Africanamerican fine art featuring the works of richmond barthe, john biggers, elizabeth catlett, simone leigh, and walter williams, as well as the earliest work by david hammons to come to auction. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. Alec and alison abell are putting their amazing collection of africana books up. Book auction records was a priced and annotated annual record of book auctions in london and various other british and american cities, founded and originally edited by frank karslake. Based in sandton, johannesburg, the south african representative offers a free. National book auctions is a product of this new technology and utilizes the internet to its greatest advantage marketing to a global bidding pool. Buy online and get free delivery on orders above ksh. I buy from many uk auction houses and would complement you both on a spectacular rare books sale rivalling many ive seen in london, and on your. National book auctions is a specialist auction house focusing almost exclusively on rare and collectible books since the 1990s.
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Bookauction records archives university of pennsylvania. Forthcoming sale and new auction schedule in common with many businesses around the world, we have had to adjust our normal working habits as a consequence of covid19 and uk government restrictions on work and travel, and advice on social distancing. No other auction service provides what national book auctions will. Findlay audrey windsor has been in the collectable book trade since 2003. Find quality paperback and hardback africana titles, boer war, south africa and rhodesia books available to buy, or sell your own online from authors coetzee, brink and others. Bookmark this page for updates, or subscribe to our enewsletter. Founded in 1958, clarkes deals in antiquarian books specialising in africana, prints, maps and ephemera concentrating mainly on africa south of the sahara.
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