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Six Chapters Suppressed (Yep, MISSING!) — But, WHY?

Locke, David Ross. Nasby in exile. or, Six months of travel in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium, with many things not of travel. Toledo & Boston: Locke Pub. Co., 1882. 12mo. 672 pp.
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Why would publishers in Toledo and Boston feel the need to omit such material? Or was there . . . something else?

• BAL 11842. Binding shows wear, especially at edges. Later free endpapers. Bookplate. (12900)

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