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4 BOOKS ON PHILADELPHIA CULTURE

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4 BOOKS ON PHILADELPHIA CULTURECulture Connections: Museums and Libraries of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley - by Morris J. Vogel, hardcover, dust jacket, copyright 1991. Gardens of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley - by William M. Klein Jr., hardcover, dust jacket, copyright 1995. Du Pont: The Autobiography of an American Enterprise - hardcover, dust jacket, copyright 1952. The World of Andrew Wyeth: In the Footsteps of the Artist - by Henry David Thoreau, hardcover, dust jacket, copyright 1986.
14 1/2" x 11 1/4"
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