McBAIN, ED

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1973

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McBAIN, ED

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PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Company 1990

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McBAIN, ED

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CARTER, PAUL & LEWIS, RUARK

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PUBLISHER: NMA Publications 1999

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DERRIDA, JACQUES & RAND, RICHARD (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1984

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OWENS, CRAIG & BRYSON, SCOTT et al (Eds)

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PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1992

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PRIESTLEY, REBECCA

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TWIGGER, ROBERT

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LUNDE, MAJA

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LEFTERI, CHRISTY

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HOWE, KERRY

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AMBLER, ERIC

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1950

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PAPE, RICHARD

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PUBLISHER: Odhams Press N/D (c.1956)

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FRASER, IAN

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PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1957

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BECKETT, SAMUEL

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1931

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KEMP, WOLFGANG et al (Essays) & DURO, PAUL (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1996

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MILTON, JOHN & ACKROYD, PETER (Preface) & WAIN, JOHN (Intro) & BLAKE, WILLIAM (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2003

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LYONS, MALCOLM C. (Trans) & LYONS, URSULA (Trans) & IRWIN, ROBERT (Intro & Annotated)

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 2008

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DUBOIS, MARIE JOSEPH

TEXT IN FRENCH, super octavo, cream glossy light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine & front cover, xxiv + 815pp, VG+ (moderate tanning & curling/creasing to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges, sm ink stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Reproduction des Theses, Universite de Lille / Librairie Honore Champion 1977

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LANG, ANDREW (Ed) & ZIPES, JACK (Intro) & DE NARVAEZ, JULIAN (Paintings & Decorations)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2009

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