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Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA 1850-84)

Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, VA 1815-67)

Richmond Guardian (Richmond, Vic. 1907-1920)

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA 1883-1938)

Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser (NSW 1886-1942)

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Rochester, John; Buckingham; Etherege; The Poetical Remaines (London 1698)

Rochester Democrat (Rochester, NY 1833-)

Rockhampton Bulletin (Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 1861-78)

Rockingham Post Dispatch (Rockingham, NC 1917-1965)

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Rogers, D. Naaman the Syrian (London 1642)

Rogers, E.H. How to speak Hindūstānī (London 1879)

Rogers, George The Horn Exalted (London 1661)

Rogers, J. New Rush (Melbourne 1864)

Rogers, Ray M. The Long White Cloud (London 1960)

Rogers, Will The Illiterate Digest (New York 1924)

Roger’s Profanisaurus (Viz comic No.87; London December 1997)

Roger’s Profanisaurus 3 (Viz comic No.98. London October 1999)

Roger’s Profanisaurus Rex (London 2005)

Roger’s Profanisaurus: The Magna Farta (London 2007)

Rogue River Courier (Grants Pass, OR 1886-1927)

Rohan, Criena The Delinquents (London 1962)

Rohan, Criena Down by the Dockside (London 1963)

‘Rohmer, Sax’ (pseud. Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) Dope (London 1919)

‘Rohmer, Sax’ (pseud. Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) The Golden Scorpion (London 1920)

Rolling Stone [magazine] (San Francisco, CA 1967–77; New York 1977–)

Rollini, Arthur Thirty Years with the Big Bands (Urbana & Chicago 1987)

Rollins, Hyder E. (ed.) The Pepys Ballads 8 vols. (Cambridge, MA 1929–32)

Rollins, Hyder Edward (ed.) A Pepysian Garland (Cambridge, UK 1922)

Rollins, Hyder Edward (ed.) The Pepys Ballads 8 vols. (Cambridge, MA 1929–32)

Rollins, P.A. The Cowboy (New York 1922)

Rolt, L.T.C. Sleep No More (London 1948)

Romantic Detective (New York 1938-39)

Ronan, Tom The Mighty Men on Horseback (Melbourne/Sydney Australia 1977)

Ronan, Tom Moleskin Midas (London 1956)

Ronan, Tom Only a Short Walk (London 1961)

Ronan, Tom Packhorse and Pearling Boat (Melbourne, Australia 1964)

Ronan, Tom Strangers on the Ophir (Sydney 1945)

Ronan, Tom Vision Splendid (London 1954)

Rook, Clarence The Hooligan Nights (London 1899) [Oxford 1979]

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Rosa, Joseph G. The Gunfighter: Man or Myth (Norman, OK 1969)

Rosa, Joseph G.; Koop, Waldo E. Rowdy Joe Lowe : Gambler with a Gun (Norman, OK 1989)

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Rosales, Christopher David Word Is Bone (El Paso, TX 2019)

Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette (Roscommon, Eire 1822-1882)

Roscommon Journal and Western Impartial Reporter (Roscommon, Eire 1828-1864)

Roscommon Messenger (Roscommon, Eire 1848-1870)

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Rosen, Erwin In the Foreign Legion (London 1910)

Rosensweig, Jay B. Caló: Gutter Spanish, (New York 1973)

Rosenthal, George S.; Zacharyk, Frank (eds.) Jazzways (New York 1946)

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Rosenthal, Jack The Knowledge (London 1979)

Rosenthal, Jack Spend, Spend, Spend (London 1977) [London 1987]

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Roth, Robert Sand in the Wind (Boston, MA 1973)

Rover [comic] (London 1922–61)

Rowe, Nicholas Dramatic Works (London 1720)

Rowe, Richard Picked Up in the Streets (London 1880)

Rowlands, Samuel A Crew of kind Gossips (London 1609)

Rowlands, Samuel Diogenes Lanthorne (London 1607)

Rowlands, Samuel Good Newes and Bad Newes (London 1622)

Rowlands, Samuel Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers (London 1602)

Rowlands, Samuel Humours Ordinarie (London 1607)

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Rowlands, Samuel The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine (London 1600)

Rowlands, Samuel Martin Mark-all Beadle of Bridewell His Defence and Answere to the Bellman of London (London 1610)

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Rowley, William A Match at Midnight (printed London 1633)

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