Excerpt from Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late John K. Wiggin, and the Duplicates Remaining From His Publications and Books on Sale, Chiefly Relating to America: Including Many Rare Early Editions of Scarce Works; Publications of the Riverside Press; Munsell, Sabin, Woodward, and Other Beautiful Reprints; Bradford, Prince Society, and Other Literary Societies; Large Paper and Privately Printed Books

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