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- ISBN10 0822002493
- ISBN13 9780822002499
- Publish Date 23 June 1995 (first published 1 December 1976)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 July 2000
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 72
- Language English