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First and only edition of the antarctic book, with the signatures of every member of the shore party, including shackleton. Over 800 lots will be offered, including rare travel and colour plate books, early maps and atlases, and fine natural history from the library of david wilson former secretary of the british trust for ornithology. We are one of irelands leading specialist auction houses and have become recognised both nationally and internationally for irish fine art and rare books tel. Most hard cover books published since the early 20th century were sold with a dust jacket. These lists provide a remarkable insight in the world of rare book collecting and reveal what the big spenders are adding to their libraries. With a team of directors boasting over 50 years of experience and an extensive knowledge base in the rare book trade, the auction house specializes in books and manuscripts, maps, prints, photography, and art. Located in thriving new south wales, sydney rare book auctions was founded in 2011. This auction highlights a scarce collection of 1939 magic comics, the third comics title produced by dc thomson after dandy and beano. Rare books for sale, buy antique books from alibris. It was in high demand because only 500 were printed most of which. A museum buys a tiny book by 14yearold charlotte bronte, eight years after narrowly missing out. Collectors can often find interesting examples of rare books at auction. We can pay in pounds, us dollars or euro, and, for higher. Abpc is not just a transcribed record copied unquestioningly from the seasons auction catalogs.

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