PENZER, N[icholas].M.

Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration by Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G.

Name: Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration by Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G.
Brand: PENZER, N[icholas].M.
SKU: 124117
Price: 613.00 USD
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Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration by Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G.

Stock Code 124117

London, A. M. Philpot Ltd., 1924.

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Penzer, Burton's first bibliographer, presents a collection of ten obscure articles by Burton to provide a more complete understanding of the great adventurer, particularly his early escapades of which relatively little is known. Includes his Guide-Book to Mecca, Early Days in Sind, Notes on Scalping and other contributions to periodicals here gathered in book form for the first time.

First edition; 8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); contemporary newspaper clipping of Burton tipped to upper margin of p.85 with corresponding pencil caption; publisher's original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, a couple of nicks to spine, a very good; 240pp.

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