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Cover: The gift for all seasons. New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1853

AY11 .G54 1853

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From: Flemwell, G. (George). The flower-fields of Alpine Switzerland. New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912

QK331 .F9

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Southdown. Maclin-Zimmer-McGill Tobacco Co. Incorporated, Petersburg, Va., between 1880 and 1890?

C1:140 067

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From: Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States. Philadelphia : Bradford and Inskeep, 1808-1825

QL674 .W76

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