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Fifty-Eighth Anniversary Celebration of the New England Society, in the City of New York NY: , 1864 Wraps Wraps. Fair. With the constitution, by-laws, charities, list of members, etc. Record of the meeting on December 22, 1863 at the Astor House, New York, including remarks by Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside, Major-General Daniel E. Sickles, and the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Inscribed to Timothy G. Churchill by Elliot C. Cowdin, listed as one of the members of the Committee of Arrangements. Fragile c ondition, box notation in ink on front cover. Price:
40.00 USD
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Henry Ford Centennial 1863-1963 Dearborn, MI Henry Ford Centennial Committee 1963 Wraps Near Fine No Jacket Beige paper wraps with embossed image of Henry Ford with his first automobile and the Henry Ford Centennial 1862-1963 on front cover. Calendar of events of the Centennial Programs with short remembrances of Ford. 16 pages. Price:
5.00 USD
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Lincoln Grant Sherman Farragut: An Account of the Gift, the Erection, and the Dedication of the Bronze Statues Given By Charles H. Hackley to the City of Muskegon, Michigan Muskegon, Michigan Chronicle Presses, Masonic Temple 1900 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket "Unveiled in Hackley Square, Memorial Day, 1900." Blue cloth with gold lettering, with printed compliments presentation card from Charles Hackley and signed by A. F. Temple, a member of the dedication committee, with name stamp of Isaac Stephenson, business and community leader of Marinette, WI., and bookplate of Nelson J. Ludington. 59pp., illustrated with black and white photos. A few spots or marks on covers and very minor wear to spine tip and tail and corners. An account of the dedication and unveiling of these statues under the charge of the Phil Kearney Post, No. 7, Grand Army of the Republic. Price:
100.00 USD
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History of the Sixtieth U.S. Infantry 1917-1919 1919 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket Black cloth with gold lettering, history of infantry and lists of soldiers, citations, decorations, erc., Honor Roll, black and white photos of officers, soldiers, and war scenes, 85 pages plus seven fold-out maps. The 60th Infantry, part of the 9th Infantry Brigade and 5th Division, participated in the Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne operations in World War I. The book has very faint stains on front cover, the slightest wear to edges, and the top edge is lightly discolored. Price:
100.00 USD
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Freddy's Fifth Birthday Cleveland, OH Ingham & Bragg Hardcover Good to Very Good 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall No date, c. 1850. Purple cloth blindstamped, 56pp, frontis illustration and small illustrations at chapter heads, gilt design and lettering on spine. Morality tale. Spine faded, lettering legible, other fading and marks to boards, pages foxed, interior clean and tight. Price:
40.00 USD
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Monographies Regionales 1re Serie: Algerie No. 16-27 XIXeme Congres Geologique International 1952 Very Good Very Good Stapled bindings, paper covers, No. 16-27: Le Bassin Neogene du Chelif (Repal), La Regon de Bougie (Duplan), Les Roches Cristallines du Littoral Oranais (Sadran), La Chaine du Djurdjura (Flandrin), Regions Sud-Telliennes et Atlas Saharien (Repal), Bordure Nord des Hautes Plaines dans L'Algerie Occidentale (Lucas), Le Littoral Oranais (Gourinard), Massifs Cristallins du Nord-Constantinois (Bolfa et al), L'Atlas Tellien Occidental (Dalloni), Histoire Geologique de la Province D'Alger (Glangeaud), Micropaleontologie du Cretace (Sigal), Genese des Gites Phosphates du Sud-Est Algero-Tunisien (Visse), plus one extra: La Paleontologie des Vertebres en Afrique du Nord Francaise (Arambourg), in double slipcase, in French, diagrams and maps, various authors. Slipcase has some wear on the spine. Price:
90.00 USD
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Monographies Regionales, 2eme Serie: Tunisie No. 1-7 Tunis XIXeme Congres Geologique International 1952 Very Good Very Good Stapled bindings, paper covers, No. 1-7: Paleogeographie, Tectonique et Orogenese de la Tunisie (Castany); Les Gites Metalliferes Tunisiens (Gottis et Sainfeld); Les Grands Problemes d'Hydrogeologie en Tunisie (Castany et al); Les Grands Barrages de la Tunisie (Gottis et Strohl); Le Sillon Tunisien (Bolze et al); Atlas Tunisien Oriental et Sahel (Castany); Sud et Extreme-Sud Tunisiens (Domergue et al); in double slipcase, diagrams and maps, various authors. Some wear to spine of slipcase. Price:
