Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, 3 volumes, first edition [London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855-56] complete, half-title to vol. III only (as issued), 1 large folding map "from Yambu to El Medinah and Mecca", 3 plans (2 of these folding), 8 tinted lithographs, 5 chromolithographs and 1 wood-engraved plate, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at the end of volumes I and III, errata leaf in vol. 1, many leaves and gatherings unopened throughout, mint condition, "Charles Thurburn" engraved bookplates to pastedowns and inscriptions to titles in each volume, printed publishers endpapers, original blue cloth with black ornamental designs to covers, spines also stamped in black with lettering in gold, remarkably bright and clean covers, far extremities very slightly rubbed, spine ends and outer corners a little bumped, 8vo [Penzer pp.49-50]
Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, 3 volumes, first edition [London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855-56] complete, half-title to vol. III only (as issued), 1 large folding map "from Yambu to El Medinah and Mecca", 3 plans (2 of these folding), 8 tinted lithographs, 5 chromolithographs and 1 wood-engraved plate, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at the end of volumes I and III, errata leaf in vol. 1, many leaves and gatherings unopened throughout, mint condition, "Charles Thurburn" engraved bookplates to pastedowns and inscriptions to titles in each volume, printed publishers endpapers, original blue cloth with black ornamental designs to covers, spines also stamped in black with lettering in gold, remarkably bright and clean covers, far extremities very slightly rubbed, spine ends and outer corners a little bumped, 8vo [Penzer pp.49-50]
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