Timor and back again to Banjar, …London, 1781.

    $70,517.00