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Lot 75

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BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). The Sentiment of the Sword. London: Horace Cox, 1911. 


12mo. Photographic frontispiece. Original red paper-covered printed boards (spine perished, hinges starting). 

Second edition of Burton's work, including notes by A. Forbes Sieveking. The edition was reprinted from the "Field" first edition, which was first published in 1910. Penzer p.247. Provenance: H. Bradley Martin (sold his sale, Sotheby's New York, 14 June 1990, Lot 3439).

[Tipped in:] BURTON, Richard F. Autograph letter signed ("Richard F. Burton") to an unnamed colleague. Trieste, 21 October 1881. 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium, short tear affecting a few letters of Burton's signature. A cover letter for a copy of a letter which was being sent to the Embassy regarding the consular staff a Trieste (this copy not present). -- BURTON, Isabel. Autograph letter signed ("Isabel Burton") to Mr. Truily[?]. 16 May n.y. 1 page, 8vo, on a bifolium.


Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio

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