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SHEPHERD (A.F., MA)
The Campaign in Abyssinia.
1st Ed., xxvi+388+lpp., fldg. sketch map ("Showing the Route from Zoulla to Magdala Followed by the Expeditionary Force under the command of His Excellency Sir Robert Napier, G.C.B. & G.C.S.I., in 1868"). Bomby: Published by the "Times of India" Office.
1868
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Excellent, atmospheric & detailed account of the expedition of 1867-68 by the Special Correspondent of the Times of India; appended to which is Napier's 50pp. Despatches regarding the Battle of Arogee, & Storming of Magdala, as well as other events, which includes the names of those units & officers noted for distinction & concludes with Statistics Relating to the Transport Service, numbers of troops engaged, statement of casualties & causes of death. Orig. purple cloth, blindstamped & gilt, somewhat dusty & sunned, but a nice survival in original state & rare, with author's inscription to ffep: "To Mrs Claridge, with kind regards, from that notorious young scapegrace The Author. Bombay, 7th Sept. 1868."
£425
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