SOLD $225 UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN - Mrs Bishop, George Newnes Ltd., London, 1900, 2nd edition, single volume ( original edn., 2 vols), 56 B&W illustrations, B&W fold-out map in facsimile,

UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN - Mrs Bishop, George Newnes Ltd., London, 1900, 2nd edition, single volume ( original edn., 2 vols), 56 B&W illustrations, B&W fold-out map in facsimile, gilt edges, original highly decorated cover, gilt titles, A record of travels in the interior, including visits to the aborigines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikko and Ise - a classic tale of early travel in Japan. Miss Isabella Lucy Bird, later Mrs. J.F. Bishop (1831-1904), left England to seek a better climate for her health in 1878, she returned to Japan in 1894 and 1896. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. - scarce, specially in this condition $225

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UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN - Mrs Bishop, George Newnes Ltd., London, 1900, 2nd edition, single volume ( original edn., 2 vols), 56 B&W illustrations, B&W fold-out map in facsimile, gilt edges, original highly decorated cover, gilt titles, A record of travels in the interior, including visits to the aborigines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikko and Ise - a classic tale of early travel in Japan. Miss Isabella Lucy Bird, later Mrs. J.F. Bishop (1831-1904), left England to seek a better climate for her health in 1878, she returned to Japan in 1894 and 1896. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. - scarce, specially in this condition $225