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DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY – 22 VOLUMES – 1937

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DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY – 22 VOLUMES – 1937

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1937. New York. Charles Scribner and Sons, Publisher. Complete in 20 Volumes with an extra volume for an index and another supplemental volume. All volumes in Very Good++ to Very Good condition. Bound in blue cloth boards. The spines and cover are embossed in gold for the title and decorative design. Bindings are tight and all pages are present. There are no owners book plates and no owners markings. , , LOT REF #23-1239

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DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY – 22 VOLUMES – 1937

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