Scinde; or the Unhappy Valley
By Burton, Richard F.
First edition, first printing. Two volumes, finely bound in full polished calf leather by Zanesdorf, with raised bands, boards triple ruled in gilt, gilt-decorated turn-ins, marbled endsheets and top edges gilt. Spines lightly faded. Bookplate and ownership label to front paste downs, and bookseller ticket to recto of rear free endsheets in both volumes. A beautifully bound set of Burton's account of what is present-day India and Pakistan, written while on active duty.
Published by: Richard Bentley, London, 1851
Vendor: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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By Burton, Richard F.
First edition, first printing. Two volumes, finely bound in full polished calf leather by Zanesdorf, with raised bands, boards triple ruled in gilt, gilt-decorated turn-ins, marbled endsheets and top edges gilt. Spines lightly faded. Bookplate and ownership label to front paste downs, and bookseller ticket to recto of rear free endsheets in both volumes. A beautifully bound set of Burton's account of what is present-day India and Pakistan, written while on active duty.
Published by: Richard Bentley, London, 1851
Vendor: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
