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1913 Diary of an Upper Class Young New Yorker Who Writes of Her Charmed Life in an Affected Voice
by UNKNOWN
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1913
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£795.30
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New York. Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Hardcover. On offer is the diary of an unknown, wealthy New York City woman that offers a very revealing look at the life of an upper class suburban household in 1913. The unknown diarist is a young woman living at home with her mother. Her writing, though grammatically correct,… Read more about this item Item Price
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1943-1944 Diary of a Drafted Seabees Serviceman from Pennsylvania Who Served in Port Hueneme and Fiji While Recording Daily Routines and Significant Moments of War
by Charles B. Litz
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- Hardcover
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£1,013.08
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New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Fiji, Port Hueneme, California, Camp Peary. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. On offer is a first-hand account of Charles B. Litz, a U. S. Serviceman in the Seabees, which was to become one of the most ubiquitous US Navy formations in World War Two (WWII). Litz was born in 1918 in New Kensington,… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,013.08
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1943-47 Rural Alberta Labourer and Film Buff Discussing Work, Life, the War, and Many, Many Movies
by George Granger
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- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
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- 1943-1947
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£483.95
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Camrose, Alberta, Canada, Canadian Prairies. Fair with no dust jacket. Hardcover. On offer is a fine example of a multi-year diary kept by a young man named George Granger in rural Alberta, Canada during World War Two (WWII). Most of what we know about George Granger is from context cues throughout his diary. We know he is… Read more about this item Item Price
£483.95
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1929 Teen Girl's Handwritten Account of an Epic Family Road Trip from Texas through the Northern States, Washington, DC and Ontario, Canada
by Unknown
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1929
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- Softcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£548.48
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United States, Canada, Texas, Washington, Michigan, Niagara Falls. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Softcover. On offer is a detailed description of an extensive road trip taken only months before the start of the Great Depression. The journal covers the period March 11, 1929 through June 1, 1929. Although not mentioned by name, from context, the author of… Read more about this item Item Price
£548.48
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1913 Diary of a Chatty, Widowed New York Grandma Enjoying Old Age While Giving all Shes Got to Her Children and Grandchildren
by Eliza J. Webster Mason
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1913
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£645.27
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Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn, New York, Rhode Island, Civil War Veteran, Maine. Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Hardcover. On offer is an excellent example of a Wanamaker diary and detailed NYC map dating from pre-WWI America. The diary belonged to Eliza J. Webster Mason (1842-1926) , wife of George E. Mason (1840-1905) , an artist, musical … Read more about this item Item Price
£645.27
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1900-1901 Diary of a Young, Single and Social Illinois Woman Finding Joy in the Mundane
by Marie Weckesser
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1900
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- Softcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£346.83
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Illinois, United States. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Softcover. On offer is a fine description of a young womans life in small-town America at the turn of the 20th century. The author of this diary is Marie Weckesser. From context, we know that she is a young woman, likely in her early twenties. Although we have… Read more about this item Item Price
£346.83
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1929-1933 Heartrending Journal of a Pennsylvania Woman Suffering the Impacts of a Failed Marriage During the Great Depression
by Mary Sample
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- Softcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£935.65
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Chambersburg Pennsylvania Penn PA. Good with no dust jacket. Softcover. On offer is a small journal that offers a very stark picture of the life of many women in America who fell on the hardest of times at the beginning of the Great Depression. It also includes a reference to what became known as the Crime of… Read more about this item Item Price
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1928 to 1962 Archive of Diaries of a White Collar London Man Who is a Member of the Ancient Order of Foresters
by R.A Thomson
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- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
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- Softcover
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£1,493.01
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London, England. Good+ with no dust jacket. Softcover. On offer is a remarkable collection of 27 diaries detailing over a quarter of a century of life in London between 1928 and 1962, and membership in an old and respected fraternal order. This is an outstanding collection of personal diaries that covers an extended period of time … Read more about this item Item Price
£1,493.01
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1916 In-Depth Legal Notes by Harvard Law Student and Practicing Massachusetts Lawyer
by J. L. Bigelow
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1916
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- Hardcover
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£714.64
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Massachusetts. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. Hardcover. On offer are the detailed notes of a Massachusetts lawyer in the early 20th century. The notebook belonged to J. L Bigelow. Context clues indicate he was a law student at Harvard, possibly during the early days of his note-taking in this book. He appears in a list of… Read more about this item Item Price
£714.64
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World War One-Era Photo Album Depicting an American Family and Military Scenes
by Unknown
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- N.D.
