£600
AN ETHIOPIAN BIBLE SIGNED BY EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE OF ETHIOPIA,
Signed by Selassie in 1964. Sent to Conservative MP Sir Charles Taylor (1910-1989) as a gift from the Imperial Ethiopian Embassy London with letters of correspondence addressed to Sir Charles 'Dear Sir Charles, I have much the pleasure in sending you herewith the Ethiopian Bible autographed by His Majesty, the Emperor of Ethiopia. Kindly let me have an acknowledgement of receipt. Yours sincerely, Assefaw Ledges, Charge d'Affaires a. i.'
Another letter from Sir Charles Taylor to Selassie's son Prince Asfan Wossen 'My wife and I should indeed be honoured if you and the princess were free to join us for dinner during the French Festival at Grosvenor House, of which I am Chairman' and two other letters of thanks.
The bible inside a large red cover.
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