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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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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.

Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. The Middle East.Oxford, 1953.

Buck, Pearl S., American novelist, Nobel laureate (1892-1973). Typed letter signed ("Pearl S. Buck").Perkasie, Pennsylvania, 3 Nov 1952.

[Mecca]. Piscator, Benedict A. (auct.) / Hermansson, Johannes (praes.). De Mecca, patria Muhammedis, schediasma.Uppsala, 1725.

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Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus. [De architectura libri decem].Venice, 22 May 1511.

[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 Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional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.

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

Mandeville, John. Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land.Strasbourg, 1488.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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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.

Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. The Middle East.Oxford, 1953.

Buck, Pearl S., American novelist, Nobel laureate (1892-1973). Typed letter signed ("Pearl S. Buck").Perkasie, Pennsylvania, 3 Nov 1952.

[Mecca]. Piscator, Benedict A. (auct.) / Hermansson, Johannes (praes.). De Mecca, patria Muhammedis, schediasma.Uppsala, 1725.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus. [De architectura libri decem].Venice, 22 May 1511.

[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 Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional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.

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

Mandeville, John. Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land.Strasbourg, 1488.