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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Burton (Captain Sir Richard F.)

A MISSION TO GELELE, KING OF DAHOME

Published: Tylston and Edwards, London, 1893

Edition: The Memorial Edition

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With notices of The So-Called \"Amazons,\" The Grand Customs, The Yearly Customs, The Human Sacrifices, The Present State of the Slave Trade, and The Negro\'s Place in Nature. Edited by his wife Isabel Burton.

2 volumes, xxi + 256 & viii + 305 pages, frontispiece in each volume, original decorated black cloth recased preserving the endpapers, insect scarring of the cloth has been improved in the restoration, some light foxing throughout.

Penzer, \'An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton\', pages 73-74, \'This edition contains the whole of the original work, plus a short preface by Lady Burton.\'

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 140 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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