Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration by Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G.

£450 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Penzer, Burton's first bibliographer, presents a collection of ten obscure articles by Burton to provide a more complete understanding of the great adventurer, particularly his early escapades of which relatively little is known. Includes his Guide-Book to Mecca, Early Days in Sind, Notes on Scalping and other contributions to periodicals here gathered in book form for the first time. First edition; 8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); contemporary newspaper clipping of Burton tipped to upper margin of p.85 with corresponding pencil caption; publisher's original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, a couple of nicks to spine, a very good; 240pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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