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

  • Britten, Benjamin, English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976). Autograph signature, co-signed by Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986).N. p. o. d.

    $283.00
  • Ibn al-Rami al-Banna, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim. Kitab al-I'lan bi-Ahkam al-Bunyan.North Africa, late 18th century CE.

    $16,319.00
  • Herz, Henriette, Schriftstellerin (1764-1847). 3 eigenh. Briefe.Wohl Berlin, 1838.

    $4,896.00
  • Maggio, Francesco Maria. Vita, e morte del venerabil P. F. Alipio di S. Giuseppe Scalzo di S. Agostino …Rome, 1657.

    $3,808.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

    $130,555.00
  • Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China (1866-1925). Autograph letter signed ("Y-S Sun").Canton Guangzhou, 29 Nov 1921.

    $163,194.00
  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Zürich, 16 Jun 1949.

    $4,896.00
  • [Regulations for pearl fishing in Kuwait]. Qanun al-ghawasin fi'l Kuwayt ("Manual of the [pearl] divers in Kuwait").Kuwait City, 1359 H / AD 1940.

    $9,248.00