Heinrich Heine Antiquariat

The Heinrich Heine Antiquariat features a cramped storefront window stuffed with leather-bound spines, tucked into the quiet, narrow streets of the Carlstadt district. It specializes in rare, out-of-print editions of works by Düsseldorf’s most famous literary son. The shopkeeper, a man named Klaus Vits, spent decades hunting for early drafts and unconventional Heine manuscripts across Europe. He once sold a first edition of the Reisebilder for more than the price of a small car to a collector from Japan.