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A High Wind in Jamaica

Richard Hughes · first published 1929

1st Chatto & Windus1929 Hardback I own A High Wind in Jamaica, Chatto & Windus 1929 Log in to want this

A History of English Literature

Edward Albert · first published 1971

1st Harrap1971 Hardback I own A History of English Literature, Harrap 1971 Log in to want this

A History of Philosophy

Frederick Copleston · first published 1946

1st Burns Oates & Washbourne1946 Hardback I own A History of Philosophy, Burns Oates & Washbourne 1946 Log in to want this

A History of the Jews

Paul Johnson · first published 1987

1st Weidenfeld & Nicolson1987 Hardback I own A History of the Jews, Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987 Log in to want this

A History of the Vikings

Gwyn Jones · first published 1968

1st Oxford University Press1968 Hardback I own A History of the Vikings, Oxford University Press 1968 Log in to want this

A Honeyed Seduction

Diana Hamilton · first published 1993

1st Macmillan1993 Hardback I own A Honeyed Seduction, Macmillan 1993 Log in to want this

A House With Four Rooms

Rumer Godden · first published 1989

1st Macmillan London1989 Hardback I own A House With Four Rooms, Macmillan London 1989 Log in to want this

Spot the first: The four inserted plates by C. H. Shannon: images pale or partly erased, the result of rubbing away a bloom that formed on the plates after binding (normal in all copies of the 1891 first edition; not an issue distinction)