MAYDON, Hubert Conway.
Simen its heights and abysses. A record of travel and sport in Abyssinia, with some account of the sacred city of Aksum and the ruins of Gondar ...
London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1925.
8vo, pp. 244, [2 (advertisements)], with photographic frontispiece, 22 photographic illustrations on 11 plates, a large folding sketch plan, and 6 maps within the text; fore-edge of a few pages very slightly bumped; a very good clean copy in original green cloth, spine lettered and blocked in gilt; a little wear to extremities, a few light marks to covers, lower hinge repaired.
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Simen its heights and abysses. A record of travel and sport in Abyssinia, with some account of the sacred city of Aksum and the ruins of Gondar ...
First edition. ‘Accompanied by Captain G. Blaine, Maydon set out in 1922 for the mysterious Simien Mountains along the northwestern edge of the Abyssinian Plateau. While much of his narrative provides excellent details regarding the terrain and peoples of the region, there are important sporting adventures after the elusive Wallia ibex’ (Czech).
Czech p. 110.
