Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Condition FAIR to POOR due to detached cover but interior is much better. Front cover detached, but present. Red leather three- quarters binding. Gilt lettering and decor on spine. Spine taut and unbroken. Gilt page edges on top, side, and bottom. Bumped corners and edgewear, consistent with age. Pages are in great condition with little to no staining. Clean and brightly colored. Colored illustrations are beautifully vivid. Volume I of II only. Second edition. Engraved illustrations IN COLOR. 4 3/4 x 7 3/8''
Seller: Knight's Antique Books, North Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$303.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth rebind with new front paste-down. Rest of book is original with some age discolouration. All plates and folding chart present and in good order. 422pp. Contents tight.
Seller: Arty Bees Books, Wellington, New Zealand
Price: US$1152.78 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The second edition of Richard Burton's famous account of his journey to Mecca, disguised as a Muslim, during a period when non-Muslims were strictly forbidden. First published in three volumes between 1855 and 1856, this is the two volume second edition of the work.In the very scarce publisher's original cloth binding, with both volumes bound together.Collated, illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece to each volume. With two further chromolithographs to volume I, and one folding map (detached and loosely inserted). With the final plate of volume I bound in following the index of volume II. Volume I is lacking one plate, 'Plan of the Haram'.Volume II illustrated with a further chromolithograph, and six further plates. One folding map, and one plate, are provided in facsimile.Pages 119-122 provided in facsimile.Retaining both half titles.This is Richard F. Burton's famous account of his journey to the Islamic holy cities of Al Medinah and Mecca, undertaken in disguise as a Muslim at a time when non-Muslims were strictly forbidden. This is widely regarded as Burton's most famous work, and although he was not the first non-Muslim European to undertake the Hajj pilgrimage, his account is the most famous and best documented.With the bookplate of F.W. Amsden to the front pastedown, and the inscription 'in memory of "my" Middle East 1976' to the front pastedown.Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar and soldier, who wrote numerous publications regarding languages and cultures around the world. He was a Captain for the East India Company, and an active member of the Royal Geographical Society, where he became the first European to see Lake Tanganyika in Africa. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with minor losses of cloth to back strip tail. Light fading to cloth of spine. Hinges strained, and only a touch tender. Bookplate and inscription to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot or light handling mark. Pages 119-122 supplied in facsimile, with one folding map and one plate also in facsimile. One map detached and loosely inserted. Lacking one plate. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1985.34 + shipping
Description: Second edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xv,418;v,422, uncut, decorative blue cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in black, chromolithographic frontispieces and 3 further colour plates with tissue guards, 8 dichromatic plates, drawn by R. Burton and lithographed by Hanhart, one b/w plate, folding map, 2 folding plans and one single-page plan; heraldic bookplate to front paste-down endpaper (both volumes), foxing to prelims and edges, light roll to spine of Volume II, rubbing to extremities, with small split to headband of Volume II and to foot of spine of Volume I, a very good set.
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 418; 3 p.l., iv, [1 leaf], 422. with half-titles. 1 folding map, 3 plans (2 folding), 13 lithographed plates (8 tinted, 5 coloured). 22 text illus. modern half morocco, gilt edges (joints starting, extremities worn). Second Edition. One of the greatest travel books ever written. Burton s popular work was originally published in three volumes (1855-56). Burton was the first English Christian to enter Mecca as a true Mohammedan pilgrim. During his arduous and dangerous journey, he disguised himself at various times as a Persian Mirza, a Dervish and a Pathan doctor. "As a story of bold adventure, and as lifting a veil from the unknown, its interest will never fade." (DNB) Gay 3634. Ibrahim-Hilmy I p. 111. Penzer pp. 51-52.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$2913.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Richard Burton's famous account of his journey to Mecca, disguised as a Muslim, during a period when non-Muslims were strictly forbidden. The second edition. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in smart half calf by Geo. Quinton. Volume one has a colour frontispiece, three colour plates and two folding maps. The plate titled, 'Plan of Haram', which should be on page 294, has been bound into volume two, on page 97. Collated complete. Volume two has a colour frontispiece, eight full-page plates and one folding map. Collated complete. Richard F. Burton's famous account of his journey to the Islamic holy cities of Al Medinah and Mecca, undertaken in disguise as a Muslim at a time when non-Muslims were strictly forbidden. This is widely regarded as Burton's most famous work, and although he was not the first non-Muslim European to undertake the Hajj pilgrimage, his account is the most famous and best documented. Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar and soldier, who wrote numerous publications regarding languages and cultures around the world. He was a Captain for the East India Company, and an active member of the Royal Geographical Society, where he became the first European to see Lake Tanganyika in Africa. Each volume has a bookplate for, 'Sir Willoughby Jones Baronet', to the front paste-down. The half title page is present in volume two but not in volume one. Uniformly bound in half calf. Externally, smart with rubbing to the edges. Spine is darkened. Small crack to the upper joints of volume one and the lower front joint of volume two. Fading to the edges of the boards and light marks to the boards and spines. Bookplate to the front paste-down of each volume. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, binding slightly strained in volume one but otherwise firm. Volume one is lacking the half title page. Pages age-toned but bright and clean. Foxing to the front and rear blanks. The odd spot and handing mark throughout. Some loss to the frontispiece tissue guard in volume two. Offsetting towards the front of volume one, including the title page and frontispiece. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom