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Lady Burton's edition of her husband's Arabian nights
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Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896. Lady Burton's Edition of Her Husband's Arabian Nights: [preface], A.MS.S. (1 p.), ([1886, Aug. 17]), [London (Eng.)]
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On verso: autograph note by Oliver Notcutt, with printer's instructions. Fragile -- do not remove from mylar. Also enclosed: printed dedication and preface pages (1 piece).
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[Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896]. Lady Burton's Edition of Her Husband's Arabian Nights: [title page and artwork], A.MS. (1 p.), ([1886, Aug.]), [London (Eng.)]
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On verso: autograph note by Oliver Notcutt. Also enclosed: printed titled, dedication, preface and specimen pages (1 piece).
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[Notcutt, Oliver]. [Lady Burton's Edition of Her Husband's Arabian Nights: printing costs], A.MS. (1 p.), (1892, July 21), London (Eng.)
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Collection of Burtoniana -- correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, and ephemera -- assembled by Edwards H. Metcalf over more than thirty years. The collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Isabel Burton, chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death.
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