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The water-witch : or, the skimmer of the seas

James Fenimore Cooper ; edited, with an historical introduction by Thomas Philbrick and Marianne Philbrick

(The writings of James Fenimore Cooper)(AMS studies in the nineteenth century, no. 36)

AMS Press, c2010

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  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB02039176
  • ISBN
    • 9780404644666
  • LCCN
    2009043175
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xxxi, 645 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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