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Book Title: Ebb-Tide : a Trio and Quartette
Item Length: 9 in
Item Height: 0.3 in
Item Width: 6 in
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Classics, Action & Adventure
Publisher: Bibliotech Press
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 6.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 134 Pages