Item #37284 The Life of Captain Richard F. Burton ... With numerous portraits, illustrations, and maps. In Two Volumes. Sir Richard F. Burton, Isabel Burton.

Presentation from Lady Burton to Mrs. Chapman

The Life of Captain Richard F. Burton ... With numerous portraits, illustrations, and maps. In Two Volumes.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1893.

Price: $2,500.00


About the item

First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Presentation from Lady Burton to Mrs. Chapman. Original black cloth, spine titles gilt, gilt vignettes on boards and spines. Inscribed card from Isabel Burton presenting the work to the wife of publisher Frederic Chapman tipped in at pastedown of Vol. 1. Loosely inserted is a contemporary advertisement for a bronze medallion of R. F. Burton by Henry Page. Head of spine of vol. 1 worn with small loss, light rubbing to extremities, faint toning to spines. Very good plus.

Item #37284

Highly desirable presentation set of Lady Burton's biography of her husband, the famed explorer and linguist. The inscription reads "To Mrs. Frederic Chapman, With Isabel Burton's best regards. 1893"