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Book Title: Mathematics
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Cassius Jackson Keyser
Publication Name: Mathematics
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
