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Higinbotham "Patriarch of Pong" Signed Type Script Article About His Landmark non-violence Computer Game

ref. 14976Inventor of the landmark computer game Pong. Type Script Signed by Higinbotham 3 page -1990 "Invention and Technology Magazine" article by Frederic D. Schwartz about Higinbotham's role in the origin of computer games. Schwartz's article begins "Remember Pong In 1972 it became the first succesful video-arcade game.In reality though it was invented in 1958 in a laboratory in then-rural Upton New York by a man named William Higinbotham." According to this article Higinbotham was integral to the birth of successful modern video games as the article explains that "Higinbotham was in charge of instrumentation design at Brookhaven National Research Laboratory BNL a government supported nuclear-research facility.To assure people that they were in no danger and that their crops would not mutate the laboratory ran tours to show how useful important and safe its research was." Higinbotham's contribution based on his desire " to liven things up" was computer based "tennis game with the court displayed on an oscilloscope's screen. For a man who had helped develop the first radar systems and designed timing devices for the Manhattan Project's atomic bomb it was a simple matter to plan the necessary circuitry and within a couple of days the game was finished." So Pong was born. As the article explains however Higinbotham was in a difficult position regarding the game's ownership. As a government employee he could not register a patent in his own name as "Uncle Sam would have owned it." Higinbotham who had "witnessed the first test detonation at Los Alamos" and was "determined to reduce the awesome threat that nuclear weapons posed to the world" had attempted to create a game of non-violence. He lobbies and speaks against violent games and nuclear weapons and as the article concludes "It's nice to be the patriarch of Pong. But if current trends continue and his scientific efforts end up leading to a peaceful world Willy Higinbotham will have accomplished something much greater." The typescript is signed on page 3 by Higinbotham in his hand: "Best Wishes William A. Higinbotham Feb.8 1991." An interesting association piece which reveals how work on global issues such as nuclear energy intersected with the invention of peaceful computer technologies designed for diversion and entertainment. Stapled on upper left corner. In very good condition. unknown books

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Votes for Woman Card GameABAA

Votes for Women: The Great Card Game PANKO

ref. 16219Vintage "Panko or Votes for Woman: The Great Card Game Suffragists v. Anti-Suffragists". Pictures by E. T. Reed. Published by Peter Gurney Ltd. London. 1909. Named after Emmeline Pankhurst the leader of the WSPU British suffrage organization these cards pits opponents and supporters of suffrage against each other in a game similar to rummy. Cards feature images designed by E.T. Reed an illustrator famous for his work in Punch Magazine of various suffragist activities such as protesting or refusing food in hunger strike. The advertisement for the game claimed "Not only is each picture in itself an interesting memento but the game produces intense excitement without the slightest taint of bitterness." Very good condition. Cards have some light soiling from use but remain sturdy with no bends or creases. Comes with original box. Outside case box missing one edge and illustrator/publisher information is covered by sticker. Games such as "Panko" spread the word about suffrage bringing the issue into households and encouraging women and girls to support the fight. unknown books

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Board game Mueller's Macaroni Products; CF. Mueller Co. Jersey City NJ. C. F. N. J.ABAA

Mueller's Hare and Hound Game

1937ref. 6251Jersey City N.J.: C.F. Mueller Co 1937. Board game 17.5 x 17 cm. with promotion text for Mueller's products on the verso; printed thick card with six pre-punched "hares and hounds" for game pieces; original unprinted envelope. Fine and unused condition. Scarce. C.F. Mueller Co unknown books

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FRENCH BOARD GAMEABAA

Le Jeu Du Portier The Doorman's Game

ref. 04338Paris: H. Duru 1840. A Remarkable Survival FRENCH BOARD GAME. Le Jeu Du Portier The Doorman's Game Par H. Duru. France ca. 1840. Original hand colored lithographed board depicting 'The Five Story House" 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches; 222 x 172 mm. with the right hand top corner beveled as issued. Six original hand colored lithographed figures each on a wooden base average size 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches; 80 x 32 mm. Complete in the original card box with the top showing a hand colored lithograph of "the Five Storey House". The Board and the Figures in near fine condition the box a little soiled on the top and the corners strengthened with cloth tape. The Board is lettered from top to bottom: "No. 6 "/ "No. 5 / Locart Fnt Lunetier au 3 mp" / "No. 4 / F. Sonnet M.De Dentelles" / "No.3 Clagmann Et Cie. Banquiers" / "No. 2" / "No. 1 Loge du Portier." The lid of the box is titles "Le Jeu Du Portier Par H. Duru." The six figures are titled: Le Portier The Doorman; "2 Proprietaire" Owner; "3 Banquier" Banker; "4 Marchand" Trader; "5 Fabricant" Maker and "6 Ouvrier" Worker. A remarkable survival. We have searched OCLC and can find no records of this game in any libraries and institutions worldwide - not surprising!!! H. Duru was an early to mid-nineteenth century Parisian publisher of children's books games toys and movable books. According to OCLC their other publications include: Nouvelle méthode de lecture progressive ou Lecture apprise en quarante jours 3 editions published between 1841 and 1851. Syllabaire universel en action 2 editions published between 1840 and 1857. Progressive Spelling Book illustrated in French and English published 1810 Les homonymes illustrées published in 1835. Grammaire illustrée published in 1841. Quelques mots sur l'organisation du travail published in 1848. Alphabet chantant no date. Paris: H. Duru, 1840 unknown books

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Illustrated Rhyming Game.ABAA

The gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog: A new and entertaining game of questions and commands with proper directions for playing the game and crying forfeits: Embellished with thirteen coloured engravings.

1887ref. 38873London: Republished by Field & Tuer 1887. Small 8vo 18.5 cm 7.25". 4 iv 7-29 2 pp. 4 ads ff.; 1 plt. col. illus. Riddles and counting-out rhymes all part of a fun game whose instructions serve as a preface. The text is printed on one side of a leaf only and => each printed page has a hand-colored illustration. The work was first printed by Dean & Munday in 1823 and is here presented as vol. II in the Leadenhall Press "Series of Forgotten Picture Books for Children." Provenance: From the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. Buff-color printed wrappers with hand-colored vignette on front wrapper; stitched head and foot of spine chipped rear wrapper detached and reattached with archival tissue. A good copy. Republished by Field & Tuer unknown books

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Sporting History Big Game HuntingABAA

1975 - 2000 Collection of Material Regarding Big Game Hunting and Safaris Around the World

1975ref. 21819New York: Not Published 1975. Group of 50 pieces of various material including: brochure and price schedule 1975 for South West Africa hunting expeditions by Basie Maartens Safaris; Eastcape & Karoo Safaris South Africa color brochures showing trophy game & their hunters; Geoff Broom Safaris information with photos of kills clients; 1979-1980 season report for the Zambia - Sudan Robin Hurt Safaris illustrated with trackers taking a 50 3/4" sable taken in Kafue maps correspondence; 1980 Jack Atcheson & Sons Montana letter brochure offprint article on elk and guiding service information; 1984 shipping company group of paperwork for 6.17 pounds of antlers coming from Austria to U.S.; 1986 schedule & cover letter for New England Arms Co. of Kittery Point Maine their shooting trips to Cornwall England; 1987 two large booklets on spring and summer shotgunning in Argentina and Botswana offered by Fish and Game Frontiers Inc.; Sept. 1988 International Adventures newspaper for hunting in Argentina Africa Mexico Ozarks and other areas around the world 8 pages black & white illustrated throughout; undated Safari Club Intl. notice regarding ".one hundred thousand acres of the best hunting area virtually untouched for 15 years.along the Zambezi which has elephant and lion."; 1991 application for Tanzania Game Trackers Safaris Ltd. and with other information from them; the group also with ephemeral clippings from hunting newspapers magazines publications concerning various topics from shooting grouse in Scotland a sticker showing 'percentage of kill chance' on various positions of large game probably elk; business cards and notes from cronies regarding hunting possibilities; checklists for packing hunting gear wing setter hunting in Egypt brochure; articles on unrest among 'natives' of various hunting locales evidently putting a damper on future activities; several pieces of correspondence in German regarding Austrian & South African hunting opportunities from fellow enthusiasts and companies; little wear age to paperwork; in very good condition and an interesting glimpse of the available hunting opportunities around the world 1975-2000 evidently taken advantage of by a practicing enthusiast. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books

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New York Forest Fish and Game CommissionABAA

