[BURTON, Richard Francis] Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. 2 volumes, 8°, half-titles, 2 maps, one folding (folding map a little frayed, a few light spots, cracking to hinges of volume one), original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed and corners bumbed), partially unopened. FIRST EDITION. Penzer pp. 71-2: "It apparently was Burton's original idea to entirely suppress his name from the above work, and in his own copy there is no clue given as to the author." (2)

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[BURTON, Richard Francis] Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. 2 volumes, 8°, half-titles, 2 maps, one folding (folding map a little frayed, a few light spots, cracking to hinges of volume one), original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed and corners bumbed), partially unopened. FIRST EDITION. Penzer pp. 71-2: "It apparently was Burton's original idea to entirely suppress his name from the above work, and in his own copy there is no clue given as to the author." (2)

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