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Edward Powys Mathers

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Edward Powys Mathers was an English translator and poet, and also a pioneer of compiling advanced cryptic crosswords. Powys Mathers was born in Forest Hill, London, the son of Edward Peter Mathers, newspaper proprietor. He was educated at Loretto School and Trinity College, Oxford.

Books

Cain's Jawbone

Edward Powys Mathers

Edward Powys Mathers

The Torquemada Puzzle Book

A Miscellany of Original Crosswords, Acrostics, Anagrams, Verbal Pastimes and Problems, Etc., Etc. & Cain's Jawbone, a Torquemada Mystery Novel

The Torquemada Puzzle Book

Edward Powys Mathers

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

Edward Powys Mathers, Joseph Charles Mardrus

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

Edward Powys Mathers

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

Edward Powys Mathers

The Mill House Murder: Being the Last of the Adventures of Ronald Camberwell

The Mill House Murder: Being the Last of the Adventures of Ronald Camberwell

J. S. Fletcher, Edward Powys Mathers

Black Marigolds

Black Marigolds

Edward Powys Mathers, Bilhaṇa, Glenys Cour, Nicolas McDowall

Gustave Flaubert, Edward Powys Mathers

Salambo; Translated by Powys Mathers, Introduction by Gerard Hopkins

Engravings on Copper by Ru Can Rossem

Salambo; Translated by Powys Mathers, Introduction by Gerard Hopkins

Gustave Flaubert, Edward Powys Mathers

The Garden of Bright Waters

The Garden of Bright Waters

Edward Powys Mathers

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