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Creasy Spines

“Every crease is a story.”

Antiquarian bookseller in Johannesburg, since 1974

Collectors Treasury

AfricanaMaps & printsRecordsRare books
Eight floors of a downtown building stacked with secondhand and rare books, maps, engravings, newspapers, photographs and records, gathered by the Klass family since 1974. It is often described as the largest used and rare bookshop in the Southern Hemisphere; ring the buzzer and allow the whole afternoon.
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    Collectors Treasury is listed in Johannesburg, South Africa. The recorded address is CTP House, 244 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg 2001.

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