Sir Richard Francis Burton 223508

Arabian Nights: The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. Enexpurgated

Collector's Library editions, 2007. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 527. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: a thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. This volume contains the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multi volume translation, and, unlike many editions, is complete unexpurgated. These tales, including 'Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp', 'Sinbad the Sailor', and 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', have entered into the popular imagination. This beautiful, oversized hardcover edition of The Arabian Nights brings together the magical translation of Sir Richard Burton and the art of William Harvey. He was Thomas Bewick's most famous pupil and his evocative black and white woodcuts are complemented by the delightful engravings of the renowned brothers Thomas Dalziel and Edward Dalziel who were strongly influenced by Sir John Gilbert, and who regarded their illustrations for The Arabian Nights as their finest work. ISBN: 9781904633969. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Richard Francis Burton 223388

Voyage aux Grands Lacs de l'Afrique Orientale. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par Mme H. Loreau, et illustré de 37 vignettes.

Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1862. Half leather, publisher's cloth. Pp: 719. Burton was a captain in the army of the East India Company, serving in India, and later briefly in the Crimean War. Following this, he was engaged by the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa, where he led an expedition guided by locals and was the first European known to have seen Lake Tanganyika. (ref. Wikipedia). Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Richard Francis Burton 223388

Voyage aux Grands Lacs de l'Afrique Orientale

Hachette, 1862. cont. half leather, all edges gilt. Pp: 719. Travel account of Captain Burton. Illustrated with 37 vignettes (full page and in-text) and two maps of which one foldout. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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[ARABIAN NIGHTS]. BURTON, Richard Francis.

A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' entertainments, now entituled the book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Including: Supplemental nights.[London?], Richard Burton Club, [ca. 1910]. 17 volumes. Royal 8vo (24 x 16 cm). With numerous illustrations (including the series by Albert Letchford), each repeated on laid paper (the 17 frontispieces repeated in colour). Contemporary half green morocco, gold-tooled spine.

A handsome edition of Burton's Arabian Nights, finely illustrated and printed in a limited edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. Bold to a fault, Richard Burton travelled to Mecca, explored the African Great Lakes, shocked his readers with his candid travel accounts, and gained fame and riches with his translation of the Arabian Nights. The first edition was published in 1885-1888 and re-issued by the Burton Club shortly thereafter. The present edition is a reprint of the first Burton Club edition, illustrated with, among others, Albert Letchford's famous plates. Spines slightly faded. Fine set, uncut and partly unopened.

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BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (TRANS)

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night a Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments with Introduction and Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of the Nights (Bagdad Edition, Ten Volumes, Complete)

London: The Burton Club, N.D.. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Bagdad Edition, limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is No. 957. Publisher's full light green cloth, paper labels on spines, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. nd (c. 1900). Illustrated with numerous tissue-protected half-tone plates, including frontispiece in each volume. Spines moderately worn, labels worn and soiled; all ten volumes unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD.. B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 14500

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 1001 Nights Arabian Nights Sir Richard Burton Fairy Tales Novels, Poetry & Literature Erotica

BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (TRANS)

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night a Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments with Introduction and Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of the Nights (Bassorah Edition, 16 Volumes Only, of 17)

