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1939HALL510068Paperback. 1939. c80pp each plus plates & maps card covers Kampala 1939. Very good copies. . paperback
196270478Entebbe: Govt. Printer Uganda 1962. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols. 390 73 1106p. Contemporary cloth. 25 cm. Title labels on backstrips chipped & brittle. Minor worming in hinges. Some damage along fore-edge from adherence on a few leaves. No Jacket. Govt. Printer, Uganda hardcover
190861232London: Religious Tract Society 1908. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 22cm. Green cloth stamped in gilt; xvi228xpp; 10pp publisher's ads at rear; 80 halftone plates and map. Bookplate of Mr. Justice Rooth a judge in Perth Australia to front pastedown. Bookplate of Grange Club Library to rear pastedown. Rubbed front board curved front hinge cracked but holding foxed throughout but complete: Good. <br /> <br /> A detailed account of the Baganda people of Buganda within Uganda including one hundred photographic illustrations. With sections on missionary work and the sleeping sickness. Religious Tract Society unknown
1955ZB474288Entebe 1955. 60 pp. original paper wrappers minor library markings good-very good . - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Entebe unknown
19353554907228231935. London H. M. Eastern African Trade and Information Office or "Publicity" Entebbe Uganda 1935. A softback production. Publisher's thin card illustrated covers. 106 pages adverts photographs bibliography. A guide to the country including living conditions big game hunting angling hotels roads and ferries etc. A VG copy slight surface loss at the head of the spine. Map at the rear of the book in excellent condition. Quite scarce. unknown
1908043990London: The Religious Tract Society 1908. Red cloth on boards gilt titles and gilt illustration of the Bagandans. Very faint touches of a little soiling to spine.Spine: head & foot with thin light bumping . Edges: mild foxings soiling and greying to top-edge. Eps: mild foxings; fep with Prize bookplate: Market Bosworth Grammar School et al.1911. Frontis: b/w photograph of a Wedding Party with tissue guard with a little` foxing. Few only pages with few onl;y foxings to the margins mostly. B/w illustrations. Binding is VG. 227p. First Edition. HB. VG/None. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
1904154021904. Africa Women Education. Original glass lantern slide. Size 3.25" x 4". Shows African girls class with two Caucasian female teachers in a classroom with a blackboard on an easel and two maps hanging on the wall with a clock as well as a globe on a cabinet. The children are various grade school ages. Half sit on the floor with open books and half sit on a bench at a table with open books. All are African and sparsely clothed in flowing garments from the waist down. Below the photo the words "Gayaza A Class in School" is scratched into the negative. Gayaza High School is the oldest all-girls boarding secondary school covering grades 8 to 13 Secondary 1 to 6 in Uganda. In 1904 under the reign of Kabaka Daudi Cwa II; Sir Apollo Kaggwa a in chief in Buganda requested the England-based Church Missionary Society to open a girls' school at Gayaza this was the first girl school in Uganda. Published by Young People's Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada. unknown
193920930Nairobi: Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours. 1939. Softcover. Very Good. A detailed guide with b&w photographs ads maps charts. With a large rear fold-out map in color. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 246 pages . Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours paperback
1902UGANDA007815Hutchinson London. 1902. First edition. Octavo. Two volumes: pp xx 1-470; xiv 471-1018. 506 illustrations from drawings and photographs by the author and others; 48 full-page coloured plates by the author; 9 map by J.G. Bartholomew and the author. Original black cloth with an embossed gilt image of a tribesman. Top edge gilt. 1902 gift inscription the recipient's name crossed through on verso of frontispiece plate of Vol. I. Cloth snagged at heads and tails of spines and at the lower end of the spine of Vol. I. Inner hinges cracked. A good set. Hutchinson, London. hardcover
