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Ethiopia Photographed Historic Photographs Of the Country and Its People Taken Between 1867 and 1935
by Richard and Denis Gerard Pankhurst
Ethiopia Books & Ephemera
![No Turning Back [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/977/274/1336274977.0.b.jpg)
No Turning Back [Signed]
by Rees, Roger
Melbourne: Hybrid Publishers. 2017. Very Good condition. Black & white maps. Signed by author. 373 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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$16.55
Semâto (Fusilier de l'enderta), Ouelda Mikael (Lancier du tigré)
by LEFEBVRE, Charlemagne Théophile
Arthus Bertrand. Bayot. Lithograph with hand-coloring. Image measures 11.5" x 13.75".<br/><br/> This plate from Lefebvre's "Voyage en Abyssinie" features two figures against a yellow background showing the local costume of Abyssinie, now Ethiopia. The figure on the left wears traveling clothes and is carrying a rifle. The figure on the right is outfitted for battle with a spear and shield. The print is in good condition, with browning and tears limited generally to...
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$300.00
Nubie
by MANESSON-MALLET, Allain
Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683. unbound. Miniature map. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 5 3/4" x 4". Sheet measures 8 1/4" x 5 1/2".<br/> <br/> This miniature map of northern Ethiopia published in 1683 is from the original French edition of Manesson-Mallet's "Description de L'Univers." The map shows the part of the Abyssinian Empire known as Nubia, which encompassed the region west of the Red Sea around the Nubia and Nile Rivers, below the...
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$80.00
Into the Hidden Land
by Shaw, Len
London: Travel Book Club. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. 176 pages. Travels in Africa. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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$13.24
Nubia and Abyssinia
by ARROWSMITH, John
London: J. Arrowsmith, 1842. Map. Engraving with original hand-coloring. Image measures 20.5 x 23.25".<br/><br/> This lovely map of Nubia and Abyssinia shows the upper Nile, Ethiopia, Sudan and the Yemen. Cities and towns are labeled, particularly as they occur along the region's rivers. Exploration and caravan routes are also included, attesting to the area's importance to trade in the mid-19th century. Annotations are scattered throughout the map and provide insight into...
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$350.00
Eating the Flowers of Paradise. A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen
by Rushby, Kevin
London: Constable. 1998. Octavo Size. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 322 pages. The exciting and sometimes humorous book of the author's journey and also the first book to unveil the rich and varied culture surrounding the drug Qat. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$16.55
The Town of Dixan in Abyssinia
by Salt, Henry, 1780-1827
[London: William Miller, 1809. Very Good. Hand-colored aquatint print now in a modern frame under glass. Image size approximately 61 x 42cm. This is Plate No. XV from "Twenty-Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt" which was published in 1809.
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$1,000.00
Prutky's Travels to Ethiopia and Other Countries (Hakluyt Society, Second Series)
by Arrowsmith-Brown [Editor]
The Hakluyt Society, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Series 2 / No. 174. Heavy Book, may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and edge worn. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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$7.00
The Hidden Mystery of Ethiopia
by Blayechettai, Joseph Emanuel, Prince
n.p., 1920. Paperback. Good. 76p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Cover intact but somewhat worn. Corners bent. The author claimed to be a nephew of King Menelik, educated at Oxford, receiving a D. D. degree in 1909,, and in the United States raising money for missionary efforts among the Ethiopians. We have also had 49 and 52 page versions of this pamphlet with at least some textual variations. Online information suggests that the fundraising Prince was a charlatan.
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$225.00
Eine deutsche Gesandtschaft in Abessinien
by Rosen, Felix
Leipzig: Veit, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. photos (most in text), map (on folding sheet), xii, 496p. 24cm. Light spotting on cover cloth. Covers slightly sprung at ends. No Jacket. German text.
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$125.00
![[Andand yaltyopya sa'aliwoc, acer yaheywat tarik] = Short Biographies of Some Ethiopian Artists](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/496/735/288735496.0.b.jpg)
[Andand yaltyopya sa'aliwoc, acer yaheywat tarik] = Short Biographies of Some Ethiopian Artists
by Tadesse, Taye
Addis Ababa: Kuraz Publishing Agency, 1991. Revised edition. Paperback. Good. numerous black & white illustrations, 250p. Oblong (30 x 21cm.). Some general scuffing and wear. Title and text in Amharic and English. Consists of two parts: the first part (pages 1-64) was first published in 1984 and apparently revised for this edition; the second part (pages 65-250) was first published as part of this 1991 edition.
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$250.00
The Itinerário of Jerónimo Lobo
by Lobo, Jeronimo (1592?-1678); edited by M G da Costa
xxiv+417 pages with 9 illustrations, including frontispiece, 4 maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt vignette of the ship Victoria to front cover in original jacket. Translated by Donald M Lockhart, Introduction by C F Beckingham. Second Series, volume 162. First edition.Jeronimo Lobo was the last survivor of the small band of Jesuit Father who tried, with a measure of success, to reconcile Ethiopia to the...
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$25.00
Une Visite a l'Empereur Menelick: Notes et Impressions de Route
by Orleans, Henri d', Prince, 1867-1901
Paris: Librairie Dentu, 1898. Paperback. Fair (because of repairs). illustrations, 264p. Softcover in original wrapper. 20 cm. Backstrip recently reglued and the missing original backstrip had been replaced with plain white paper. Original front and back covers -- some chipping and staining along edges, and missing a couple of the folded-over flaps -- have been preserved. Internally sound and clean. French text.
