Author: Major J. Willes Jennings; Christopher Addison
Title: With the Abyssinians in Somaliland
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating and scarce ethnographical travel narrative to Abyssinia, or modern Ethiopia, illustrated throughout. A very interesting travel narrative of Major J. Willes Jennings and Christopher Addison's journey to Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia) and Eritrea, during which they hoped to discover more about the government, political systems, and ethnography of the people that resided there. Major J. Willes Jennings was a Principal Medical Officer of the British Armed Forces and Christopher Addison was a Lecturer on Anatomy at the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School. Including a preface by Colonel A.N. Rochfort.The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with sixty-five illustrations from photographs taken by Major J. Willes Jennings, as well as a folding map. Collated and complete.Containing a previous owner's bookplate and a small ownership stamp to the front pastedown, and a previous bookseller's sticker to the rear pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities and light shelf wear to the boards. Cloth is split slightly to the joints. Containing a previous owner's bookplate and a small ownership stamp to the front pastedown, and a previous bookseller's sticker to the rear pastedown. Internally, hinges are starting and binding is just slightly tender. A few spots to the pages, which are otherwise bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: abyssinia Somalia africa willes jennings Somalia first edition Not Stated


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