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7-December|Printed Books, Manuscripts & Maps

Auction date Thursday 7 December 2023 14:00 GMT

Thursday 7  December – Sussex Saleroom
Lot 601 - 703      Printed Books, Manuscripts & Maps  2pm

Viewing- Sussex Saleroom 
Monday 4 December       10am – 4.00pm
Tuesday 5 December      10am – 4.00pm
Wednesday 6 December  10am – 4.00pm
Thursday  7 December   10am – 2.00pm

Payment
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Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
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Friday 8 December 9am – 4.30pm

Monday 11 December    9am – 4.30pm
Tuesday 12 December   9am – 4.30pm
Wednesday 13  December  9am – 4.30pm


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Total lots: 102

Lot 649 Sold
HOOGHE, Romein de (1645-1708). Carte Marine des Environs de l' Isle d' Oleron a l' Usage des Armees du Roy de Land Grande Bretagne, Amsterdam, [Pieter Mortier], 1693, hand-coloured engraved chart, inset views, 635 x 508mm., unframed.
HOOGHE, Romein de (1645-1708).  Carte Marine des Environs de l' Isle d' Oleron à l' Usage des…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 650 Sold
HOOKER, William Jackson (1785-1865). Pomona Londinensis, London, [1813]-18. Volume one only [all published], 4to, 49 exceptionally fine hand-coloured aquatint plates of fruit, contemporary half morocco (rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
HOOKER, William Jackson (1785-1865).  Pomona Londinensis: Containing Colored [sic] Engravings of…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 651 Sold
[HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (1810-79), chromolithographer)]. The Parables of our Lord, London, 1847, 8vo, chromolithographed throughout, FINELY BOUND in original elaborately embossed morocco on bevelled boards. FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY.
[HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (1810-79), chromolithographer)].  The Parables of our Lord. London: Longman …
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 652 Sold
JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). The Europeans, London, 1878, 2 vols. bound in one, original buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's Confidence (London, 1883, original cloth, FIRST EDITION). (2)
JAMES, Henry (1843-1916).  The Europeans. A Sketch. London: Macmillan and Co., 1878. 2 volumes…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 653 Sold
KEULEN, Gerard van (1678-1726). Nouvelle Carte de la Riviere de Canada ou St. Laurens, [Amsterdam: c.1734], hand-coloured engraved chart of the St. Lawrence River, Canada, 5225 x 610mm., unframed. RARE.
KEULEN, Gerard van (1678-1726) & Johannes van KEULEN II (1704-55).  Nouvelle Carte de la Riviere de…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 654 Sold
KEULEN, Johannes van (1654-1715). Nieuwe Wassende Graade Paskaart Over de Geeheele Oost-Zee. Amsterdam: [c.1710], hand-coloured engraved chart of the Baltic Sea, elaborate allegorical title cartouche, coats-of-arms, 525 x 606mm., unframed.
KEULEN, Johannes van (1654-1715).  Nieuwe Wassende Graade Paskaart Over de Geeheele Oost-Zee.…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 655 Sold
KEULEN, Johannes van (1654-1715) & Gerard van KEULEN (1678-1726). Nine hand-coloured charts from the Zee-Fakkel showing the coasts of Ireland, Scotland, English Channel and the Bay of Biscay. Please see the full listing below. (9)
KEULEN, Johannes van (1654-1715) & Gerard van KEULEN (1678-1726).  Nine hand-coloured charts…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 656 Sold
KING, Jessie Marion (1875-1949, illustrator) - The High History of the Holy Graal, London, 1903, large 8vo, 23 plates, original blue pictorial cloth gilt. With Christina Rossetti's Poems (London, [1910], 4to, 36 plates by Florence Harrison, buckram). (2)
KING, Jessie Marion (1875-1949, illustrator) - The High History of the Holy Graal. Translated from…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 657 Sold
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & William NICHOLSON (1872-1949, illustrator). An Almanac of Twelve Sports, London, 1898 [but 1897], 4to, 12 full-page coloured woodblock illustrations by Nicholson, original pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION.
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & William NICHOLSON (1872-1949, illustrator).  An Almanac of Twelve…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 658 Sold
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Sea and Sussex, London, 1926, 4to, 24 mounted coloured plates by Donald Maxwell, original vellum-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 "LARGE PAPER COPIES" SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & Donald MAXWELL (1877-1936, illustrator).  Sea and Sussex from…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £70 - £100
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 660 Sold
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963). The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, London, 1950, 8vo, coloured frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original cloth, grey dust-jacket (torn with some loss). THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST "NARNIA" NOVEL. RARE.
