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Goa, and the Blue Mountains,: Or, Six Months on Sick Leave

Product Description: This is a smart and lively volume, with which everyone will have faults to find, but which will afford considerable pleasure to Anglo-Indian, if not to home readers. It assumes all those jauntish airs for which ninety-nine light books of travel out of a hundred are now distinguished, and there is a rapidity of transition from caricature and badinage to sober narrative, which rather does violence to good taste; yet we can safely recommend it both for the amusement and information which it affords...read more

By Richard F. Burton

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9781530754687 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 26, 2016, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: This is a smart and lively volume, with which everyone will have faults to find, but which will afford considerable pleasure to Anglo-Indian, if not to home readers.

Scinde: Or, the Unhappy Valley

Product Description: In 1844 Sir Richard obtained an appointment on the Scinde Survey, under Sir Charles Napier, and from this moment his life was crowded with picturesque adventures. Disguised as a half-Arab, half-Iranian merchant and dervish, Mirza Abdullah of Bushire, he was sent out by his chief to collect information, selling in the bazaars, passing his evening in the mosques and estaminets, and mixing freely with the natives, till we can only echo Lady Burton's fervent wish that he should have woven some of the strange scenes he witnessed into a novel of personal adventure...read more

By Richard F. Burton

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9781530755653 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 26, 2016, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: In 1844 Sir Richard obtained an appointment on the Scinde Survey, under Sir Charles Napier, and from this moment his life was crowded with picturesque adventures.

9781530759750 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 26, 2016, cover price $12.99

The Thousand and One Nights: Arabian Legendary Tales

Product Description: The Thousand and One Nights, namely Arabian Nights, is a collection of legendary tales told by Sultana Scheherazade to the Sasanian king ruling in India and China, who is shocked to discover that his brother's wife is unfaithful and his own wife's infidelity has been even more flagrant, he has her executed, and hereby decides that all women are the same...read more

By Richard F. Burton

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9781523371464 | Createspace Independent Pub, January 14, 2016, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The Thousand and One Nights, namely Arabian Nights, is a collection of legendary tales told by Sultana Scheherazade to the Sasanian king ruling in India and China, who is shocked to discover that his brother's wife is unfaithful and his own wife's infidelity has been even more flagrant, he has her executed, and hereby decides that all women are the same.

A Glance at the Passion-play

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

By Richard F. Burton

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9780548194119 | Kessinger Pub Co, July 30, 2007, cover price $36.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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9781522887102 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 22, 2015, cover price $23.90 | also contains A Glance at the Passion-play

The Arabian Nights

Product Description: A medieval Middle-Eastern literary epic which tells the story of Scheherazade, a Sassanid Queen, who must relate a series of stories to her malevolent husband, the King, to delay her execution. The stories are told over a period of one thousand and one nights, and every night she ends the story with a suspenseful situation, forcing the King to keep her alive for another day...read more

By Richard F. Burton (trans)

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9781435114883 | Gardners Books, April 28, 2015, cover price $41.20 | About this edition: A medieval Middle-Eastern literary epic which tells the story of Scheherazade, a Sassanid Queen, who must relate a series of stories to her malevolent husband, the King, to delay her execution.

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

By Richard F. Burton

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9781500776695 | Createspace Independent Pub, August 8, 2014, cover price $10.99 | About this edition: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

9781486154623, titled "Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" | Lightning Source Inc, June 20, 2012, cover price $9.94 | About this edition: Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night.

9781406565676 | Dodo Pr, March 31, 2008, cover price $23.99 | About this edition: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821-1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat.

9781406565683 | Dodo Pr, March 31, 2008, cover price $28.99 | About this edition: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821-1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat.

9781406565690 | Dodo Pr, March 31, 2008, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821-1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat.

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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-madinah and Meccah

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By Richard F. Burton

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9781502575029, titled "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-madinah & Meccah" | Createspace Independent Pub, October 2, 2014, cover price $9.99 | also contains Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To Al Madinah And Meccah | About this edition: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

9781428034327 | Indypublish.Com, October 28, 2006, cover price $49.99

Supplemental Nights: To the Book of the Thousand and One Nights With Notes Anthropological and Explanatory

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By Richard F. Burton

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9781500117580 | Createspace Independent Pub, June 7, 2014, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments

By Richard F. Burton

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9781499740721 | Createspace Independent Pub, June 3, 2014, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Supplemental Nights: To the Book of a Thousand and One Nights With Notes Anthropological and Explanatory

By Richard F. Burton

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9781499604962 | Createspace Independent Pub, May 19, 2014, cover price $10.49 | About this edition: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, by Richard F. Burton

By Richard F. Burton

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9781486146826 | Lightning Source Inc, June 20, 2012, cover price $19.94

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-madinah and Meccah: 2 Volumes in 1

Product Description: A Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Medinah and Meccah, written in 1855, is British author and explorer Richard Burton's account of his own attempt at a Hajj, or Muslim journey to Mecca. Though not Muslim himself, Burton's years spent in British India as a soldier in the army familiarized him with Muslim customs and behavior...read more

By Richard F. Burton

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9781616405366 | Cosimo Inc, March 31, 2011, cover price $34.99 | About this edition: A Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Medinah and Meccah, written in 1855, is British author and explorer Richard Burton's account of his own attempt at a Hajj, or Muslim journey to Mecca.

Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments: Includes eBook

Product Description: Bawdy and exotic, Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformation, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar...read more

By Richard F. Burton and Kevin Foley (narrator)

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9781452601076 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, January 31, 2011), cover price $32.99 | About this edition: Bawdy and exotic, Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformation, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar.

9781452651071 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, January 31, 2011), cover price $22.99

Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments: Library Edition: Includes eBook

By Richard F. Burton and Kevin Foley (narrator)

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9781452631073 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, January 31, 2011), cover price $78.99 | About this edition: Bawdy and exotic, Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformation, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar.

The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse, in A.d. 1547-1555, Among the Wild Tribes of Eastern Brazil

Product Description: Translated from the 1557 Marburg edition of the author's Warhafftige Historia und Beschreiburg ejner Landtschallte der wilden, nacketen, grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen in der Newnwelt America gelegen. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1874...read more

By Richard F. Burton (editor)

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9781409413189 | Hakluyt Society, July 28, 2010, cover price $69.95 | About this edition: Translated from the 1557 Marburg edition of the author's Warhafftige Historia und Beschreiburg ejner Landtschallte der wilden, nacketen, grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen in der Newnwelt America gelegen.

The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi

Product Description: Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890) was asked in 1849 by the Indian Navy and the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain to investigate the region of the unknown Somali Country in East Africa. In 1850 The East India Company gave permission for an expedition to ascertain the productive resources in the region...read more

By Richard F. Burton

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9781438522593 | Book Jungle, August 30, 2009, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890) was asked in 1849 by the Indian Navy and the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain to investigate the region of the unknown Somali Country in East Africa.

Comoens the Lyricks

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

By Richard F. Burton

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9781110386390 | Bibliolife, May 31, 2009, cover price $30.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

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9781110386338 | Bibliolife, May 31, 2009, cover price $26.75

The Ananga Ranga

Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

By Richard F. Burton

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9780559093890 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $20.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

9780559093968 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

The Sentiment of the Sword

Product Description: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821-1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures...read more

By Richard F. Burton

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9781409956709 | Dodo Pr, January 30, 2009, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821-1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat.

Arabian Nights: Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

Product Description: Notorious for the delight he took in tweaking the sexual taboos of the Victorian age-as well as the delight he took in the resulting shock of his bashful peers-British adventurer, linguist, and author CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (1821-1890) is perhaps best remembered for his unexpurgated translation of the Eastern classic The One Thousand and One Nights, more famously known today as The Arabian Nights...read more

By Richard F. Burton (trans) and A. V. Williams Jackson (editor)

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9781605205984 | Reprint edition (Cosimo Inc, December 30, 2008), cover price $23.99 | About this edition: Notorious for the delight he took in tweaking the sexual taboos of the Victorian age-as well as the delight he took in the resulting shock of his bashful peers-British adventurer, linguist, and author CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (1821-1890) is perhaps best remembered for his unexpurgated translation of the Eastern classic The One Thousand and One Nights, more famously known today as The Arabian Nights.

Supplemental Nights: To the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

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By Richard F. Burton

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9781443765855 | Lightning Source Inc, October 31, 2008, cover price $33.45 | About this edition: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

First Footsteps in Africa Or, an Exploration of Harar

By Richard F. Burton

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9781443758307 | Lightning Source Inc, October 31, 2008, cover price $29.45 | About this edition: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Thousand Nights and a Night

By Richard F. Burton

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9781443765848 | Lightning Source Inc, October 31, 2008, cover price $31.45 | About this edition: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Biomedical Calculations: Principles and Practice

Product Description: "It is said if you take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves. Richard Burton's excellent book takes this approach to calculations applied to the biomedical sciencesâ¦This is certainly interesting and engaging but it avoids being complicated...read more

By Richard F. Burton

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9780470519103 | 1 edition (John Wiley & Sons Inc, October 20, 2008), cover price $197.95 | About this edition: "It is said if you take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.

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9780470519110 | 1 edition (John Wiley & Sons Inc, October 20, 2008), cover price $65.95 | About this edition: "It is said if you take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.

The Prairie Traveler, A Handbook For Overland Expeditions: With Illustrations and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific and a Map

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

By Richard F. Burton (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780548980958 | Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2008, cover price $42.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

Paperback:

9780548666661 | Kessinger Pub Co, October 31, 2007, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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