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The Premiere: A Case Of The Ridiculous And The Sublime

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Book Title: Premiere : a Case of the Ridiculous and the Sublime

Number of Pages: 342 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Spel

Topic: Historical

Publication Year: 2013

Item Height: 0.7 in

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 11.9 Oz

Item Length: 7.8 in

Author: Stephen Lees

Item Width: 5.1 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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