4271. [Malta Content] – [Luke, Sir Harry] / Pirie-Gordon, Christopher.

Long (2-page) Manuscript Letter (MLS) / Autographed Letter, signed (ALS) by Christopher Pirie-Gordon, 14th Laird of Buthlaw, “formerly Assistant-Resident in Amman and seconded for service under the Foreign Office, following the winding-up of the Palestine Administration”, to Sir Harry Luke from Pirie-Gordon’s post in Taiz (Yemen). Pirie-Gordon writes: “‘My dear Harry Charles, thank you so very much for your recent letter. Iremain almost aghast at the extent of your “wanderlust”. Brazil and Penang combined with almost permanent residence in Malta and a flat in London seem quite a good way of keeping at bay in suggestion of the humdrum or routine in life”. Pirie-Gordon describes his recent activities, including a ‘visit to stay with our Ambassador in Addis Ababa’, where he found the Ethiopians ‘a friendly courteous people’. Regarding the situation in the Yemen Pirie-Gordon writes: “We have been through a rough summer here during the Crown Prince’s period of Regency with one unpleasant afternoon in Taiz when the army ran amok”. The fact that the country did not have ‘the long awaited revolution then, when the Imam [Ahmad bin Yahya] was out of the country’, has convinced Pirie-Gordon ‘that revolutionaries of the necessary calibre are just not to be found locally’. Of the Imam he writes: “If someone bumps the old man off (no easy undertaking) or if Allah decides that he can do without him no longer then all hell will be loose and the War of the Roses will probably be declared at once.” In the meantime the country will ‘probably slide into a nice quiet anarchy’. Regarding ‘His Majesty’s gracious message’, Luke’s ‘mental imagery’ of ‘the Dragon breathing fire’ is ‘not inapt’. Pirie-Gordon now turns to his own future, which ‘remains shrouded in mystery’. His aim is to secure a ‘particular post’, despite ‘the Ambassador in the country concerned’, who is ‘anxious to have it for an old boyfriend of his own’. The letter ends with Pirie-Gordon describing his ‘highly international social life’, which, he declares, ‘suits me well’.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Taiz [Yemen], 8 October, 1959. Quarto. Two pages. From Sir Harry Luke’s personal library. The letter comes with a publication, edited by Hector Bolitho: “The British Empire”, in which are contained two essays on the Colonial History of the Empire by Sir Harry Luke: I.The Mediterranean Colonies and Aden” / II. “The British Islands of the Pacific”.

4272. Turrell, James.

Long Green.

Zürich, Turske and Turske, 1990. 26cm x 30cm. 151 pages. With 58 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition. The price includes Worldwide free shipping per Courier UPS !

4273. Malamud, Bernard.

Long Work, Short Life [″I intend to say something about my life a writer….”].

Hoosick Falls, Bennington College, 1985. 8°. Frontispiece (Faksimile-page of a Manuscript by Malamud), 19 pages. Illustrated with three full-page photographs: 1. Bernard Malamud reading at the Carriage Barn, Bennington College (1978) / 2. Bernard Malamud in the 1960s (Clemens Kalischer photo) / 3. Bernard Malamud with Ben Belitt at Bennington College in 1981 (Kyle Hughes Photo). Softcover. Original brochure. One of only 1000 copies of this limited edition. As new ! [The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature – Published in Memory of William Troy].

4274. [Harrison, John] Sobel, Dava.

Longitude – The True Story of a Lone Genius who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time.

New York, Walker, 1995. Octavo. VIII, 184 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4275. Editors Of Look.

Look at America – The Country You Know – And Don’t Know.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, [1930]. 23 cm x 30.9 cm. 341 pages. With many black and white photographs throughout. Features 8 colour photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing and fading to edges. Very minor fading to gilt title on spine and front cover. Minor dampstain to page edges. With illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Impressive pictorial book with an intimate insight into American history, life and culture. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

4276. [John Minihan Collection] – [Atget, Eugène] Barberie, Peter.

Looking at Atget. With an essay on the photographic materials by Beth A.Price and Ken Sutherland.

New Haven/London, Yale University Press / Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2005. 4°. IX, 125 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in near fine condition. The volume itself in Excellent -FINE- condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

4277. Kloefkorn, William.

Loony.

First Edition. Springfield, Apple, 1975. Octavo. 73 pages. Original Softcover with cover photograph by Robert Meyer. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear and some slight foxing.

4278. Grierson, Prof. H.J.C.

Lord Byron: Arnold and Swinburne. Warton Lecture on English Poetry XI.

1st Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1920. 8°. 31 Pages. Original stapled wrappers (softcover). Good condition with minor external signs of wear – corners bumped, pages chipped. Some text markings. [From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. IX.]

4279. [English History Collection] – Ruddick, James.

Lord Lucan. What Really Happened.

First Edition. London, Headline Book Publishing, 1994. 15,5 x 23,5 cm. IX, 214 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

4280. [Feitelson, Lorser] Colpitt, Fran.

Lorser Feitelson. The Late Paintings. September 12 – December 12, 2009.

West Hollywood, Louis Stern Fine Arts, 2009. 23 cm x 20,5 cm. 48 pages. With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout the book. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.