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January 2011 | Jonathan Shipley

Libraries of the Rich and Famous

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Care to see Rod Stewart's library? Frank Sinatra's? Diane Keaton's is pictured above. Michael Jackson's? Look no further!

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Maps

Two first edition copies of the Greenwood London maps published in 1827
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