New York/London: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Everett & Co., 1906. An early and important biography of the famed explorer and Arabist Somewhat controversial; Penzer refers to it as an "odd jumble of information." This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First American Edition (identical to the English of the same year). Red cloth bindingd with titling on the spine in gilt. Clean text; top-edge is gilt, others rough-cut; illustrated with 64 plates, with frontis both volumes. Volume One is xix, continuing to page 291 (30 plates); Volume Two is xx, continuing to page 291, followed by the Insex and Appendices to xxv (32 plates). Both books are bumped and have chips to the head and foot of the spine. The bright-red binding shows a lot of soiling, and the spines are darkened (although the gilt remains quite readable); page-ends dusty; the rear gutter of Volume Two has cracked but is holding well. Sound copies, but certainly not beauties; a nice bit of cleaning would bring them back for another century of pleasure. . First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005405
Title: The Life of Sir Richard Burton [Two Volumes]
Author: Wright, Thomas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good (Minus)
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First American Edition.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Everett & Co.
Place of Publication: New York/London
Date Published: 1906
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: Literary Biography;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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