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WRAY, J. Jackson.

Simon Holmes, The Carpenter of Aspendale.

William Briggs, Toronto: 1886
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First Canadian edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt, x, 336, (10)pp.ads. A bit of wear to the top of the spine but in fact a near fine copy.
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