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• Ji ji hui kan. (Tai dong shu ju, 1919), by Nang Xi and Jianshuang Cao (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• The Seven Steps to Personal Safety: How to Survive a Violent Confrontation (revised electronic edition, c2006), by Richard B. Isaacs and Tim Powers (PDF with commentary at Wayback Machine)
• Fechtbuch aus dem Jahre 1467 : Gerichtliche und andere zweikämpfe Darstellend (J.G. Calve, 1887), by Hans. Talhoffer and Gustav Hergsell (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to be "streetwise" and safe : take a bite out of crime (Dept. of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration : for sale by the Supt. of Doc., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1979), by United States. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Violence awareness training for field employees : fiscal year 1999 findings and recommendations (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Technology & Development Program, 2000), by Jon J. Driessen, Lisa Outka, Daniel Paul Doyle, and Technology & Development Program (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Helps and hints how to protect life and property : with instructions in rifle and pistol shooting, &c. (Published for the Proprietor by T. Hurst ..., 1835), by Charles Random de Bérenger Beaufain, Robert Cruikshank, and George Cruikshank (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commentatio ad locum juris criminalis de inculpatae tutelae moderatione. (Hagae Comitis, 1864), by Adriaan Frederik Lodewijk Gregory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical self-defence (Lea & Febiger, 1918), by William J. Jacomb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 72 ba qin na fa wai pian. (Wen ying chu ban she, 1900), by Ying'ang Li (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• L'academie de l'admirable art de la lutte : montrant d'une maniere très exacte non seulement la force extraordinaire de l'homme, mais aussi les mouvemens merveilleux, l'usage singulier, & les souplesses des principales parties ou membres du corps humain : avec une instruction claire & familiaire, comment on peut en toutes les occasions repousser sûrement & adroitement toutes sortes d'insultes & d'attaques (Chez Isaac Severinus ..., in the 1690s), by Romeyn de Hooghe, Isaac Severinus, and Nicolaes Petter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Su la legittima difesa. (Fratelli Bocca, 1886), by Giulio Fioretti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die subjektive seite der notwehr. (Bonn, 1897), by Hans Stirtz (page images at HathiTrust)
• The yawara stick and police baton (Thomas, 1963), by James McCauslin Moynahan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Skilled defense (Dewey Mitchell system of skilled defense, inc., 1936), by Dewey Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Judo and self-defense : one hundred lessons arranged as a two-year practical course, for private or class study (Arco Pub. Co., 1962), by E. G. Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Rough and tumble fighting (personal defense tactics) (Stipes Pub. Co., 1955), by Harold Eugene Kenney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Notstand, ein Schuldproblem : mit Rücksicht auf die Strafgesetzentwürfe Deuts\schlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz (Manz, 1913), by James Goldschmidt and Wiener Juristische Gesellschaft (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbook of self-defense, in pictures and text : law enforcementofficers' manual of offensive and defensive techniques (Arco Publishing, 1961), by John Martone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Devils' own (Printed for the author by C. Bennnett 27 Holywell Street, Strand, 1832), by George Edmonds and Francis Place Library (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broad-Sword and Single-Stick: With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence, by Rowland George Allanson-Winn Headley and Clive Phillipps-Wolley (Gutenberg ebook)

• Zur lehre vom unwiderstehlichen zwange und der notwehr (Manz, 1894), by Ignaz Edler von Ruber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Rechtscharakter der Selbsthilfe und der Nothwehr. (Manz, 1879), by Wilhelm Emil Wahlberg (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Self Defense Study Guide for Trans Women, and Gender Non-Conforming / Nonbinary AMAB Folks (San Francisco: Silver Sprocket, c2021), by TransFighters, Oakland (multiple formats at archive.org)

• L'academie de l'admirable art de la lutte : montrant d'une maniere très exacte non seulement la force extraordinaire de l'homme, mais aussi les mouvemens merveilleux, l'usage singulier, & les souplesses des principales parties ou membres du corps humain : avec une instruction claire & familiaire, comment on peut en toutes les occasions repousser sûrement & adroitement toutes sortes d'insultes & d'attaques (Chez Isaac Severinus ..., in the 1690s), by Romeyn de Hooghe, Isaac Severinus, and Nicolaes Petter (page images at HathiTrust)
• School of defence. (London : Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1617), by Joseph Swetnam (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Notwehr und notstand im bürgerlichen gesetzbuche ... (Robert Noske, 1902), by Albert Roehrig (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der begriff der notwehr nach der peinlichen gerichtsordnung Karls V. und dem strafgesetzbuch für das deutsche reich. (Wilhelm Pilz, 1906), by Alfons Knetsch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Notstand und Notwehr : eine Studie im Hinblick auf das künftige Strafrecht (J.C.B. Mohr, 1911), by Arthur Baumgarten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Eingenmächtige unrechtshemmung (W. Kohlhammer, 1904), by Otto von Alberti (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Do or die : a supplementary manual on individual combat : showing advanced science in bayonet, knife, jiu-jitsu, savate and boxing for those whose duties may lead them into a "tight spot" ([W. J. Dornan], 1937), by Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Di una recente critica alla Téorica del Carrara sulla legittima difesa (Tip. Ignazio Marotta, 1888), by Gaetano Leto (page images at HathiTrust)
