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  • Seamus Heaney, "Room to Rhyme" Christmas card, 2003
    Seamus Heaney
    "Room to Rhyme" Christmas card, 2003
    Dundee: University of Dundee
    Inscribed by Heaney.
    $ 400.00 Sold
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    $ 400.00
  • Seamus Heaney, "The Manger" Christmas card, 1998
    Seamus Heaney
    "The Manger" Christmas card, 1998
    County Meath, Ireland: Gallery Press
    Inscribed by Heaney.
    $ 375.00 Sold
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    Seamus Heaney, "The Manger" Christmas card, 1998
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    $ 375.00
  • Seamus Heaney, "Would They Had Stayed" Christmas card, 1997
    Seamus Heaney
    "Would They Had Stayed" Christmas card, 1997
    County Meath, Ireland: Gallery Press
    Inscribed by Heaney.
    $ 400.00 Sold
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    Seamus Heaney, "Would They Had Stayed" Christmas card, 1997
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    $ 400.00
  • A Masque of Mercy by Robert Frost. Binding and slipcase
    Robert Frost
    A Masque of Mercy, (1947)
    NY: Henry Holt
    First edition. One of 751 copies signed by Frost.
    $ 350.00 Sold
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  • A Masque of Reason by Robert Frost. Binding
    Robert Frost
    A Masque of Reason, (1945)
    NY: Henry Holt
    First edition. One of 800 copies signed by Frost.
    $ 350.00 Sold
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    Robert Frost, A Masque of Reason, (1945)
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    $ 350.00
  • A Political Ode with ALS by which it was attributed, text by Lord Byron. Letter in Byron's hand
    Lord Byron
    A Political Ode. With the ALS by which the poem is attributed to Byron, 1812, 1880
    London: John Pearson
    The only copy printed in quarto, with original Byron ALS.
    $ 18,500.00 Sold
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    Lord Byron, A Political Ode. With the ALS by which the poem is attributed to Byron, 1812, 1880
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    $ 18,500.00
  • Bertha Damon; Clare Leighton (illus.), A Sense of Humus, 1943
    Bertha Damon; Clare Leighton (illus.)
    A Sense of Humus, 1943
    NY: Simon and Schuster
    First edition. Signed by Leighton.
    $ 50.00 Sold
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  • Robert Frost, Aforesaid, 1954
    Robert Frost
    Aforesaid, 1954
    New York, Henry Holt
    First edition. One of 650 copies signed by Frost.
    $ 400.00 Sold
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    Robert Frost, Aforesaid, 1954
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  • Armageddon by John Crowe Ransom. Front cover and inscription by author.
    John Crowe Ransom
    Armageddon, 1923
    Charleston: Poetry Society of South Carolina
    First edition, signed by Ransom.
    $ 375.00 Sold
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  • At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen. Dust jacket front cover.
    Peter Matthiessen
    At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 1965
    NY: Random House
    First edition. Inscribed by Matthiessen to Kennett Love. Signed again by Matthiessen at the half title.
    $ 650.00 Sold
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    Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 1965
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  • Autograph letter, signed by James T. Farrell. Front page.
    James T. Farrell
    Autograph letter, signed, 1950
    Stockholm
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  • Autograph manuscript for a book review by George Sand. Signed page
    George Sand
    Autograph Manuscript for a Book Review, (c. 1863-1878)
    $ 8,500.00 Sold
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    George Sand, Autograph Manuscript for a Book Review, (c. 1863-1878)
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    $ 8,500.00
  • Collected Poems of Robert Frost. Title-page spread
    Robert Frost
    Collected Poems, 1939
    NY: Henry Holt and Company
    First edition. Signed by Frost.
    $ 1,850.00 Sold
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    Robert Frost, Collected Poems, 1939
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    $ 1,850.00
  • Distortions by Ann Beattie. Front cover
    Ann Beattie
    Distortions, 1976
    Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company
    First edition. Signed by Beattie.
    $ 200.00 Sold
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    Ann Beattie, Distortions, 1976
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  • Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Inscription
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, 1848
    Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company
    Inscribed by Longfellow. One of fifty copies of the large paper edition.
