FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRICA; OR, AN EXPLORATION OF HARAR
first edition Hardcover
1856 · London
by Burton, Richard F
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. . First edition, second issue (without suppressed appendix iv, as usual). Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. . First edition, second issue (without suppressed appendix iv, as usual). Illustrated with 2 maps and 4 hand-colored lithographs, as well as 7 in-text illustrations. xli, [i, blank], 648, 24 ads pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown 3/4 polished morocco over cloth. OwnerÕs name in ink at top of half-title and on recto of frontispiece; 1Ó of top fore-corner torn of title-page torn off, else clean and tight. A handsome volume. Laid in is a letter from Havelock Ellis [ English essayist and physicianwho studied human sexual behavior and, like Burton, challenged Victorian taboos ]. Very good/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item). (Inventory #: 50481)