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The Life Of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

First Edition

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    First edition of The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton by his wife, Isabel Burton.

    Octavo, [two volumes], xxiii, [3], [1]-606pp; viii, [2], [1]-664pp. Three-quarter brown morocco with cloth boards and gilt ruling. Five gilt-ruled raised bands, title in gilt on morocco label affixed to spine. Patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, yellow silk bookmarks sewn in. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London. Solid text blocks, light wear to head of spine of Volume I, both handsome examples. Previous ownership label and bookseller’s label affixed to rear flyleaf and endpaper. Complete with 23 illustrations in volume one and 13 in volume two. Plate facing page 168 in volume two incorrectly bound as frontispiece.

    Additional information

    Location Published

    London

    Publisher

    Chapman and Hall

    Edition

    First Edition

    Date Published

    1893

    Binding

    Leather bound

    Condition

    Near Fine

    Author

    Burton | Isabel

    Author Display

    Isabel Burton