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Total number of records: 13

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Brotherton Collection4
English Literature3
Liddle Collection2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
adventure and adventurers13
voyages and travels3
hunting guides2
world war, 1914-19182
abduction1
amazons (fictitious characters : ransome)1
archaeologists1
boats and boating1
british1
brothers and sisters1

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England1
Europe1
Great Britain1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Haggard, H Rider (1856-1925)2
Mottistone, John Edward Bernard Seely Baron (1868-1947)2
Ransome, Arthur (1884-1967)2
Bastille1
Bayard, Emile Antoine1
Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-1891)1
Blackett, Nancy1
Campbell, Donald (1751-1804)1
Casanova, Giacomo (1725-1798)1
Casanova, Giacomo, 1725-17981

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A journey over land to India : partly by a route never gone before by any European

Campbell, Donald (1751-1804)

1795

The second American edition of this work was published New York, 1798, under title: A narrative of the extraordinary adventures and sufferings by shipwreck & imprisonment, of Donald Campbell... in an ...

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Svífðu seglum pöndum og Íshafsævintýri

Jóhann J. E. Kúld; Jóhann J. E. Kúld

1978

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Peter Duck : a treasure hunt in the Caribbees

Ransome, Arthur (1884-1967)

1987

First published in 1932 by Jonathan Cape; revised edition published in 1983.

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Swallows & Amazons

Ransome, Arthur (1884-1967); Blackett, Nancy

1958

"First published 1930... new edition, type reset, 1958."

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T. E. Lawrence

Stewart, Desmond (1924-1981)

1977

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Adventure

Mottistone, John Edward Bernard Seely Baron (1868-1947)

1930

Includes index.

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Fear, and be slain : adventures by land, sea and air

Mottistone, John Edward Bernard Seely Baron (1868-1947)

1932

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Night of the black frost

Catherall, Arthur (1906-)

[1968]

While helping his two uncles on a winter fishing trip in the Arctic seas, a sixteen-year-old Norwegian boy, faced with the deadly perils of the black frost, proves his courage and manhood by saving th...

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She : a history of adventure

Haggard, H Rider (1856-1925)

1887

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The house on wheels, or, Far from home

Stolz Mme. de; Bayard, Émile Antoine (1837-1891); D'Anvers, N (1933)

1874

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The escapes of Casanova and Latude from prison

Casanova, Giacomo (1725-1798); Latude, Jean Henri Masers de (1725-1805); Villars, Paul (1849-1935)

1892

Introduction -- Memoirs of Henri Masers de Latude / [arranged from the original documents by Monsieur Thierry, and translated into English by John William Calcraft] -- Casanova's imprisonment and esca...

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Casanova

Masters, John (1914-1983); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

1969

Illustrations on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (page 296).

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