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

  • Celan, Paul, Romanian born German-language poet (1920-1970). "Chanson einer Dame im Schatten". Autograph poem signed ("Paul Celan").Paris, August 1949.

     15,000.00
  • [Sanusi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf]. Kitab al-sughra fi’ al-tawhid. [The Smaller Tract on the Principles of …North Africa, 1780 CE = 1194 H.

     1,500.00
  • Herzmanovsky-Orlando, Fritz, Schriftsteller und Zeichner (1877-1954). Eigenh. Notiz.O. O., um 1950.

     950.00
  • [Biblia arabica]. Biblia Sacra arabica, Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide iussu edita. …Rome, 1671.

     75,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others. The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and …London, 1953.

     9,500.00
  • [Russia - Edinburgh Missionary Society]. Report of the Edinburgh Missionary Society, for 1817 [and: 1818].Edinburgh, 1817-1818.

     850.00
  • [Kunstbüchlein]. Reich, Franz Joseph, Austrian artist (d. 1789). Kunstbiechlein in welchem mancherley bewerte unnd aprobierte Firneiß Polloment …Graz, ca. 1730-1788.

     28,000.00
  • [Ships Logs] - F. R. Openshaw, Royal Navy midshipman (fl. 1900s). "Log of H. M. Ships Highflyer & Hyacinth". Autograph manuscript logs …Indian Ocean and the Gulf, 1902-1904.

     95,000.00