Object details

Category
Books
Related period
First World War (content)
Creator
WILLIAMS, GEOFFREY (Author)
KENT COUNTY LIBRARY (Author)
Kent County Library (Publisher)
Production date
1985
Place made
Kent
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 21cm., Pagination: xi, 148p., 24p. of plates ill., facsims., maps, ports.

Catalogue number
LBY 86 / 730

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