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Record details
Publisher:
Hamish Hamilton
Pub date:
1986
Pages:
176p, plates
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Call Number
623.82
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1
Item ID
PBA2414
Material
BOOK
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Onsite storage - please ORDER to view
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623.82
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2
Item ID
PBP4770
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BOOK
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Offsite storage – please ORDER, allowing 12 days
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