Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890) Falconry in the Valley of the Indus

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Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890) Falconry in the Valley of the Indus. London: John Van Voorst, 1852
First edition, with the half-title, illustrated with full-page frontispiece and three full-page plates in the text (a total of four),eight pages of publisher's ads after the text; pale yellow endleaves; bound in full publisher's textured purple cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, boards blind ruled; minor water stain at the foot of the frontispiece, spine faded to brown, headcap a bit crumpled, binding shifting forward from the back board a bit, no signs of interior foxing, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Estimate $1,500-1,800


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