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More than half a century ago, the late Ralph G. Newman of Chicago came up with a brilliant idea. Newman was a famous rare book and autograph dealer. He and his Abraham Lincoln Book Shop were featured once on the golden-age TV show, “Person to Person,” and he counted Carl Sandburg among his customers. But …
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