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Algebraic geometry has a long history, and the late 19th and early 20th centuries marked a golden age for the subject. In the last 50 years, the field has been transformed by new technical methods, and many of the "classical" results are not well-known to current practitioners due to shifting tastes and terminology. My own work has always relied to an unusual degree on these older techniques, and this book plays an important role in making older results accessible to modern researchers.