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Stanley Edgar Hyman

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Book Scout.
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PROFILE of Louis Scher, a book scout and owner of the Seven Bookhunters, a firm that undertakes to locate out-of-print books. It is located at 45 W. 17th …

THIS ALLURING ROADWAY
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PROFILE of Brooklyn Bridge, which opened May 24, 1883, and took 13 years and 6 months to build, The engineer was John Robeling, who died as a result of an …