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7
  • Heading
    (Artists' Signatures on 1st Day Covers)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Artists' Signatures on 1st Day Covers
  • Date Published
    1929-1971
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
13
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    (Architecture)
  • Author
    Benjamin, Asher
  • Headline
    Signed by American-born Architect Asher Benjamin
  • Date Published
    August 3, 1822
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
Estimate$30,000 - $40,000
Sold for$34,375
StatusSold
22
  • Author
    Bunbury, Henry William
  • Headline
    A Folio of Shakespeare Engravings
  • Publisher
    Ariel Press
  • Date Published
    [1978]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
24
  • Author
    Carter, Jimmy
  • Headline
    Three volumes by Jimmy Carter all with autographs
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
26
  • Author
    [Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. ]
  • Headline
    Don Quixote of La Mancha 1 of 50 copies
  • Publisher
    William Paterson
  • Date Published
    1879
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
32
  • Author
    Cooley, Denton A. & Michael E. DeBakey
  • Headline
    Denton Cooley & Michael DeBakey autographs
  • Date Published
    2007
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
33
  • Author
    Cosway, Maria
  • Headline
    Letters from Maria Cosway to Lady Morgan
  • Date Published
    1818-1821
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$250
StatusSold
49
  • Author
    D'Avenant, William
  • Headline
    Gondibert: An Heroick Poem 1651
  • Publisher
    John Holden
  • Date Published
    1651
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$250
StatusSold
55
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Dickens Dombey & Son in Orig. Parts
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    1846-48
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
56
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    zzf
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1844
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
57
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Dickens Our Mutual Friend
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
58
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1870
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
59
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Works of Charles Dickens Household ed in parts
  • Publisher
    Chapman & Hall
  • Date Published
    1871-1880
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
StatusUnsold
60
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    zzf(Dickens, Charles)
  • Author
    Reynolds, Frank, illustrator
  • Headline
    Illustration for Pickwick by Frank Reynolds
  • Publisher
    Hodder & Stoughton
  • Date Published
    [c.1910]
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
62
  • Author
    [Doyle, Arthur Conan] Newnes, George, ed.
  • Headline
    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in the Strand
  • Publisher
    [The Strand Magazine]
  • Date Published
    1891-93
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
67
  • Heading
    (English Literature - Tudor Facsimile Texts)
  • Author
    Farmer, John S., editor
  • Headline
    Thirty volumes of "The Tudor Facsimile Texts..."
  • Publisher
    Tudor Facsimile Texts
  • Date Published
    c.1911-14
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
68
  • Heading
    (English Literature - Tudor Facsimile Texts)
  • Author
    Farmer, John S., editor
  • Headline
    31 volumes of "The Tudor Facsimile Texts..."
  • Publisher
    Tudor Facsimile Texts
  • Date Published
    c.1911-14
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
69
  • Author
    Few, William
  • Headline
    Signature of William Few, U.S. statesman
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
70
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Austen, Jane
  • Headline
    The Novels of Jane Austen 10 vols finely bound
  • Publisher
    Grant Richards
  • Date Published
    1898
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
71
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Browning, Robert
  • Headline
    The Works of Robert Browning Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    Smith, Elder & Co.
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
72
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Carlyle, Thomas
  • Headline
    Ashburton Edition of Carlyle's Works Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1885
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
73
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Headline
    Don Quichotte 2 vols finely bound
  • Publisher
    Librairie de L. Hachette
  • Date Published
    1863
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
74
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    De Quincey, Thomas
  • Headline
    The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey
  • Publisher
    Adam and Charles Black
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
75
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Eliot, George
  • Headline
    George Eliot's Works Fine Bound Arbury Edition
  • Publisher
    Dana Estes & Company
  • Date Published
    [c. 1900]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
76
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Emerson, Ralph Waldo
  • Headline
    Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
77
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Emerson, Ralph Waldo
  • Headline
    Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson finely bound
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin
  • Date Published
    [1903-1904]
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
78
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Fitzgerald, Edward, translator
  • Headline
    The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Riviere Binding
  • Publisher
    Robt. Riviere & Son, Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
79
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Goldsmith, Oliver
  • Headline
    Works of Oliver Goldsmith Turk's Head Edition
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Date Published
    [1908]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
82
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Norris, Frank
  • Headline
    Complete works of Frank Norris
  • Publisher
    Kennikat Press
  • Date Published
    [1967]
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
83
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Payne, John, translator
  • Headline
    Payne's Translation of the Arabian Nights
  • Publisher
    Villon Society
  • Date Published
    1882-89
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
84
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Poe, Edgar Allan
  • Headline
    The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe
  • Publisher
    The Werner Co.
