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Book Title: Capturing the Light : the Birth of Photography, a True Story of Genius and Rivalry
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.8in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Helen Rappaport, Roger Watson
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, History, Science & Technology
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Photography, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 10.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