    $ 4,500.00 Sold
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    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, 1848
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  • Give Us This Day. Title page
    Clare Leighton
    Give Us This Day, 1943
    NY: Reynal & Hitchcock
    Signed by Leighton.
    $ 50.00 Sold
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    Clare Leighton, Give Us This Day, 1943
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  • Happy Families Are All Alike by Peter Taylor. Dust jacket and blue boards.
    Peter Taylor
    Happy Families Are All Alike, 1959
    NY: McDowell Obolensky
    First edition. Inscribed to Jean Stafford and her third husband, New Yorker writer A. J. Liebling.
    $ 400.00 Sold
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    Peter Taylor, Happy Families Are All Alike, 1959
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  • Héloïse and Abélard by George Moore. Title page
    George Moore
    Héloïse and Abélard, 1921
    London: Cumann Sean-eolais na hEireann
    One of 1,500 copies. Signed by Moore.
    $ 375.00 Sold
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    George Moore, Héloïse and Abélard, 1921
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  • Judy Blume, Here's to You, Rachel Robinson, 1993
    Judy Blume
    Here's to You, Rachel Robinson, 1993
    NY: Orchard Books
    First edition. Inscribed by Blume.
    $ 100.00 Sold
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    Judy Blume, Here's to You, Rachel Robinson, 1993
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  • How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn. Front dust jacket
    Richard Llewellyn
    How Green Was My Valley, 1939
    London: Michael Joseph
    First edition. Signed by the author.
    $ 950.00 Sold
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    Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley, 1939
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  • It's Me O Lord. Together with: typescript containing story suppressed from publication
    Rockwell Kent
    It's Me O Lord. Together with typescript containing story suppressed from publication and a collection of ALS, 1955
    NY: Dodd, Mead & Company
    First edition. Inscribed by Kent to Martha and Alex Geckler, to whom the ALS are addressed and the typescript is dedicated.
    $ 2,500.00 Sold
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    Rockwell Kent, It's Me O Lord. Together with typescript containing story suppressed from publication and a collection of ALS, 1955
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    $ 2,500.00
  • Leaf signed by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith.
    Kate Douglas Wiggin; Nora Archibald Smith
    Leaf signed by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith, c. 1920s
    N.p.
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  • Lysistrata. Title-page spread
    Laurence Housman
    Lysistrata. A Modern Paraphrase from the Greek of Aristophanes, 1911
    London: The Woman's Press
    Inscribed, with an original poem, by Housman.
    $ 750.00 Sold
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    Laurence Housman, Lysistrata. A Modern Paraphrase from the Greek of Aristophanes, 1911
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    $ 750.00
  • Mr. Chambers and Persephone by Christopher Whitfield. Title-page spread
    Christopher Whitfield; Dorothea Braby (illus.)
    Mr. Chambers and Persephone, 1937
    London: Golden Cockerel Press
    One of 150 copies. Signed by the author.
    $ 200.00 Sold
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    Christopher Whitfield; Dorothea Braby (illus.), Mr. Chambers and Persephone, 1937
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  • Not Under Forty by Willa Cather. Binding and slipcase
    Willa Cather
    Not Under Forty, 1936
    NY: Knopf
    One of 333 copies, this the printer's copy. Signed by Cather.
    $ 400.00 Sold
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    Willa Cather, Not Under Forty, 1936
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  • On Meeting Authors by John Updike. Front cover.
    John Updike
    On Meeting Authors, 1968
    Newburyport, MA: Wickford Press
    First separate edition.
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  • Panels for the Walls of Heaven. Painted binding
    Kenneth Patchen
    Panels for the Walls of Heaven, 1946
    Berkeley: Bern Porter
    One of 150 copies. With covers hand-painted by Patchen.
    $ 1,750.00 Sold
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    Kenneth Patchen, Panels for the Walls of Heaven, 1946
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  • Willa Cather, Sapphira and the Slave Girl, 1940
    Willa Cather
    Sapphira and the Slave Girl, 1940
    NY: Knopf
    One of 520 copies, this belonging to the printer. Signed by Cather.
