SHIPTON, ERIC & BIRO (illus)

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

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Lord WOLSELEY & PRESTON, ADRIAN (ed)

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PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd 1967

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VINING, ELIZABETH GRAY

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PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph Ltd 1961

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DEAVOLL, GINNEY

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TAYLOR, MERLIN MOORE

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PUBLISHER: Robert M McBride & Company 1926

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FOSTER, HARRY L

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PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1927

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YOUNGHUSBAND, Captain FRANCIS

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PUBLISHER: SN Books World ( Originally John Murray 1898)

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LOTI, PIERRE & BAINES, W P (Trans) & LAMPLOUGH, A (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie N/D (c.1920s?)

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KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS & KAZANTZAKIS, HELEN (Epilogue) & PAPPAGEOTES, GEORGE C (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Bruno Cassirer 1964

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FRASER, JOHN FOSTER

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PUBLISHER: Cassell 1915

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GALTON, FRANCIS

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PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Co 1889

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SYME, RONALD

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PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1975

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POLACK, J S

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PUBLISHER: Capper Press (Reprint) 1974

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GORDON, JAN and CORA J

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PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1927

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LADY WARREN

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1922

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CUST, Mrs HENRY & STORRS, Sir RONALD (Preface)

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1928

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HARRY, MYRIAM

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PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1924

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DE WARZEE, DOROTHY

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PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1913

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BLYTH, ESTELLE

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PUBLISHER: John Murray 1927

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LYALL, ARCHIBALD

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PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1930

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