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Ethiopia:

De Castro, Dott. L. CONTRIBUTO ALLA CRANIOLOGICA DELL'ETIOPIA - article in one complete issue of ARCHIVO PER L'ANTROPOLIGICA VOL xli 1911
Pirenze. 1911 first edition. large octavo wraps, Vol XLI i11 fasc. 4. De Castro article pp. 327-339 with 7 text illus. Good, backstrip reinforaced ; owner marks . In Italian. (a100636b)
$45.00Aubry, Alphonse. RAPPORT SUR UNE MISSION AU ROYAUME DU CHOA ET DANS LES PAYS GALLAS (AFRIQUE ORIENTALE)
Paris 1888 first edition. Imprimerie National. Archives des Missions Scientifiques. troisieme serie tome XIV. Later plain wraps. pp. 457-512 with a plate of mollusca, foldout two-color map of Abyssinia, text diagram, and quite large foldout map of Choa and Gallas. VG. no owner marks. "Classement des manuscrits de Diophante, les Commentaires sur Nicomaque, Le Vaticanus gr. 1411 et les manuscrits de Rhabdas, les Hypotheses optiques de Damianos; divers manuscrits mathematiques." (a102535)
$100.00 Wylde, A.B. . '83 TO '87 IN THE SOUDAN WITH AN ACCOUNT OF SIR WILLIAM HEWETT'S MISSION TO THE KING OF ABYSSINIA 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1888 first edition. Remington. 2 hardcover volumes. octavo., 347pp., 314pp., foldout map at end, boards. Good, boards a bit rubbed and lightly soiled, hinges tender and just beginning to crack inside; outer hinges fine. 2 volumes (complete). Binding secure; no ownership marks. (a41490)
$465.00(ethiopia). LEAGUE OF NATIONS DISPUTE BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ITALY 4 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS: (A MEMORANDUM BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON THE SITUATION IN ETHIOPIA - PHOTOGRAPHS; (B) STATISTICS OF TRADE WITH ITALY AND THE ITALIAN COLONIES FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1935 TO JANUARY 1936 AND THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF THE PRECEDING YEAR; (C) STATISTICS OF TRADE WITH ITALY AND THE ITALIAN COLONIES DECEMBER 1935-MARCH 1936; (D) TWO PARTS: MEMORANDUM BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON THE SITUATION IN ETHIOPIA (I) REPORT, (II) DOCUMENTS
Geneva 1935, 1936. Five documents. (A) Tiles in English and Italian. Sm.4to., 22pp. of which 20 pages are photo illustrations of horrid atrocities committed on Ethiopians- hacked-off limbs, men in chains,torture, emasculated children and so on; original wraps; (B) Lg.4to., 40pp., original wraps; (C) Lg.4to., 60pp., original wraps; (D-E) Two parts: 4o., 63pp., large color foldout map, 161pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. All VG. **Pictures available on request. Set of 5 documents: (a55685)
$380.00 Poppius, B. . DIE MIRIDEN D. �THIOPISCHEN REGION. I. MIRINA, CYCLAPINA, BRYOCORINA; II. MACROLOPHINAE, HETEROTOMINAE, PHYLINAE (2 VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
Helsingors 1912, 1914. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Ennicae Tom. XLI and XLIV. In German. Lg.4to., 203p., 138pp., 11 text illustrations, one plate, wraps. VG, light chipping on edges. 2 volume set, complete. (a56513)
$95.00 Kamil, Murad . AMHARISCHE KAISERLIEDER
Wiesbaden 1957. Abhandlungen fur di Kunde des Morgenlandes. Aufgezeichnet, umschrieben und ubersetzt von Kamil. In German. 8vo., 50pp., original wraps. VG. (a58995)
$35.00 Bourg de Bozas, Vicomte du . VOYAGE AU PAYS DES AROUSSI (ETHIOPIE MERIDIONALE)
