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BURTON, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890). Zanzibar; City, Island and Coast. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. 8vos. Illustrated with frontispieces, folding map, and 11 plates. [xiii], 1-[504]; [viii], 1-[520] pp. Bound in publisher's full cloth bindings (volume I is in the first issue binding, volume II is in second issue binding), spines stamped in gilt, boards stamped in blind, front board of volume I stamped in gilt (both volumes rebacked preserving most of the original spines, bindings worn, soiled, hinges repaired, some toning, minor soiling in text, repaired tear to folding map, title-page and dedication pages of volume I with tape repairs to fore-edges, several leaves roughly opened, bookplate and signature on fp of volume I, library inkstamps on title-page of volume II). Good. FIRST EDITION, MIXED ISSUES OF BINDINGS. This important title of African exploration is based on material collected by Burton in 1856 just before his expedition with Speke, but not published until 1872, due to Burton's misplacing the manuscript for several years. Penzer pp. 88-89.