1681. [Cyprus Content] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry] Storrs, Sir Ronald Henry Amherst.

Typed Letter Signed (TLS with manuscript additions) on Stationery of Government House, Cyprus, from Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs to Sir Harry Luke. The two – page letter was written by Storrs in August 1927, during his posting as Governor of Cyprus and reached Sir Harry while he was still Colonial Secretary in Sierra Leone. Storrs writes: “My dear Harry, Yours of the 18th received with lively satisfaction and the enclosure from the Thegn [Code for “Thane”] shewn to the highly gratified Daisy, who says it is nothing of the documents that emanate daily from the new office within the wall in Jerusalem. …..I am duly exploring the possibilities …..and indeed comic rumour that I am bored with Ubr. On the contrary the charm and interest of the place grow upon me every day and I am encouraged to believe that the Ergs and foot-poundals expended by myself in a variety of directions are already beginning to generate a current of advantage for the Colony: [continued in manuscript handwriting by Storrs]: including the revision to date of yr. admirable handbook [that is ‘Handbook of Cyprus’] (any bequests thereto ?)….”.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Cyprus, July 6th, 1927. Octavo. 1 sheet (1 page). From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

1682. [Cyprus Content] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry].

Vintage Photograph / Original Portrait of a roughly 30 year old Luke, only a few years into his diplomatic career in the British Colonial Service, during his Cyprus – Posting as Private secretary to the new governor, Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams and his subsequent service as interpreter on HM Cruiser ‘Doris’ and “During several extensions of his period on loan as a political officer with the eastern Mediterranean Fleet [in which] Luke was involved [under Rosslyn Wemyss and de Robeck] in the administration of the islands of Mudros and Lemnos during the Gallipoli campaign” (Holland).

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. [London], c.1914. Board: 20 cm wide x 27.8 cm high / Image: 9.5 cm wide x 14.3 cm high. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

1683. [Cyprus Content] – [Luke, Sir Harry] / Pursuit of Cyprus Posting by Harry Luke / Earl Curzon of Kedleston / Foreign Office / Admiral Sir John de Robeck /.

Significant, eight-page (8) Manuscript Letter Signed (MLS) from J.H.Luke to his son, Harry Luke, while Harry was posted with Admiral Sir John de Robeck in the Mediterranean. The letter also includes two important copies of typescripts, sent to Harry Luke’s father, J.H.Luke (at the St.James’ Club, Piccadilly) from the Foreign Office (directed by Earl Curzon of Kedleston). In urgent Telegrams, Luke had asked his father to help him “to ascertain from Colonial Office if my application for Chief Secretaryship, Cyprus, is likely to be successful and telegraph reply care of High Commissioner, Constantinople, as have meanwhile received offer of Assistant Governorship, Jerusalem, to which I must reply. Would prefer Cyprus”. In a second Telegram that day (28th of July, 1920), Luke writes again to hs father: “Please ask McMahon approach Amery as to succession Stevenson”. The lengthy letter of Luke senior is of great importance because it shows the ever recurring actions of Luke’s father regarding the career-progression of Sir Harry. From other correspondence we know that Luke senior takes a huge interest in his son being promoted to a significant position. From the letter we learn about Harry Luke’s chances to get the Cyprus-Position he so very much desires and about his excellent reputation at the Colonial Office. His father also writes to Harry: “How very kind of the Admiral [de Robeck] to send you to Cyprus in a Destroyer & dispatching that nice cable to Storrs” / An additional two typescrits are dealing with Luke’s publication “Handbook of Cyprus”: Daniel MacMillan had written to the father of Luke and asked for permission to “take down the type”, “Our present stock is 370 copies”.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, 28th of July, 1920 – 4th of August, 2024. Octavo-Bifold. 8 pages of manuscript letter, 4 pages of typescripts. From Sir Harry Luke’s personal library.

1684. [Cyprus Content] – Luke, Sir Harry Charles / [Lieutenant Governor of Malta].

More Moves On An Eastern Chequerboard. Illustrated.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, Lovat Dickson & Thompson Ltd., 1935. 22,5 cm x 15 cm. X, 268, [1] pages with 28 photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Harry Luke’s (Lukach) copy from his personal library. Loosely inserted a Christmas Message from Lambeth and Canterbury, The Archbishop of Canterbury [Michael Ramsey and Mrs. Ramsey] with a handwritten note “With our Love”. Some fraying to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition.

1685. [Cyprus Content] – [Luke, Sir Harry Charles] Michael Kissaun.

