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Vendeur : Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, Royaume-Uni
Etat : New. 2007 reprint by Rediscovery Books (original 1870). SB.xi+ 408pp with10 plates in colour.&1 map in colourSBPublished Price £20 In 1867 the British Government resolved to invade Abyssinia to remedy the embarrassment caused by the imprisonment of the British Consul in the fortress of Magdala by the Christian King Theodorous.Prior to the main Expeditionary Force led by Sir Robert Napier, a small reconnoitring party commanded by Colonel Henry St Clair Wilkins of the Royal Engineers was despatched and this is his detailed account of that successful precursor to the main campaign. Including several colour plates, this book not only explains the politics of the campaign but graphically describes the terrain and people of this harsh environment. N° de réf. du vendeur 9790
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Vendeur : Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, Royaume-Uni
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. paperback, xvi 409pp very good, facsimile reprint of the Smith, Elder 1870 issue, colour frontispiece and maps and figs, very good. N° de réf. du vendeur 047845
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