THE ROMANCE OF ISABEL LADY BURTON. The Story of Her Life.
(New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1908).
EARLY ONE VOLUME EDITION OF THIS SIGNIFICANT STUDY. As Sir Richard Burton s wife, confidante, and fellow-adventurer, Isabel Burton led one of the most intriguing lives of any woman during the Victorian era Here is her own story, culled from letters, journals, and a memoir left unfinished at her death.
A reviewer for Punch proclaimed, To know Lady Burton as she stands revealed in this book is a privilege calculated to make women proud and man even humbler than is his wont.. Item #70099
Early One Volume Edition containing the same 778 pp. in one volume as was included in the two volume issue. Illustrated throughout with a profusion of full page plates from photographs and drawings and paintings. Thick 8vo, publisher s original off-white cloth over blue cloth covered boards, the spine and cover lettered in gilt and decorated with a facsimile of Lady Burton's signature in gilt to the center of the upper cover, top edge gilt. xvi, [1], 778 pp. A very fine beautifully preserved copy, the spine panel slightly mellowed.