50.00 USD
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Types of the Sunny South (Southern Types) NY A. Wittemann Good Stiff paper cover with punched holes for ribbon binding, 12 photos with captions. Printed by The Abertype Co., NY. No date. Photos of Black Americans in the American South, late 19th Century, wherein the dignity of the subjects belies the stereotypical captions. The outer corners of the front cover are broken off and one small piece is missing bottom edge front cover; spine is torn along hinges and has one small piece missing at bottom; white marks on cover. Interior photos all very good. Price:
300.00 USD
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Atlas Photographique D'Algerie Paris, France XIX Congres Geologique International - 1952 1952 Oversize Paperback in Slipcase Very Good Good In French. 85 black and white photographs plus text, one foldout geologic map and nine tissue overlay maps (to photos) in envelope at back. Stunning black and white photographs of Algeria illustrating geology and geography. Spine has small tear. Slipcase has some wear, marks, and a small tear. Price:
40.00 USD
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Forty Years A-Brewing: A Record of Wallerstein Service to the Brewing Industry NY Wallerstein Company 1950 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Gray paper-covered boards with red cloth spine, illustrated with black and white drawings and photos, 64pp. The story of the Wallerstein Company, a pioneer in the chemistry and technology of enzymes in relation to the brewing industry, of the invention and production of Collupulin--an enzimatic additive in brewing, and of the revolution in the manufacture and distribution of beer. Covers are slightly discolored and stained. Tiny bit of wear to spine ends. Price:
15.00 USD
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Heath's Gallery of British Engravings, Vol. II London Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman 1836 Hard Cover Good No Jacket One-half leather, marbled-paper boards, all edges gilt, gilt lettering and design on spine, marbled endpapers, dentelles inside covers, 54 steel engravings of various subjects (portraits, landscapes, street scenes, etc.) by various artists including Landseer, Turner, and Stanfield among others, with accompanying descriptions or complimentary writings, poems, etc. All plates present although not all in listed order, one tissue missing, six pages have stains at top not affecting engravings, foxed, offsets, covers rubbed, leather worn, lettering still bright. Price:
75.00 USD
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Heath's Gallery of British Engravings, Vol. III London Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman 1837 Hard Cover Good No Jacket One-half leather, marbled-paper boards, all edges gilt, gilt lettering and design on spine, marbled endpapers, dentelles inside covers, 54 steel engravings of various subjects (portraits, landscapes, street scenes, etc.) by various artists including Landseer, Turner, and Stanfield among others, with accompanying descriptions or complimentary writings, poems, etc. All plates present, two tissues missing, two pages with stains at top not affecting engravings, foxed, offsets, covers rubbed, leather worn, lettering still bright. Price:
75.00 USD
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The Reading: Valley Forge Phildelphia and Reading Railway Pamphlet Fair Folded pamphlet with six pages of information on the Valley Forge Park, front page with photo of Washington's Headquaters, and a map. Issued by the General Passenger Department of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, Edson J. Weeks, General Passenger Agent. Stained and torn, two notations in ink. Price:
6.00 USD
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Pa Skidor Arsskrift 1946 Stockholm Skid-och Friluftslivets 1946 Paperback Good No Jacket In Swedish, 328 pages, b/w photos--many of skiing and skiers. Covers stained and worn, binding tight. Price:
10.00 USD
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The Legacy: The Vietnam War in the American Imagination Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Beacon Pr 1991 0807054011 Trade Paperback Very Good An anthology of 14 essays providing insight on the Vietnam War's impact on American life, particularly on race and gender issues, veterans, cinema and literature, and the roles of media, government, and protest. Front cover a little bent at bottom right. Price:
15.00 USD
