A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton
by Mary S Lovell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393046729
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046724
- Seller
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Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Only volume defect is several small faint dark spots on the outer edge of the text block. Volume appears unused. Price unclipped DJ's only defect is a small closed tear on the edge of the DJ spine. From the front DJ flap, "Burton was a brilliant, charismatic man - a unique blend of erudite scholar and daring adventurer. Fluent in twenty-nine languages, he found it easy to pass himself off as a native, thereby gaining unique insight into societies otherwise closed to Western scrutiny. He followed service as an intelligence officer in India with a daring penetration of the sacred Islamic cities of Mecca and Medina disguised as a pilgrim."
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- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- bc1504084
- Title
- A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton
- Author
- Mary S Lovell
- Format/Binding
- Beige and blue hard cover with gilt lettering on the spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393046729
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046724
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 910
- Keywords
- Richard Isabel Birton - Biography
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