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Book Title: Selected Poems
Number of Pages: 88 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.2 in
Topic: General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 5.5 Oz
Author: William Peskett
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
