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Price: US$121.86 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1st thus. Black boards title, Arabic script and design of 'Amazon' in gilt. Vol. I has corner wear and a little loss to the spine ends, the spine cloth has split on the hinge and across the spine, a little loss to the base. Text generally very clean, includes a frontis illustration of an 'Amazon'# Vol. Ii has a split in the spine cloth but has less wear . CVontemporary owner's name inscription (1893) on title page. Text very cleanAs two volumes will incur extra postage/insurance (at cost) outside the UK. Not suitable for economy postal rates
Seller: old aberdeen bookshop, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 Vols. 436pp Vol 1; 479pp Vol 2. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles on spine, gilt illustrations on front board of each volume. Slight spine lean to each book. Wear to spine ends, with small amount of cloth missing from head and foot of Vol 1, and head of Vol 2. Bindings secure, corners solid. Front hinge of Vol 1 just starting. Pages of both volumes clean and unmarked. Burton's Pilgrimage in 2 Vols, complete, from the Memorial Edition of his works.
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
BURTON, R. F.. A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome (Two Volume Set). Tylston & Edwards, 1893.
Price: US$153.93 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: - Memorial Edition Volumes III & IV - Two volumes, complete - Sumptuously decorated in gilt including an engraving of an "Amazon" to the upper board and Sir Richard Burton's Tomb to the lower board - Boards are a little marked and rubbed w/ a few scuffs to rear boards - Gilt lettering to spine slightly faded - Some chips and dents to edges - Corners and spine ends bumped and chipped - Edges of text block toned and grubby w/ some foxing - Some foxing to prelim pages but foxing light throughout content - Page margins tanned w/ age - Spine cracked but not open - Books ow/ solid and clean - xxi/256viii/305 pages
Seller: Green Ink Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume V of Memorial Edition of Works of Burton. Edited by Isabel Burton. 33 illustrations by Ernest Griset. Top edge painted red. Black cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial stamping. Very good condition. Hinges have some slight cracking; corners are bumped and worn; boards are lightly rubbed with a few faint stains; spine edges are chipped with tiny tears; slightly cocked.
Seller: Shirley K. Mapes, Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Burton, Sir Richard F.. A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In two (2) volumes. Volumes III and IV from the Memorial Edition of the Works of Burton. Edited by Isabel Burton. Frontispiece in each volume. Black cloth with gilt lettering and gilt pictorial stamping. Top edges painted red. Good condition. Some light scattered foxing; bumped corners; corners worn; hinges slightly cracked; some light stains on end papers; covers lightly rubbed; vol III has a couple of air bubbles each front & rear boards & chipped w/tiny tears to upper spine edge; other spine edges lightly worn; both volumes cocked; text block edges lightly foxed.
Seller: Shirley K. Mapes, Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volumes III and IV of The Memorial Edition of the Works of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, though this title is complete in these two volumes. 256 & 305 pages. Gilt stamped lettering and decoration on black cloth. Light wear on spines where a small library sticker was removed. There is also a little light wear at crowns. Covers show some mild wrinkles in cloth and a fairly light crease near the upper edge of Volume II Ink stamp of a masonic lodge is seen on the upper edge of the text blocks. Private library book plate on front paste downs. Volumes remain tight and are otherwise bright and clean.
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A 2 volumes in brown cloth w/gold embossed engravings on front & back panels - sharp & clean. Ex libris bookplate no.1436 & 1437 w/pen & ink drawing of an octopus w/arms loaded w/books- W.K. Bixby, owner-on front endpapers. Boards are clean w/rubbed edges & rough spine ends; well-bound. Pages clean & sharp. Vol 1 has one small dot of foxing at edge of textbox.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Vampire's Story" (11 in all). 243 pages, with both full page and textual illustrations. With prefaces to both 1870 and Memorial edition, plus introductory material. Standard black, gilt decorated cloth binding. Minor wear at head and heel. Binding cracked but sound. Boards lightly and evenly rubbed.
