[Letter] Christmas 1929 [to] Marion / "Father" Dunn.

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[Letter] Christmas 1929 [to] Marion / "Father" Dunn.

Esther Dunn's letter to Marion Dodd explaining the gift to Dunn of Walter Scott's Ballads and lyrical pieces. 2nd ed. Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London; and Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh, 1806. Letter was removed from the volume (in the MRBR: 825 Scoba 1860b).

[1] leaf : 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8080041

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Dodd, Marion E.

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Dunn, Esther Cloudman, 1891-....

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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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