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- None
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£553.32
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United States, France. Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. None. On offer is a superb photographic record of an American family before, during and after WWI. The owner of the album is unknown as is the identity of this American family. A label on the back cover shows that the album was made in Chicago, Illinois. The… Read more about this item Item Price
£553.32
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1930 Photograph Album and Extensive Handwritten Commentary of the Spear Familys Incredible Road Trip Across the United States of America and Niagara Falls, Canada
by Spear Family
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- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£924.36
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Yellowstone National Park, United States, Niagara Falls. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. On offer is a beautiful, richly-decorated Yellowstone Park leather photo album portraying the Spear familys 1930 family trip intertwined with photographs of scenes for a long-past American west. The unknown author/photographer of this album accompanied her parents on a road trip from… Read more about this item Item Price
£924.36
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1930s Unpublished Manuscript of a Novel by Barbour Walker Lyndon, High Profile, Female, New York Advertising Exec and Bernard College Alum
by Barbour Walker Lyndon
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1930
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- Typescript
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£1,569.64
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New York. Good with no dust jacket. 1930. Typescript. On offer is an unpublished manuscript entitled The Less important Sister, written by a very successful female advertising professional in the 1930s. The author of this manuscript is Barbour Walker Lyndon. Born in 1885, she was educated at Barnard College where she graduated in 1907. She spent her… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,569.64
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1920s Emory University Handwritten Catalog of Birds of North America in Ornithologist Shorthand
by UNKNOWN
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£1,593.75
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Atlanta Georgia. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1922. Hardcover. On offer is an interesting scholarly catalog of birds of North America dating from the early days of the 20th century. On the front flyleaf, there is the handwritten title A Catalog of the Birds of North America in the Collection of Emory University . It was… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,593.75
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1914 Diary by Earle Sumner Draper, Who Coined the Term Urban Sprawl
by Earle Sumner Draper
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1914
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£3,282.85
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Offering a 1914 handwritten personal diary by Earle Sumner Draper, who would go on to have a major impact on urban planning in the United States. At the time of writing, Draper was a 21-year-old Massachusetts Agricultural College (later called UMass Amherst) student. The book offers an excellent glimpse of what life as a landscape architecture… Read more about this item Item Price
£3,282.85
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1940s Pair of Diaries Handwritten by a Wealthy Toronto Area Woman
by Eleanor L MacRae
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1944
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- Hardcover
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£1,997.13
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Greater Toronto Area, Canada. Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. Offering two 1940s handwritten diaries by 61-year-old Eleanor L. Macrae, which provide an outstanding look at life in urban Canada during and immediately following World War II. Macrae's entries are lengthy and detailed, portraying daily life during and after the war as part of a … Read more about this item Item Price
£1,997.13
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1925 Diary of Charles L. Merrick, Whose Family Farming Legacy Dates Back to 1714
by Charles L. Merrick
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1925
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- Hardcover
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£1,335.72
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On offer is a fine diary of successful farmer Charles L. Merrick of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, in the early years of the twentieth century. Merrick was born in 1902 and lived his life in Massachusetts. He passed away in 1995 at the age of 93. Merrick is part of a multi-generational family that has owned Merrick Farm… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,335.72
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Handwritten 1941 Diary of a Wife and Mother in Pre-Wwii California
by Unknown
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£666.24
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On offer is a fine diary recording the domestic and social responsibilities of a woman in California immediately before the United States entered World War II. The author is unknown, but from the diary, we learn that she lives in or near Santa Rosa, CA, is a wife and a mother, and is 49 when she… Read more about this item Item Price
£666.24
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Original 1960s-1970s Collection of Diaries Handwritten by Doris Cuthbert Metzler of Michigan
by Doris Cuthbert Metzler
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- 1960s-1970s
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- Hardcover
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£795.30
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On offer are five diaries written by Doris Cuthbert Metzler of Michigan between 1968 and 1978. She was 57 years of age at the time the first of these diaries was written. In her diaries, Metzler details her family's daily life, as well as specific medical issues that she and her husband, Richard A. Metzler (Dick)… Read more about this item Item Price
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Handwritten Depression-Era Vermont Diary by Ethel Leber
by Ethel Leber
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£604.94
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A detailed 1928 diary handwritten by 62-year-old Ethel LeBer in rural Vermont during the early years of the Great Depression. LeBer was born in November 1865 and lived her life in northern Vermont, near the city of Bristol. She passed away in 1929 at the age of 63. She was married to William LeBer and they… Read more about this item Item Price
£604.94
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1924 to 1925 Original Handwritten Diary of a New York Flapper in the Roaring Twenties Spending Her Nights At Theaters, Restaurants, and Clubs around the City
by J Smith
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- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
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- 1924-1925
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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£956.62
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On offer is a fascinating, firsthand account of a young woman's social life in the heady days of 1920s New York City.
An inscription suggests that the author of this journal is "Miss J Smith" of Hewlett, Long Island. The vibrant social life described in Smith's diary exemplifies the spirit of the Roaring Twenties. In entries… Read more about this item Item Price
£956.62