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Book Title: ON Glasgow and Edinburgh
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: RobertCrawford
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Europe / Great Britain / General, Modern / General, Europe / Great Britain
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Travel, History
Item Weight: 19.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
