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Burton, Captain Richard F.. The Highlands of Brazil (2 Volume Set). Tinsley Brothers, London, 1869.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two volume set. 8vo with 921 pages. First editions. First issue with folding map facing page 1 in volume 2 and adds at end of volume 2. Bound in original green cloth with gold decoration of 'Tupy of Brazil' on front panel of both volumes. Gold lettering on spine. Both volumes have frontispieces and second title page. Brown pastedowns and endpapers. The volumes are in good condition with soiling to cloth on front and back panels. The map in volume 2 is in fair condition with two stains, one 3/4" by 5/16" and another 13/4" which have bled through. This slightly affects page VIII of table of contents and page 1 of text. Photographs by request. Size: 8vo
Seller: JERO BOOKS AND TEMPLET CO., SANTA MONICA, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$946.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, xii, 443; viii, 478, [ii, ads] pp, frontis in each volume, extra title page with vignette in each volume, folding map (neat repair on verso), half title for each volume is present, other map and illus from drwgs, index. new cloth, gilt spine title lettering, library ink and blind stamps, number on verso title, archival repair to margin, minor foxing on few leaves but overall clean set, good sound binding. Sabin 9498. Borba de Moraes I, 137: 'In this classic work Burton describes his journey from Rio to Minas via Tres Barras, the River Velhas, Penedo and the Paul Alfonso Falls. There are two issues of this edition'. Penzer 78: 'for the first issue' the map faces page 1 of volume II'. There was also a remainder issue, which had no illustrations and was presumably with the same date. A picture of this book is available on request.
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1869 BURTON 1ed BRAZIL Exploration Highlands Santos São Francisco Paulo Afonso Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil is an engaging exploration narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton, a renowned British explorer, polyglot, and scholar. The book chronicles Burton s extensive travels across Brazil, offering readers a meticulous account of the country's gold and diamond mines and a captivating description of his 1500-mile canoe journey down the Great River São Francisco. This 1869 first edition, first printing two-volume set includes the expected folding map! Item number: #41051 Price: $950 BURTON, Captain Richard F. Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil; With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines. Also, Canoeing Down 1500 Miles of the Great River São Francisco, From Sabará to the Sea. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First Edition. First Printing. Details: Collation: 2 volumes o Vol. I [2], xii, 443, [1] o Vol. II [2], viii, 478, [2] Includes folding map Edition Note: o Vol. II, Pg. 1 Map faces page 1 (First state) References: Sabin 9498 Provenance: o Bookplate Dr. E. A. Stephenson of Tramore o Handwritten [Charles Larrant] Language: English Binding: Hardcover; secure o Green cloth Size: ~9in X 6.25in (23cm x 15.5cm) very rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as $5,000 Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 41051 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings elegantly bound in green matching leather. The books are in fantastic shape and the folding map is present in volume 2. The bindings are 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 wonderful copy housed in a custom green slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes. 8vo, pp xii, 443; viii, 478, [2] (ads), each with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette, folding map in Volume II. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind, with gilt figure on each front board. Account of Burton's journey from Rio to the rich mining area of Minas Gerais via Tres Barras, River Velhas, Penedond Paulo Afonso Falls. He canoed down the entire 3,000 kilometer length of the previously uncharted Sao Francisco River to the Atlantic. Borba de Moraes I, p. 119; Penzer pp. 78-79. Corners bumped, some scuffing to upper spines, a little chipping to cloth, foxing to first and last few leaves of each volume. With the bookplates of British Civil Engineer Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (we believe), prominent early Los Angeles physician Walter Lindley, and his son, Francis Haynes Lindley.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1244.21 + shipping
Description: In two volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., recently rebound in black half calf, marble boards, raised bands, x, 443; viii, 478pp. With additional an titlepage in each volume with pictorial vignettes, engraved frontispiece in each volume, two folding maps. Titlepage of volume one is mounted with loss affecting the "H" in "Highlands" the "C" in "Canoeing" and entire "Tinsley" and "Bros" in Brothers, blindstamps on engraved titles, o/w a near fine copy.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 443 pp.; 478 pp. First edition, second issue. Later, half, marble boards; half, red leather backstrip with gold lettering stamped across; raised cords; red and green headbands; all marble edges; pale yellow endpapers; wood engraved frontspieces both vols.; title page vignette vol. I only, one plate; one fold-out route map. Binding fine; vol. II, corners lightly bumped; text fine both vols. See additional images provided. Preface by the author's wife. Travel narrative on the coastal regions of Central and Northeast Brasil by one of history's greatest travelers. Quoting Borba 137, "In this classic work Burton describes his journey from Rio to Minas via Tres Barras, the River Velhas, Penedo, and the Paulo Afonso Falls." Quoting the Preliminary Essay, p. 10: ". . .I have purposely used the work 'sketching.' My journey covered more than 2000 miles, of which 1150 miles in round numbers were by the slow progress of a raft. The time occupied was only five months, between June 12 and November 12 of 1867: as many years might most profitably be devoted to the Rio S?o Francisco alone, and even then it would be difficult to produce of it an exhaustive description. I have, however, been careful to collect for future travellers, who shall be masters of more time than my profession allowed me, hearsay accounts of the interesting natural features, the geological remains, and the rock-inscriptions hitherto unworked. Size: 8vo. 0.0
