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ANITA LOOS; !GEORGE GERSHWIN" .
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Octavo, 217 pages, later issue dust jacket. $4800.
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GEORGE ELIOT; GORDON HAIGHT #EDITOR$ ; !GRAHAM GREENE" .
The George Eliot Letters.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954-1955.
Seven large octavo volumes, no dust jackets. $5200.
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