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Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: America
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Book Title: Nibelungenlied : Translated Into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages: 390 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Topic: General
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2015
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Author: George Henry Needler
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
