MARIEJOL, JEAN H. & PEILE, JOHN (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1930

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PUBLISHER: Royal Society of New Zealand 1988

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GLEESON, JANET & [LAW, JOHN]

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PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 1999

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WILCOCK, DONALD E. & GUY, BUDDY (with) & SICILIANO, RICK (photog)

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PUBLISHER: Woodford Press 1993

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FLEXNER, JAMES THOMAS

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PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1976

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BURNS, ROBERT & CHAMBERS, ROBERT (ed.) & WALLACE, WILLIAM (revised by)

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PUBLISHER: W & R Chambers Ltd. 1896

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PITE, RALPH & [HARDY, THOMAS]

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PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2007

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WEISS, ANDREA

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PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press, Ltd. 2008

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HAMMER, LANGDON

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GASSON, JAMES

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PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966

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CAREW, KEGGIE

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2016

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PETERSEN, WILLIAM & [MALTHUS, THOMAS]

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PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1979

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DICKINSON, H.W. & [WATT, JAMES]

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PUBLISHER: Babckock & Wilcox Ltd. 1935

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HORNE, R H (Ed) & VERNET, RAFFET and HORACE (Illus/Design)

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PUBLISHER: Robert Tyas 1840

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MAGNUS, PHILIP

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PUBLISHER: E P Dutton & Co 1964

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TOLHURST, LOL

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PUBLISHER: Quercus 2017

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LINKLATER, ANDRO

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PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1980

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DOUGAN, ANDY

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PUBLISHER: Robson Books 2001

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ADAMS, JAD

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PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 2000

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FILON, AUGUSTIN (from the French of)

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PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1913

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