Object details

Category
Books
Related period
Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
STIRLING, J.D.P. (Author)
Art and Educational Publishers (Publisher)
Production date
1946
Place made
London
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 23cm., Pagination: xv, 192p. ill., col. frontis., maps, plans

Catalogue number
LBY 21727

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