192459575Boston: Small Maynard & Co. 1924. Thick 8vo. 304 pp. Photo frontisp. 33 photo illustrations 2 maps bothlarge folding in red & black. Green publisher’s cloth green & black lettering front cover & spine very slight shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art photo minor chipping & tears head of spine minor tear lower & upper fore-edges front cover still NF/G- copy. First American edition from Witherby’s British publication of this unconventional account by the American scientist traveling through East Africa. He has incorporated observations and accounts of Zanzibar Monbasa Nairobi Wakamba and Masai the Laikipia District as well as Kiamu Kakamega Kavirondos Britendes and Kampala. Also includes an extended chapter on a flooded-out elephant hunting safari and visit to a gold mine. Norden 1871-1931 explored the World only to die after falling down in a London street. Scarce in original jacket. Small, Maynard & Co., hardcover
195170467London: Printed by Waterlow & Sons 1951. Revised edition. Hardcover. Good. 9 volumes. Contemporary cloth. 25 cm. Some title labels on backstrips chipped. Moderate cover spotting heaviest on backstrip of Vol. 3. Minor worming inside covers of a few volumes. No Jackets. Prepared under the direction of Sir Donald Kingdon. The 9th volume is a index volume compiled by H. Ling. This was the first general compilation since the 1935 edition. Printed by Waterlow & Sons hardcover
190851097Woking Surrey & London: The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co. The Gresham Press Printed and Bound and Blocks for illustrations produced by Unwin Brothers Ltd. 1908-1909. Folio. 10.25 x 12.25 in. 443 1 pp. Text printed in three columns 100s of photo illustrations many maps text illustrations. Deluxe publisher’s full brown morocco over beveled board gilt illustration stamped on front cover of giraffes and ostriches gilt ruled borders raised bands on spine gilt ornament & lettering a.e.g. faint tidemark to spine minor rubbing slight bumping to corners front upper hinge just starting still a G copy. First edition of this lavishly illustrated and very scarce real estate and business promotional volume on Edwardian British East Africa encompassing present day Kenya Uganda and Zanzibar. The volume includes detailed descriptions of the history of the British Protectorates in East Africa the native trives including the Bantu Somali Galla Swahili Masai Nandi Suk Kavironda and others. In addition the financial institutions commercial ports schools universities and more are described. Of particular interest are the extensive sections on the many different businesses newly established from the 1880s through the early 20th century in Mombasa Nairobi and surrounding areas including rubber plantations ostrich farms sawmills tea farming forests logging sheep & cattle farming hospitals and the building and economic impact of the Uganda Railway. The section on big game hunting and the fauna of East Africa was written by A. Blayney Percival 1875-1941 who pioneered game preservation in Kenya and describes hunting elephants leopards hyenas jackals cheetahs rhinoceros lions Waller’s Gazelle and others as well as detailing the skinning and preserving of trophies advertising the local safari and taxidermy outfits and more. The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co., [The Gresham Press, Printed and Bound, and Blocks for illustrations produ hardcover
192628492East Africa 1926. Album. Very good condition. Photographs of Edward P. Thompson's hunting expedition in Kenya and Uganda. <br /> Loosely inserted is Edward P. Thompson's travel visa for the UK which he is visiting on his trip back to the USA. Thompson was born in 1873 in North Conway Ohio and worked as a Consulting Engineer. The visa has red seal with a pie shaped section cut away with original signatures photograph of Thompson and stamps on verso.<br /> <br /> 105 photographs of African animals and carcasses trigger warning landscapes and people of which 44 are of natives 5 of Thompson plus 28 postcards. Postcard photos by Martin Johnson and Paul Hofler & A.H. Wardle of Nairobi.<br /> <br /> Two personal portraits of Thompson on horseback in western gear taken at Pendleton Oregon in 1932 - both made into post cards one with a pen inscription "Dear Hazel The big Round up show is over and the gay holiday . flags and buntings have disappeared."<br /> Housed in a typical 1920's album 12 x 7" binder embossed with an illustration and the word 'fotografs'. Inside is black craft paper leaves holding 2 to 3 images per page. Album spine rubbed photographs and postcards in very good condition postcards visa with original folds some browning at top otherwise vgc. unknown