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IS 52 The TH- » tf % Pu "Oi-l blishers Vvl-lCjVl /^ fCs' Circular ^ 1 iT » r » TlloT » Dec - ^ v . 6 , ! 88 9 I
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1552, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/18/
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