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THE FOUNTAIN OF THE SUN: UNFINISHED JOURNEYS IN ETHIOPIA AND THE RUWENZORI SIGNED by Douglas Busk 1957 1st ed DJ
By Busk, Douglas
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UK, 1957, 1st edition. 240 pp, 45 photos, color and b/w, maps.  account of time in Ethiopia while ambassador, and of three climbs in East Africa, one on Kilimanjaro and two to the Ruwenzori. He made a first ascent. DJ has slight edge chips, else Near Fine.
 
This copy was a gift from the author to Sir Denis Wright, who also served as the UK Ambassador for Ethiopia in the late 1950s and early 1960s. With a good number of photos,some in colour. A newspaper obituary of the author is attached to the front endpaper. SIGNED by Douglas Busk.
 
 
 
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