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An advertisement for popular editions of English novels, available from George Robertson, 'importer of books and stationery'. Authors whose works are advertised include Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, Bulwer Lytton, Charles Lever, Captain Marryat, Benjamin Disraeli and the Bronte sisters. (Although the advertisement states 'English novels', the list of advertised titles includes American James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. Also, Sir Walter Scott is Scottish, not English.)
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111 titles advertised: 111 appear to be literary, 0 appear to be Australian.
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