London: H.S. Nichols, 1897. Large Octavo. The translation by Sir. R.F. Burton, with seventy-one original illustrations which are from the original oils painted by Albert Letchford. Housed in the original casket with the Arabic title gilt-stamped [Alf Laylah wa Laylah, English transliteration which translates: Thousand Nights and a Night], measuring..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. First Edition. Large Octavo. 299pp., illustrated by Joseph Grego. Burton writes" From days immemorial the Queen of Weapons, a creator as well as a destroyer, carved out history, formed the nations, and shaped the world" The history of the sword from its birth to it..... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Ad Roberts, 1862. Octavo. This was to be Burton's last new name to the list of "Holy Cities" to visit. He wanted to observe Utah as it is, not as it is said to be. 707pp., frontispiece of the Great Salt Lake, folding map and folding..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1907. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third edition of 1879 with restored notes which had been edited out of previous editions and here was printed by George Bell in the Bohn's Libraries editions. Edited by wife Isabel Burton with an Introduction By Stanley..... More