Paris 1902. In French. 4to, pp. 401-430, large color foldout map, sept figures et une carte hors texte, removed from La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Tome V and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a74392)
$75.00 Mariam, Mesfin Wolde . RURAL VULNERABILITY TO FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA 1958 - 1977 (hardcover)
Ethiopia 1984 1st Addis Ababa University. ISBN 0-7069-2576-9. Hardcover. Octavo, 191pp., maps, black cloth. VG, a few small spots on cover, in VG DJ. (a75223)
$75.00 Sholdt, L. Lance et al . THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HUMAN PEDICULOSIS IN ETHIOPIA
1979 Navy Disease Vector Ecology and Control Center. Hardcover 4to., 150pp., illustrations, original decorated boards. Light non-circulating library marks. VG. (a75767)
$28.00 Obolensky, Serge et al . AMHARIC BASIC COURSE - UNITS 1 - 50; UNITS 51 - 60 READER, GLOSSARY (2 VOLUMES)
1964 Department of State. 2 volumes. Lg.4tos, 1054pp., wraps. Cover of Volume 24 reinforced with cardboard and spine taped. Good. Two volumes. (a76022)
$195.00 Schwetz, J. . TAXONOMIE DES PLANORBIDAE DE L'AFRIQUE ETHIOPIENNE TRANSMETTEURS DES SCHISTOSOMIASES HUMAINES ET ANIMALES REVUE ANALYTIQUE
Bruxelles 1954. In French. Offprint from the Academie Royale des Sciences Colonailes. Octavo, 49pp., original printed wraps. Library stamp on front. VG plus. (a79672)
$45.00 Mishkowsky, Noach . ETYOPYE: IDN IN AFRIKE UN AZYE
New York 1936. Descriptions of Jews in African and Asian lands visited by the author. In Yiddish. Hardcover. Octavo, 160p., illustrations, red cloth with black lettering and design on front. Good plus, light wear. (a79768)
$125.00 Black, George F. . ETHIOPICA & AMHARICA A LIST OF WORKS IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
New York 1928 The New York Public Library. Sm.4to., 887pp., original wraps. VG. (a82978)
$39.00 Ahlmark, Axel L. . DEN ETIOPISKA OVERSATTNINGEN AV BEN SIRA. TEXTKRITISKT BEHANDLAD
1933. In German. Sm.4to., 257-304, removed from the Le Monde Oriental and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a84656)
$45.00 Poppius, B. . DIE MIRIDEN D. �THIOPISCHEN REGION. II. MACROLOPHINAE, HETEROTOMINAE, PHYLINAE (VOLUME II OF 2)
Helsingors 1914. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Ennicae XLIV . In German. Lg.4to., 138pp., later wraps. VG. Volume 2 only. (a85058)
$69.00Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. A QUARTER-CENTURY IN THE LIFE OF A FALASHA PRAYER - article in one complete issue of Yearbook of International Folk Music Council, vol X 1978
NY 1978 first edition. Yearbook International Folk Music Council. octavo wraps. Shelemay article on pp. 83-108. Issue has 145p. VG (a94754b)
$35.00Jacoby, Catherine Murray. ON SPECIAL MISSION TO ABYSSINIA (Signed presentation copy)
NY 1933 first edition. Private. Hardcover. Red cloth with mounted printed pink label on front board. octavo. photo illus. 141p. (3)VG. no dj. (a96426)
$65.00(Macrizi ) Maqrizi, Ahman ibn 'Ali ; Fridericus Theodorus Rinck, edidit. MACRIZI HISTORIA REGUM ISLAMITICORUM IN ABYSSINIA. INTERPRETATUS EST ET UNA CUM ABULFEDAE DESCRIPTIONE REGIONUM NIGRITARUM E CODD. BIBLIOTH. LEIDENSIS ARABICE EDIDIT; HISTORIA REGUM ISLAMITICORUM IN ABYSSINIA
Lugduni Batavorum. 1790 first edition. Apud Sam. et Joh. Luchtmans. original hardcover paper-covered boards professionally resewn into later cloth spine with mounted printed spine label. x, 15p, (1) 36p. 41p. Historia Regum 41p. Latin with Arabic text. Good. Text clean and bright - no owner marks. (a96459)
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