Richard Burton – A Secret Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina

This is a FIRST EDITION (2004)  – Extra Fine: London: The Folio Society, 2004. Buckram- Pictorial Cover. Introduced by Tim Mackintosh-Smith.  Cover design by David Eccles. Folded map included (see photographs).  539 pages.  Collectors Item.  First Folio Society Edition.  A Hardbound Book. Very Fine/New/Boxed – No Jacket.  Private Press. Folio edition with slipcase.  Beige cloth covered boards with gilt and decoration, housed in a black slipcase.  Pages remain clear with no tanning or foxing. Binding remains firm – as new.  Boards have no edge-wear and no rubbing on surfaces.  Gilt lettering is bright and clear – as new.  Slipcase has no marking to panels and no scuffing to edges – as new.   All pages are Fine, covers are fine, binding is fine, as is the Black Slip Case.  This book was not sold with a jacket, as the book is fully protected within the Slip Case.

Includes folded map as loose insert – Fine.  Illustrated boards and spine with bright gilt – Fine.

It is extremely rare to have this volume in this excellent a condition.

Size:  260 x 188 x 65

Weight:  1.657kg