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Book ends : two women, one enduring friendship / Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine Stern

This memoir chronicles a fifty-year personal and professional partnership within the rare book trade. It examines the experiences of two pioneering women, the cultural shifts of the twentieth century, and the nature of lifelong friendship and ageing.

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