The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land. From My Private Journal
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. New and Cheaper Edition Ex Library. Hardcover. Octavo. xi, 516, 31 (1)pp. Original cloth with gilt lettering, ruling on cover. Frontispiece photograph of Isabel Burton, with tissue guard. Illustrated with two chromolithographs of Captain Burton's house at Salahiyyeh and the desert camp, and an additional original photograph of Captain Burton. "I have been often accused of writing as if it were intended as an address for the Royal Geographical Society,that is, in a quasi-professional way. I conclude that this happened because I always wrote with and for my husband, and under his direction. This is my first independent publication, and I try the experiment of writing as if talking with friends." (Isabel Burton). Contains two page list of books by Captain Burton, and 32 pages of Kegan Paul publications at rear. Binding with light wear along edges and usual library markings,barcode, sticker, library bookplate and pocket, library stamps. Lightly starting after half-title and after Kegan Paul list. Endpapers tanned. Binding and interior in overall good condition. g. Item #46998
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