Ethiopia
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The Travels Of Ibn Battuta Ad 1325-1354 Plus Index, Volumes 4 and 5
by A D H; Gibb, H a R and Beckingham, C F Bivar
Ethiopia Books & Ephemera
Tribesmen's Plunder
by Keddell, Jim
Phoenix House. 1957. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1957. Phoenix House. 192 pages. Young Adult adventure. Book and Dust Jacket are in Very Good Plus condition. Literary agents bookplate on endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .
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NZ$51.36
The Tour of Africa. Containing a Concise Account of All the Countries in that Quarter of the Globe, Hitherto Visited by Europeans; with the Manners and Customs of Inhabitants. Selected from the Best Authors and Arranged by Catherine Hutton
by Hutton, Catherine
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume I only [but not so identified] of a 3 volume set. folding map as frontis, xi, 458p. Original cloth, rebacked with most of original backstrip mounted. Original endpapers preserved. 23cm. Moderate foxing on map. Light soiling. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate on endpaper (along with a bookplate from a previous owner). The page following title-leaf identifies the contents of this volume as "An Account of...
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NZ$171.20
![Senegambie et Guinee [and] Nubie [and] Abyssinie; Tardieu, Amedee, 1822-1893. Senegambie et Guinee. [and] Cherubini, S. Nubie. [and] Desvergers, Noel. Abysinnie](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/430/300/518300430.0.b.jpg)
Senegambie et Guinee [and] Nubie [and] Abyssinie; Tardieu, Amedee, 1822-1893. Senegambie et Guinee. [and] Cherubini, S. Nubie. [and] Desvergers, Noel. Abysinnie
by Tardieu, Amedee & S. Cherubini & Noel Desvergers
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1847. Paperback. Good. 3 (of 4) maps, 38 plates, 387, 136, 48p. Partial wrapper. 23cm. Backstrip replaced with modern plain untitled paper. Front and back covers rehinged. Foxing (light to moderate). Lacks one of the maps. Unopened. L'Univers: Histoire et description de tous les peuples (series). French text. L'Univers: Histoire et description de tous les peuples (series).
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NZ$85.60
Prutky's Travels in Ethiopia and Other Countries, Translated and Edited by J. H. Arrowsmith-Brown and Annotated by Richard Pankhurst
by Prutky, Remedius (1717-1770)
London : Hakluyt Society, 1991. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 546 pages; Description: xxviii, 546 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Prutky, Remedius, 1717-1770 --Travel--Ethiopia. Notes: Translation of: Itinerarium. Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-531) and index.
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NZ$51.36
Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa
by Stanley, Henry M
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. frontis, illustrations, 2 folding maps, xiv, 510p. plus 2p. publisher's advertisements. Green cloth. 24cm. Ends of backstrip internally reinforced. Extremities rubbed. Covers dulled. Front hinge visibly reglued. Folding map of Coomassie Expedition split at last fold and rather worn. A couple of signatures pulled. Account of battles in Ghana (against the Ashanti) and in Ethiopia. We've also had this American edition in...
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NZ$256.80
Sir John Boyd Orr and Ras Imru Haile Selassie
by [Photograph]
Washington, D.C.: Hessler Studio, 1949. Very Good. Black and White Photo, 25 x 21 cm. Studio stamp on back. by Hessler Studio Washington D.C. Pencil note on back identifies Orr as F.A.O Director General, a post he held 1945-1948, and Ras Imru as Ethiopan Ambassador to the USA, a post he held 1949-1953.
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NZ$128.40
![LIFE IN ABYSSINIA [TWO VOLUME SET] Being Notes Collected During Three Years' Residence and Travels in That Country](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/657/627/1568627657.0.b.jpg)
LIFE IN ABYSSINIA [TWO VOLUME SET] Being Notes Collected During Three Years' Residence and Travels in That Country
by Parkyns, Mansfield
New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good+. 1854. First American Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Light chipping to bottom spines. Former owner's name on title pages. Vol. 1: First few pages with slight discoloration to one corner. A bit of browning to frontispiece and title page initiated by the tissue guard. Very light foxing to last few pages. Vol. 2: Moderate foxing to first few pages and light foxing to last few pages. Front hinge has a bit of play. Else a...
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NZ$691.22
Africa Orientale Italiana. 12 (of 37 ) unbound folded four-page Tav. (tables/sheets): Tav. 3 - Cassala; Tav. 4 - Asmara; Tav. 5 - Hodeida; Tav. 6 - Gallabat: Tav. 8 - Assab; Tav. 9 - L. Tana; Tav. 11 - Gibuti; Tav. 14 - Neggio; Tav. 17 - Berbera; Tav. 20 - Gimma; Tav. 25 - L. Stefania; Tav. 30 - L. Rodolfo
by [Folding Maps]
Milano: Touring Club Italiano, 1936. Very Good. 12 (of 37) unbound sheets. 4p.(center 2 pages are 34 cm. x 25 cm. map. Partly colored. Scale: 1:1,000,000. Italian text.
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NZ$85.60
Italian Explorers in Africa
by Bompiani, Sofia
London: Religious Tract Society, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. 202p. plus (6)p. publisher's advertisements at end. Green cloth. 19cm. Small hole in joint cloth. Contents age-toned but otherwise sound and clean. No Jacket. Leisure Hour Library. New Series. III.
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NZ$128.40
Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country
by Parkyns, Mansfield
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. First American edition, 2 volumes 8vo, pp. 350 [10] ads; 355, [1], [4] ads; 12 wood-engraved plates, one wood engraving in the text; original blindstamped green cloth, pictorial gilt-stamped spine a little dull, small cracks and chips at spine ends, but on the whole a good, sound copy.