London: The Burton Club. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Bassorah Edition, limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is No. 942. Publisher's full beige cloth, paper labels on spines, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. nd (c. 1903). Illustrated with numerous tissue-protected half-tone plates, including color frontispiece in each volume. Includes the seven volume supplement and Index. Lacking only Volume One. "A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertaainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1888), is the only complete English language translation of One Thousand and One Nights to date – a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age (8th-13th centuries) – by the British explorer and Arabist Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890). It stood as the only complete translation of the Macnaghten or Calcutta II edition (Egyptian recension) of the "Arabian Nights." Burton's translation was one of two unabridged and unexpurgated English translations done in the 1880s; the first was by John Payne, under the title The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night (1882–1884, nine volumes). Burton's ten volume version was published almost immediately afterward with a slightly different title. This, along with the fact that Burton closely advised Payne and partially based his books on Payne's, led later to charges of plagiarism. Owing to the sexual imagery in the source texts (which Burton made a special study of, adding extensive footnotes and appendices on "Oriental" sexual mores) and to the strict Victorian laws on obscene material, both translations were printed as private editions for subscribers only, rather than being published in the usual manner. Burton's original ten volumes were followed by a further seven entitled The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night (1886–1888). Burton's 17 volumes, while boasting many prominent admirers, have been criticised for their "archaic language and extravagant idiom" and "obsessive focus on sexuality"; they have even been called an "eccentric ego-trip" and a "highly personal reworking of the text." His voluminous and obscurely detailed notes and appendices have been characterised as “obtrusive, kinky and highly personal”. Spines moderately worn with some soiling on a few, labels mildly worn and soiled; all 16 volumes unmarked, tight, square, and clean. An extremely large and heavy set (approximately 40 pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD.. Color and B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 28615

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Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton; Albert Letchford; Leonard C. Smithers (Ed.)

The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night

London, H.S. Nichols Ltd, 1897. Leather Bound. A set of twelve quarto volumes (26 x 18 cms), each uniformly-bound in 3/4 wine-red leather over woven green cloth, with marbled endpapers and the top edges gilt. All volumes remain tightly-bound, with minor evidence of rubbing to the extremities. Each volume carries a rather nice bookplate of J. H. Burton, depicting a schooner in full sail bordered by mermaids. The bookplate is initialled "HN" (Harold Nelson, famed British bookplate designer, artist, and engraver). Internally, all volumes are in excellent condition and appear to have been seldom read or even opened. The words "Kamashastra Edition" appear at the bottom of the spine of each volume. The magnificent "Library Edition" of The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R. F. Burton and reprinted from the original 1885 privately-circulated Kamashastra Society edition. It is edited by Leonard C. Smithers and illustrated by a series of seventy-one inserted original illustrations reproduced from the original pictures in oils specially painted by Albert Letchford. .

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Book number: 053671

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: poetry; mythology; history; arabia; scarce;

BURTON (Richard Francis)

Description of an Extraordinary Volume of Shakespeareana, the Property of Richard Frances Burton, Seq. of Longner Hall, near Shrewsbury.

London: Sotheby & Co., 1920. Small 4to, 2 plates, orig. printed wrappers. The volume contains what is apparently the first appearance of Shakespeare's 'Passionate Pilgrim & Sonnets' as well as four other works including the rare fifth edition of 'Venus & Adonis'. Bought privately by Messrs Quaritch before the sale for Mr H.C. Folger.

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Book number: 38926

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SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON

Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil: With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines. Also, Canoeing down 1500 Miles of the Great River Sâo Francisco, from Sabará to the Sea. Volume 1

Adamant Media Corporation. 2002. (ISBN: 1402188145). Soft cover. 443 pages. Good +, unmarked (no underlines, highlighter, owner names, etc). Used, but carefully. Volume 2. Good.

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Book number: FFF08

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BURTON, Sir Richard Francis.

Falconry in the valley of the Indus.London, Van Voorst, 1852. 8vo. With a tinted lithographed frontispiece, 3 plates and with an 8-page publisher’s catalogue at the end. Original publisher's cloth.

