PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO EL-MEDINAH AND MECCAH

New York: G.P. Putnam & Co,. 1856. First American Edition. xv+492pp. Ex-lib. Good condition. Boards are well worn and spine is faded. Gilt titling still readable. Library markings include inking to spine, bookplate on front pastedown, and small stamp to illustrations and title page. Moderate foxing throughout. Square and securely bound. Illustrations and fold-out map are present, small tear to map where it attaches to book.  "since the days of William Pitts no European travellers, with the exception of Burckhardt and Lieut. Burton, have been able to send us back an account of their travels there (Medinah and Meccah), it cannot be doubted but that the present work will be hailed as a welcome addtion to our knowledge of these hitherto mysterious penetralia of Mahommedan superstition".  (cfm)