  • Date Published
    [1908]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
87
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    New Century Shakespeare 1900-01 finely bound
  • Publisher
    Dana Estes and Company
  • Date Published
    1900-1901
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
88
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Headline
    The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1895-1901 & 1912
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
92
  • Heading
    (Fitzgerald, F. Scott)
  • Author
    Graham, Sheilah
  • Headline
    Letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald's mistress
  • Date Published
    April 27, 1942
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
93
  • Author
    Flaubert, Gustave
  • Headline
    With etchings and watercolor by Henri Jourdain
  • Publisher
    L. Carteret
  • Date Published
    1924
Estimate$4,000 - $7,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
94
  • Heading
    (Ford, Gerald R.)
  • Author
    Goodwin, Doris Kearns
  • Headline
    Signed by President Gerald R. Ford
  • Publisher
    Simon and Schuster
  • Date Published
    [1987]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
96
  • Heading
    (Hollywood)
  • Author
    Foreman, Carl
  • Headline
    Letter from blacklisted screenwriter Carl Foreman
  • Date Published
    March 8, [1953]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
98
  • Heading
    zzf(Frankfurter, Felix)
  • Author
    Mendelson, Wallace, editor
  • Headline
    Felix Frankfurter: A Tribute signed
  • Publisher
    Reynal & Company
  • Date Published
    1964
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
99
  • Author
    Fulton, Robert
  • Headline
    Sketch by steamboat inventor Robert Fulton
  • Date Published
    1813
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
Estimate$2,500 - $4,000
StatusUnsold
102
  • Author
    Garland, Hamlin
  • Headline
    The Book of the American Indian Special Copy
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
107
  • Heading
    (Grandville, J.J.)
  • Author
    La Fontaine, [Jean de]
  • Headline
    Fables de La Fontaine Grandville
  • Publisher
    Garnier Freres
  • Date Published
    [c.1865]
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
109
  • Author
    Hawkes, J.C.B., Jr.
  • Headline
    Fiasco Hall signed by JCB Hawkes Jr. 1 of 50
  • Publisher
    Privately Printed
  • Date Published
    1943
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
110
  • Author
    [Holmes, Oliver Wendell]
  • Headline
    The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    Phillips, Sampson and Company
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
111
  • Heading
    (Hope, James)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Letters from and to artist James Hope
  • Date Published
    c.1855-1890
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
113
  • Author
    Houdini, Harry
  • Headline
    Typed Letter Signed Houdini, to Oliver Barrett
  • Date Published
    August 21, 1926
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
117
  • Author
    Johnson, Samuel
  • Headline
    The Works of Samuel Johnson
  • Publisher
    F.C. and J. Rivington, et al
  • Date Published
    1811-12, 1823
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
123
  • Author
    Kingsley, Charles
  • Headline
    The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1863
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
124
  • Author
    Kipling, Rudyard
  • Headline
    Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling 1/500 copies
  • Publisher
    Hodder & Stoughton
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
126
  • Author
    Kossuth, Lajos
  • Headline
    Letter from Hungarian Freedom Fighter 1851
  • Date Published
    May 21, 1851
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
127
  • Author
    Lang, Andrew
  • Headline
    A. Lang The True Story Book - Large Paper Copy
  • Publisher
    Longmans, Green, and Co.
