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PUBLISHER: White Lotus
ISBN: 9789748434902
AUTHOR Ivanoff, Jacques
RELEASED 1999-03-18
PRINT Bangkok 1999,
WL CODE E22075
SIZE 180 pp., fully illus., partly in col., 210 x 290 mm
BOOK WEIGHT 0.750 Kg
PACKING WEIGHT 0.200 Kg

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