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  • Did you ever hear of a constable called Bastable? "

    The Four Feathers 1906

  • "Bastable, " the name suddenly shot into Sharpe's head, "Thomas Bastable.

    Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

  • "The Warlord of the Air" (nv) (Oswald Bastable series) © 1971, DAW Books, Ace Books

    "Steampunk" Anthology, Edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer 2009

  • The article includes discussions of public services, externalities, and state-funded education, with links to and discussions of Coase, Smith, Marshall, and Bastable on the subject.

    Vouchers and Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • It comes to us in one of the finest narrative voices that any writer has ever conceived, the self-effacing chronicler Oswald Bastable:

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • As a child I loved the E. Nesbit books about the Bastable children, all of the Oz books, the Ramona books, Joan Aiken's series about Dido & Simon ...

    Trivia question Roger Sutton 2008

  • It comes to us in one of the finest narrative voices that any writer has ever conceived, the self-effacing chronicler Oswald Bastable:

    Avoiding the Dreaded Prologue 2008

  • I'd recommend Von Bek or Oswald Bastable as more suitable heroes to drag you into the Eternal Champion cycle, if not just Jerry Cornelius himself, sci-fi anti-hero of them masses.

    Elric: The Stealer of Souls 2008

  • Since not every book design includes chapter numbers, a reader like Oswald Bastable could easily be fooled into thinking that was chapter 1, and read it unawares.

    Avoiding the Dreaded Prologue 2008

  • Since not every book design includes chapter numbers, a reader like Oswald Bastable could easily be fooled into thinking that was chapter 1, and read it unawares.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

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