The Devil Drives. A Life of Sir Richard Burton
by Brodie, Fawn M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc, 1967. One of the better modern biographies of the famous Victorian polymath/explorer. This is a Very Good copy of the Second Printing of the First Edition. Red cloth binding with fancy gilt decorations and titling on the spine. Clean text; 390 pages, Notes, bibliography, list of Burton's works, index. This is an ex-libris copy, but the treatments evident are quite minimal: top edge has stamp "5-7", bottom edge has stamp "Library Copy' and there is evidence of pocket removal on last page. The dustjacket is complete, unclipped, with just some hints of wear at the tips. In an archival plastic protector.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005458
- Title
- The Devil Drives. A Life of Sir Richard Burton
- Author
- Brodie, Fawn M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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