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Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland [2 Volumes]
by Burton, Richard F
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London/Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1875. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) is most-famed for eitherr his African explorations or his erotica. But he also spent the summer of 1872 in Iceland, where he made his typical keen observations. Penzer notes that he wrote a sequel, but it was never published. These are Near Fine copies of the First Edition, a scarce title. Two volumes, in a nicely-done modern library rebind. Blue cloth with designs in green and silver; titling on the spine in green and gilt. Clean texts, very fresh, bright, and unmarked or foxed. Volume One has xix, 380 pages; frontis engraving of Reykjavik, with ten others within; fold-out map of Iceland. Volume Two has vi, 408 pages; indexed. Frontis engraving of a Danish harbour scene; twenty others within; coloured fold-out map. Institutional treatments: call numbers in gilt on the foot of the spine; pockets on rear paste-downs with "discarded" stamp; embossed chop on the title-pages. Faint bit of rub to margins. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005413
- Title
- Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland [2 Volumes]
- Author
- Burton, Richard F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William P. Nimmo
- Place of Publication
- London/Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Explorations;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
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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