AUSTEN, JANE & BROCK, C.E. (illus) & JOHNSON, REGINALD BRIMLEY (intro)

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PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd n/d

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Marquis DE SADE & CROSLAND, MARGARET (trans)

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MASON, BRUCE

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PUBLISHER: Price Milburn & Co. Ltd 1962

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SMART, CHRISTOPHER & BOND, W. H. (ed, into & notes)

FIRST UK EDITION; Suoer octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained green, 171pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w, VG (light chipping & soiling, moderate discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1954

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Swami VENKATESANANDA

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PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1989

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MARRYAT, EMILIA (Mrs. NORRIS)

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PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne and Co. 1874

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ENGEN, RODNEY K

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PUBLISHER: Academy Editions / Harmony Books 1976

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TUCHMAN, BARBARA W

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PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1959

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ASIMOV, ISAAC

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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972

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ALLEN, WOODY & DELESSERT, ETIENNE (Illus) & MARSHALL, RITA (Designed by)

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PUBLISHER: Redpath Press 1986

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CRUMP, BARRY & EMMERSON, KERRY (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 1996

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TYLER, ANNE

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PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1990

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CHAPIN, ANNE P (ED)

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PUBLISHER: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2004

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MALTE, MARCUS & RAMADAN, EMMA (Trans) & ROBERGE, TOM (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Restless Books 2019

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LEON, DONNA

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HARTMAN, SAIDIYA

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HEGI, URSULA

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PUBLISHER: Scribner / Simon & Schuster 1998

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COWLEY, JOY

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PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishers 1985

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ALLEN, BENEDICT

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KIPLING, RUDYARD & RUTHERFORD, ANDREW (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986

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