2 volumes. xxiii, [3], 606; viii, [2], 664 pp. Frontispiece portraits plus 5 maps, 2 chromolithographs, and many other plates and illustrations. (8vo) 22.4x14.5 cm. (8¾x5¾), plain black pebbled cloth, gilt-lettered spines. First Edition.

First edition of Isabel Burton's biography of her famous husband. Lovell, in his biography of the Burtons, states "The Life of Captain Burton... is an invaluable compendium of accurate and generally unique information. Isabel covered every event in Burton's life, including the contentious issues such as his deathbed 'conversion' and The Scented Garden..." Penzer 308-311.