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Bibliographic information
| Title | The origin of West African crossbows ... |
| Author | Henry Balfour |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | GPO, 1911 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Sep 30, 2008 |
| Length | 16 pages |
| Subjects | Crossbows |
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