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To Mr. _____________________________________ Bookseller_

Please send me the following works of Anatole France to be issued in June and July:

THE RED LILY MOTHER OF PEARL THE GARDEN OF EPICURUS THE CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD

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JOHN LANE, PUBLISHER, THE BODLEY HEAD, VIGO ST. LONDON, W.

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Those who possess old letters, documents, correspondence, MSS., scraps of autobiography, and also miniatures and portraits, relating to persons and matters historical, literary, political and social, should communicate with Mr. John Lane, The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, London, W., who will at all times be pleased to give his advice and assistance, either as to their preservation or publication.

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