1. [Palestine / Transjordan / Israel / Egypt / Suez] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry] Burrows, Ines / [Sir Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows].

Interesting Manuscript Letter Signed (MLS) / Autographed Letter Signed (ALS) from Harry Luke’s friend, Ines Burrows, wife of British Diplomat, Sir Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows, written from Sir Bernard’s posting in Bahrain, hinting at “The Suez Crisis” and the “British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956”. Written on Stationery of “The Residency – Bahrain – Persian Gulf”, Ines Burrows describes part of their life during Sir Bernard’s posting in 1953 as “Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, based in Bahrain and handling relations with Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the seven Trucial States (Wikipedia). After Ines Burrows asks Sir Harry Luke how long he will be staying with them she describes their life of Dinner Parties and their wish to not constantly be invited by those guests who feel they have to reciprocate. But the interesting parts of the letter clearly hint at meetings between Sir Bernard Burrows and the “Rulers”, just weeks prior to the outbreak of the “Suez Crisis” and the letter also delves into Burrows’ opinion of the Gulf States and into an arrangement of need to know between Sir Bernard’s official work and his wish to not disclose any of it to his wife Ines: “Darling, I quite forgot to say in my last letter (which I thought you knew) that the Goddard ….left Kuwait about a year ago- I don’t know if you thought they had come here ? Anyway I will do my very best to be as free as possible from rehearsals when you do arrive…….This place is still in a State. Bernard is constantly about. The Rulers came and spend 2 1/2 hours in the drawing room yesterday [5th of September,1956] & it was followed by an afternoon at the Palace & another conference. Things are now going a bit better and the news will “break” in due course. Bernard is very discreet & says respectfully that its better I shouldn’t know, in case my eyes should light up ….visible understanding if anything is asked or mentioned at a dinner party. Our [?] trip seems now to be starting on Saturday – if nothing worse happens……Much much Love…Ines”.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Bahrain [Persian Gulf], 6th of September, 1956. A4. Four pages on two sheets, with original envelope, cancelled in Bahrain and sent to Sir Harry Luke at Kuching, Sarawak, while staying with Sir Anthony Foster Abell KCMG, then Governor of Sarawak. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

2. [Private Materials – Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry] Earle, Sir Lionel (1866-1948).

Manuscript letter signed (MLS) from Sir Lionel Earle to his colleague, Sir Harry Luke, condoling on the death of Luke’s father: “….He was a very old friend of mine & had the best heart of any friend that I can claim. I shall miss him much..”

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, 14, Sloane Gardens, 1930. Octavo. One leaf, with writing on both sides, including original envelope. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

3. [Private Materials / Peter Luke] – [Luke, Sir Harry] Luke, Peter.

Collection of books and photographs together with a letter by Peter Luke to his father, Sir Harry Luke and an interesting letter by Alec McCowen [HadrianVII] to Sir Harry [talking about Baron Corvo etc.]. The collection includes: 1.Typed letter, signed by Peter Luke to his father, Sir Harry Luke, talking about the finalization of Sir Harry Luke’s amicable divorce from his wife ‘on the grounds of desertion’. / 2. Two books by Peter Luke, sent to Peter Luke’s daughter Georgiana (Giana) by irish poet and publisher Desmond Hogan, with a handwritten note. – The books are: I. A first edition of Peter Luke’s play “Hadrian VII” in perfect dustjacket and together with a related newspaper – clipping on the fantastic acting by Alec McCowen in ‘Hadrian VII’ – II. Peter Luke, Telling Tales – Selected Short Stories./ 4. Vintage photograph of Alec McCowen as Hadrian VII. , sent to Sir Harry Luke. inscribedby McCowen: ‘With feline good wishes, from Alec McCowen’/ 5. With a Manuscript Letter Signed (MLS) by Alex McCowen: “Dear Sir Harry, Thank you for such an enjoyable luncheon, – and for your most informative and amusing stories of Rolfe [Baron Corvo], Duse [Eleonora], the Divine Sarah [Bernhardt] and many others. I look forward to seeing you again. Yours sincerely, Alec Mc”.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, 1945 – 1968. Octavo. Vintage Photograph. 9 cm wide x 16,2 cm high. Very good condition. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke and his grand-daughter Georgiana. In the here included letter, in which Peter Luke writes to his father’s address on Barbados, Peter Luke also writes about his brother Micky, Michael Luke, (Peter Luke tells his father of his brother Micky’s visit to him in London: ’(he) has given up what he describes as steady employment in Paris for a somewhat doubtful opportunity of getting a part in a movie over here’).

4. [Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Black Friday 1929 / Lukach, J.H.] Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand / Westinghouse Bremen Gesellschaft (Germany) .

