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09.03.10. For
any diehard fan of The Wind in the Willows it would be a dream come
true – owning a first edition copy signed by its Edinburgh author
Kenneth Grahame. Now that dream could become a reality, when the
rare book goes up for auction in Bonhams
on 23rd March, with a guide price of up to £5,000 ... more
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bargains are to be had at auction, for the uninitiated, I think it's worth quoting
from John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors. "The novice collector does well
to recognise that in a bookshop there is a strong bond of common interest across
the counter, but that in the sale-room every man's hand is against him. If he
is a man of spirit, he may relish the encounter; hoping to beat the professionals
at their own game and be prepared to take a few knocks in the process. Yet if
he is also a man of sense, he will only do so after careful reconnaissance, and
then with his eyes wide open". Tales
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