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Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G.: His Early Private and Public Life with An Account of His Travels and Explorations [Two Volumes]
by Hitchman, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887. Here is the only biography of Burton written during his lifetime (and with his assistance). Penzer [p.306] considers this to be a "really good" life of the famed explorer and the first one worthy of the name. He calls it straightforward, without wandering off into "side channels" as Lady Burton does. Casada [#359, p. 104] is a bit less kind. These are Very Good (Minus) copies of the First Edition. Red cloth binding with red leather spine; Titling and rules in gilt on the spine. Clean text; unfoxed. Volume One is xi, 430 pages; with a frontis portrait of Burton in Arab dress with his signature (English and Arabic) reproduced; eleven others within. Volume Two has viii, 460 pages with Appendices and Index; frontis illustration and thirty others within. Both volumes show rubbing to the margins, with 1/8" chips to the head of their spines. The gutters have been repaired with filmoplast.. First Edition. Quarter-Bound. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006057
- Title
- Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G.: His Early Private and Public Life with An Account of His Travels and Explorations [Two Volumes]
- Author
- Hitchman, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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