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BURTON, Richard F.. The Land of Midian (Revisited).. C. Kegan Paul & Co., London, 1879.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. Illustrations on wood and six chromo-lithographed plates. This copy lacks the folding map. 8vo, rebound in full sheep. First edition. Half-titles tanned; a few pages in Vol. II roughly opened. Bookplate in each volume of Archibald Roosevelt, Jr.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Richard F. Burton. The Land of Midian. (Revisited). (2 vol. set). C. Kegan Paul & Co., London, 1879.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth boards with gilt particulars to faded spines. Significant wear to head and tail of spine (q.v.). Five (of six) chromolithographic plates (lacking Umm el-Karayyat at page 158). Bumps to fore edge corners. Bookplate of previous owner to front pastedowns. Fold out map to rear of vol. II. ; xxviii,338;vii,319 pages.
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard F.. The Land of Midian (Revisited). C. Kegan Paul & Co., London, 1879.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings of this two volume set. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's cloth and the fold out map is present. The book is in great shape with light wear to the boards. The pages have foxing to the edges and to some pages. There is NO writing or marks in the books. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard F.. The Land of Midian (Revisited). C. Kegan Paul & Co., London, 1879.
Price: US$996.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vols. 8vo. contemporary half leather gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers & leaf edges (ex-State Parliamentary Library of New South Wales with gilt stamp on upper boards, otherwise unmarked; bindings a little rubbed with light sunning to cloth, top edges dusty, scattered spotting, mostly to prelims. & around folding map, but generally quite clean, short closed tear in fore-edge of RFE); pp. xxviii, 338; viii (last blank), 320 (last blank), with 6 chromolithographs, 10 black & white plates, numerous text figures & a linen backed folding map. Heavy item (2.1 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Penzer 96-97].
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Burton, Richard F.. The Land of Midian 2 volumes. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volume set. Original orange cloth. xxviii, 338, vii, 319 p.; 16 plates (6 of which are colored lithographic plates, including the frontises), folding map. Darkening to spine, minor soiling and rubbing to boards. Shaken, several gutters cracked, plates verso of Chapter 4 starting to loosen from binding, plans of the temple in Vol. II are loose from binding. Burton's Obit pasted in front end page. Early signature on end page of vol. 1. BM; Penzer, pp 96-97. One of 1000 copies printed. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard Francis. The Land of Midian (Revisited). Kegan Paul, London, 1879.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vols. 16 plates (6 of which are colored lithographic plates, including the frontises), folding map, xxviii, 338, vii, 319p. Original plum-colored cloth. 22cm. Internal library marking (Garrett Biblical Institute). Recent owner's bookplate in each volume. Penzer did not note this variant binding. Burton wrongly believed that this region of modern Saudi Arabia was rich in gold and brought back about 25 tons of largely worthless material to be assayed.
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
BURTON, Richard F.. The Land of Midian (Revisited). London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879.
Price: US$1653.63 + shipping
Description: First edition. Two volumes. xxviii, 338; viii, 319, (1) pp. Contemporary brown full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red labels, blindstamped decoration to the panels and an ornate border to the boards, marbled endpapers, prize bookplates from the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys to the front pastedowns, all edges red. 6 colour and 10 black and white plates plus a folding colour map, further illustrations set into the text. A very attractive set. Penzer, pp. 96-97.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$2067.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition. xxviii,338;vii,319,32pp. adspp. Octavo. Illustrated with coloured lithographic plates (including frontispiece), drawngs in text and folding map. Original decorative orange cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Bevelled edges and black coated endpapers. Covers are slightly faded. Three small diiscreet blind stamps in each volume. Both volumes are tight and clean. very good Burton's second expedition to Midian mapped and explored over 600 miles of territory and discovered numerous ancient sites. The hope of a gold discovery that did not occur added to Burton's problems as his potential backer, the Egyptian Khedive, fell through.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Xxviii, 338 Pp. ; Vii, 311, Large Folding Map, 32 Pp Catalog Dated 9/78 (First Issue Point). Peach Cloth, Gilt Lettering, Illustrations And Rules Embossed In Black, Slate Black Endpapers. Armorial Bookplates Of Bibliotheca Lindesiana, With Small Labels Beneath Annotated In Pencil "Earl Of Crawford / 59/E"; Binders Ticket "Bound By Burn & Co." On Rear Pastedown Of Vol. I. First 96 Pp Of Vol I Neatly Opened, With A Very Few Lightly Penciled In Marginal Words/Notes/Questions, Rest Of Vol I And All Of Volume Ii Unopened And Fresh. Endpapers Immaculate And Unfaded, Hinges Tight, One Signature (Beginning P 97 Of Volume I) Is Detached But Present (Old Gutta Percha Binding Glue, I Think, But Easily Reinserted In Any Case). Bindings With Light Wear, All Gilt Still Brilliant, Spine Cloth A Little Darkened, A Little Wear And Edge Fraying At Tops And Bottoms Of Spines- Mostly At Tops- Without Loss Of Height.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard F.. The Land of Midian (Revisited). Kegan Paul, London, 1879.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH of Burton's second expedition through Midian (northwest Arabia). Although Burton failed to unearth the vast amounts of gold he believed were in the region, the expedition, sponsored by the Egyptian Khedive Ismail I, was a major geographical and archaeological success. Complete with folding map, 6 colored plates, 10 uncolored plates, numerous illustrations in the text, and 32-page catalogue at end of vol. 2. Map and plates in pristine condition. Provenance: the prestigious Signet Library, with handsome "Society of Writers to her Majesty's Signet" bookplate with coat-of-arms on front pastedown of each volume and "Signet Library" written in ink on front free endpaper of each volume. London: Kegan Paul, 1879. Octavo, original ochre cloth. Two volumes. Very mild darkening to spines and slight rubbing to spine ends. A beautiful copy, rare in this condition.