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South Carolina Speaks Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Confederate War Centennial Commission 1961 Original Wraps Good to Very Good No Jacket Pamphlet from the Civil War Centennial in 1961. Includes: "Confederate Memorial Day" by Rodney LeHew Bell; "Address: Fourth National Assembly" by James Francis Byrnes; "The Confederate Battle Flag" by Sen. John D. Long; "South Carolina and the Confederate Centennial" and "Confederate Memorial Day Address" by John A. May; "Recapturing Fort Sumter" by Julian Metz; "The Confederate Judicial System" by Joseph Taylor Stukes; and "To Ensure Domestic Tranquililty...and...Liberty" by Sen. Strom Thurmond. 43 pages. Includes original sales slip from 1963 which is a page from John May's personal notepad with a picture of a dog and the words "Here's a brief note from another gay old dog, John May!" Important historical document linking the words of the participants with the event of raising the Confederate flag over the South Carolina State House in 1961. Some corrections to publishing information made in pen, such as Columbia crossed out and Aiken written in. Small stain on front cover, edges lightly worn, some sun-fading. Price:
300.00 USD
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Abbott, Daisy T. The Indoor Garden Minneapolis, MN University of Minnesota Press 1941 Second Printing Hardcover Very Good Good to Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover with dustjacket, 120pp. inc. index, b/w drawings. A book on indoor gardening by the author of "The Northern Garden Week by Week" emphasizing the practical over the exotic. Book has gift inscription on front free endpaper and very slight musty odor. DJ has two pieces missing, one long narrow one at the bottom of the front panel where it is also creased, and is chipped, has one small closed tear, and is lightly stained; despite these faults it is colorful and quite attractive. Price:
7.00 USD
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Adams, Darwin Escaping Quantrill's Trap: How an Oneida Soldier Survived The Baxter Springs Massacre Menominee, MI Darwin Adams 2007 1604616695 First Edition Hardcover New New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Trybom, Glenn Hardcover, illustrated with photos, drawings, and maps, 274 pages including index. The Civil War experiences of John Adams, a resident of the Oneida reservation, who concealed his Indian heritage in order to enlist in the Union Army, Company I, Third Wisconsin Cavalry. He fought in and survived the Baxter Springs Massacre in which over 80 men were slaughtered by Quantrill's guerilla fighters. Price:
24.95 USD
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Adams, Richard Shardik New York Simon Schuster 1974 0671220152 First American Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Brown cloth covered-boards with black bear design, map endpapers, 604 pages. The reincarnation of the bear Shardik and his fate with the Ortelgans and Kelderek the hunter. Dustjacket very lightly chipped. Price:
8.00 USD
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Akst, Daniel St. Burl's Obituary Denver, CO Macmurray & Beck 1996 1878448684 First Edition Hardcover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Green hardcover with dustjacket, 370pp. The strange and interesting tale of Burl Bennett, an obituary writer who goes on the lamb after witnessing a gangland killing. Burl has some issues with weight that provide a framework for comment on life, death, and dinner. Price:
12.00 USD
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Aldridge, John W. In Search of Heresy: American Literature in an Age of Conformity NY McGraw-Hill 1956 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gold lettering, 208pp. including index. Dustjacket purple and blue with photo of author on back panel, price on inner flap $4.00. Top-notch literary criticism of American writers, including Hemingway, Bellow, and Salinger. Book has some minimal wear to edges and corners. DJ is chipped and has some worn spots, one back corner crinkled with piece missing. Price:
15.00 USD
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Alexander, DeAlva Stanwood A.M A Political History of the State of New York (4 volumes) Port Washington, L.I., N.Y. Ira J. Friedman, Inc 1969 Reissue Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Vol. 1: 1774-1832; Vol.2: 1833-1861; Vol.3: 1861-1882; Vol.4: Four Famous New Yorkers: The Political Careers of Cleveland, Platt, Hill and Roosevelt. Empire State Historical Publications Series No. 69. Reissue of the 1909 edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering on black. Volume 3 has tiny tear at top of spine, top edges very lightly soiled. Price:
75.00 USD
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Allende, Isabel Paula New York, NY, U.S.A. HarperTrade 2003 0060927216 Later Printing Trade Paperback Very Good A memoir by novelists Allende about her daughter and family. Price:
