HERRLIGKOFFER, KARL M. & BROCKETT, ELEANOR (Trans) & EHRENZWEIG, ANTON (Trans) & HUNT, Brig. Sir JOHN (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Elek Books 1954

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BLANCHFIELD, BRIAN

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COWLEY, JOY

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2000

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KENNEDY, Rev. G. A. STUDDART

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1918

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WYATT, COLIN

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PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1962

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BAINBRIDGE, BERYL

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BROOKE-CARR, ELIZABETH

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LAWLOR, PAT (SHIBLI BAGARAG)

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PUBLISHER: The Beltane Book Bureau / The Griffin Press 1948

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MANNION, UNA

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HANNAH, SOPHIE

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DAVENPORT-HINES, RICHARD

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PATON, JUSTIN (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 2002

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GRIMSLEY, JIM

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CLARKE, BRYAN

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GAITSKILL, MARY

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BETHELL, MARY URSULA

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PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1950

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BARNES, ROSEMARY & TARRANT, MARGARET W. (Illus)

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CHATWIN, BRUCE (BAILEY, CHRISTOPHER; BURBERRY)

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NAIPAUL, V. S.

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PUBLISHER: Imprimiere Universitaire - Dijon 1983

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COOPER, JILLY & GRANT, DON (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Arlington Books 1980

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