HAILE SELASSIE EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA
Book Description
The author, a distant relative of Haile Selassie, wrote this biography of him in London where she supported him while in exile during WW2. Princess Asfa was the daughter of Theophilus Waldmar, a Swiss missionary in Ethiopia, and Princess Yubdar. After being raised in Lebenon she married an Irishman but moved to London after his death. This title has become a scarce book in its original publication
Author
Princess Asfa Yilma
Date
Undated c.1936
Binding
Black cloth over boards with gilt titles to spine
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston & Co
Illustrator
31 Black/white plates + large folding map to the rear
Condition
VF/G (Age-toning & foxing on some pages but not throughout the book. Front & rear boards mottled. Protected in a plastic sleeve)
Pages
306
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