Sir Richard Burton. A Biography
by Hastings, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0698109368
- ISBN 13
- 9780698109360
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1978. A biography of the ever-fascinating explorer, linguist, and swordsman. The author won an Emmy Award for his BBC television documentary "The Search for the Nile," that dramatised the expedition and rivalry of Burton and John Hanning Speke. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition (stated). Light tan paper-covered boards with a brown cloth spine, titling in gilt. Clean text; 288 pages. Indexed. Sixteen pages of illustrations. Some tiny bumps to the edges of the front cover. The dustjacket is complete, unclipped, with a tiny bit of edgewear. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005631
- Title
- Sir Richard Burton. A Biography
- Author
- Hastings, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0698109368
- ISBN 13
- 9780698109360
- Publisher
- Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Quercus Rare Books
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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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