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mydaguerreotypeboyfriend: Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, age 23, 1891. This New Zeland book collector amassed a library of 55,000 over his lifetime and somehow still found the time to groom an excellent moustache.   Submitted by Edmund King Heeeeey there mustachioed Kiwi book collector!

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Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, age 23, 1891. This New Zeland book collector amassed a library of 55,000 over his lifetime and somehow still found the time to groom an excellent moustache.  

Submitted by Edmund King

Heeeeey there mustachioed Kiwi book collector!

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    Those looks that mustache...loads of books Aguhh~
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    Dapper motherfucker...run one of the best libraries in the country nearly 100 years after...
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    Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, age 23, 1891. New Zeland book collector.
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