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- ↑ Susan Pickford, "World’s Classics", in: Michael F. Suarez, S.J. and H. R. Woudhuysen, eds., The Oxford Companion to the Book, Oxford University Press, 2010 (online edition). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ↑ Grant Richards: First Edition Identification and Publisher Information, biblio.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ↑ John Trevitt, "Secker, Martin (formerly Percy Martin Secker Klingender)(1882–1978)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2019 (online edition). Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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