Publisher · founded 1768 · London

J. Murray

English publishing firm.

Editions tracked

34

First editions

16

Books

34

Years

1818 to 2001

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Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · first published 1818

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A History of New York

Washington Irving · first published 1809

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Bracebridge Hall

Washington Irving · first published 1822

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The Pioneers

James Fenimore Cooper · first published 1823

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Byron's Letters and Journals

Lord Byron · first published 1830

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Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Walter Scott · first published 1830

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The Vishnu Purana

Fitzedward Hall, Horace Hayman Wilson · first published 1840

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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

Charles Darwin · first published 1868

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Primitive Culture

Edward Burnett Tylor · first published 1871

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The Descent of Man

Charles Darwin · first published 1871

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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Charles Darwin · first published 1870

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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

Isabella Bird · first published 1879

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Æsop's Fables

Aesop · first published 1912

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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

R. H. Tawney · first published 1926

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The Valleys of the Assassins

Freya Madeline Stark · first published 1934

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Behold the Spirit

Alan Watts · first published 1947

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The Muqaddimah

Ibn Khaldun · first published 1950

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The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes

John Dickson Carr, Arthur Conan Doyle · first published 1954

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Bonjour Tristesse

Françoise Sagan · first published 1954

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The Spirit of Zen

Alan Watts · first published 1936

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