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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

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

    $103,241.00

  • Owen, Charles Henry. Sketches in the Crimea, Taken During the Late War.London, 1856.

    $10,324.00

  • Albert, Eugen d', Komponist und Pianist (1864-1932). Eigenh. Portraitpostkarte mit Notenzitat und U.O. O., 17 Jul 1909.

    $239.00

  • [Abu Dhabi - Royal Family]. [Three photograph albums of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the royal family].Pakistan, ca. 1970s.

    $92,374.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

    $41,296.00

  • Bombay Geographical Society. The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1868 …Bombay, 1874.

    $152,145.00

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

    $10,324.00

  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Hsin min-chu-chu-i lun" ("On …No place, 1942.

    $1,086,750.00