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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

  • Ericsson, John, Swedish-American inventor (1803-1889). Autograph letter signed.No place, 1 May 1858.

    $1,031.00

  • Qastallani, Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-. Irshad al-sari li-sharh Sahih al-Bukhari.Egypt, 18th century CE.

    $19,528.00

  • Marx, Karl. Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie [...] Erster Band. [Author's …Hamburg, 1867.

    $1,030,667.00

  • [British Armed Forces]. Infantry training book.England, early 1920s.

    $2,170.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $41,227.00

  • Sulayman al-Tajir / Abu Zaid Hasan ibn Yazid, al-Sirafi / Renaudot, Eusèbe (ed.). [Silsilat al-tawarik - Italian]. Antiche relazioni dell' Indie, e della …Bologna, 1749.

    $10,307.00

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

    $3,038.00

  • Rowling, J[oanne] K., English writer (b. 1965). Original miniature manuscript.N. p., 2004.

    $162,737.00