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Author / Creator: Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
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Creator: by William D. Howells ; illustrated by William L. Sheppard
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Language: English
Contributors: Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912

William A. Sumner Collection
Publication: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1884

Cambridge, Mass. : Riverside Press
Physical Details: 271 pages ; 20 cm
OCLC: ocm58047410

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