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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

  • Herzmanovsky-Orlando, Fritz, Schriftsteller und Zeichner (1877-1954). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Meran, Schloß Rametz, 31 Mar 1954.

    $2,717.00

  • Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. Some Structural and Stratigraphical Aspects of the Oilfields of the Middle …London, 1948.

    $380.00

  • Walter, Bruno, Dirigent (1876-1962). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Beverly Hills, 16 Dec 1955.

    $598.00

  • Marx, Karl / Engels, Friedrich. Das kommunistische Manifest. Neue Ausgabe mit einem Vorwort der Verfasser.Leipzig, 1872.

    $81,506.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [British Army]. Exercise Gulf.Headquarters Army Emergency Reserve, Longmoor, Hants., 1959.

    $2,173.00

  • Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

    $48,904.00

  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

    $434,700.00

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

    $924.00