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422:(Mexico: Fondo de Cultura EconĂłmica, 1957).
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1202:Adrogue, con ilustraciones de Norah Borges
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402:"El libro de los seres imaginarios"
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1226:Leonor Acevedo Suarez (mother)
638:Jha, Alok (23 November 2013).
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260:Manual de zoologĂa fantástica
244:Manual de zoologĂa fantástica
207:Manual de zoologĂa fantástica
1027:The Gospel According to Mark
597:Journal of Modern Literature
522:The Book of Imaginary Beings
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285:The Book of Imaginary Beings
279:The Book of Imaginary Beings
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858:The Sect of the Phoenix
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816:The Form of the Sword
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