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Captain F. D. Lugard. The Rise of Our East African Empire, Early Efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda. London: Willia... (Total: 2 Items)
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British East Africa Company
Captain F. D. Lugard. The Rise of Our East African Empire, Early Efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1893.First edition. Two octavo volumes. xix, 563; ix, 682 pages. Index. Frontispieces. Thirty-two pages of ads in Volume I. Many illustrations. Over a dozen maps, most colored. Map pockets in the front and rear of Volume I with four extra folding maps.
Original red decorative cloth over boards. Gilt lettering to spines. Some sunning to spines. Wear to extremities; mild soiling. Hinges tender or cracked. Bookplates of previous owner. Overall, an internally sound and tight set in very good condition.
Narrative of Captain Lugard's work with the Imperial British East Africa Company, particularly around Uganda and Unyoro. From the Professor John Ralph Willis Collection of Rare Africana.
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2010 February Signature Rare Books Auction #6038 (go to Auction Home page)
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February, 2010
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