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Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officer Hardback - 1993

by Alasdair Gray (Editor)

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  • Title Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officer
  • Author Alasdair Gray (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 317
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P, New York
  • Publication date March 1993
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780151730766 / 0151730768
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.35 x 1.25 in (24.13 x 16.13 x 3.18 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Love stories
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92040018
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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