ETH 458
7 French press photos of Haile Selassie with European and African leaders between 1952 and 1972. Plus one photo sent by the Eritrean Liberation Front to the Agence France Presse showing alleged Ethiopian atrocities in Eritrea in 1977.
Price: $200.00
ETH 457
Collection of 44 French, German and Italian press photos of events going on in Ethiopia during the Italian occupation. Local royalty such as Lidj Yassou, Prince Asrati and Prince Asfa-Wassen. Almost all with descriptions on reverse.
Price: $980.00
ETH 455
Photo album belonging to an Italian journalist who served in Ethiopia between May 15 – October 10, 1936. It begins with his voyage aboard the “Ceare Battisti”; landing in Massaua; fraternizing with local inhabitants in the desert around Zula; passing through Cheren, Agordat, Adi Ugri, before reaching Asmara on May 24. Photos of him with journalist colleagues; his “shack” with local female; mixing with local children and mothers at Decamere; what he calls his “grand adventure from Asmara to Adis Abeba, photographing local life along the way at Adigrat, Macalle, Ambaradam, Fort Galliano, Lake Ascianghi, Corbo (where he witnesses the disarming of local insurgents), Ualdia, Boru Mieda and Dessie. He must have been a VIP because he is shown with an automobile that was a gift to him offered by the Deggiac Kassa at Adigrat. Embedded with the army, he photographs Graziani saluting his troops. By September he is in Addis Abeba, leaving for Italy shortly afterwards. Importantly there are photos of him taken by famed Italian journalist Lamberti Sorrentino (who founded the newspaper Corriere Sudetiopico in East Africa. 155 well and legibly captioned photos. This is the first photo album I have seen by an Italian journalist, who was clearly fascinated by the lives of local inhabitants.
Price: $950.00
ETH 454
Italian photo of a young beautiful Ethiopian woman.
Price: $30.00
ETH 445
Advertising postcard by liqueur manufacturer Pere Kermann, of the meeting between Emperor Menalik and French explorer Paul Soleillet.
Price: $40.00
ETH 444
Late 19th/early 20th century photo of a market in Asmara, with a Coptic priest and two Italian soldiers in different dress.
Price: $50.00
ETH 443
8 photos of the military occupation of Ethiopia. Shown are local officers with natives with labial plugs, the severed head of the rebel Degiac Ailu Chebbed, local fighters, war dead.
Price: $200.00
ETH 442
ETH 442
ETH 442
83 photo snaps of the military occupation of Ethiopia. A rich collection showing battle casualties, mutilations, local life, ascaris, more.
Price: $1200.00
ETH 441
ETH 441
ETH 441
13 large format photos taken by a soldier with the 220th Blackshirt Arditi (invalid) Battalion while participating in operations against Ethiopian troops loyal to Ras Desta Damtew in late 1936. All captioned. Shown are rebel Arussi dead following a skirmish at Uedda Uen with the Column "Mischi" (named after the commander of the Division), native submissions to the Arditi, rare photo of an Irregular banda and their chief Gabre Tecle, Italian shops in Addis Abeba, rare photo of Irregular banda outside an Italian field hospital, a banda leader and Italian padre, named banda leader, train engine of the Compagnie du chemin de fer franco-éthiopien, Cafe Romano in Addis Abeba, aerial view of Debra Marcos, local market at Villaggio Duca degli Abrussi. What makes this collection rare, among other things, is that it belonged to the "Mutilati" Division and taken almost a half year AFTER the war had officially ended.
NOTE: The 220th legion CCNN was composed of WW1 elite but aged veterans (Arditi), amputated veterans and Italians living abroad. This, along with its lack of machine guns and pack artillery, limited its usefulness. Nevertheless, it saw some combat in minor skirmishes on the Somali front, and performed creditably under the command of Generale di Divisione Enrico Boscardi. It was part of the 6th Divisione CC.NN. "Tevere" . On September 25 1936, the Division was taken over by General Archimede Mischi, participating in operations against Ethiopian troops loyal to Ras Desta Damtew.
Price: $520.00
ETH 440
Six professional photos of Eritrea and Ethiopia during the occupation. Shows banners for Mecca celebration, a travelling doctor, Abyssinian types, local school, local elders, a capo and his warriors.
Price: $150.00