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292:Enid Blyton
275:"Practical"
270:Woman's Own
240:The Captain
182:periodicals
160:Ida Pollock
136:W. T. Stead
65:(1970–1992)
60:(1961–1970)
55:(1960–1961)
1451:Categories
1111:References
854:Newspapers
666:RELX Group
580:; and the
550:Home Notes
379:, and the
368:Daily Mail
296:Hall Caine
273:, and the
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132:Key people
1319:The Times
1276:The Times
1271:The Times
1227:The Times
570:Mirabelle
477:Practical
406:in 1890.
1348:Archived
958:novels:
825:Tit-Bits
600:and the
588:series.
562:Men Only
457:(1897).
445:(1888),
437:magazine
391:Tit-Bits
377:Tit-Bits
363:Tit-Bits
349:Tit-Bits
331:Elsevier
228:Tit-Bits
201:Imprints
68:Elsevier
1088:books:
1064:books:
974:(1893 )
877:books:
820:in 1937
715:Fantasy
433:mystery
342:Origins
337:History
111:England
97:Founder
87: (
79:Founded
1201:
1104:(1935)
1096:(1935)
1080:(1919)
1072:(1906)
1004:(1901)
990:(1905)
982:(1902)
966:(1892)
933:(1946)
925:(1945)
917:(1943)
909:(1941)
901:(1940)
893:(1939)
885:(1926)
677:Boston
673:Oxford
576:, and
497:, and
318:, and
126:London
869:Books
628:, to
626:Flair
578:Marty
514:; by
466:Frank
186:books
120:8–11
1199:ISBN
747:Nova
675:and
634:and
624:and
622:Rave
617:Nova
584:and
553:and
284:Nova
89:1891
82:1891
72:RELX
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668:).
58:IPC
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