Jack Derringer : $b A tale of deep waterLubbock, Basil
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Jack Derringer : $b A tale of deep water
Lubbock, Basil
Seafaring life -- Fiction
HISTORICAL MEMORIALS OF CANTERBURY. By the late Arthur P. Stanley,
Dean of Westminster. With Plans and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 2_s._
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MAINE'S ANCIENT LAW. This is the only complete and copyright edition
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ENGLISH BATTLES AND SIEGES IN THE PENINSULA. By Lieut.-Gen. Sir
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LETTERS FROM HIGH LATITUDES. Being some Account of a Voyage in 1856,
in the Schooner Yacht _Foam_, to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen.
By the late Marquess of Dufferin. With Portrait and Illustrations.
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A HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR, 1779-1783. With a Description and
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THE ROB ROY ON THE JORDAN. A Canoe Cruise in Palestine, Egypt, and
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THE PERSONAL LIFE OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE. Chiefly from his Unpublished
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