Seller: Manhattan Rare Book Company, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard F.. The Land of Midian (Revisited). C. Kegan Paul & Co., London, 1879.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition of this 2 volume set with Half-titles, 16 plates (6 colored), folding map, and publisher's advertisements to end of vol. 2. A wonderful copy bound in the publisher's pictorial brown cloth. The bindings for both books are tight with slight wear to the edges. The original endpapers are present in each book with a previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. There is NO writing or marks in the books. A fabulous copy of both books in the original cloth bindings.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard F.. The land of Midian (revisited). C. Kegan Paul & Co, London, 1879.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxviii, 338; vii, [1], 319, plus 32p. publisher's catalogue; folding map, 16 plates (6 of them chromolithographs), a folding map and 17 illustrations in the text; original pictorial ochre cloth stamped in black and gilt; rear hinge starting on volume I, hinges cracked on volume II, spines soiled and a little cracked at the extremities; a good copy, or better. Penzer, p. 96; Casada 44: "The primary purpose of the expedition was 'mineralogical', but it is also noteworth in a geographical sense."
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard. The Land of Midian (Revisited). C. Kegan Paul & Co, London, 1879.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. No ads. xxviii, 338; vii, 319 pp. 6 tinted lithographed plates, 4 plates of hieroglyphics, 5 other plates, & folding colored lithographed map. wood engravings in the text. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. This is Burton's second expedition to Midian (Saudi Arabia). He mapped and explored over 600 miles of territory and discovered many sites. The hope of a gold discovery didn't happen and Burton lost his potential backer, the Egyptian Khedive. Penzer pp. 96-97 xxviii, 338; vii, 319 pp. 6 tinted lithographed plates, 4 plates of hieroglyphics, 5 other plates, & folding colored lithographed map. wood engravings in the text. 2 vols. Tall 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard. The Land of Midian (Revisited). C. Kegan Paul & Co, London, 1879.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. xxviii, 338; vii, 319 [32, ads] pp. 6 tinted lithographed plates, 4 plates of hieroglyphics, 5 other plates, & folding colored lithographed map. wood engravings in the text. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. This is Burton's second expedition to Midian (Saudi Arabia). He mapped and explored over 600 miles of territory and discovered many sites. The hope of a gold discovery didn't happen and Burton lost his potential backer, the Egyptian Khedive. Penzer pp. 96-97 Original tan pictorial cloth, partially unopened. Some minor spotting to spines, else a fresh, fine set. With a loosely inserted secretarial letter from publisher Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., dated 18 June 1883, To Waldo Ross referring to the destruction of portraits of Burton in a recent fire xxviii, 338; vii, 319 [32, ads] pp. 6 tinted lithographed plates, 4 plates of hieroglyphics, 5 other plates, & folding colored lithographed map. wood engravings in the text. 2 vols. Tall 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxviii, 338; vii, 319 + 32(ads). 6 hand-finished tinted lithographed plates, 4 plates of hieroglyphics, 5 other plates, & folding coloured lithographed map. wood engravings in the text. original decorative cloth (cloth bit soiled, extremities bit rubbed, spines dull, hinges tender, some minor foxing). First Edition of this sequel to Burtons The Gold Mines Of Midian (1878), describing Burtons second expedition through Midian in northwest Arabia. Midian became known as a highly rich source for gold, especially in the areas where ancient artifacts were located. Although Burton failed to find the vast amounts of gold he believed were in the region, he and his team succeeded in exploring and mapping a 600-mile territory and detailing eighteen ruined cities in the North and thirteen in the South. The expedition was sponsored by the Egyptian Khedive Ismail I, for whom Burton brought back twenty-five tons of minerals to be assayed. Only 1000 copies of the book were printed. Penzer pp. 96-7.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Burton, Richard F. The Land of Midian (Revisited).. C. Kegan Paul & Co, London, 1879.
Price: US$3800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the sequel to Burton's The Gold Mines Of Midian (1878), describing Burton's second expedition through Midian in northwest Arabia. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black pictorial decorations to the front panel, beveled edges, black endpapers, illustrated with folding lithographic map of the land of Midian with water printed in blue in Vol. I, 6 chromolithographic plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, 10 wood-engraved plates, and numerous additional illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page of Vol. I, âDr. James Micklewright [?] with the best thanks of the author IAB.â In very good condition with rubbing to the boards and spine extremities, including a few small tears. Clean clipping to the upper right corner of the half title page of Vol. I. Rare signed and inscribed. Burton's 1877-78 second expedition into the Midian, which, like his first in 1877, was financed by the Khedive in Cairo as a search for gold. He mapped a 600-mile route through the northern and southern Midian recording its ruined ancient cities. For the Khedive in Cairo, he brought back 25 tons of minerals to be assayed. For himself, he seriously considered forming a company to exploit the oil resources of the Midian, but nothing came of it (Penzer, pp. 96-97; Spink 61).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard F.. The Land of Midian (2 Volume set). C. Kegan Paul & Co., London, 1879.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printings of both books with the map present in volume 1 A spectacular copy bound in the original brown cloth. The bindings for both books are tight and the boards are crisp with a hint of wear. The pages in both books are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. A wonderful complete 2 volume set in collector's condition. We buy Richard Burton First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.