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How to Live in a Flat

Illustrator William Heath Robinson British
[1936]
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Object Information
  • Title: How to Live in a Flat
  • Author: Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne (British, born 1895)
  • Illustrator: William Heath Robinson (British, London 1872–1944 Highgate, London)
  • Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London
  • Published in: London
  • Date: [1936]
  • Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
  • Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 5 1/4 in. (19.5 x 13.3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Special Publications Department, Robie Rogge, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.1034.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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