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Unknown Catalogue of the library of the late David Porter Harmon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06143.20 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Haverhill, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 7 February 1882 Pagination: 34 p. ; 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy

Includes over seven hundred titles and hand-written notes on individual prices for each book. A tally of the overall sale can be found on the rear fly leaf.

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