Buying old books – Your antiquarian bookshop in Zurich
Do you own old books, valuable individual items, or entire collections and would like to put them in good hands? Our antiquarian bookshop offers you the opportunity to sell your books uncomplicated and fair way. With many years of experience and a passion for ancient books, we are your trusted partner in purchasing rare and old books. Benefit from our transparent service, which not only estimates the value of your books but also makes you an attractive offer. Would you like to know the value of your books? Take advantage of our professional valuation service for a well-founded assessment. Whether first editions, antiquarian treasures, or complete libraries – your treasures are in the best hands with us. For larger stocks, we will be happy to visit you and make you an offer. Do not hesitate to call us on 044 261 57 50 or contact us by e-mail: eos@eosbooks.ch or by WhatsApp-Tel. 079 358 06 11, with some photos of her books, preferably covers and title pages.
Purchase of old books natural sciences
Natural sciences: Old editions by Isaac Newton, Leonhard Fuchs, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, Maria Sibylla Merian, Johannes Kepler, Robert Boyle, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Leonhard Euler, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Euclid, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Louis Agassiz or Conrad Gessner, for example. These are just some of the authors from the fields of zoology, botany, mathematics and geology.
Purchase of old medical books
Medicine: Andreas Vesalius, Dioscorides, Galen, Ambroise Paré, William Harvey, Marcello Malpighi, Robert Koch, Hippocrates, and William K. Roentgen. These are just a few examples from the specialist fields of surgery, internal medicine, orthopaedics, gynecology, ophthalmology and anatomy.
Purchase of old books from Switzerland
Helvetica: Books about Switzerland. Early prints from Zurich. Books about the Alps (mountaineering), travel narratives, and illustrated works.
Purchase of old children’s books
Children’s books: children’s picture books by Ernst Kreidolf, Lothar Meggendorfer, Elsa Beskow, Gertrud and Walther Caspari, Alois Carigiet, Tom Seidmann-Freud, Konrad Ferdinand Edmund von Freyhold, Hans Fischer, Walter Trier, Sibylle von Olfers and Paula and Richard Dehmel.
Purchase of old and modern art books
Art books: Alberto and Giovanni Giacometti, Jean Le Corbusier, Alfred Kubin, El Lissitsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Alphonse Mucha, Edvard Munch, Paul Vallotton, Marianne von Werefkin, Jean Tingueley and HR Giger.
Purchase of old books German literature
Literature: Signed copies and rare first editions by Franz Kafka, Robert Walser, Thomas Bernhard, Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann.
Purchase of old music books and sheet music / music supplies
Music: Scientific books, music theory works before 1850 and early engraved sheet music, for example by Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert and Clara Schumann, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel.
Purchase of old Bibles
Theology: We always buy Bibles in good condition, printed before 1800. Early works on the history of the Reformation in Zurich.
Purchase of old travel literature and geography
Geography and travel books: works before 1900.
