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The Social Ladder .... $5.00 



Americans 5.00 



A Widow and Her Friends - 5.00 



The Education of Mr. Pipp - 5.00 



Sketches and Cartoons - - 5.00 



Pictures of People .... 5.00 



People of Dickens .... 5.00 



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Details of Building 

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A collection of 33 plates of scale 

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