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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

  • Hemingway, Ernest, American writer and Nobel Laureate (1899-1961). Autograph letter signed.Paris, 6 November 1933.

    $16,270.00

  • Audubon, John James. The viviparous quadrupeds of North America.New York, 1845-1848.

    $650,820.00

  • Powell, Earl "Bud", American jazz pianist and composer (1924-1966). Signed contract.New York, 26 Jul 1949.

    $4,881.00

  • [French Algeria and Tunisia]. Photo album - Algiers and Tunis.Algeria and Tunisia, ca. 1890.

    $10,305.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Russia - Edinburgh Missionary Society]. Report of the Edinburgh Missionary Society, for 1817 [and: 1818].Edinburgh, 1817-1818.

    $922.00

  • [United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

    $37,964.00

  • [Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.

    $13,559.00

  • Keynes, John Maynard, British economist (1883-1946). Typed letter signed ("JMK").London, 28 Aug 1941.

    $2,712.00