AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON K.C.M.G., Preface by F. Grenfell Baker, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., & C.
by [Burton] Penzer Norman M., M.A., F.R.G.S., F.G.S
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Mansfield: Maurizio Martino Publisher, [1993]. First of the Edition, Limited to 225 Copies Only. Portrait frontispiece from the painting of Burton by Lord Leighton, with several black and white plates throughout. 8vo, publisher's original dark green cloth, lettering and pictorial device in gilt on the spine. xvi, 351 (including index) pp. A pristine copy, as mint. LIMITED EDITION. The standard bibliography for the works of Burton. Norman M. Penzer was a Joint Secretary of the Burton Memorial Fund; Member of the Royal Asiatic Society; Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Member of the Hakluyt Society. F. Grenfell Baker, who wrote the preface to this book, was the traveling medical adviser to R.F. Burton and was the founder of the Burton Memorial Fund.
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- Title
- AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON K.C.M.G., Preface by F. Grenfell Baker, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., & C.
- Author
- [Burton] Penzer Norman M., M.A., F.R.G.S., F.G.S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Maurizio Martino Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Mansfield
- Date Published
- [1993]
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- 0.00 lbs
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