BURTON, Richard Francis (1821-1890). A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With Notices of the So Called "Amazons" ... the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. 2 volumes, 8° (199 x 128mm). Half titles and 2 wood-engraved frontispieces. (A few light spots and some very light, mainly marginal, staining.) 19th-century red half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. Penzer p. 72. (2)

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BURTON, Richard Francis (1821-1890). A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With Notices of the So Called "Amazons" ... the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. 2 volumes, 8° (199 x 128mm). Half titles and 2 wood-engraved frontispieces. (A few light spots and some very light, mainly marginal, staining.) 19th-century red half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. Penzer p. 72. (2)

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