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Seventeen Books from W.C. Ehlers Collection

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Seventeen Books from W.C. Ehlers Collection

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Collection of Seventeen Books from W.C. Ehlers Collection of the Library of the Louisiana State Museum, 19th c., topics incl. Cuba, Philippines and the Spanish-American War

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Seventeen Books from W.C. Ehlers Collection

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