Goa, and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave
By Burton, Richard Francis, 1821-1890
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."
Published by: Richard Bentley, London, 1851
Vendor: McBlain Books, ABAA
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By Burton, Richard Francis, 1821-1890
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."
Published by: Richard Bentley, London, 1851
Vendor: McBlain Books, ABAA
