Author: BERKELEY, G. F-H.
Title: The Campaign of Adowa and the Rise of Menelik
Description: London: Constable and Co. Limited, 1935. Second Edition. Hardcover. xl, 403 pages. Six maps, including two which fold out inside back board. New edition of the 1902 first edition. "In the first place [the Battle of Adowa] may rank as a peculiar phenomenon, - for it amounts to nothing less, - that a European army of about twenty thousand men should be annihilated by a native African race. To the best of my belief there is no parallel case in modern history." - Preface to first edition. Prior owner's details written atop front free endpaper. Small address ink stamp upon half-title. Armorial bookplate upon verso of half-title. Bit of writing atop recto of back free endpaper. Prior owner's name rubber stamped in several places through book. Prior owner has written a handy map list in calligraphic hand upon title page. Average wear to publisher's red cloth-covered boards which are sunned at fore-edges and backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Campaign of Adowa and The Rise of Menelik Ethiopia Italy Abyssinia War History Africa March 1 1896 Colonial Warfare. Good .

Keywords: Military