SAND, GEORGE (Trans) & HOBBES, JOHN OLIVER (Critical Intro)

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PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1923

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DAVIES, Sir JOHN & BARNFIELD, RICHARD & SIDNEY, Sir PHILIP & SCOLOKER, ANTONY & DRAYTON, MICHAEL & BULLEN, A. H. (Intro)

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McDONALD, ROGER

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WEST, W. J.

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SHADBOLT, MAURICE

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KOHU, ROSEMARY & DE ROO, ROBERT

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HAYDER, MO

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RABAN, JONATHAN

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McCARTHY, CORMAC

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KUBASTA, VOJTECH (Designed by)

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BALLANTYNE, DAVID

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CLARE, CASSANDRA

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LESSING, DORIS

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MILLER, WALTER

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SARGESON, FRANK

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NEVINS, JESS

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MONK, RAY

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ERDRICH, LOUISE

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KREMMER, CHRISTOPHER

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