Art of Pere Joan
Space, Landscape, and Comics Form
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2019-04-22
- Mått152 x 229 x 41 mm
- Vikt626 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieWorld Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series
- Antal sidor328
- FörlagUniversity of Texas Press
- ISBN9781477318126