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The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha
Miguel de Cervantes, 1605 & 1615
Translated by John Ormsby
Illustrations by Daniel Vierge
The Great Books of the Western World, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1952
The Franklin Library, US, limited edition reprint 1978

The First Forty-Nine Stories
Ernest Hemmingway, written 1925–1938
Franklin Mint Limited Edition collection, The Collected Works of the World’s Greatest Writers, US, 1977

The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald, written 1920–1941
Franklin Mint Limited Edition collection, The Collected Works of the World’s Greatest Writers, US, 1977

David Copperfield
[Original title: “The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account)”]
Charles Dickens, 1849-50
Illustrations Paul Degen, 1980
The Franklin Library, 1980

Ran into one of my first wife’s flashcards from when she was trying to learn Japanese that she was using as a bookmark in one of my books today. It’s kind of charming.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894
Peebles Press, US, 1975

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1902
Peebles Press, US, 1975

Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1897 & 1890
Peebles Press, US, 1975

Sherlock Holmes Master Detective
Arthur Conan Doyle, various stories written 1897–1905
Silver Burdett Co., US, 1982

The Firm of Girdlestone
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890
Collins’ “Handy” Modern Fiction (7d. each)
Collins’ Clear-Type Press, US, c.1920
ex libris signature “Ralph Barrick”