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We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description. 

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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  • A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome.

    BURTON, Richard Francis.
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    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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  • A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome.

    BURTON, Richard Francis.
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    'very rare in good condition' Penzer. One of Burton's more sensational books. Dahomey had the reputation of being the most bloodthirsty land in Afr...

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  • Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah.

    BURTON, Sir Richard Francis.
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    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 F.]
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    '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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  • The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night [with] the Supplemental Nights.

    BURTON, Sir Richard F.
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    One of 1000 numbered sets. Limited edition of Richard Burton's magnum opus. Owing to the sexual imagery in the source texts (which Burton made a sp...

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  • First footsteps in East Africa.

    BURTON, Richard Francis.
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    Burton's first expedition to Somalia, made in order to explore the forbidden city of Harar (which he was the first European to reach).In 1854 Burt...

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  • First footsteps in East Africa.

    BURTON, Richard Francis.
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    Burton's first expedition to Somalia, made in order to explore the forbidden city of Harar (which he was the first European to reach).In 1854 Burt...

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