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Bid live at antiquarian auctions s online rare book auction auction cookies help us deliver our services. Sothebys books manuscript department presents its upcoming rare books and manuscripts auctions, auction results, online catalogues, and specialists insights. You find a dusty box full of books in the corner of the attic. Antiquarian book auction august 2019 dunbar sloane. Paul and his two fellow directors of sydney rare book auctions, ellie aroney and emily ingleton, have between them over 50 years of experience in the rare book trade.
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