Seller: ABLEBOOKS, Hollywood, FL, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard F.. The Highlands of the Brazil. 2 Vols. Tinsley Brothers, London, 1869.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. xii, 443, viii, 478 (2)pp., 1 folding map. Original green cloth with gilt-stamped illustrations and blind-stamped decorative borders on covers, gilt lettering and ruling on spines. Frontispiece engravings. Illustrated title pages. Preface by author's wife. "In this classic work Burton describes his journey from Rio to Minas via Tres Barras, the River Velhas, Penedo, and the Paulo Alfonso Falls." (Borba). Light wear along edges of binding, small chips at head of spine, Ex-Libris plates on both inside front covers. Light foxing of dedication, preface, content page and last six pages of vol. 1, minor sporadic foxing in volume two. Bindings in overall good, interiors in very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1925.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. First edition, first issue. Black and white frontispieces and vignette title-pages in each volume, folding map of Brazil. 8vo, very handsomely bound in full period dark blue-green calf, spines with raised bands, beautifully decorated gilt-tooled compartments, two compartments with dark maroon morocco lettering labels, gilt, covers of Volume 1 with gilt central armorial devices of royal origin, Volume II with devices removed and with period inserts, edges of the covers with double gilt fillet border lines surrounding blind rolled inner borders, marbled endleaves. xii, 443; viii, 478 pp. A handsome set with some expected mellowing or aging to the bindings and initial leaves, typical use wear to the extremities, lower portion of the map lost (can be replaced with facsimile), tight and solid copies, withal a very good and pleasing copy of this rare book. VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Isabel Burton, after 3 years in Brazil with her husband, was entrusted with the publication of the HIGHLANDS OF BRAZIL manuscript upon her return to Britain. Having endured much physical hardship, terrible disease, and ongoing difficulties restraining her husbands erratic and adventurous activities, she set to work publishing his manuscripts. She offered an unusual preface to the work by stating her strong moral objections to two of her husbands perspectives. "I point the finger of indignation particularly at what misrepresents our Holy Roman Catholic Church, and at what upholds that unnatural and repulsive law, Polygamy, which the Author is careful not to practice himself, but from a high moral pedestal he preaches to the ignorant as a means of population in young countries." The volumes contain vivid descriptions of Burtons travels and observations throughout Brazil in diary form. Burton aimed for written sketches of his impressions rather than a polished work. "While sketching the HIGHLANDS OF BRAZIL as far as they were visited by me, my handiwork is totally deficient in the beautification of which serious travellers complain. It is mostly a succession of hard, dry photographs with rough lines and dark, raw colours, where there is not a sign of glazing." His travels covered roughly 2,000 miles, 1150 miles of which were traversed slowly by raft and were completed in five months in 1867. He spent a good deal of time researching the Gold Mines worked by English companies, and closed the second volume at the Great Rapids of Rio De Sao Francisco.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard F.. Explorations of the Highlands of Brazil. Tinsley Brothers, London, 1869.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings of both books in this 2 (vol) set. A beautiful copy with the folding map present in volume 2. The books are in excellent shape with minor wear to the edges. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with a previous owner's name written on the original brown endpapers of each book dated 1874. A lovely copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard. Explorations of the Highlands of Brazil. Tinsley Brothers, London, 1869.
Price: US$3250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: with a full account of the gold and diamond mines, also canoeing down 1,500 miles of the great river Sao Francisco from Sabara to the sea. First ed. Penzer pp 78-80. Two volumes: 443 & 478 pp. Plate & ill. in both volumes. Folding map opp. p 1 in vol 2. Burton was consul at Sao Paulo in 1856 and before taking his posting he went to Brazil to explore the country and sail down the river. VG+ in original cloth. Double blind border on covers, enclosing large stamped design in gold of an India.VG+, very light foxing.
Seller: Trophy Room Books, Agoura, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition of this 2 volume set with Half-titles, folding map, and publisher's advertisements at end of volume 2. A magnificent copy bound in the publisher's pictorial green cloth. The bindings for both books are tight with slight wear to the edges. The original endpapers are present in each book and the pages are clean. There is NO marks or bookplates in the books. A fabulous copy of both books in the original cloth bindings housed in a custom clamshell slipcase. We buy Richard Burton First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.