[Autobiography Cities and Men] – Luke, Sir Harry [Luke, Harry Charles].

Cities And Men: An Autobiography [Working copy of Sir Harry Luke with original letters and notes included / With manuscript annotations in the chapter on Cyprus “The Enchanted Island”]. Volume I and II in one.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, Geoffrey Bles, 1953. 22 cm x 14,5 cm. Volume I: 245 pages / Volume II: 256 pages. Original Hardcover. Sir Harry Luke’s (Lukach) personal copy. With annotations and markings by Harry Luke. Some rubbing to spine, bumping to boards. Otherwise in good condition.

Includes Volume I and II in one book. Includes and abundance of various loose illustrations, notes, letters, articles to be used in the book.

Loosely inserted materials are:

1. Essay titled: “An Echo of La B. E. [La Belle Epoque], being a six-page essay with a multitude of manuscript annotations

2. Three pages with contact photographs for the publication “Cities and Men″

3. 6-page stapled contact-photographs for the publication “Cities and Men″

4. Three (3) advertising leaflets for the publication “Cities and Men″

5. Manuscript note by Luke

6. Four (4) newspaper clippings

7. Typescript-Essay “King Carlos’ Welcome to American Battleships” annotated by Luke: “Copy of Manuscript I forwarded to Harper’s″

8. One (1) Newspaper-clipping

9. Envelope with an Invitation to “Les Organisations Politiques Georgiennes en Exil” (40e Anniversaire 1921 – 25 Fevrier 1961) inside an envelope sent to Sir Harry Luke by L. Zourabichvili from his exile-address in Port-Marly, France

10. Manuscript – Letter by Baron Alexis Wrangel, sent to Sir Harry Luke from Beyrouth on the 8th of May, 1956.
Alexis Wrangel tells Luke how interesting it was to read his book and he continues: “Needless to say I appreciated particularly the pages about my father [that was the “Black Baron”, Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (1878 – 1928)].
Alexis Wrangel writes also: “We hope very much to see you again in Beyrouth in the very near future, Yours very truly – Alexis Wrangel”.

11. Manuscript Letter (in greek) from Consul General – Gourverneur du Mont Athos, “Zissis N. Hadjivassiliou”

12. [Georgia] Calling Card from Leon Zourabichvili with manuscript annotations by Luke: “The Brother of the Lt. Zurabishvili you have known in the independent Georgia (killed by the french communists in 1944 at Bordeaux”)

13. One (1) Newspaper-clippings

14. IMPORTANT: TLS [Typed Letter Signed] by Weston Henry Stewart, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem from 1943 – 1957.
Stewart writes to Luke regarding several passages in his book “Cities and Men” and particularly helps him identifying the current Bishop on a photograph.
More importantly, Bishop Weston Stewart reminisces ind etail about a Service he held on December 9th, 1929 and a St.Andrew’s night-Dinner on November 1929: “and if I remember right, you left Jerusalem the next morning. Your recollection of that time will bear out my feeling that neither Arab, Jew nor Englishman was in a mood to give thanks very sincerely for the British Mandate and all that it entailed. Actually I doubt whether either Arab or Jew would have attended if asked – almost certainly not both.”

15. TLS [Typed Letter Signed] by Stewart ?

16. MLS [Manuscript Letter signed] by Palestinian Anwar Bey Nuseibeh, Minister of Defense for Jordan, in the year 1954.
Anwar Bey Nuseibeh writes to Luke and thanks him for a letter and books [on Stationery of the “Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, London”].

17. Empty piece of stationery titled “San Anton Palace, Malta″

• Keywords: Autobiography · Autobiography Cities and Men – Sir Harry Luke · Biography – Rare · British Colonial Administration · British Colonial History · British Foreign Office · British Foreign Policy · Colonial History · Colonial History – Rare · Cyprus · Cyprus Content (Manuscript Annotations) · Cyprus Content (Printed Chapters) · Cyprus Content / Sir Harry Luke Collection · English History · English History – Rare · Harry Luke – Autobiography – Cities and Men (1953 – 1956) · Manuscript Annotation(s) · Manuscript History Rare · Manuscript Letter · Manuscript Letter Rare · Manuscript Letter Signed · Mediterranean · Sir Harry Luke · Sir Harry Luke – Personal Archive of Books and Correspondence · Sir Harry Luke Collection · Travel & Expedition – Rare · Travel Middle East – Rare · Zypern
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 30150AB

EUR 28.000,-- 

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