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BURTON, Richard Francis.
Sind revisited: wth notices of the Anglo-Indian army; railroads; past, present, and future, etc.
Richard Bentley, London 1877. First edition. INSCRIBED BY BURTON on half-title, 2 volumes, 8vo., xii, 343; iv, 331pp., original grey-mauve cloth with border on front cover enclosing floral design in black, lettered in gilt, recased, binding a little faded and soiled, from the library of A.W. Hughes.
Inscribed presentation copy from Burton to A. W. Hughes, author of "A gazetteer of the province of Sind," 1874, reading: "To A.W. hughes With the authors best thanks." On page 73 vol. i Burton refers to Hughes' Gazetteer and notes that he " ... need hardly say anything in praise of this laborious work, a mine of information ..." Burton intended that this much updated text on India after the mutiny be illustrated with a map and photographs taken on his 1876 journey with Isabel. However his publisher returned the map and photographs he had sent him as he considered the expense would be too great. Penzer 94-95.
Price: £ 6000
US Dollar Price: $ 11900
Stock Number: 58574