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FORGING HISTORY. The Detection of Fake Letters and Documents
by RENDELL, Kenneth W
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1994)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$66.88
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Norman, OK & London: University of Oklahoma Press, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth in dustwrapper (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") with many illustrations of authentic and forged autographs. "Culminates in an analysis of three major forgeries of recent times -- the Hitler diaries, the Mormon letters, and the Jack the Ripper diary."
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COLLECTING AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS
by VRZALIK, Larry F. and MINOR, Michael
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- First Edition
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$190.86
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(Austin, TX): State House Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth in dustwrapper (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") with many illustrations of authentic presidential autographs along with little known facts and human interest stories of each president, some previously unpublished.
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THE ECONOMIC LIBRARY OF JACOB H. HOLLANDER, PH.D
by [ECONOMICS] MARSH, Elsie A. G. (Compiler)
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- Used - Three small red ink library stamps--half-title page, title page, and rear endpaper with a few pencil notes. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1937
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$85.96
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Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Three small red ink library stamps--half-title page, title page, and rear endpaper with a few pencil notes. Near Fine. Green cloth-backed boards (7-1/2" x 10-3/4"); xi, [iii], 324 pages. Copy #499 of 500 copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the subject and with a foreword by him as well. Covers… Read more about this item Item Price
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AMERICAN TRAVELLERS ABROAD. A Bibliography of Accounts Published Before 1900
by SMITH, Harold F. (compiler)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1969
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- Softcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$38.17
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Carbondale-Edwardsville (IL): Southern Illinois University, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Printed wraps; (vi), 166 pages. Annotated bibiliography with over 1,500 entries with descriptions of the physical book followed by a description of the travel account. Includes bibliography of sources and index of places.
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TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES. A Bibliography
by COULTER, E. Merton
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- Used - Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1961)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Second Printing. Red cloth in dustwrapper. Detailed descriptions of first-hand accounts by travelers through the South in the Civil War period.
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BOOK COLLECTING. A Comprehensive Guide. 1995 Edition
by AHEARN, Allen and Patricia
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- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1995)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Expanded to include the works of more than 5000 authors showing values over a two-decade span and full of useful information.
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A SHORT-TITLE CHECK LIST OF ALL THE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, BROADSIDES, &C., KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN PRINTED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
by [FRANKLIN, Benjamin] CAMPBELL, William J
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- Used - Soiling and chipping to cover, contents Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1918
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- Softcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$47.79
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Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. Softcover. Soiling and chipping to cover, contents Very Good. Printed wraps, string-tied (8-1/2" x 11"); [ii], 185-333 pages.
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AMERICAN FICTION 1774-1850. A Contribution toward a Bibliography
by WRIGHT, Lyle H
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- Second Revised Edition
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1969. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper.
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WINE INTO WORDS. A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language
by GABLER, James M
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- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1985)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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Baltimore: Bacchus Press Ltd, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Cloth; xiv, 403 pages including index. Over 3200 entries with biographical sketches of prominent wine writers and hundreds of wine facts that span thousands of years.
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AMERICAN FICTION 1851-1875. A Contribution toward a Bibliography
by WRIGHT, Lyle H
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with uneven sunning
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with uneven sunning. Second Printing with additions and corrections.
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GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
by BITTING, Katherine
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- Reprint
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- (1981)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$143.22
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(London): Holland Press, (1981). Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Hardcover; xvi, 718 pages. Limited edition facsimile reprint of the original 1939 edition of this absolutely essential cookery bibliography. Limited to 500 copies, this copy not numbered. Illustrated with text engravings.
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GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
by LOWENSTEIN, Eleanor
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- Reprint
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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Worcester, MA & New York: American Antiquarian Society & Corner Books, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green cloth; xii, 132 pages including index. Preface To The Third Edition by Mark McCorison.
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NINETEENTH-CENTURY FICTION. A Bibliographical Catalogue Based on the Collection Formed by Robert Lee Wolff
by WOLFF, Robert Lee
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- Reprint
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- [1993]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$238.65
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(Mansfield): Maurizio Martino, [1993]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Five volumes bound in two green buckram volumes, as issued. Limited to 325 copies, this facsimile reprint in a smaller format contains the full catalogue of one of the great collections of Victorian fiction. Over 1400 pages of valuable information illustrated with facsimiles and plates.
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PICTURING AMERICA, 1497-1899. Prints, Maps, and Drawings Bearing on the New World Discoveries and on the Development of the Territory That is Now the United States
by DEÁK, Gloria Gilda
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- Used - Slight foxing to bulked text edges and dustwrappers. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers
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- First Edition
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- (1988)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$668.02
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to bulked text edges and dustwrappers. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers. Two quarto (8-3/4" x 11-1/4") volumes in dustwrappers. The first volume is text ( xxx, 657 pages), the second illustrations (880 plates).
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AUTOGRAPHS: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
by PATTERSON, Jerry E
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- Used - Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1973)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$28.71
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New York: Crown Publishers, (1973). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dustwrapper. Illustrated with reproductions of over 350 signatures of authors, political leaders, musicians, scientists, artists, explorers, etc.
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THE ENGRAVER AND PRINTER
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- Used - Library blindstamp on the corners of some pages; rear cover detached. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- (August 1895)
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- Softcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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Boston: The Engraver and Printer Co., (August 1895). First Edition. Softcover. Library blindstamp on the corners of some pages; rear cover detached. Very Good. Decorated wraps; 116 pages plus ads. Includes articles on lettering and job estimates as well as an illustrated section on the origin and growth of the Roman letter.
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THE PRIVATE LETTER-BOOKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. SELECTIONS FROM THE ABBOTSFORD MANUSCRIPTS
by PARTINGTON, Wilfred (editor)
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- Used - Light foxing to endpapers. Very Good in a soiled, Very Good dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Light foxing to endpapers. Very Good in a soiled, Very Good dustwrapper. Cloth; xv, 397 pages. Letters to Scott from Byron, Goethe, and many others. Entertaining introductory letter by Hugh Walpole about acquiring the letters at auction and his experiences at book auctions. Illustrated. Small bookplate of Lafayette Butler on… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH MEDICAL CHRONOLOGY, SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA
by GARRISON, Fielding H
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- Used - Light edgewear. Very Good
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- Fourth Edition
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- n.d. [1970s?]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$143.22
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Philadelphia & London: W. B.Saunders Company, n.d. [1970s?]. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Light edgewear. Very Good. Reprint, cloth; 996 pages. Illustrated with portraits.
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A DENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, BRITISH AND AMERICAN, 1682-1880, WITH AN INDEX OF AUTHORS
by CAMPBELL, J. Menzies
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- Used - Bookplate of former bookseller F. Thomas Heller tipped to front pastedown. Near Fine in a Very Good, apparently original, slipca
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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London: David Low, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of former bookseller F. Thomas Heller tipped to front pastedown. Near Fine in a Very Good, apparently original, slipcase. Blue cloth in slipcase; 63 pages with erratum slip tipped in. Arranged chronologically with over 700 items listed.
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EARLY AMERICAN MEDICAL IMPRINTS 1668 - 1820
by AUSTIN, Robert B
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- Used - Bookplate of former bookseller F. Thomas Heller tipped to front inside cover. Tears to front cover. Good
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- First Edition
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- 1961
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- Softcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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Washington DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Bookplate of former bookseller F. Thomas Heller tipped to front inside cover. Tears to front cover. Good. Printed wrappers; x, 240 pages.
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