JENNINGS, Major J. Willes, and Christopher ADDISON. With the Abyssinians in Somaliland. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1905.
8vo. Original red cloth, illustrated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; pp. xii, 265, [3], folding map and plates after photographs; light darkening to cloth, text a little spotted in places only, school prize bookplate inside front cover, otherwise very good.
First edition of a scarce book, the narrative of a fact-finding mission into Eritrea and Ethiopia, investigating the tribal and political system, as well as the economy with occasional big game hunting on the side.
Both Jennings and Addison accompanied Emperor Menelik's forces challenging the anti-colonial militant 'Dervish' movement led by Mullah Mohammed Abdulla Ibn Hassan, nicknamed the 'Mad Mullah' by the British. They accompanied the Emperor of Ethiopia's forces for a year and gathered much valuable information on this part of East Africa.
SKU: 2115226
JENNINGS, Major J. Willes, and Christopher ADDISON. With the Abyssinians in Somaliland. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1905.
8vo. Original red cloth, illustrated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; pp. xii, 265, [3], folding map and plates after photographs; light darkening to cloth, text a little spotted in places only, school prize bookplate inside front cover, otherwise very good.
First edition of a scarce book, the narrative of a fact-finding mission into Eritrea and Ethiopia, investigating the tribal and political system, as well as the economy with occasional big game hunting on the side.
Both Jennings and Addison accompanied Emperor Menelik's forces challenging the anti-colonial militant 'Dervish' movement led by Mullah Mohammed Abdulla Ibn Hassan, nicknamed the 'Mad Mullah' by the British. They accompanied the Emperor of Ethiopia's forces for a year and gathered much valuable information on this part of East Africa.
SKU: 2115226
