Collectors Treasury

Johannesburg


The southern hemisphere's largest bookshop is a curious affair. Some two million volumes and around half a million LP records and other collectables are piled high and scattered over nearly every crevice and corner of this multifloor depository. However, ask the owners, the Klass brothers, about a particular book and they'll know exactly where to find it.


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