AN OLD BOY & SULLIVAN, EDMUND J (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1896

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CARTER, ANGELA

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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 1984

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TURNER, BRIAN & VAN REENAN, GILBERT (Photos)

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GREY, Sir GEORGE

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PUBLISHER: Trubner & Co 1857

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MANSFIELD, KATHERINE & LAURENCIN, MARIE (Coloured Lithographs)

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PUBLISHER: The Verona Press 1939

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HOLMES, Sir MAURICE

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PUBLISHER: Francis Edwards 1952

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TUWHARE, HONE

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PUBLISHER: University of Otago / Hone Tuwhare 1970

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SOLNIT, REBECCA

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MICKLE, ALAN D

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PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose Ltd 1925

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DIDION, JOAN

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TOLKIEN, J R R & BAYNES, PAULINE (Illus)

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MINNIS, CHELSEA

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HILL, KEITH

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BELL, COLIN KANE & TURNER, DENNIS (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1963

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COHEN, MORRIS R & NAGEL, ERNEST

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PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1964

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LEHNDORF, HELEN

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CUSK, RACHEL

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COMPTON, JENNIFER

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TIMON, MARA

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