Stock Certificate / Papers, correspondence and ephemera from the estate of J.H.Lukach: Interesting letters from Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company (Sir Harry Luke has discovered that his father had shares in the Westinghouse Bremen Gesellschaft (Germany) and the several letters refer to the transfer of shares just shortly after Black Friday / Typescript of a letter by J.H.Lukach to Westinghouse, thanking him for ‘your kindness in giving me an option on 500 Shares of the Societe Anonyme Westinghouse’ / Old stocks as well as J.H.Lukach’s will including a letter from solicitor Laurence Alfred Baker (20, Copthall Avenue and Stock Exchange, London) to Harry Luke in which he urges Sir Harry Luke to destroy the certificate of the New Zealand Gold Company to prevent a query into its value cropping up again – Laurence Alfred Baker also indirectly refers to the recent crash at the stockmarket by mentioning: ‘It is most interesting, and no doubt significant, that in bad times such as these, when one might almost say that everything is falling, there is a definite and persistant demand for Consolidated Signal and Westinghouse Shares. / Also included is extensive documentation of J.H.Lukach’s estate etc. / Old IOU’s / One postcard to Harry Luke Esq. in Alt-Aussee (Austria) – from his father / One letter to Sir Harry in Kensington from a source undeciphered (1965) / Original, hungarian documentation (certificate) of the name J.H.Luke / Lease documentation of Ashley Gardens in the City of Westminster /

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London etc., c.1910 – 1930. Octavo.

5. [Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Harry Sir / Lukach, Harry]. Luke, Peter / Luke, Michael.

Important typescript mentioning Cyprus, with manuscript annotations by Sir Harry Luke – the typescript is a copy of a letter which Sir Harry Luke wrote to his son Michael Luke on December 1st, 1963 from his residence in 96 Hellas Street, Kyrenia and Luke informs his son of Harrap (Publisher) urging him on to publish a revised edition of his Cyprus book. Luke writes: “The day before i left Harraps asked me if I would be willing to do a revised edition of my Cyprus book. I did not even know that the stock was down to its last few copies. I naturally said yes, and that is what i am working on now. It is involving, in fact, quite a bit of thought and work because I will have to trace the painful transition from British Crown Colony, which Cyprus was then, to Independent republic.” – Luke also reflects on the recent assassination of JFK: “The Dallas outrage is indeed a world tragedy. Not only is it the case that the world’s most valuable life of the moment has been taken; we have all lost something young, buoyant and infinitely engaging”.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, 1964. Octavo. Thirteen (13) letters and one Telegram and one photograph in total: 6 Letters from Peter Luke to his father, Sir Harry Luke / 2 manuscript draft – letters from Harry Luke / 2 annotated typescripts by Sir Harry Luke / 1 Letter from Michael Luke to his father, Sir Harry Luke / 1 Letter from Lloyds Bank to Sir Harry Luke / 1 Letter from June Luke (Peter Luke’s wife) in which June refers to the tragedy Cyprus is experiencing during the intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots on “Bloody Christmas”. June Luke is feeling with Sir Harry Luke “…i hear you have been through so many rebellions and revolutions that this will seem nothing ! – But all the same it must be very depressing for you to witness such turmoil in a country that you love so well”. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

6. [Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Harry Sir/ Lukach, Harry].

‘Correspondence regarding the burial of my dear mother Eugenie Luke, who died during the War in 1941, while I was in the Pacific and her subsequent Exhumation and Cremation in Paris’.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London / Paris, 1956. Octavo. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

7. [Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry] Fremlin, Joyce.

Collection of three (3) lengthy, multi-page letters from his wife Joyce Fremlin to Sir Harry Luke.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Chelsea (London), 1946. Octavo. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

8. [Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry].

Collection with an abundance (more than 30 items) of PERSONAL ephemera of Sir Harry Luke. Calling cards with recommendations, Luke’s passport photograph (with Negative), Seat Reservation Card for Sir Harry on a British Overseas Airways Flight (BOAC) / BEA (British European Airways) / etc. etc. etc.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London a.o., Octavo. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

9. [Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry].

Drawing by stonemason Hans Koebel (Steinbildhauermeister) for Sir Harry Luke’s personal Headstone for his grave.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Alt-Aussee (Austria), 1957. Octavo. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

10. [Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry].

Five letters to Sir Harry Luke by his doctor from Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and also included some smaller notes from other doctors he consulted during the years. The letters are lengthy, often personal due to the friendly relationship to his doctor. The gourmet and food loving writer, Sir Harry, receives already in 1952 the order: ‘In the interim you must go carefully with food and drink’. Included is also some ephemera like a photograph of a procession to church in Aldeburgh and some original prescriptions.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Aldeburgh (Suffolk) / Tempsford Hall (Bedfordshire), Deben House, 1952-1957. Octavo. 5 letters and ephemera. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.