Results for: Author: Sir Burton

Burton, Richard F. [Sir Richard Francis]; Nevinson, Henry W.

First Footsteps in East Africa (Everyman's Library)

London / New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E.P. Dutton & Co, 1910. Reissue. Hard Cover.

Spine faded, minor wear to corners and 1 inch closed tear to spine head, binding a bit shaken, pencil name on front endpaper.

xx, 363 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations.....

Price: $25.00

Burton, Sir Richard Francis; Lane, Edward William; Poole Edward Stanley; Lane-Pool, Stanley

The Thousand and One Nights Commonly Called The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, in Three Volumes [Lane's Arabian Nights]

London: Chatto & Windus, 1912. Harvey, William. Hard Cover.

Loss from spine ends, pages lightly foxed, ink name on front endpaper.

xxx, 555; xii, 578; xii, 701 pp. Three volume set. Green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine; top edge gilt. Translated from the Arabic, with copious notes, by.....

Price: $250.00

[Burton, Sir Richard Francis]; Mardrus, J.C.; Mathers, Powys

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Rendered into English from the Literal and Complete French Translation of Dr. J.C. Mardrus by Powys Mathers, in Four Volumes (The Folio Society) [Arabian Nights]

London: The Folio Press / The Folio Society, 1980. Fraser, Eric; Martin, Frank. Reissue. Hard Cover.

1980 photolithographic reprint of 1958 edition (Ford-Smith Folio 76 #467). Includes publisher's slipcase. Repaired splits to top slipcase seams along opening. Bindings tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.

vii, 644; vii, 592;.....

Price: $125.00

Burton, Sir Richard; Torrens, Henry; Lane, Edward; Payne, John

The Arabian Nights Entertainments, in Four Volumes: Containing Sixty-Five Stories Told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to Divert Shahryar the Sultan from the Execution of a Vow He Had Made to Avenge the Disloyalty of His First Sultaness; and Containing a Better Account of the Customs, Manners and Religion of the Eastern Nations Than is to Be Met with in Any Edition Hereto Published; Because the Text is One Which Sir Richard Burton Himself Desired to Own: the Definitive and All-Inclusive Burton Translation with the Addition of the Notes upon the Text Prepared by Those Scholars Who Had Previously Translated the Text into English from the Arabic, Notably Henry Torrens & Edward Lane & John Payne; and It Is Embellished with Miniature Paintings Made by Arthur Szyk

Ipswich / Great Britain: The Limited Editions Club / W.S. Cowell, Ltd., 1954. Szyk, Arthur. Hard Cover.

Limited edition, #1160 of 1500 copies. Small surface tear on base panel of one slipcase. Boards of volume one lightly soiled. Gilt on spine of all volumes lightly rubbed.

Four volume set in.....

Price: $275.00

[Burton, Sir Richard]

The Arabian Nights' Entertainments; or, The Thousand and One Nights

New York: Hurst & Company. Reissue. Hard Cover.

Reissue. Spine faded with numerous spots along edges, edges rubbed with corners slightly exposed, front hinge just beginning to weaken. Pages clean and unmarked.

iv, 586 pp. Red leather spine and corners, marbled boards and endpapers, gilt titles and decorations on spine.....

Price: $25.00

Burton, Sir, Richard F. [Francis]; Burton, Isabel

King Vikran and the Vampire (Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance)

Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1992. Griset, Ernest; Letchford, Albert. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.

First printing. Edge wear.

xxi, 243 pp. Edited by author's wife Isabel Burton. 33 illustrations by Ernest Griset; photogravure frontispiece by Albert Letchford. Translated from the original Sanskrit by the noted Victorian Orientalist, Sir Richard Burton.....

Price: $15.00