BURTON, Richard Francis. Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains. An Exploration. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. 2 volumes, 8o. Mounted frontispiece portrait of Burton in volume I, 4 wood-engraved plates, folding lithographic map (some staining, folding map laid down on linen). Original green cloth (worn). FIRST EDITION. Penzer p. 70.

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BURTON, Richard Francis. Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains. An Exploration. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. 2 volumes, 8o. Mounted frontispiece portrait of Burton in volume I, 4 wood-engraved plates, folding lithographic map (some staining, folding map laid down on linen). Original green cloth (worn). FIRST EDITION. Penzer p. 70.

[BURTON, Richard Francis]. Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po. By a F.R.G.S. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. 2 volumes, 8o. Engraved frontispiece in Vol. II, folding map in Vol. I. Later half morocco (light wear to joints). FIRST EDITION. Penzer, p. 71-72. Casada 70. Spink 28.

BURTON, Richard Francis, and James MACQUEEN. The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir. A memoir read before the Royal Geographical Society, November 14, 1864. With prefatory remarks. Part II. Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile. A Review. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. 8o. Maps lacking. Contemporary cloth, (some wear). FIRST EDITION. Penzer 74-75.
Voyage aux Grands Lacs de l'Afrique Orientale. Paris, 1862. 8o. Contemporary half morocco. Provenance: Charles H. Milburn (bookplate).

[With:] Personal narrative of the Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah. London, 1893. 2 volumes. -- First Footsteps in East Aftica. London, 1894. 2 volumes. From the The Memorial Edition of the Works -- Wanderings in three Continents. London, 1901. All 8o. Contemporary bindings. (11)

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