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Author: Professor Roy Harris
Published Date: 01 May 1986
Publisher: Duckworth Overlook
Book Format: Hardback::166 pages
ISBN10: 0715620746
ISBN13: 9780715620748
Imprint: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Filename: the-origin-of-writing.pdf
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