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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

  • (Weill, Kurt) / Anderson, Maxwell. Knickerbocker Holiday.Washington, D.C., 1938.

    $2,676.00

  • Montalboddo, Fracanzano da. Itinerarium Portugallensium e Lusitania in Indiam et inde in occidentem …Milan, 1508.

    $588,764.00

  • Carlson, Evans, American Navy military observer in China (1896-1947). Typed letter signed.Hankou, 27 Aug 1938.

    $3,747.00

  • Simpson, William / Kaye, John William. India Ancient and Modern. A Series of Illustrations of the Country and …London, 1867.

    $101,696.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Zweig, Stefan, Schriftsteller (1881-1942). "Der Fakir". Eigenh. Gedichtmanuskript mit U.O. O. u. D.

    $6,958.00

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

    $40,678.00

  • [Qur'an Juz' - China]. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' XX, written in Beijing by a Muslim woman.Khanbaliq Cambaluc, Beijing, 10 Nov. 1623 CE = 17 Muharram 1033 H.

    $133,810.00

  • Schiele, Egon, Maler (1890-1918). Eigenh. Bildpostkarte mit U.Kovácspatak bei Budapest, 29 Jul 1918.

    $12,846.00