SEKIDA, KATSUKI (Trans & Commentaries) & GRIMSTONE, A V (Ed & Intro)

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PUBLISHER: John Weatherhill 1977

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HUME, ROBERT ERNEST & HAAS, GEORGE C O

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1983

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PRICE, A F (Trans) & MOU-LAM, WONG (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Shambhala 1990

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DEMING, RICHARD & CSANADY, DEZSO (Cover art)

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PUBLISHER: Whitman / Western Publishing 1970

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JOHNS, Capt W E & STEAD (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1952

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JOHNS, Capt W E & STEAD (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1951

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JOHNS, Capt W E & STEAD, LESLIE (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1953

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CHRISTIE, AGATHA

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PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins1959

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SIMENON, GEORGES & WOODWARD, DAPHNE (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1965

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WODEHOUSE, P G

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PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1934

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SONTAG, SUSAN

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PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1969

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SAYERS, DOROTHY L

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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1937

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WODEHOUSE, P G

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PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1930

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MORRIS, WILLIAM

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PUBLISHER: Reeves and Turner 1890 (spine updated 1891)

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GARNER, ALAN

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PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1973

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GRATSCH, EDWARD J

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PUBLISHER: Alba House 1985

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AQUINAS, THOMAS & SHANLEY, BRIAN (Trans & Commentary) & PASNAU, ROBERT (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Hackett Publishing Company 2006

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BLAKE, NICHOLAS

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PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins 1947

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BRAILSFORD, BARRY

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PUBLISHER: Stoneprint Press 1996

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SPRUNG, MERVYN (Trans) & MURTI, T R V (Collab.) & VYAS, U S (Collab.)

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PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

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