[Cyprus Content] – Luke, Harry Charles.

[Manuscript Annotations in:] Uncorrected Proof Copy of “An Eastern Chequerboard” (without illustrations) / This is the ultimately corrected version with many manuscript annotations and corrections by Sir Harry Luke in pencil throughout [possibly for a second edition of this work which was never published because all these changes did not apply in the first printed edition]. Extensive and detailed corrections and annotations especially in the two Cyprus – Chapters “A Seaport in Cyprus” (Chapter III) and “Le Doux Pays de Chypre” (Chapter IV).

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, Lovat Dickson Ltd., 1934. 22 cm x 14,5 cm XII, 290, 1] pages lacking all 23 illustrations due to this book-block being Luke’s working proof-copy. Hardcover (private cloth). Harry Luke’s (Lukach) personal working-copy. With annotations and markings by Harry Luke. Bumping to corners, fading to boards and spine. Otherwise in good condition.

Loosely inserted is a manuscript note by Sir Harry Luke about research on “Armenia in Bible”; Luke researched in the books “Kings” and “Isaiah” for chapters in his book “Eastern Chequerboard” in which several pages contain information about Armenia.

With a Glossary for Arabic, Armenian, Gree, Persian, Russian, Syriac, Turkish

Chapters in the book are:

1. Monasteries in Greece (1907)
2. Rhodes (1908)
3. A Seaport in Cyprus (1912)
4. Le Doux Pays de Chypre (Translates: “The Sweet Land of Cyprus”)
5. The City of Dancing Dervishes (1913)
6. The Turkish Jester (1913)
7. The Old Seraglio (1919)
8. Mount Athos in Peace and War (1907-1915-1923)
9. A Jerusalem Miscellany (1920-1924)
10. The Holy Sepulchre and the Holy Fire (1924)
11. The Desert Road (1924)
12. From Prester John to Mar Shimun (1924)
13.The Worshippers of Satan (1924)
14. A Retrospect (1904 – 1934)

• Keywords: Armenia · British Colonial Administration · British Colonial History · British Foreign Office · British Foreign Policy · Cyprus · Cyprus Content (Manuscript Annotations) · Cyprus Content (Printed Chapters) · Cyprus Content / Sir Harry Luke Collection · Harry Luke – Cyprus / WW I (1911-1919) · Manuscript / Autograph – Rare · Manuscript Annotation(s) · Manuscript History Rare · Sir Harry Luke · Sir Harry Luke – Personal Archive of Books and Correspondence · Sir Harry Luke Collection
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 30181AB

EUR 275.000,--