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963).  The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. A Story for Children. London:…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 661 Sold
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963). The Silver Chair, London, 1950, 8vo, frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original cloth, green dust-jacket (torn without significant loss). THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FOURTH "NARNIA" NOVEL. RARE.
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963).  The Silver Chair. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953. 8vo (198 x 135mm). Half…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 662 Sold
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963). The Horse and His Boy, London, 1954, 8vo, frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original grey cloth, red dust-jacket (a few short tears). THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIFTH "NARNIA" NOVEL. RARE.
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963).  The Horse and His Boy. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. 8vo (198 x 135mm).…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 662a Sold
LOBB, John (1840-1921, editor). Talks with the Dead. Luminous Rays from the Unseen World. Illustrated with Spirit Photographs, London, 1907, 8vo, "photographed" illustrations, original red pictorial cloth gilt. "New Edition, Revised and Enlarged."
LOBB, John (1840-1921, editor).  Talks with the Dead. Luminous Rays from the Unseen World.…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £150
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 663 Sold
LONDON - John BOWLES (c.1701-79). The East [West] Prospect of London, Southwark and the Bridge, London, "Printed and Sold by John Bowles," [c.1733], fine large engraved bird's-eye-view of London in two parts on one sheet, 960 x 580mm., framed and glazed.
LONDON - John BOWLES (c.1701-79).  The East [West] Prospect of London, Southwark and the Bridge.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 664 Sold
LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals, London, [1849], 4to, 50 fine hand-coloured lithographed botanical plates by Loudon (some spotting and staining), contemporary green half morocco (worn). Second edition.
LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58).  The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals ... Second Edition.…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 665 Unsold
LYSONS, Daniel (1762-1834) & Samuel (1763-1819). Magna Britannia ... Berkshire. London, 1806], 4to, plates, copious contemporary annotation, original drawings, calf (worn). A GRANGERISED COPY, POSSIBLY THE AUTHORS' OWN. With a related work in 2 vols. (3)
LYSONS, Daniel (1762-1834) & Samuel LYSONS (1763-1819).  Magna Britannia: Being a Concise…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 666 Sold
MACKAY, Robert William (1803-82). The Progress of the Intellect, as Exemplified in the Religious Development of the Greeks and the Hebrews, London, 1850, 8vo, contemporary half vellum gilt. FIRST EDITION. Please see provenance notes below. (2)
MACKAY, Robert William (1803-82).  The Progress of the Intellect, as Exemplified in the Religious…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 667 Unsold
[MARIJUANA REVIEW, edited by Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders]. The Pleasantries of the Incredible Cannabis or: How to Grow Grass, Buffalo, 1969, vol. one, no. 2, 8vo, original wrappers. With 3 other books, including 2 by David Hockney. (4)
[MARIJUANA REVIEW, edited by Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders]. The Pleasantries of the Incredible…
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 668 Sold
MAVOR, William (1758-1837). Historical Accounts of the most Celebrated Voyages, Travels and Discoveries, London, 1796-1801, 25 vols., 12mo, 75 engraved plates, contemporary morocco-backed boards. With a work in 4 vols. only (of 6), uniformly bound. (29)
MAVOR, William Fordyce (1758-1837).  Historical Accounts of the most Celebrated Voyages, Travels…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 669 Sold
MIDDLETON, Charles Theodore (1726-1813). A New and Complete System of Geography, London, [1777], vol. one only (of 2), folio, 5 engraved maps, 55 engraved plates, contemporary black morocco (worn). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
MIDDLETON, Charles Theodore (1726-1813), & others.  A New and Complete System of Geography. London:…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £70 - £100
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 670 Unsold
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator). Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, London, [1913], 4to, coloured plates, cloth gilt. With c.45 other mostly 20th-century illustrated books. The lot sold not subject to return. (c.45)
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator).  Forty-Four Turkish Fairy…
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 671 Unsold
