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For Art's Sake
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Chicago: Self Published, 1953. very good hardcover, no dustjacket, memoirs of the reknowned artist, and student of Thomas Eakins. Privately published with no copies for sale, the book was distributed to friends and clients. Inscribed on the half-title page by the author to a lady who had posed for him as a child. Formatted as stories from his life, rather than an autobiography, the stories follow his movements and development as an artist. BA504895. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information
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Pen and Politics, the Autobiography of a Working Writer
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Morgantown: West Virginia University Library, 1970. Good in Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Soiling top edge of dust jacket, top corner bump, name inside front endpaper, BA615124.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information
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Only One Year
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NY: Harper & Row, 1969. Good in Good jacket Hardcover, BA01764.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information
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The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
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NY: Paddington Press, 1975. excellent hardcover in fine dustjacket, no markings, appears unread, BA504121. Reprint of 1868 Edition . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information
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Wonders of Human Nature, a Series of Memoirs of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons Illustrated By Nearly One Hundred Characteristic Portraits
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Glasgow: Richard Griffin & Co., 1842. fair hardcover, no jacket, spine open, spine needs repair , 360 pages, short pieces on many historical figures to about 1830. rare. BA502766. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch, His Life and His Theory of Modern War
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NY: Dodd Mead, 1919. Good. No Jacket Hard Cover. 1st Print. BA06326.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information
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By Myself
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NY: Knopf, 1979. Very Good in Very Good jacket Hardcover, Knopf, NY, 1979, 2nd print, BA02322.. 2nd Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Four Portraits and One Subject, Bernard DeVoto
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. good hardcover with good jacket, cocoa stain spots top edge of pages and corner of dustjacket, date inside front board, rear board wear at top edge, BA503152. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information
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That Reminds Me
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Garden City, NY: Doublday, 1954. Good + in Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, Doubleday, NY, 1954, political biography, BA615133.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information
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That Reminds Me
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954. VERY GOOD hardcover, gray boards, not noticeable wear, clean, binding tight, interior pages very clean and white. Black and white photos of Barkleys family and political life before and after he bacame Vice President for President Truman from 1949-53. 288 pgs. Autobiography, politics. BA705440. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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Lady of Fashion, the Life and Theatre of Anna Cora Mowatt
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NY: Scribner's, 1954. jacket aged worn and torn, no markings, BA503333. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. more information
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Mayflower Madam, Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows
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NY: Arbor House, 1986. BA. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Humphrey Bogart
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Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1975. excellent hardcover in good dustjacket, jacket shows rubbing on leading edge and wear along top edge, PA504236. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Cow By the Tail
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. coffeestained boards and jacket, stains also on top corner of pages, still shows well in new Brodart sleeve. tear on jacket front, brightly colored jacket, signed by Richard Summers "Don't believe more than 60% of what you read here. Take it from the "ghost" - me. Richard Summers" Stains aside this book is clean. A life story of Benton, who grew up in Denton Co.Texas, in the 1870s and became a cowboy at 13. A story of the American west. BA503688. Signed by Ghost Writer Summers. 1st Print - Autographed. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. more information
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Where Do I go from Here, the Life Story of a Forger
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NY: Lee Furman, Inc., 1936. good+ hardcover, no dustjacket, signed on front endpaper "George B. Berry, The Star - May, 1936" Unknown if forged by the author. light board soil, contents clean, BA506786. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information
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James Brindley - Lifelines 14, an Illustrated Life of James Brindley 1716 - 1772
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London: Shire, 1973. very good trade paperback, biography of the father of British waterways, BA506442. 2nd Print - 1976. Paperback. Very Good. more information
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Maeve Brennan: Homesick At The New Yorker
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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Counterpoint, 2004. very good hardcover in fine dustjacket, remainder mark, clean , BA505295. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. more information
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Mostly in Clover
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NY: Dutton, 1964. Very Good in Good jacket Hardcover, Dutton, NY, 1964, 1st, worn top spine dj, BA01940.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information
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The Merry Mariner: During World War II and After, a Travelogue
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Vision Books International, 1997. very good hardcover, no dustjacket as issued, no markings, a reminiscence of WWII and after in the Merchant Marines. BA506393. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information
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Samuel Pepys, the Man in the Making
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London: Reprint Society, 1949. Very Good in Fair jacket Very Good in Good-Chipped jacket12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Nice hardcover copy in a dust jacket that is worn and chipped at the edges. In Brodart sleeve. BA609389.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. more information
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Born of Those Years
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New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1951. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author GOOD hardcover, binding tight, bright blue boards clean, light corner edgewear. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Previous owner's name fep. Interior pages clean. Autobiography of world travels in search of a cure for leprosy. 307 pgs. BA705034.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information
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Big River to Cross Mississippi Life Today
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New York: John Day, 1940. Fair. Missing DJ Good-Ex Library. No JacketEx-church Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Green boards, ex-church library, plate inside front boards, fep removed, previous owner's name on fep, binding tight, inside ep separated at binding from spine but still glued tight to board. Interior pages clean, black and white illustrations throughout. The remembrances of a riverboat captain on the life and lore of the Mississippi River. 294 pps. BA204589.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Caddy, Alice. more information
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Big River to Cross Mississippi Life Today
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New York: John Day, 1940. Good. Missing DJ Green boards, binding tight, Interior pages clean, black and white illustrations throughout. The remembrances of a riverboat captain on the life and lore of the Mississippi River. 294 pps. BA503021. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Caddy, Alice. more information
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Barbara Bush: A Memoir
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. very good hardcover in very good dustjacket, machine signed edition, buyers looking for signed limited edition should look for 0399519752. name on front endpaper, BA504865. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Five Minute Biographies
