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PUBLISHER:	White Lotus
ISBN:	9789748434391
AUTHOR	Gunn, Geoffrey C.
RELEASED	1998-03-18

PRINT	Bangkok 1998,
WL CODE	E22018
SIZE	290 pp., 150 x 210 mm
BOOK WEIGHT	0.420 Kg
PACKING WEIGHT	0.200 Kg

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