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Title: THE FINANCIER
THE CRITICAL EDITION
By: Theodore Dreiser, Roark Mulligan (Editor)
Format: Hardback

List price: £79.00


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ISBN 10: 0252035046
ISBN 13: 9780252035043
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Pub. date: 1 May, 2010
Series: The Dreiser Edition
Pages: 672
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Publication: US
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
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