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Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)51
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Bertrand-De-Molleville, Ant.-Fr (1744-1818)13
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Correspondence between William Webb and Mrs McGrigor Phillips

1957-1958

Correspondence between William Webb and Mrs McGrigor Phillips concerning International Gypsy Mission Conferences in 1957 and 1958. 1) Letter William Webb - Mrs McGrigor Phillips 30/Apr/1957 with att...

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A short account of the Commune of Paris

Bax, Ernest Belfort (1854-1926); Dave, Victor; Morris, William (1834-1896)

1886

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Memorial catalogue of the French and Dutch loan collection : Edinburgh International Exhibition 1886

Henley, William Ernest (1849-1903)

1888

"The note on romanticism, the biographies and the descriptions of the pictures are by William Ernest Henley. The etchings and sketches are by William Hole... and Philip Zilcken."

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Lettre au comte de Bute, a l'occasion de la retraite de M. Pitt, & sur ce qui peut en résulter par rapport à la paix. Traduit de l'anglois sur la troisième edition

Guthrie, William (1708-1770); Genet, Edme-Jacques (1781); Bute, John Stuart Earl of (1713-1792)

1761

May be the work of William Guthrie. Cf. A bibliographical Canadiana/ F.M. Straton. Three English editions were published in 1761.

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Correspondence of Edmund Burke & William Windham : with other illustrative letters from the Windham papers in the British museum

Burke, Edmund (1729-1797); Windham, William (1750-1810); Gilson, J P (1868-1929); Roxburghe Club

1910

Fifty-three hitherto unpublished letters of Burke, supplemented by some reprinted from his published correspondence and diary, "the extreme dates being 1783 and 1797, though the main interest centres ...

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A residence in France, during the years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 : described in a series of letters from an English lady: with general and incidental remarks on the French character and manners (v.2)

Biggs, Charlotte (1827); Gifford, John (1758-1818); Williams, Helen Maria (1762-1827)

1797

Sometimes erroneously attributed to Helen Maria Williams.

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A residence in France, during the years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 : described in a series of letters from an English lady: with general and incidental remarks on the French character and manners (v.1)

Biggs, Charlotte (1827); Gifford, John (1758-1818); Williams, Helen Maria (1762-1827)

1797

Sometimes erroneously attributed to Helen Maria Williams.

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A residence in France, during the years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 : described in a series of letters from an English lady: with general and incidental remarks on the French character and manners (v.2)

Biggs, Charlotte (1827); Gifford, John (1758-1818); Williams, Helen Maria (1762-1827)

1797

Sometimes erroneously attributed to Helen Maria Williams.

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