Dec 04, 2008 - Sale 2165

Sale 2165 - Lot 127

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS, Sir. Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast. 11 wood-engraved plates; 5 lithographed maps, including one folding (with cellotape repairs on verso). Half-titles. 2 volumes. 8vo, modern leatherette; ink accession number on titles, unobtrusive institutional embossed stamps. London, 1872

Additional Details

first edition. The last chapter of the book is a reassessment of Speke and his accomplishments. Casada 72; Penzer, pages 88-89.