    $ 300.00 Sold
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    Willa Cather, Sapphira and the Slave Girl, 1940
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  • Silent Quicksand, Spring 1972, Issue 2, and Fall 1973, Issue 3. Issue 3 title page.
    Richard Bigus (ed.)
    Silent Quicksand, Spring 1972, Issue 2, and Fall 1973, Issue 3, 1972, 1973
    Alondra Park, CA: El Camino College
    Both volumes signed by Richard Bigus.
    $ 120.00 Sold
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    Richard Bigus (ed.), Silent Quicksand, Spring 1972, Issue 2, and Fall 1973, Issue 3, 1972, 1973
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    $ 120.00
  • Steeple Bush by Robert Frost. Title page.
    Robert Frost
    Steeple Bush, 1947
    NY: Henry Holt
    First edition. One of 751 copies, signed by Frost.
    $ 300.00 Sold
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    Robert Frost, Steeple Bush, 1947
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  • Clare Leighton, Tempestuous Petticoat. The Story of an Invincible Edwardian, 1947
    Clare Leighton
    Tempestuous Petticoat. The Story of an Invincible Edwardian, 1947
    NY: Rinehart & Company
    First edition, second printing. Signed by Leighton.
    $ 150.00 Sold
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    Clare Leighton, Tempestuous Petticoat. The Story of an Invincible Edwardian, 1947
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  • Tennessee Day in St. Louis by Peter Taylor. Dust jacked and front cover, spine.
    Peter Taylor
    Tennessee Day in St. Louis: A Comedy, 1957
    NY: Random House
    First edition. Inscribed by the author "with love and kisses" to Jean Stafford, Pulitzer Prize-winning short story writer.
    $ 250.00 Sold
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    Peter Taylor, Tennessee Day in St. Louis: A Comedy, 1957
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  • Thornton Wilder; Clare Leighton (illus.), The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1929
    Thornton Wilder; Clare Leighton (illus.)
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1929
    London: Longmans, Green and Co.
    Signed by Leighton.
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  • The Desert Music and Other Poems by William Carlos Williams. Colophon
    William Carlos Williams
    The Desert Music and Other Poems, 1954
    NY: Random House
    First edition. One of 100 copies, this out of series. Signed by Williams and by the printer, Joseph Blumenthal.
    $ 900.00 Sold
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    William Carlos Williams, The Desert Music and Other Poems, 1954
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  • The French Lieutenant's Wife by John Fowles. Dust jacket
    John Fowles
    The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1985
    London: Jonathan Cape
    Affectionately inscribed by Fowles to the Taft School at the half-title.
    $ 100.00 Sold
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    John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1985
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  • The Ivory Door. A Legend in a Prologue & Three Acts by A. A. Milne. Signed title-page spread
    A. A. Milne
    The Ivory Door. A Legend in a Prologue & Three Acts, 1929
    London: Chatto & Windus
    First edition. Signed by Milne at title page.
    $ 350.00 Sold
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    A. A. Milne, The Ivory Door. A Legend in a Prologue & Three Acts, 1929
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  • The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. Title-page spread
    Thomas Mann
    The Magic Mountain, 1927
    NY: Knopf
    First edition. One of 200 copies. Signed by Mann.
    $ 2,850.00 Sold
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    Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain, 1927
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  • Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. Dust jacket and front cover in yellow.
    Carson McCullers
    The Member of the Wedding, 1946
    Boston: Houghton Mifflin
    First edition. Inscribed to "Eddie and Dotty" by the author on an adhered label bearing the logo of the Riverside Press.
    $ 1,750.00 Sold
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    Carson McCullers, The Member of the Wedding, 1946
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  • The Points of My Compass by E.B. White. Front cover in dust jacket.
    E. B. White
    The Points of My Compass, 1962
    NY: Harper & Row
    First edition. Inscribed by the author: "Jane and By / With love and a Merry / Christmas from Auntie K and Andy / N. Brooklin, Maine."
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  • The Rover by Joseph Conrad. Title-page spread
    Joseph Conrad
    The Rover, 1923
    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company
    One of 377 copies. Signed by Conrad.
