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I-064 Lot of 2: "THEY WERE THERE" by PHILIP VAN DOREN STERN. Both the 1959 and 1961 editions. A presentation of the Civil War in action as seen through over 200 period drawings and paintings. 169pp., both with dust jackets. II

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Lot of 2 books THEY WERE THERE

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