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Victorians And The Prehistoric

Tracks To A Lost World

by Michael Freeman

ISBN: 0300103344
ISBN-13: 9780300103342
Format: Hardcover

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Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published date: 2004
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 7 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 2.3 pounds
Pages: 310

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