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I I -482 The Publishers 5 Circular , / W...
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I I -482 The Publishers 5 Circular , / W...
I -482 The Publishers Circular , / Wi y * ,. j 88
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1889, page 482, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051889/page/28/
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