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NY: Greenberg, 1937. waterstains on edges of endpapers, not affecting contents, pencil writing on front endpaper, BA504509. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information
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Jenny Lind's America
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Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co, 1969. very good hardcover in very good dustjacket, gift inscription on front endpaper, the effect of P. T. Barnum bringing Jenny Lind to America. BA504948. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Golden Sovereign
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NY: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1957. Good in Fair jacket Hardcover, Dutton, NY, 1957, 1st ed, writing front endpaper, worn edges, BA01931.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. more information
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Over the Bridge
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NY: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1956. Very Good in Good + jacket Hardcover, Dutton, NY, 1956, sunned spine dustjacket, small tears dust jacket autobiography BA00105.. 2nd Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information
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Over the Bridge
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NY: Dutton, 1956. BA05497.. 2nd Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information
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My Wayward Parent, a Book About Irvin S. Cobb
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Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1945. good hardcover, no dustjacket, name inside front & rear boards, a remembrance of author-humorist Coob by his daughter. BA504663. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Strobel, F.. more information
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Harry Truman and the Crisis Presidency
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NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1973. Very Good in Good-Edge Wear jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Small tears to dust jacket corners, BA614988.. 3rd Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information
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The Pathless Way: John Muir and American Wilderness
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1984. excellent hardcover in a very good jacket, creased one inch at top edge, a spiritual biography of John Muir as he gains his ecological consciousness. BA503975. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. more information
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Mr Baruch
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. BA05499.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information
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House Called Memory
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NY: Dutton, 1961. Good in Good jacket Hard Cover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). BA601125.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information
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One Man in His Time
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Tulsa, OK: Oklahoma Heritage Association , 1979. fine, in clear plastic jacket, inscribed by the author on front endpaper, an autobiography of an Oklahoma banker. BA504120. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. more information
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Fun While It Lasted
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Random House, 1969. Good in Good jacket Edge Wear. 1st Print. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. autobiography of famous San Franciscan, slant, BA06709.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information
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Edith Wharton 1862-1937
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NY: Scribners, 1970. very good trade paperback, BA504894. Paperback. Very Good. more information
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Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II
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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 2000. fine hardcover in fine dustjacket, no markings, BA504985. 2nd Print. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information
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Greenhorns in Blue Pastures
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New York: Smith & Durrell, 1945. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD hardcover, clean, bright boards, light ruffling on bottom spine. GOOD jacket, chips missing on bottom front corner, spine ends and edgewear, shiny and intact. Binding tight. Interior pages clean, white, first several have a light crease down center. A tea shop owner is Vancouver Canada makes an adventurous career change to a commercial fisherman. A humorous look at a mid-life crisis and family interference. Biography. 162 pgs. BA705129. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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My Twin Joe
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Garden City, NY: Country Life Press , 1932. good hardcover, no dustjacket, a few margin markings, writing inside rear board, front endpaper soil, BA504688. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information
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Banker Dahl of South Dakota
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Rapid City, SD: Fenske Book Co., 1965. good hardcover in good jacket, no markings, BA503574. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information
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Portrait of Ambrose Bierce
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NY: Century Co., 1929. good hardcover, no dustjacket, library rebind, usual library stamps, BA505051. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. more information
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Delorean
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Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.: Zondervan, 1985. clean book in edgetorn jacket, in new Brodart sleeve, BA503861. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information
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Mistress to an Age, Life of Madame De Stael
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NY: Bobbs Merrill, 1958. Good in Poor torn dustjacket Hardcover, Bobbs Merrill, NY, 1958, BA01097.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Poor. more information
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If This be I, as I Suppose it be
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NY: D. Appleton-Century, 1935. jacket edge tears and age-toned, top edge foxing, author revisits her childhood to discover how she became the person she is, in new Brodart sleeve, BA503513. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Bayley, Dorothy . more information
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Jonathan Swift
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New York: Macmillan, 1964. NEAR FINE brown hardcover, only light ruffling on bottom of spine and very faint bump on bottom corner, otherwise fine, clean. NEAR FINE jacket, shiny, small tear top edge, rubbing spine ends. FIRST EDITION, interior pages clean, no marks. 160 pgs. Historical biography. BA706294. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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World of Roger Tory Peterson: An Authorized Biography
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Canada: Optimum Pub, 1977. NEAR FINE blue hardcover, very light scuff to front board, otherwise, as new . NEAR FINE jacket, top back flap corner has small crease, otherwise no wear, shiny, in new plastic sleever. Interior pages clean, appear unread. Authorized biography of foremost bird expert and nature conservationist. Black and white photos of family and includes a several beautiful color plates of his bird artwork. 266 pgs. Biography, birds, nature. NA706796. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Louis Pasteur Free Lance of Science
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Boston: Little Brown, 1950. GOOD orange hardcover, binding tight, ex-lib, usual stamps, pocket inside front board, light edgewear and soiling down front and back. Interior pages clean, white. VERY GOOD jacket in new plastic sleeve. Biography and works of Louis Pasteur. 418 pgs. Biography. BA706396 . Hardcover. Acceptable/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Innocents at Cedro: a Memoir of Thorstein Veblen and Some Others
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New York: Macmillan, 1944. VERY GOOD gray hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, no wear. Interior pages have light red, blue and black pencil underling throughout. Otherwise this is a clean copy. FIRST EDITION. Biography. 163 pgs. BA706571. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Time Great People of the 20th Century
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New York: Time Books, 1996. FINE red hardcover, bright, clean, no wear. NEAR FINE jacket, shiny, small tear top edge, otherwise, fine, interior appears UNREAD. Notable persons of the 20th Century. Biography, history, photography. HP707476. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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