7.00 USD
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Andersen, Hans The Snow Queen and Other Stories from Hans Andersen New York and London Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover Good No Jacket Dulac, Edmund No date. Cream colored boards with gilt lettering and a drawing in brown on front cover and snowflake on spine, 133 pages, color plates by Dulac. Book includes The Snow Queen, The Real Princess, The Emperor's New Clothes, and The Wind's Tale. Book covers have little wear but the light color is soiled, missing 4 of the 12 color plates, gift inscription date 1913 on front free endpaper, front hinge cracked. Price:
90.00 USD
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Anonymous The Log-Cabin Lady: An Anonymous Autobiography Boston Little, Brown 1924 Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Lavendar cloth with black cloth spine, paper title labels on spine and front cover, 108pp., deckled edges, four b/w illustrations. The story of a woman from a pioneer cabin in Wisconsin who became an East Coast society woman but never lost sight of basic American values. Slight wear to corners, foxing on top edge, front cover soiled. Price:
15.00 USD
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Ash, Beryl and Dyson, Anthony Introducing Dyeing and Printing London: Batsford and NY: Watson-Guptill (1972) Hard Cover Second printing. Red cloth with dustjacket, 120pp, 197 b/w illustrations, 14 color illustrations. Text and pictures for teaching printing and dyeing. Very Good condition in Good dustjacket. Book has b ookplate on front pastedown endpaper and owner's stamp on title page, stain on top edge, top and fore edges darkened, small stain on front board. DJ is chipped and has some water stains on spine, thre e small closed tears. Arts and Crafts. Art Education. #696 Price:
10.00 USD
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Bailey, Bernadine Iowa Chicago Albert Whitman & Co. 1952 First Edition Hardcover Good 6 1/2" x 8" Wiese, Kurt Ex-library but only such fault is stamp on front paste-down endpaper, Blue cloth with color illustration of corn on front cover, illustrated endpapers, b/w or color illustration on every page by prolific children's book illustrator, Kurt Wiese. Children's book about Iowa. Corners and spine worn. Price:
9.00 USD
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Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin Miss Hickory NY Viking 1946 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good Gannett, Ruth Signed by Author Tan cloth with orange flower and lettering, dustjacket orange with white, gray, and black illustration and design, 123pp., pictorial endpapers, illustrated with lithographs by Ruth Gannett. Signed by author. Winner of the Newbery Medal. The story of how Miss Hickory, a doll made from an applewood twig and a hickory nut, had to spend the New Hampshire winter alone. Dustjacket has a one and a half inch tear on the spine and a half inch tear at the bottom front panel, is chipped, and is soiled. Marked down prices in pencil on the dj by printed price of $2.50. Now protected in mylar cover. Price:
125.00 USD
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Baker, Louise Snips and Snails New York McGraw-Hill 1953 Second Printing Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Book has band of discoloration at base of front board and small bookstore sticker on front free endpaper. DJ is chipped and has small tears and spine is somewhat faded but legible. "The author of the hilarious best seller OUT ON A LIMB finds herself in an even more precarious position as teacher, 'mother', and town marshal at a boy's school." Price:
7.00 USD
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Barnes, Linda Snapshot NY: Delacorte (1993) First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 1st edition. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery. #21 Price:
15.00 USD
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Barrett, Andrea Secret Harmonies NY: Delacorte Press (1989) First Edition Hard Cover Fine Good Yellow boards, blue cloth spine, dustjacket. DJ is chipped and has three closed tears (in mylar). Author won the National Book Award for Ship Fever in 1996. Fiction. Literature. Price:
15.00 USD
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Bayley, Robert The Sunny Caribbees: An Informal Guide to the West Indies NY Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1966 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Blue cloth-covered boards, map endpapers, 236pp inc. index, illustrated with b/w photos and maps. DJ has colorful photo of palm trees. The author covers 23 islands, describing their character and people, culture and history, and his own experiences on them. Book has bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Price:
