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| Title | John Heywood's new code readers. Standard 1-3, 5, 6, Book 5 John Heywood's new code readers. Standard 1-3, 5, 6, John Heywood (ltd.) |
| Author | John Heywood (ltd.) |
| Published | 1872 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2006 |
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