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Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Description: large 8vo (25x17 cms), 40+1+648+24 pages, 2 maps, 4 coloured plates, Appendices (as usual, Appendix 4 on female circumcision has been omitted) : his famous account of the exploration of Harar; hardback, original red boards rubbed to edges & outer hinges, top & base of backstrip chipped, front hinge loosening, signs of use, frontispiece supplied in coloured facsimile ow a complete FIRST EDITION, g only, priced accordingly - a heavy book that may attract extra postage east africa harar burton berberah somalia somaliland speke jid ali zakla african exploration danakil
Seller: Yesterday's Books, BOURNEMOUTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 vo. xl, 647 pp. First edition, second issue with hand-colored plates and the omitted index on female circumcision. Rebound c. 1900 in crimson morocco with red cloth, marbled endpapers and matching marbled text edges. All plates, maps present. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; joints excellent, leather has some mild toning at edges and spine, surface wear at edges. Mild wear to corners, some mild chips at spine tail. Binding tight. Plates all extrenmely clean and bright, frontis retains the tissue, which is in perfect state. Text very clean and bright with no markings. Exploration. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$1739.16 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, xl, (ii), 648, 24 advertisement pp. 4 fine coloured lithographs and 2 maps, the plates with some mostly marginal soiling, original endpapers with advertisements bound in. Modern red half morocco, black spine label. A famous account of Burton's journey to Harrar in Somalia, disguised as an Arab merchant. Lacking Appendix IV as is common, which due to its discussion of female circumcision was omitted during the print run. Penzer pp. 60-63.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, second issue (as common) of Burton's classic account of his travels in Somalia and Ethiopia, with appendices including the diary and observations of John Speke and an early effort at a grammar of the Harari language. With index and appendices, the suppressed fourth of which is noted solely with the line, "It has been found necessary to omit this Appendix." A landmark in the literature of European exploration. 8'' x 5''. Early half brown calf with brown cloth boards and gilt-stamped spine. Red morocco spine label. All edges marbled. Illustrated with three color plates and two maps. 648 pages. Previous owner's name in pen on front free endpaper. Light edgewear and bumping.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1900.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. Xxxviiii, 648. Frontispiece color portrait of Harar, 3 other color plates, 7 illustrations in the text, 2 full page maps, 5 appendices, index, 24 pages of ads. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth with gilt spine titles. Spine slightly slanted. Spine age darkened and moderately soiled, moderate wear to all edges of binding, moderate soiling to page edges and covers. Previous owner bookplate. This is Burton's account of his first exploratory expedition to Africa (1854-1855). He had 3 other British Officers under his command, including John Hanning Speke. Speke and the others explored Somaliland while Burton became the first European to successfully enter and return from the holy and forbidden Islamic city of Harrar in Abyssnia. Returning from Harrar, Burton, Speke, and the others reunited at Berbera. Speke had accomplished nearly nothing in Somalia because his local guides betrayed him, stole from him, and then abandoned him. Burton had selected the guides and had them arrested and punished in Berbera. This infuriated the Somalis and 200 spearmen attacked the British camp at night. Burton took a spear through the face, it pierced his cheek, ripped up his hard palate, and exited through his other cheek. Speke was stabbed repeatedly in the legs, captured, and carried off to the Somali camp to be executed. He miraculously escaped. Burton and Speke suffered financial losses. As commander, Burton appropriated Speke's diary of the trip, clumsily edited it, and published it as Appendix I in this book. Burton's written description of the Somali attack led some to believe he accused Speke of cowardice. The seeds of their later bitter falling out were sown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 648 pages
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$2125.63 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue. Half title, col. front., 3 col. plates, 2 maps; 24pp. cata. (November 1856). Brown e.ps, ads printed on pastedowns. Orig. brick-red cloth by Edmonds & Remnants, boards dec. in blind, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Small armorial bookplate of Edmund Wilmot and later ownership signature of Francis Ley, Epperstone Manor. Very sl. darkening of spine, tiny mark to front board. A v.g., bright & near-fine copy. Penzer, p.60. This is the second issue in red cloth, without imprint on spine; the first issue was in violet cloth 'now exceedingly rare and practically unobtainable'. Appendix IV on infibulation was omitted from all copies. Edmund Wilmot, 1809-1869, of Chaddesdon, Derbyshire and later Hopton Hall, was son of Sir Robert and Lady Lucy Wilmot. Sir Francis Ley, 1846-1916, industrialist, founded Ley's Malleable Castings Vulcan Ironworks in Derby. Keen on sports, he built facilities for football, cricket, and baseball - the last reintroduced to England by Ley, hence Derby County F.C.'s old ground being named 'The Baseball Ground'. His own cricket team in 1912 included three England football players, messrs Bloomer, Barnes and Bagshaw.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2157.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG, 1st ed, 2nd issue, complete. 2 maps, 4 col pls, 7 illustrations. In attractive half red morocco over red marbled boards by Bayntun, gilt tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles, upper edge worn. Internally, coloured tissue guarded frontis, [5], (viii-xl), [2], [1], 2-648 pp, 2 maps, 4 chromolithograph pls, 7 illustrations within text, ink inscription to title, marbled endpapers, bookplate & ink name to fpd (Pascal PH Alby), ink inscription to title, T.E.G, binders stamp to verso fep, lightest of edge browning only, maps & plates not dated, maps engraved by Edwd. Weller. A very good clean copy. (Folio, 1338*207 mm), (Penzer p60-63. Abbey Travel 276. Casara 35). This is the second issue (without Appendix IV, on female circumcision, as usual). An account of Burton's first expedition to Somalia and his exploration of the forbidden city of Harar. Another edition was published in 1894. BURTON Sir Richard Francis - explorer and author, who over the course of his lifetime, he mastered more than forty languages and dialects. Many of Burton's books have been reprinted since his death, attaining a level of success far greater than during his lifetime. His wide range of accomplishments and enigmatic character, yet to be fully defined, make him continually attractive to researchers, writers, and readers. See ODNB.
