Gerald H Salisbury (5 results)
Published by Freedom Train Commission
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Good condition. (New York, archives) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerthin, tall 4to, Albany, 1949.
Published by New York State Freedom Train Commission, New York, 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in wraps.
More imagesPublished by State Freedom Train Commission, New York, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in blue boards.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
More imagesAbyssinia No. 1 (1888) Correspondence respecting Mr Portal's Mission to Abyssinia, Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, July 1888 - C.-5431
Portal, Gerald; Evelyn Baring; J.R.W. Beech; Marquis of Salisbury; T. Catalani; H.H. Kitchener; Queen Victoria; King John of Abyssinia; et al
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), London, 1888
- Softcover
Seller: Dendera, London, United KingdomDendera
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 85.00
£ 43.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Printed wraps, foolscap, iv, 51, (1)pp. A self-contained document removed from a larger volume with extraction residue to the spine, otherwise very good, tanned to the edges especially, with closed tear to the lower wrap. Portal was at this time Second Secretary at the Consulate General in Cairo, headed by Evelyn Baring. He was sent on a dangerous mission to mediate between King John of Abyssinia and the Italian Government following the killing of Italian troops at Dogali in 1887. This document, compiling 74 pieces of correspondence and reports dated 8 July 1887 to 23 Jan 1888, covers unfolding events relating to the justification, preparation, conduct and aftermath of his mission. Portal's own published account (My Mission to Abyssinia) followed in 1892.…
