First Footsteps in East Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar

by Richard Burton

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition · Signed

First edition, second issue with Appendix IV censored as usual: “It has been found necessary to omit this Appendix”. With two maps, 4 color lithograph plates. xl. ii , 648 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 211 x 133 mm . Blue pebbled cloth, gilt vignette of giraffe and crocodile on upper board within blind-stamped borders, vignette repeated in blind on lower board, spine gilt, signed in design JL, a.e.g. Spine faintly darkened with small nick from head , some rubbing,

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