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Price: US$2575.00 + shipping
Description: 648 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Two maps, 4 colored lithographic plates; half-title. First edition, second issue, without the suppressed fourth Appendix on female circumcision includedinthefirstissue.In1849, theEastIndia Company supported an exploration program to present-day Somalia. By 1854, the program was largely abandoned, but was revived byBurtonto become hisfirstAfrican expedition. That year, he set out from Aden disguised as an Arab merchant to cross the desert to Harar, a closed city never opened to foreigners. Speke accompanied him on the journey, and their differing accounts of the true source of the Nile River ignited a controversy between them. Appendiciesinclude Speke's diary of hisAfrican journey, Hearne's meterological observations, and a description of Cornwallis's 1841 attempt to enter Harrar. Pages 46-47 the only pages toned. Extensive Index. 24 pages of publisher adverts at rear. ABBEY TRAVEL 276. CASADA 35; IBRAHIM-HILMY p.111. PENZER p. 60-63. SPINK 16. Modern black morocco, marbled endpapers, raised bands, red leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Fine
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition with Half-title, 2 maps, and 4 colored lithographed plates present. The book is bound in the publisher's red cloth with the spine rebacked using the original cloth. The binding is tight with light wear to the spine and edges. The brown endpapers with printed adverts on paste-downs are present with a small bookplate to front endpaper. The pages are clean with some foxing primarily to plates. There is NO writing or marks in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
BURTON, RICHARD F.. First Footsteps in East Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar. , 1856.
Price: US$3412.50 + shipping
Description: BURTON, RICHARD F. First Footsteps in East Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. xxxviii, [2], 648 p. + 24-p. publishers cat. 4 color plates and 2 maps. Bound without the suppressed fourth appendix, as usual. Publisher's red cloth. Neat early restoration of spine ends and repair of front inner hinge, one lead adhered the next in the gutter, slight darkening of the spine and light overall soiling. A very good, tight copy. First edition, second issue binding. Burton's first expedition to explore the interior of the Somali country and particularly the forbidden city of Harar, which no European was thought to have seen. Penzer pp. 60-63.
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc., ABAA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$3575.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. With four color lithographed plates, two maps, and seven illustrations in the text. 8vo, handsomely bound three-quarter crimson morocco over dark-gray cloth covered boards, the spine with raised bands ruled in gilt, lettered in gilt in two compartments, top edge gilt, blind rules to the morocco corner pieces, marbled end-leaves. xli, 648. Appendices, Index. A fine copy, the binding in very pleasing condition, the text-block crisp and clean throughout, the plates and maps beautifully preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THIS HIGHLY IMPORTANT WORK. FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRICA is a seminal work of Africana recording Burton's first expedition into Somalia. His purpose was to explore the forbidden Moslem city of Harar, "a city whose walls no European had ever penetrated," as well as to gather information about the headwaters of the Nile. He travelled in the same disguise that took him to Mecca, as Haji Mirza Abdullah, an Arab merchant. It was on this expedition that Burton was first joined by John Speke, at the suggestion of James Outram. Speke originally abetted Burton's plans in Somalia, but differences quickly arose between the two, and Speke over the years became Burton's great nemesis, taking credit for discovering the Nile and deprecating Burton's efforts in every sphere. On this journey, despite the success of the primary objective, Lieut. Stroyan died and Burton received the famous spear wound to his face during an attack by Somalis while encamped on the beach at Berberah. Burtons intellectual influence is far-reaching. His amazing grasp of languages and culture anticipates the globalism of the future. His geographical discoveries not only make him an interesting historical figure but also allowed for future exploration. The detail with which he wrote and his willingness to examine intimate aspects of daily life were precursors to modern ethnography. And his understanding and willingness to immerse himself in cultures that are still little understood by those in Western nation-states is enlightening on many levels. He was the first European to enter Mecca, first to explore Somaliland, and first to discover the great lakes of Central Africa. A prolific writer, he published 43 volumes on exploration and travel, two volumes of poetry, over a hundred articles and 143 pages of autobiography. He translated sixteen volumes of The Arabian Nights, six volumes of Portuguese literature, two volumes of Latin poetry, and four volumes of folklore (Neapolitan, African and Hindu). His occupations included; soldier, writer, explorer, foreign emissary, translator and linguist, sword fighter, ethnographer and archaeologist.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. xl, [2], 648, 24 (ads); 4 hand-colored lithographs, 2 maps; original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine; good and sound. This is the second issue binding; the first was in violet cloth. An account of Burton's journey to Harrar in Somalia, disguised as an Arab merchant. Penzer, p. 60-63; Casada 35: "Deals with Burton's initial attempt to approach the Nile's sources."
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy with the folding maps present. The book is in excellent shape with minor wear to the edges. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase. We buy Richard Burton First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.