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2 & The Publishers' Circular jan , ^ 1888
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 16, 1888, page 26, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16011888/page/28/
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