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  • CHERRY AMES, CAMP NURSE (#19). by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, CAMP NURSE (#19).

    Edition: First or early printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1957). Hardcover - Illustrated. Lists to self at front of book. 182 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in rust-colored tweed boards - some foxing and spotting to edges of textblock, and some pages, crease to corner of one page, but a tight and straight copy.

    Book ID: 66965
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  • CHERRY AMES, ARMY NURSE (#3). by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, ARMY NURSE (#3).

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1960, c 1944) dj. Hardcover - Frontispiece. Bound in dusty rose tweed cloth covered boards with light gray endpapers, charcoal gray tinting on top edge. 214 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a fair only dust jacket (large chip to front cover, chipping and tears to ends of spine, overall edgewear).

    Book ID: 69907
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  • CHERRY AMES, SENIOR NURSE (# 2). by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, SENIOR NURSE (# 2).

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1960, c. 1944.) dj. Hardcover - Frontispiece. Bound in dusty rose tweed cloth covered boards with light gray endpapers, charcoal gray tinting on top edge. 217 pp. Yellow spine on dust jacket.

    Condition: Very good only in a good dustjacket (name stamp,some edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 71074
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  • CHERRY AMES, VETERANS' NURSE (# 6). by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, VETERANS' NURSE (# 6).

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1946). Hardcover - At the end of World War II, soldiers are returning injured and in need of care. Plain frontispiece. In the 1950s dusty rose tweed binding with plain gray endpapers. 216 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket with yellow spine (small neat stamp on front endpaper, some edgewear to dj, especially at ends of spine)

    Book ID: 71133
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  • CHERRY AMES, VISITING NURSE (# 8). by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, VISITING NURSE (# 8).

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1947) dj. Hardcover - Cherry and her friends from Spencer decide to share an apartment in New York City and work for the Visitng Nurses. Bound in dusty rose tweed covered boards, light gray endpapers, charcoal gray tinting to the top edge. Frontispiece. 216 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71136
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  • CHERRY AMES, PRIVATE DUTY NURSE (# 7). by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, PRIVATE DUTY NURSE (# 7).

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1959, c 1946.) dj. Hardcover - Cherry is back in her hometown to 'rest' after her experiences as an Army nurse. Plain frontispiece. 1950s printing in dusty rose tweed cloth covered boards. 216 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (neat stamp on front endpaper, some overall edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 71159
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  • CHERRY AMES, CHIEF NURSE (# 4). by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, CHIEF NURSE (# 4).

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1959, c 1944.) dj. Hardcover - Cherry is sent to the South Pacific to deliver a new serum for tropical fever and finds herself appointed chief nurse of the Army hospital. A story of bravery on the battlefield during World War II. Frontispiece. Bound in dusty rose tweed boards, light gray endpapers, charcoal gray tinting to top edge. Frontispiece. 213 pp. Yellow spine dust jacket and front of book lists through #20.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (neat stamp on front endpaper, some overall edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 71160
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  • CHERRY AMES, ARMY NURSE (#3 in series). by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, ARMY NURSE (#3 in series).

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1959, c 1944) dj. Hardcover - Set during World War II. Cherry has just received her R.N. and she, and her entire nursing school class, sign up for the Army Nurse Corps. Plain frontispiece. Bound in dusty rose tweed cloth covered boards with light gray endpapers, charcoal gray tinting on top edge. 214 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a fair only dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, overall edgewear to dj, tear along fold of flap).

    Book ID: 71161
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  • Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, PRIVATE DUTY NURSE (# 7).

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1950, c 1946.) dj. Hardcover - Lists to #11 on the back cover of the dust jacket, bound in burgundy cloth covered boards, light gray endpapers, charcoal gray tinting to the top edge. Frontispiece. 216 pp. Yellow spine on dustjacket.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (price-clipped, overall edgewear to dj, but still quite attractive.)

    Book ID: 44581
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  • CHERRY AMES, ISLAND NURSE, #24. by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    CHERRY AMES, ISLAND NURSE, #24.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1964.). Hardcover first edition - Frontispiece. In matte finished pictorial covers, green spine, illustrated endpapers. Lists to #24 on back with the 1959 Cherry Ames Book of First Aid and Home Nursing below that. 178 pp

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated boards. Some rubbing to the covers, a few pages creased, soiling to fore-edge of text block. Previous owner's name dated 1964 on title page. .

