Title: Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S. Author: Burton, Isabel Place: London Publisher: Chapman & Hall Date: 1893 Description: 2 volumes. xxiii, [3], 606; viii, [2], 664 pp. Frontispiece portraits plus 5 maps, 2 chromolithographs, and many other plates and illustrations. (8vo) original black cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. First Edition. First edition of Isabel Burton's biography of her famous husband. Lovell, in his biography of the Burtons, states "The Life of Captain Burton... is an invaluable compendium of accurate and generally unique information. Isabel covered every event in Burton's life, including the contentious issues such as his deathbed 'conversion' and The Scented Garden..." Penzer 308-311. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine ends lightly chipped, some splitting to joints, lightly worn, hinges cracked in Volume 2; very good. Item number: 275653
Title: Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S. Author: Burton, Isabel Place: London Publisher: Chapman & Hall Date: 1893 Description: 2 volumes. xxiii, [3], 606; viii, [2], 664 pp. Frontispiece portraits plus 5 maps, 2 chromolithographs, and many other plates and illustrations. (8vo) original black cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. First Edition. First edition of Isabel Burton's biography of her famous husband. Lovell, in his biography of the Burtons, states "The Life of Captain Burton... is an invaluable compendium of accurate and generally unique information. Isabel covered every event in Burton's life, including the contentious issues such as his deathbed 'conversion' and The Scented Garden..." Penzer 308-311. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine ends lightly chipped, some splitting to joints, lightly worn, hinges cracked in Volume 2; very good. Item number: 275653
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