The Memorial Edition of the Works of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton. 7 Vols. (Boxed and In fine condition)

London: Tylston and Edwards, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. vg+ to fine. Octavo. Original black cloth with gilt-stamped illustration and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spines; housed in three matching slipcases. Red top edges. Frontispiece portrait of Lady Burton with frontispieces in color, b/w in all other volumes, tissue guards. Contains 3 maps, one of them folding, plans, some folding, one in color, 17 chromolithographic plates, and 21 b/w plates, with four works in seven volumes, all edited by his wife: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, 1893, 2 vols.; Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Delivery, 1893; First Footsteps in East Africa, or, An Exploration of Harar, 1894, 2 vols; and A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome;, 1893, 2 vols. Complete. Slipcases and bindings with light wear. Slipcases and bindings in very good+, interiors in fine condition. (Inventory #: 46069)