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Item Details

Description

Fifth Edition, ca.1910.
Publishers blue cloth with inset photo, black title and borders.
Black title to spine.
ix, 215 pages.
Frontispiece portrait.
32 b & w illustrations.
Sporadic foxing.
A scarce copy.. Publisher
Marshall Brothers Ltd., London
Author
Ruth B. Fisher
Date Published
ca.1910
Binding
Hardback
Condition
Good

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