1. [Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry].

Collection with an abundance (more than 30 items) of PERSONAL ephemera of Sir Harry Luke. Calling cards with recommendations, Luke’s passport photograph (with Negative), Seat Reservation Card for Sir Harry on a British Overseas Airways Flight (BOAC) / BEA (British European Airways) / etc. etc. etc.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London a.o., Octavo. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

2. [Family History of Sir Harry Luke / Zamarski] – [Luke, Harry / Lukach, Harry / Joseph Harry Lukach (from Detroit, Michigan) / Eugenie Zamarski / Ludwig Johann Carl Zamarski (Publisher and Engraver from Vienna)].

Scrapbook with Genealogy / Family History / Large amount of Newspaper – Cuttings from the early days of J.H.Lukach’s marriage to Eugenie Zamarski in Vienna to the time of the move to New York. Including several pages of articles Harry Lukach wrote for a New York Newspaper and a wonderful postcard of the “S.S.Celtic” on which Luke travelled to his first job in New York in 1903. He writes that the Celtic is approaching Queenstown (Cobh) / Including Newspaper cuttings of Harry Luke’s father’s business with the London branch Hanover Fire Insurance Company of New York / Ephemera of The Lawrence Gas Company of Lancashire and Cheshire, Limited / Imuris Mines, Limited – Silver, Copper, Gold / Mining World / Interesting Ephemera like Calling cards and Invitation cards of New York Society extended to the Lukach family (for example calling cards of “The Metropolitan Museum of Art”, “The Manhattan Club” etc.) / Invitation by J.H.Lukach and his wife to the wedding of their daughter Lily Boys / etc. etc.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Wien / London / New York , c.1880 – 1930. Octavo. 100 pages. Hardcover. From the private collection of Eugenie Zamarski and Joseph Harry Lukach and subsequently their son: colonial official, governor, Lieutenant-Governor of Malta, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

3. [Malta Content] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry].

Collection of receipts and documents connecting Sir Harry Luke and Malta.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Malta. Octavo. 5 items. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

4. Starr, Meredith / [Roland Meredith Starr] / [Meher Baba].

The Way of Escape.

First Edition / Original Edition. Cambridge, Published by the National Poetry Circle, [1931]. Small Octavo (12.7 cm x 18.8 cm). 15 pages. Original Softcover, stapled with cover-illustration by Meredith Starr, monogrammed in the plate “M.S. 1931”. The booklet rests loosely inside the original softcover wrappers. The staples a little rusty. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. This pamphlet is of extreme scarcity ! The last two pages of the publication are basically an advertising for the retreat center which Meredith Starr established in 1931 at East Challacombe, North Devon (a couple of miles from Combe Martin), to where he invited Meher Baba in order to come and meet westerners. In his preface, [Roland] Meredith Starr writes: “The Way of Escape” is a symbolic poem that deicts some of the complexes of modern life, particularly those responsible for the cleavage between thought and reality ! The ways of Escape, the path leading to the North, represents the attainment of synthesis (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual maturity) in a world disintegrated by analysis. Neither realism nor idealism can satisfy the needs of the present age. Both are necessary and both must be integrated in a Higher Consciousness. In this connection the remarks of Jung in “Psychological Types” concerning the symbol will repay serious investigation. A symbol is composed of elements that are both real and unreal, and hence can bridge the gulf between and illusion. In the poem this Higher Consciousness is indicated by the description of Alaska and by the utterances of Christ – not the Christ of dogmatic religion, but the living Christ of universal love and wisdom immanent in every human heart and personified by the great religious teachers of Mankind – Combe Martin, Meredith Starr”.

5. Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery / Lane, John Henry H.V.

19th century original british Passport for “Mr.John Henry H. V. Lane (British Subject) travelling on the continent”, signed in July of 1886 by later prime minister Archibald Philip, Earl of Roseberry, then Foreign Secretary under Gladstone during his brief third ministry.

London, Given at the Foreign Office, 1886. 27.7 cm x 38.2 cm. 1 sheet. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. Fantastic and important document of british foreign office history.

6. Malaya / Japanese Occupation / Johore.

Stamp Collection: Vintage Booklet with 64 carefuly mounted, tipped-in stamps from the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Johore.

Malaya, 1941 – 1942. Small Octavo. 7 pages of a special booklet (with 19 pages) filled with the rare occupation stamps during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. All stamps mint ! The booklet with a manuscript note: “Collected by C. Hoskyns at Singapore in Oct. ‘45 (25th Inf. Div.)”.

7. Lawrence, D. H.

St.Mawr – Mockup – This is not the book but a unique Furniture Drawer (Toolbox) made by a D.H.Lawrence enthusiast. The Drawer was made in bookform and has the St.Mawr Emblemata on the cover and the title on the spine. Excellent craftsmanship. Leather covered board.

no place, c. 1930. Folio. Original Hardcover with leather covered boards. Hard to qualify this exceptional piece as Ephemera, but that is what it is. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dimensions are 45,5cm (high), 34cm (wide), 13cm (thick).

8. Farming-Game 19th century / Spiel 19.Jahrhundert /

Rural Economy – Stamped Figures for colouring / Die Landwirthschaft – Figuren zum Ausmalen / La Economia Rustica – Figuras recortados para colorear / L’Economie Rurale – Figures decoupees pour colorier. – Game No./ Spiel No. 1849 – Serie III. Deponiert.

Bilingual Cover for children in England, Germany, Spain and France. [Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany], [c. 1890]. 26 cm x 17 cm x 1,5 cm. 30 figures / 30 figuren. With original flexible metal – stands. Some of the figures painted with the original colour palette. Original Hardcover with lithographed cover (Farmer bringin in the hay). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare agricultural children’s game ! / Shows farming scenes: Making butter, milking cows, Priest visiting, children playing, chicken, goats etc.

9. Burgess, Gelett (S.B.).

Are You a Bromide ? or The Sulphitic Theory, expounded and exemplified according to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known Bromidioms now in use. With decorations by the author.

Fourth Printing. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 18cm x 12.5cm. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Upper hinge with minor split. Very interesting bookplate of the ABAA (American Booksellers’ Association) to the front pastedown. The bookplate has the printed dedication “Compliments of B.W.Huebsch” and is signed in ink by Gelett Burgess.

10. Pearse, Henry H.S.

The History of Lumsden’s Horse – A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment. With Many Portraits and Other Illustrations and a Map.

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 506 pages. 79 illustrations. Fold-out map at rear showing ‘Part of South Africa showing the routes taken by Lumsden’s Horse.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original red buckram] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Some staining to cover but overall in very good condition but with signs of external wear and fading. Binding still strong and firm. Interior bright and clean. Errata leaf inserted near front.