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| Title | A Clearance Catalogue of Superior Second-hand Books in Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts ... |
| Author | Henry Sotheran Ltd |
| Publisher | H. Sotheran & Company, 1884 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 332 pages |
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