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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