    $ 1,250.00 Sold
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    Joseph Conrad, The Rover, 1923
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  • The Secret and Other Stories by A.A. Milne. Text spread
    A. A. Milne
    The Secret and Other Stories, 1929
    NY and London: The Fountain Press and Methuen and Company
    One of 742 copies of the first edition. Signed by Milne.
    $ 300.00 Sold
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    A. A. Milne, The Secret and Other Stories, 1929
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  • Elizabeth Coatsworth; Manning deV. Lee (illus.), The Sod House, 1954
    Elizabeth Coatsworth; Manning deV. Lee (illus.)
    The Sod House, 1954
    NY: Macmillan
    Inscribed by Coatsworth to her daughter, Margaret. Also signed by the dedicatees, W.A. and Mabel H. Dwiggins.
    $ 200.00 Sold
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    Elizabeth Coatsworth; Manning deV. Lee (illus.), The Sod House, 1954
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  • The War Against the Rull by A.E. van Vogt. Front cover in dust jacket.
    A. E. van Vogt
    The War Against the Rull, 1959
    NY: Simon and Schuster
    First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author at the front endpaper.
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  • TLS from Dard Hunter to J. J. Lankes
    Dard Hunter
    TLS to J. J. Lankes, 1932
    Chillicothe, OH
    $ 175.00 Sold
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    Dard Hunter, TLS to J. J. Lankes, 1932
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  • TLS from Dard Hunter to J. J. Lankes
    Dard Hunter
    TLS to J. J. Lankes, 1931
    Chillicothe, OH
    $ 250.00 Sold
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    Dard Hunter, TLS to J. J. Lankes, 1931
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  • Total Peace. What Makes Wars and How to Organize Peace by Ely Culbertson. Title page
    Ely Culbertson
    Total Peace. What Makes Wars and How to Organize Peace, 1943
    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
    Author's own copy, inscribed to him by Milo. J. Sutliff, who was director and executive vice president of Doubleday & Co. from 1936 to 1948. Also inscribed, a day prior, by the printer, H. C. Konther, who notes that this copy is the first off the press. The rear free endpaper shows a stop-press correction.
    $ 175.00 Sold
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    Ely Culbertson, Total Peace. What Makes Wars and How to Organize Peace, 1943
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  • West Indies Poems by Anne Waldman. Front cover
    Anne Waldman; Joe Brainard (illus.)
    West Indies Poems, 1972
    New York: The Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
    One of twenty-six copies signed by Waldman and Brainard.
    $ 350.00 Sold
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    Anne Waldman; Joe Brainard (illus.), West Indies Poems, 1972
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  • Ulf Stark; Eva Eriksson (illus.), When Dad Showed Me the Universe, 2015
    Ulf Stark; Eva Eriksson (illus.)
    When Dad Showed Me the Universe, 2015
    Wellington, New Zealand: Gecko Press
    Signed by Stark.
    $ 50.00 Sold
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    Ulf Stark; Eva Eriksson (illus.), When Dad Showed Me the Universe, 2015
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  • Where Land Meets Sea. The Tide Line of Cape Cod. Text spread
    Clare Leighton
    Where Land Meets Sea. The Tide Line of Cape Cod, 1954
    NY: Rinehart and Company
    First edition. Signed by Leighton.
    $ 175.00 Sold
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    Clare Leighton, Where Land Meets Sea. The Tide Line of Cape Cod, 1954
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  • Where Land Meets Sea. The Tide Line of Cape Cod. Inscription
    Clare Leighton
    Where Land Meets Sea. The Tide Line of Cape Cod, 1954
    NY: Rinehart and Company
    First edition, later printing. Inscribed by Leighton.
    $ 175.00 Sold
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    Clare Leighton, Where Land Meets Sea. The Tide Line of Cape Cod, 1954
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  • Katherine Milhous, With Bells On. A Christmas Story, 1955
    Katherine Milhous
    With Bells On. A Christmas Story, 1955
    NY: Charles Scribner's Sons
    Signed and inscribed by the author.
    $ 75.00 Sold
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    Katherine Milhous, With Bells On. A Christmas Story, 1955
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  • World War II-Era Autograph Book. Autograph of Leverett Saltonstall.
    World War II-Era Autograph Book, c. 1940-1945
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