MONTFERRAND, Auguste Ricard de (1786-1858). Plans et Détails du Monument Consacré a la Mémoire de l' Empereur Alexandre, Paris, large folio, fine lithographed plates and vignettes (variable spotting throughout). Unbound but joints holding.
MONTFERRAND, Auguste Ricard de (1786-1858).  Plans et Détails du Monument Consacré a la Mémoire de…
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 672 Sold
MORLAND, Thomas Hornby (fl.1810). The Genealogy of the English Race Horse, London, 1810, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, contmporary or original paper-backed boards. Provenance: "GLOUCESTER" (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
MORLAND, Thomas Hornby (fl.1810).  The Genealogy of the English Race Horse; with the Natural…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 673 Sold
MORTIER, Pieter (1661-1711). Carte Particuliere des Costes Occidentales d' Ireland qui la Baye de Galloway et la Riviere de Lymerick, [Amsterdam, 1693], large hand-coloured engraved chart of Galway Bay and the Limerick River, 601 x 862mm., unframed.
MORTIER, Pieter (1661-1711).  Carte Particuliere des Costes Occidentales d' Ireland qui la Baye de…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 674 Sold
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - East of the Sun and West of the Moon, New York, [1922], 4to, 25 mounted coloured plates by Kay Nielsen, original yellow buckram, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION IN THIS FORMAT.
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 675 Sold
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Florence Nightingale to her Nurses, London, 1914, 8vo, frontispiece, original tan buckram (rebacked preserving original spine, new endpapers). FIRST EDITION.
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910).  Florence Nightingale to her Nurses. A Selection from Miss…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 677 Sold
OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette [pseudonym of Elsie Jeanette DUNKERLEY (1880-1960)] - A Collection of 43 books. Please see the full description below. (43)
OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette [pseudonym of Elsie Jeanette DUNKERLEY (1880-1960)] -  A Collection of 43…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 678 Sold
PONTEY, William (fl.1780-1831). The Forest Pruner, London, 1810, 8vo, 8 engraved plates, some coloured and folding, later half calf gilt. The third edition. With 4 other works in 5 vols. (6)
PONTEY, William (fl.1780-1831).  The Forest Pruner; or, Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 679 Unsold
PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever, London, 1787, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half plum morocco gilt. Provenance: SIR JOHN C. HOBHOUSE (armorial bookplate). Mixed editions.
PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804).  Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever. Part I. Containing An…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 680 Unsold
Puck's Yule Faggot. A Selection from Puck's Post-Bag for 1873 & 1874, Winchester, "James Pamplin, High Street," 1875, 8vo, hand-coloured title and 5 plates, contemporary cloth. RARE. Please see footnote below.
Puck's Yule Faggot. A Selection from Puck's Post-Bag for 1873 & 1874. Winchester: "James Pamplin,…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 681 Sold
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Mother Goose, London, 1913, 4to, 13 coloured plates, illustrations, original buckram (gilt faded). Provenance: EDWARD J. POYNTER (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 519 OF 1,100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. London: William…
Hammer price: £375
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 682 Unsold
REMBRANDT (1606-69) - Charles B. CURTIS (1827-1905). Rembrandt's Etchings, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1889, folio, 50 photogravure plates, original mustard yellow pictorial cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
REMBRANDT (1606-69) - Charles B. CURTIS (1827-1905).  Rembrandt's Etchings. Fifty of the most…
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 683 Unsold
ROBERTS, James (1753-c.1809). Introductory Lessons, with Familiar Examples in Landscape, London, 1800, 4to, 8 lithographed plates, 5 of which hand-coloured, contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
ROBERTS, James (1753-c.1809).  Introductory Lessons, with Familiar Examples in Landscape, for the…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 684 Sold
RODKER, John (1894-1955). Hymns, London, The Ovid Press, 1920, 8vo, ornaments by E. Wadsworth, buckram. ONE OF 20 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With B. C. Windeler's Elimus (Paris, Three Mountains Press, 1923, 8vo, boards, NUMBER 97 OF 300 COPIES).
RODKER, John (1894-1955).  Hymns. [London:] The Ovid Press, 1920. Large 8vo (250 x 155mm). Half…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 685 Sold
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe, London, [c.1910], 4to, illustrations printed in colours and gold, FINELY BOUND IN "deerskin" gilt. Please see the full description.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald with an Introduction by A. C…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 686 Sold
