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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

A MISSION TO GELELE, KING OF DAHOME

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

Published: Tylston and Edwards, London, 1893

Edition: Memorial edition

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 2 volumes. Memorial edition 1893.

Re-backed with new black endpapers.

Black cloth covers with blind-stamped borders.

Gilt vignette to front and back cover.

Gilt titles to spine.

Colour top page-block.

Small library stamp on inside.

Volume I.

xxi, [3], 266 pages.

Portrait frontispiece with new tissue-guard.

Volume II.

viii, 305 pages.

Portrait frontispiece with new tissue-guard.

This edition contains the whole of the original work,

plus a short preface by Lady Burton.

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 22 x 15 cm
  • Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Tom Moloney
  • Country: Ireland
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0657087803
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Credit Cards - PayPal - Cheque.
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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