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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

  • Freud, Sigmund, Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (1856-1939). Autograph letter signed ("Freud").Vienna, 28 Jul 1927.

    $23,551.00

  • [Order of Santiago]. Reformacion de los conventos de la Orden de Santiago.Habsburg Spain, 31 Oct 1569.

    $10,170.00

  • [Lawrence, T. E., British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935)]. [Four stamps designed by T. E. Lawrence for the Arab Revolt, with a signed …No place, 1916 CE = 1334 H.

    $16,057.00

  • [Journals - Western and Central Asia; India]. Olaf Caroe, Aurel Stein, Richard Temple, Francis Younghusband and others. [Large collection of journal articles about the scientific exploration …Various places, including London and Calcutta, 1837-1981.

    $37,467.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Roberts, David. Egypt & Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot With Historical Descriptions …London, 1846-1849.

    $101,696.00

  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

    $428,192.00

  • Celan, Paul, German-language poet (1920-1970). Todesfuge. Typescript signed ("Paul Celan").Probably Bucharest, c. 1946?.

    $26,762.00

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

    $10,170.00