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RAYNAUD (Georges). I am a prisoner. Autograph letter from General Juin. Paris, la Nouvelle édition, s.d. (1944), in-4, leaves in publisher's card. With 54 plates. Numbered copy (n°821).

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RAYNAUD (Georges). I am a prisoner. Autograph letter from General Juin. Paris, la Nouvelle édition, s.d. (1944), in-4, leaves in publisher's card. With 54 plates. Numbered copy (n°821).

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