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Burton, Richard Annotated Bibliography & Selected Collectible Books



Burton, Richard. Goa and the Blue Mountains, or Six Months Sick Leave.. Richard Bentley, London (1851). 4 lithographic plates by Hullmandel from drawings by Burton on heavier paper (including the tissue-guarded frontis) and folding Map of the South Eastern and Western Coast of India.

Burton, Richard. Scinde; or, the Unhappy Valley. Richard Bentley, London (1851).

Burton, Richard. Falconry in the Valley of the Indus. Jon Van Voorst, London (1852). 4 lithographed plates. 500 copies printed.

Burton, Richard. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London (1855). Three volume. 4 maps/plans (3 fold-out), 14 plates (8 coloured).

Burton, Richard. First Footsteps in East Africa; or, an Exploration of Harar. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London (1856). Four color lithograph plates and two maps. Seven illustrations in the text. Edited by Isabel Burton

Burton, Richard. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. Putnam, New York (1856). First American Edition. With An Introduction By Bayard Taylor.

Burton, Richard. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, London (1857). Second edition. 1 folding map, 3 plans (2 folding), 13 lithographed plates (8 tinted, 5 coloured), and 22 text illustrations.

Burton, Richard. The Lake Regions of Central Africa. A picture of exploration.. Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, London (1860). Twelve chromo-xylographic tinted woodcut plates, twenty-two woodcut illustrations in the text, and folding tinted map. Second issue. Two volumes.

Burton, Richard. City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, London (1861). Frontis, three maps on one foldout, a second foldout map of Salt Lake City, and 8 full page drawings / engravings and a few other drawings in the text.

Burton, Richard. The City of Saints, And Across The Rocky Mountains To California.. Harper and Brothers, New York (1862). First US edition. Eight engraved plates (and a frontis), folding sheet with three maps, and nine illustrations in the text. Five appendices include a detailed itinerary of his route, transcriptions of various Mormon documents, and a chronological abstract of Mormon history.

Burton, Richard. The prairie traveller, a handbook for overland expeditions. With illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific, and a map.. Trubner, London (1863). By Randolph Marcy, edited and with notes by Richard F. Burton. One folding map, one plate, 12 text illustrations.

Burton, Richard. Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po. By A F.R.G.S.. Tinsley Brothers, London (1863). Two volumes. With a folding map in volume one and frontispiece plate in volume two.

Burton, Richard. Abeokuta and the Cameroons Mountains. An exploration. Tinsley Brothers, London (1863). Mounted frontispiece portrait of Burton, four wood engraved plates and folding lithographic map. Two volumes.

Burton, Richard. The Nile basin.. Tinsley Brothers, London (1864). Three maps. Contents: Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's western lake reservoir. A memoir read before the Royal Geographical Society, November 14, 1864. With prefatory remarks. Part II. Captain Speke's Discovery of the source of the Nile. A review. By James M'Queen

Burton, Richard. A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome with Notices of the So-CalledAmazons, the Grand Customs, the Yearly Customs, the Human Sacrifices, the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature.. Tinsley Brothers, London (1864). Two volumes. Frontispiece in each volume.

Burton, Richard. Wit and Wisdom From West Africa; A Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms. Tinsley Brothers, London (1865). Compiled by Richard F. Burton.

Burton, Richard. The Highlands of the Brazil with full account of the gold and disamond mines. Also, Canoeing down 1500 miles of the great river Sao Francisco from Sabara to the Sea.. Tinsley Brothers, London (1869). One folding map. Preface by Lady Burton. Two volumes. Two engraved frontispieces and title-page vignettes.

Burton, Richard. Letters from the Battle-fields of Paraguay. Tinsley Brothers, London (1870). Wood-engraved frontispiece by R. Knight. Folding lithographic map.

Burton, Richard. Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry. Longmans, Green and Co, London (1870). 33 illustrations by Ernest Griset. 15 plates.

Burton, Richard. Unexplored Syria. Visits to the Libanus, the Tulul El Safa, the Anti-Libanus, the Northern Libanus and the Alah.. Tinsley Brothers, London (1872). Two volumes. 2 lithographed frontispieces, 1 folding map, 25 other lithographed plates, 11 of which folding, and 28 illustrations in the text. The work consists of articles by Burton, Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake, Mrs. Burton, and others.

