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- ISBN10 0822003880
- ISBN13 9780822003885
- Publish Date 17 May 1978
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 August 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English