Kruger
Portrait of a National Park
by David Paynter ; Wilf Nussey
ISBN: 0869542087
ISBN-13: 9780869542088
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Publisher: Macmillan South Africa
Published date: 1986
Edition: 1th edition
Pages: 287
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Kruger: portrait of a national park
Paynter, David with Nussey, Wilf
Macmillan South Africa, 1986. 1st edition, 1st impression. Pictorial hard covers. V.g. /No Jacket. This book, with its photographs and text, does justice to the biodiversity of one of Africa's least disturbed environments. 287 pp. ( more information)
Offered by Acanthophyllum Books (United Kingdom)
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