• In tema di legittima difesa e di responsabilità civile per fatto altrui. (Società tip. Azzoguidi, 1895), by Ugo Conti, Antonio Scagliarini, Giovanni Malmusi, Antonio Innocenti, and Domenico Gentile (page images at HathiTrust)
• Una questione nell'applicazione degli art. 562-563 Cod. pen. sardo (Virzì, 1887), by Vito Rizzuti (page images at HathiTrust)
• La responsabilità civile nei reati commessi per difesa legittima o per altra necessità ... (Giachetti, 1901), by Raffaele de Notaristefani (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Noodweer ... (J. van Boekhoven, 1890), by Willem Theodoor Grothe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aiki no jutsu (Shōeidō, 1902), by Mumeishi (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator (Boston: J. A. Hearn and Co.; London: G. Routledge and Sons, 1892), by John Lawrence Sullivan and Dudley Allen Sargent (multiple formats at archive.org)
• My fighting life (Cassell and Co., 1920), by Georges Carpentier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The so-called "bow-puller" identified as the Greek myrmēx ([Philadelphia], 1897), by Daniel G. Brinton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten-and out! The complete story of the prize ring in America. (I. Washburn, 1947), by Alexander Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The roar of the crowd : the true tale of the rise and fall of a champion (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925), by James John Corbett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Muldoon, the solid man of sport (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1929), by Edward Van Every (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing simplified. (The Antioch press, 1929), by Clarence E. Kennedy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The admirable Bashville, or, Constancy unrewarded : being the novel of Cashel Byron's profession done into a stage play in three acts and in blank verse : with a note on modern prizefighting. (Brentano's, 1909), by Bernard Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Knuckles and gloves (Henry Holt & co., 1923), by Bohun Lynch (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of boxing. (Brentano's, 1924), by Trevor C. Wignall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten--and out! The complete story of the prize ring in America (I. Washburn, 1936), by Alexander Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing (The Macmillan company, 1938), by D. C. Hutchison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wisconsin State Athletic Commission law : Chapter 73c of the Statutes. ([Madison?], in the 20th century), by Wisconsin and Wisconsin. State Athletic Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report to the faculty on the study of intercollegiate boxing at the University of Wisconsin. ([Madison], 1950), by University of Wisconsin. Athletic Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Knuckles and gloves (W. Collins sons & co., ltd., 1922), by Bohun Lynch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Roosevelt that I know; ten years of boxing with the President--and other memories of famous fighting men (B.W. Dodge & Company, 1909), by Michael Joseph Donovan and F. H. N. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical enengy, showing how physical and mental energy may be developed by means of the practice of boxing (T. Werner Laurie, 1924), by William Wells (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The fighting man (Bobbs-Merrill, 1916), by William A. Brady (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of boxing (Hutchinson & co., 1923), by Trevor C. Wignall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ten--and out! The complete story of the prize ring in America (I. Washburn, 1927), by Alexander Johnston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Round by round, an autobiography (Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill book company, inc., 1940), by Jack Dempsey and Myron M. Stearns (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The science of boxing : also rules and articles on training, generalship in the ring and kindred subjects (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1893), by Michael Joseph Donovan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing simplified (Prentice-Hall, 1951), by John J. Walsh (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The life and battles of Jack Johnson, champion pugilist of the world. Together with the complete records of John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Robert Fitzsimmons, James J. Jeffries, Tommy Burns, Peter Jackson and Jim Flynn. (New York, 1912), by Richard Kyle Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Crib's memorial to Congress : with a preface, notes, and appendix (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ..., 1819), by Thomas Moore and Hurst Longman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inside facts on pugilism. (Laird & Lee, 1907), by George Siler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fistiana; or, The oracle of the ring ... (Clement, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fencing (Longmans, Green, and co., 1893), by Walter Herries Pollock, C. Prévost, and F. C. Grove (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pugilistica: the history of British boxing containing lives of the most celebrated pugilists; full reports of their battles from contemporary newspapers, with authentic portraits, personal anecdotes, and sketches of the principal patrons of the prize ring, forming a complete history of the ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the last championship battle between King and Heenan, in December 1863 (J. Grant, 1906), by Henry Downes Miles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kings of the Queensberry realm (The Continental publishing co., 1902), by W. W. Naughton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ethics of boxing and manly sport (Ticknor and company, 1888), by John Boyle O'Reilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing (A. D. Innes, 1897), by R. G. Allanson-Winn (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lives and battles of the champions of England, from the year 1700 to the present time. Containing