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Published by London, Tylston and Edwards, 1894. 2 volumes. (21 x 13 cm). pp.xxxiv+[ii]+208; 276+3, ads
Very good + publisher's original black cloth, covers stamped with gilt vignettes and Arabic script, spine lettered in gilt, black-coated endpapers, top edges dyed red. 4 coloured lithographic plates including tissue-guarded frontispieces to both volumes, two full-page maps, and numerous vignettes . Internally very good.
A seminal work recording Burton's first expedition into Somalia. His purpose was to explore the forbidden Moslem city of Harar, "a city whose walls no European had ever penetrated,"
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 8vo
- Name: White Eagle Books
- Contact Person: Andrew Saidi
- Country: United Kingdom
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 020 8997 9894
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