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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.

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Walter, Bruno, Dirigent (1876-1962). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Beverly Hills, 16 Dec 1955.

Nizami Ganjavi. Iqbal-nama.Safavid Iran, 1562-1571 CE = 97? H.

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

Makki ibn Abi Talib Hammush al-Qaysi al-Qayrawani al-Andalusi al-Qurtubi al-Maliki. Al-Kashf 'an wujuh al-qira'at al-sab' wa-'ilaliha wa-hujajiha [Unveiling …Andalusia, ca. 1300 / late 12th or early 13th century CE.

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[Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

Schönberg, Arnold, Austrian composer (1874-1951). Autograph letter signed and autogr. quotation signed.Los Angeles, 15 May 1949.

[Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

[Logbook of HMS Effingham in the Gulf]. Larken, Francis Wyatt Rawson, Royal Navy officer (1911-1985). Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional material to 1951.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Walter, Bruno, Dirigent (1876-1962). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Beverly Hills, 16 Dec 1955.

Nizami Ganjavi. Iqbal-nama.Safavid Iran, 1562-1571 CE = 97? H.

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

Makki ibn Abi Talib Hammush al-Qaysi al-Qayrawani al-Andalusi al-Qurtubi al-Maliki. Al-Kashf 'an wujuh al-qira'at al-sab' wa-'ilaliha wa-hujajiha [Unveiling …Andalusia, ca. 1300 / late 12th or early 13th century CE.

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[Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

Schönberg, Arnold, Austrian composer (1874-1951). Autograph letter signed and autogr. quotation signed.Los Angeles, 15 May 1949.

[Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

[Logbook of HMS Effingham in the Gulf]. Larken, Francis Wyatt Rawson, Royal Navy officer (1911-1985). Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional material to 1951.