DAHL, ROALD & BLAKE, QUENTIN (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983

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GRAHAM, JORIE & MACFARLANE, ROBERT (Intro)

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CORIN, LUCY

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HOEFLER, KATE & JACOBY, SARAH (Art)

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WHITE, E B & GUTH, DOROTHY LOBRANO (Originally Collected by) & WHITE, MARTHA (Revised & Updated) & UPDIKE, JOHN (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial 2007

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BOOKER, CHRISTOPHER

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PUBLISHER: Gambit 1970

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GAYFORD, MARTIN

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LASZLO, ERVIN & KING, ALEXANDER (Fore)

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SCHAEFFER, FRANCIS A

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ROBSON, CATHERINE

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SCHIER, FLINT

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CASTLE, TERRY

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DONNE, JOHN & SMITH, A J (Ed) & MOTION, ANDREW (Into) & LYDBURY, JANE (Engravings)

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TURGENEV, IVAN & BERLIN, ISAIAH (Trans) & DESSAIX, ROBERT (Into) & BALBUSSO, ANNA and ELENA (Illus)

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GEE, MAURICE

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CONRAD, JOSEPH & MOSLEY, FRANCIS (Illus) & THEROUX, PAUL (Intro)

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STEINBECK, JOHN

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PUBLISHER: Willam Heinemann 1939

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HUXLEY, ALDOUS

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1956

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HORAE DIUNAE

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PUBLISHER: Antverpiae Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti 1638

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