Isabel burton ed (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm. Faux leather binding with gilt edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: n No Jacket. n Facsimile Edition. Netherlands: Time-Life Books B V, Reprinted from the 1894 edition, 1984. Book. Very Good. Brown Leatherette Boards. Facsimile Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile copy of the Memorial Edition published by Tylston and Edwards of London in 1894. Volume 2 only. Brown faux leather with gilt and red bands and lettering to top board and spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 276pp with colour illustrations and black and white map. Binding slightly slack, otherwise very good plus copy with no inscriptions. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition thus. First edition thus. Ocatvo hardcovers in dark brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt and gilt decoration of a native on the front boards. "The Memorial Edition" of the "Works of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton"; this set of two volumes is complete in itself and was volume three and four of the seven-volume set (though these volumes are titled "Volume I" and "Volume II" on the spines, half title and title pages. xxi+ 256 and viii+ 305 pp. Volume I frontis engraving of "The Amazon" (which is duplicated in gilt on the front boards of both volumes), Volume II's frontis engraving "The King's Victims" . A very attractive, fine set, all gilt bright, firm in the bindings, and with clean text. 19th century Library Association bookplates front pastedown but no other markings or adhesions. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a famed British explorer and writer known for travels and explorations in Africa, Asia, and South America. At age 18, Burton joined the Bombay Army with India under British colonial rule. He served as an officer for 18 years. Subsequently he was engaged by the Royal Geographical Society and tasked with exploring the Eastern Africa coast during which time he led an expedition to locate the source of the Nile and becoming the first European to see Lake Tangyanika. Regarding this book, in 1863 he was sent to Dahomey, a powerful West African kingdom to meet with it's King Gelele as a representative if Great Britain. He brough gifts and medical support to Gelele with the aim of ending the slave trade and the human sacrifices and horrid tortures of captives they practiced while preserving Britain's interests and the goal of establishing lawful commerce.…

Boards. 1st thus. First thus, "Memorial Edition". Two volumes (complete set), original black cloth with gilt illustration and gilt Arabic script upper board both volumes, gilt lettering to spine, 4 colour plates, 2 maps including 'Burton's route to Harar', diagrams. Vol. I lacks the last plate listed, which was apparently never inserted (according to Penzer). Some scattered foxing mainly to the preliminary pages and last pages. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Very good condition. Richard Burton (1821 - 1890) was a legendary British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar. "First Footsteps in East Africa" is an account of one of his first major expeditions, and was first published in 1856. This FIRST issue of the "Memorial Edition" is a nice set in very good condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: vg+ to fine. Memorial edition. Octavo. Original black cloth with gilt-stamped illustration and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spines; housed in three matching slipcases. Red top edges. Frontispiece portrait of Lady Burton with frontispieces in color, b/w in all other volumes, tissue guards. Contains 3 maps, one of them folding, plans, some folding, one in color, 17 chromolithographic plates, and 21 b/w plates, with four works in seven volumes, all edited by his wife: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, 1893, 2 vols.; Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Delivery, 1893; First Footsteps in East Africa, or, An Exploration of Harar, 1894, 2 vols; and A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome;, 1893, 2 vols. Complete. Slipcases and bindings with light wear. Slipcases and bindings in very good+, interiors in fine condition.…