The conscription of fashion utility cloth, clothing and footwear, 1941-1952

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: SLADEN, CHRISTOPHER (Author)
Scolar Press (Publisher)
Production date: 1995
Place made: Aldershot, Hampshire
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 24cm., Pagination: x, 134p., 6p. of plates ill., facsims., ports.
Catalogue number: LBY 95 / 1216

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