Rakkont Ta’ Safra Fl-Art Imqaddsa Minn Patri Frangiskan Spanjol. [Author’s Own Copy / With a Chapter on Cyprus]. Maqlub Fl-Ingliz Minn Sir Harry Charles Luke, C.M.G., B.Litt., M.A. U Migjub Fil-Malti Minn Michael Kissaun.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Malta, Stamperija tal-Gvern, 1937. 22,5 cm x 15,5 cm. [4], XV, 94 pages including 4 photographic illustrations (1. Map of Palestine with Gaza and “Guda” / 2. Portrait of Sir Harry Luke / 3. Image of the Manuscript / 4. Another image of the Manuscript). Original Softcover. Good condition with some rougher signs of external wear. Extremely rare ! From the library of Sir Harry Luke.

1686. Czerniawski, Adam.

Firing the Canon: Essays Mainly on Poetry.

First Edition. London, Salt, 2010. Octavo. VII, 217 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1687. da Sousa Correa, Delia (ed.).

The Nineteenth-Century Novel – Realisms.

Milton-Keynes, The Open University, 2004. 19 x 25 cm. 414 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

1688. Dadlez, Ryszard / Marek, Sylwester / Pokorski, Jedrzej.

Palaeogeographical Atlas of the Epicontinental Permian and Mesozoic in Poland / Atlas Paleogeograficzny Epikontynentalnego Permu i Mezozoiku w Polsce. [1 : 2 500 000].

Bilingual Edition (Polish / English) Warszawa, 1998. Oblong Folio (44.3 cm wide x 31 cm high 75 Maps in original Ring-Folder. Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1689. [Däubler, Theodor]

Festalmanach Universitäts Ball 1928.

[Berlin], Fischer, 1928. Klein Oktav. 64 Seiten mit zahlreichen Illustrationen plus im Anhang: “Programm zum Universitätsball 1928 am 14.Februar in den Gesamtraeumen des Kroll-Etablissements”. Original Softcover. Schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe dieses sehr seltenen Almanachs mit Beitraegen und Illustrationen bedeutender Autoren der Weimarer Republik. Vordere Broschur und Buchblock sehr gut erhalten. Hintere Broschur lose mit stark angeraendertem und geloesetn Programm zum Ball. Alle Illustrationen in sehr guter Erhaltung. Beiliegende: Zwei originale Eintrittskarten zum Universitaetsball (Herrenkarte und Damenkarte) / Ausserdem beiliegend zwei originale Eintrittskarten zur Staatsoper am Platz der Republik in Berlin am selben Tag.

1690. Daft, Richard L.

Organization Theory and Design.

Saint Paul / New York / Los Angeles / San Francisco, West Publishing Company, 1992. 19.5 cm x 26 cm. 558 pages with illustrations. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight damage on edge of spine. Solid and intact binding.

1691. Dahal, Charity.

The Orange Thieves and Other Stories. Illustrated by Beryl Moore.

East African Publishing House, 1971. 12 x 18cm. 64 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [East African Readers Library, No. 5].

1692. Dahl, Robert A.

Political Oppositions in Western Democracies.

First Edition. New Haven / London, Yale University Press, 1966. 20.1cm x 13cm. 458 pages. Original hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor marks on front board. Text itself in excellent condition.

1693. Dahlberg, Edward.

Moby-Dick – An Hamitic Dream [Signed].

Octavo. pages 183 – 213 (Offprint). Original Offprint, stapled. Last page detached. Otherwise excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed in full by Dahlberg.

1694. Dahrendorf, Ralf.

European Sociology and the American self – image.

Paris, European Journal of Sociology, 1961. Octavo. 42 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Inscribed and signed (initialed) by Dahrendorf.

1695. Dahrendorf, Ralf.

Plädoyer für die Europäische Union.

München, Zürich, Piper, 1973. 22 cm. 241 Seiten. Hardcover / Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEIN Mängelexemplar. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

1696. Daiches, David.

Edinburgh: A Travellers’ Companion. Selected and introduced by David Daiches.

London, Constable and Company Limited, 1986. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 246 pages. With many illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine fading. [The Travellers’ Companion Series].

1697. Dáil Eireann.

Official Correspondence relating to the Peace Negotiations (June – September, 1921). Part I – Preliminary Correspondence / Part II – Correspondence arising from the Conversations at London, between President de Valera and the British Prime Minister.

Dublin, Dáil Eireann, (October) 1921. Slim Folio. 23 pages. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

1698. Dakers, J.S.

The War-Time Greenhouse. A Simple Guide to Home Food Production Under Glass.

London, Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd, No Date (c.1942). 12 cm x 18 cm. 80 Pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

1699. Dale, Alan.

Wanted: a Cook. Domestic dialogues.

First Edition. London, G.P.Putnam’s Sons, 1905. Octavo. 382 pages. Original Hardcover. Poor condition of the binding. The rear board detached. Spine damaged. Name and date diagonally through title. Presentation copy Inscribed on the halftitle: “With Alan Dale’s compliments”

1700. Dale, Godfrey.

The Peoples of Zanzibar, Their Customs and Religious Beliefs.

Westminster, The Universities’ Mission to Central Africa, 1920. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 124 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and ornament on front board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.