Stone talk ... being some of the marvelous sayings of a petral portion of Fleet Street, London, to one Doctor Polyglott, Ph.D. By Frank Baker, D. O. N.
London: Robert Hardwicke, 1865. First edition (200 copies printed); 8vo, pp. [4], 121; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; rear hinge cracked, mild dampstain along fore-edge of front cover, heavier at the bottom corner, back cover also with mild spotting, spine darkened and top of spine chipped (touching the top of the letters "ne" in 'Stone," errata leaf not present (Burton's own copy did not have the errata leaf either); a good copy. Casada 62: "It is irreverent, satirical, and at times quite humorous. Burton strikes out, in trelling fashion, at many of his enemies and the constraints imposed by British society. The original is exceedingly rare..." Penzer, p. 77: "This work is a bitter satire, in blank verse, enumerating many of the crimes which England has committed, and castigating her hypocrisy. It is certainly one of the cleverest of all Burton's books, although it is practically unknown. It is very rare. Its scarcity is increased by the fact that Lady Burton bought up and destroyed a large number of the copies, to save her husband from possible trouble with the 'authorities' (see her Life, Vol. I, p. 392-5)." Item #30208
Price: $10,000.00
