
The Burtons and the Middle East: a single owner collection
25 October 2018 | 10:30am
Please note this is an ONLINE ONLY sale. Viewing prior to the auction will take place at Bloomsbury Auctions (16-17 Pall Mall) at the times indicated below, not on the day of the auction.
![Richard Francis Burton, Goa, and the Blue Mountains; or, six months of sick leave, first edition [London, Richard Bentley, 1851]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-9.jpg)
Lot 1
Richard Francis Burton, Goa, and the Blue Mountains; or, six months of sick leave, first edition [London, Richard Bentley, 1851]
Estimate £600 - £800 + fees
Sold Price £400
![Richard Francis Burton, Falconry in the Valley of the Indus, first edition [London, John Van Voorst, 1852]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-10.jpg)
Lot 2
Richard Francis Burton, Falconry in the Valley of the Indus, first edition [London, John Van Voorst, 1852]
Estimate £3000 - £5000 + fees
Sold Price £3500
![Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, 3 volumes, first edition [London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855-56]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-16.jpg)
Lot 3
Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, 3 volumes, first edition [London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855-56]
Estimate £3000 - £5000 + fees
Sold Price £5000
![Richard Francis Burton, The Lake Regions of Central Africa, a Picture of Exploration, 2 volumes, first edition, first issue [London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-11.jpg)
Lot 4
Richard Francis Burton, The Lake Regions of Central Africa, a Picture of Exploration, 2 volumes, first edition, first issue [London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860]
Estimate £2000 - £3000 + fees
Sold Price £1500
![Richard Francis Burton (“A F.R.G.S.”), Wanderings in West Africa, from Liverpool to Fernando Po., first edition [London, Tinsley Brothers, 1863]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-8.jpg)
Lot 5
Richard Francis Burton (“A F.R.G.S.”), Wanderings in West Africa, from Liverpool to Fernando Po., first edition [London, Tinsley Brothers, 1863]
Estimate £600 - £800 + fees
Sold Price £400
![Richard Francis Burton, A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, 2 volumes, first edition [London, Tinsley Brothers, 1864]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-13.jpg)
Lot 7
Richard Francis Burton, A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, 2 volumes, first edition [London, Tinsley Brothers, 1864]
Estimate £200 - £300 + fees
Sold Price £200
![Richard Francis Burton, The Guide-Book. A Pictorial Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, first and only edition, printed for the author [London, Clowes & Sons, 1865]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-34.jpg)
Lot 8
Richard Francis Burton, The Guide-Book. A Pictorial Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, first and only edition, printed for the author [London, Clowes & Sons, 1865]
Estimate £6000 - £8000 + fees
Sold Price £10000
![Richard Francis Burton, The Lands of Cazembe, Lacerda’s Journey to Cazembe in 1798…, first edition [London, Royal Geographical Society, John Murray, 1873]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-39.jpg)
Lot 9
Richard Francis Burton, The Lands of Cazembe, Lacerda’s Journey to Cazembe in 1798…, first edition [London, Royal Geographical Society, John Murray, 1873]
Estimate £100 - £150 + fees
Sold Price £30
![Richard Francis Burton, Vikram and the Vampire, or Tales of Hindu Devilry, first edition, first issue [London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-18.jpg)
Lot 10
Richard Francis Burton, Vikram and the Vampire, or Tales of Hindu Devilry, first edition, first issue [London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870]
Estimate £200 - £300 + fees
Sold Price £150
![Richard Francis Burton, Vikram and the Vampire, or Tales of Hindu Devilry, first edition, second issue [London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-19.jpg)
Lot 11
Richard Francis Burton, Vikram and the Vampire, or Tales of Hindu Devilry, first edition, second issue [London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870]
Estimate £100 - £150 + fees
Sold Price £50
![Richard Francis Burton, Ultima Thule, or a Summer in Iceland, 2 volumes, first edition [London and Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1875]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-23.jpg)
Lot 13
