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Burton, Richard F.. Sind Revisited. 2 Volumes.. Bentley., London, 1877.
Price: US$358.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xii, 343 + iv, 331pp. 'With notioces of the Anglo-Indian army, railroads,Past, Present and Future. This is a second visit to the original research for 'Reports on Bombay' rather than actual travel. Usual treatments, few marks but tight in clean library bindings. 1.5kg.
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Price: US$1575.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols.: Vol. 1 - 343pp.; Vol 2- 331pp. Touch of wear to extremities else very good condition. Red 3/4 leather binding with marbled boards and end sheets. Top page edges gilt. Embossed gilt decorations on spine. Light foxing to prelims. Small Bookplate. A lovely collectible copy.
Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1690.74 + shipping
Description: First edition. Two volumes, bound in nineteenth century half green morocco over marbled boards with raised bands and gilt titles to the spine. All edges marbled. Bookplate to front pastedown. A fine copy, handsomely bound.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: index, xii, 343, iv, 331p. Rebound in later 1/2 leather (bound by J. Fawn & Son in Bristol (England). 20cm. Lightly scuffed. Bookseller's ticket on front endpapers (Gaston Renard). All edges marbled (presumably when rebound). Foxing on a few outer leaves. Burton's second book, published in 1851 while Burton was a military officer in Colonial India, was titled "Scinde, or the Unhappy Valley." Burton revisited Sind in 1876 and updated his thoughts and speculations about this region, now part of Pakistan, while admitting in the Preface [at page ix] that ". I have borrowed copiously, from "Scinde, or the Unhappy Valley, whatever of enduring interest was in it ."
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. xii, 343; iv, 331, [1] pp. Half-title in vol. I present (not called for in vol. II). 2 vols. 8vo. Burton's return visit to the lands, and annotations to the text, of his 1851 book, Scinde, or the Unhappy Valley. An attractive copy. Penzer, p. 95: "Burton had a map and a number of photographs for this work, which he forwarded to the publishers, but on February 5, 1877, they were returned, as it was considered that the expense would be too great." Casada 61; See: Farwell, Burton, (1988), pp. 323-4 Original grey cloth, upper covers stamped in black, spine titled in gilt. Very good Bookplate, small private library stamp on verso of front flyleaf xii, 343; iv, 331, [1] pp. Half-title in vol. I present (not called for in vol. II). 2 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing published 1877. Both books in this (2) volume set are in great shape with light wear to the spine and edges. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning. The original black endpapers are present and the pages are clean. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard. Sind Revisited. Richard Bentley, London, 1877.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: with notices of the Anglo Indian Army, railroads, past, present and future, etc. First edition. 2 volumes: 343 & 331 pp. Penzer p 94, 95. After a brief visit to Sind (then part of India, now Pakistan), Burton added material to his earlier works and discussed the region's future. Lovely vg+ to near fine set bound in 3/4 leather, raised spine bands, gilt rules, gilt borders in bands. Engraved bookplates (Charles Waterman Armour) both volumes. The book appears never read, part of volume 2 is unopened.
Seller: Trophy Room Books, Agoura, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xii, 343; iv, 331; W. H. Smith and Sons purple subscription library bookplate on front pastedown of each volume; very good copy in original mauve cloth stamped in black and gilt. Penzer, p. 95: "Burton had a map and a number of photographs for this work, which he forwarded to the publishers, but on February 5, 1877, they were returned, as it was considered that the expense would be too great." Casada 61.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings of both books in this two volume set. A beautiful copy bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL brown cloth. The books are in excellent condition with minor wear to the edges. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy housed in a custom slipcase for preservation. We buy Burton First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.