SEVENTH REPORT OF THE FOREST FISH AND GAME COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK

1902ref. WRCAM37243Albany 1902. 534pp. including in-text illustrations plus numerous color and black and white plates. Quarto. Publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Hinges cracked cloth water-damaged. Marginal dampstain in first thirty leaves else clean internally. Good. State of New York Forest Fish and Game Commission report for 1901 profusely illustrated. The notable color plates include twelve birds by Louis Agassiz Fuertes eight fish by Sherman Foote Denton unsigned eight leaves in autumn foliage and various large mammals. hardcover books

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Triton Fish and Game ClubABAA

Triton Fish and Game Club: The Hon. Treasurer's Statement Resident Manager's Report and List of Members. Year Ending 31st December 1933

1934ref. 314085Quebec 1934. Illustrated from photos. 20 pp. 12mo. Green printed wrappers. Spine faintly toned. Fine. Illustrated from photos. 20 pp. 12mo. "The bears are becoming very troublesome." List of members and club camps and the secretary's annual report for the preceding year with anecdotes of hunting and a request for a dozen new members the membership stood at 89 at the end of 1933. Not in Heller Bruns unknown books

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Triton Fish and Game ClubABAA

Triton Fish and Game Club. Year Book 1967-1968

1968ref. 314086Quebec: Privately printed by T.J. Moore & Co. Ltd 1968. 52 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stapled green wrappers. Light browning to spine date stamped to front wrapper else fine. 52 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. List of members and club camps and the secretary's annual report for 1967 including some observations on changes in members' visits to the club territories and anecdotes of "uninvited vistiors"; with the Club rules. Not in Bruns Heller Privately printed by T.J. Moore & Co., Ltd unknown books

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Big Game Macintyre Major General DonaldABAA

Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and wild sport on and beyond the Himalayas

1891ref. 249682London: William Blackwood and Sons 1891. New edition with index. Photographic frontispiece of "Himalayan and North Indian Game" illustrated by photographs and text drawings. xviii 362 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt with mountain goat on upper cover. Extremities a bit rubbed front inner hinge cracked. Very good. New edition with index. Photographic frontispiece of "Himalayan and North Indian Game" illustrated by photographs and text drawings. xviii 362 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A scarce and classic work of big game hunting in the mountains of Central Asia. Yakushi M23 William Blackwood and Sons unknown books

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Big Game Industry Investment Auditors of CaliforniaABAA

Report on Horne Zoological Corporation

1929ref. 302295Los Angeles 1929. 100 pp of typed documents and an additional 50 album leaves mounted with approximately 50 photographs various sizes and processes and various documents. Folio. Limp leatherette with title and recipient name stamped in gilt to upper cover. Large black quarter morocco clamshell box gilt. 100 pp of typed documents and an additional 50 album leaves mounted with approximately 50 photographs various sizes and processes and various documents. Folio. "It is proposed that a COMPLETE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS be opened to the public on a fifty cent admission basis which is to be properly laid out as an attractive Zoological and Botanical Garden with the finest and largest private collection of animals birds and reptiles to be seen anywhere on the continent." The advent of the motion picture industry in California had many wide-ranging ramifications on the business world and one was that it created a new market for firms who traditionally supplied animals to circuses and zoos both public and private owned by the likes of William Randolph Hearst. This archive is a report by the Investment Auditors of California for the Horne Corporation that was looking to expand by establishing a zoological garden in the environs of Los Angeles. The Horne Corporation was the largest and most successful of its type at the time apparently the only company in the US that could completely outfit a circus with both animals and show equipment. They were to purchase the Los Angeles Zoological Garden and Jungle Studio for $250000 and thereby sought to provide a similarly complete service to the film studios with both animals and suitable locations for film sets. The head of the company I.S. Horne for whom this report was compiled commenced trading in animals from Kansas City MO around 1914. The range of animals at the their disposal included big game birds reptiles and many of the documents concern the prospect of importing reindeer from Alaska. The material is held in a presentation album and includes the certificate of incorporation in Wilmington Delaware May 13 1929 as well as the by-laws of the corporation minutes of the first meeting the proposal for Los Angeles Zoological Garden and Jungle Studio and a balance sheet. At this stage the company had total assets of $57700 & liabilities of $625388.46; an enumeration of the various animals in inventory including wildebeest sables leopard lynx Rhodesian baboons bushbaby and a large aardvark. Of real interest are the plans for the park including artist's impressions which would be furnished with circus attractions "Monkey Island" jungle setting for motion pictures and an acknowledgment that "before the introduction of the motion picture industry the art of showmanship was not quite so highly developed as it is today." In fact one of the first pictures they supplied animals for was - appropriately enough - Trader Horn which was nominated for the 1931 Academy Award for Best Picture. On a more practical level there is a "Descriptive Classification of Principal Commercial Wild Animals" which lists 340 different animals in some details. There is also an account of hunting wild animals in East Africa as well as a section on animals that have been trained to hunt by man. Furthermore there is also much correspondence which provides much insight into the game industry its clients and the prospects for its future. Horne's venture subsequently became known as the World Jungle Compound in Thousand Oaks California eventually being acquired by 20th Century Fox studios. This archive is a record of a new phase of the entertainment industry. unknown books

