211. [Palestine Content] – [Luke, Harry Charles] Keith-Roach, Edward.

The Handbook Of Palestine And Trans-Jordan. With Introductions By Sir John Chancelor And The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel.

Second Edition. [This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, Macmillan And Co., Ltd., 1930. 19 cm x 13 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 505 pages, (28) pages. Original Hardcover with gilt Seal of the Government of Palestine stamped to front board of the binding. Harry Luke’s (Lukach) personal copy. Fading, staining to boards and spine. Otherwise in good condition.

212. [Palestine Content] – Luke, Harry Charles / Keith-Roach, Edward.

The Handbook of Palestine. Edited by Harry Charles Luke and Edward Keith-Roach. With an Introduction By The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel. Issued under the Authority of the Government of Palestine.

First Edition. [This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, Macmillan And Co., Ltd., 1922. 19 cm x 13 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 295 pages, (14) pages. With the stunning “Railway Map of Palestine & Transjordania” (64 cm wide x 54 cm high) folded in the pocket to the rear pastedown (stapled to the Map a corrigenda regarding “Kefr Jinnis”). Original Hardcover. Harry Luke’s (Lukach) personal copy. Fading to boards and spine. Otherwise in good condition.

213. 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.

214. 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.

215. Cloete, Henry / [Cloete, William Brodrick / Montrose Cloete].

The History of the Great Boer Trek – And the Origin of the South African Republics. Edited by his Grandson William Brodrick-Cloete.

London, John Murray, 1899. 13cm x 19 cm. XVI, 196 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on title label on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. This being the copy of Montrose Cloete, with his name on front pastedown (together with the mentioning of one H.J.Asquith).

216. Eggeling, W.J.

The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate. With a Foreword by Sir Arthur Hill, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Entebbe, Uganda, The Government Printer, 1940. 21 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXII, 296 pages. 43 full-page-photographs, numerous line drawings. Colour map of Uganda Protectorate’s annual rainfall tipped-in on front endpaper showing Uganda’s Protectorate with its Average Rainfall. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Tree-like design to front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some soiling to front board near head of spine. Interior bright and clean. Binding is firm and strong.

217. Hardy, Ronald.

The Iron Snake.

London, Collins, 1965. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 318 pages. 11 illustrations on 8 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Mapped endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Binding tight and square. Preowner’s name on title-page.

218. [Malta Content] – [Luke, Harry Charles] King, Sir Edwin.

The Knights Of St. John In The British Realm. Being the Official History of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. [With Ephemera].

Third Edition Revised and Continued. [This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, St. John’s Gate, 1967. 23 cm x 15 cm. XXII, 307 pages, 47 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Harry Luke’s (Lukach) personal copy. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

219. Geddie, John.

The Lake Regions of Central Africa – A Record of Modern Discovery. With Thirty-Two Illustrations.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1883. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 275 pages. 32 wood-engraved illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and lettering and pictorial on front board. Blind stamp on back board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners of boards bumped and rubbed. Binding somewhat cocked but still firm and strong. Occasional spotting. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on endpaper: “William Cox / 91”.

220. Smiles, Paul

The Land of the Black Buffalo.

London, Faber & Faber, 1961. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 164 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original yellow cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front pastedown and endpaper.