Object details

Category
Books
Related period
Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
PHILPOTT, BRYAN (Author)
Patrick Stephens (Publisher)
Production date
1981
Place made
Cambridge
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 25cm., Pagination: 89p. ill., frontis., ports.

Catalogue number
LBY 82 / 91

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