The Golden Treasury: The Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language (Penguin Classics)
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The Golden Treasury: The Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language (Penguin Classics) by Francis Turner Palgrave is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The available edition details are 1992 • Penguin Group USA • 544 pages.
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Paperback: ISBN-13 9780140423648
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