first edition Hardcover
1851 · London
by Burton, Richard Francis, 1821-1890
London: Richard Bentley, 1851. 1st issue of the 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 tinted plates (including frontis), folding map, illustrations, xxiv, 368p. Original fawn-colored cloth, rebacked with most of original backstrip mounted. Endpapers preserved with hinges professionally repaired with archival paper tape. Backstrip slightly darkened. Light cover soiling, scattered foxing. Bookplate (Burke Casari). First issue of Burton's first book. Penzer calls this first issue in fawn cloth "rare." (Inventory #: 84649)