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... Edition , demy 8vo , cloth extra , with Map and Illustrations , 18s . Baker's Clouds in the East : Travels and Adventures on the Perso - Turcoman Frontier . VALENTINE BAKER . Second Edition , revised and corrected . Crown 8vo , cloth ...
... Edition , demy 8vo , cloth extra , with Map and Illustrations , 18s . Baker's Clouds in the East : Travels and Adventures on the Perso - Turcoman Frontier . VALENTINE BAKER . Second Edition , revised and corrected . Crown 8vo , cloth ...
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... Edition , demy 8vo , cloth extra , with Map and Illustrations , 18s . Baker's Clouds in the East : Travels and Adventures on the Perso - Turcoman Frontier . VALENTINE BAKER . Second Edition , revised and corrected . Crown 8vo , cloth ...
... Edition , demy 8vo , cloth extra , with Map and Illustrations , 18s . Baker's Clouds in the East : Travels and Adventures on the Perso - Turcoman Frontier . VALENTINE BAKER . Second Edition , revised and corrected . Crown 8vo , cloth ...
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John Hollingshead. A New Edition , crown 8vo , cloth extra , 7s . 6d . Bartholomew Fair , Memoirs of . By HENRY MORLEY . New Edition , with One Hundred Illustrations . Demy 8vo , cloth extra , with Map and Illustrations , 125 ...
John Hollingshead. A New Edition , crown 8vo , cloth extra , 7s . 6d . Bartholomew Fair , Memoirs of . By HENRY MORLEY . New Edition , with One Hundred Illustrations . Demy 8vo , cloth extra , with Map and Illustrations , 125 ...
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... Edition , with fine full - page Illustrations . Bowers ' ( Georgina ) Hunting Sketches : Canters in Crampshire . By G. BOWERS . I. Gallops from Gorseborough . II . Scrambles with Scratch Packs . III . Studies with Stag Hounds . Oblong ...
... Edition , with fine full - page Illustrations . Bowers ' ( Georgina ) Hunting Sketches : Canters in Crampshire . By G. BOWERS . I. Gallops from Gorseborough . II . Scrambles with Scratch Packs . III . Studies with Stag Hounds . Oblong ...
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... Edition newly revised , with Twelve full - page Plates . Demy 8vo , cloth extra , 145 . Campbell's ( Sir G. ) White and Black : The Outcome of a Visit to the United States . CAMPBELL , M.P. By Sir GEORGE " Few persons are likely to take ...
... Edition newly revised , with Twelve full - page Plates . Demy 8vo , cloth extra , 145 . Campbell's ( Sir G. ) White and Black : The Outcome of a Visit to the United States . CAMPBELL , M.P. By Sir GEORGE " Few persons are likely to take ...
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