If you want, I can sign it, as it's my Ethiopian items in the book along with Roger's reggae items.  Please request it when you make payment.

If you want an author signed copy (or two, they make GREAT gifts), for a little more, it's in another of my auctions.  Please message me if you don't see them because I have them.

QUITE LARGE AND SQUARE FORMAT (about 11 3/16" by 11 3/16"), 96 thick pages, well written, gorgeous FULL COLOR photography covering lp's singles, posters, collectibles, coins, buttons, memorabilia of all eras of ska, rock steady, dub and reggae plus a special section on ETHIOPIA, Haile Selassie I, many orders and medals of Royal Ethiopia (including one full page shot of all five major Grand Cross sets of Royal Ethiopian orders) and showing my very rare signatures of both Ras Tafari Makonnen, Heir Apparent and Emperor Haile Selassie I.

Table of contents reads: Introduction, Ska, Rock Steady, Birth of Reggae, Dub, Reggae Goes International, DJ'S, Dub Poetry, Reggae Goes Dancehall, Dancehall in the 90s, Marcus Garvey, Rastafari, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, I Three, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Marley Family, Foreign Reggae, Reggae Christmas, Reggae Festivals, Reggae Books and Magazines, Reggae on the Screen, Roger's Ramblings 

Featured artists, in addition to those named above, include some of the works of The Skatalites, Alton Ellis, Joe Higgs, The Heptones, Gregory Isaacs, Wailing Souls, Johnny Nash, Lee Scratch Perry and countless others.  Many signed albums and posters are illustrated in the book.

There's a nice section on Imperial Ethiopian orders of chivalry and medals as well as another of Haile Selassie I on record albums and magazine covers, most of which they borrowed from me.

Not available in ANY stores anywhere.  Makes a truly great and unique gift for the reggae or Rasta lover in your life.

1600 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW and TRULY MINT CONDITION.  The Imperial Ethiopian orders of chivalry and medals inside are from my collection and I sell many of them.

More copies of the book are available and they make great gifts.  You just don't want to lay the book open and flat, as that can mess with the glue attaching the cover to the book.  If it happens sometime, any good white glue or wood glue can make it as good as new again.

I also offer another 100 books on reggae, and more on Rastafari, Ethiopia and Haile Selassie I.

I give thanks!

Inquiries about wholesale quantities of this rare and remarkable book are invited.

Your complete satisfaction is my main objective.

Please ask ANY questions before bidding.  All winning bids constitute a contract and payment is expected within 10 days for domestic bidders and 20 days for foreign bidders.

Domestic shipping and handling at $7.50 for Media Mail and 19.00 for Priority Mail.  Insurance, if you want it, is 1.40.  Foreign shipping expense will be determined after the auction end, but is typically 49.00 WITHOUT a tracking number (it's sent at your risk) and 80.00 or more with a tracking number if available (as required by ebay now on ALL trades (!!) to Europe.  Air Mail required of foreign buyers, but they are those two prices.  Check out the Reggae Scrapbook at the same times or send me your email address to get on my mailing list of Royal Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, Reggae, Rastafari, Jamaican and African items available.

Multiple auction wins within a 10 days may be combined to save on shipping expenses.

Please see my other auctions for other related items.

PLEASE enjoy my two PHOTO ALBUMS on facebook of items I offer by punching in Jim Marshall Reggae there,  then go to Photos, then Albums, then go to Archive Items For Sale and Books For Sale, then message me about anything you want to know more about!

If you have any questions about Orders, Medals or books relating to Royal Ethiopia and/or Haile Selassie I or thoughts on where my very large and reputable archive on Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Ras Tafari Makonnen, Haile Selassie I, Reggae, Rastafari, Jamaica and Africa should be based, I'd be interested to hear them.  You may email me  This ad is copyright 2019 by rastafarilives.  I'm also on facebook and excite at the same name with many photos for your enjoyment and possible purchase.  A brief inventory of the archive is available by email for those seriously interested in assisting me in finding a buyer or partner interested in opening a Museum, Cultural Center and The Haile Selassie I World Peace Center. 

Good luck and happy bidding! 

I'm a long time member of the Orders and Medals Society of America, which I highly recommend to people interested in that field. 

BLESSINGS and THANK YOU very much for your time and your bids.  They greatly help me to support my cultural and historic archives.