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    Collection and Backal Library Includes Documents and Old Books of Mexican and Univers

    Books and manuscripts will be featured in the upcoming Auction of the Backal Collection and Library, presented by Morton Subastas. Featured in the sale is a copy of Monumentos del Arte Mexicano Antiguo Volume I and II (circa 1889). This edition is illustrated with original art. Another key lot contains messages…

    LM - Peñafiel, Antonio. Monuments of Ancient Mexican Art. Ornamentation, Mythology, Tributes and Monuments. Mexico

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    The Michael J Kittredge Collection

    The Michael J Kittredge Collection auction offered by Rafael Osona Auctions features many furnishings from the Kittredge family estate “ACKlandia” on Nantucket Island.  After amassing a large fortune in the candle business, the Kittredges formed the Kittredge Foundation, supporting many Massachusetts hospitals and schools, and cultivated a large decorative arts…

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    Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold ‘Jake’ Johnson

    Doyle’s auction Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold ‘Jake’ Johnson consists of over 350 books about all aspects of Africana.  Lots include Frank Oates’s “Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls,” regarded as one of the best early descriptions of the region, a rare edition of W.C.…

    PR-241 Travel Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold Jake Johnson by Doyles