Love Instigated: The Story of a Carved Ivory Umbrella Handle

George Douglass Sherley

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Title: Love Instigated  The Story of a Carved Ivory Umbrella Handle

Author: Douglass Sherley

Release Date: August 25, 2006 [EBook #19122]

Language: English

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LOVE INSTIGATED

BY BELL THE CAT SURLY of the PENDENNIS CLUB

THE STORY OF A CARVED IVORY UMBRELLA HANDLE.

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