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Ep M S6 G The Publishers' Circular May 1...
EP m s 6 g The Publishers' Circular May 15 , 1888
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1888, page 568, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051888/page/70/
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