The way to locate buffaloes and locals with second sight

Bid to £3400, a 1703 first edition of Martin Martin’s Description of the Western Islands of Scotland in a later full calf binding proved the most expensive item in the 250-lot book and ephemera section that opened an October 5-7 auction at Stride & Son (18% buyer’s premium).

At that price it was a record breaker by some distance, the previous best for firsts being £500 an…

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