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John A. Stevens - the only - the original. : The new unknown a river mystery
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A great wrong righted : John A. Stevens
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Image of a parlor with a man and woman fighting across a writing table while a woman holds a letter in her hand and another man enters the room through curtains; with a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of actor and dramatist John A. Stevens at top right; a printed date sheet advertising performances beginning on September 27, [1886], at the Grand Opera House in Brooklyn, New York, is pasted to the bottom of poster; the poster advertises the melodrama "A Great Wrong Righted" (also titled "A Great Wrong") written by Stevens.
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Pour prendre congé or seeing Switzerland : Emmerson, Clark & Daly Brothers
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We, Us & Co. : Shashay
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Funniest show in the world the huge pantomimic musical comedy : an aerial honeymoon invented and patented by John F. Byrne
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Printer: D. Hooton, Printer With woodcut image of a dog biting a large snake and rescuing a child from the melodrama "Foulah Slave, Or The Planter and His Dog"
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