Richard Francis Burton, Ultima Thule, or a Summer in Iceland, 2 volumes, first edition [London and Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1875]
Estimate £300 - £400 + fees
Sold Price £200
![Richard Francis Burton, Etruscan Bologna, first edition [London, Smith, Elder& co., 1876]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-27.jpg)
Lot 14
Richard Francis Burton, Etruscan Bologna, first edition [London, Smith, Elder& co., 1876]
Estimate £300 - £400 + fees
Sold Price £200
![Richard Francis Burton, A New System of Sword Exercise, first edition [London, William Clowes and Sons, 1876]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-32.jpg)
Lot 15
Richard Francis Burton, A New System of Sword Exercise, first edition [London, William Clowes and Sons, 1876]
Estimate £2000 - £3000 + fees
Sold Price £3800
![Richard Francis Burton, Sind revisited, 2 volumes, first and only edition [London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1877]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-12.jpg)
Lot 16
Richard Francis Burton, Sind revisited, 2 volumes, first and only edition [London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1877]
Estimate £300 - £400 + fees
Sold Price £320
![Richard Francis Burton, The Land of Midan, revisited, vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition [London, C. Kegan Paul & co, 1879]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-41.jpg)
Lot 18
Richard Francis Burton, The Land of Midan, revisited, vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition [London, C. Kegan Paul & co, 1879]
Estimate £100 - £150 + fees
Sold Price £80
![Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusidas, author’s personal proof copy with manuscript annotations throughout [London, probably Wyman & Sons for Bernard Quaritch, 1879-1880]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-42.jpg)
Lot 19
Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusidas, author’s personal proof copy with manuscript annotations throughout [London, probably Wyman & Sons for Bernard Quaritch, 1879-1880]
Estimate £400 - £600 + fees
Sold Price £4800
![Richard Francis Burton, A Glance at the “Passion-play”, first and only edition [London, W.H. Harrison, 1881]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-30.jpg)
Lot 20
Richard Francis Burton, A Glance at the “Passion-play”, first and only edition [London, W.H. Harrison, 1881]
Estimate £150 - £200 + fees
Sold Price £100
![Richard Francis Burton, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, first reprint, for private circulation only [London, for the Kama Shastra Society, 1883]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-33.jpg)
Lot 21
Richard Francis Burton, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, first reprint, for private circulation only [London, for the Kama Shastra Society, 1883]
Estimate £300 - £400 + fees
Sold Price £240
![Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Sword, first and only edition [London, Chatto and Windus, 1884]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-29.jpg)
Lot 22
Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Sword, first and only edition [London, Chatto and Windus, 1884]
Estimate £200 - £300 + fees
Sold Price £280

Lot 23
Vanity Fair portrait of Richard Francis Burton “The Arabian Nights” [London
Estimate £100 - £150 + fees
Sold Price £50
![Richard Francis Burton, Il Pentamerone; or the Tale of Tales, 2 volumes, first edition [London, Henry & co., 1893]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-24.jpg)
Lot 26
Richard Francis Burton, Il Pentamerone; or the Tale of Tales, 2 volumes, first edition [London, Henry & co., 1893]
Estimate £200 - £300 + fees
Sold Price £100
![Richard Francis Burton, Collection of four Memorial Editions of Works, with an a.l.s from Burton’s nephew Joseph R. Smyth-Pigott [all London, Tylstone & Edwards, 1893-94]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-28.jpg)
Lot 27
Richard Francis Burton, Collection of four Memorial Editions of Works, with an a.l.s from Burton’s nephew Joseph R. Smyth-Pigott [all London, Tylstone & Edwards, 1893-94]
Estimate £600 - £800 + fees
Sold Price £500
![Richard Francis Burton, The Kasidah of Haji Abdu al-Yazdi, third edition, one of 250 copies only [London, H.J. Cook, 1900]](https://www.dreweatts.com/wp-content/themes/dreweatts/images/lots/thumbs/500800-17.jpg)
Lot 30
Richard Francis Burton, The Kasidah of Haji Abdu al-Yazdi, third edition, one of 250 copies only [London, H.J. Cook, 1900]
Estimate £200 - £300 + fees
Sold Price £220