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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

Lugard (Capt. Frederick Dealtry)

THE RISE OF OUR EAST AFRICAN EMPIRE

Published: William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1893

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $140

Approximately:

Estimate: $220-240

Bidding opens: 15 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 Jan 16:30 GMT

Ships from: Ireland

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2 volumes. First edition 1893.

Publishers red pictorial cover.

Circular vignette and black titles.

Gilt title to spine.

Name on inside.

Some uncut pages.

Volume I.

Frontispiece lithograph portrait with tissue-guard.

xix, [1], 563 pages, 32 page publishers catalogue.

Full-page plates and in-text illustrations.2 fold-out colour maps.

2 colour maps in pockets. [64 x 40cm & 68 x 42 cm].

2 in-text b&w maps.

Volume II.

Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard.

ix, [1], 682 pages.

Full-page plates and in-text illustrations.

5 colour maps.

2 in-text b&w maps.

"Seeking to recover his health after a stint in Burma, Luggard

traveled to Mozambque and Uganda to fight the slave trade.

He relates numerous adventures in the hinterland around

Lake Nyassa, with recollections of battles and survival in the

tropics. A variety of sporting incident after elephant near

the Semliki River and Lake Albert, as well as buffalo, rhinoceros,

and lion, with a chapter on antelope encountered. His contributions

in East Africa played heavily in Uganda becoming part of the greater

British Empire." [Czech. An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game

Hunting Books 1785 to 1950, p.100].

Recorded shipping weight 4000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 23 x 16 cm


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