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Three Men In A Boat And Three Men On The Bummel

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Book Title: Three Men in a Boat and Three Men ON the Bummel

Item Length: 10in.

Item Height: 0.6in.

Item Width: 7in.

Author: Jerome Jerome

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: General, Literary, Humorous / General

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2014

Genre: Humor, Fiction

Item Weight: 19.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 244 Pages

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