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NZ$295.32
Priests and Politicians: Protestant and Catholic Missions in Orthodox Ethiopia, 1830-1868
by Crummey, Donald
London: Oxford University Press, 1972. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. index, viii, 176p. dj. 22cm. Price sticker on jacket flap. Name on endpaper.
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NZ$102.72
Hospital by the River
by Hamlin, Catherine Dr
Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia. 2016. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 322 pages. Set against the harsh beauty of the Ethiopian landscape, this is a compelling account of how the determination and compassion of one woman have inspired others to create genuine long-lasting change. . New Edition. Trade Paperback.
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NZ$15.47
A Voyage to Abyssinia ... Containing the History, Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical ...continued on down to the beginning of the Eighteenth Century: With Fifteen Dissertations on Various Subjects, Relating to the Antiquities, Government, Religion, Manners, and Natural History, of Abyssinia. By M. Le Grand. Translated from the French by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. To Which Are Added, Various Tracts by the Same Author, not Published by Sir John Hawkins or Mr. Stockdale
by Lobo, Jeronimo, 1596?-1678
London: Elliot and Kay, and C. Elliot, Edinburgh, 1789. 2nd [and best] edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [4], 500p. Contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked in later (and lighter colored) leather. Modern bookplate. Binder's tape reinforcement of hinges. Internally sound and clean. No leaf of advertisements at end and no half-title in this copy. Quite a bit of material was added to this edition which was edited by George Gleig.
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NZ$684.80
The Itiner�rio of Jer�nimo Lobo / translated by Donald M. Lockhart ; from the Portuguese text established and edited by M.G. da Costa ; with an introduction and notes by C.F. Beckingham
by Lobo, Jer�nimo (1596-1678)
London : Hakluyt Society, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's bookplate. Physical description; xxxvi, 417 p., [13] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Subjects; Lobo, Jer�nimo 1595-1678 � Journeys � Ethiopia. Jesuits � Missions � Ethiopia.
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NZ$57.52
Life in Abyssinia: Being Notes Collected during Three Years' Residence and Travels in the Country
by Parkyns, Mansfield
Hardcover. Fair. Murray, London, 1853, first edition; volume I only, of two; 8vo, 150 x 220mm; pp xv, 425; frontispiece, 20 (one of these, 'Abyssinian Travelling', being present as a modern facsimile) wood engraved plates or other illustrations and a large folding map of Abyssinia and Nubia to illustrate Parkyns's journey; dull green cloth titled gilt on the spine; somewhat shaken and the binding a little loose in places in consequence; pages variously browned; the plates show damp or water...
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NZ$74.33
Melanges; Africains et Orientaux
by Basset, Rene Marie Joseph, 1855-1924
Paris: Maisonneuve, 1915. Paperback. Very Good. 390p. Original wrapper. 26cm. French text. Scholarly essays, mostly about North Africa with a couple on Ethiopia.
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NZ$85.60
Through Abyssinia; an Envoy's Ride to the King of Zion
by Smith, Francis Harrison, 1861-
New York: Armstrong, 1890. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Fair. frontis, ills, folding map, 263p. plus short unnumbered appendices. Dark blue cloth. 20cm. Remnant of spine labels and a card pocket. Hinges weak. Contents shaken.
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NZ$162.64
Wanderings Among the Falashas in Abyssinia; Together with a Description of the Country and its Various Inhabitants
by Stern, Henry A
London: Wertheim, Macintosh and Hunt, 1862. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fair. 8 plates (including frontis), folding map, errata slip (copyright notice), viii, 322p. Original cloth. 23cm. Backstrip chipped and quite worn (and has been recently reattached by gluing along the joints). Contents have some wear, age-toning, and minor foxing.
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NZ$599.20
Ethiopia, Pyramids of Barkal
by BINION, Samuel Augustus
Buffalo, NY: American Polytechnic Company, 1887. Limited. very good. Color lithograph. Image measures 12" x 18". Sheet measures 21" x 27 1/4". Plate XII.<br/><br/> This color lithograph depicts the Ethiopian pyramids located on the western side of Mount Barkal. Published in 1887, the scene clearly demonstrates the vast difference in architectural style between these Ethiopian pyramids and their more famous Egyptian brethren, the former being taller, narrower, and steeper...
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NZ$342.40
Henok: Journal of Historical and Philosophical Thought. Vol. 2 (1991)
by Yefru, Wosene
Washington: Ethiopian Research Council, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. vi, 219p. Wrapper. 23cm. Edited by Wosene Yefru.
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NZ$68.48
Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country.
by Mansfield Parkyns
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country..
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NZ$74.60
![My Abyssinian Journey: A Journey Through Abyssinia from the Red Sea to Nairobi in 1906 in the Days of Emperor Menelik. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/981/570/1043570981.0.b.jpg)
My Abyssinian Journey: A Journey Through Abyssinia from the Red Sea to Nairobi in 1906 in the Days of Emperor Menelik. [cover title]
by Boyes, John
Nairobi: W, Boyd & Co. , Ltd, 1940. 1st ed. Paperback. Good. 60p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Ragged strip along long bottom of back cover missing. Modest damping along fold on front cover. Contents reasonably sound. Statement at bottom of front cover: All profits from the sale of the Book shall be devoted to the provision of Mobile Canteens for the Forces operating in Eastern Africa.
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NZ$214.00
