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Book Title: Fashion Classics from Carlyle to Barthes
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Michael Carter
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Fashion & Accessories
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2003
Genre: Design
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
