POULAIN, A & SMITH, LEONORA L YORKE (Trans) & BAINVEL, J V (Intro) & CONSIDINE, The Rev D (Preface)

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PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1951

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BLUNDELL, NICHOLAS & GIBSON, Rev T ELLISON (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Gilbert G Walsmley 1895

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SCALZI, JOHN

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PUBLISHER: Tor / Tom Doherty Associates 2007

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DENT, SUZIE

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PUBLISHER: Zaffre 2024

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CLEEVES, ANN

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2023

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CLEEVES, ANN

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CLEEVES, ANN

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OLSON, CHARLES & CREELEY, ROBERT (ed.)

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PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1997

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TURNER, BRIAN

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PUBLISHER: McIndoe 1992

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BEAR, ELIZABETH

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PUBLISHER: Roc / Penguin 2007

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PHILBY, H St J B

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PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1952

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MORRIS, THOMAS

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PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2015

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SAINTSBURY, GEORGE (Selected, Annotated & Intro Essay by)

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PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co 1885

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KAZAN, ELIA & BEHRMAN, S N (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1963

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DESAI, ANITA

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PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1982

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KOSUTH, JOSEPH & GUERCIO, GABRIELE (Ed & Intro) & LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1991

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ZWEIG, STEPHAN

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PUBLISHER: Peter Kraus 1990

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CHEYNE, COLIN

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PUBLISHER: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: signed Colin Cheyne philosophy literature science platonism

GIBRAN, JEAN & GIBRAN, KAHLIL G & INTERLINK GIBRAN PROJECT & HAYEK-PINAULT, SALMA (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Head of Zeus 2017

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HULME, KERI

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PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press 1986

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