Object details

Category
Books
Related period
Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
FITZWILLIAMS, DUNCAN C.L. (Author)
Hutchinson (Publisher)
Place made
London
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 19cm., Pagination: 64p. ill., figs.

Catalogue number
LBY 81 / 3720

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