A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia

by Major P. H. G. Powell-Cotton

$800 · Offered by Trophy Room Books

First edition · Signed

London: Rowland Ward, 1902. First. Hardcover. Nine months journey from the plains of 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. 531 pp, ill, folding map. One of the few books with a lot on Ethiopia, especially elephant and elephant hunting. Bound in cloth from leftover first edition sheets for the Powell-Cotton Museum and signed by

• Binding: Hardcover

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