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
132
  • Heading
    (Lincoln, Abraham)
  • Author
    Rice, Allen Thorndike
  • Headline
    Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln with Signature
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
137
  • Heading
    (MacArthur, Douglas)
  • Author
    Clifton, Chester V., General & Major General Courtney Whitney
  • Headline
    Archive regarding General MacArthur and Asia
  • Date Published
    July 26 - August 30, 1961
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
138
  • Heading
    zzf
  • Author
    MacKaye, Percy
  • Headline
    Percy MacKaye Saint Louis the author's copy
  • Publisher
    Doubleday, Page & Company
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
140
  • Heading
    (Manuscript Book of Hours)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Ms. Book of Hours with 2 miniatures c.1400
  • Date Published
    c.1400
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
Sold for$10,625
StatusSold
141
  • Heading
    (Manuscript Book of Hours)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Ms. Book of Hours with 9 miniatures c.1400
  • Date Published
    c.1400
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
Sold for$25,000
StatusSold
142
  • Heading
    (Manuscript Breviary)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Manuscript Breviary in Latin c.1400
  • Date Published
    c.1400
Estimate$4,000 - $7,000
Sold for$9,375
StatusSold
143
  • Heading
    (Manuscript - 15th century)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Latin manuscript on vellum, 1431
  • Publisher
    [Abbaye de Sainte Justine]
  • Date Published
    27 November 1431
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$5,937.50
StatusSold
145
  • Heading
    (Mexican-American War)
  • Author
    Hitchcock, Julius
  • Headline
    Eloquent Denunciation of the Mexican American War
  • Date Published
    June 13, 1846
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
154
  • Heading
    (Nonesuch Press)
  • Author
    Dante Alighieri
  • Headline
    Dante's Divine Comedy - Nonesuch Press
  • Publisher
    Nonesuch Press
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
156
  • Heading
    (Obama, Barack)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Law school text book inscribed by Barack Obama
  • Publisher
    Aspen
  • Date Published
    [2006]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
158
  • Author
    Orsino, Cesare
  • Headline
    "macaronic" poetry by Cesare Orsini 1636
  • Publisher
    Apud Gasparum Ganassam
  • Date Published
    1636
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
159
  • Heading
    (Pennyroyal Press)
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Pennyroyal Press Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • Publisher
    Pennyroyal Press
  • Date Published
    1985
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
162
  • Heading
    (Persian Manuscript)
  • Author
    Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi
  • Headline
    15th century ms. of Masnavi of Mawlana
  • Date Published
    AH 860/AD 1456
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
166
  • Heading
    (Poetry Manuscript)
  • Author
    Halsey, Caroline
  • Headline
    Poetry MS. with Revolutionary verse 1815
  • Date Published
    Assembled 1815
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
169
  • Heading
    (Rackham, Arthur)
  • Author
    Andersen, Hans Christian
  • Headline
    Andersen's Fairy Tales Illustrated by A. Rackham
  • Publisher
    David McKay
  • Date Published
    [1932]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
172
  • Author
    Rand, Ayn
  • Headline
    Ayn Rand Anthem with a very early inscription
  • Publisher
    Cassell
  • Date Published
    [1938]
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
173
  • Author
    Rand, Ayn
  • Headline
    Ayn Rand Autograph Manuscript for her column
  • Date Published
    June 26, 1962
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
StatusUnsold
174
  • Author
    Rand, Ayn
  • Headline
    Ayn Rand note on stamp collecting
  • Date Published
    [c. 1970]
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
175
  • Author
    Rand, Ayn
  • Headline
    Ayn Rand signed Television Contract
  • Date Published
    September 23, 1964
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
176
  • Author
    Rand, Ayn
  • Headline
    Ayn Rand For the New Intellectial Inscribed
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    [1961]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
177
  • Author
    Rand, Ayn
  • Headline
    Invitation to "a Tribute to Ayn Rand" signed
  • Date Published
    April 10, 1977
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
178
  • Author
    Riley, James Whitcomb
  • Headline
    Clover Club autograph poem by James W Riley
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
StatusUnsold
179
  • Author
    Riley, James Whitcomb
  • Headline
    Little Johnts's Chrismus orig mss James W. Riley
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
StatusUnsold
180
  • Author
    Riley, James Whitcomb
  • Headline
    Our Kind of Man - original manuscript by Riley
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
181
  • Author
    Riley, James Whitcomb
  • Headline
    Old John Cleever on Buckeyes mss poem Riley
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
182
  • Author
    Riley, James Whitcomb
  • Headline
    All the Year Round Rotary ed in rare dj 1916
  • Publisher
    Bobbs Merrill
  • Date Published
    [1912, but 1916]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
183
  • Author
    Riley, James Whitcomb
  • Headline
    Neghborly Poems insc by Riley to Opie Read
  • Publisher
    Bowen-Merrill Co.