Seller: Mythos Center Books, Frontenac, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$287.50 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. Photo portrait of Isabel, full page illus. (including color); folding map and plan, 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-pict black cloth, 436pp, 479pp with index, covers heavily worn & rubbed with old ring stains, extremities bumped and fraying, outer front hinge of vol. 2 cracking, inner hinges cracked, pp used with occasional spotting, still a usable set from The Memorial Editon of the Works of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Two volumes. Tylston & Edwards, 1893; Memorial Edition with no additional printings indicated. Ex-library set, with Topsfield Town Library's plate pasted over the private plate of John Endicott Peabody, a scion of two Boston Brahmin families. Both volumes bound in smooth cloth with stylized gilt titling on spine, and a gilt illustration of Burton as Mirza Abdullah and Arabic script on front board. Volume I: [xiv], xxviii, 436pp., photo frontis, fold-out color map, and eight illustrated plates present. Binding is tight, sturdy and fully intact; ~2" tear in cloth along rear gutter, else moderate amount of wear to edges/corners of boards; white cup-ring stains and smudges on front board; typical ex-libris markings to spine (call number in white), and end pages; a couple pages with underlining, text otherwise very good. Volume II: [ix], xii, 479pp., color frontis, seven illustrated plates, and fold-out plan all present. Hinge starting between first two end pages, binding otherwise remains sturdy and fully intact; typical ex-libris markings to spine (call number in white), and end pages; text, illustration very good throughout; light wear to edges/corners of boards. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges may apply for international shipping.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Two-volume set of the Memorial Edition edited by Isabel Burton. Black cloth with gilt decor front and rear. Red-tinted top edge. Color and b/w plates. Modest wear to head of spine (see image). Otherwise nice clean copies with firm hinges and gutters; no previous owner's names or other markings. Volume I: Frontis black & white Lady Burton with tissue 1. Colored map 235 Chromo285 Sepia 308 Folding377 Sepia 391 Sepia392 Folding 396 Tinted 418 Chromo Volume IIFrontis Chromo of Burton with tissue 81 Black & white headdresses116 Chromo 124 Sepia139 Chromo187 Sepia 204 Sepia268 Sepia295 Folding
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Richard Francis Burton. Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. Tylston and Edwards, 1893.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: the memorial edition, good condition with some wear on top of spine in vol. 1, The gilt is still bright on both volumes, 2 volumes. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Price: US$410.48 + shipping
Description: 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispieces (one in colour), coloured or tinted plates, woodcut illustrations in the text, plans on japon (2 folding; one double-page) and large folding coloured map, half-title of first volume lightly spotted; original black cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, red tops, black endpapers, neatly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs and free endpapers, and neat blind stamp on titles. 'It will thus be seen that this edition is very complete, as it has the various appendices from all the past editions. There is also a full index. As in the second edition [1857] there are thirty-four chapters instead of the original thirty-five, owing to two being made appendices, 'The Damascus Caravan' being numbered as a separate chapter' (Penzer). Burton's classic account was first published in 1855. Penzer, p.54.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxviii,(4),436; xii,(4),479,(1)pp. Index and appendices. Pictorial black cloth stamped in gilt. With a total 19 plates in color or monochrome, a folding color map and folding ground plan, plus 28 text woodcuts. Photographic frontispiece of Isabel Burton in Vol. I, and color frontispiece of Burton in Arab disguise in Vol. II. Frontispieces with foxed tissue guards. Touch of foxing on exterior leaves. Illustrated bookplates of Johannis Naish on inside covers, dated 1923. A manuscript letter addressed to John, dated 7. IX 07, laid in, indicating the volumes were donated to a missionary to help him with his proselytizing. Volume I with light soiling, tiny chips at foot of spine and a touch of dampstaining, rippling on the front cover, but still a nice set. Richard F. Burton (1821-1890) was an English explorer and Arab linguist, disguised himself as a Dervish in order to gain entrance to Mecca and Medina in 1851-1853.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition of this memorial edition published 1894. A beautiful copy of this (2) volume set. The books are bound in the publisher's brown cloth with minor wear to the edges. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Memorial Edition & Fourth Edition. Photogravure Portrait, 5 chromolithographs, 8 tinted lithographs, 3 folding plans, folding color map, woodcut plate, many other illus and plan, index. xxviii, [1], 436; xii, 3, 479 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Penzer p. 55 Original black cloth gilt. Spine neatly repaired Photogravure Portrait, 5 chromolithographs, 8 tinted lithographs, 3 folding plans, folding color map, woodcut plate, many other illus and plan, index. xxviii, [1], 436; xii, 3, 479 pp. 2 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$641.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Memorial Edition 1893, VG+ complete Two volumes in the publishers gilt pictorial black cloth, corners rubbed. Spines, gilt titles, edges rubbed. Internally, Vol 1, [11], (xii-xxviii), [2], [2], [1], 2-436 pp, 18 illustrations (including coloured folding map). Vol 2, [9], (x-xii), [2], [2], [1], 2-479 pp, 29 illustrations (some coloured), some light edge browning, top edges reddened, remainder cut. (214*139 mm). (Penzer p54-55). Burton followed the pilgrim route to Mecca, Penzer states that Burton was the 1st English Christian to enter Mecca of his own free will as a true Mohammedan pilgrim and not as a convert.
