Unbeaten Tracks In Japan: An Account Of Travels On Horseback In The Interio...

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Book Title: Unbeaten Tracks in Japan : an Account of Travels on Horseback in the Interior : Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikkô and Isé by: Isabella L. Bird ( Volume I) : Japan ,Description and Travel

Item Length: 10in.

Item Height: 0.5in.

Item Width: 8in.

Author: Isabella L. Bird

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: General

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2017

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 18 Oz

Number of Pages: 198 Pages