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Big Game Ogilvie Grant WR. Arthur Acland HOOD JG. MILLAIS et al. W. R. J. G.ABAA

The Gun at Home and Abroad. British Game Birds and Wildfowl Vol. I. British Deer and Ground Game Dogs Guns and Rifles Vol. II. The Big Game of Africa and Europe Vol. III. The Big Game of Asia and North America Vol. IV

1915ref. 266243London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd 1915. First edition. one of five hundred sets no. 22 vols. I & IV or 111 vols. II & III. Photogravure frontispiece of King George V in each volume. With 59 colored plates and 5 monochrome plates after G. Lodge A. Thorburn V. R. Balfour-Browne and E. Caldwell; 8 tinted photogravures; 206 black-and-white plates chiefly halftone; most with captioned tissue guards. Numerous illustrations and tables in text. Title pages printed in red and black chapter initials printed in red. 4 vols. Large 4to. Original brown pebbled morocco stamped in gilt t.e.g. rest uncut. Some rubbing to extremities occasional spotting to endsheets light traces of dampstaining in pp. 413-429 and back endpapers of vol. IV. Very good imposing set. First edition. one of five hundred sets no. 22 vols. I & IV or 111 vols. II & III. Photogravure frontispiece of King George V in each volume. With 59 colored plates and 5 monochrome plates after G. Lodge A. Thorburn V. R. Balfour-Browne and E. Caldwell; 8 tinted photogravures; 206 black-and-white plates chiefly halftone; most with captioned tissue guards. Numerous illustrations and tables in text. Title pages printed in red and black chapter initials printed in red. 4 vols. Large 4to. Truly encyclopedic in its scope The Gun at Home and Abroad encompasses all aspects of shooting from stag hunting technique and statistics to tips on burning grouse moors in autumn to accounts of African big game hunts that blend solid observation with colorful anecdote. A lavishly produced and richly informative work documenting the sporting life of a bygone era. Phillips p. 151; Riling 1734; Litchfield p. 74; Chute 482; Czech Asia p. 45 The London & Counties Press Association Ltd unknown books

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Game BookABAA

Game Book

ref. 259146np nd. Blank unused game book with each page marked for Upland Game shot pheasant grouse hare partridge etc. Over 200 pages. Oblong folio. Bound in full brown pigskin a.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf 1913. about fine. Blank unused game book with each page marked for Upland Game shot pheasant grouse hare partridge etc. Over 200 pages. Oblong folio. unknown books

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Big game Darrah Henry ZouchABAA

Sport in the Highlands of Kashmir. Being a narrative of eight months' trip in the Baltistan and Ladak and a Lady's experience in the latter country; Together with hints for the guidance of sportsmen

1898ref. 247238London: Rowland Ward 1898. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and two folding maps in back pocket. 506 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Mulberry cloth titled in silver. Lower inner hinge cracked spine ends rubbed. Very good. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and two folding maps in back pocket. 506 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy. A lively account of the author's adventures during an eight-month shooting trip in Baltistan Ladakh and Kashmir. Very scarce. A presentation copy inscribed on the half title: "Robert Frazer from his old schoolfellow the writer February 1898". Czech Asia 58 Rowland Ward unknown books

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Big Game HuntingABAA

Past Days in India or Sporting Reminiscences of the Valley of the Soane and the Basin of Singrowlee. By a Late Customs Officer

