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Love, war and fancy : the customs and manners of the East, from writings on the Arabian nights ; from the writings on The Arabian nights
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Love, war and fancy : the customs and manners of the East, from writings on the Arabian nights
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"'Love, War and Fancy' edited by the eminent sexologist, Kenneth Walker is the cream of Burton's writings on the social and sexual practices of the Arabs. It consists of Burton's famous 'Terminal Essay' in the privately printed sixteen volume edition of 'The Arabian Nights,' together with his notes on Arabian manners and psychology. To those who know 'The Arabian Nights' only in the bowdlerised version, 'Love, War and Fancy' will come as a revelation"--back cover.
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[Foreword to] A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments now entituled The book of the thousand nights and one night [corrected proof] : with introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The nights
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Proof for the foreword to the Kamashastra edition of Burton's translation of Arabian Nights, found in the first volume. Corrections written in ink and pencil of various colors. Includes table of contents of first volume, which is also corrected and has page numbers written in ink. It is unclear who is responsible for inscribing the corrections found throughout.
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Author's proof for the terminal essay for Arabian nights
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Corrected proof of the terminal essay written by Sir Richard Burton for the 10-volume Kamashastra Society edition of his translation of Arabian Nights. Includes marginalia, handwritten notes and typed corrections laid in throughout. Corrections written on pages in ink and pencil in various colors.
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[Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 (trans.)]. [A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights‟ Entertainments, Now Entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: Terminal Essay, p. 60-63: early draft], A.MS. (4 p.), ([1886, Apr.])
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Also enclosed: Burton's envelope addressed to W.F. Kirby, postmarked Apr. 27, 1886; "The MS pages of the Nights," autograph, explanatory note by Norman M. Penzer, n.d. (2 p.) and original black cloth folder.
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Terminal essay to "The thousand and one nights"
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"This exhaustive treatise is a supplement to ... the luminous essay by the late John Addington Symonds entitled A problem in Greek ethics." Burton theorizes in this essay that homosexuality is caused by climate, particularly a region known as "The Sotadic zone," and originally appeared as part of the first edition of his translation of the Arabian Nights.
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Arabian Nights: Vols. 5-7. RBL 20 - 21
Manuscripts
This collection consists mainly of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, printed material, and catalogues related to Burton's work and interest with swords, fencing, and his interest in Middle Eastern poetry and history; the collection contains research material and early drafts of Burton's The Book of the Sword, Vols. I-III, and To the Gold Coast. The correspondence includes letters from, among others, Verney Lovett Cameron, Richard S. Charnock, Chatto & Windus, Dominic E. Colnaghi, Alexander Fergusson, Violet Greville, John Latham, Augustus H.L. Pitt-Rivers, Bernard Quaritch, William Tinsley, H. Schütz Wilson, Henry Yule and Hermann Zotenberg.
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