Burton, Sir Richard; Penzer, N.M. (Editor)

Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration

London: A.M. Philpot, 1924.

First Edition. 8 vo, 240 pp, indexed. Number 14 of 100 copies on hand made paper. Original brown cloth with beveled edges, top edge gilt. A few spots of light foxing, else a fine copy, partly unopened. Penzer's selection of what he considered among the most interesting of Burton's relatively rare or inaccessible published papers. Includes Early Days in Sind; Guide-Book to Mecca; A Trip to Harar; Notes on Scalping; A Day Amongst the Fans; Notes on the Dahoman; Chapters from Travels; Notes on Rome; Spiritualism in Eastern Lands; and Giovanni Battista Belzoni.

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