Proverbs in Porcelain, and Other Verses

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C. Kegan Paul, 1878 - 216 psl.
A manuscript revision of: Proverbs in porcelain and other verses / by Austin Dobson. London : H.S. King & Co., 1877. A printed copy of the 1st ed., with holograph corrections made in preparation of the 2nd ed. Punctuation, formatting, words, lines and poems are corrected or crossed out, pages are reordered, and holograph and printed pages are tipped in before or pasted over existing text.

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