A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA: A NARRATIVE OF A NINE MONTHS' JOURNEY FROM THE PLAINS OF THE HAWASH TO THE SNOWS OF SIMIEN. By P.H.G. Powell-Cotton, F.Z.S., F.R.G.S.

Powell-Cotton (P.H.G.).

Edité par Rowland Ward. London. 1902

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1902). 1902 1st edition. Large 8vo (164 x 233mm). Ppxxiv,531,12[ads]. B/w photographs, folding colour map in wallet in rear paste-down, zebra-pattern end-papers. Gilt titles to red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly shaken and faded, foxing to preliminaries and edges. Good copy. ".with a description of the game, from elephant to ibex, and notes on the manners and customs of the natives." "When I started from England in the month of October 1899, nothing was further from my thoughts than writing a book on Abyssinia. I intended to join a sporting expedition, whose goal was the newly discovered game country round Lakes Rudolf and Stephanie. Circumstances altered my plans, with the result that after some weeks' stay at Adis Ababa, I found myself engaged, without a single white companion, on a journey through regions which no European foot had trod for generations. Having kept a careful record of the sport I enjoyed and the chief incidents of my wanderings, and brought back numerous photographs of the scenery, people, and game of the little-known districts through which I passed, I have thought that the narrative of my experiences, .might be sufficiently interesting to be published." Interesting, detailed and instructive. . N° de réf. du vendeur 52920

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Titre : A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA: A ...
Éditeur : Rowland Ward. London. 1902
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Edition : Edition originale