Introduction Alan Moorehead (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition; later printing. Originally published in 1936. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, xviii + 258 pages with inter-textual illustration, stiff wraps. A very good, generally clean neat soft cover with little shelf wear; binding tight, paper cream white.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing hardback very large octavo viii + 344 pp many colour and black and white illustrations Colour end paper maps. Zebra design cloth Very Good condition in Good price-clipped dust jacket (small closed corner tears along top edge of jacket). Original gift inscription on half-title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. First Printing Of This Hardcover Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Originally Published In 2007. Includes Index And Bibliographical References. Fine Condition.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A profound literary association linking three generations of exploration. This two-volume Horizon Press edition of Burton's 1860 classic is distinguished by a remarkable laid-in autograph letter (ALS) from Alan Moorehead to his publisher, Ben Raeburn. Writing from Italy in 1961, Moorehead conveys his delight with the production and shares that the legendary explorer Freya Stark was so "astonished at its excellence" that she immediately commandeered the set for her own reading. This copy, sourced directly from the estate of Ben Raeburn, represents a rare moment of professional camaraderie between the 20th century's greatest chronicler of the Nile (Moorehead) and the woman who mastered the deserts of the East (Stark). KEY FEATURES +++ Unique Ephemera: Includes a handwritten letter on Moorehead's personal stationery (Porto Ercole, May 30) regarding the receipt and quality of this specific edition. +++ Historical Provenance: From the personal library of Horizon Press founder Ben Raeburn. +++ Illustrations: Reproduces all 35 of the original 1860 woodcuts, capturing the ethnographic detail of Burton's Zanzibar-to-Tanganyika trek. +++ Literary Context: Edited and introduced by Moorehead, whose The White Nile remains the definitive popular history of the region. +++ Specs: Two volumes in slipcase; 9.5 inches tall; Quarter-cloth bindings. CONDITION: Near Fine in a Near Fine Slipcase -- The books are pristine, square, and tight, appearing unread. The slipcase remains structurally strong with only minor age-toning and light rubbing to the illustrated paste-on label. Internals are bright and crisp. An archive-quality example. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- Sir Richard F. Burton: The Maverick Polymath Burton was the archetypal "unreliable narrator" of Victorian exploration, yet his Lake Regions remains a masterpiece of objective observation. Unlike Speke, his partner-turned-rival, Burton viewed Africa through the eyes of a linguist and ethnographer. His prose is a dense thicket of cultural insight, providing the first European accounts of many East African tribes. His controversial natureas a translator of 'forbidden' texts and a man who famously infiltrated Mecca in disguisemade him a figure of both awe and suspicion in the 1860s. Alan Moorehead: The Modern Bridge Moorehead's role in this 1961 edition was more than just honorary. Having just published The White Nile (1960), he was the world's leading authority on the romanticism and brutality of African discovery. His letter to Raeburn reveals a pride in craftsmanship; he viewed this Horizon Press reissue as a "literary delight" rather than a mere commercial reprint. The Freya Stark Endorsement The mention of Freya Stark (18931993) in the laid-in letter is the 'crown jewel' of this association. Stark was a successor to the Victorian explorers, particularly Burton, whose Memorial Medal she won in 1934. For Moorehead to note that Starka woman who famously survived the Hadhramaut alonewas 'astonished' by this set's quality provides a peer-review that few other books can claim. It situates this specific set within the physical hands of the 'greatest living woman traveler' of the 1960s. SUBJECTS: African Exploration, The Nile, Richard F. Burton, Alan Moorehead, Freya Stark, Horizon Press, Association Copies, Victorian Travel, Travel & Exploration, Biography, Correspondence, History.