Object details

Category
Books
Related period
First World War (content), First World War (content)
Creator
NAVAL AND MILITARY DESPATCHES RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN THE WAR (Author)
HMSO (Publisher)
Production date
1914
Place made
London
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 25cm., Pagination: 89p., 1 fold. leaf of plate: map

Catalogue number
LBY 94 / 1903

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