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Auction #135 begins on 12 Nov 2026

Portal,Thomas, Purvis, Ashe and more:

UGANDA

A Selection of 9 Titles Related to Uganda including Missionary Work, Governance, Economics, Travel and More

Reserve: $140

Approximately:

Estimate: $170-200

Bidding opens: 12 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 19 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Through Uganda to Mount Elgon by J.B. Purvis (T. Fisher Unwin, 1909)

First Edition. 371pp, 41 photographic illustrations + fold out map. Original Brown boards, slight fading to spine. Foxing to the edges, only occasional foxing internally. Very Good or better copy.

“An account of a journey through Uganda and the surrounding region, this engaging narrative captures the beauty and diversity of East Africa in the early 20th century.”

Chronicles of Uganda by R.P. Ashe (Hodder and Stoughton, 1894)

First Edition. xiv + 480pp + 2pp advertisements. Frontispiece + 26 illustrations. Original Navy cloth, slight fading to spine, solid presentable copy, internally clean. Very Good Plus.

The book covers the early history of Uganda, including the rise of the Buganda kingdom, as well as the country's colonial period and its struggles for independence. 

Pilkington of Uganda by Charles F. Harford-Battersby (Marshall Brothers, 1898 - undated)

First Edition. xvi + 346pp, frontispiece + two fold-out maps. Original navy boards with gilt lettering. Ownership name on ffep in pen. Very Good Plus copy. Biography on the Ugandan missionary George Lawrence Pilkington

Uganda to Khartoum: Life and Adventure on the Upper Nile by Albert B. Lloyd (T. Fisher Unwin, 1907)

First Edition, Second Impression. Xii + 312pp, Frontispiece + 80 illustrations + fold-out map. Prize Binding for Boteler’s Free Grammer School with plate on front endpaper. Moderate wear to the leather binding, clean internally Very Good or better copy.

Through my Spectacles in Uganda; Or, The story of a Fruitful Field by Rev. Martin J. Hall (Church Missionary Society, 1898)

First Edition. 104pp, original boards, showing wear a scuffing, internally generally clean, extensively illustrated

Uganda by H.B. Thomas and Robert Scott (Oxford University Press, 1935)

First Edition. 559pp (Frontispiece + 47 illustrations + 8 fold-out maps). Original navy boards, showing some fading on front board, gutter exposed on title page, foxing on edges but internally clean

Le Droit De L'Uganda by Henri Rolin (Augustin Challamel, 1910)

First Edition. 428pp. Rebound on maroon cloth with original red wrappers bound into the back. Clean copy inside and out, Very Good Plus

The British Mission to Uganda in 1893 by Sir Gerald Portal (Edward Arnold, 1894)

First Edition. xxx (instead of xlvi) + 351pp + 32pp catalogue. Original maroon cloth, Mudie’s Select Library sticker on front cover, missing pages xxxi – xlvi. Good



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