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Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton : the secret agent who made the pilgrimage to Mecca, discovered the Kama Sutra, and brought the Arabian nights to the West

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1990].
Call number: 635938
Creator: Rice, Edward(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0684191377; 9780684191379
Provenance: Gift of Edwards Metcalf, 1992.
Dimensions: 25 cm
Associated people: Metcalf, Edwards H.
Associated organization: Charles Scribner's Sons,
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