First Footsteps in East Africa; or, an Exploration of Harar
by BURTON, Richard F
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856.. First edition, 8vo, xl, (ii), 648, 24 advertisement pp. 4 fine coloured lithographs and 2 maps, the plates with some mostly marginal soiling, original endpapers with advertisements bound in. Modern red half morocco, black spine label. A famous account of Burton's journey to Harrar in Somalia, disguised as an Arab merchant. Lacking Appendix IV as is common, which due to its discussion of female circumcision was omitted during the print run. Penzer pp. 60-63.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21937
- Title
- First Footsteps in East Africa; or, an Exploration of Harar
- Author
- BURTON, Richard F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
- Date Published
- 1856.
- Keywords
- Travel Africa
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Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- First Edition
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- Morocco
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