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A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia
Powell-Cotton (P H G )
Description:
Powell-Cotton (P.H.G., Maj.). 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. With Illustrations and Map. Rowland Ward, London, 1902.
8vo.,First Edition, xxiii,531pp, with frontispiece, numerous photographic illustration in the text and folding colour map at rear (tear repaired); blue cloth gilt (top and bottom spine, hinges and extremities a little worn,nick on spine, some browning and offsetting on preliminary pages, bookplate removed from inside cover). An uncommon but much sought work.
Details:
- Publisher: Rowland Ward
- Publisher Place: London
- Date of Publication: 1902
- Edition: First
- Overall Condition: As per description.
- Size: 8vo
- Lot No: 3
- Hammer Price: $315
- Bids: 10
- Visits: 222
- Estimate: $220/280
- Reserve: $180
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- Name: Chas J. Sawyer
- Address: 46 The Haydens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1NS.
- Contact Person: Richard Sawyer
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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