    Book ID: 79134
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  • VICKI FINDS THE ANSWER The Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess Series #2. by Wells, Helen.
    Wells, Helen.
    VICKI FINDS THE ANSWER The Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess Series #2.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1954, c 1947.) dj. Hardcover - The second book in this popular series, by the author of the Cherry Ames series - a blend of mystery, adventure and romance. "Charming, alert and capable, [Vicki Barr's] career as an air stewardess brings her glamorous friends, loyal roommates and thrilling adventures." In this book, she travels to Mexico and into the heart of a mystery that takes all of her courage and ingenuity to solve. Frontispiece. Green and while illustrated control tower endpapers. Front flap of dust jacket and list at front of book goes to #10 in series. 211 pp.

    Condition: Very good in blue tweed covers in a fair only dust jacket (chips, creasing, edgewear, long tear along fold of front flap.)

    Book ID: 81120
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  • CHERRY AMES, CRUISE NURSE (#9). by Wells, Helen (Julie Campbell Tatham)
    Wells, Helen (Julie Campbell Tatham)
    CHERRY AMES, CRUISE NURSE (#9).

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1948.) dj. Hardcover - Cherry is on a working vacation on a cruise ship, and gets involved in a search for rare jewels. Plain frontispiece. The first of eight titles actually written by Julie (Campbell) Tatham, the originator of the Trixie Belden and Ginny Gordon series (she took over the series after the dust jacket had been designed so Helen Wells name remained on the cover) In 1950s binding of dusty rose tweed cloth covered boards. 216 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket with a yellow spine (minor edgewear to dj.).

    Book ID: 62586
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  • CHERRY AMES AT SPENCER (#10). by [Wells, Helen] Tatham, Julie (Campbell).
    [Wells, Helen] Tatham, Julie (Campbell).
    CHERRY AMES AT SPENCER (#10).

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1946) dj. Hardcover - One of eight titles in this series which was started (and finished) by Helen Wells, but which were written by Julie (Campbell) Tatham, the originator of the Trixie Belden and Ginny Gordon series, when Wells took a break from the series. Lists to i#21 Bound in dusty rose-colored tweed boards with plain gray endpapers, charcoal gray tinting on top edge of text block. Frontispiece, 213 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (price-clippped with a store price sticker, overall edgewear and loss of about 1 cm at the top of the spine).

    Book ID: 79151
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  • West, Jerry
    THE HAPPY HOLLISTERS AND THE SCARECROW MYSTERY

    Edition: Early printing.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1957. dj. Hardcover - Illustrated by Helen S. Hamilton. Bound in red boards with black lettering and illustration on front cover, illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 10029
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  • West, Jerry
    THE HAPPY HOLLISTERS AND THE GHOST HORSE MYSTERY #29.

    Edition: First edition, stated.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1965. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated by Helen S. Hamilton. Lists to itself on back cover.

    Condition: Very good+ in illustrated boards (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 23633
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  • West, Jerry
    THE HAPPY HOLLISTERS AND THE LITTLE MERMAID

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1960. dj. Hardcover - Illustrated by Helen S. Hamilton.

    Condition: Very good in a poor dust jacket (tear across middle of front cover of dj, now held together by a new archival cover.)

    Book ID: 26493
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  • BILLIE BRADLEY AND HER CLASSMATES or The Secret of the Locked Tower, #4. by Wheeler, Janet D.
    Wheeler, Janet D.
    BILLIE BRADLEY AND HER CLASSMATES or The Secret of the Locked Tower, #4.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1921.). Hardcover - Fourth book in the series featuring fifteen year old Beatrice 'Billie' Bradley, her brother Chet and their friends. They live in a small town in New York, just 40 miles from Manhattan. In this title, she and her friends are at boarding school. Glossy frontispiece. 204 pp. plus 8 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated green cloth (both hinges cracked, shelfwear, prev owner's name. some fraying to the ends of spine, but still a decent reading copy with some vintage appeal.)

    Book ID: 48808
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  • Wheeler, Ruthe S.
    JANET HARDY IN RADIO CITY (Janet Hardy #2.)

    Edition: First edition.

    Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1935.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in the Janet Hardy series. "Thoroughly modern" Janet Hardy and her friend Helen obtain jobs acting in and writing Radio plays. 252 pp. Lists to this title on back cover of dust jacket.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, but otherwise a clean and tight copy, bright dust jacket.)

    Book ID: 44711
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  • JANET HARDY IN HOLLYWOOD (Janet Hardy #1.) by Wheeler, Ruthe S.
    Wheeler, Ruthe S.
    JANET HARDY IN HOLLYWOOD (Janet Hardy #1.)

    Edition: First or early edition.

    Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1935.). Hardcover - The first book in the Janet Hardy series. "Thoroughly modern" Janet Hardy and her friend Helen compete for the high school senior play. 250 pp.

