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

Scrapbook of articles (newspaper-clippings) written by Harry Charlkes Lukach [later Sir Harry Luke] Clippings during his very first job at the “New York Commercial [Advertiser]”. With manuscript annotation: “H.C.Lukach – Joined “New York Commercial” – Feb. 9th 1903 – Resigned – May 23rd [1903].

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. New York, New York Commercial, 1903. 27 cm x 20 cm. [22] pages. Original Hardcover. Harry Luke’s (Lukach) personal copy. Cockling to pages, rubbing to boards. Otherwise in excellent condition. Harry Luke must have taken this very first job at the New York paper shortly after leaving Eton and prior to joining Trinity College. The New York Commercial was also the first stop for investigative journalist Joseph Lincoln Steffens. Luke’s scrapbook of articles lets us already see his talent in summarizing events and getting to the point ! The job was clearly based on his father’s connections in New York and Luke must have quickly realized it was not for him !

12. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke] / British Museum.

Original Leaflet for Reading Room Etiquette at the British Museum.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, 1904. Octavo. 2 pages. Pamphlet. From the library and personal collection of Sir Harry Luke.

13. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke] Ormsby-Gore, W.G.A. [William George Arthur].

Original Notice of the 488th Meeting of the “Strafford Club”, signed (in print) by Hon. Sec. W.G.A. Ormsby-Gore, (New Coll.) regarding: “That in the opinion of the Club some Reform in our present tariff system is immediately needed for the improvement of the social and industrial position of this country and for the further unity and stability of His Majesty’s Empire” – “The following Officers for next term have been proposed by Mr.Shedden and seconded by the President: For President – Mr.C.Overy / For Treasurer – Mr.B.J.Gould / For Secretary – Mr.H.C.Lukach”.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Oxford, New College, August 7th, 1905. Octavo. One manuscript letter, accompanied by two an original section from the Oban Times in which the adventures of Luke and Pirie-Gordon were discussed in the issue of Saturday, August 5, 1905. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

14. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke] / [Pirie-Gordon, Harry].

Wonderful Manuscript Letter signed by Harry Charles Lukach (later Sir Harry Luke) to his Father, written during a holiday which Luke spent in the Western Isles on Iona, together with his friend Harry Pirie-Gordon: “My dear Father, many thanks for your letter. I sent you the Oban Times yesterday with an account of our Swim. We are getting quite notorious….The other day a parson & his wife arrived here & when I was introduced, said: “Are you the Mr. L. I read about in the papers….” I am so glad you are getting the Cleveland Row business finally settled. When will you actually begin to build ? How long is Westinghouse staying in England. Best love, H.” [″Pirie-Gordon had his “Viva” last week. He got a 3rd, & is rather disappointed.”] / Also enclosed is another letter, related to the holiday which Luke and Pirie-Gordon spent together because it proofs Luke extended his holiday to stay with Pirie-Gordon longer. This letter, regarding a payment Luke made, was unsuccessfully sent on September 13th, 1905 to two addresses where Luke was supposed to be until he Luke is found at the Country House of the Pirie-Gordon-Family at Gwernvale, Crickhowell near Abergavenny in South Wales. The letter places Luke with the Pirire-Gordon-Family just a few months before Baron Corvo will be a guest there and start collaborating with Pirie-Gordon on “The Rule of the Order of SS. Sophia”.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Iona, August 7th, 1905. Octavo. One manuscript letter, accompanied by two an original section from the Oban Times in which the adventures of Luke and Pirie-Gordon were discussed in the issue of Saturday, August 5, 1905. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

15. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke] McC[aulay], L.

“Harrio Carolo Lukach Annum Aetatis Vicesimum Tertium Ineunti Hunc Libellum Sic Summa cum Amicitia Dedicat Condiscipulus L. McC-G. – Prid.Non.Dec.A.D.MCMVI” – Original Typescript of a Play with Manuscript-Drawings, dedicated to Harry Luke by his classmate Macaulay, on Luke’s 23rd birthday, celebrating the departure of Harry Charles Lukach into the World (possibly after leaving Trinity College Oxford and shortly before Luke embarked on the Oriental Tour). The Play is written in german and english and features several of Luke’s friends like Harry Pierie-Gordon [later with Eastern Mediterranean Special Intelligence Bureau (EMSIB)] or British Diplomat and Humanitarian, Robert Smallbones. The Play was written in London in November 1906 by L. McC – G.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, 1906. Quarto 20 cm wide x 27 cm high. 24 pages with original drawings within the text. Softcover / Stichted binding. Poor condition with some damages to outer margins top and bottom. Text and illustrations not affected.

16. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke] Trinity College Oxford.

Original Receipt for University Dues of Harry Charles Lukach (later Sir Harry Luke) for Easter Term, 1906 at Trinity College, Oxford with section about Weekly Battels / Buttery / Kitchen / Fees for Tuition, College, Poor Rate, Servants Beating Carpets, Electric Light as well as money collected for the Henley VIII (Rowing) and the College Athletic Club.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Trinity College, Oxford, 1906. Octavo. 2 pages. From the library and personal collection of Sir Harry Luke.

17. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke] / Alington, Cyril Argentine.

Manuscript Letter Signed (MLS) / Autographed Letter Signed (ALS) from Eton Headmaster Cyril Argentine Alington to Harry Lukach, on Eton College stationery and accompanied with a photograph: “My dear Harry, I hope this will catch you in time to convey my best thanks for your delightful present….[Luke’s old headmaster continues by saying he wished he could go where Luke is going and finishes: “I shall think of you in Venice”] – Signed by Alington.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Windsor, Eton College, no year – c.1906. Octavo. Two pages manuscript letter signed (MLS) with photograph of Luke and friends on an ocean liner. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

18. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Sir Harry] Lukach, Harry Charles / [Claude Delaval Cobham (British Colonial Official in Cyprus (Larnaca)] / [Guy le Strange (British Orientalist).

Manuscript letter by british colonial officer Claude Delaval Cobham to Harry Lukach, [later Sir Harry Luke] in which Cobham reflects on a manuscript Luke had sent him for analysis: “My dear Lukach, I return the Ms. I lent it to Guy le Strange who showed it to Ellis [possibly Sir Ellis Hovell Minns], of the B.M. [British Museum] [who are] both skilled analysts”. Cobham continues about the manuscript: “It is a kind of Hagiology, but written by a Druze – hence the [?] of the mad Khalife Hakim bin amr allah as a Saint, and spells Salih, which is a Druze Mack. There are similar Mss. in the B.M. library but Ellis [?] not a Druze one – but they are of no great interest or Value. The writing is neat and very legible….I hope you are well and enjoying yourself. I start, I think, on Thursday for Coblenz and S. Blasien [that is St. Blasien], returning at the very end of August. Yours very truly – C. Delaval Cobham”.

S. James, July 27 (no year but c.1906). Small Octavo. 2 pages filled on one bifolium / Plus Letter from British Museum to Harry Charles Lukach regarding Admission to the Reading Room (19th of July 1906). Excellent letter by British Colonial official in Cyprus, Claude Delaval Cobham. Important letter which states the early influence of Luke in his love for Cyprus because by the time this letter was written and Luke had a relationship with this important scholar, Cobham had already written the important “Excerpta Cypria”. The ALS by Cobham came with a letter by the Director of the British Museum to H.C.Lukach regarding admission to the Reading Room of the B.M.

19. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke] / Lady Angela Forbes.

Manuscript Letter Signed (MLS / ALS) from Harry Luke to his mother: “My Darling Mother, ….we got to London very late & dined at the Club. For the present i am taking Carleton’s rooms….we went to the Turkish Bath and then had Curry at the Savoy…..almost impossible to get a table…very vulgar crowd who did nothing but shout all the time. Has my Pin been found yet ? I enclose a letter to Miss Getty whose address I don’t know….” Luke goes on to tell his mother who he was meeting: “The Duchess’ Sister Lady Angela Forbes…..& the son who is 16 & at Eton is an awfully nice boy. They all went out shooting today, I went out too but did not shoot. …we restored to the Potteries & then to some amateur theatricals at Lady Huntington’s. The G[rand] Duke Michael & Comtesse Forbes were there too. Scoones began on the 2nd and I am starting on Monday so I fear I shall not be able to come back to Paris. My love to Lily – Have my things come from Florence. I am also Expecting some books from there – please send them on – Much love H.”

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Lilleshall, Newport, SALOP, January 1907. Octavo. 4 pages. From the library and personal collection of Sir Harry Luke.

20. [Education of Sir Harry Luke] – [Lukach, Harry Charles / Sir Harry Luke] Smallbones, R.T [‘Bones’].

Manuscript Letter Signed / Autographed Letter Signed from ‘Bones’, that was Luke’s friend from Trinity College, Robert Townsend Smallbones, British diplomat and Humanitarian. Very long four – page – letter from a youthful ‘Bones’ to Luke on November 1st, 1907: “My dear old Licky, thank you very much for your charming letter, I am afraid your father was not only justly byt considerably infuriated….requesting you to wire your father your movements. I was unable to deal with it as i was ignorant of you mothers address in Paris….and only hope you were able to brave the storm of parental indignation without too great loss of personal dignity and bodily comfort….I also hope the financial crisis in America and in particular the slump in Westinghouse has not affected the family fortune….We are leaving tomorrow morning…the reason is that my brother is going to Hungary …to shoot stags…I want to read up ssome German literature for which i shall find the books in Velm. I am in extremely bad form..I caught a violent cold & have been reading Mark Twain the whole afternoon….[‘Bones’ then continues to make fun of Luke not being able to win the heart of someone he just met on holiday and he taunts Luke by writing: “….I on the other hand shall kiss her to-morrow morning when saying goodbye. Poor old Licky !] The rest of the letter is about girls ‘Bones’ met and he expresses his hope to see Luke very soon.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. 1907. Quarto. 4 sheets / 4 manuscript pages in ink, signed “Yours ever Bones”. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.