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: Two Octavos; 436 & 479 pages; G; Dark gray cloth boards and spine with gilt illustration and titling; Ex-Library with stamp on title page; Boards are worn with some bumping and fraying at the corners; Cloth tearing at upper 2" of spine on volume one, Chipping to the crown and tail of both volumes; Waviness to the cloth on volume one; Bindings slightly shaking but sturdy; Frontispiece of volume two has separated but is present; Previous owners bookplates on paste downs; Outer edge of text block is foxed/spotted; Interior is age toned, free of markings; Case 8 1/2; LJ consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1336535. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$737.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 1893 and 1894. Memorial Edition. 4 titles in 7 vols. (complete). c.p. all plates and maps, top edge rouge, ex-library copies with ownership bookplate 'H C Embleton' to front pastedown first volume and library labels to front paste-downs of remaining volumes, and small library stamp on verso of plates and occasional small ink stamps prelim and lower margins text, some light browning and some foxing fore and aft, marginal bleed of Armenian bole from top edge affecting only plates in Vikram volume. Good in oiginal black cloth gilt. Vol 1 rebacked with original spine relaid, rear inner hinge Vikram volume cracked but hinge sound, some minor bubblling to cloth to some volumes and tear to cloth along top of upper hinge first volume of 'First Footsteps in East Africa' and repaired tear on spine of the second of these 2 volumes, otherwise a crisp, tight set. Bumping to corners and light wear to extremities, gilt a little dull but overall a good uniform set. Please see all photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$1154.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: - 7 volume complete set comprised of 'Personal Narrative of a Pilgramage to Al-Medinah and Meccah' (2 vols); 'A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome' (2 vols); 'Vikramand the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry' (1 vol); 'First Footsteps in East Africa' (2 vols); - b&w frontispiece portrait of Lady Burton in vol I with colour frontispieces in vols II, VI & VII and b&w in vols III, IV & V all w/ tissue guards, though some are loose - Set contains 3 maps, one of them folding and in colour; plans, 3 being folding, one in color; 17 chromolithographic plates; and 21 b&w plates; all being present and correct - Covers of all vols are rubbed and corners bumped - Spine ends and creased w/ some fraying - Edges of text blocks are toned w/ some foxing - Hinges are breached but not open - Foxing to endpapers, first/final few leaves and tissue guards - Additionally vol V, which contains 'Vikram and the Vampire' is heavily rubbed w/ boards exposed at corners and chipping to spine ends and along both joints, plus the spine is cracked though still strong - Books ow/ solid, clean and bright - a handsome set - xxx/436; xiv/479; xxxvi/209; x/276/3(ads); xxi/256; viii/306 pages
Seller: Green Ink Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Seven volumes. Hardcovers, bound in original gilt embossed cloth. The bindings rubbed, spine ends frayed; toning throughout. {Bas-C2]
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1595.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Four titles in seven volumes, complete. Original black cloth (hardcover), gilt titles and decorations, top edge red, (8.75 x 6 inches). Memorial Edition 1893-94. Illustrated throughout with folding maps and plans, color illustrations and line drawings (volume 5, Vikram, illustrated with 33 plates by Ernest Griset). Typical light scattered foxing to prelims, else an unusually clean, tight set Size: Octavo
