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Letters from an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division Superintendent ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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197,007 braille cells · 208 embossed pages at 40×25 · 109 unrepresentable characters omitted

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