WARD, Sister BENEDICTA (Trans & Intro) & BLOOM, METROPOLITAN ANTHONY (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: SLG Press 1977

KEYWORDS: religion theology literature spirituality

FREDERICKS, L R

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PUBLISHER: John Murray 2010

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WALTARI, MIKA & WALFORD, NAOMI (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1951

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BOON, JAMES A

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PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1972

KEYWORDS: social science sociology Claude Levi Strauss literature philosophy

WALEY, ARTHUR (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1923

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STEPHENS, A G (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: The Bulletin Newspaper Company 1902

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ACTON, HAROLD (Trans) & YI-HSIEH, LEE (Trans) & WALEY, ARTHUR (Preface)

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PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1947

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DUDER, TESSA

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1992

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GOLDING, WILLIAM & GROSS, ANTHONY (Jacket Design by)

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1954

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IRVING, WASHINGTON & STODDARD, RICHARD HENRY (Biography)

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PUBLISHER: The Co-Operative Publication Society N/D (c. early 1900s?)

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WINDER, R BAYLY

Octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 312pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light creasing & moderate closed tearing to edges & spine- some tidy archival tape repairs, light fading to spine, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1965

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PATTERSON, Lieut.-Col. J H & SELOUS, FREDERICK COURTENEY (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1979

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JOHNSTONE, S M

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PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1932

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ERIKSON, STEVEN

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PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 2008

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ERIKSON, STEVEN

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PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2008

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ERIKSON, STEVEN

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PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2004

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ERIKSON, STEVEN

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PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2007

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ERIKSON, STEVEN

US FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 859pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2002

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ERIKSON, STEVEN

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PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2011

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ERIKSON, STEVEN

US FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 986pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, 3.5cm crack to top of front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, 3.5cm closed tear to top hinge, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty 2009

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