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$2937.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Memorial Edition of four works by Captain Sir Richard F. Burton in seven volumes, copiously illustrated throughout with plates and folding maps. The Memorial Edition of four works by renowned explorer and translator Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, uniformly bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt designs to the boards.Complete in seven volumes.Included in this set are the following works.A Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah in two volumes. Narrating the experiences of Richard F. Burton as he travelled to Mecca as a Mohammedan pilgrim. Edited by his wife, Isabel Burton.The first edition thus of this work. Featuring one folding map, three folding plans, twelve plates in colour, two plates in black-and-white, and twenty-eight in-text illustrations. Collated and complete.A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome in two volumes. Narrating Burton's explorations through West Africa and interactions with Glele, or Badohou, the tenth King of Dahomey. Edited by his wife, Isabel Burton. The first edition thus of this work. Featuring an illustrated frontispiece to each volume. Collated and complete.First Footsteps in East Africa, or, An Exploration in Hararin two volumes. Narrating Burton's explorations through Somalia an Ethiopia. The first edition thus of this work. Featuring two illustrated maps, three plates in colour, one plate in black-and-white, and eight in-text illustrations. Collated and complete.Vikram and The Vampire, or, Tales of Hindu Devilry in one volume. A collection of short stories of Hindu origin, translated and written by Richard F. Burton. Edited by his wife, Isabel Burton. The first edition thus of this work. Featuring an illustrated frontispiece, fifteen further plates, and seventeen in-text illustrations. Collated and complete.A very smart set of these fascinating works by a renowned explorer and translator. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt designs to the front boards. Externally, very smart, with some shelf wear and bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and extremities. A very small split to the cloth at the head of the spine of 'First Footsteps in East Africa' Volume II. Internally, binding lightly strained to 'Vikram and The Vampire', otherwise volumes are generally firmly bound. A few spots to the first and last few pages and the odd spot throughout, and very light age-toning to page extremities, otherwise pages are clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$2963.18 + shipping
Description: Portrait frontispiece of Lady Burton, plates and folding maps, many coloured, illustrations Four works in seven volumes [all published] Cloth just a little wear here and there, some cracking to hinges, but an exceptionally nice, bright set Comprises: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah; A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome; Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Delivery; and First Footsteps in East Africa, or, An Exploration of Harar.
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$3086.74 + shipping
Description: Vols. I-VII (complete). gr.-8°. Portrait frontispiece of Lady Burton, plates and folding maps, many (some coloured) illustrations. OLn. Mit goldgeprägt. Einbandillustr. Kap. u. Ecken leicht berieb. Some foxing mainly to the margins, orig. black pictorial cloth, gilt. Some wear to head and tail opf spines. vgl. Embacher 62 - Complete set of the Memorial Edition (first published in 1864). Four works in seven volumes - Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), britischer Afrikaforscher, Offizier, Konsul, Übersetzer, Orientalist und Mitglied der Royal Geographical Society. 1853 reiste er als muslimischer Pilger verkleidet nach Medina und Mekka, was für Nichtmuslime damals wie heute verboten war. Vols. 1, 2: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah. Edited by His Wife, Isabel Burton. XXVIII, 2 ll., 436; XII, 2 ll., 479 pp. Mit 1 Titelportr. u. 1 farblithogr. Frontsip., 16 (davon 4 farb.) Taf., 28 Abb. im Text, 3 gefalt. Pläne u. 1 gefalt. farb. Karte. Wenige Bleistift-Einträge. - Vols. 3, 4: A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With notices of teh so-called "Amazons", the grand cusotms, the yearly customs, the human sadrifices, the present state of the slave trade and the negro`s place in nature. XXIV, 256; 305 pp. with 2 wood-engraved plates. - Vol. 5: Vikram and the vampire or tales of Hindu devilry. XXI (3) 243 (5) pp. with 33 woodcut-ill. by Ernest Griset. Vol. VI. and VII: First footsteps in East Africa or, an exploration of Harar. XXXIV, 209; 276 (3) pp. with 3 chromolith. plates. Gewicht in Gramm: 4000
Seller: Antiquariat Burgverlag, Wien, Austria