    Condition: Very good overall in blue cloth (usual rather severe toning to the pages, but otherwise a clean and tight copy)

    Book ID: 76085
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  • HELEN IN THE EDITOR'S CHAIR. by Wheeler, Ruthe S.
    Wheeler, Ruthe S.
    HELEN IN THE EDITOR'S CHAIR.

    Edition: First or early edition.

    Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1932). Hardcover - A title in the Every Girl's Series. When their father is forced to go to a drier climate for his health, Helen and her brother take over running his newspaper - and encounter many challenges and adventures. A young adult novel featuring a "strong self-reliant girl" 245 pp plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Good only in light green cloth - rather severe toning to the pages, gift inscription on front endpaper, some wear to the covers, but still a straight and sturdy copy, no dust jacket. .

    Book ID: 86802
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  • THE TWINS' SUMMER VACATION, The Page Twins series #5. by Whitehill, Dorothy.
    Whitehill, Dorothy.
    THE TWINS' SUMMER VACATION, The Page Twins series #5.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1930). Hardcover - A title in this series about two twin sisters separated at birth, and re-united at age thirteen - "for the first few years in their lives grow up in ignorance of each other's existence. Then they are at last brought together and things begin to happen. Janet is an independent go-ahead sort of girl, while her sister Phyllis is -- but meet the twins for yourself and be entertained." (publisher's ad) Glossy frontispiece and 3 internal illustrations on plain paper by Thelma Gooch. 214 pp plus 8 pp publisher's ads. Orange and white illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Very good in green boards with black lettering (gift inscription dated Christmas 1934)

    Book ID: 67796
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  • JOY AND PAM AT BROOKSIDE: The Joyce Payton Series #4. by Whitehill, Dorothy.
    Whitehill, Dorothy.
    JOY AND PAM AT BROOKSIDE: The Joyce Payton Series #4.

    Edition: Reprint.

    Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., (c 1929) dj. Hardcover - The fourth book in this series featuring Joy (Joyce Payton) and her sister Pam - and the final one reissued by Whitman. Joy was raised by servants until she was six, and then ran away and joined a Gypsy band until she was ten or eleven. Like Janet and Phyllis Page in this author's Twins series, Joy and her "new sister" Pam are sturdy, independent girls who eventually attend a girls' boarding school. 216 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.

    Condition: Near fine in orange boards with black lettering in a very good dust jacket (dj has short closed tear to upper edge of front cover, a small peeled spot, but is overall bright and attractive)

    Book ID: 74534
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  • THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA: The Boys' Big Game Series, #6. by Whitney, Elliott [pseudonym of Harry Lincoln Sayler, 1863-1913]
    Whitney, Elliott [pseudonym of Harry Lincoln Sayler, 1863-1913]
    THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA: The Boys' Big Game Series, #6.

    Edition: Reprint.

    Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1936). Hardcover - Originally published in 1914 as 'The Pirate Shark,' this is a boy's adventure novel by this prolific journalist and writer, set in the Pacific and in the waters off of Malaysia. Includes a visit to Honolulu by the two boys - Mart Judson, a young mechanic who goes on the voyage as wireless operator - and Bob Hollinger, the son of the millionaire owner of the yacht. 224 pp. plus excerpts from 3 other books.

    Condition: Good in red cloth with black lettering (usual rather severe toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 68399
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  • ADVENTURES OF A FRESHMAN. by Williams, Jesse Lynch (1871-1929)
    Williams, Jesse Lynch (1871-1929)
    ADVENTURES OF A FRESHMAN.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925 (c 1899). Hardcover - The story of a young man, from a small town in Illinois, who is determined to get a college education, and of his successes and failures during his first year at Princeton University - the college which Williams himself attended. Williams is primarily known as the winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1917 play "Why Marry?" Illustrated with a color frontispiece and three internal glossy plates. A title in the Scribner Series for Young People. 201 pp.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth with blacklettering (missing front endpaper, prev owner's name, but overall sturdy and tight), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85691
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  • ON THE GRIDIRON and Other Stories of Outdoor Sports, Harper's Athletic Series #2. by Williams, Jesse Lynch; S. Scoville Jr., J, Conover, J. Henderson and Paul Hull.
    Williams, Jesse Lynch; S. Scoville Jr., J, Conover, J. Henderson and Paul Hull.
    ON THE GRIDIRON and Other Stories of Outdoor Sports, Harper's Athletic Series #2.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Hardcover first edition - The second title in the 4 book "Harper's Athletic Series" published in 1909-1910, described as "Selected Stories of Track, Diamond, Gridiron, Golf, and Other Sports.. . They carry a fresh, manly outdoor atmosphere." Copyright page lists to this title. Other authors include William Murray Graydon, Ida Kenniston and more. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece with a tissue guard and seven inserted plates. All of the titles in this series are quite uncommon. 224 pp.

    Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated light green cloth - fraying to the sides of the spine, corners bumped, front hinge cracking. Missing one plate.

    Book ID: 76260
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  • Winfield, Arthur M. (pseudonym of Edward Stratemeyer)
    THE ROVER BOYS IN THE AIR, From College Campus to the Clouds, #16 in the series.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1912). Hardcover - An early series from the Stratemeyer Syndicate and one of its more long running and profitable ones - this continues the adventures of brothers Tom, Sam, and Dick Rover. Reportedly, Stratemeyer himself wrote these books, instead of using ghost writers. In the introduction to this title, he mentions that more than 1 million copies of these books have been sold, and the ad in the back states that a million and a half copies have been sold (where are they all?) . Lists to #20 both in the front and in the ad at the end.Glossy frontispiece. Introduction, 288 pp plus 10 pp ads

    Condition: Fair condition only in tan illustrated boards (rubbing and fraying to the spine and covers, contents good)

    Book ID: 85829
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  • JOYCE OF SECRET SQUADRON: A Captain Midnight Adventure. by Winterbotham, R. R.
    Winterbotham, R. R.
    JOYCE OF SECRET SQUADRON: A Captain Midnight Adventure.

    Edition: First edition.

    Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., (1942) dj. Hardcover first edition - World War II adventure novel for young adults, set on a hidden air force base in teh South Pacific. Authorized Edition, Based on the Famous Radio Series "Captain Midnight". Eighteen black and white illustrations by Erwin L. Darwin. 251 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Good in a good+ dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 74333
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  • COURAGEOUS WINGS. by Wirt, Mildred.
    Wirt, Mildred.
    COURAGEOUS WINGS.

    Edition: First edition.

    Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, (1937). Hardcover first edition - One of two stand-alone aviation books written by Wirt under her own name. Wirt went on to become a pilot herself. In writing about her career she commented that in the aviation stories perhaps she could detect "a long-slumbering personal wish? Until this moment, the motivation which led me, late in life, to become a pilot had gone unrecognized. At an age when wiser persons welcome Social Security, this misguided author took up flying, earned advanced ratings, and presently functions as a commercial pilot, reporter, and aviation columnist for a Toledo newspaper. Significantly, now that I might be better qualified to write aviation fiction, I feel no urge to do…

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    Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, (1937). Hardcover first edition - One of two stand-alone aviation books written by Wirt under her own name. Wirt went on to become a pilot herself. In writing about her career she commented that in the aviation stories perhaps she could detect "a long-slumbering personal wish? Until this moment, the motivation which led me, late in life, to become a pilot had gone unrecognized. At an age when wiser persons welcome Social Security, this misguided author took up flying, earned advanced ratings, and presently functions as a commercial pilot, reporter, and aviation columnist for a Toledo newspaper. Significantly, now that I might be better qualified to write aviation fiction, I feel no urge to do so." Illustrated by Frank Lea. Glossy frontispiece. 217 pp.

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    Condition: Near fine in red cloth with black lettering. Quite uncommon in the original edition, although the 1940 Books Inc edition is easy to locate.

    Book ID: 62745
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  • MYSTERY OF THE LAUGHING MASK. by Wirt, Mildred A.
    Wirt, Mildred A.
    MYSTERY OF THE LAUGHING MASK.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1940.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The eighth title (and last one listed) in the series "Mystery Stories for Girls" - a rather uncommon book by the author of the original Nancy Drew books. Set in Florida, in the Everglades and at a small beach town, this feautures a girl working for a naturalist for the summer. Glossy frontispiece. 203 pp plus 7 pp of the first chapter from 'The Runaway Caravan,' the first in another Wirt series of books called Trailer Stories for Girls.

    Condition: Very good+ in orange cloth with navy lettering in a good dust jacket (dust jacket lists just 7 titles). Gift inscription on the illustrated front endpapers in the box provided for this, usual light toning to pages, chip to upper front corner of dj, slight loss at ends of spine, but overall a clean and tight book in an attractive dust jacket and uncommon thus.

    Book ID: 47849
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  • THE BROWNIE SCOUTS AND THEIR TREE HOUSE (The Brownie Scouts series #4.) by Wirt, Mildred A.
    Wirt, Mildred A.
    THE BROWNIE SCOUTS AND THEIR TREE HOUSE (The Brownie Scouts series #4.)

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1951.). Hardcover - The fourth book in this series by the writer best known for her Nancy Drew books. Aimed at slightly younger children than her other series, these books have a good deal of charm. Frontispiece. 210 pp.

    Condition: Very good in dark red cloth with black lettering (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 53794
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