Two generations of Edinburgh folk

by Dorothy Slee

Publisher: Canongate Academic in association with the European Ethnological Research Centre and the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh

Written in English

Published: 1993 Pages: 64 Downloads: 878

Edition Notes

The Physical Object
Statement	Dorothy Slee.
Series	Flashbacks -- no.1
Contributions	European Ethnological Research Centre., National Museums of Scotland.
Pagination	ix, 64p.
Number of Pages	64
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL21754988M
ISBN 10	1898410046
OCLC/WorldCa	30034053

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