641. Shirley, Edward.

Reggie and I. A Picture Book Illustrated by John Hassall.

London / Edinburgh / New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, No date of print [c. 1900]. 20,2 cm x 26,5 cm. 64 pages with coloured boards. Original, illustrated hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Minor traces of foxing only.

642. Steevens, G.W.

From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War. Edited by Vernon Blackburn.

First edition. Edinburgh / London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. 13 x 19.5cm. (8), 180 pages, with a map of the Country round Ladysmith and a large fold-out map at the rear, illustrating the Seat of War in South Africa. Includes a 32 page publisher’s catalogue to rear. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edges. Very good condition. Minor signs of external wear, including bumping to corner and small stain to front board. Front endpaper starting to tear. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

643. Vanston, George T.B.

The Law Relating to Municipal Towns under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854. [Inscribed Presentation copy]. – [With chapters on the “Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1893”].

First Edition. Dublin, Edward Ponsonby, 1900. Octavo. XXXI, 540 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author. From the library of George J. Daly (Cork).

644. Buchan, John / Olcott, Frances Jenkins[editor].

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from the Arabian Nights .

London, Associated Newspapers, no year (c.1900). 15 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 314 pages. Numerous colour illustrations Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine shows fading. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Binding good and firm and bookblock tight and square. Unmarked interior. Name of previous owner on rear pastedown.

645. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke].

[Eton] – “Rules of E.W.Stone’s, Esq., (Late Rev. Ford’s) – House Debating Society” – Founded, May 1900 – Revised, September 1902 / Founded: D.J.Cassavetti, President / B.H.Hartopp Nash, Secretary / H.C.Lukach, Treasurer / Revised, September 1902: H.C.Lukach, President / L. McCormick-Goodhart, Secretary.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Eton, Spottiswoode & Co., 1900 – 1902. Folio. 8 versions of Rules of Luke’s “House debating Society” From Sir Harry Luke’s personal Library.

646. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke] / Vaughan Esq., E. L. [Edward Littleton, “Totty”].

Manuscript / Autographed Song called “Vaughan”, drafted by E.L. Vaughan Esq. himself on his personal Eton College Stationery: “I’m mastermaster Vaughan…who caters for the Eton College Rifles, the cutest ever born….”

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Windsor, Eton College, no year – c.1900. Octavo. Three pages manuscript draft. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

647. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.

648. Angove, John.

In the Early Days – The Reminiscences of Pioneer Life on the South African Diamond Fields.

Kimberley and Johannesburg, Handel House, 1901. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, 212 pages. 21 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with stamped lettering on spine and front board. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription on front free endpaper: “To Ernest James Weaver – with best wishes from…27.10.12”. Rare !

649. Cunliffe, F.H.E.

The History of the Boer War. With Illustrations, Maps, and Plans.

Volume I (of II). London, Methuen and Co., 1901. 19 cm x 25.5 cm. 520 pages with numerous illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Design on front board. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cracks to gutters with exposed netting between front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Binding is shaky but book block still solid. Interior is bright and clean and sharp cornered. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

650. Graham, Henry Grey.

Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1901. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 441 pages. Includes an illustrated Frontispiece with a reproduction of a mezzotint after Allan Ramsay (protected with a tissue guard). With a further 31 black-and-white illustrations (portraits). Original Hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering). Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Some foxing evident with one illustration plate detached. An interesting Exlibris / bookplate with the engraved Motto: ‘Semper Paratus’ from the library of Albert A. Smith on front pastedown.