Epic Peters, Pullman Porter

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A hardcover book titled Epic Peters, Pullman Porter, written by Octavius Roy Cohen and published by D. Appleton and Company in 1930. The paper book jacket is orange, cream, and black. The front features an illustration of a caricatured porter holding a large, orange suitcase with the author’s name on it. Orange, black, and white type on the front cover reads [EPIC PETERS, / PULLMAN / PORTER / BY / OCTAVUS / ROY / COHEN]. The front free endpaper has a handwritten inscription in blue ink. The inscription reads [Season Greetings / To Una Mae / From [illegible] / December 25 – 1933].

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