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Genres: Nonfiction, History, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 792.026 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Theater: Plays, Ballet, Opera modified standard subdivisions Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials, miscellany Costuming
LCC: GT1741 .L28 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Manners and customs (General) Manners and customs (General) Costume. Dress. Fashion

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Languages: English
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Published: 1964
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 792.026
LCC: GT1741 .L28

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