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Book Title: Tony Sarg: Genius at Play : Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture
Item Length: 11.3in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 9.3in
Author: Lenore D. Miller
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Puppets & Puppetry, Individual Artists / Monographs, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
Publisher: Abbeville Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Art, Performing Arts
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
