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Book Title: Fremont Ellis
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.3in.
Item Width: 8.5in.
Author: Barbara Spencer Foster
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: American / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Art
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 124 Pages
