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| Title | Less Black Than We're Painted, Volume 1 Collection of British Authors Volumes 1794-1795 of Collection of British authors. Tauchnitz Edition Less Black Than We're Painted, James Payn Volume 1 of Less Black Than We're Painted: In Two Volumes, Payn |
| Author | James Payn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1878 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2007 |
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