authentic records, anecdotes, personal recollections ... (E. James, 1879), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• From Figg to Johnson; a complete history of the heavyweight championship, containing dates and accurate descriptions of every contest for the world's boxing title from the time of the first champion down to the present day. (The Blossom book bourse, 1909), by Barratt O'Hara (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hand-book of manly sports (A.G. Spalding & Bros., 1883), by George H. Benedict (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sparring : or, The theory and practice of the art of self defence : a complete guide : classified and explained in a most simple manner (Fisher & Brother ;, 1864), by L. Hillebrand (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the great international contest between Heenan and Sayers at Farnborough on the 17th April, 1860 : including the full reports from The Times ... . (George Newbold, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Art of boxing and science of self-defense, together with a manual of training. (Excelsior, 1888), by William Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing for beginners, with chapter showing its relationship to bayonet fighting (Lea & Febiger, 1918), by William J. Jacomb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Athletics and manly sport (Pilot publishing company, 1890), by John Boyle O'Reilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual of boxing, club swinging, and manly sports (A.G. Spalding & Bros., 1883), by George H. Benedict (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing. (American sports publishing co., 1893), by James Edward Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing; a guide to the manly art of self defense (American sports publishing co., 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The admirable Bashville: (Brentano's, 1909), by Bernard Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pugilistica: the history of British boxing containing lives of the most celebrated pugilists (J. Grant, 1906), by Henry Downes Miles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Favourite ring tricks of boxing champions (Ewart, Seymour & Co., Ltd., 1913) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ring strategy and tactics. (Ewart, Seymour & Co., Ltd., 1914) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The art of boxing, swimming and gymnastics made easy ... (Hurst & co., 1883), by Henry Llewellyn Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing and self defense taught by the Marshall Stillman principle ... (Marshall Stillman association, 1919), by Alpheus Geer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The complete handbook of boxing and wrestling (E. James, 1878), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Counter back on a counter; boxing without a teacher (Printed by Davis and Ohlinger, 1916), by Orville S. Westerman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Doran's science of self-defense (Press of Shiffer ptg. co., 1889), by Bart J. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jake Kilrain's life and battles (R. K. Fox, 1888), by William Edgar Harding (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law, rules and regulations for the government of boxing in the state of Wisconsin. ([Madison?, 1919), by Wisconsin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of James J. Corbett, the champion pugilist of the world ... (R. K. Fox, 1892), by Richard K. Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of Sir Dan Donnelly (Ed. James, 1879), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of Tom Hyer. (E. James, 1879), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and battles of Yankee Sullivan. (E. James, 1880), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of Yankee Sullivan (A. Winch, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and reminiscences of a 19th century gladiator (J.A. Hearn & co.; [etc., etc.], 1892), by John Lawrence Sullivan and Dudley Allen Sargent (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Our Jim" ... the world's champion. (The Crown publishing co., 1892), by Leigh Hadley Irvine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical culture and self-defense (D. Biddle, 1901), by Robert Fitzsimmons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical culture and self-defense (D. Biddle, 1903), by Robert James Fitzsimmons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rules for boxing (Gov't Printing Office, 1918), by United States. Commission on Training Camp Activities (page images at HathiTrust)
• The science of self defence. A treatise on sparring and wrestling, including complete instructions in training and physical development. Also, several remarks upon, and a course prescribed for the reduction of corpulency. (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1867), by Edmund Price (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scientific bag punching (Richard K. Fox Publishing, 1913), by Harry Seeback (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American fistiana : containing a history of prize fighting in the United States. (H. Johnson, 1849), by Patrick Timony (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxers and their battles; anecdotal sketches and personal recollections of famous pugilists (R. A. Everett & Co., 1900), by Thormanby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of Yankee Sullivan, embracing full and accurate reports of his fights with Hammer Lane, Tom Secor, Harry Bell, Bob Caunt, Tom Hyer, John Morrisey ... (A. Winch, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American fistiana: containing a history of prize fighting in the United States, with all the principal battles for the last forty years, and a full and precise account of all the particulars of the great $10,000 match between Sullivan and Hyer, with their method of training for the fight (H. Johnson, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fistina : or, The oracle of the ring : results of prize battles from 1700 to December 1867, alphabetically arranged : old and new rules of the ring : form of articles, duties of seconds, bottleholders, umpires and referees : hints on sparring and boxing : with method of training (Bell's life in London, 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fencing (Longmans, Green, 1890), by Walter Herries Pollock, Egerton Castle, Walter Armstrong, E. B. Michell, Camille Prevost, and F. C. Grove (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Crib's memorial to Congress. : With a preface, notes and appendix. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819), by Thomas Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pugilistica: being one hundred and forty-four years of the history of British boxing ... The only complete and chronological history of the ring ... (Weldon & co., 1880), by Henry Downes Miles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Crib's memorial to Congress. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819), by Thomas Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• The champions of the American prize ring : a complete history of the heavy-weight champions of America, with their battles and portraits, executed expressly for this book ... (Published by Richard K. Fox, proprietor Police Gazette, 1881), by William Edgar Harding (page images at HathiTrust)
• La boxe traité français des règles anglaises. ([s.n.], 1899), by C. E. Leclerc (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manuel de la boxe française et anglaise, méthode Leboucher. (J. Taride, 1885), by Devost (page images at HathiTrust)
• A professional pugilist. (The Leadenhall press, ltd., etc., 1894), by Harry Arthur James, Kenneth M. Skeaping, Marshall Simpkin, and Leadenhall Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fencing (Longmans, 1889), by Walter Herries Pollock, Walter Armstrong, E. B. Michell, Camille Prevost, F. C. Grove, C. Prévost, and F. C. Grove (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shadow boxing, how to train and advice on living, rules of the ring (Marshall Stillman Assn., 1920), by Geer,Alpheus, 1863- (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing : with hints on the art of attack and defense and how to train for the prize ring (R.K. Fox, 1889), by R. K. Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing (Outing Publishing Company, 1913), by David Chapel Hutchison (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to box to win, how to build muscle, how to breathe, stand, wald, or run, how to punch the bag : a book of health and strength (Shrewesbury publishing co., 1920), by John T. McGovern, J. Gardner Smith, and James John Corbett (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fight : an essay (Elm Tree Press, 1929), by William Hazlitt and Robert H. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions in boxing : both individual and for beginners and those who are advanced in the manly art of self-defence (Cornwall Press, 1928), by William J. Cavanagh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of boxing. (George H. Doran company, 1926), by Georges Carpentier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ring battles of centuries. (Tom Andrews Record Book Co., 1924), by Thomas Stora Andrews and C. R. Diegle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mass boxing simplified for the beginner, the amateur, the professional and the coach. (Simpson publications, 1945), by Max Marek (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fighting sports (Odhams Press Limited, 1921), by L. Fitz-Barnard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Brown bomber" : the story of Joe Louis (Dorrance and company, 1940), by John George Van Deusen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Commission report. ([Providence], 1940), by Rhode Island. Racing and Athletics Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life, battles and career of Battling Nelson, lightweight champion of the world ([s.n.], 1908), by Battling Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Would you call this murder? The truth about boxing, in which the sport defends itself by means of statistics, facts and expert opinion. (C.K. and H.L. Miller, 1951), by Harvey L. Miller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fighting for fun : the scrap book of Eddie Eagan. (The Macmillan company, 1934), by Edward P. F. Eagan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Boxing : a guide to the manly art of self defense, giving accurate instructions for becoming proficient in the science of boxing : hints on training, diet and breathing, advice to seconds : official boxing rules. (American Sports Pub. Co., 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten--and out! The complete story of the prize ring in America (I. Washburn, 1943), by Alexander Johnston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Boxing made easy; or, The complete manual of self defence (Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1800), by A pupil of Mendoza and Humphreys (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some recollections of the prize ring (Henning and Co., 1888), by Fredrick W. J. Henning (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and reminiscences of a 19th century gladiator (J.A. Hearn ;, 1892), by John Lawrence Sullivan and Dudley Allen Sargent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamentals of boxing. (Little Technical Library, 1942), by Barney Ross (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• My sporting memories (R. Holden & co., ltd., 1925), by Bernard John Angle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abe the Newsboy, The life story of (Abe the Newsboy Publishing Co., 1943), by Abraham Hollandersky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The sweet science. (Duffield, 1926), by Trevor C. Wignall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 3 (of 3): Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863, by Henry Downes Miles (Gutenberg ebook)
• Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 2 (of 3): Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-1740, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863, by Henry Downes Miles (Gutenberg ebook)
• Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 1 (of 3): Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863, by Henry Downes Miles (Gutenberg ebook)
• Knuckles and Gloves, by Bohun Lynch (Gutenberg ebook)

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