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$50.00
![Aigyptos, la Terre du Faucon. Catalogue 61 -- 1924-1925. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/734/865/1268865734.0.b.jpg)
Aigyptos, la Terre du Faucon. Catalogue 61 -- 1924-1925. [cover title]
by Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner
Paris, 1923. Paperback. Good. index, 321p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21cm. Text browned. Minor cover soil. Front cover overprinted in red: Nota bene: Ce catalogue ayant ete redige en 1923, les prix qui sont annonces sont annules, ils gardent cependant la plus grands partie, une valeur indicative. French text. 5287 items in this extensive catalog.
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$40.00
Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country
by Parkyns, Mansfield
London: John Murray, 1853. First edition, 2 volumes 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 425, [1]; iv, 432; folding map with route outlined in red, 18 plates plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; recent half maroon morocco, gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; old institutional rubberstamp in bottom margin of title pages, both frontispieces a bit dampstained, but overall a fine-looking copy.
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$517.50
Living in State (SIGNED)
by Russell, Beatrice
Hammond, Hammond & Company. 1961. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1961. Hammond, Hammond & Company publisher. 268 pages. Right upper corner of pages and front board damaged, else Good condition. SIGNED and Inscribed on front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages .
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$40.00
Adam vs. Ape-Man and Ethiopia
by Johnson, Edward A., 1860-1944
New York: Printed by J. J. Little & Ives Company, 1931. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. x, 293p. Original red cloth. 19cm. Small lightened area on front cover. Water stain in lower right corner on plates as well as some leaves at beginning and end of book. No jacket . Scarce book in which Johnson, an African American, working from a creationist viewpoint but without the time constraints of the literalists, parses Bible verses and other sources to argue that Ethiopians inhabiting the Southern Sudan were the...
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$500.00
Red Sea Patrol
by Keddell, Jim
Phoenix House. 1959. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1959. Phoenix House. 160 pages. Young Adult adventure. Book and Dust Jacket are in FINE condition. Literary agents bookplate on endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages .
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$30.00
![Senegambie et Guinee, par M. Amedee Tardieu [and] Nubie, par M. S. Cherubini [and] Abyssinie, par M. Noel Desvergers](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/954/847/1055847954.0.b.jpg)
Senegambie et Guinee, par M. Amedee Tardieu [and] Nubie, par M. S. Cherubini [and] Abyssinie, par M. Noel Desvergers
by Tardieu, Amedee & S. Cherubini & Noel Desvergers
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1847. Paperback. Good. 4 maps (3 folding), 38 plates, 387, 136, 48p. Contemporary quarterbinding. 21cm. Foxing (light to moderate). French text. L'Univers: Histoire et description de tous les peuples (series).
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$90.00
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia: A Narrative of a Nine Months' Journey From the Plains of the Hawash to the Snows of Simien with a Description of the Game, from Elephant to Ibex, and Notes on the Manners and Customs of the Natives
by Powell-Cotton, P. H. G
London: Rowland Ward, 1902. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fair. frontis, photos (mostly small although some are full-page) index, xxiii, 531, 12p. Original pink cloth. 23cm. Cover faded. Backstrip has some discolored areas or spots and is frayed at ends. Cloth splitting here and there along joints. Zebra endpapers present. Hinges reinforced with strips of cellophane tape. Contents sound although this copy lacks the folding map that is supposed to be in the cover pocket. No jacket.
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$100.00
Ethiopie Meridionale: Journal de Mon Voyage aux Pays Amhara, Oromo et Sidama Septembre 1885 a Novembre 1888
by Borelli, Jules
Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies, 1890. Hardcover. Good. frontis (portrait of the author), illustrations In text, 13 full-page hyposometric plates not included in pagination, 7 double-page maps (1 in color), index, 520p. plus (1) p. Table de Matieres. Contemporary marbled boards backed in black cloth, 31 cm. French text. Evidence of a now missing title label and another smaller label on backstrip. Two small ownership labels (one on top of the other) in upper corner of...
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$275.00
Life in Abyssinia: Being Notes Collected during Three Years' Residence and Travels in that Country
by Parkyns, Mansfield
London: Frank Cass, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis, illustrations (in text), folding map, xxviii, 446p. Green cloth. 22cm. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1868 Second Edition.
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$50.00
An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq., into Abyssinia, to Discover the Source of the Nile. Abridged from the Original Work
by Bruce, James, 1730-1794
London: H. D. Symonds, 1800. 4th ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis (portrait), 5 plates, xi, 372p. Contemporary leather, recently rebacked in similarly colored leather. 18cm. Cover edges rather worn; cover darkened around edges. This popular abridgement was edited by Samuel Shaw.
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$175.00
The Future of Religious Studies in Ethiopia and Eritrea
by Mellaku, Hailegebriel, editor
[Addis Ababa], 1995. Paperback. Very Good. ix, 348p. plus (6)p. photos. 24cm. Wrapper has some purpling (probably color bleed from the illustration on the front cover). Ethiopian Review of Cultures. Special Issue, Vols. IV-V (1994-1995). Proceedings at a Symposium held in Addis Ababa at the Capuchin Franciscan Institute of Philosophy and Theology, February 14-19, 1994.
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$65.00
