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Burton, Richard Francis
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Description
- Scinde, or the Unhappy Valley. London: Richard Bentley. 1851
- Paper, ink, leather
2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, publisher's advertisements to the end of vol. 2; minor foxing. Original blindstamped olive green ribbed cloth, yellow endpapers; some overall staining to covers, heads and tails of spines bumped with some loss.
Literature
Casada 57; Penzer, p. 39
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION. This description of northern Sind was the result of time spent as assistant to Sir Walter Scott's namesake and nephew on the Sind survey, to whom the book is dedicated.