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Frederick R. Burnham's copy of Armenia
Frederick R. Burnham's copy of Armenia
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Author: Lynch, H. F. B.
Title: Armenia, Travels and Studies
Place Published: London
Publisher:Longmans, Green and Co.
Date Published: 1901
Description:


2 volumes.[2], xvi, 470; [2], xii, 512 pp. With pull-out color frontispiece in volume I, seven maps and plans (large fold-out map in rear cover pocket), numerous full page plates and in-text illustrations. 24x16.5 cm (9½x6½"), original brown cloth boards with gilt floral design separating it from the blue cloth spine. First Edition.



Association copy. Frederick R. Burnham's copy with his bookplates and a gift inscription to him. After spending his early years in the American West, Frederick R. Burnham (1861-1947)) gained his greatest fame assisting the British in their efforts to stabilize southern Africa. Having learned Indian woodcraft as a child in Minnesota he would influence Robert Baden-Powell and the worldwide scouting movement. Lynch's Armenia: Travels and Studies is reputed to be the best account in English of Armenia before the genocide.

Condition
Rubbing with some fraying at spine ends, soiling to cloth, corners bumped; some edge tears to fold-out frontispiece in Vol. I; very good.
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Frederick R. Burnham's copy of Armenia

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