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Old August 11th 08, 01:03 AM posted to rec.collecting.books
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On Aug 10, 7:47*pm, "Francis A. Miniter"
wrote:
This evening I noticed that I had not opened a box of books
that I had bought most inexpensively two or three months
ago. *On perusing its contents, I found a copy of Hilton's
Goodbye Mr. Chips, Hodder & Stoughton, but only a ninth
printing from 1938 and no dust jacket. *But there was one
point of interest. *There was the imprint of a circular seal
bearing an elaborate design and the words "Ex Libris Clare
Booth Luce".


Nice find!
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