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BookPublisherYearBindingISBNValue
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Joseph Schumpeter		 George Allen & Unwin1943Other Coming soon
Sold £65, Jan 2022
Farewell, My Lovely
Raymond Chandler		 Hamish Hamilton1940Other Coming soon
Ficciones First
Jorge Luis Borges		 Sur1944Other Coming soon
First Term at Malory Towers First
Enid Blyton		 Methuen & Co.1946Other Coming soon
Man's Search for Meaning First
Viktor Emil Frankl		 Verlag für Jugend und Volk1946Other Coming soon
Our Lady of the Flowers First
Jean Genet		 Unnamed on the imprint (issued anonymously)1943Other Coming soon
Querelle of Brest First
Jean Genet		 Paul Morihien (no name on the imprint)1947Other Coming soon
Survival in Auschwitz First
Primo Levi		 Francesco De Silva1947Other Coming soon
The Folk of the Faraway Tree First
Enid Blyton · The Faraway Tree 		George Newnes1946Other Coming soon
The Gremlins First
Roald Dahl		 Random House1943Other Coming soon
The Gremlins
Roald Dahl		 Collins1944Other Coming soon
The Magic Faraway Tree First
Enid Blyton · The Faraway Tree 		George Newnes1943Other Coming soon
The Secret Seven First
Enid Blyton · The Famous Five 20		 Brockhampton Press1949Other Coming soon

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