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| Title | The story of Britain's best buildings |
| Author | Dan Cruickshank |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | BBC Worldwide, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture Architecture / Buildings / General Architecture / General Architecture / History / General Architecture / Regional Historic buildings |
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