A Study in Scarlet. By A. Conan Doyle, Author of "Micah Clarke," "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," &c. With Forty Illustrations by George Hutchinson. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, 3s. 6d.
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ANNIE E. HOLDSWORTH.
Spindles and Oars. By Annie E. Holdsworth, Author of "The Years that the Locust hath Eaten." Crown 8vo, cloth, with Special Title-page, 3s. 6d.
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Fields of Fair Renown. With Frontispiece and Vignette by J. Barnard Davis, Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
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