Stories about Number Nip: The Spirit of the Giant MountainsRetelling of stories about Number Nip, the legendary spirit of the Giant Mountains in Silesia. First collected by Musaeus in the late 18th century. |
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... JAMES PAYN , & c . With Six full - page Illustrations . [ In Nov. Demy 8vo , Illustrated , uniform in size for binding . Blackburn's Art Handbooks : Academy Notes , 1875. With 40 Illustrations . Academy Notes , 1876. With 107 ...
... JAMES PAYN , & c . With Six full - page Illustrations . [ In Nov. Demy 8vo , Illustrated , uniform in size for binding . Blackburn's Art Handbooks : Academy Notes , 1875. With 40 Illustrations . Academy Notes , 1876. With 107 ...
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... JAMES GREEN- WOOD . With 12 Tinted Illustrations by ALFRED CONCANEN . Square 16mo ( Tauchnitz size ) , cloth extra , 25. per volume . Golden Library , The : Ballad History of England . By W. C. BENNEtt . Bayard Taylor's Diversions of ...
... JAMES GREEN- WOOD . With 12 Tinted Illustrations by ALFRED CONCANEN . Square 16mo ( Tauchnitz size ) , cloth extra , 25. per volume . Golden Library , The : Ballad History of England . By W. C. BENNEtt . Bayard Taylor's Diversions of ...
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... JAMES LAMONT , F.R.G.S. With numerous full - page Illustrations by Dr. LIVESAY . " After wading through numberless volumes of icy fiction , concocted narrative , and spurious biography of Arctic voyagers , it is pleasant to meet with a ...
... JAMES LAMONT , F.R.G.S. With numerous full - page Illustrations by Dr. LIVESAY . " After wading through numberless volumes of icy fiction , concocted narrative , and spurious biography of Arctic voyagers , it is pleasant to meet with a ...
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... JAMES , Jun . THE QUEEN OF CONNAUGHT . By HARRIETT JAY . THE DARK COLLEEN . BY HARRIETT JAY . NUMBER SEVENTEEN . By HENRY KINGSLEY . OAKSHOTT CASTLE . By HENRY KINGSLEY , With a Frontis . piece by SHIRLEY HODSON . PATRICIA KEMBALL . By ...
... JAMES , Jun . THE QUEEN OF CONNAUGHT . By HARRIETT JAY . THE DARK COLLEEN . BY HARRIETT JAY . NUMBER SEVENTEEN . By HENRY KINGSLEY . OAKSHOTT CASTLE . By HENRY KINGSLEY , With a Frontis . piece by SHIRLEY HODSON . PATRICIA KEMBALL . By ...
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... JAMES PAYN . Illustrated by J. MOYR SMITH . FALLEN FORTUNES . By JAMES PAYN . HALVES . BY JAMES PAYN . With a Frontispiece by j . MAHONEY . WALTER'S WORD . BY JAMES PAYN . Illust . by J. MOYR SMITH . WHAT HE COST HER . By JAMES PAYN ...
... JAMES PAYN . Illustrated by J. MOYR SMITH . FALLEN FORTUNES . By JAMES PAYN . HALVES . BY JAMES PAYN . With a Frontispiece by j . MAHONEY . WALTER'S WORD . BY JAMES PAYN . Illust . by J. MOYR SMITH . WHAT HE COST HER . By JAMES PAYN ...
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