'Twixt Sirdar & Menelik; an Account of a year's Expedition from Zeila to Cairo through unknown Abyssinia

by The Late Captain M. S Wellby, ontagu, inclair

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First edition

First edition. Illustrated with photographs throughout. xxv, 1 , 408, 2 pp. 8vo. Bound in modern half brown calf and cloth sides. Fine. Item #316796 Captain Wellby of the 18 Hussars had become friends of Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia in 1898 and was allowed to explore unknown parts of the country. He died in the Boer War.

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