first edition Hardcover
1877 · London
by Drake, Charles F. Tyrwhitt
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1877. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. photographic frontis (portrait of Drake), 320p. Recently rebound in inexpensive black 1/2 leather over marbled boards. 22cm. All edges red. The Memoir by Besant (at pages 1-44) reproduces a long letter from Richard F. Burton (pages 14-22). The Memoir is followed by a "Note to Memoir" by Isabel Burton (pages 45-50). Not in Penzer's Burton bibliography. (Inventory #: 84565)