1874ref. 246686London: Chapman and Hall 1874. First edition secondary binding. vi 337. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth spine titled in gilt. Very good minor rubbing. First edition secondary binding. vi 337. 1 vols. 8vo. Tiger hunting in Central India with notes on leopard. The author "also relates numerous stories from other sportsmen focusing on hunting bear rogue elephant and the like" Czech. Czech Asia p. 2 Chapman and Hall unknown books

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Big game Darrah Henry ZouchABAA

Sport in the Highlands of Kashmir. Being a narrative of eight months' trip in the Baltistan and Ladak and a Lady's experience in the latter country; Together with hints for the guidance of sportsmen

1898ref. 249679London: Rowland Ward 1898. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and one folding map of two in back pocket. 506 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Mulberry cloth titled in silver. Hinges cracked. Lacking one map. Good only. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and one folding map of two in back pocket. 506 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A lively account of the author's adventures during an eight-month shooting trip in Baltistan Ladakh and Kashmir. The map of Jummoo and Kashmir with the author's travel route is present; the map of The Great Bend of the Indus is lacking. Czech Asia 58 Rowland Ward unknown books

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Big Game Ward RowlandABAA

Rowland Ward's African Records of Big Game. XIX Edition

1984ref. 42908San Antonio: Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International 1984. One of 250 copies signed by the Editor Edward R. Bryant. This is copy 159. Illustrated. 640 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full black leather with gilt plaque set in front cover a.e.g. in matching slipcase. Fine. One of 250 copies signed by the Editor Edward R. Bryant. This is copy 159. Illustrated. 640 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International unknown books

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French Game and Forestry Laws Jousse DanielABAA

Commentaire sur l'Ordonnance des Eaux et Forêts du mois d'Août 1669

1772ref. 28703Paris: Chez Debure l'aîne 1772. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary stained calf citron morocco label spine gilt. Some rubbing surface worming on lower cover else very good. 1 vols. 8vo. Commentary on the environmental and game laws. Chez Debure l'aîne unknown books

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Big Game Ward RowlandABAA

Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game. XX Edition. Africa and Asia S.J. Smith Editor

1988ref. 53438San Antonio: Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International 1988. First edition one of 3000 copies. Illustrated. 626 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full red cloth with gilt stamp set in front cover a.e.g. Fine. First edition one of 3000 copies. Illustrated. 626 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International unknown books

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Big Game Ward RowlandABAA

Rowland Ward's African Records of Big Game. XIX Edition. Edward R. Bryant Editor

1984ref. 53435San Antonio: Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International 1984. First edition. Illustrated. 640 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full black leather with gilt plaque set in front cover a.e.g. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. 640 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International unknown books

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Big Game Singer Daniel J.ABAA

Big Game Fields of America North and South

1916ref. 52883London: Hodder & Stoughton 1916. First English edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and three drawings one in color by Charles Livingston Bull. 368 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial tan cloth slight wear to extremities inner hinges cracking else fine. With the sporting bookplates of noted collectors William Nicholas Beach and Samuel B. Webb. First English edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and three drawings one in color by Charles Livingston Bull. 368 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy to William Nicholas Beach. A much-praised exciting account of the author's big game exploits. INSCRIBED "To my good old friend 'Billy Beach' With the compliments of the author Daniel J. Singer Dec 17/21". Beach was a noted hunter collector and author: his book In the Shadow of Mt. McKinley was published by the Derrydale Press in 1931. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books

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Game Conservation De la Moignon NicolasABAA

Printed Broadside "De Par Le Roy.estant necessaire de conserver la Chasse.

1713ref. 13149Montpellier 1713. Woodcut head piece of the royal arms. 1 vols. 8 1/4 x 11 1/8. Fine. Woodcut head piece of the royal arms. 1 vols. 8 1/4 x 11 1/8. French 18th Century Posting Notice. An interesting and handsome document forbidding hunting in the regions of Montredon & Saint Amans in the southwest of France. "by Order of the King.In the interest of conserving Hunting in those regions.we forbid anyone of any rank whatsoever to hunt throughout the extent of aforesaid regions.". unknown books

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Big Game Singer Daniel J.ABAA

Big Game Fields of America North and South

1914ref. 220164New York: George H. Doran 1914. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and three drawings one in color by Charles Livingston Bull. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial tan cloth slight wear to extremities. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and three drawings one in color by Charles Livingston Bull. 1 vols. 8vo. A much-praised exciting account of the author's big game exploits. George H. Doran unknown books

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