Object details

Category
Books
Related period
Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
WAR OFFICE (Author)
War Office (Publisher)
Production date
1942
Place made
London
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 18cm., Pagination: 1489., 1 fold. leaf of plates map

Catalogue number
LBY 80 / 1858

Object associations

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