
Since Inlibris's earliest days we have paid special attention to acquiring and placing important collections, libraries, and culturally significant archives.
Important sales

Among the estates we successfully represented within the last two decades are those of the director Max Reinhardt and of Kafka's last friend Robert Klopstock; we also handled the correspondence and professional archives of the principal exponents of Viennese operetta's "golden age". Outstanding collections catalogued by us include seminal working manuscripts by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas Bernhard's first dramatic efforts, and the former lending library of the German Socialists of Cleveland, Ohio, found immured in a secret room. We take pride in having sold the Agnes Kerssemakers library on Social Liberation, comprising more than 9,000 catalogued lots, in its entirety, as we did with the Otmar Seemann collection of encyclopedias and the Football Library of Peter Fadanelli.
Preservation and placement

While not all of these projects resulted in printed publications (find out more about our catalogues, many of which are now considered standard reference works, here) or gained publicity (read some news articles here), all these collections, archives and libraries have one thing in common: our involvement helped preserve them intact and keep them accessible as a whole, often in some of the world's most renowned libraries and research institutions.
Please contact us directly for further information on archives, collections, and related services we are able to provide.
Some of the collections currently on offer include:
Available archives and collections
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[Large collection of journal articles about the scientific exploration …Various places, including London and Calcutta, 1837-1981.
€ 25,000.00 -
Sammlung von 399 (Bild-) Postkarten, 78 eigenh. und ms. Briefen (mit eigenh. …Österreich und Deutschland, 1930er bis 1970er Jahre.
€ 950.00 -
Photo negative collection of oil production in the UAE.Sharjah, 1970s.
€ 8,500.00 -
2 autograph letters signed, 2 typescript letters sigend and 1 printed document, …Tel Aviv, 1920s and 1930s.
€ 4,500.00 -
Erinnerungsalbum mit einigen hundert Theaterzetteln, Photographien, Bildpostkarten, …Wien u. a. O., ca. 1890-1907.
€ 400.00 -
Sammlung von 100 Abschriften, Reinschriften, Matrizenabzügen u. a. mit …Verschiedene Orte, 1808-1854.
€ 6,500.00 -
Teilnachlass mit ca. 25 Aufnahmeurkunden und Ehrendiplomen.Verschiedene Orte, 1861-1909.
€ 8,500.00 -
The Hans Schneider Collection of Sheet Music.Various places, 1568-2006.
€ 1,750,000.00 -
Sammlung von über 90 frühen meist eigenh. Briefen, Postkarten u. a. an …Verschiedene Orte, meist zwischen 1894 und 1901.
€ 300,000.00 -
Collection of letters, postcards, telegrams, etc. to the actress, by more …Various places, 1885-1907.
€ 15,000.00 -
Sammlung von 77 eigenh. Briefen, Postkarten u. eh. Visitkarten von Komponisten, …Meist Wien, 1894-1920.
€ 1,800.00 -
The artist's posthumous papers, comprising the correspondence of Maria …Various places, mostly turn of the century to late 1940s.
€ 45,000.00 -
The collection and research library of Jean-Jacques-Pierre Desmaisons (1807-1873), …Various places, late 15th century to 1873/74.
€ 1,050,000.00 -
Photograph archive and album: "Visit to Lahore of His Highness Sheikh Zaid …Pakistan, 1967 and 1970.
€ 125,000.00 -
Nachlaß bestehend aus Werkmanuskripten und -typoskripten, Zeichnungen, …Verschiedene Orte, etwa 1905 bis 1985.
€ 150,000.00 -
Korrespondenz von und an GA sowie Korrespondenz Dritter, darunter auch …Verschiedene Orte, 1900-1984.
€ 85,000.00 -
Nachlasskonvolut.Wien, ca. 1930-1944.
€ 650.00 -
Collection of 205 picture postcards, postcards, letters and photographs …Various places, 1930s to 1960s.
€ 1,500.00 -
Teilnachlass mit Photographien, Memorabilia, Urkunden und zahlreichen Widmungsexemplaren.Verschiedene Orte, meist 1980er/90er Jahre.
€ 2,500.00 -
Teilnachlasskonvolut bestehend aus Plänen, Entwürfen und Entwurfskizzen, …Meist Wien, 1910-1954.
€ 1,000.00 -
The collection of Luc-Daniel Dupire, founder of the Belgian Palestine National …Aden, Algiers, Beirut, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dhofar, Iran, Jordan, London, Toulouse, Yemen and other places, 1969-1983.
€ 45,000.00 -
Collection of family documents from the archives of the Counts Sermage …Various places, c. 1660-1830.
€ 12,000.00 -
The Sudhoff Collection of the History of Arabic Medicine, deaccessioned …Various places, 1855-1941.