Price: US$3463.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A striking illustrated set of the collected works of noted traveller Sir Richard Burton, a complete set edited by his wife. Complete in seven volumes.The 'Memorial Edition' of Sir Richard Burton's collected works.Richard Francis Burton was an important British explorer of the nineteenth century, much celebrated for his travels in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. He criticised the colonial policies of the British Empire, though he was a captain in the army of the East India Company, serving in both India and the Crimean War.Burton was known for his translation of 'The Arabian Nights' and 'The Perfumed Garden', as well as for travelling to Mecca in disguise, at a time when non-Muslims were forbidden entry, and for travelling with John Hanning Speke in search for the source of the Nile.Including;'Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah', complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, two folding plates, six colour plates, and in-text illustrations. Volume II illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding plate, six colour plates, one monochrome plate, and in-text illustrations.'A Mission to Gelele King of Dahome', complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.'Vikram and the Vampire Tales of Hindu Devilry', complete in one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations. Three pages of adverts to the rear.'First Footsteps in East Africa', complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one map, one colour plate, and in-text illustrations. Volume II illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one map, one colour plate, and in-text illustrations. Three pages of adverts to the rear of Volume II.This set was edited by Burton's wife, Isabel Burton.Collated, complete.Letter loosely inserted, letterheaded 'Badminton, Gloucestershire'; 'Returned with many thanks, I have come across one or two of Cox's quaint clocks but I cannot remember who possesses them, except one owner Lord Fairhaven, who has a clock at Anglesey Abbey of Cambridge - the smaller . by Cox are not described which is a pity as they were not jokes as his clocks are - Mary R - Your orchids are a great joy + quite fresh, very many thanks'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart. Some minor marks to the boards and spines, a little heavier to the rear board of Volumes I and II, and to the boards of Volume VII. Spines are very lightly faded. Faint ring marks to the front board of Volume II. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Rear hinge of Volume II is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with some scattered spots mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4 Titles in 7 Volumes [All Published]. 8vo. original gilt-stamped cloth (slight chpping to a few spine ends of first 2 vols. & corners of first 3 vols. bit frayed). Edited by Isabel Burton, who had originally intended to publish the majority of her late husbands work as part of this edition. The set includes: (1) Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To Al-Madinah & Meccah. 2 Volumes. pp. xxviii, [2 leaves], 436; xii, [2 leaves], 479. with half-titles. frontis. portrait of Lady Burton, folding coloured lithographed map, 13 lithographed plates (5 chromolithographs & 9 tinted), 1 wood-engraved plate, 3 plans & 28 text illus. Burton was the "first English Christian to enter Mecca of his own free will as a true Mohammedan pilgrim and not as a convert." (Penzer) 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) (2) A Mission To Gelele, King Of Dahome With Notices Of The So-Called "Amazons," The Grand Customs, The Yearly Customs, The Human Sacrifices, The Present State Of The Slave Trade, And The Negros Place In Nature. 2 Volumes. pp. xxi, [1 leaf], 256; viii, 305, [1]. with half-titles. 2 frontis. (3) Vikram And The Vampire Or Tales Of Hindu Devilry. pp. xxi, [1 leaf], 243, [1], [3]ads. 16 plates (incl. frontis.) & 17 text illus. by Ernest Griset. (4) First Footsteps In East Africa Or, An Exploration Of Harar. 2 Volumes. pp. xxxiv, [1 leaf], 209; 5 p.l., 276, [3]ads. 2 mpas, 4 chromolithographs & 7 text illus. (1 illus. on plate list never issued). Account of Burtons pioneering expedition into Somaliland, where he was the first European to visit the forbidden Moslem city of Harar, and where he sustained his famous spear wound to the face during an attack by natives while encamped on the beach at Berbara. (1) Penzer pp. 54-55. cfGay 3634. cfAbbey, Travel, 368. cfIbrahim-Hilmy I p. 111. (2) Penzer pp. 73-74. cfHosken p. 34. (3) Penzer pp. 82-83. (4) Penzer pp. 64-65. cfAbbey, Travel, 276. cfHosken p. 33.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada