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 | Henry Ellis - Manila (Philippines) - 1859 - 372 pages
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 | Emma Willsher Atkinson - 1859 - 316 pages
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 | John Ruskin - Art - 1859 - 328 pages
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 | John Bowring - Philippines - 1859 - 514 pages
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 | Joseph Ewart - Armies - 1859 - 234 pages
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 | Georgiana Marion Craik - 1859 - 344 pages
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 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1860 - 330 pages
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 | Henry Shakespear - Horse breeding - 1860 - 356 pages
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