15.00 USD
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Bear, Gilly When I Grow Up (The Chimney Corner Series) New York Sam'l Gabriel Sons and Company 1915 Hard Cover Fair No Jacket Brundage, Frances and Kaucher, Harriet Illustrated paper-covered boards, cloth spine, four full color illustrations (The Soldier Boy, Eddie and Rex, Play Ball, and A Pot of Paint), 32 pages, No. 926. Eddie dreams of becoming a soldier, farmer, postman, fireman, Indian chief, baseball player. Front cover illustration is Eddie with a football. Very worn and stained, yet eminently charming. Front cover is detached, creased, stained, and worn at edges. Cloth spine worn at tip and tail. Back cover creased, corner missing, stained. Color illustrations stained at page edges not affecting illustration. Some pages darkened at edges. Price:
75.00 USD
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Beath, Robert B. The Grand Army Blue-Book Philadelphia Robert B. Beath 1886 Third Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall "Containing the rules and regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic and official decisions and opinions thereon, with additional notes." Blue cloth with black design and gold lettering, green, flower-patterned endpapers, 185pp. plus index. A collection of opinions on Post and military affairs. With tip-in photo of Robert E. Lee and two newspapers clippings (that have offset). Book has wear to edges and corners, and notation "Harris Post No. 91" on binder's blank. Price:
90.00 USD
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Bee, Clair Pitchers' Duel: A Chip Hilton Sports Story New York Grosset & Dunlap 1950 Hardcover Very Good Good Red cloth with black lettering and black ball, bat, and glove illustration of front, 212 pages, illustrated endpapers; dustjacket with Chip Hilton on spine and baseball game action on the front. Chip Hilton's senior year at Valley Falls High and a nineteen inning baseball game. Book has a little wear at edges and corners. Dustjacket is chipped and stained but still is colorful and bright. Price:
15.00 USD
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Beebe, William Unseen Life of New York First Edition Hard Cover NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce; Boston: Little, Brown & Co. (1953). First edition. Tan cloth, illustrated endpapers, lively dustjacket, 165pp, delightful illustrations by Donald Carlisle. Very Good condi tion in a Good dustjacket (in mylar). Book has a little bit of soiling and discoloration. DJ is chipped and has several closed tears, spine faded. Natural History. New York City. #475 Price:
15.00 USD
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Berg, Jean Horton The Big Jump-Up Book of Trains, Trucks and Planes NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1955. Hard Cover Hardcover picture book with big pop-ups, interior spiral binding, pictures by George Connelly. Good condition. Spine worn and repaired with tape. One interior page has closed tear and is half torn fro m spiral. Otherwise in nice shape. Children's illustrated. Pop-Up Books. Trains, trucks, planes. #632 Price:
20.00 USD
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Biddle, Dorothy and Blom, Dorothea Flower Arrangement for Everyone NY M. Barrows & Co. 1947 Second Printing Hardcover Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover, 192pp. inc. index, 80 b/w photos. A book intended to help "the modern American woman" to use flower arranging as an outlet for her creativity and to increase the beauty of everyday living. Book's front gutter is worn, spine sun-faded, corners a little crunched. Interior has two dog-earred pages, otherwise very good. Price:
7.00 USD
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Biro, Val Gumdrop at the Rally Chicago Follett Publishing 1969 695436201 First American Hardcover Very Good Very Good Biro, Val Hardcover with "Titan" binding (reinforced), colorful, lively illustrations by author, unpaginated. The adventures of an antique car on its way to an auto rally. Book has former owner's name and date on front paste-down endpaper. Dustjacket lightly chipped. Price:
10.00 USD
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Blake, William Eight Songs of Blake Mount Vernon, NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1925 Hard Cover Very Good. Private printing by Rudge of 200 copies. Paper covered boards, sparkly gray patterned papers with paper label, angel design/illustration on title page, unpaginated. Spine and corners show w ear. A beautiful little book for a Blake lover. Price:
25.00 USD
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