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BOYS USEFUL PASTIMES-PLEASANT-PROFITABLE AMUSEMENT-1891

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BOYS USEFUL PASTIMES-PLEASANT-PROFITABLE AMUSEMENT-1891

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Title: BOYS USEFUL PASTIMES-PLEASANT-PROFITABLE AMUSEMENT-1891

Provenance/Additional Info: by Prof. Robert Griffith. About this Item: A. L. Burt, NY, 1891. Hardcover. Condition: VG. Early Edition. Brown/black decorated embossed cloth. Gilt lettered spine. Floral eps. Some very occasional fox spots on text pgs. A nice bright book, with some very lt extremity wear/rubbing. Several pgs of ads in rear of book. Almost VG+. B/w illustrations; 341 pages.

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