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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Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah.
BURTON, Richard F.Original price $16,051.00 - Original price $16,051.00Original price$16,051.00$16,051.00 - $16,051.00Current price $16,051.00| /Finely bound set. Widely regarded as one of the greatest works of travel ever published, Burton's Pilgrimage to Mecca is rarely found in such a han...
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A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome.
BURTON, Richard F.Original price $2,376.00 - Original price $2,376.00Original price$2,376.00$2,376.00 - $2,376.00Current price $2,376.00| /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 F.Original price $1,092.00 - Original price $1,092.00Original price$1,092.00$1,092.00 - $1,092.00Current price $1,092.00| /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 F.]Original price $3,532.00 - Original price $3,532.00Original price$3,532.00$3,532.00 - $3,532.00Current price $3,532.00| /Newly married and needing employment, Burton approached the Foreign Office for a consular position, hoping for the post at Damascus. Instead, he w...
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The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night [with] the Supplemental Nights.
BURTON, Richard F.Original price $4,816.00 - Original price $4,816.00Original price$4,816.00$4,816.00 - $4,816.00Current price $4,816.00| /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 F.Original price $3,018.00 - Original price $3,018.00Original price$3,018.00$3,018.00 - $3,018.00Current price $3,018.00| /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 F.Original price $2,119.00 - Original price $2,119.00Original price$2,119.00$2,119.00 - $2,119.00Current price $2,119.00| /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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