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BURTON, Richard F. Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To El-Medinah And Meccah. With Introduction by Bayard Taylor. With Map and Two Illustrations.
New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1856. First U.S. edition. 8vo., original brown cloth, (xvi), (17)-492pp. Bookplate, spine faded with chips to ends, split in the outer front hinge, a good copy of a book that is difficult to find in nice condition.
The American edition of this work has been condensed with some passages omitted. "These do not affect the narrative or the incidents of the visit to the Holy Places, but chiefly relate to Lieut. Burton's preliminary residence in Egypt, and to historical and ethnological considerations. An appendix is also omitted..."
BURTON, Richard F. Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To El-Medinah And Meccah. With Introduction by Bayard Taylor. With Map and Two Illustrations. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1856. First U.S. edition. 8vo., original brown cloth, (xvi), (17)-492pp. Bookplate, spine faded with chips to ends, split in the outer front hinge, a good copy of a book that is difficult to find in nice condition.
The American edition of this work has been condensed with some passages omitted. "These do not affect the narrative or the incidents of the visit to the Holy Places, but chiefly relate to Lieut. Burton's preliminary residence in Egypt, and to historical and ethnological considerations. An appendix is also omitted..."
