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Against Home Rule: the case for the Union

Author: Arthur J. Balfour (et al.)

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    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Against Home Rule: the case for the Union by Arthur J. Balfour; J. Austen Chamberlain ... (et al.) with an introduction by Sir Edward Carson and preface by A. Bonar Law, M.P.. S. Rosenbaum (ed), first edition [347 pp. Preface 11–14; Contents 15–16; Introduction 17–38; Historical 39; Critical 79; Constructve 223.] Frederick Warne & Company Ltd.London and New York (1912)

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