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Prince of Players: Edwin Booth, Author: Eleanor Ruggles

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PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN Signed MR. CITIZEN Numbered LIMITED EDITION 1960: AUTHOR: Harry S. Truman (Lamar, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, 1884-1972) TITLE: Mr. Citizen BINDING: Cloth DESCRIPTION: Up for auction is a signed, limited edition book Mr. Citizen by President Har

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Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, 1951 1st Edition: "The Catcher in the Rye", by J. D. Salinger, first edition published by Little & Brown, Boston, copyright 1951 by the author; stated September 1951 printing [first printing was issued in July]. Custom

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Prince of Players: Edwin Booth, Author: Eleanor Ruggles

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Edwin "Ned" Booth is the son of the noted thespian Junius Brutus Booth and the older brother of another actor, John Wilkes Booth. Beginning In 1848, as a boy, and into early manhood, he travels with and assists Junius, who is often drunk and seems at times on the brink of madness. Condition: Used; good w/discoloration to the cover & spine; Hardcover: 401 pages; Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.75 inches; Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc.; First Edition (1953)

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