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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

  • Sauret, Émile, Violinist (1852-1920). Kabinettphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung und U. verso.London, 1891.

    $268.00

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

    $10,179.00

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

    $3,750.00

  • [Schematismus]. Hof- und Staats-Schematismus des österreichischen Kaiserthums. I. (-II.) …Wien, 1819.

    $343.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $150,002.00

  • La Fontaine, Jean de, French writer (1621-1695). Autograph document signed "De la fontaine".No place, 5 Jan 1660.

    $16,072.00

  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951). Autograph picture postcard signed.Cambridge, 28. II. 1929.

    $2,679.00

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

    $40,715.00