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Auction #15
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Catalogue of Valuable Africana ... (Muizenburg 1951)
[Bailey, Sir Abe.]
Description:
Bailey, Sir Abe. CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE AFRICANA, ETC: [consisting of books and pamphlets, pictures and prints, busts and bronzes… being the collection of the late Sir Abe Bailey: to be sold by public auction at "Rust-en-Vrede", Muizenburg, Cape on the 15th January 1951 and following days… John Marcus & Sons, Auctioneers]. Cape Town: Syfrets Trust, 1951.
4to. 21 p.: With a few illustrations; stiff paper wraps.(a few pencil annotations a littl dust staining otherwise good).
The catalogue was compiled by Donald McIntyre.
Details:
- Publisher: Marcus & Sons
- Publisher Place: Cape Town
- Date of Publication: 1951
- Overall Condition: good: see description
- Size: 4to
- Lot No: 461
- Hammer Price: $50
- Bids: 1
- Visits: 31
- Estimate: $100
- Reserve: $50
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- Name: Chas J. Sawyer
- Address: 46 The Haydens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1NS.
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