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita (1892-1962). Nursery Rhymes, London, The Dropmore Press, 1947, 4to, original buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 89 OF 550 COPIES.
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita (1892-1962).  Nursery Rhymes. London: The Dropmore Press, 1947. 4to (260 x…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £70 - £100
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 687 Sold
SETON-WATSON, Robert (1879-1951). Britain and the Dictators, Cambridge, 1938, 8vo, buckram. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. With another by the same author. (2)
SETON-WATSON, Robert William (1879-1951).  Britain and the Dictators. A Survey of Post-War British…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 688 Sold
SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (artist). An album on c.27 leaves of original watercolour studies of Auckland House School, Simla, India, and various landscapes and maritime scenes, small oblong 4to, late 19th-century.
SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (dates unknown, artist).  An album on c.27 leaves of…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 689 Unsold
[SMITH, Horace (1779-1849) & James (1775-1839)]. Rejected Addresses, London, 1812, 8vo, contemporary half calf (worn, covers detached). Fourth edition.
[SMITH, Horace (1779-1849) & James (1775-1839)].  Rejected Addresses: or, the New Theatrum Poetarum…
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 691 Sold
STEINBECK, John (1902-68). Cannery Row, London, 1945, 8vo, original yellow buckram, dust-jacket (closed tear to upper wrapper, some fraying to head and foot of backstrip). FIRST U.K. EDITION.
STEINBECK, John (1902-68).  Cannery Row. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1945. 8vo (184 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £70 - £100
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 692 Sold
TOBAGO - John BYRES (dates unknown). Plan of the Island of Tobago, London, 1794, engraved map of Tobago, hand-coloured in outline, 620 x 910mm., framed and glazed. With another map of Tobago and a related engraving, both framed and glazed. (3)
TOBAGO - John BYRES (dates unknown).  Plan of the Island of Tobago, laid down by Actual Survey…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 693 Sold
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Lord of the Rings, London, 1955-56, 3 vols., 8vo, 3 folding maps (third vol. lacking title page), original cloth, dust-jackets. FIRST EDITION, various impressions. IMPORTANT: Please see the full description below. (3)
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973).  The Lord of the Rings, comprising: The Fellowship of the Ring.…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 694 Sold
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - [Victor NEUBURG (1883-1940)]. Swift Wings. Songs in Sussex, Steyning, 1921, large 8vo, 2 hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, original pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 38 OF 40 "DE-LUXE" COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER.
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - [Victor Benjamin NEUBURG (1883-1940)].  Swift Wings. Songs in Sussex.…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 695 Sold
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lilligay, Steyning, 1920, 8vo, woodcut illustrations, original boards. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 590 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 526 OF 550 "ORDINARY COPIES ON ANTIQUE LAID PAPER". EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO THE BINDER.
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lilligay: An Anthology of Anonymous Poems. Steyning: The Vine Press,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 696 Unsold
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay, Steyning, 1920, 8vo, woodcut illustrations, original wrappers, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 504 OF 550 COPIES "PRINTED ON ANTIQUE LAID PAPER". With 3 other books from the same press. (4)
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay: An Anthology of Anonymous Poems. Steyning: The Vine Press,…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 697 Unsold
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)]. Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph, [?Geneva], 1759, 12mo, TITLE PRINTED IN RED, contemporary morocco. FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE. Please see the full description below.
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)].  Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Lot 698 Unsold
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Remote People, London, Duckworth, 1931, 8vo, original burgundy buckram gilt, dust-jacket (jacket torn with loss). FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Gerald Duckworth with best wishes from Evelyn Waugh."
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66).  Remote People. London: Duckworth, 1931. 8vo (220 x 140mm). Half title,…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 December 2023
7 December 2023

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