Burton, Richard. Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast. Tinsley Brothers, London (1872). Two volumes. Volume I has a folding map, four plans and four plates. Volume II has seven plates.

Burton, Richard. Ultima Thule; or A Summer in Iceland. William P. Nimmo, London (1875). Two volumes. Both volumes with lithographic frontispieces, fold-out maps, engraved plates and illustrations.

Burton, Richard. Etruscan Bologna: A Study. Smith, Elder, London (1876). Folding map and 27 illustrations.

Burton, Richard. A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry. William Clowes and Sons, London (1876). A number of illustrations in the text

Burton, Richard. Sind Revisited: With Notices of the Anglo-Indian Army; Railroads; Past, Present and Future, etc:. Richard Bentley, London (1877). Two volumes. Engraved bookplates by Charles Waterman Armour in both volumes.

Burton, Richard. The Gold-Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia. Kegan Paul, London (1878). Preface by Lady Burton. Folding map and black and white illustrations in text

Burton, Richard. The Land of Midian (Revisited). Kegan Paul, London (1879). Folding map, 6 colored plates, 10 uncolored plates, 17 illustrations in the text. 1000 copies.

Burton, Richard. Os Luciadas (The Lusiads), Camoens: His Life, and The Lusiads: a Commentary and The Lyricks.. Bernard Quaritch, London (1880). By Luis Vas De Camoens. Translated by Richard F. Burton. Edited by Isabel Burton.

Burton, Richard. A Glance at the Passion Play. Harrison, London (1881). Frontispiece, 3 illustrations in the text, a number of pages of printed music.

Burton, Richard. The Book of the Sword. Chatto and Windus, London (1884). Illustrated with line drawings by Joseph Grego.

Burton, Richard. The book of a thousand nights and a night - with introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men. Burton Club, London (1885). Printed by the Burton club for private subscribers only. 1000 copies.

Burton, Richard. The Memorial Edition of the Works.. Tylston and Edwards, London (1893). Edited by Isabel Burton. Memorial edition of 4 works (Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah; A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome; Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Delivery; First Footsteps in East Africa) in 7 volumes. Each volume has preface by Isabel Burton. Portrait and color lithograph frontispieces, folding coloured map, illustrated with coloured and tinted lithographs and black and white illustrations throughout the text.

Burton, Richard. Il Pentamerone, or The Tale of Tales.. Henry, London (1893). Transled Richard F. Burton, written by Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone. 165 copies.

Burton, Richard. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Printed for private subscribers, London (1894). Translated by Richard F. Burton (the Metrical Part) and Leonard C. Smithers (the Prose Portion, Introduction, and Notes Explanatory and Illustrative). 12 copies. Printed on Japanese vellum.

Burton, Richard. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Nichols, London (1897). Translated by Richard F. Burton. With Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights [with] SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS. 71 illustrations by Albert Letchford, including a portrait of Burton.

Burton, Richard. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Burton Club, London (1900). Translated and annotated by Richard F. Burton .Ten volumes of The Thousand and One Nights and six volumes of The Supplemental Nights. 1000 sets. Seventy-one plates (including frontispieces).Printed by the Burton Club for private subscribers.

Burton, Richard. Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments,Now Entituled The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night with Introduction and Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History ot The Nights. Burton Society of Denver Colorado (1901). Translated by Richard F. Burton. Ten volumes of The Thousand and One Nights and six volumes of The Supplemental Nights.

Burton, Richard. A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights entertainments : now intituled The book of the thousand nights and a night .. Burton Club, London (1905). Printed by the Burton Club for private subscribers. Ten volumes of The Thousand and One Nights and six volumes of The Supplemental Nights.

Burton, Richard. Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel and Exploration. Philpot, London (1924). Edited with an Introduction and Occasional Notes by N. M. Penzer. 100 numbered copies.

Burton, Richard. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Burton Club, London (1925). Translated and annotated by Richard F. Burton. Ten volumes of The Thousand and One Nights and six volumes of The Supplemental Nights.

Burton, Richard. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Easton Press, Norwalk (1944). Translated by Richard F. Burton. 17 volumes.


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