Books I Love: Being a Selection of 100 Titles for a Home Library, with Added Comment on Other Books, Many Authors and the Delights of Reading |
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... collection for a private gentleman in those times . It is good to know that the collector lived to a venerable age amid his cherished books - he was in his eighty - sixth year when he died - and that his generous patronage enabled the ...
... collection for a private gentleman in those times . It is good to know that the collector lived to a venerable age amid his cherished books - he was in his eighty - sixth year when he died - and that his generous patronage enabled the ...
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... collection , actually a common practice when collections of short stories by a single author are put on the market . I bought my copy for a dollar in a secondhand bookstore on Sixth Avenue in New York City more A SHORT CHAPTER ON SHORT ...
... collection , actually a common practice when collections of short stories by a single author are put on the market . I bought my copy for a dollar in a secondhand bookstore on Sixth Avenue in New York City more A SHORT CHAPTER ON SHORT ...
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... collected echoes ) , “ An Encounter with an Interviewer , " chapters from A Tramp Abroad , extracts from Life on the Mississippi ( unless you have the book ) , and , very definitely if you can find such a collection , Captain ...
... collected echoes ) , “ An Encounter with an Interviewer , " chapters from A Tramp Abroad , extracts from Life on the Mississippi ( unless you have the book ) , and , very definitely if you can find such a collection , Captain ...
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