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

  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("F. Engels").London, 12 Nov 1890.

     480,000.00
  • [Mosques]. Bonfils, Félix. [Large photographs of mosques in Palestine, Istanbul, and Egypt].Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and Greece, ca. 1870s.

     28,000.00
  • Welles, Orson, American director (1915-1985). [War of the Worlds]. Commemorative edition of The Mercury Theatre's radio …Surrey, England, 1963.

     8,500.00
  • [Arabic dictionary manuscript]. "Vocabularium italico-arabicum". Arabic-Italian dictionary.Probably Egypt, ca. 1770.

     18,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Newe Zeitung - Flood of 1784]. Vollständige Nachrichten von denen großen Wasserfluthen am Rhein, Mayn, …No place or printer, 1784.

     350.00
  • Roberts, David. Egypt & Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot With Historical Descriptions …London, 1846-1849.

     95,000.00
  • [United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

     35,000.00
  • 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