Burton, Richard F.
Rare books by Richard F. Burton, including first editions and finely bound sets of The Arabian Nights.
BURTON, Richard F.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. 1855–6
£9,750
First Edition. Forbidden to non-Muslims, less than half a dozen Europeans were known to have made the hajj, or pilgrimage, to the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina and lived,...
3 volumes, octavo, original dark blue cloth, title gilt to spines, decoration to the spines and decorative panels to the boards in black, terracotta endpapers. With... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' entertainments, 1885–88
£9,750
First edition, the authentic Benares edition, issued in a limited subscription of 1,000 copies. Richard Burton's celebrated translation "has become the pre-eminent English...
16 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, inset burgundy morocco panels to... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' entertainments, 1885–88
£8,750
First edition, the authentic Benares edition, issued in a limited subscription of 1,000 copies. Richard Burton's celebrated translation "has become the pre-eminent English...
16 volumes, octavo (237 × 145 mm). 20th-century brown half morocco for Henry Sotheran. Titles to spines and raised bands gilt, light brown cloth sides, marbled... Read more
BURTON, Richard F.
Falconry in the Valley of the Indus. 1852
£5,000
First edition of an early Burton title, nominally a record of the sport of falconry as practiced by the landed gentry in Sindh, but also a significant record of their culture as the...
Large duodecimo. Original brown ribbed cloth, titles to spine gilt, rules to boards in blind. Housed in a quarter red morocco solander box with marbled paper boards.... Read more
BURTON, Richard F.
First Footsteps in East Africa; 1856
£3,750
First edition, second issue, brick red cloth and without Appendix IV on infibulation, as usual. Following his "pilgrimage" to Mekkah, instead of returning to Britain - "where he...
Octavo. Original brick red cloth, title gilt to the spine, blind-stamped panels to the boards. mid brown surface-paper endpapers, ads. to the pastedowns. Housed in a... Read more
BURTON, Richard F.
Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po. By a F.R.G.S. 1863
£3,500
First edition. "Newly married and needing employment, Burton approached the Foreign Office for a consular position, hoping for the post at Damascus. Instead, he was offered the...
2 volumes octavo, original purple-brown pebble-grained cloth, title gilt to the spine, triple blind panel to the boards. Folding map as frontispiece to volume I, plate... Read more
BURTON, Richard F.
Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po. By a F.R.G.S. 1863
£3,500
First edition. "Newly married and needing employment, Burton approached the Foreign Office for a consular position, hoping for the post at Damascus. Instead, he was offered the...
2 volumes octavo, original purple-brown pebble-grained cloth, title gilt to the spine, triple blind panel to the boards. Folding map as frontispiece to Volume I, plate... Read more
BURTON, Richard F.
The Works… The Memorial Edition. 1893–94
£2,750
A complete set of all that was published of Lady Burton's memorial edition of her late husband's works, comprising A Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, A Mission to Gelele, King of...
7 volumes, octavo. Bound in recent sand full morocco, title gilt to spine, raised bands, gilt lozenge device to compartments, single fillet gilt panel to boards,... Read more
BURTON, Richard F.
The Memorial Edition of the Works... 1893–94
£2,500
Memorial Edition. These titles were all that were issued in the Memorial Edition, for each of which Isabel Burton wrote a new preface.
4 works in 7 volumes, octavo. Original black cloth, decorations to boards gilt, titles to spines gilt, top edges stained red, black coated endpapers. Illustrated... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' entertainments, [c. 1900]
£2,500
The Samara Edition. Printed by The Burton Club for subscribers only. Limited to 1,000 sets of which this is number 653.
17 volumes, octavo. Recent navy blue half morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, cloth boards, top edge gilt. Frontispiece and illustrations... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. [c. 1900]
£2,100
The Luristan edition. Printed by The Burton Club for subscribers only. Limited to 1,000 sets of which this is number 613.
17 volumes, octavo. Finely bound in recent half navy blue oasis, with red leather lettering labels, gilt devices between each raised band, marbled sides, top edge... Read more
BURTON, Richard F.
Vikram and the Vampire. 1870
£1,750
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, dark green... Read more
BURTON, Richard F.
The Book of the Sword. 1884
£1,500
First Edition.
Large octavo. Bound in recent full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rasied bands, original cloth used on pastedowns. With numerous illustrations... Read more
BURTON, Richard F.
Etruscan Bologna: 1876
£500
First Edition. One of the less scarce titles in the canon but nice in this condition.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, device to upper board gilt, key motif to boards in black and blind, titles to spine gilt. Illustrated throughout, one folding plate.... Read more