[16], 107, [1]; 8 pp.First edition with an inscription by the author, of a "well written" (Harting) work on traditional falconry in India and Pakistan, by the great British orientalist and explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). After finishing his education at Oxford University, Burton enlisted in the East India Company and travelled all over India as a British officer in the colonial army. He was known for having an immense talent for languages and during his seven years of service he learned, among other things, Sanskrit. He made use of this skill by translating the Kamasutra into English for the first time. The practice of falconry by the Sindhis (native people of Sindh in Pakistan) apparently impressed him greatly when he was travelling in that region. This inspired him to write the present work on the traditional way of falconry in Sindh culture. Falconry as a sport was at that moment beginning to regain popularity in England. Burton dedicated his work to King Willem III of The Netherlands, who was an avid falconer. Burton's work is as much a study of Sindhi culture as it is a work on falconry.The present first edition is very rare, and the surviving correspondence about it includes "an interesting letter from the publisher stating that of the 500 copies published 257 still (1877) remain unsold, and that he advises scrapping them" (Penzer). The half-title of the present copy is inscribed by the author in Arabic: "To the accursed captain from his friend Mirza Abdullah" (as Burton styled himself during his travels). Below the inscription is a pencil drawing (not by Burton) of the author's head imposed onto the body of a cat walking across a roof, captioned beneath in English (in a different hand, in ink): "a faithful sketch of the author". Head and foot of spine professionally repaired, binding slightly soiled. Light foxing in plate margins, occasional spotting elsewhere.l Harting 66; Penzer, p. 41; Schwerdt I, 90.

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Book number: ABC_45280

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Burton, Richard Francis.

Die Goldminen von Midian. Reisen und Forschungen im biblischen Land 1876-1877. Übers. und hrsg. von Uwe Pfullmann.

Stuttgart, Edition Erdmann, [ 2002]. 319 S. Mit Illustr. u. Ktn. (= Alte abenteuerliche Reiseberichte). 21 cm. OLn. m. SU.
¶ [Gold-mines of Midian and the ruined Midianite cities (dt.)]. - Frei von Lesespuren, gutes und sauberes Exemplar

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Book number: 95274

Catalogue: Literatur bis 1900

Keywords: 19. Jh. / 19. Jahrhundert | 19th century; Erlebnisbericht - Erlebnisberichte; Ethnie - Ethnien; Gold; Goldbergwerk; Goldgräber; Historische Landschaft - Historische Landschaften; Literatur - Literature - Fiction; Reisebericht - Reiseberichte - Reisebesch

Burton, Richard Francis:

Die Goldminen von Midian. Reisen und Forschungen im biblischen Land 1876- 1877

Edition Erdmann in K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart, 2002. 319 Seiten Hardcover, Leinen, mit Schutzumschlag und Lesebändchen Gewicht/weight ca. 527 gr. Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen, keine Eintragungen. Der Schnitt ist dezent fleckig. Rücken, Ecken, Kanten sind sehr gut. Der Schutzumschlag ist am Rand leicht lädiert.

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Book number: 314492

Catalogue: Reise, Geographie

BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS

The Land of Midian (revisited) Two (2) Volumes

Cambridge, The Oleander Press. 1984. (ISBN: 0900891556) Hard Cover, 8.25 x 5.5 inches. Two volumes. No marks or inscriptions. Two very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked red cloth boards, very slight bumping to spine feet and no bumping to corners. Dust jackets not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to spine extremities from being constrained in protective sleeves. Both jackets now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeves. Large folded detailed map at end of Vol 2 in perfect condition. Total of 657pp. Burton's purported reason for visiting North West Arabia in 1877 to 1878 was gold prospecting but his real purpose was to study and survey the region scientifically. Facsimile edition of the 1879 edition. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 026073

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Travels, Saudi Arabia, 19th Century Travel / Adventure 0900891556

Burton, Richard Francis

A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Now Entitled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: With Introduction Explanatory Notes

Printed by the Burton Club for private subscribers. Hardcover. A green casebound book with black text on a tan plate on the spine. The pages have deckled edges. 406 pages; contains black-and-white illustrations. This is volume 5 of 17. Numbered 901 of 1000. This is volume five only. VG .

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Book number: 206785

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Middle Eastern Literature ; ;

Felix Paul Greve (Übersetzer) Richard Francis Burton (Vorlage)

Die schönsten Geschichten aus tausendundeiner Nacht

Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1986. Taschenbuch Guter altersbedingter Zustand, ohne Namenseintrag gut - gebraucht

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Book number: BU232879

Catalogue: Ratgeber