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Book Title: The Sanitary Arts: Aesthetic Culture And The Victorian Clean...
Item Weight: 0.69 lbs
Item Height: 0.6in.
Author: Eileen Cleere
Publication Name: Sanitary Arts : Aesthetic Culture and the Victorian Cleanliness Campaigns
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: The Ohio State University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