€ 95,000.00 -
12 eigenh. Briefe mit U., 3 eigenh. Karten mit U., 2 ms. Aerogramme mit …Cambridge, Oxford, Wien u. a. O., 1926-1972.
€ 22,000.00 -
Korrespondenzsammlung mit Briefen und Karten von u. a. Georg von Below, …Verschiedene Orte, meist frühe 1920er Jahre.
€ 8,500.00 -
The archive of Auguste Sarrou.Mainly Near and Middle East, mainly 1917-1923, with earlier and much later supplementary material.
€ 65,000.00 -
Nachlass bestehend aus 38 Manuskripten und Typoskripten, 8 Briefen und …Wien u. a. O., ca. 1920-1950.
€ 2,000.00 -
Sammlung von insgesamt 276 eigenh. Briefen m. U. (teils geprägtes und …
€ 10,000.00 -
A substantial collection of autographs by German, French, and British oriental …Various places, 17th through 21st centuries, but mainly 19th century.
€ 48,000.00 -
Sammlung von mehr als 500 Original-Photographien eines Chefstewards auf …Verschiedene Orte bzw. Schiffe, 1930er bis 1960er Jahre.
€ 9,500.00 -
Large collection of more than 400 glass positives.Probably Scandinavia, early 20th century.
€ 15,000.00 -
Korrespondenzsammlung mit über 200 Briefen und Karten von Malern, Architekten, …Verschiedene Orte, größtenteils 1880 und 1890er Jahre.
€ 25,000.00 -
Korrespondenzsammlung.Verschiedene Orte, 1959-1986.
€ 4,500.00 -
A large archive of material featuring ten (1 autogr. and 9 typed) letters …Princeton NJ, Peconic, New York and Saranac Lake NY, 1939 to 1948.
€ 55,000.00 -
Private collection of ten early biographies and works supporting Gandhi.Various places, 1923-1949.
€ 12,500.00 -
The Diplomatic Archive of Charles Meyer, including the relations between …China, Cambodia, 1961-1965 1958-1970.
€ 35,000.00 -
The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society.London, 1831-1880-1881.
€ 185,000.00 -
Collection of autographs by famous tennis players of the 1920s: Suzanne …Santiago de Chile and no place, 1923-1934.
€ 1,000.00 -
Collection of autographs by Italian (and Ethiopian) military commanders.Mostly Ethiopia and Rome, 1935-1936.
€ 800.00 -
Collection of autographs by Brazilian military men: Joaquim Cordeiro Guerra, …Rio de Janeiro, Resende, Montevideo, and no place, 1932-1940.
€ 800.00 -
Collection of autographs by Japanese political and military leaders: Saito …Tokyo and Washington, DC, 1933-1941.
€ 2,500.00 -
Collection of autographs by northern European political and military leaders …London and Helsinki, 1940-1941.
€ 1,500.00 -
Collection of autographs by famous Spanish toreros of the 1920s: Guerrita, …Cordoba, San Sebastian, Madrid, Barcelona, 1922-1931.
€ 3,000.00 -
Collection of autographs by (mostly) Spanish political and military leaders …Various places, 1921-1929.
€ 1,500.00 -
Archive collection, consisting of preliminary studies and drafts for his …Vienna, c. 1899-1902.
€ 95,000.00 -
Teilnachlass.Wien, o. J.
€ 4,500.00 -
Partial archive of the Niemetschek-Neuling-Richter family.Sadska, Prague, Vienna and other places, 1784-1860.
€ 25,000.00 -
Teilnachlaß.Verschiedene Orte, 1960er Jahre.
€ 3,500.00 -
A library on Arabian horse breeding, including Stud Books and General Reference. …Various places, 1746-2007.
€ 380,000.00 -
Sammlung von Korrespondenzien und anderen Archivalien, zumeist aus seiner …Versailles, Potsdam u. v. a. O., zumeist 1739-1756, angereichert durch weitere Stücke 1570-1796.
€ 65,000.00 -
Archive, consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, letters by and to Ernst …Various places, c. 1890-1983.
€ 25,000.00 -
Teilnachlass.Verschiedene Orte, ca. 1870-1932.
€ 5,000.00 -
Large Collection of Missionary Publications in ca. 100 Languages.West Africa, India, etc., 1681-1991.
€ 75,000.00 -
Teilnachlaß eines nicht identifizierten österreichischen Künstlers bestehend …Verschiedene Orte u. a. Salzburg, 1900-1925.
€ 210.00 -
Nachlasskonvolut.Wien und Karlsruhe, 1886-1904.
€ 650.00 -
Collection of more than 100 books and reprints from the estate of Lise …Various places, 1920s to 1970s.
€ 25,000.00