Richard Burton
Frequently described within his own lifetime as the most interesting figure of the nineteenth century, Burton was one of the greatest explorers to come out of England. A brilliant, charismatic man, Burton was both scholar and daring adventurer. Fluent in some twenty-nine languages, and with his Mediterranean looks, he was able to pass himself off as a local in many countries in the Middle and Far East thereby gaining an insight into different cultures, something usually denied to travellers.
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The life of Sir Richard Burton.
[BURTON, Richard Francis] WRIGHT, Thomas.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00| /Wright's biography of Burton was very popular going through three printings in one year. It proved controversial for mentioning Burton's shortcomi...
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A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments,
BURTON, Richard Francis (translator).Original price £25,000.00 - Original price £25,000.00Original price £0.00£25,000.00£25,000.00 - £25,000.00Current price £25,000.00| /One of 50 copies. One of 50 edition de luxe sets finely bound in red morocco, housed in the original custom made cabinet, the glazed doors with pie...
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A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome.
BURTON, Richard Francis.Original price £1,850.00 - Original price £1,850.00Original price £0.00£1,850.00£1,850.00 - £1,850.00Current price £1,850.00| /One of Burton's more sensational books. Dahomey had the reputation of being the most bloodthirsty land in Africa. Burton had wished to visit whils...
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Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah.
BURTON, Richard Francis.Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /One of the most important books on Arabia. Burton entered Mecca freely as a true Mohammedan pilgrim (travelling as an Afghan Pathan) and was first...
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Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po.
[BURTON, Richard Francis].Original price £2,750.00 - Original price £2,750.00Original price £0.00£2,750.00£2,750.00 - £2,750.00Current price £2,750.00| /'Newly married and needing employment, Burton approached the Foreign Office for a consular position, hoping for the post at Damascus. Instead, he ...
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First footsteps in East Africa.
BURTON, Richard Francis.Original price £2,350.00 - Original price £2,350.00Original price £0.00£2,350.00£2,350.00 - £2,350.00Current price £2,350.00| /The forbidden city of Harar. Burton's first expedition to Somalia, made in order to explore the forbidden city of Harar (which he was the first Eur...
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