TO ABYSSINIA THROUGH AN UNKNOWN LAND

First British edition.

Publishers red cloth with gilt vignette of camels on cover.

Gilt title on the upper cover and spine. Gilt top page edges.

[xvi], 352 pages + 16 page publisher's catalogue.

Frontispiece with tissue-guard + 2 maps [1 large folding]

36 black & white photo-plates.

Foxing throughout.

Stigand travelled through the unknown area of Rendile country

near Lake Stefanie. He passed through Samburr country, then on

to the Barta Steppe where he bagged topi, lion and buffalo.

While there are solid instances of sport, this title is primarily

valuable for its description of the terrain and native peoples encountered:

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game

Hunting Books 1785 - 1999, page 268 -269.

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

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