STEAD, C. K.

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PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2013

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McCOMBS, DAVIS & MERWIN, W. S. (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2000

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ENRIGHT, D. J.

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979

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LAND, PETER (Trans & Notes)

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PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 1990

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HUXLEY, ALDOUS & SMITH, GROVER (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1969

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BUICK, T. LINDSAY

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PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1936

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SOUTHERN, A. C. & EVENNETT, H. O. (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Sands & Co N/D (c.1950)

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DUNCAN, JANE

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1975

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PRIESTLEY, J. B.

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PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1974

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FORD, MARK

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PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 2000

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ISRAEL, JACOB

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PUBLISHER: Gatekeeper Press 2021

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SOUTHGATE, LAURA

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PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2019

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CAMUS, ALBERT & THODY, PHILIP (Trans, Intro & Notes by)

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1966

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WINTON, TIM

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PUBLISHER: Pan Macmillan 1994

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HARRIS, STEF

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PUBLISHER: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2023

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MANDELSHTAM, OSIP & GREENE, JAMES (Trans) & MANDELSHTAM, NADEZHDA (Fore) & DAVIE, DONALD (Fore) & RAYFIELD, DONALD (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Angel Books 1989

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TAYLOR, CLIFF

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PUBLISHER: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2023

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RADCLIFFE, ROBERT

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PUBLISHER: AudioGO Ltd 2011

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HOLLINGHURST, ALAN

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PUBLISHER: Picador 2017

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JOSEPH, MK

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PUBLISHER: Atuanui Press 2020

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