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| Título | In Time of War: a Tale of Paris Life ... |
| Autor | James Francis Cobb |
| Editor | Griffith and Farran, 1883 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 19 Jul. 2006 |
| Largo | 343 páginas |
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