BOOCHANI, BEHROUZ & TOFIGHIAN, OMID (Trans & Ed) & MANSOUBI, MANNOES (Trans & Ed) & WINCH, TARA JUNE (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2023

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LARKIN, PHILIP

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1985

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GREEN, IAN

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PUBLISHER: Head of Zeus 2022

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GREY, ZANE

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GREEN, IAN

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WALCOTT, DEREK

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1990

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HORACE & MICHIE, JAMES (Trans) & FRINK, ELISABETH (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1987

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PROUST, MARCEL; GRIEVE, JAMES (transl); PRENDERGAST, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

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PUBLISHER: Viking 2002

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PROUST, MARCEL; TREHARNE, MARK (transl); PRENDERGAST, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

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PUBLISHER: Viking 2002

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PROUST, MARCEL; DAVIS, LYDIA (transl); PRENDERGAST, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

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PUBLISHER: Viking 2002

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ALIGHIERI, DANTE; MACKENZIE, KENNETH (transl); FLAXMAN, JOHN (illus.)

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PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1983

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REED, A W & WOODS, GEORGE (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943

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SLATER, MONTAGU

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PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1946

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DIREEN, BILL

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PUBLISHER: Titus Books 2008-2018

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PEAKE, MERVYN

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PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946

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TURNER, GWENDA

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PUBLISHER: Puffin Books / Penguin 2001

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FUSSELL, PEGGY M & BOWEN, JULIET (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Peggy Fussell / Emeril Publications 1971 (?)

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ROWE, DENIS

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PUBLISHER: Broadleaf Books 1992

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LEWIS, C DAY

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1951

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FINLAYSON, RODERICK

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PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1988

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