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
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87184
- Title
- 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
- Author
- Powell-Cotton, P. H. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- Rowland Ward
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
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McBlain Books
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Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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