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
191
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    Pope's 4to edition of Shakespeare 7 volumes 1725
  • Publisher
    Jacob Tonson
  • Date Published
    1725-23-25
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
StatusUnsold
192
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    Original leaf from Shakespeare First Folio
  • Publisher
    Isaac Jaggard & Ed. Blount
  • Date Published
    1623
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
194
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    2 original leaves from Shakespeare Second Folio
  • Publisher
    Printed by Tho. Cotes...
  • Date Published
    1632
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
195
  • Author
    Shaw, George Bernard
  • Headline
    Collected Works of Bernard Shaw 30 vols 1930
  • Publisher
    Wm. H. Wise
  • Date Published
    1930-1932
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
201
  • Heading
    zzf
  • Author
    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Headline
    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1st English ed, wrappers
  • Publisher
    Longmans, Green & Co.
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
202
  • Heading
    (Hollywood)
  • Author
    Edwards, J.S.
  • Headline
    Letter regarding animals for movies 1904
  • Date Published
    Sept. 8, 1904
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
203
  • Author
    Tibbets, Paul W.
  • Headline
    Flight of the Enola Gay
  • Publisher
    Mid Coast Marketing
  • Date Published
    [1997]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
204
  • Author
    Ticknor, M.G.
  • Headline
    Historia de la Literatura Espanola 4 vols
  • Publisher
    La Publicidad
  • Date Published
    1851-1856
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
205
  • Heading
    (Travel Narrative)
  • Author
    Lord, James A.
  • Headline
    mss Star of Empire ship narrative & inv log 1855
  • Date Published
    1855-1856
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
206
  • Heading
    (Travel Narrative)
  • Author
    Peckham, W.L.
  • Headline
    manuscript sailor's diary US Ship Boston 1840-42
  • Date Published
    1840-1842
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
207
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Partial letter from Mark Twain to founder of NRA
  • Date Published
    Feb. 9, [c.1870]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
208
  • Heading
    (Twain, Mark)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    After Dinner Speeches at the Lotos Club 1/100
  • Publisher
    Privately Printed
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
209
  • Heading
    zzf
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Mark Twain Innocents Abroad Sheep Binding
  • Publisher
    H.H. Bancroft & American Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1869
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
210
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Mark Twain Is Shakespeare Dead?
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
211
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    King Leopold's Soliloquy Signed by Mark Twain
  • Publisher
    P.R. Warren
  • Date Published
    1905
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
212
  • Heading
    zzf
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Mark Twain The Prince and the Pauper 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    James R. Osgood & Company
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
213
  • Author
    Tweed, Wm. M.
  • Headline
    Document signed by the infamous "Boss" Tweed
  • Date Published
    Sept. 18, 1869
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
214
  • Heading
    zzf(Vietnam War)
  • Author
    Palmer, General Bruce
  • Headline
    Letter from Army General on Vietnam discontent
  • Date Published
    June 23, 1967
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
217
  • Author
    Watson, James D.
  • Headline
    Signed by James Watson and Francis Crick
  • Publisher
    Scribner Classics
  • Date Published
    [1998]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
218
  • Author
    Watson, James D.
  • Headline
    Signed sketch of DNA by James D. Watson
  • Date Published
    1999
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
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