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ggrizzard at 1:20pm 12.15.21
My Dad gave me his copy when I bough my first boat in 1976. His is a 1960/1961 edition. I also boug
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rgranger at 12:39pm 12.15.21
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FastOlson at 12:16pm 12.15.21
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PaulK at 11:54am 12.15.21
I get mine at library book sales when they purge the stacks. I try to find the most recent one poss
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never owned one Some DO! Others read. And some Do and Read... Thankfully there are Libraries.
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I have a 1917 first edition. --Peggie I'm kind of thinking that you have won this event.

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